You Should See The Other Guy

Welcome to our ‘Kissing Booth 2’ bonus episode! Culture reporter Nancy Coleman (The New York Times) joins us to talk about her recent interview with Taylor Zakhar Perez, who plays Marco in the film. We do talk about the movie, focusing on Taylor Zakhar Perez’s performance, but please expect frequent digressions into the naming conventions of fried onion appetizers at chain restaurants, the bad beh...

Back to regular episodes — and back to the zeitgeist! On this, the 22nd episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ we’re covering ‘The Kissing Booth 2’ (2020), which is currently #1 on Netflix. Should Elle have chosen dreamy guitar-playing hunk Marco Peña (Taylor Zakhar Perez) over brooding and dangerously tall Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi)? Does it matter? Why is everyone at school so obsessed with E...

It’s a beast of an episode, y’all. Strap in for the first inaugural Tournament of the Other Guys in which we decide our favorite “other guy” in the history of the podcast so far. Tears are shed. Blood is drawn. Loyalties are tested. But we do crown a winner. Pull up a chair and find out who reigns supreme over the “other guys.”

‘You Should See The Other Guy’ turns 21 and so to celebrate, we reward ourselves with an actually good movie: The new-ish Netflix rom-com ‘Always Be My Maybe’ (2019) starring Randall Park and Ali Wong. We are joined by special guest Kayla Meyers (Programmer for Indie Memphis) to discuss the ultimate other guy: Keanu Reeves playing himself. But we also swap celebrity sightings, talk about food, and...

It’s ‘Twilight’ time. For our twentieth episode, we pulled out all the stops and watched all five films in the Twilight Saga. Do we think pre-werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) would be better for self-insert protagonist Bella Swan (K. Stew) than 107-year-old vampire Edward Cullen (R. Pats)? Yes! Do we also ponder the mechanics of vampire lovemaking, take deep dives into our shame-based religious upb...

Play this podcast! PLAY IT! In this nineteenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha discuss the surprisingly affecting Netflix musical ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ (2020). We debate the relative merits of closeted operatic Russian pop star Alexander Lemtov (Dan Stevens) vs. middle-aged Icelandic dreamer Lars Erickssong (Will Ferrell) — but mostl...

Who better than a bona fide party person to help break down ‘Party Girl’ (1995)? In this eighteenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha are joined by makeup artist and former club kid Lindsey B. to discuss all things Parker Posey: her fashion, her bon mots, and, of course, her character’s astrological sign. (Scorpio or Virgo? You decide!) We also make the case for...

In this seventeenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha are joined by journalist Nico Lang and artist Christian Rogers to unravel the many mysteries contained within the Gen X classic ‘Reality Bites’ (1994). Where do Vickie (Janeane Garofalo) and Sammy (Steve Zahn) go in act three? Why does a movie obsessed with the idea of “selling out” have so much product placem...

Get ready to be bi-furious! In this sixteenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha return to the hyperkinetic and relentlessly referential action romance ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ (2010) to explain why Mae Whitman’s Roxy Richter got such short shrift, and why none of them particularly like the characters of Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) and Ramona Flowers (Mary E...

It’s a double feature, y’all! In this fifteenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha address two equally important cinematic milestones: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ (1996) and the animated masterpiece ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ (2011) Your intrepid co-hosts try to argue for the Parises (Paul Rudd and Stephen Merchant, respectively) over the Romeos (Young Leo and James Mc...

‘Clueless.’ ‘Mean Girls.’ ‘10 Things I Hate About You.’ These are a few of the teen movies you could see instead of ‘The Kissing Booth.’ And yet, you probably have seen ‘The Kissing Booth’ (2018), reportedly one of the most-viewed films in the world. In this fourteenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha sift through the cultural wreckage of this Netflix rom-com an...

In this thirteenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy’ (which, for Samantha, is actually the ten thousand and thirteenth episode because she is caught in a time loop on the day of recording), Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha make the case for lovable and unfairly maligned cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) over misanthropic TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) in the beloved 1993 fantasy rom-com ‘...

