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Al & Val are BACK after a summer break and ready to be uber critical about Den Brother.
Enjoy a recap of our summers. Den Brother chat starts at 34min.
Enjoy a recap of our summers. Den Brother chat starts at 34min.
Den Brother (August 13, 2010)
Directed by Mark L. Taylor (Actor - The Other Me & Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff)
Written by James Krieg (Clueless show, Scooby Doo, LEGO properties, 2 other random TV movies) & Michael Horowitz (Burn Notice, The Gifted)
Starring:
Hutch Dano as Alex Pearson (Ramona & Beezus, Zeke & Luther)
Genevieve Hannelius as Emily Pearson (Leo Little’s Big Show, Sonny with a Chance, voice acting)
Vicki Lewis as Dina Reams (voice & character actor - NewsRadio, Three Sisters, Finding Dory)
Kelsey Asbille Chow as Matisse Burrows (One Tree Hill, Pair of Kings, Teen Wolf, Fargo, Yellowstone)
David Lambert as Danny "Goose" Gustavo (Aaron Stone, The Fosters, Good Trouble)
Kelly Gould as Rachel (Lucky Louie, Rita Rocks, stopped in 2013)
Kiara Muhammad as Ursula (voice of Doc McStuffins)
Haley Tju as Tina (voice actor)
Maurice Godin as Jasper Pearson (voice actor, character actor, Life with Roger, Working)
Debra Mooney as Allie Jacklitz (acting since 1976 - Tootsie, Dead Poets Society, Davis Rules, Kirk, Everwood, Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Inventing Anna)
Rick Dano (real-life father of Hutch Dano) makes a cameo as Delivery Man
Synopsis: Suspended from his hockey team, a teenager (Hutch Dano) becomes a substitute leader for his sister's (G. Hannelius) Girl Scout troop.
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Why Matisse? I mean Okay. Yeah. She's pretty. So what?
Speaker 1:She doesn't like you. I mean, there are ton of pretty girls that would love to go out with you. Well, she's she's really smart. Yeah. We know that from the fact that she won't go out with you.
Speaker 2:Oh, correction. She's not gone out with me yet. I made eye contact with her at the game. I think I'm really starting to wear her down.
Speaker 1:You know, wore me down? This movie.
Speaker 2:Hey, Val.
Speaker 1:Hey, Elle.
Speaker 2:Welcome to the commentaries.
Speaker 1:Thank you. Welcome to you, and welcome to our listeners. Today, we're talking about Den Brother. Yeah. We are.
Speaker 2:We are talking about the but, Val. But.
Speaker 1:Okay. Here's the thing. First of all, hi, everybody. We're back from our extra long hiatus.
Speaker 2:It was about a month longer than we expected. Yes. But we both needed a summer vacation. And we hope that you did too from our voices.
Speaker 1:That's right. Yeah. I as I think we mentioned before we left, I moved, in July, and it was a very chaotic couple weeks. I don't recommend moving with an infant. Won't.
Speaker 1:Thank you, though. Yeah. I know. We don't have to worry about it out doing that. So it's been I mean, we're still not, like, fully settled, but at least we're functional.
Speaker 1:And, and then I had a couple trips, and then Al went to d 23.
Speaker 2:I sure as shit did, Val. Explicit. Den bra Den Brother? Explicit. Yeah.
Speaker 2:And I think, it would be fun to just do maybe a little breakdown of our summers.
Speaker 1:Sure. I mean, I basically did one of mine. So
Speaker 2:Yeah. But, like, but, like, how, like, how was moving? Where did you go? I don't wanna talk too much about d 23 3 and not give you your time to shout
Speaker 2:as well.
Speaker 1:Please. Okay. So we moved from one neighborhood in Chicago to another neighborhood in Chicago. K. We moved to the northwest edge of the city.
Speaker 1:We needed a house because our baby needs her own room. She was sleeping in the hallway.
Speaker 2:If you guys have ever seen, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, they needed a house because Val blew up her kid, and it's like a huge, just like kid that, like, needs a big house.
Speaker 1:That's right.
Speaker 2:So, just to put you put it in your perspective for everyone.
Speaker 1:Constantly trying to, get a giant baby to not have a tantrum. Just like another baby.
Speaker 2:Is that the one that, the, like, the Pillsbury Doughboys in it too? Maybe. I can't I honestly God, we gotta do a happy scene.
Speaker 1:I know. I can't remember anything except the baby, like, almost having a tantrum and then them, like, calming it down somehow. And I can't even remember how that went. We'll have
Speaker 2:to watch that whole series.
Speaker 1:Yes. For sure. I love those. But, anyway, yes. So we moved to a bigger house, which was, I mean, necessary, and it's a great house.
Speaker 1:We love it. However, I had lived in the same place for almost 13 years. So it was a lot of, like, sifting through, you know, things that I hadn't even known I still had. Plus, like, my parents recently downsized, so, like, they had a whole storage unit full of stuff that we had to go through. So our garage is still very much full of boxes, but I basically, my goal has been do one thing a day and not beat myself up if I don't do anything more than that.
Speaker 1:So whether it's Yeah. Unpack 1 box or put a piece of furniture together or find a place for something, whatever it is, you know, that's good enough. And, like Good. I did get my baby's room. Alice's room is completely done.
Speaker 1:Nice. That's really nice and
Speaker 1:fun.
Speaker 2:The theme, Val?
Speaker 1:It's Under the Sea.
Speaker 2:Wow. Cute.
Speaker 1:Because she there's this crinkle book. I don't know if people who aren't parents are familiar, but they have these books that, like, make no crinkle noise because babies
Speaker 1:like that.
Speaker 2:Us non parents know what a crinkle book is.
Speaker 1:Yeah. So she we had we got this book for her, like, you know, right when she was born because I'm I'm a my whole family, we are very water oriented people. I'm sure I've mentioned before that I have scuba dived. I sailed. I was the waterfront director at my camp.
Speaker 1:You're into me.
Speaker 2:I'm a Cancer.
Speaker 1:That's right. Exactly. You get it. So I bought this book for her just thinking, like, oh, it's cute. It's, you know, it's what do you who do you see under the sea?
Speaker 1:This that's this book. This child has been obsessed with this book since she was, like, 2 months old. Like, every time she sees it, it makes her smile. She loves reading it. She can read it multiple times.
Speaker 1:If she's, like, losing her shit, if we bring this book out, she immediately stops crying. Like, it is her favorite thing in the world. So when we knew we were moving, I was like, okay. Well, we have to make her room under the sea themed because she loves this thing. So that's what we did.
Speaker 1:So her room is under the sea, and it's very cute. And, she has a little bookshelf, and Nice. All of Michael's and my old stuffies are now in her room. Nice. Yeah.
Speaker 1:So she has a very nice space. And, what's the theme of your room, Val? King bed. Cool. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Finally, it could fit a king bed in my room. And we have a deck off of our bedroom, which is really cool.
Speaker 1:Wow. Yo.
Speaker 2:So the theme is king bed sitting outside.
Speaker 1:That's right. Not at the same time. But Or at
Speaker 2:the same time.
Speaker 1:Or at the same time. Sure. Camp out on the deck in the king bed. Yeah. No.
Speaker 1:But the house is great, and, my mother-in-law has moved in with us to help share
Speaker 1:of Alice
Speaker 2:the podcast.
Speaker 1:Friend of the pod, sometime listener of the pod, which has been amazing. She is. Alice is obsessed with her. It's so That's good. Adorable.
Speaker 1:So that's been lovely. And, Michael mows the lawn now, which is cute. Dad. Yeah. Dad.
Speaker 1:And, yeah, it's just, it's great. I can't wait for us to have, like, furniture and, like, be able to have people over.
Speaker 2:Good. And, everyone, I have seen Val's house sans furniture. That's true. Michael, Val's husband, was out of town when they got their keys. So, aunt Al to the rescue and That's right.
Speaker 2:Alice were big Al, little Al hanging out while Val was doing the final inspection.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Saved my butt, honestly.
Speaker 2:So while we haven't been on microphone together, we have seen one another
Speaker 1:Yes. We
Speaker 2:in person. And for that, we are grateful to have one another
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 2:Whether via Zoom as I touch my screen. I love you. Belle touches her screen. I love you. Or in person.
Speaker 1:Yes. For sure. So that was basically most of my summer. Otherwise, we just went to Michael's hometown for a birth baby's birthday party. His our niece, turned 2, and, and Alice was also a costar of the show because she was the new baby who everyone was meeting.
Speaker 1:And and then we went to a wedding, and it was our first time being away from Alice. She stayed here with Linda, and that was interest I mean, she did great. We all did great. It was good it was good to know we can do that. So
Speaker 2:Good. Yeah. I know that parents new parents say the first time is the hardest. Yeah. It's like you just kind of gotta, like we just gotta go, and I can't have anxiety, and I just need to, like I have to go do this thing, and my kid is safe and okay.
Speaker 2:And then once you do it once, you're like, okay. I could do this once a month or whenever. Or I know that we could go on date night on Tuesday and be okay. You know? Right.
Speaker 1:Right. Right. Yeah. For sure. And to be clear, we have left the house without her before.
Speaker 2:No. No. Val, you you sent me a text today that was that was like, I've never left
Speaker 1:my baby, except for that one time we went to the wedding. That's right. You are correct. No. So that was cool.
Speaker 1:It was good to know that we could do it, and it was cool to, like, be a grown up again, you know, without, like, having to worry about diapers and whatever else. Yeah. Even if it was short lived. And, now we're home for a couple weeks. So, yeah, just kinda trying to, like, be settled and, like, continue to get the house done.
