Previously: We watched a terrible movie that turned a magical thing into sadness and rage.
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Sweeney: If you’ve been following our journey with this podcast, you know that the thing has been taking shape, little by little, as we go. But in the early days, when the podcast was just kind of an idea, the goal was going to be that Mari and I would recommend media to each other back and forth. (This lasted for literally two episodes until a Twitter conversation made us decide that it would be cool if two people who knew nothing about Star Wars watched The Force Awakens.)
One of the first things Mari put on that list was Avatar: The Last Airbender. One of the first things I put on that list was Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
We came to actually scheduling an episode for it when Mari joined some friends and I in Portland for my 30th birthday to watch the live show. At that time, she had only seen a handful of episodes, so she had a delightfully backwards way into the show.
Aside from my general enthusiasm for talking about a show I love, THE OTHER THING that makes this episode magical and exciting is that this time we have NOT ONE, BUT TWO guests. We are joined both by longtime Snark Lady, fashion & musical theater wizard Democracy Diva, who you can find with her recaps here on the site, on her hilarious fashion blog, or over on Twitter. Our other guest is the podcast’s most frequent recurring guest, Ceri Riley, who can be found editing scripts for SciShow and Crash Course: Film, being an editorial assistant on Monstress, or being thoughtful and great over on Twitter.
Hear all our many thoughts and feelings about this clever, meta, magical show:
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As always, thank you to Stefan Chin for our delightful theme music.
For those of you watching and reading along, here is our planned upcoming media in the order they’ll be released: Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok (we’ll be discussing these three Thor films as one episode), The Last Jedi, A Clash of Kings, and Brooklyn 99.
And finally, our media mentioned:
Jane the Virgin (The CW, 2014-present)
The Mindy Project (FOX/Hulu, 2012-2017)
“The Hardest-Working Show in Show Business” – the Vulture article Ceri mentioned, detailing the production of the S3 finale
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB/UPN, 1997-2003) (Recaps) (“Once More With Feeling“)
Songs Mentioned:
End of the Movie
We Tapped That Ass
Flooded With Justice
Settle For Me
After Everything I Did For You (That You Didn’t Ask For)
After Everything You Made Me Do (That You Didn’t Ask For)
I’m Just a Girl in Love
I’m Just a Boy in Love
Period Sex
The Buzzing From the Bathroom
I Feel Like This Isn’t About Me
Back in Action
Friendtopia
Getting Bi
Where’s the Bathroom
Remembered That We Suffered
Dream Ghosts
The Moment is Me
What a Rush to Be a Bride
The First Penis I Saw
Sex With a Stranger
You Stupid Bitch
I Give Good Parent
Without Love You Can Save the World
Let’s Generalize About Men
The Math of Love Triangles
The Sexy Getting Ready Song
It Was a Shit Show
The Miracle of Birth
A Diagnosis
Nicole is the co-captain of Snark Squad and these days she spends most of her time editing podcasts. She spends too much time on Twitter and very occasionally vlogs and blogs. In her day job she's a producer, editor, director, and sometimes host of educational YouTube channels. She loves travel, maps, panda gifs, and semicolons. Writing biographies stresses her out; she crowd sourced this one years ago and has been using a version of it ever since. She would like to thank Twitter for their help.
