They Thought I Was You

Today we talk about the film this podcast has been waiting for. The film that divides Mary-Kate and Ashley fans around the globe. The film that made some some of us double down on our MKA obsession and some of us take a step back. Whether you loved it or hated it, chances are you never forgot it. Because it's not about the journey, it's all about GETTING THERE.

On June 11th, 2002 (we finally looked up the release date), Mary-Kate and Ashley released their 6th direct-to-video feature film, Getting There. This film follows Kylie (Mary-Kate) and Taylor (Ashley) who are sweet 16 and licensed to drive. They set out on a road trip with their friends to see the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, but of course, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

Famously, this was one of Becca's favorite Mary-Kate and Ashley movies as a tween, but Lani admitted that she barely ever watched it. So this discussion is a juicy one, as we pick apart this movie beat by beat, examining Mary-Kate's extremely complicated and not-so-fun relationship, discussing Billy Aaron Brown's omnipresence in the MKA Universe, figuring out how they tried to pass Toast off as a character remotely resembling a person, and demanding justice for Lindy! 

We simply have too much talk about for this movie, so we had to do it in two parts. Next week when we reveal who we think Ashley's love interest in this movie really is, what we *finally* think of their friend Jenn, and decide whether or not we actually like this movie!

So put on your beanie, polish up your red mustang convertible, and don't you dare stop for food, because today is Part 1 of our epic conversation on this 2002 classic. Make sure to rewatch Getting There in @SimplyOlsen's instagram bio!

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Our green bean casserole has finally digested, and we're back talking about the world's most iconic twins.

But in today's episode, we're focusing on only one twin, just like the Emmys did in twenty years ago. On May 17th, 2002, the 29th Daytime Emmy Awards Ceremony took place at Madison Square Garden, and notably only nominated Mary-Kate Olsen for So Little Time, not Ashley. This moment might have escaped us completely if Lani hadn't stumbled on a red carpet clip of Mary-Kate and Ashley giving in interview about the nomination, and Mary-Kate sounding remarkably uncomfortable.

So we dive into what this could possibly mean. We also revive our old segment, "The Mary-Kate and Ashley Acting Tracker" to try and pinpoint the moment when/if Mary-Kate inched in front of Ashley as the "better" actress. And we spend a very long part of this segment in an alternate reality where Two of a Kind was never cancelled.

Ultimately we decide this was probably masterminded by the Dualstar team *cough*RobertThorne*cough* and not anyone's actual opinion that Mary-Kate was more deserving of an acting accolade than Ashley.  And at the end of the day, the Emmy nominations for "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series" in 2002 were utter chaos.

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Today is a very special episode. Today, we conclude our So Little Time rewatch series, and for the very first time, Becca and Lani record physically together in the same room. We take the first few minutes of this episode to appreciate how monumental this feels for us, and ponder if it's any different at all for you listeners.

But then we get right back into our rewatch of everyone's favorite Fox Family sitcom that we thought we could cover in just two podcast episodes. Now, six episodes and one interview with Eric Lutes later, we realize we could actually talk about this show forever. But alas, Mary-Kate and Ashley indeed had so little time, and we have so many more projects of theirs to cover.

In this episode, we rewatched the final 6 episodes of So Little Time: "The Volunteer" (ep 21),  "Trading Places" (ep 22), "Larrypalooza" (ep 23), "Look Who's Talking" (ep 24), "Waiting for Gibson" (ep 25), and "Sweet 16" (ep 26).

And holy crap, these episodes make absolutely no sense when watched in sequence. They are so completely out of order, it practically made our heads explode. Four out of six of the final episodes of the series were clearly filmed a year earlier than the other two, and we theorize on why this mess at Fox Family happened.

Eventually, we put our brains back together to break down each episode beat by beat to talk about what worked, what didn't, and what made us so mad we were actually upset for Mary-Kate and Ashley. We also give our closing remarks on this objectively iconic show, and make peace with our many, many complaints. Finally, we once again promise to go back and give Two of a Kind, an indisputably better sitcom, its own deep dive series.

So put on your low rise flares, get cozy in your peasant top, and curl, straighten, or curl AND straighten your hair because apparently anything goes in this episode!