Speaker 1:That's basically my life right now.
Speaker 2:Nice. That's great.
Speaker 1:Al, much more interesting. Would love to hear about your summer, including, of
Speaker 2:course, g 23. Thank you so much, Val. I would like to preface this with some crazy quips, Val. Pre d 23, well, I didn't move this summer, but I'm, the world's busiest person. So so me and Val trying to, like, schedule recordings is always really tough for us, but we make it a priority because we love this, and we love you guys.
Speaker 2:Mhmm. But, so my summer in general has been totally fine. But I found out that, Val, we have listeners who we don't know personally, and that and that that kind of blows my mind. And I know that's a silly thing to think because I have a podcast that is on the Internet for anyone to listen to. And, of course, out of all of our downloads, I don't know every single person.
Speaker 2:But I just want to say thank you so much to all of the people who listen to our podcast, whether you found us on the Internet through a friend or whatever. I have a friend who sent
Speaker 1:me a Facebook message saying, my brother-in-law asked me how
Speaker 2:we know each other, and he listens to your podcast. And I do not know this brother-in-law. So, I just love that we have fans of ours who are really interested. And then, like I'm so excited to have new listeners that I met at d 23. We have a a bowling friend that I met, that has listened, and I just
Speaker 1:think it's really cool that we get
Speaker 2:to do this together, and there are actually people who care and listen to us. So I preface my very long about to talk about d 23 pod or, experience with thank you so much for being here. Yes. Because we wouldn't have be we wouldn't be consistently doing this for three and a half years with 2 minor breaks. 3, I guess, if you count the time Val had a baby.
Speaker 2:Although, we did prepare pretty good for that one.
Speaker 1:That was a long break. We did. We
Speaker 2:With I'm just really grateful to do this with you, Val. I
Speaker 1:feel the same way.
Speaker 2:Yay. Okay. So, once again, not about to talk about the actual reason why we're here. Den brother, gonna talk about my experience at d 23. So every 2 years, my best friend and I go to d 20 3.
Speaker 2:This is our 3rd time going. A lot of people ask why it's not called d 24. It's the year 2024, and it's because Disney's fan
Speaker 2:club is d 23, because 23 is, like, the year that, like, Disney
Speaker 2:was basically created. 1923. 19 created. 1923. 1923.
Speaker 2:2023 is when Disney was created. So, that's why it's called d 23, and it is at the Anaheim Convention Center every 2 years. And Ryan and I have now found out a couple of interesting things to do immediately once we find this out. So the moment the dates were released, I booked a hotel. So we got a really cheap hotel in a really great location before they all knew that it was coming and jacked up the price.
Speaker 2:And so there's, like, little things of, like, where to stay. Like, we well, one of our things to do was to, like, bring food in, and this year, they they didn't let you bring food in. They were literally taking food out of people's bags and throwing it away. Oh my god. Craziest thing I saw was a half eaten McGriddle in, like, their, like, little bin of, like, can't bring this food in.
Speaker 2:So very interesting. We started off with a trip in Disneyland. We, like, flew in in the morning, went to Disneyland. Disneyland's amazing. I like to say Disneyland is for the Disney fan, so it's, like, the history.
Speaker 2:It's the, you know, the nostalgia. It is where it all started. But if you're looking for a legitimate Disney vacation, you gotta go world. Okay? World, world, world.
Speaker 2:And that's coming from 2 gals who go to Disney World Mhmm. Multiple times a year.
Speaker 1:With some regularity. Yes. Some regularity. Also, Disneyland, just know if you're ever considering going, don't go when it's really hot because they do not know how to deal with that. Shades.
Speaker 1:Florida is, like, expert in
Speaker 2:Yeah. Creating safe spaces. Disneyland's not prepared for heat. Even if you went to, like, Universal Studios, they've got misters, they've got fans, they've got shade. Disneyland does not.
Speaker 2:And that's coming from someone who on day 1 got heat rash on their ankles. Okay? You turn 30, and your skin betrays you. It it was really bad. For the sake of everyone, I'm only gonna show Val what happened.
Speaker 1:Oh my god. I know.
Speaker 2:So, but it did get us into d 23 through a back wait because I was like, I'm looking for first aid, and so we got in without having to wait a really long line. Oh, nice. Another Allen Ryan tip, go looking for first aid to let you in. Okay. So Ryan and I dress up all the time.
Speaker 2:So day 1, we dressed up as the highway sign that you see coming into Walt Disney World in Florida. Something interesting about d 23 is it's very Disneyland cast member heavy. So our our Disney World nuances don't go as far, but then for the Disney World people that are there, it is it hits. Like, our Disney World, like, shout outs always hit really hard for those world people who from Florida who ended up coming in for the convention, and it's amazing. So there is shopping.
Speaker 2:There are different expos. I mean, if you've ever been to a Comic Con, it is the Disney Comic Con, and there are so many interactive things. Something cool that they did this year was they had the great pin oh, shoot. What was it called? It was called the the great pin find or something.
Speaker 2:So each station, once you waded through it, you got a special pin. Mhmm. And so they had, like, a Hulu pin. There was a the bear pin, Abbott Elementary. There's a Disney Channel pin.
Speaker 1:There was a,
Speaker 2:a free form pin. So you waited through all these things, and then, you could, like, enter to win giveaways. But it was really cool that it made it waiting in those lines where sometimes we waited an hour and a half to get through a specific booth. They made it worth it because you get something at the end. So we started off our very first panel was the directors of animation panel, and I feel like you guys all know I love doing voices.
Speaker 2:I love doing this podcast. I am so much more comfortable behind a microphone than I am in front of a camera, which is insane because I'm just, like, so perfect, gorgeous, and confident, and very humble.
Speaker 1:She's joking, but she really is.
Speaker 2:I am not confident in front of a camera. I do appreciate your feedback.
Speaker 1:But gorgeous and perfect.
Speaker 2:Oh my god. Stop, Val. Thank you. Tell me again. Okay.
Speaker 2:But it was so inspiring to see, there was, like, the CEO of Pixar and the CEO of Disney Animation and then a couple of directors from there. And it was it was like a I'm getting goosebumps again thinking about it. It was them talking about, like, the process and how did Pixar is different from Disney Animation and, working with actors and the the lead up to how many times do we have audiences watch this before we actually put the movie out and taking other people's voices. When you're the director, what do you kinda do? I've never been more inspired to be like, this is what I wanna do.
Speaker 2:I am so inspired to do voice over work and, like, be in entertainment, and I am like this panel literally refilled my battery. Even Ryan was like, I need to go home and take a voice over class. Like, they seem so real. They're all introverts. They need me, an extrovert, in their booth, giving them energy, but it was so insanely inspiring and just, like, the coolest thing.
Speaker 2:And then later, we saw so in that in the in the panel was Pete Docter, Domi Shi, Peter Sohn, Ron Clements, Jared Bush, and Jennifer Lee. We saw Pete Docter a couple times throughout the weekend talk about his experience as a c e he is the CCO and the director of Pixar.
Speaker 1:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:So he was super cool to listen to. We listened to an entire panel of Peter Sohn talking about the making of elemental, which started as a slow burn, LOL because it's, a fire, and how it really took off internationally and then, like, really became, like, a big international movie even though it had, like, a slow release in the states. One of my favorite rewatches.
Speaker 1:So good.
Speaker 2:If you haven't seen elemental yet, please watch it. It is so good. It's beautiful. Mhmm. And it's literal it is a love story.
Speaker 2:It's a love story. And Disney doesn't give, like, legit I mean, like, yeah, we have our princesses, but we don't get, like, like, heart wrenching love stories like elemental or any like, we haven't just gotten that recently.
Speaker 1:And Wade Wade, the, like, guy, is such a modern, like Empower. Male ideal, like, where yeah. He, like, cries. You know, he's very, like, just emotionally vulnerable and, like, clear with how he feels and communicative. It's just, like, what a lovely thing to highlight and reward in a film on top of, like, everything else.
Speaker 1:Right? Like, it's a gorgeous film. It's a it's also an immigrant story.
Speaker 2:Like Yeah.
Speaker 1:There's so much to it, But, like, the the complete whatever the opposite of toxic masculinity is
Speaker 2:That's Wade.
Speaker 1:That's Wade. So lovely.
Speaker 2:Honestly, it's giving Michael. It's giving Michael. It's giving Michael. And I would like to say that I was, the person who told Val she needed to watch elemental.
Speaker 1:It's true. So It's true. And as the child of immigrants,
Speaker 2:it hit you hard in all the right ways.
Speaker 1:Is also fiery or an immigrant and also who is also fiery compare as compared to my very sensitive husband. It definitely resonated for sure.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So this is your suggestion to go watch elemental, but so cool to just see him go through. That's awesome. Yeah. He he showed a storyboard of the original idea where it literally was like, what if the elements interacted?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like, you know, and then he just showed it different parts. Oh, it was just absolutely incredible. And then we ended day 1, or ended day 1 at the expo itself with a concert from Simple Plan.
Speaker 1:Oh, love.
Speaker 2:They had all the hits. Then, Disney's coming out with, like, an album of, like, all of our favorite kind of, like, pop pop rock emo alternative rock bands singing Disney songs, so they ended with can you feel the love tonight. Mhmm. And it really just, like, fulfilled something in me that needed to happen of I was obsessed with Simple Plan in 6:9.
Speaker 1:Me too. I saw my shirt. Like, I'm I'm literally I wish
Speaker 2:I kept my shirt because they all signed it for me when I was Me too.
Speaker 1:I I got so I'm getting a bunch of my shirts turned into blankets, and one set is my concert shirts, and I have to send my shirts.