In this twelfth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha dive deep into the 2014 rom-com ‘What If,’ in which med-school dropout Wallace (played by a fresh-off-‘Harry-Potter’ Daniel Radcliffe) and doe-eyed animator Chantry (played by a trying-hard-not-to-be-overly-twee Zoe Kazan) fall for each other despite being “just friends.” Left to the wayside are Chantry’s globetro...

In this eleventh episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha are joined by special guest Abby Monteil (Insider.com) ostensibly so that they can all argue for Gertrude (Malin Åkerman) over Margaret (Sandra Bullock) in the 2009 rom-com ‘The Proposal,’ which stars Ryan Reynolds sporting the same haircut he has had for two decades. But the conversation quickly pivots to Abby’s...

In this tenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha completely abandon the project of rehabilitating mama’s boy Johnny (Danny Aiello) in the 1987 classic ‘Moonstruck’ to swap Nicolas Cage impersonations, praise Cher’s gray streak, and call for a return to an era when rom-coms were this weirdly horny.

If you thought we were done talking about ‘The Ugly Truth,’ you were wrong! In this very special bonus episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha are joined by illustrious pop culture critic and A.V. Club contributor Caroline Siede to discuss her article “Is ‘The Ugly Truth’ The Worst Romantic Comedy Ever Made?” Also discussed: the alternate universe in which Ben Affleck...

In this ninth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha collectively grapple with the trauma of having witnessed the 2009 rom-com ‘The Ugly Truth,’ coming up with various conspiracy theories to explain its unfortunate existence. Sure, somewhere in there your intrepid co-hosts make an argument for the classically hot doctor-next-door Colin (Eric Winter) over chauvinistic...

In this eighth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha are joined by special guest Emily VanDerWerff (Vox.com, Arden Podcast) to make the case for the beleaguered and overlooked Bruce (Ralph Bellamy) over the be-dimpled Walter (Cary Grant) in the classic 1940 screwball comedy ‘His Girl Friday,’ which features Rosalind Russell wearing splendiferous stripes.

In this seventh episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha are in double trouble as they have to argue for both beautifully unhinged pop star Samantha James (Anna Faris) and the alliteratively-named Dusty Dinkleman (Chris Klein) in the 2005 rom-com ‘Just Friends,’ which stars Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart as estranged but now fortuitously-reunited high school besties.

In this sixth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha try (and perhaps fail) to position the bread-denying Dean (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman) above broad-shouldered New Zealand contractor Jake (Adam Demos) in the 2019 rom-com ‘Falling Inn Love,’ which stars Christina Milian as a San Francisco designer whose Peloton might be possessed.

In this fifth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha make the case for cardiologist Jeremy (Adam Scott) over rakish Irishman Declan (Matthew Goode) in the 2010 rom-com ‘Leap Year,’ which stars Amy Adams as a woman who anthropomorphizes her own luggage. (But mostly Samantha and Jenn torture Sadie over her unabashed and totally earnest love of the movie ‘Leap Year.’)

In this fourth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha swoon over the stylish and hilarious Phil “Duckie” Dale (Jon Cryer) and bash Blane McDonagh (Andrew McCarthy) in the 1986 John Hughes Classic ‘Pretty In Pink,’ which stars Molly Ringwald as a thrifting style goddess trying to find love on the other side of the tracks.

In this third episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha extol the virtues of John Ambrose (Jordan Fisher) over dreamy jock Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo) in the 2020 rom-com ‘To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,’ which stars Lana Condor as a high school student who really needs to keep her love letters in a more secure location.

In this second episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha lay out an argument for time-traveling super genius Stuart Besser (Liev Schreiber) over blast-from-the-past Leopold (Hugh Jackman) in the 2001 rom-com Kate & Leopold, which stars Meg Ryan as an advertising executive with a deeply unfortunate haircut.

In this first episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha make the case for Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey) over Jake Perry (Josh Lucas) in the 2002 rom-com Sweet Home Alabama, which stars Reese Witherspoon as a fashion designer who once tried to blow up an ailing cat.