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And listen to our whole So Little Time Series here:

So Little Time: The Pilot (Part 1)
So Little Time: 2001 (Part 2)
So Little Time: 2002 (Part 3)
So Little Time: "Season 2" (Part 4)
So Little Time: The Bloopers (Part 5)

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Our So Little Time journey continues! But this week, instead of talking about the scripted show, we're spending this whole episode talking about a part of the show that is so quintessentially Mary-Kate and Ashley-- the bloopers!

The origin of the So Little Time bloopers is still a mystery (to us), but we're pretty sure they first appeared in promos for the show on Fox Family, and later in full on the show's DVDs. Not being huge participants of the Mary-Kate and Ashley DVD culture, we realized that we hadn't actually seen many of these bloopers until we watched them for this episode.

And what a treat they are! We dive into which bloopers stood out to us, what the bloopers imply about the dynamic on set, and the differences and similarities between Mary-Kate and Ashley the characters and Mary-Kate and Ashley the real people. We also notice the stark contrast in So Little Time season 1 (2001) and season 2 (2002) since the bloopers are out of order and  reveal a couple spoilers by watching the bloopers to some episodes we haven't yet watched.

Definitely do yourself a favor and watch these bloopers before listening (all four parts are on YouTube, linked below):

So Little Time Bloopers Part 1 

So Little Time Bloopers Part 2 

So Little Time Bloopers Part 3 

So Little Time Bloopers Part 4

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In honor of Halloween yesterday, this week we're re-airing one of our favorite episodes from season one where we dive into Dualstar Entertainment Group's first feature films: Double Double Toil and Trouble ('93) and How the West Was Fun ('94).

Unlike Dualstar's previous releases, these films had the financial and creative assistance of ABC and are, surprisingly, high-quality films! (By '90s children's film standards.) We talk about the many similarities and differences between the two, and our own memories of watching these movies as children. (Lani cried. While watching as an adult.)

BONUS:  Between these two movies, NY and LA, cats and dogs, and Cloris Leachman and Martin Mull, which is Mary-Kate, and which is Ashley?

So enjoy this trip down memory lane rewatching our favorite Halloween movie, Double Double Toil and Trouble, and a surprisingly good fall flick, How the West Was Fun. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode continuing our So Little Time rewatch. We'll see you then!

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We thought we'd be able to finish our So Little Time series with this episode, but it turns out, we simply had too much to talk about! So today we continue our So Little Time deep dive, and we cover episodes Ep 16-20, "The Massage," "Riley’s New Guy," "The Wheelchair," "The Job," and "The Flat Tire."

We spend the first portion of this episode taking a close examination of the "behind the scenes" cold opens, and why they bother Becca so much and Lani so little. Then, we dig into the storylines of each episode, unpacking Cammie's acting career, discussing the terrible boys and unfortunately storylines that surround Riley, and theorizing what the edgy hair & clothes this season are trying to tell us.

We also try to contextualize So Little Time in the greater Mary-Kate and Ashley Universe, and honestly? I think we nail it.

So grab your curling iron and pray to the lord you can figure out how to achieve the curly on top/straight on bottom look, because we're staying in Malibu! Make sure to rewatch these episodes with us on @SimplyOlsen's instagram bio.

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Our So Little Time series continues with a very special guest this week. We had the honor and privilege of talking with the only person who can say he has played Mary-Kate and Ashley's dad not once, but TWICE: actor Eric Lutes (So Little Time, Switching Goals).

We were thrilled to talk Jake Carlson himself in the middle of our So Little Time rewatch to answer some of our most burning questions. He gave us the inside scoop on what went on behind the scenes, what the dynamic was like between the cast, and how the show came to an end on Mary-Kate and Ashley's terms.

But before we could get there, we HAD to ask about the first time Eric played MKA's dad in the infamous TV movie, Switching Goals. We learn how his landmark guest appearance on Fraiser led him to getting a series regular on the NBC sitcom, Caroline in the City, which ultimately led him meeting 12 year-old Mary-Kate and Ashley on treadmills at a gym in Toronto.