Speaker 2:Love that. Mhmm. Okay. So then we ended day 1 with the movies and TV panel. I almost didn't go because I was like, a lot of it's gonna be really Star Wars and Marvel heavy, but I would have sat somewhere without our eye in it, so I ended up going, very cool.
Speaker 2:We became really good friends with the people next to us. They will come back in the story. Okay. But we had, like, the best time. We're sitting in the 4 hundred level.
Speaker 2:Basically, for anyone who's in Chicago, it was like if it was held in the Allstate arena. So there were, like, 12,000 people there, you know, big, huge panel. And it was cool to see all the celebrities. You could tell they were running low on time. It did run an hour longer than it said it was supposed to be, and so there were some, actors that came out that had microphones that never got called to, like, Mufasa's coming out and, Seth Rogen and, Billy on the street.
Speaker 2:Can't think of his last name right now.
Speaker 1:Oh,
Speaker 2:Achn Eichner. Eichner.
Speaker 1:Yeah. They were had microphones, never got called on. So I'm
Speaker 2:like, they dream. Wow. Okay. So now we're on day 2. Day 2, we dressed
Speaker 1:up as fast passes. So we printed out,
Speaker 2:like, huge fast passes of the of the old, and it was a huge hit. We were gonna do it on Sunday, and for some reason, we changed to Saturday just because we knew more people probably would see it because Sunday, the big panel was at at 5 o'clock instead of 7 o'clock, so we had more time during the day on Saturday. People were stopping us to talk about it. People were taking pictures of it. The most insane people who stopped us besides the media, which we had 2 media talk to us, the LA Times and, our friend Hunter who works for d 23, got us on, like, d 23 video.
Speaker 2:The people who work on Lightning Lane there was a group of people who work for Lightning Lane that were like, we have to take a picture of this, and both of us were like, we love Lightning Lane. So for anyone who's not in the parks, even though you're listening to a DCOM podcast, you probably are a little bit familiar. They got rid of the paper FastPasses, which is what we were, and introduced FastPass Plus, which was on your phone, and then got rid of that. Now it's Lightning Lane, and it's paid. So people have a lot of feelings, and it was just really funny that, like, 7 people were like, oh my gosh.
Speaker 2:That's so funny we work for Lightning Lane. It stopped us to take a picture for, basically, what they killed. So we, we went mini golfing. We went to Ava Fest. If anyone watches, Abbott Elementary, they had a full Ava Fest there.
Speaker 2:Val, we saw Sharpay's Convertible from High School Musical.
Speaker 1:Wow.
Speaker 2:We had just, like, the best time being little fast passes. We went to The Bear. They had The Restaurant. That's so cool. And then this day, Belle, we went to the Disney Channel panel.
Speaker 2:Whoo. So we saw, some people, some newer peoples from, like, zombies, rise of red from descendants just came out, so they were heavily promoting that movie.
Speaker 1:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:David Henry was there promoting Wizards reboot. Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu from High School Musical were there. Raven Symonez was there. And it was just, like, absolutely amazing to hear them talk about their experiences on Disney Channel. And, I know Ryan didn't really wanna go to this panel, and we left a little early because we had to run somewhere else.
Speaker 2:But, I'm really glad that I got to see them talk for a little bit. And we got to I got to see the heavy hitters talk about their experience, and they they definitely gave a lot of they gave a lot of information and well wishes to the new class of Disney Channel stars, which was really nice. Nice. And then the last day came, and we, dressed up as the Disney World parking cast members. So we wore our yellow stripes with yellow shorts and our white hats.
Speaker 2:And one of the Disney ambassadors saw us and thought that we actually worked there, and she was like, I did that job. I give you so much props, and we didn't know how to tell her we we don't actually work there. This is a convention. This is not my costume. I bought this on Amazon.
Speaker 2:She's very nice. But the best panel, that we saw that day so we saw 2 really good panels. We saw Pete Docter, who is the, CCO, and director of Pixar, talk about his experience with, Zach Ridley, who is a parks and ride person, which I forgot to talk about Saturday night. They announced all of the new stuff coming to the parks. Huge news for villains fans, Cars fans, Zootopia fans, Coco fans, Monsters Inc.
Speaker 2:Fans. I think everyone's butts fell out of their butt when they announced the Monsters Inc. Ride. And And so they kinda talked about how Pixar and ride creation go hand in hand. So that was a cool panel.
Speaker 2:Very cool. And then we also saw inside the studio, and we saw, the voices of Goofy, Minnie, and Mickey do live voice over on stage.
Speaker 1:Wow.
Speaker 2:Once again, insanely inspiring. I just it was the coolest thing to just have them be like, yeah. I'm just gonna, like, go do what I do in a booth on stage. And something that I didn't know, Val, which you might you may or may not have known, is Tom Hanks' brother, Jim, does all of the Woody voice over except for the movies. Toys, video games, rides.
Speaker 2:I've heard that somewhere before. So he was there too doing a lot of Woody stuff, and it was just absolutely incredible. It was recommended to the us by the people who were sitting next to us at, the Honda Center, and, they, like, pulled us in line with them. And we got in for a bit, and they were just so nice to to be like, you have to go to that one. That's cool.
Speaker 2:And then we just kinda finished up walking around the show floor. We, you know, went to a bunch of booths, got, you know, stickers, bookmarks, sign up for this giveaway, do all these things. You know? So many people have my personal information now, just her signing up for Canva.
Speaker 1:You know?
Speaker 2:And then lastly, we ended with the legend ceremony, which is where we saw Harrison Ford and Miley Cyrus and Jamie Lee Curtis. Miley Cyrus was literally 10 feet away from me at one point. Wow. Like, Martha Blanding, the the first tour guide who's a black woman at Disneyland got honored this year. Wow.
Speaker 2:And I got so choked up because the Dapper Dan sang and the Disneyland band came out. And she in her speech, she was like, I never saw this for myself. I think that's just so inspiring to be like, we don't see how much of an impact we're making when we're making it and how oh my gosh. She was so inspiring, and I just adored the legend ceremony so much because then you had people like Harrison Ford who was who was like, this is embarrassing.
Speaker 1:He's so funny. He's just like, can
Speaker 2:I just go be in my man cave? Literally. Literally.
Speaker 1:Not do this anymore.
Speaker 2:And then, the voices the voices of all the princesses came out. We had Jodie Benson, Paige O'Hara, Nikanoni Rose, the oh my god. The voice of Jasmine that starts with
Speaker 2:an l.
Speaker 2:And Ming Na was there. She got a huge, huge, huge cheering. People were, like, standing over for her and then you can only rose. It's like Linda Lakin or Linda Larkin, who's the one
Speaker 1:I think is. Larkin. I think it's Larkin.
Speaker 2:And so they were all there, and it was just
Speaker 2:Wow. I I
Speaker 2:mean, inspiring.
Speaker 1:Yes. The cool thing about Ming Na Wen I think we've talked about this before, but she has been in Marvel, Star Wars, and she's a Disney princess. Like, she's got the dream.
Speaker 2:The dream. Talk about a triple threat. She's Yeah. She's so cool. So that I mean, Val, do you have any questions?
Speaker 2:If you don't, that's fine. I feel like I covered a lot of it. I tried to cover more than less. But, if anyone listening can ever go, You gotta go. And you have to go with someone who you travel well with.
Speaker 2:And I recommend only going with 1 or 2 other people because it is very overwhelming, and if you try to take too many people's opinions into consideration for this, it's gonna be too overwhelming. So the fact that me and Ryan travel well together and we're on a sim similar plane of what we're interested in, it works out really well. Sure. But yeah. Okay.
Speaker 2:Val, any questions?
Speaker 1:Was there a panel that you wanted to go to that you didn't get a chance to go to?
Speaker 2:I've this is silly. I really wanted to go to Grey's Anatomy panel. I really wanted to go to Grey's Anatomy panel because it's celebrating 20 seasons, and they were all there. Also, there was
Speaker 1:guessed a 1000 of a 1000. I never would've guessed that.
Speaker 2:Also, the voice of Moana, Ali'i Caravalho, she did like, she didn't get a big stage. They gave her a small small small stage. And, like, for Peter Sohn, we were sitting on the ground at that stage. And for her, people were packed like sardines standing up, so we didn't even wait. So I would have loved to see that hour of her talking about Moana too.
Speaker 2:And then, there was, a Disney, like, a a Disney parks food, panel that would have been really cool to go to. I'm trying to think of I'm trying to think of, like, the whole list. I think oh, Anika Noni Rose signed, but you had to, like, win the lottery to see her. Would have, like, loved to meet her. She's I mean, Tiana's my favorite princess.
Speaker 2:So She's the best princess. She's the best princess.
Speaker 1:Entrepreneur? Come on.
Speaker 2:Come on. Saving those pennies. Something I'm not doing. Yeah. I there's definitely a couple I'd have to, like, look at a list because I know there's one that can't think of right now that I definitely want that me and Ryan were like, man, we can't go to it.
Speaker 2:But
Speaker 1:That's okay. What else? Were you actually on the news?
Speaker 2:So I actually never looked up if we were it quoted in the LA Times or not, but then Ryan was in, some d 23 video recap video. It's funny because it when it comes to me and Ryan, I am you, and Ryan is me. And so when we were both, like, on camera, he's the one screaming. He's like, I love d 23, and I'm like, we saw Harrison Ford tonight.
Speaker 1:That's so funny.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, we weren't really, like, on TV, but it was, you know, maybe we're gonna be in, like, a recap video, or they'll use our footage somewhere. But, we do it for the attention, but we also do it just because we have a good time.
