Y2K?

“I’m a winner!” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Mahogany from 1975, The Way We Were but if the genders were swapped and the storyline was watered down. This episode we’ll discuss overcoats, turtlenecks, and milk.

"Boo" Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Cher Sanctuary Catalog and the history of gothic trends. This episode we’ll discuss Cher's everlasting career, whimsigoth, the Victorian Era, and Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School. Link to Whimsigoth Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0QjbXG61a8BJQGcZbXMrfo?si=ffcf0ff73e534ccc

“Roar” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Bear from 1988, the movie I announce by saying “No not the show. It’s a movie. Yeah, I'm sure. It’s from the 80s. No, that's the show. No, it follows two actual bears in the wild, there's very little dialogue. No real-life bears” This episode we’ll discuss Lydia Sigourney, Rusted Root, and sweetened condensed milk rage.

"Lloyd is a music teacher who shops at Walmart. He doesn't even support the town." Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Waiting for Guffman from 1996, the movie pre-"The Office" but post-"Roger & Me". This episode we’ll discuss dusty rose wallpaper, Barbra Streisand, and My Dinner with Andre.

“Isn’t everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”   Join your host, Amanda Ladino and her guest this week, in covering Before Sunrise from 1995, my second favorite movie from the before trilogy but because of my own rules that I’ve placed on this podcast–it’s the before movie we’ll be covering. This episode we’ll discuss Dunkin Donuts, The Cardigans, and Plymouth Rock.

“There’s coffee from last night. It’s probably cold.” “Probably is if it hasn’t been heated.”   Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Electric Horseman from 1979, my personal reason for exclusively wearing saddleback bell bottoms. This episode we’ll discuss the dynamic duo coffee and cheese, jane fonda’s spiky shoes, and the pokemon levels of “corporate man”.

“Bill Heslop. You can’t stop progress.” “He lost” This week we’re discussing Muriel’s Wedding from 1994, the Australian Cannes Festival Darling about a fish out of water drinking in the schlager melodies of ABBA. This episode we'll discuss $9 sandals, Meat Loaf, and ABBA.

“Dry your eyes baby it’s out of character” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Notorious from 1946, one of the many movies that would go on to predict the future by introducing the concept of a nazi named Eric. This episode we’ll discuss the anger that follows being deprived of naps, mentally crumbling, and scarves.

“I don’t frighten anybody” **Mrs. Farnsworth shrieks** “Sorry to disturb you Mr. Farnsworth. Mrs. Farnsworth saw a mouse. She’s better now.” - Abbott “She just saw a mouse?” - Betty “No. Before. Outside. She relives it.” - Abbott Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Heaven Can Wait from 1978, the film made by Shirley MacLaine’s brother that might have interested her in the concept of past lives. This episode we’ll discuss Carole King, Lemon Bars, and Gatorade Bottles.

“It’s me, Claude! Claude Perkins!” “Get away from me Claude.” “That’s right! ‘Get Away From Me Claude’!”   Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Ritz from 1976, the high octane farce that’ll boost your esteem in regards to your deduction skills. This episode we’ll discuss Bette Middler, Zabars, and gay fantasia.   For further coverage on The Ritz, check out the episode on The Ritz by Movies We Missed

"He blew a bubble with his gum. While I was singing! He can't do that while I'm SINGING!" Join your host Amanda Ladino and her friend Ali Fletcher, in discussing The Birdcage from 1996. The movie that I watched for the first time and then watched for the first 3 times immediately after that. In this episode, we'll discuss Sour Skittles, George of the Jungle, and Dunkin Donuts

“By the way, she couldn't be your real mother. She must've been left on your front doorstep one stormy night, in a cage.”   Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering What a Way to Go! from 1964, the black comedy coated in a saccharine–or so it would seem–bubblegum pink. This episode we’ll discuss Edith Head, NECO Wafers, and staring at the sun.

**slap in the face** “How intimate?” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Jewel Robbery from 1932, the romantic farcical comedy that romanticizes more than just jewelry theft and loots more than a few petty emeralds, a mere couple of rubies, a pittance of a sapphire. The most desirable jewel stolen is the heart of Kay Francis and the audience. This episode we’ll discuss the Hays Code, collapsible ladders, and minute facial expressions.

**kiss** “Yeah. Bye.” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Rent-A-Cop from 1987, the seemingly platonic cop thriller until you realize, when Burt Reynolds try to kiss Liza Minnelli 70% into the film, that this is supposed to be an ex-c*p, ex-seggs worker love story. This episode we’ll discuss pizazz, Encino Man, and choreographed dancing.

“Tell me nothing happened. Even if you lie, I’ll believe you.”  “Nothing happened”  “Jesus it sounds worse than before”   Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Cheap Detective from 1978, the noir pi spoof that cracks the hardboiled detective and chomps him and a cheap cigar down for breakfast. This episode we’ll discuss the rural purge, urns, and pizazz.

“Or maybe the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove!” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering My Cousin Vinny from 1992, a legal comedy that aspires me not to be a lawyer but to go into an alternate universe where I’m a tough son of a b***h from New York. This episode we’ll discuss independent rear suspension, string on the floor, and California Pizza Kitchen.

“Does my forehead not please you?”   Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Jane Eyre from 1943/4, one of the many book adaptations that cut like half of the book to make the story a cute little gothic rom-com because we don’t have the time to turn the boat around to have an only semi-horrific ending. This episode we’ll discuss 1800s dating profiles, Orson Welles, and OSHA regulations.

“Oron Trask?! The man who said, ‘What if we sliced the bread before we sold it?’” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering 1988’s Working Girl, the romantic aspirational comedy that glorifies the corporate, yuppie, “greed is good” lifestyle that simultaneously lacks life and style. This episode we’ll discuss fashion, appropriate work behavior, and the importance of couches.

“Smile so we can make a good impression.” **slams into bus** Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering the 1989 urban fantasy film about child labor and burnout, Kiki’s Delivery Service. This episode we’ll discuss burnout, support, and the masking of the identity of instant coffee.

“Keats!” “It’s Shelley” “Keats!” “You just keept your mind off the poetry and on the pajamas and everything will be alright. I’ll be” “It’s Keats.” “It’s Shelley.” “I’ll be back in about ten minutes”   Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering the 1953 romantic comedy, that presents us with life’s eternal lessons, of responsibility, duty, setting boundaries, and only ever go home with strange men whilst under the influence of drugs if that strange man is Gregory Peck, Roman Holiday. This episode we’ll indulge in heartbreak, the beauty of gregory peck and audrey hepburn, and gelato.

Welcome to Y2K? Escape reality into the peaceful portal of films from before the existence of your host, Amanda Ladino, and her subsequent existential crisis.