Still Buffering

Still Buffering episodes:

• 04.22.2024

  Still Buffering: "Stunt" - Barenaked Ladies

  If there's one area where these siblings have a WIDE variety of tastes, it's music, and that's definitely true this week when Rileigh is not so patiently awaiting the newest Taylor Swift album while learning all about the Barenaked Ladies.

  
• 04.15.2024

  Still Buffering: "American Pie" (1999)

  So...Sydnee made us watch this movie this week, and for SOME OF US it was their first time, and they maybe didn't know what to expect because SOMEONE didn't warn them. So, enjoy us talking about Jojo Siwa for way...

  
• 04.08.2024

  Still Buffering: "The Traitors (US)"

  If there's a cheese reality game show on TV that includes "murder," amazing fashion, silly games, AND other reality tv stars...you already know Rileigh is going to be fully invested and forcing her siblings to watch with her.

  
• 04.01.2024

  Still Buffering: "Live Through This" - Hole (1994)

  QUICK! IT'S STILL THE MAXFUNDRIVE! JOIN US WHILE YOU STILL CAN! maximumfun.org/join

  
• 03.25.2024

  Still Buffering: Double Dare

  YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS...MAXFUNDRIVE TIME! That means time for a super special, super SLOPPY episode of Still Buff where we're going full 90s game show and gettin real down and sloppy with the dares and the double dares....

  
• 03.18.2024

  Still Buffering: "Mean Girls" (2024)

  So we've obviously talked about the OG Mean Girls before, AND we've talked about musicals, AND we've talked about Reneé Rapp, so what else could we possibly be talking about this week but the newest rebooted and significantly more musical...

  
• 03.11.2024

  Still Buffering: The Donnas

  It's time for our Still Buff Sibs to deep dive into one of the best and most iconic female punk bands of the 90s/2000s, because that's quite literally the perfect era for us to be deep diving into, so let's...

  
• 02.28.2024

  Still Buffering: "Clueless" (1995)

  Literally HOW have we not talked about this already?? It's a universally beloved 90s teen movie, how did it take us YEARS to make an episode on it???

  
• 02.19.2024

  Still Buffering: "The Good Witch" - Maisie Peters

  Our littlest Smirl sibling realized she had seen so many cool new hip Gen Z artists in concert recently but still hasn't shared them with her older siblings, so it's time to fix that!

  
• 02.07.2024

  Still Buffering: "Barbie" (2023)

  It's finally time to talk about the most talked about movie of the year (maybe the century) because we know you all have just been dying waiting for the Still Buffering take on Barbie. (side note: this was recorded before...

  
• 01.22.2024

  Still Buffering: "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" (1997)

  Every once in a while we take a look back at those classic 90s/2000s romcoms and are reminded how familiar they all feel, but for this one....it gets weird. Like, this movie is kind of weird and we can't believe...

  
• 01.13.2024

  Still Buffering: "Squid Games: The Challenge" (2023)

  We've finally reached the point in our dystopian world that the Squid Games are REAL, so of course we had to watch them and talk about how absolutely unhinged they are.

  
• 01.07.2024

  Still Buffering: "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" (2023)

  We've delved into the world of Scott Pilgrim before, but we all couldn't wait for its newest installment in the form of an anime. While it might not seem like a new addition to the series could survive without much...

  
• 01.02.2024

  Still Buffering: "When Harry Met Sally"

  The whole basis for this episode came from Sydnee calling Rileigh "very much a Sally," and Rileigh (having no idea what this meant) immediately had to watch this classic movie for the first time ever to see whether her big...

  
• 12.14.2023

  Still Buffering: "Bottoms" (2023)

  Out of all the people that could have introduced our siblings to this teen lesbian fight club movie, somehow it was their dad, but they're really glad he discovered it because they can't get enough.

  
• 12.11.2023

  Still Buffering: "American Weekend" by Waxahatchee

  This week, Teylor brought his sisters an album that is just perfect for a cold weekend in December, and we hope you think so too!

  
• 11.27.2023

  Still Buffering: "Robinhood"

  Well, the day his finally arrived. We've all hinted at our never-ending and undying love for a certain hunky cartoon fox before, but now we're finally dedicating an entire episode to him.