Speaker 1:If there's one takeaway for about this whole experience, what is it?
Speaker 2:It's really I feel like it's the cliche of, like, like, literally just do it. Just do it because what you want is you are capable of getting what you want if you just do it.
Speaker 1:Do the thing.
Speaker 2:Do the thing. Do the thing because I'm seeing people living my dream, and why are they doing it? And I'm not, and it's because I'm not doing it. Mhmm. And so you just gotta, like
Speaker 1:Do the thing.
Speaker 2:Get through it, do it, and say and the thing is it is it's achievable. Yeah. It's achievable. It's not out of the question. For sure.
Speaker 2:And so that was that's probably my biggest takeaway from it. It really refilled my battery. I had a really just, like, low mental summer, and it really was kind of what I needed going into, like, the end of the year, going into, like, my future career, continuing to figure out what I like doing in entertainment. Yeah. And I feel like it's something it's one of the like, that feeling is one of those things that you also don't experience it until you're experiencing it.
Speaker 1:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Because, like, I can tell you that to your face right now on Zoom, but, like, until you feel that feeling, like, you're not ever gonna do it. You know? Yeah.
Speaker 1:For sure. Well, thank you, Al, for that recap. Thanks for letting me talk about
Speaker 2:it, Al. I hope everyone's interested. And if not, now's a great time to tune back in.
Speaker 1:Yeah. I will put the time stamps in so that people can skip if they want.
Speaker 2:If they hate me? Yeah. Yeah. I think everyone who listens to this podcast hates me.
Speaker 1:That's definitely true.
Speaker 2:That's what they were saying on our reviews. Yeah.
Speaker 1:I heard that. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Maybe everyone should go leave a 5 star review just to get rid of those ones that everyone's like,
Speaker 1:oh, she sucks. Yeah. I think that would be a great idea to
Speaker 2:leave a 5 star review.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 2:Val, remember when we were gonna talk about Den Brother? Yeah. Okay. Let's do that. We're done stalling.
Speaker 2:We're done talking about moving in Disney Disney nerds.
Speaker 1:Okay. Y'all, let's just do the business and get this Alright. Shit going. Okay.
Speaker 2:Kick this shit off. Yeah. We're explicit.
Speaker 1:We're explicit. Okay. I feel like we're always explicit on the ones we don't like because we just wanna stare at it. And I will. Den Brother came out August 13, 2010.
Speaker 1:So there was, like, a good 5 months. No. More than that because the last one came out February. So, like, almost a like, like, a half a year. Like Okay.
Speaker 1:About half a year between the 2, so they were slowed down at this point. Really interesting. Den Brother was directed by Mark l Taylor. Mark l Taylor, you might recognize the name because he was in 2 DCOMS. He's a character actor.
Speaker 1:He's not a director. He's only directed, like, four things, but he was in the other me and Eddie's $1,000,000 Cook Off.
Speaker 2:Oh.
Speaker 1:Yeah. He like, if you saw him, you would absolutely recognize him. Okay. But he directed this. So sort of like how LeVar Burton randomly directed Smart Times and never directed, like, anything else, Mark l Taylor directed Den Brother.
Speaker 1:Cool. Yeah. I don't know that this was He did largely his fault. Grim. But Yeah.
Speaker 1:I don't know. It's hard to say whose fault this movie was, which I'll talk more about, later. So it was written by 2 people, James Krieg, who's pretty prolific, writer for television, a lot of animated properties, like a a bunch of Scooby Doo stuff, a ton of Lego stuff. Mhmm. And then he like, some other things, like, one that stood out to me was the Clueless television show, mainly because I know someone was on it.
Speaker 1:And then, like, he did 2 other, like, random TV movies that kind of felt similar, like, teenage TV movies right around the same time as this one, and then, like, never did that again,
Speaker 2:which I
Speaker 1:thought was really funny. Sure. And then the other writer was Michael Horowitz, who, again, wrote for TV, like, you know, pretty regularly. Some notables where he did multiple episodes was Burn Notice, and The Gifted, which I think might have been a Marvel show
Speaker 2:or No. Val, it was it was a show about me.
Speaker 1:Right. It was a show by now. Yeah. That's right. Sorry.
Speaker 1:My bad. So, yeah, those are the director and writer. The cast is as follows. Okay. Hutch Hutch Dano, which is quite a name, played Alex Pearson.
Speaker 1:He hasn't done a ton recently. I mean, he he has a couple recent credits, but, like, he got his start in Ramona and Beezus.
Speaker 2:Oh, cute.
Speaker 1:Yeah. With, Selena Gomez, I think, was in that. Mhmm. And then he did he was on a bunch of episodes of Zeke and Luther
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Which I never so I was probably too old for it.
Speaker 2:But Yeah. I think that's a Disney Channel show. Yeah.
Speaker 1:I think so. And he like I said, he has regular credits, like, up to now, but, like, those were the things that I, like, recognize. Then we have Genevieve Hannelius as Emily Pearson, his younger sister. She is really big into voice acting. But early on in her career, she was in something called Leo Little's Big Show and Sunny with a Chance.
Speaker 2:Sunny with a Chance Val is the Demi Lovato Disney Channel show.
Speaker 1:Right. Then we have Vicki Lewis as Dina Reems, who I believe was the other den mother, like, the
Speaker 2:Mhmm.
Speaker 1:Not nice one. She, is a pretty prolific voice and character actor. Some notables were are news radio, 3 sisters, and Finding Dory. Mhmm.
Speaker 2:I know that one. Me too.
Speaker 1:Kelsey Kelsey Asbille Chow played Matisse Burrows. She was on One Tree Hill, something I'd never heard of called Pair of Kings, the recent Teen Wolf show, Fargo, and currently is on Yellowstone. Okay. Mhmm. David Lambert played Danny Goose Gustavo, who is Alex's best friend who neither one of them seems to like each other at all, which is a common theme recently.
Speaker 1:He was in something called Aaron Stone. He was on The Fosters.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:And most or one of the more recent credits was Good Trouble. Oh, yeah. Mhmm. Mhmm. Kelly Gould played Rachel.
Speaker 1:I think, most of these are the rest of her the, bumpy troop or whatever. Mhmm. And she was in Lucky Louie, Rita Rocks, but she stopped acting in 2013.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Kiara Muhammad played Ursula, and she is the voice of Doc McStuffins. No way.
Speaker 2:Yes. Oh, wow. So she's, like, a fame now.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Isn't that so cool?
Speaker 2:That's so cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah. A lot of space. I wanna do that. I know. A lot of voice actors in this cast, actually, Al.
Speaker 1:So it's kind of apt that we're doing this.
Speaker 2:We're talking about voice.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Haley Chu played Tina, the one who was, like, afraid to talk. She is also, maybe ironically, given her character a voice actor.
Speaker 2:I remember just throwing it in my face today.
Speaker 1:Maurice Godin played Jasper Pearson, their dad. He's also a voice actor and a character actor. Some things that he has been in a lot of episodes of life with Roger and working, but he's been acting, like, forever. Probably the most well known person in this movie is Deborah Mooney, who plays Ali Jacklets, their neighbor, the older lady with the dog. She has been a character actor since 1976.
Speaker 1:Wow. Yes. Some notable credits of hers, she was in Tootsie. She was in Dead Poet. Yeah.
Speaker 1:She was in Dead Poets Society.
Speaker 2:Seen that.
Speaker 1:Yeah. She was in something called Davis Rules, something called Kermit. She was the thing that I know her from is Everwood. She was on
Speaker 1:Everwood for a
Speaker 1:long time. She was on Scandal, Grey's Anatomy. Yeah. Do you remember who she was? No.
Speaker 1:Ethan Hunt's mom.
Speaker 2:Oh. Mhmm. God. If I had taken more time, I probably would've gotten
Speaker 1:it. And one of her more recent credits was Inventing Anna.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah. That's, like, really recent.
Speaker 1:Mhmm. Wow. She's still acting. Her. Yeah.
Speaker 1:She has credits, like, all the way up to now. So, yeah, she's great. Definitely a grounding presence in this movie for
Speaker 1:sure.
Speaker 1:And then a, fun sort of I guess this could count more as a fun fact, since we don't really have any. Hutch Danos' real dad, Rick, made a cameo at one point in the movie as a delivery man.
Speaker 2:Oh, cool. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay. The synopsis is as follows. Suspended from his hockey team, a teenager becomes a substitute leader for his sister's Girl Scout troop. Actually
Speaker 2:That's that's a good synopsis.
Speaker 1:Synopsis. Perfect synopsis. No notes.
Speaker 2:10 out of 10 to whoever wrote that because that's exactly what this movie is about, and it didn't need any other information.
Speaker 1:That is correct. Okay. Business complete. Thanks, Val. Al?
Speaker 1:Yeah, Val. Would love to hear your first impressions of this movie.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much, Val. Well, I've watched this about a month ago, so I think I forgot all my opinions about it. Okay. I remember not loving it, so I'm gonna give it a 4a half. Mhmm.
Speaker 1:Is that
Speaker 2:do you think that's generous, though?
Speaker 1:I was literally just gonna say I think it's generous.
Speaker 2:She took a sip of water, and I was like, I'm about to read her mind. Yeah. I mean, like, it's not a good movie.
Speaker 1:I I think that, like, the
Speaker 2:the intention is there behind it, but I don't know. I just feel like no one was really likable.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Yeah. I'll I'll save mine for mine.
Speaker 2:I mean, you watched it more recently than I have. Yeah. But, I just remember being like, what am I watching? Kind of. And there were a lot of, like, lessons.
