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A tiny Italian shoe and a tall glass of American milk frolic together in the Italian countryside. Celina and Tess try to think of a single queer romantic movie that isn't full of gay angst.

Spoilers for: Call Me By Your Name (book & movie), Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Half of It, But I'm a Cheerleader

CW: sexual assault, predatory behavior/grooming, cannibalism, pooping
NOTE: Some people may not want to listen to us go into the specifics of Armie Hammer's cannibalistic behavior. Those people should skip from 00:50:00 to 00:51:35.

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Celina Siegel
Theme song by Sam Walters
Cover art by Celina Siegel

Learn EVERYTHING you need to know about Astrology in just 90 short and fun-filled minutes. After you listen to this, you'll finally fit in. Spongebob is an Aries. Buffy is a Capricorn. Don't worry too much about the 13th sign. 

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Tess Hotz
Theme song by Sam Walters
Cover art by Celina Siegel

Literally no one asked for a She's All That remake, but if the pandemic has taught us anything it's that Netflix is the king of making things no one is asking for and then advertising them so aggressively that you eventually watch them in the hopes that Netflix will stop looping the trailer on your home screen. Come share our pain.

Spoilers for: She's All That, He's All That, Grease, Sex Education seasons 2-3, Succession

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Theme song by Sam Walters
Cover art by Celina Siegel

This movie may be full of mansplaining, bad fashion choices, and early-aughts blind patriotism, but it's still Disney's best best best property ever. Don't let Tess convince you otherwise. 

Spoilers for: National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Celina Siegel
Theme Song by Sam Walters
Cover Art by Celina Siegel

Tess explains why the greatest movie musical of all time is actually just OK.  Celina recites the entire movie from memory.  

Spoilers for: Singin’ in the Rain (1952). And that's it. 

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Tess Hotz
Theme song by Sam Walters
Cover art by Celina Siegel

Celina's choice! Is Cole Sprouse simply a former child actor/current angsty heartthrob/kind of weird dude? Or is he the conduit for a broader re-contextualization of so-called "bad acting"? Let's get tangential.

This episode contains spoilers for: Five Feet Apart, Riverdale (through season 3), and Borrasca.

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Celina Siegel
Theme song by Sam Walters
Cover art by Celina Siegel

Tess’s choice! Tess explains why there has never been a good Sherlock Holmes adaptation EVER. Celina sings the praises of Sherlock Holmes (2009) even though it’s actually a terrible movie. 

Spoilers for: Any Sherlock Holmes story you can think of, Misfits, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice series, Set it Up, My So-Called Life, Carmilla, Vertigo

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz

Edited by Tess Hotz

Theme Song by Sam Walters

Cover Art by Celina Siegel

Celina's choice! Join us for a brief history and assessment of the musical episodes of non-musical TV shows. Along the way, we ask ourselves: are Willow and Tara actually a good couple? What is Taran Killem's greatest performance to date? Why is Grey's Anatomy like this?

This episode contains spoilers for: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scrubs, Community, Grey's Anatomy, Riverdale

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Celina Siegel
Theme song by Sam Walters
Cover art by Celina Siegel

We kick off the show with a discussion on the 1972 Stephen Schwartz musical Pippin. Does this musical have a plot? Is the Theo ending the superior ending? Did Dear Evan Hansen deserve to beat The Great Comet at the Tonys?? (spoilers: no)

Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz
Edited by Celina Siegel
Theme song by Sam Walters
Cover art by Celina Siegel