Wistful Thinking

In this episode, Jordan and Cara are joined by Desiree to revisit the Seaver family! We watched Growing Pains and had a lot to say about it. We discuss everything from the effects of perfect TV families to the real life drama of the actors. Listen all the way to the end to hear us test out theme song ideas!

Jordan, Cara, and guest Jenna Zee continue spooky October with The Addams Family (1991), a movie that could have been cheesy but is held together by an incredible cast and great cinematography. Plus, Jordan and Cara get to continue the Christina Ricci love-fest that started with Casper!

We'll be back later in the week with our regularly scheduled episode of Wistful Thinking, but in this mini episode, Jordan and Cara do some not-so-wistful thinking about Harvey Weinstein and being women in the workforce.

In this episode of Wistful Thinking, Jordan and Cara warm up for Halloween and revisit 1998's Practical Magic. They talk about all the things going on in this movie (there's a lot of things), witch stuff, domestic violence, and fantasize about having practical magic powers.

On this Wistful Thinking, Cara and Jordan talk to Dan Colon about Puff the Magic Dragon, the oldest thing we’ve talked about so far! We also play an inaugural nostalgia-based game, dream of segments we might do one day, and wish hard that someone would make a really weird kids movie.

In this episode, P.S. I Love Hoffman's Brian Rodriguez joins us to talk about the 90s PBS show Wishbone. To quote Brian, "We started off talking about a cute dog reading books and now I'm depressed and I don't know how we got here." In a good way, though!

This #tbt, Jordan and Cara talk amongst themselves about their shared love of Nickelodeon's first live action show, The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Through the lens of three Little Pete-centric episodes, they discuss the Petes Wrigley, the familiar landscapes of Wellsville, and the jam packed cast of weirdos, bullies, and adults.

In episode seven, Allie Polan-Clarke joins us to watch the 1987 children’s video King Cole’s Party. We learn that it is hard to watch a video for toddlers for fun as an adult because as it turns out, it’s not fun! Hear us delve into all the different levels of bad acting and creepy characters and, as a special bonus, Cara tells us how to entertain babies even if you don’t like kids.