Speaker 2:I think one of Val and I's biggest pet peeves throughout a lot of DCOMs is having the same thing happened again and and again and again. And the one that I continue to go back to, I believe, is hounded where it's like we see the problem, we have a fix, and then we go through the same problem again, and then we have a fix. And we do the rule threes, and it's the same thing where
Speaker 1:it's like, he's being a doofus. He fixes it. He's being a doofus. He fixes it. He's being a doofus.
Speaker 1:He fixes it.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So so it's it it's been done. Yeah. And so it was just a little it wasn't fun.
Speaker 1:No. It wasn't fun
Speaker 2:at all. Yeah. I don't have any other thoughts, Val. Any first impressions?
Speaker 1:My first note is I hate this kid already. Oh, no. Sorry. So yeah. I thought both the character and the actor were bad, in my personal opinion.
Speaker 1:I think that he was going for, like, Van Wilder, but a high schooler, and it did not play at
Speaker 2:all. Okay.
Speaker 1:He did not have the right energy. And, again, it's hard to know how much of this is the writing, how much of this is the directing, how much of this is him. But he just played as completely unlikable to your point. He he was, like, manic in a way that, like, no I'm sorry. No cool kid in school behaves the way that he was behaving.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah.
Speaker 1:For sure. Like, he was giving, like, nerd who can't control his emotions kind of thing Mhmm. The whole time, which didn't jive with, like, what they were telling us he was, right, which was the star hockey player. His dad was, like, kind of whatever and boring. Like, I just think
Speaker 2:that weird times. There were, yeah, there were a
Speaker 1:lot of, like, missed opportunities, I think, in this movie. Mhmm. The few redeeming things in this movie was the little girls were very cute
Speaker 2:Mhmm.
Speaker 1:And some of the better actors in this movie. Yeah. And then as I said, Deborah Mooney, who wasn't given very much to do, did the best she absolutely could with her small part. But, yes, it is exhausting. I think I literally wrote at one point, how long is it going to take him to learn this lesson?
Speaker 1:Because it was driving me nuts that he was just continuing to be massively selfish without Yeah. Like, the needle moving at all throughout the entire thing. And I just think that there was a better way to write and execute this movie that would have been like, could have been very similar in premise, but would have been much more interesting. Also, like, they gave the girl, like, the love interest, like, literally nothing to do.
Speaker 2:Like, she was basically a prop.
Speaker 1:Right. Like, she had no agency. She was not interesting. She had nothing to say. Yeah.
Speaker 1:She basically just was there to, like, look disapprovingly at him and then give him everything he wanted at the end. So, yeah, I was not a fan of this movie. I was so checked out. It was very hard for me to be super attentive during the movie, so I didn't take a ton of notes because I was just so, like, not into it.
Speaker 2:That's how I was too. My quotes and moments are are slim.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Me too. And it's just like like, it doesn't have to be this way. And I will say, we recently guested on Pop Cat's whole podcast. And for that show, we both rewatched Tiger Cruise, but we also watched How to Build a Better Boy, which we hadn't seen yet because it's in the future for us.
Speaker 1:And that gave me so much hope that we are going to get through this, like, period of these DCOMs that I do not like and kind of get back to a similar tone of, like, the earlier dcoms. These dcoms still, they're just trying so hard to be things that they're not instead of just, like, playing it straight, but, like, making it a silly situation. You know what I mean? So, yeah, I'm just kind of, like, exhausted by these movies, and I really hope that I mean, I think the next one is Camp Rock 2. So, like, I think we'll be happy with that one.
Speaker 1:Mhmm. But I these are the
Speaker 2:ones that good couple coming up of the ones that we've heard of and kind of maybe know. But the ones that we don't know as well or have maybe never heard of are the ones where it's like, this flopped for a reason. And I this is one of those that, like, flopped for a reason.
Speaker 1:100%. This is a bummer. Yeah. And that's why no one knows about it or, like, I had literally never heard of it. Yep.
Speaker 1:Okay. Apologies for being a Debbie Downer.
Speaker 2:That's okay. Al? Val, say one nice thing about yourself.
Speaker 1:About myself? Yeah. I made my baby giggle today,
Speaker 2:and that made me feel good. See? Vibes back. Okay.
Speaker 1:Okay. Al, favorite quotes or moments?
Speaker 2:I wrote down 3 Great. Quotes.
Speaker 1:Let's hear it.
Speaker 2:My as I like to say, my favorite moment was the credits.
Speaker 1:They did do bloopers over the credits.
Speaker 2:They did. That was nice. So that that's actually my favorite moment, which I believe. I also don't remember how any of these are said. So if I say them incorrectly usually, I okay.
Speaker 2:Something fun fact about me is that if you say something and I repeat it, I am not mocking you. I am not making fun of you. You said something funny, and I wanna hear myself say it too. I wanna be, like, in on the joke. So a lot of the quotes that I write down, I'm like, oh, that's they said that really funny.
Speaker 2:Like, it's not really a funny line, but I like the way they said it. And so I think one of these in here is one of those, but I don't really remember how it was said. But that's something fun about me where one of my friends was like, stop making fun of me. And I'm like, I'm not making fun of you. I am literally just wanting to laugh with you and, like, just repeat what you said because I think it was funny.
Speaker 2:I saw a tweet that was like, I I liked how it sounded in your mouth, and I wanna hear how it sounds out of my mouth.
Speaker 1:That's so funny.
Speaker 2:Okay. So my 3, my 3 quotes are Ingrid is the housekeeper, not babysitter, and then they pan to Ingrid. And she's like
Speaker 1:Yeah. That was her ongoing bit.
Speaker 2:Just being an old lady. Yep. What? No. I have, like, a 100 cool things I gotta go do, which was none cool things.
Speaker 2:And then, brr, there is some cold air in here. Someone turn up the heat, because I think he was getting, like, slighted. Slided? Sided. He Slighted.
Speaker 2:Slighted. By Matisse, you mean?
Speaker 1:I don't know. Okay.
Speaker 2:I don't remember. I don't remember that. I'm I'm actively trying to forget this movie.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Val, any favorite quotes or moments?
Speaker 1:A couple. So at one point, he invents a den mother named missus Zamboni. And one of the kids goes because another one's like, what about missus Zamboni or something? And then the the other one goes, there's no missus Zamboni, dingbat. She calls her friend a dingbat, which is so good.
Speaker 1:These girls okay. So if anyone's ever seen the show Glow, like the wrestling
Speaker 2:show I haven't. Mm-mm.
Speaker 1:It's it it was giving me glow in the sense of, like, each one of them had, like, their own unique vibe. Mhmm. But they all, like, kind of worked together. And there was one that was kind of, like, the outcast at first, but then she ended up being kind of, like, cool because she had, like, unique strengths. Mhmm.
Speaker 1:Anyway, I smell a rat. I have a rat. This smells more like your brother. And then these are all actually this girl that I was just talking about, the, like,
Speaker 2:kind of It's all of her clothes. She's the best one.
Speaker 1:Yeah. She goes at one point, she learns how to start a fire, and she goes, I can start a fire.
Speaker 2:Silly.
Speaker 1:And then at one point, Goose says to Alex, I don't wanna be captain. I want you to be a good captain, which I thought was, like, such a good line.
Speaker 2:Val with her actual lines being
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Being said.
Speaker 1:And then this delightful piece of exposition, it's so sad. If mom were alive, would she take me to Bumblebee meetings? Oh my god. Christ. Like, it's it's fine to have a parent passed away.
Speaker 1:We've seen b coms with this before. Like, it's not whatever. But the way that
Speaker 2:they talked about it
Speaker 1:the way that they talked about it a lot was like that. Like, it was just it would felt like someone writing a line to, like, provide information. It didn't feel, like, heartfelt. There was, like, one time where he was talking about it with Matisse where it felt somewhat
Speaker 2:Genuine.
Speaker 1:You know, like, genuine. Yeah. But, otherwise, no.
Speaker 2:It's kind of like if mom were alive and then, like, the Hannah Montana transition. Oh. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1:You're like, wait. What? What? Yeah. Exactly.
Speaker 1:And then as far as a favorite moment, probably when he when he misses Doubtfire at the at the hockey game before he is a complete and utter jerk. Like, when he's actually, like, do in character, like, doing the the bit. Because first of all, he looks great. Like, they actually did a really good job with his makeup and stuff. And it is, like, the one time where he is, like, acting.
Speaker 1:Like, he's actually, like, doing a good job. So I I liked, that scene. And he, like, puts the, like, bad lady in her place and stuff like that. So it's like a fun moment. And then the girls are cute.
Speaker 1:So, like, whenever you're doing cute things, like, you know, like, when they're doing when they're leaf blowing with handheld fans
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah.
Speaker 1:Stuff like that. That was very funny. That's it for me. Anything else before we go to Spoiler City?
Speaker 2:No. I've been waiting in Spoiler City with just my little vest on.
Speaker 1:Yes. Yes.
Speaker 2:No other clothes. Just my Girl Scouts. My bumblebees
Speaker 1:You're Winnie the Poohy in
Speaker 2:your bumblebee. I'm Winnie the Poohy and my bumblebee vest, and I only have 2 little patches right at my nipples. Explicit. Explicit.
Speaker 1:Oh my god.
Speaker 2:Sorry. I don't know. Okay. I don't know who listens to our podcast, but if you're under 18, go ask a parent if you can keep listening.
Speaker 1:Oh my god.
Speaker 2:Okay. Val, welcome to Spoiler City where
Speaker 1:what do I do? I spoil the movie.
