Rom Com

Episode 97: Isn't It Romantic

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We’re back after a brief hiatus to chat about the delightful new Rebel Wilson anti-romcom, Isn’t It Romantic! In this episode we discuss rising ice cream prices, plot romantic comedies for our Enneagram types, Katie pitches a new reality dating show and we’re really excited for the special features when this movie comes out on DVD.

Show Notes

IMDb: Isn’t It Romantic (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
Rated: PG-13

not sponsored by Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Park and Rec: Abducted in Plain Sight
Adam Devine
Horror 101 at the Gateway
Podfest Midwest - August 22-25

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HOW MANY TATUMS?

Wesleigh: 9 Tatums
Katie: 9 Tatums

Shows/Movies Mentioned

  • The Big Sick

  • The Amazing Race

  • Dating in the Dark

  • Friends

  • Sex in the City

  • 24

  • Law and Order: SVU

  • The Simpsons

  • Family Guy

  • Whiskey Cavalier

  • Westworld

  • The Good Place

  • Aladdin

  • Frozen 2

  • Frozen

  • Pretty Woman

  • Trainwreck

  • I Feel Pretty

  • Penelope

  • Insatiable

  • Hustle

  • Long Shot

  • Knocked Up

Episode 94: Trainwreck

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Trainwreck is the romcom full of all the things you didn’t know you wanted: Bill Hader as a love interest, Lebron as his BFF, and so much John Cena. In this week’s episode, your hosts discuss winter brunch date outfits, educational toys from our childhood, dating advice, and websites that no longer exist. Plus, Katie eats too much Valentine’s candy!

Show Notes

IMDb: Trainwreck (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Rated: R

Enneagram
Park and Rec: The Preacher's Wife, You, Bojack Horseman
Lebron and Channing on Ellen:

Matthew Broderick
Aaron Rogers
Lebron outtakes about how great Cleveland is (start at 1:44 mark):

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HOW MANY TATUMS?

Wesleigh: 9
Katie: 8.5

Shows/Movies Mentioned

  • The Sound of Music

  • Gossip Girl

  • Easy A

  • Sharp Objects

  • Inception

  • Toy Story

  • Home Improvement

  • I Feel Pretty

  • Parks and Rec

  • Fresh Off the Boat

  • Godzilla (1998)

  • Ferris Beuller's Day Off

  • Blockers

  • WWE

  • Sisters

  • Bumblebee

  • Tangled

  • Lizzie McGuire

  • The Cinderella Story

  • FRIENDS

  • Home Alone

  • 101 Dalmatians (1996)

  • 101 Dalmatians (1961)

  • Barney's Great Adventure

  • The Prince of Egypt

  • The Land Before Time

  • The Good Place

Episode 83: When Harry Met Sally...

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You’ll know about this podcast the way you know about a good melon. That’s right, this week we watched the Meg Ryan classic When Harry Met Sally! In this episode of Viewing Party, we inadvertently honor Carrie Fisher, Katie talks a lot about sociopaths (see future minisode for full convo!), and we talk about recognizing when movies problematic.

Show Notes

IMDb: When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Rated: R

Anne Hathaway haters
Park and Rec: Destination Wedding, Gone Girl, Get Out, Documentary of Jake Paul on YouTube by Shane Dawson, Thriller hosted by Boris Karloff
Rip Torn
Nora Ephron trilogy - When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail
Crumby Pictures / Sesame Street - When Cookie Met Sally:

Split screen with Jess and Marie:

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HOW MANY TATUMS?

Wesleigh: 9/10
Katie: 9/10

Shows/Movies Mentioned

  • The Princess Diaries

  • You’ve Got Mail

  • The Meg

  • Inside Out

  • The Decoy Bride

  • The Twilight Zone

  • Psycho

  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

  • Star Wars

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • 10 Things I Hate About You

  • BIG

  • Turner & Hooch

  • The Burbs

  • Joe vs. The Volcano

  • Punchline

  • Splash!

  • 13 Going on 30

  • Pretty in Pink

  • Pretty Woman

  • LA Law

  • 90210

  • Final Destination 2

  • Steel Magnolias

  • Pillow Talk

  • Down With Love

  • Halloween

  • Batman

  • Ghostbusters 2

  • License to Kill

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

  • Mary Poppins

Episode 61: Kate & Leopold

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For our second movie of Marathon May, we revisit the movie that introduced Hugh Jackman as a heartthrob, Kate & Leopold — which neither of us has watched since we were in middle school. In this episode, Katie reveals a secret about watching superhero movies, we discuss the Royal Wedding and the current and former hotness of the princes, Wesleigh tries to explain Lovebürger, and some cute puppers join us for the recording!  

Show Notes

IMDb: Kate & Leopold (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes:
Rated: PG-13

Daisy and Bubbles:

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Can I Pet Your Dog? podcast
Park and Rec: Deadpool 2, The Handmaid’s Tale, Pushing Daisies
Actor on Pushing Daisies:

 
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Chicago Tribune tweet:

Photo of Harry and Meghan from above by Yui Mok:

 
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Meghan’s veil
Lovebürger:

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Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma!:

Shows/Movies Mentioned

  • Iron Man
  • X-Men
  • Westworld
  • Doctor Who
  • Can’t Hardly Wait
  • Scream
  • Scrubs
  • Oklahoma!
  • You’ve Got Mail
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  • The West Wing
  • Orange is the New Black
  • Family Matters

 

Episode 58: I Feel Pretty

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Viewing Party is headed to the theater this week to see Amy Schumer’s new comedy, I Feel Pretty! In this episode, every type of loud vehicle goes by while we record in a parking lot, we have a great discussion about self awareness, confidence, and friendship, and Katie discovers an ingenious new pick up line.

