Jack and Nora are joined by actor, comedian, and writer Charlie Vero Martin to discuss #25 on Vanity Fair’s list of the 42 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time: The Apartment. In this episode, Jack finally gets to talk about his favorite romcom, Charlie insists that every drama is really just a bad comedy, and if Mr. Sheldrake has zero haters, then Nora is dead. Hide your spare key, grab a strainer and/or tennis racquet, and let’s find out if that’s the way it crumbles (cookie-wise)!

Topics include:

• Rental prices in New York City
• “Baxters” in romcom writing 
• The ins and outs of spaghetti preparation

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Mysteries we still haven’t solved:

• Who would we cast if The Apartment was being made today?

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Content Warning: A quick heads up from us— there are several brief references to (but no actual discussions of) a plot point involving attempted suicide, and one mention of abortion.

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• Follow Charlie at @charlievmartin (and check out her upcoming work-in-progress stand-up show, Poltergeist, at Leicester Comedy Festival!)

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