Speaker 2:If you
Speaker 2:haven't been here in a while because we took a little summer vacation, our, tops are off and going to Spoiler City bit started on, like, episode 1 where I just imagined us riding into a city in a convertible like Thelma and Louise. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Holding our shirts above our heads.
Speaker 2:Holding our shirts above our heads. And so that's kind of where that started. Yeah. So just for some context, if you've never listened to that one episode where I started doing that, for some reason, and that's okay.
Speaker 1:That's okay.
Speaker 2:Okay. Cool. I'm gonna talk a lot again.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:But, Val, I did not really take too many notes. So Great. We'll see how much I remember because remember everyone I watched this a month ago? So if I'm wrong, go watch the movie. I don't care.
Speaker 2:I'm happy to be wrong. Mhmm. Okay. So we start the movie with the ice hounds hockey team, and then we have our superstar, Alex. He's sitting on the bench, and they have a lot of fans for being really bad.
Speaker 2:So, like, a lot of people come to their hockey games, but, like, they're apparently, like, really bad and and haven't been winning.
Speaker 1:It was Giving, like, hockey in text or, I'm sorry, football in Texas where, like, people go to the high school games no matter what because they're obsessed.
Speaker 2:Yeah. For sure. That's a yes. So they're really bad. They haven't been winning, but they have one guy in the team who's, like, really superstar but is, like, a huge dick.
Speaker 2:And everyone's obsessed with him, and they have, like, science for him or whatever. The team's trying to work together, but he's not really working with the team because he's, like, a selfish player.
Speaker 1:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:So then he's fighting with someone on the team who turns out to be his, quote, best friend. Wrong.
Speaker 1:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:And then I wrote Alex kinda sucks, which is true. And then, he gets home after the game, which they lost because of him because he, like, tried to score the goal a little by himself.
Speaker 1:Steal the puck from his best friend on his team.
Speaker 2:Dumb. And so then he gets home, and his dad is like, where have you been? He leaves in a rush. And he's like, can you come to one of my games? Can you, like, be a dad?
Speaker 2:And he's like, okay. Fine. Whatever. Watch your sister. I literally don't care.
Speaker 2:So then he's in charge of, like, watching his sister since his dad has to go to work. His dad is a college professor. And we find out that the bumblebees are getting the bumblebees is like girl scouts or or brownies or daisies or whatever. At this rate, I think they would be fully in girl scouts due due to their age. Bumblebees are getting shut down because, the mom of the the troop mom, the the den mother
Speaker 1:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Is leaving, and changing cities. So, like, the daughter who's in it is leaving too, and they're, like, literally leaving right then, and none of the other moms wanna do it. So then what does Alex do? He gets stuck being the den brother. And so then he's, like, doesn't wanna do this, but he kinda just, like, gets coerced into doing it.
Speaker 2:She's like, just one day. Just one day. I just need you to, like, watch us for one day. And he's like, okay. Fine.
Speaker 2:He takes him to the ice skating rink for hockey. All the girls kinda hate it. And then, like, the bully from the other hockey team who apparently he plays a bunch, like, makes fun of him for, like, being around a little all these, like, little girls. He's like, okay. And then, like, he he fights with the guy from the other team, and he ends up with can you guess what he ends up with on his face?
Speaker 2:Is it, a, a bag of peas, b, an ice pack, or, c, a raw steak? Make your guesses. It's c, a raw steak. If you can't tell by my tone, that's how I feel about it. So then, brother and sister talk about the mom.
Speaker 2:I didn't write down the sister's name, so I'm just gonna call her sister until I find out a name if I wrote it down. So, they, like, talk about how their mom passed away, Elaine. Elaine?
Speaker 1:No. She her name is Emily, the girl.
Speaker 2:Emily. Well, her name's Elaine now. That's true. And then, he he he we find out that he's interested in the popular girl, Matisse, which is a restaurant near my work, and she's, like, not having it. And then he's, like, mean to her about it, and it's really wild.
Speaker 2:Some of these choices are just wild, but he's, like, mean to her because she's not an end because he's like, I'm popular and really good at hockey. And she's like, okay. I literally don't give a shit.
Speaker 1:He's like, I'm trying to do you a favor. Like, are you kidding?
Speaker 2:So then he they go pay to a hockey they go play another hockey game, and he, like, made shirts for everyone that say, like, go, Alex. And he's our man. If he can't do it, he'll get suspended. Yes. And I wrote literally, this kid is an asshole.
Speaker 2:Mhmm. But he got suspended for, like, being a dick on the team. So the the ref is like, you need to, like, take some time away, and so the coach is like, you're suspended. You're off. Like, we're done.
Speaker 2:And he wants a car, so he's, like, kinda gonna do whatever he can to get a car. And his dad is like, you're a dick. I'm not giving you a car. You gotta, like, earn a car. And he's like, fine.
Speaker 1:Also, there's this, like, c plot, that he's, like, desperate to get on this all star hockey team. But yet, he he has no clue that the ref of this game is the coach of this all star team. Like, it's so stupid.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Sorry.
Speaker 1:Go ahead.
Speaker 2:I also don't think they made that super clear, and I really didn't pick up it on pick up on it until the end, and that was really annoying. Yeah. So the bumblebees come over to, the house, and he's their guardian again because they don't have anyone else. And they need to go to the community center to get little badges. So he takes them into to the community center because he's like, fine.
Speaker 2:I can't do anything else. I'm suspended. And Matisse is there. She's also like a den sister, den mother. She is a den assistant.
Speaker 2:And then, he I wrote he fights with the mom of 66, and I was like, how did I know her age? She wasn't 66. They were in troop 66. Right. So he, like, fights with this other mom that is the den mother of another troop, and she's like, you need to have a woman guardian who is a mother being charge.
Speaker 2:And so they, like, fought about it. He's like, no. No. No. No.
Speaker 2:We have a dead mom, and he fakes that they have one and calls her missus Zamboni. A Zamboni is, the machine that they use to put new ice on top of an ice rink if you don't hockey or ice skate or winter. That's some new information for you. And then he's, like, trying to impress Matisse at the same time. So instead of making a flower basket like everyone else at the community center that they will then donate, he calls, like, a flower shop and has them make one.
Speaker 2:And she's like, wow. Did you make this? And he's like, yeah. Stupid. And then he, like, goes to his coach basically in, like, the Dick's Sporting Goods of the town.
Speaker 2:His his co his actual hockey coach is, like, the manager or works at, like, the Dick's Sporting Goods and, like, tries to be like, hey, coach. Let me come back. Let me come back. And he's like, no. You haven't changed yet, which is giving, like, what, like, Lion King?
Speaker 2:I don't know. Like, remember who you are. And then Matisse walks into the Dick's Sporting Goods, and he tries to ask her out again. But she doesn't get it. But she doesn't get it.
Speaker 2:And she goes, oh, yeah. I'll give you a ride. That's what you were asking. Right? And he was like, yeah.
Speaker 2:And so he just, like, will take any excuse to, like, get in her car. So they, like, ride down to where, like, they went to some meeting or something.
Speaker 1:Well so but in the meantime, he so his dad thought that he had done all this, you know, these chores, but he'd actually tricked his sister and her friends, the Bumblebee troop, into doing all these chores. So then his dad bought him a car, but it was like
Speaker 1:a
Speaker 1:junker and needed complete overhaul. So then he tricked the girls again into, like, fixing his car for him, and so he has this nice, quote, unquote, new car. Obviously, it's not new, but you know what I mean? And so then he instead of getting picked up by Matisse, he goes and picks her up, and they like, the girls, like, do his hair
Speaker 2:and get them all dressed up. I yeah. We have to that's not yet.
Speaker 1:Yes. It is. It's for this meeting.
Speaker 2:No. I know. But they do the the missus Doubtfire in the house first, so, like, we're not there yet.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay. Well, you just said he went to go or he she picked him up, so I thought you were already there.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Because as you were saying all of this, I was like, oh, there are my next five notes. Sorry. It's okay. I you can keep it in as long as you mentioned that, as they're, like, dress as he gave them the fake badges and then they dress them up as the dead mom, she comes into the house, and he's missus Outfire.
Speaker 2:That's the only big part of that. Right.
Speaker 1:So he like, there's a a not there's this is very missus Doubtfire in the sense that, like
Speaker 2:I mean, legitimately, like, literally He has, like, salad dressing on his face.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Like, it's, like, the same thing. Like, so she so the the lead den mother who's, like, the villain The
Speaker 2:woman who's 66 years old.
Speaker 1:Right. Comes over to, like, check on them. And so he's, like, you know, in a robe and, like, you know, looks is meant to look like, this woman who missus Zamboni. So the and the girls, which this comes back later, are complicit in this. Right?
Speaker 1:Like, they help him trick her.
Speaker 2:So because they just want to, like, have someone around. Right.
Speaker 1:They just wanted to be able to be their bumblebees, and they their their whole thing is, like, they're trying to get to this what's it called? Camp of something? Camp of Campapalooza? Camp something like that. Campapalooza.
Speaker 1:Whatever. Like, they're trying to there's, like, this big camping thing at the end of the summer or whatever.
Speaker 2:Can really tell how much we Yeah. Like And
Speaker 1:they they, like, are that's everything they're doing is, like, trying to get there. They have to get enough badges. They have to raise enough money, like, all of
Speaker 1:this stuff.
Speaker 1:So, like, they're the entire time, they're just trying to get to this, like, campapaloozer or whatever it's called. So that's why they are complicit. That's why they are allowing him to, like, trick this woman because they just wanna, like, get to this thing. Okay. Sorry.
Speaker 1:Please proceed.