Show Notes

IMDb: I Feel Pretty (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 34%
Rated: PG-13

Amanda’s Picture Show a Go Go
Park and Rec: Isle of Dogs, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Murder on the Orient Express
not sponsored by Three-C Bodyshop
Eric Carle
Enneagram
SNL Leggings skit:

Adorkable Maverick Dream Guy
Columbus Podcast Festival
not sponsored by MoviePass

Shows/Movies Mentioned

  • I, Tonya
  • Blockers
  • A Quiet Place
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Jurassic Park
  • I Can Only Imagine
  • Love, Simon
  • Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Toy Story
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Table 19
  • Trainwreck
  • Star Wars
  • Shallow Hal
  • Mean Girls
  • Bridesmaids
  • In Her Shoes
  • Ever After

Episode 47: The Philadelphia Story

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We’re going pretty far back in the Academy’s archives for this week’s Oscar Loser — all the way to 1940 for Wesleigh’s pick, The Philadelphia Story. In this episode, we rave about TLC programming in the early 2000s, share our favorite Parks and Recreations jokes for Galentine’s Day, and discuss just how delightful and saucy Katherine Hepburn truly is.

Show Notes

IMDb: The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Rated: N/A

Space Bags
Park and Rec: new Queer Eye on Netflix, do not rec Pretty Ugly People, The Bachelor
Network Connectivity Issues:

Stop Pooping:

13th Academy Awards
Play: The Philadelphia Story
Showing here in Columbus at AMC Lennox on Sunday, Feb. 18

Shows/Movies Mentioned

Parks and Recreations
Queer Eye (early 2000s)
How to Look Good Naked
What Not to Wear
Trading Spaces
Rebecca (1940)
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Much Ado About Nothing
Skateboard Kid
The Mountain Between Us
Fifty Shades Freed
Gilmore Girls

Episode 39: The Holiday

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This week we watched Wesleigh’s holiday pick: The Holiday! You have to get past 10 minutes of us talking about Jude Law’s hair, but we do eventually discuss the movie. In this episode Katie describes some ideal artwork she’d like to commission, we discuss the British royals, and Wesleigh gushes over how cute Jack Black is in this role.

Show Notes

IMDb: The Holiday (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
Rated: PG-13

What’s with Jude Law’s hair loss?? (is there a tumblr?)
Not Sponsored by Aveda
Park and Rec: Bojack Horseman - Season 4, The Crown, Skin Wars
Paul McCartney talking about Queen Elizabeth’s coronation
Iris and Miles:

Could you outrun a t-rex in heels?

Mr. Napkin Head:

Jumanji trailer:

Shows/Movies Mentioned

  • Mr. Ed
  • Black Beauty
  • Moana
  • Doctor Who
  • American Psycho: The Musical
  • You’ve Got Mail
  • How the States Got Their Shapes
  • Shrek
  • In Her Shoes
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
  • Family Tree
  • The IT Crowd
  • Bridesmaids
  • Love Actually
  • Hamilton

 

Episode 24: The Princess Diaries

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BONUS! Listen to a special playlist based on this episode on Spotify!

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Viewing Party revisits the early 00s with a feel-good teen girl favorite: The Princess Diaries! In this episode Katie does a LOT of voices, we learn what it takes to turn Wesleigh British, and discuss dreamsicles, high-end Gordo, the key to perfect chocolate chip cookies, and the fact that Tim Burton never learns a lesson. Also, we introduce a new segment we name on the spot!

Show Notes

IMDb: The Princess Diaries (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
Rated: G

Shut Up and Listen podcast by Heather Matarazzo
Not Sponsored by pillows
Weird Al - Livin' with a Hernia

Park & Recs: Insecure, The Good Place
Not Sponsored by Domino’s
The Perfect List:

  • Julie Andrews
  • Cate Blanchett
  • Kate Winslet
  • Emma Thompson
  • Robin Wright

Julie Andrews on Colbert (see left)
Not Sponsored by Breathe Right Strips
Life lesson: princesses never cross their legs, they cross their ankles
Planet of the Apes podcast? - We found one! Podcast of the Apes
Weird fashion on Lizzie McGuire
*NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye

Robert Schwartzman (Michael) is Jason Schwartzman’s little brother
Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing?

Jason Mraz - Waiting for My Rocket to Come
Shonda Rhimes (Screenplay for sequel)
All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret

If Jason Schwartzman was playing Jared Leto in a movie it would be Robert
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt
The Cutaways podcast

Shows/Movies Mentioned

  • Tammy and the T-Rex
  • Accepted
  • The Great British Bake Off
  • Downtown Abbey
  • iRobot
  • Game of Thrones
  • Tim Burton’s Batman
  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
  • Sofia the First
  • My Little Pony
  • A Walk to Remember
  • Saved!
  • Lizzie McGuire
  • Legally Blonde: The Musical
  • Cinderella
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  • Wolf of Wall Street
  • Ferris Beuller’s Day Off
  • The Office
  • Princess Diaries 2
  • Into the Woods
  • Les Miserables
  • Mean Girls
  • Harry Potter
  • Aladdin
  • Across the Universe
  • The Virgin Suicides
  • Chasing Liberty