  
• 11.19.2023

  Still Buffering: "1989 (Taylor's Version)"

  The day has once again arrived where Taylor Swift releases (or rereleases) a new album and Rileigh has a perfect excuse to make her siblings listen to it. This time, it's finally time to listen to Rileigh's FAVORITE album and...

  
• 11.13.2023

  Still Buffering: "Ginger Snaps"

  We present to you a belated celebration of spooky season to dive into one of the most underrated spooky season films of the last generation!

  
• 11.03.2023

  Still Buffering: "David the Gnome"

  It's not often that our eldest Smirl siblings can bring something to the table that Rileigh never even knew existed...but boy Sydnee certainly hit the mark there this week. Also, are gnomes scary? Are they threatening us? WHAT DO THEY...

  
• 10.10.2023

  Still Buffering: "GUTS" - Olivia Rodrigo

  As a 23 year old teenage girl, Rileigh is obviously the key demographic for Olivia Rodrigo's angry-pop-rock-girl music, and we can't wait to dive right into her newest album.

  
• 09.21.2023

  Still Buffering: "Casablanca" (1942)

  Though admittedly this movie was far from any of our childhoods, it's become part of a meaningful holiday tradition for Teylor, so it merits a whole episode!

  
• 09.18.2023

  Still Buffering: "Snow Angel" - Renee Rapp

  Not only does Rileigh get to share one of her favorite twenty-something teenage girl artists with her siblings this week, but she gets to teach them ALL about the absolute biggest deal in American high school theatre: the JIMMY'S.

  
• 09.11.2023

  Still Buffering: Jimmy Buffett

  We had planned on talking about Jimmy and his music in our next episode, but with the news of his passing, we found it difficult to talk about much else this week than the man whose music has brought our...

  
• 08.30.2023

  Still Buffering: "Princess Mononoke" (1997)

  We're big fans of Miyazaki films around here, and while we may be slightly partial to Howl's Moving Castle (and for some of us, the tasty tasty looking food in that movie) this one is right up there too.

  
• 08.21.2023

  Still Buffering: Mario

  It's not every week we get to take a journey through an amorphous idea of media on this show, but this time we're taking a deep dive into the world of Mario Mario, including all its lil quirks that maybe...

  
• 08.14.2023

  Still Buffering: "Stick Season" - Noah Kahan

  This week, we learn that the Smirl siblings have no idea what/where/who New England is, but they're convinced it's Appalachian, even though they literally just figured out that it's not. But we'll still talk about Noah Kahan's album like it's...

  
• 08.04.2023

  Still Buffering: "Lost in Space" - Aimee Mann

  Continuing our decision to not discuss any media that is subject to the ongoing strikes, we've been talking about a lot of music recently, and now it's Teylor's turn!

  
• 07.31.2023

  Still Buffering: "Fight Club" (1999)

  It seems counter-intuitive that we're talking about Fight Club, since, well of course the first rule of Fight Club and all and...well...maybe we shouldn't? Is this breaking the rules?

  
• 07.21.2023

  Still Buffering: "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)"

  It's that wonderful time of year once again where Rileigh gets to force her siblings to sit down and talk about Taylor Swift with her for a whole 45 minutes. From teen angst to both her saddest and most scathing...

  
• 07.12.2023

  Still Buffering: Harley Quinn

  Sometimes, one of us loves a character or an artist or a body of work so much we can't even narrow down our favorite pieces, we just have to talk about absolutely all of it, so that's why this week...

  
• 06.29.2023

  Still Buffering: Spongebob

  Well, it's all Sydnee can talk about these days, and it's a cartoon/movie/musical/entire universe that has spanned all the generations on this podcast, so let's dive in to Spongebob!

  
• 06.19.2023

  Still Buffering: "Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper" (2004)

  To celebrate the upcoming live action Barbie movie that is sure to break the internet and make an appearance on this podcast, we're taking a look back at the Barbie movie musical that started it all, which is also Rileigh's...