Speaker 2:So, while this is all going on so once they, like, help him get Matisse and, like, dress him up all nice, like, once the missus Doubtfire's scene is over, they, like, actually, like, put him in, like, boy clothes and, like, this is how you talk to girls. And kind of, like, while all this is going on, missus j, the neighbor is, like, spying in on all of this and kind of is, like, giving him shit for it, but it's also helpful. And, Val, what did I write down? Maybe she becomes dead mother.
Speaker 2:Mhmm. It
Speaker 2:was just, like, too
Speaker 1:Mhmm. It
Speaker 1:was too much information for me not to pick up on what they were putting down here.
Speaker 2:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:And so then they talked about how they all have to sell cookies as, you know, all of these things do. And, the woman who's 66 years old, the other dead mom, was like, no. You can't have the mall. That's that's our spot. That's for 66.
Speaker 2:And he's like, why? Who cares? Like, she's like, because that's where all the cookies sell, and he goes, how about we do a competition for it? So they have a competition where all of, like, you know, the troops are at the mall trying to get as many cookies to sell, and then the den mother is like, well, missus Zamboni has to be here for selling cookies, and so she, like, goes looking for him. He hides in a store and pretends to be her in, like, a dressing room and, like, wearing clothes.
Speaker 2:And yeah. And so he's, like, talking to her through the wall, and then he also is talking to as missus Zamboni to Matisse and tries to be like, you should go on a date with Alex. Dumb. And then the girls technique like, the troop for of Alex's troop and Elaine's troop, technically won. They, like, won the mall competition.
Speaker 2:But as Val mentioned, when he had them do chores for him, like tape up my posters, fold my laundry socks, he made fake badges for them. These fake badges don't count toward their eligibility to get to Campapalooza, which I don't actually know if that's what it's called, but now that's what we're calling it. Yep. And so now everyone hates him because he lied to everyone, and everyone's sad. And so even the girls, they did it like, to Val's point of, like, they were complicit in doing this, like, with missus Ambode and everything, but they didn't know they were getting fake badges.
Speaker 2:They thought they they were getting real badges along the way, so they were also upset with him. So he kinda fucks everyone over in this moment.
Speaker 1:Right. And he did in fairness to him, he did actually look it up and saw that you were allowed to do, like, quote, unquote, independent study badges. What he didn't understand or failed to look up or whatever is that they can't all be made up of badges. Like, you can do 1 or 2 of those, but, like, all of these girls' badges were, like, fake badges.
Speaker 2:And then after, like, everyone's pissed at him, we go back to the hockey team, which is kind of the whole reason we're here, and they have won 4 games in a row without him. Crazy.
Speaker 1:Amazing what teamwork will do.
Speaker 2:Amazing what communication will do. Val, just noticed your shirt. You got bingo at d commentaries. That's right. Just just a little shout out.
Speaker 1:That's right.
Speaker 2:I figured I'd be
Speaker 1:festive, especially because I just found the shirt again after we moved.
Speaker 2:I love that. Okay. So Alex then is like, okay. I have to kind of win these girls back. So he's like, I will take you, and he has created basically the survivor camp event to get them to earn all their real badges.
Speaker 2:So archery and starting a fire and, pitching a tent. And so they just had, like, a full learning day so that they could earn all their badges so that they could have enough badges to get to Campapalooza. And they need one final badge to finally get there. So they're gonna sell muffins at the at the hockey game. And so, basically, they're just gonna, like, use their entrepreneurial skills to sell.
Speaker 2:And, also, I think that it's this point where there was one girl who was really, really quiet and didn't talk the entire time, and then they, like, put her in the hockey game, was selling muffins. And she's like, yeah. Get your muffins there. And they're like, woah, Tina. What's going on?
Speaker 1:She's so cute.
Speaker 2:And it was so funny. But then the dead mom is like, well, missus Zamboni has to be here for you guys to legally be selling muffins. And so then they dress him up as her, which is Val's section where, like, he real they did a really nice job with the makeup in this section. And then the woman is about to, like, turn them in for, like, not doing this correctly. Like, you're gonna get your stuff taken away because you're doing this without a dead mom.
Speaker 2:And then I said, but he's doubt firing. And then, coach was complaining. He's like, man, we're losing right now. It's the final game, and we're losing, and we really need Alex, and we wish he was here. And Alex hears this, and he rips off his wig and starts playing.
Speaker 2:And it just like, that's at Valentine's point of it. Just he just goes right back to the beginning of, like, come on, man. Alright.
Speaker 1:Like, what was the point of the last hour?
Speaker 2:Yeah. And so everyone's mad at him because he didn't work as a team once again because he just was selfish.
Speaker 1:And because he outed them as lying, they Mhmm. Basically got disbanded.
Speaker 2:Yep. So everyone's pissed. He has a chat with his dad, and he's, like, begging to be grounded. And Des just like, no. I'm not even punishing you.
Speaker 2:Like, you need to, like, sit. And he's like, I'll do anything. I'll, like, wash the car. I'll no TV for a week. And Des just like,
Speaker 1:I don't want you to feel like you've gotten rid of this.
Speaker 2:Right. So once you wash the car, it's fixed. Like, no. Nothing will fix this. You have to, like, sit in the fact that you, like, fucked everything up.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And then the the neighbor's cat ran away. The old neighbor, old McNabr, had a cat, and he, like, saved the cat. Val likes that one. He returns the cat to her, and he goes in her house and realizes that his mom was a bumblebee with, missus j, and she used to be the den mother. So then, he's like, hey, everyone.
Speaker 2:I know you all hate me still to the bumblebees the next day, but I found you a new den mother. And she comes in, and she's like, cool for, like, for now. And then he's back on the hockey team for playoffs, and then he lets Goose score. Finally learned something. He he did the assist.
Speaker 2:Oh, I found out the name Val. Okay. So they asked him back. They're like, actually, we we like her, but, like, we really want you. We really liked having you as dead brother, and they they go to Camperit.
Speaker 1:Camperit. Camp A Palooza's a better name.
Speaker 2:It is. But then the the 66 lady is still, like, against them, and he has to be in uniform, and so Matisse helps him into a uniform. Dad was there for some reason at Campery, which is weird. And then we find out that the lady's husband, the 66 troop lady, her husband is the ref and the all star coach, and they ask him to be on because he finally learned his lesson.
Speaker 1:So he gets everything he ever wanted, and Matisse kisses him too.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Alright. Done.
Speaker 1:Bingo. Thanks, Al. Let's do some bingo.
Speaker 2:Let's do it. Yeah. I mean, it's, like, it's fine.
Speaker 1:It's fine. It's just, like, this is one of those movies, I think I've said this a few times, where, like, I could have written this in the sense of, like, I'm not an experienced screenwriter. I make a lot of mistakes. And one of the big mistakes of, like, a beginning screenwriter is, like, saying everything instead of showing it. Right?
Speaker 1:Like, telling instead of showing. And, like, this movie is just people saying the things Yeah. Instead of illustrating them, whether it's, like, Goose yelling at him because he's being selfish or, like, his sister being despisers, dad being disappointed over and over again. Like, it they're all telling him constantly, like, this is how you are behaving. And but he doesn't listen anyway.
Speaker 1:So, like, it's just completely pointless. Yeah. So, yeah, just kind of whatever. Let's do some bingo. Would you like to begin?
Speaker 2:Sure. One hit wonder song. There is a song. Oh.
Speaker 1:Hold on. Tuned it out. It's like something girl. Hold on. Girl Thing by Anna Margaret.
Speaker 1:Alright. Let's do it. K. We need this. Okay?
Speaker 2:We do. After subjecting ourselves to that movie.
Speaker 1:Okay. Breaking the 4th wall or looking into the camera. Not that I noticed. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Holiday themed. Camparoo. Camporee. Camporee.
Speaker 1:Clunky metaphor. God. The badges or something. I don't know.
Speaker 2:I don't think so. I think it was just a bad movie.
Speaker 1:Yeah. That's fine.
Speaker 2:Parents who just don't get it.
Speaker 1:No. His dad gets it more than he does.
Speaker 2:Would we count the mom parent, the 66?
Speaker 1:No. She's the villain.
Speaker 2:Okay. Oh, so true. Moms being the cliche villain.
Speaker 1:Okay. Cool non parent adult. I guess missus j would count.
Speaker 2:And the coach.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah. He's fine. Mhmm. Okay.
Speaker 2:Someone too famous for a TV movie.
Speaker 1:I don't think so. I mean, Deborah Mooney is probably the most famous person in this, but I don't think she was too famous for TV.
Speaker 2:We could probably put her in became famous along with Doc McStuffins because we like I like to put when we have, like, a lot character actors, like, in the became famous
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Because they all mush into one blob of fame. Sure. K.
Speaker 1:Competition to resolve central problem. Kind of.
Speaker 2:Yeah. There's kind of more than 1. Match competition and the hockey game. Yeah. A montage sequence.
Speaker 1:Wasn't there a couple?
Speaker 2:Yeah. Well, the At least the one with the yard and the chores.
Speaker 1:Well, and the badges too Yeah. At the end. Mhmm. Cliche villain. Yep.
Speaker 1:The evil mom Evil mom. Of the other team. 66 years old.
Speaker 2:Clothes are items you owned.
Speaker 1:I was gonna go grab it, but I I have hockey sticks, plural.
Speaker 2:No way, Val. Yeah.
Speaker 1:I loved playing floor hockey when I was growing up. I used
Speaker 1:to go
Speaker 1:to the JCC after school every day, and I would play floor hockey. Actually, it's funny. I my mom made me go to one day of brownies, and I hated it. And so I went and played with the boys and played floor hockey. So What is a JCC?
