Selfie Valuation

So this is how the podcast ends, not with a bang, but with a riveting activity straight from the mind of one of the internet's staunchest "Selfie" fans. That's right, it may be the end, but it's all fun and games (and fond memories) until, and up to, the very last minute.

Twenty-six episodes later and Beth and Evan have finally come to their predetermined stopping point, having spent hours on what this short-lived sitcom was and what it could have been. If it helps at all, remember that their project lasted three months longer than the show they love so much.

Our truest fans will forget, however momentarily, that the title of this episode came from the "Selfie" season and series finale. Instead, they might think that it refers to them and how beautiful they are in this morning, or that they in fact arose from slumber with headphones on, already listening to the internet's #1 "Selfie" podcast.

Nobody likes it when a good thing ends, but Beth and Evan put on their bravest faces and recap the very last episode ever of a very, very, very good sitcom. For the disappointed, stay tuned for next week, when they wrap things up in a particularly special way.

This week Evan and Beth are keeping it in the family by bringing on a special gue- oh, sorry, there's been a misunderstanding. Evan and Beth are DISCUSSING family. Specifically the families of Eliza Dooley and Henry Higgs. Apologies for any confusion.

Tune in to hear what number child they are (though they know they're #1 in your hearts, listeners), what Eliza's sister's baby's Instagram handle would be, and exactly who to call when you've been in an automobile accident.

It's 2019 and gym membership numbers are at an all-time high! What better way to motivate yourself to hit the gym than to set a goal for yourself? It could be something as daunting as hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, or perhaps even the (comparably) more manageable Tough Mudder?

No, this episode isn't about difficult mothers (which is a joke that works much better if this description is read aloud), though that is definitely something Evan will jokingly discuss in next week's episode. This week focuses on burying the hatchet (which is like a stick, though not necessarily in the mud)!

Television enthusiasts will be familiar with Dan Harmon (once most well-known for "Community", now [in?]famously so for "Rick & Morty") and his formula for sitcom writing. The truly successful will stick to it without deviation.

It's for that very reason that Beth and Evan are keeping with what's tried and true: diving into an episode of "Selfie" with a little less preparation than is probably advisable (and yielding some quality discussion [and a teaser of what's to come] to boot!).

"Perestroika?" you may be muttering aloud. "Is that some sort of three-wheeled vehicle from the capital of France?" The most fortunate among you know that this is not the case, and that listening to this very good episode of this very good podcast will give you the answer you need (and more!).

In this case more refers to an easy, breezy, in-depth recap of the eleventh episode of "Selfie", marking the antepenultimate installment of the series. It also refers to the entertaining details about the hosts' lives, sparingly doled throughout like guacamole in a burrito (but from one of those joints where it comes at no extra charge).

"Selfie" was a sitcom that aired in the Year of our Lord 2014, and was categorized as a "romantic comedy". This episode of this podcast is about a certain episode of that series, but is more accurately about romcoms as a film genre.

As Julia(?) would say, "But seriously, folks," there's some excellent discussion here that springboards out of the idea that "Selfie" could be revived as a feature length movie. Spawning from that, like Athena birthed from the forehead of Zeus, is another even bigger and more important question: What if it was revived as TWO movies?

Imagine visiting your local karaoke bar, except instead of queuing up Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" instead it's the tenth episode of "Selfie", a sitcom that was here today (at some point in 2014) and gone tomorrow (at another, later point in 2014). That's what Beth and Evan did!

That intrepid duo then got to recapping that episode for your listening pleasure! Their viewing experience has been condensed down into 3/4 of an hour of auditory gold, the perfect soundtrack as you drive to the hometown spot for a public (or private) singalong experience.

How ironic would it be if on the commentary for an episode called "Follow Through" the co-hosts of this podcast inadvertently took a break for one of their birthdays (as a cover for technical difficulties causing the episode not to be posted online as intended)? Oh, wait, is that not how irony works?

This week Evan and Beth talk a LOT about what the future of "Selfie" might have been, more specifically a revival of the show today, in the Year of our Lord, 2018. Who is it for, who does it star? All this and more in their almost always on-time "Selfie Valuation".

"I don't know why I'm having trouble committing to something that sounds so good." That's something that an ABC exec should've though to themselves way back in 2014, when "Selfie" was on the chopping block and so close to getting so, so good.

This week's episode is all about hard choices and not realizing what you had in front of you this entire time. Is that a theme that applies to the longtime friendship between this podcast's two co-hosts? It isn't, but can you imagine if it did?