Hear ye, hear ye! It's time for a brand new minisode! And this week Please Make This host Laura is sitting down with her YA, We Read It! co-host Meggie to watch the movie version of The Maze Runner -- the book they read for their 7th season. Will the movie hold a candle to the book and be a worthy adaptation? Or will Meggie and Laura rip it to shreds? Tune in as these two (and Laura's boyfriend Nick who's never read any of the books) dissect the 2014 film 

Chet is a tennis pro with a secret: he’s actually an undercover FBI agent who masquerades as a tennis coach to get close to wealthy elites. When he’s assigned to infiltrate the family behind Hardman Hardware, Chet has to balance spying on the father’s financial dealings with teaching his two strange, extremely enthusiastic sons tennis. Can Chet get to the bottom of the case carrying the burden to two weird boys? Will they win the tennis tournament and get the scholarship? Learn a little about tennis and a lot about friendship in this tale of nets, motels, and twins!

Scripts start at 50:30

Starring 

Laura Petro

Sage Huston

Andy Thompson

Hobert Thompson

With Nate Odenkirk as Chet

Happy 100 minisodes! Thanks for listening, and please enjoy this pilot episode reading of Laura and Hobert’s idea for a stepdad-centric sitcom (see minisode 99!). As the family settles into life with a new stepdad - a very boring but nice guy named Henry - Amy, Nick and Braxton become determined to figure out (or get rid of) their newest father figure. But after getting their Mom to see that Henry’s a dud, who will take his place? 

Starring

Laura Petro

Hobert Thompson

Nick Olson

Sofia Tew

Andreas Aristides

Stepdad Theme by Mike Scipioni and Hobert Thompson

It’s been years since the release of Edison Software’s hit video game, Crusader, and even longer since anyone’s seen its brilliant creator, Bill Kojima. As a remastered version of the game is announced, members of the original development team start to turn up dead, murdered by a mysterious killer dressed as the medieval assassin from the game. Who is behind the mask? And how far will they push their campaign of revenge?

Scripts start at 39:09

Starring 

Chris Iannucci

Laura Petro

Hobert Thompson

Lauren Kapinski

Wow! 100 minisodes! Well, almost. In this 99th mini, Laura and Hobert sit down to come up with an idea for the pilot to “Stepdad,” a sitcom about a family that has to deal with their mom constantly remarrying.

Mayor Steel Tyler-Hernandez ran for mayor of Cleveland, OH, with a very specific plan: turn Cleveland into a Moral-Engine-style mobile fortress. As the midwest city mobilizes, other cities around the nation arm themselves with technological marvels to fight back. Will the world ever be the same with Cleveland on the move? 

Scripts start at 

Starring

Hobert Thompson

John Walter Stockwell

Josh Smith

Laura Petro

With Nathan Hall as Mayor Steel Tyler Hernandez

Laura has once again been inspired to dive into the world of YA fan-fiction! Inspired by the completion of their most recent season of YA, We Read It! where they read The Maze Runner trilogy, comes Welcome to The Glade.  A story that exists completely outside the world of the original books (while maintaining the same setting and characters). Instead of a dystopian fight for your life and find a cure for The Flare, the Maze is the setting for television's most popular dating show: Welcome to The Glade. Teresa is about to enter into her very own season of the hit show after being a fan-favorite finalist on a previous season, but even she isn't prepared for what the producers have in store. 

Fronkie (pronounced “Frankie”) was a just baby tooth in the mouth of a vacationing child, but after falling out and getting dropped, she became a little lost thing. Joining other items that had been misplaced, she’s on an adventure to find her way home, but the machinations of a bitter bag of disposable flossers is determined to stop her and punish humans for the things they’ve throw away. Can Fronkie save the day and find her way home? Can she prove that trash is treasure?

Scripts begin at 49:56

Starring
Cassidy Kulhanek
Laura Petro
Hobert Thompson
Michael Serio
And Meggie Gates as Fronkie 

Sup, bros? In this new miniseries, PMT host Hobert and his brother, Andy, sit down to discuss and review films about, for, or even by brothers. In this installment, the Thompson brothers check out Super Mario Bros, the infamous flop that takes the thin plot of the original Mario games and spins it out into a dimension hopping epic about evolution, the environment, and Donald Trump? Tune in as the brothers discuss the film’s bizarre interpretation of Mario lore, ape meat, and casting the sequel that never was. 

Mike was an unassuming guy till he overcame his fears, embraced being rad, and became the king of summer camp! But after defeating his bully, Dragon, and winning over the hottest girl at camp, it’s time to go back to school! Can Mike rekindle the magic of the first film, I mean summer? Find out in this sequel to the summer camp classic!

Scripts at 45:02

Starring

Hobert Thompson

Laura Petro

Mary Fiala

Giselle Durand

and Nolan Scates as Mike