Falling in Love Montage

While this episode is the fourth in a series of like episodes, i.e. our six-episode theme-song series, it is the first of its kind in many ways.

1996's Jerry Maguire is both our first 'sports' film and our first time welcoming two guests. FiLM favorite, Ariel brings charm, wit, and also her fiance, Ryan Lynch of We'll Get it Right Next Year: An Adventure in Cinema, and Comrade Radio's own Divisive Issues and Oops, I Talked Politics  to this decades-old tale of being a better person than you were yesterday while still making a shit ton of money for yourself and other people. It's a classic. 

We now interrupt our regularly scheduled six-episode theme-song series to bring you this special holiday message: "Hell is a teenage girl".

No tricks, just treats for our devoted listeners. Happy bonus episode day/Jennifer's Body day/Halloween(?) Stay salty! 

Third in our six-episode theme-song series is 2004's Mean Girls. Joining us in this almost completely on topic, never meandering discussion is Vanessa Riley of the Square Roots podcast.

Be silent. Be still. Be silent. Be still. Be silent. Be still. 

If you've ever wondered what the hell Helen is singing about in her original Falling in Love Montage theme song, then be buggin' no longer. 

Starting with episode 45, Clueless, we will tackle all six movies referenced in the theme song. 

It's going to be Phat!

We've called a truce and brought Val's Matt back (after he was totally wiggin' on Bridesmaids).

Also joining us is our *official* Jane Austen correspondent, Tracy Tanoff!

For our first (but not last) time covering a Jane Austen adaptation, we knew we needed to rope in someone better read, smarter, and generally superior to us -- so we nabbed Superfan Tracy Tanoff! We rode through the rain* to tell you about the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma, easily the second-best adaptation of the novel Emma made in 1995-1996.

*metaphorically.**

**No, not even.

Ladies' man, man's man, man about town, Ollie Brady (one-half of the Best Acquaintances Podcast) joins Helen and Valerie for a double dose of *'60s sex comedies. They talk the Pillow Talk and walk the Down With Love **walk.  

Last year we were listening to Rae Sremmurd and doing the Mannequin Challenge. Thirty years ago we were listening to Starship and watching Jonathan Switcher do the Mannequin. 

Is it hot in here or is it just August? If you're looking for a breakout summer comedy that's got everything from urinating on a crowd to bootyhole-kush to sploshing, then look no further than 2017's Girls Trip. Oh, we should also mention it's a remarkably grounded narrative about friendship and a powerful portrayal of black women that audiences everywhere desperately want and deserve. Ryan, Sasha, Dina, and Lisa are characters we want to spend more time with.           

Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, snow sister  

In our first ever clean* episode, sisters Helen and Valerie talk about Disney's 2013 Frozen. Our special "guest Matt" will melt you like an Olaf by an open fire.

*an earnest attempt to not say F**k and S**t