  
• 06.12.2023

  Still Buffering: Paramore

  CW: This episode contains a brief mention/discussion of suicide/mental illness Like all great things from the 90s and 2000s, Paramore is having a resurgence! It's time to deep dive back in time with the band that brought us so many hits,...

  
• 06.04.2023

  Still Buffering: "[scrubs]"

  Things have been pretty hectic over here in the still buff fam but we're finally back on schedule with a look back at one of Syd's all-time favorite shows, Scrubs! Also, a shockingly in depth discussion of actual, real, physical...

  
• 05.22.2023

  Still Buffering: "Scream 6" (2023)

  If there's one thing in life that's certain, it's that you can always count on a new Scream movie being released at any given time, and it's always going to feel just as familiar and meta as the one before....

  
• 05.08.2023

  Still Buffering: Letters to Cleo

  Syd always has some questionable pics for her summer playlist, but Tey is helping her out this week by providing us with some great 90s/2000s hits from Letters to Cleo that actually ARE suitable for a summer playlist.

  
• 04.30.2023

  Still Buffering: "Singled Out"

  Did you ever appear on the 90s dating show, Singled Out? Did you actually fall in love? Were those dates even real? We need to know everything, because this show leaves SO many questions to be answered for the modern...

  
• 04.24.2023

  Still Buffering: "New Girl"

  We thought it was the Millennial/Gen Z equivalent of Friends, but the more we think about it this show is WAY better. It's the show that brought us bird shirts and True American, it's New Girl!

  
• 04.14.2023

  Still Buffering: "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006)

  It's a classic tragic-comedy (which we didn't know was a thing until just now) that we all know and love, especially since it reminds us so much of a little McElroy we all love. Come talk about beauty pageants and...

  
• 04.10.2023

  Still Buffering: "Full House"

  The siblings think they've finally cracked the reason why Sydnee always had such a love for Full House...and it's because her secret life goal is to recreate it with her entire family. Also why did Danny Tanner hate Kimmy Gibler...

  
• 04.02.2023

  Still Buffering: Bluey

  HAPPY END OF MAXFUNDRIVE! We love and appreciate all of you so much, and to show our love and appreciation we've brought one more guest on to the show this week and are talking about one of our shared favorite...

  
• 03.27.2023

  Still Buffering: Jordan Matter

  HAPPY MAXFUN DRIVE! It seems as if a trading of the youngest member of the podcast has taken place this week, as Rileigh has been replaced with Charlie! Who, let's be honest, is basically just Rileigh if she were still...

  
• 03.20.2023

  Still Buffering: "Perfect Match" (2023)

  It's here, we've found the worst dating show/reality show of all time: Perfect Match. It's absolutely jam packed full of our favorite Netflix stars(I guess?) and stacked to the brim with bad editing and Nick Lacheys. Come join us!

  
• 03.13.2023

  Still Buffering: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

  An all punk cover band that does covers of musical theatre songs?? How have we never talked about this before?? It's quite literally all of our most important musical interests combined into one cohesive art form.

  
• 03.03.2023

  Still Buffering: "That Thing You Do!" (1996)

  It's truly astonishing that it's taken us 3 years of talking about media that made us to finally have Sydnee bring up That Thing You Do, but here we are at last. It's basically the Tom Hanks of films, if...

  
• 02.27.2023

  Still Buffering: Lizzy McAlpine

  Rilo's brought us some more hip new Gen Z tunes but the only thing we seem to be able to talk about is how the heck do we say McAlpine and have we all been saying McElroy wrong this whole...

  
• 02.13.2023

  Still Buffering: "Batman: The Animated Series" (1992)

  There have been many Batmans (Batmen, Batmi??) but to Teylor, there's one true Batman and one true Joker iteration that they love most, and it's this one, so let's talk about it!

  
• 02.06.2023

  Still Buffering: King's Island

  Okay yes it's not technically media BUT it at one time was full of pop culture references that were important to all of us, and also blue ice cream, it's King's Island!

  
• 01.30.2023

  Still Buffering: Miley Cyrus

  Well, it took us three whole tries to get this episode finished and out to you all, but it's worth it to get to talk about Miley and all her eras for an hour. And also to expose all the...