Best of all, we learned that Eric is currently living the life that Jake Carlson would be proud of: painting and teaching by the water, and only taking acting work that he wants to do.

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Today we jump back into 2002, and continue our rewatch of everyone's favorite Fox Family original sitcom, So Little Time. And we pick up right where we left off, on episode 15, "The New Guy."

Boy oh boy, have things changed. This was So Little Time's first episode back after a fall hiatus (and after Mary-Kate and Ashley filmed & released, Holiday in the Sun), and the show feels completely different. Characters have been added, some have been lost, there are new sets, the cold opens are meta now, and Mary-Kate's straight hair and Ashley's curly hair have combined into a curly-straight hybrid no one was ready for.

And frankly, we feel gaslit. So Becca and Lani spend the entire show this week talking about this one episode and all the changes we are puzzled by. We talk candidly (and perhaps controversially) about Mary-Kate and Ashley's iconic curly/straight hairstyle, speculate on why all these changes happened midseason of a show that had just started clicking, and dig into the nitty gritty of why this episode just doesn't work.

So get your decaf mocha, blueberry muffin, and make sure you sit in your seat you definitely sit at every morning (even though we watched 14 episodes of this show and we've never seen you sit there before!!) and enjoy-- because this show is in a coffee shop now!

You'll definitely want to rewatch this episode before listening, and you can find it at the magical link in SimplyOlsen's Instagram bio here.

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WE'RE BACK! We had planned to spend this entire episode talking about the photo Ashley and Mary-Kate (purposefully in that order out of respect) took for their article in M Le Magazine du Monde. But then, in an incredible twist of kismet, on the day that Becca and Lani decided to record, brand new videos of Ashley and Mary-Kate were posted from The Row's Summer 2023 Womenswear runway show in Paris.

In a world where we so rarely get to see the Olsen sisters in front of the camera, this week felt like a true gift for us fans. So we talk about all of it. We dissect the incredible photo for M Magazine by Zoe Ghertrner with Ashley piercing our souls, staring straight into camera with a deep blue scarf draped around her neck, and Mary-Kate looking effortlessly cool in a flowing white t-shirt and pulling her hair back, deep in thought.

And then we talk about the videos from The Row's runway show on Sept 28th, and the beauty of our two favorite women looking genuinely ecstatic. We geek out over how they've made a name for themselves that is completely distinct from their child/teen star days, and revel in how they seem happier now then we've ever seen them before.

So please enjoy this brief fast forward 20 years as we celebrate Ashley and Mary-Kate in 2022, and get ready because next week, we're zipping all the way back to 2002.

LINKS:
Ashley & Mary-Kate's M Le Magazine du Monde Photo
VIDEO 1, Getting into car
VIDEO 2, Ashley & Mary-Kate clapping & smiling
VIDEO 3, Birdseye view of Ashley & Mary-Kate walking down stairs
VIDEO 4, Ashley & Mary-Kate getting applauded post-show

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Welcome to our Hulu Rewatch series! While Becca & Lani take a little break for travel & nuptials, we're re-airing episodes in honor of the 3 Mary-Kate and Ashley movies that were recently added to Hulu: Billboard Dad, Passport to Paris & Switching Goals. Today, conclude our series by going back to our not-so-favorite movie, Switching Goals, with our very favorite (and only) crossover partner, Still Got It Podcast!

In Still Got It Podcast, host Celey Schumer revisits childhood-classic films to see if they "still got it," and it seemed only fitting that she would join us to discuss, Switching Goals. When we recorded this episode, Becca and Lani had just come off of an exhilarating Two of a Kind marathon watching the entire series in one week, so watching this often overlooked TV family sports film was... interesting. To say the least.

Ok, we hated it. And we took no joy in hating it, but talking through this unfortunately lackluster feature with nostalgia expert Celey helped us swallow this difficult pill of a film. (And helped us appreciate Two of a Kind that much more).

We can't in good faith recommend you rewatch Switching Goals before listening, but if you want to, you can do so on Hulu (or @SimplyOlsen's incredible MKA link if you don't have Hulu). Becca and Lani will picking up right where left off with new episodes (maybe finally in 2002!) at the beginning of October! Love you!!

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