Speaker 1:Jewish Community Center. Kind of like a YMCA, but for Okay. Jewish kids. So, like, they had, you know, after school care for Oh, cool. Like, the bus would go straight from because I went to a Jewish school at the time.
Speaker 1:So, like, a bus would go straight from school to the JCC.
Speaker 2:So a
Speaker 2:bunch of us would go because, like, you know, a lot of people's parents worked. So
Speaker 2:Was that when you were still in the city, or were you in the suburbs then?
Speaker 1:Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So the JCC was on, like, kind of near where you live, actually. It wasn't too far from there.
Speaker 1:Cool. Yeah. Like, near Belmont, in the lake. Nice. So, yeah, we would take the bus from school, and then we would, you know, have different there were different activities.
Speaker 1:There was just also, like, a room with, like I I got really good at NBA jams because a couple of video games in there. Yeah. It was a it was a fun time.
Speaker 2:Cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Did
Speaker 2:you have anything? My family owned ice skates. Yeah. I mean, mine did too. Sure.
Speaker 1:Rotten Tomatoes, 40 to 60. I'm gonna say what I hope this is, and that is 37. 52. Yep. Yep.
Speaker 1:That's right.
Speaker 2:Hey. But we get the box.
Speaker 1:We do.
Speaker 2:Happily ever after. We can only hope that this man actually learned a lesson.
Speaker 1:I know. I mean, he gets everything he wants despite being a turd. Jerk. Yeah. Almost kissing.
Speaker 1:I mean, they kiss. So
Speaker 2:yes. What do I say, Val?
Speaker 1:An almost kiss or kiss had to start with an almost kiss. Mhmm. In order to kiss, you have to almost kiss? Mhmm. Someone who became famous.
Speaker 1:So if we're using the alley rule, then multiple people became moderately famous, so that means one person became very Doc McStuffins. No. Doc McStuffins is very cool. I just don't know if I would qualify her as famous. Right?
Speaker 1:Like, we don't know who she is.
Speaker 2:See? That's why I wanna be a voice actor. You get the checks without the incessant podcast. Yeah.
Speaker 1:For sure. For sure. I agree completely with that. Yep.
Speaker 2:Betraying of one's real friends or values. He Yes. Portrays everyone.
Speaker 1:Yes. Yeah. The whole movie is him betraying his real friends. Your childhood crush.
Speaker 2:No. No. Obviously, bad special effects or stunts?
Speaker 1:No. And I would say that the the practical effects of his makeup were excellent. Great.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 1:And the hockey looked pretty good.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:I wonder if he knows how to play and he did his own stunts.
Speaker 1:Maybe. I mean, he was skating around with them when he was, like, teaching them.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So he's no like, knows balance.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Yeah. Certainly better than I could ever do.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Channel star. He was on Zeke and Luther.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's right. Okay. Mhmm.
Speaker 2:And we had someone who was on Sunny with a Chance.
Speaker 3:There were
Speaker 1:a couple people. I mean, they were on, like, a few episodes. Oh, okay. Like, there was a lot of people who were on, like, one episode of Hannah Montana or something like that, but not like a, you know, series regular or something like that.
Speaker 2:Feel, Val? I would say no. Okay. Heard it here first. Musical number.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:No. Magic. No.
Speaker 2:No. Someone says the title of the movie. Yes. Mhmm. Scooby dude.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Kinda. He figures it out. The girls figure it out. But then what's next?
Speaker 2:The heroes create the problem.
Speaker 1:100%. He creates every problem. Dick. Lead is a fish out of water. I suppose at first, he's a fish out of water by
Speaker 2:all the
Speaker 1:scout stuff.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Well, Val, surprise surprise. We've got one bingo. Wow. Yeah.
Speaker 2:What is it? Line down, closer items you own, rotten tomatoes 4060, happily ever after, almost kissing, and someone who became famous. Well, there you go. There you have it.
Speaker 1:Thanks to the alley rule. We did it.
Speaker 2:Yeah. The alley rule of if we have enough minor fames, they equal one big fame.
Speaker 1:Well, great. At least we got something out of this.
Speaker 2:Yay. Well, you know what that means. It's time for Val. A game. A game.
Speaker 2:And this is, Girl Scouts of Truth OR Girl Scouts of Fake. Okay. And I'm gonna ask you a question, and you're gonna say whether it's truth or fake.
Speaker 1:K. Deal.
Speaker 2:Okay. It's, facts about the Girl Scouts.
Speaker 1:Great. Which I will know nothing. So let's do it.
Speaker 2:Alright. The Girl Scouts were invented in 1912. True. That's correct, though. 1912.
Speaker 2:Girl Scouts earn 2,500,000 badges every year.
Speaker 1:Oh, true. Fake.
Speaker 2:3,800,000.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay. Wow. That's a lot of badges.
Speaker 3:Wrong.
Speaker 2:Okay. 92% of female astronauts were Girl Scouts.
Speaker 1:Well, it's either true or it's, like, 93%. True.
Speaker 2:That's correct. Wow. Is that crazy?
Speaker 1:It is cool.
Speaker 2:And then now they have, like, a program through NASA. The Girl Scouts have, like, a NASA science
Speaker 1:program. Woah. I know. Of space camp, you just become a Girl Scout.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Okay. Around 500,000 girls sell cookies every year.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna guess it's a 1000000 girls, so false.
Speaker 2:Correct and false, wrong in the number. 700,000.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:But you still get the you still get it right.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Because you said fake. It's fake, Val. It's not false. It's fake. It's true.
Speaker 2:The game is truth or fake. Alright. Last question. This was only one of yes. This is only 5 questions.
Speaker 2:K. Samoas are the most popular cookie
Speaker 1:that is sold. I mean, like, I wanna say it's Thin Mints because that's what everyone always talks about.
Speaker 2:And for anyone wondering, a Samoa is, like, their coconut delight cookie.
Speaker 1:Yeah. It's so good. It's my favorite. But coconut is kind of controversial. Like, not everybody likes coconut.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna say fake.
Speaker 2:That's correct, Val. It is Thin Mints. You trusted your gut, and
Speaker 1:you were right. Congratulations. You got 92% correct. Wow. Just like the percentage
Speaker 3:Astronauts.
Speaker 1:Astronauts. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Val, thanks for playing Girl Scouts of Truth or Girl Scouts of Fake. Thank you for We've never played a game like this before on this podcast. So Never ever. Never ever is it trivia. Wow, Val.
Speaker 2:You know, we've texted a lot this week just because we have some scheduling to do and things like that, but I feel like we I just real I just missed seeing you.
Speaker 1:I know. This is
Speaker 2:I missed doing this.
Speaker 1:Despite this movie being kind of stinky, this time was not.
Speaker 2:For sure. And what are we watching next?
Speaker 1:We are watching Camp Rock 2.
Speaker 2:Love it. Can't wait.
Speaker 1:It's gonna be great. Camp Rock.
Speaker 2:Camp Rock. Camp Rock. Camp Rock.
Speaker 1:She's so good. She's really good. Really good. That's what it is. She's a really good.
Speaker 2:Really good. I wish they would make a shout
Speaker 1:out to that in the
Speaker 2:second movie, but I
Speaker 1:doubt they do. No. Probably not. Well, this has been a delight, and I look forward to doing Camp Rock 2. And I, am glad we're back at it.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Everyone
Speaker 2:Everyone has a task to do.
Speaker 1:Yeah. I was gonna say, we're back at it, so you need to also be back at it.
Speaker 2:Thank you, Val.
Speaker 1:Spread the word. Write a review. Share us on social medias. The whole shebang
Speaker 2:a bang.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 1:We I know I said this last time we came back from break, but forgive me. I have a baby, and moved. I am gonna try to do better about being having giving us more stuff to do on social media, so you'll have more stuff to share. But, yeah, please, please, you know, help us out. Help us reach more fun strangers who find us through their brothers in law.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Further through their brothers in law or through riding a car with me to the Honda Center because the bus wasn't coming. I mean, we are just we want to, have a lot of followers and listeners, and we wanna talk more about the strangers that listen to us. Yeah.
Speaker 1:And we wanna we wanna hear from you about, you know, your like, what you think of stuff. So, like, hit us up. You know?
Speaker 2:And tell your mom.
Speaker 1:Tell your mom. This is a mom friendly podcast except for once.
Speaker 2:Except for today, which was explicit. Linda, stop listening.
Speaker 1:Now stop listening.
Speaker 2:Now stop listening now. Actually, can you go back and rewind, and just, like, unlisten to the podcast? Thanks, Linda. Awesome. Well, Val, I love you so much.
Speaker 1:I love you so much.
Speaker 2:And I don't know how many people end their podcasts by saying that they love each other, and I think that's really good of us.
Speaker 1:I think it's great, especially because it's true.
Speaker 2:It is true. 1, I also, 2, realize that I do tell almost everyone that I love them, but it doesn't mean that it's disingenuous. No. Is that the correct word? Yes.
Speaker 2:Because I only say it when I mean it.
Speaker 1:That's right. It's always good to say it when you mean it because you never know when you won't be able to say it anymore. Wow. So true. Because if
Speaker 2:our microphones get taken away, then everyone will no one will ever know.
Speaker 1:That's right.
Speaker 2:That's the only way that you'll never be able to say.
Speaker 1:If people don't share us and keep this podcast live, we'll never be able to tell each other. How will they know? How we love each other? How will they know? Yeah.
Speaker 1:Well, on that note
Speaker 2:On that note,
Speaker 1:bye, Al. Bye, Al. This podcast was produced by me.
Speaker 2:And me. And it was edited by me. The music was composed by Michael McNally.
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Speaker 1:Damn it, Ali.