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Will Friedle
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Sabrina
Oh good, good. Getting my butt kicked on another week, man. I'm. Are you.
Will Friedle
What's kicking your butt?
Sabrina
Just, I've got so much going on constantly. Like I just feel like every week I go, okay, I just gotta get through this week. And then I look towards the next week and I'm like, damn. Like so. And just, you know, my Monroe being five now and having her own schedule that I'm having to like get her to and from as well as all my other stuff is just, it's like, like a lot. It really is. I was not expecting this, I guess round or era of my mom life to really be this crazy. Up till now it's like, yeah, I've got kids, I love them. They're easy. They're pretty good. Now it's like, holy cow. I, I guess I wanted her to be busy and damn it, I did at five, which is wild. She's doing soccer now too, so that's also been a lot. You know, two, two nights of practice for soccer. She's at dance four nights a week. It's, it's a lot for a little one.
Will Friedle
Yeah, my life is very similar. Oh wait, no it's not. No kids. Every day's a vacation. Yes. It's awesome.
Sabrina
I actually had to go. Oh man. I don't even want to tell Will, but she came in last night with from a nightmare and then it was like 3:40. I didn't go to sleep after that. I couldn't get back to bed. It was like that. Oh, I only get four. I only get two more hours.
Will Friedle
Oh no, you did that. If I fall asleep right now, I'll get an hour and a half asleep. Yeah, I fall asleep right now. And then you're like, then when under an hour. You're like, if I fall asleep right now, I'm gonna be more tired when I wake up. When the alarm wakes me up and it's gon be awful or I will.
Sabrina
Snooze through the alarm because I. Oh man. So yeah, it's just been a lot. But you know what? I, the funny part is even though I'm tired, I love being busy. I love it. I love having lots of stuff going on. Planning for things, executing things. I've gotten a chance to go to the Bot to the Top tour, saw Allison Stoner, which was awesome.
Will Friedle
Yes. I saw them myself not that long ago and had a great conversation with them. It was awesome. Yeah.
Sabrina
I'm just excited that there's a lot going on. It's so fun. And I'm hoping to get to go to Dancing with the Stars soon and get in the well. Hello. Our girl Danielle is gonna be shining so bright. I am so excited for her and doing this amazing show that I love with all my heart. I really do. I love the show. I love being a part of the Dancing with Stars family. The journey everyone has on the show is different but just as meaningful. And I know how much hard work it is. So I can't wait to go and, you know, be in the audience to support her because that's great. You know, it's fun. It's a fun gig. Me too.
Will Friedle
And I like to think as I'm lying there taking my nap every day for an hour to two, I think to myself, hey, Danielle's probably dancing right now. And I'm glad that's not me.
Sabrina
So many blisters, and she has so many blisters.
Will Friedle
And I'm like, curled up with my dog, like, oh, it's one o'. Clock. That's why I'm tired. Oh, my.
Sabrina
So I can't wait. That makes me so excited. Hopefully maybe we'll get to go on the same week.
Will Friedle
No, I specifically asked to not have to go with you, so.
Sabrina
Right, got it. I forgot about that.
Will Friedle
I forgot about that. It's part of my contract. Anyway, welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs and your popcorn and go back to a time when all the houses are smart, the wave tsunamis, and Sabrina didn't have children. I'm Will Friedle.
Sabrina
Sabrina. Bryan.
Will Friedle
I got a question for everybody out there. What's better than one Andy Lawrence? How about two Andy Lawrences? Andy Lorenzai Lawrenceis two Andy's. Because this week we are talking about the Y2K sci fi comedy the Other Me. Or as I'm calling it, Attack of the Clone. The film, debuted on September 8, 2000, was based on the book MeToo, spelled T W O, written by author Mary C. Ryan. Mary had 12 kids books to her names, with other titles like Helping Rey, the Bus from Outer Space, and the Aiden pike series. But because of this DCOM in particular, MeToo is by far her most popular. Now, in my opinion, the movie's release was perfectly timed in pop culture, wedged right into the Y2K technology paranoia, most famously making the entire world nervous that their computers were just gonna shut off at midnight on New Year's Eve. And Maybe kill our families. Planes were gonna drop out of the sky. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria. So some people may even recognize a little bit of the movie's plot lifted from another movie. The 2000 Michael Keaton comedy Multiplicity. And a dance scene, in my opinion, lifted from Can't Buy Me Love. Another comedy, though, the Multiplicity comedy. Anyway, about cloning yourself now, Sabrina, we gotta ask this question. Of course. Cause we're talking about cloning. If you were given the chance to clone me, how many different. I'm kidding. If you could clone yourself, would you do it? And would you be fine with just one clone or would you just keep going?
Sabrina
I, at this point would feel like I would actually go for it. Cause I don't have enough me to get the things that I need to get done daily. I've got a list of 87 things that I only get through, like maybe 11 of them. And so if I had somebody to help me get the work, things that I need to get done. And like, I just talked about getting my kids to where they need to be. And you know what I mean? Dinner. Gosh, I would love someone to be here doing dinner. So I don't know, maybe two. Maybe I need two extra hands.
Will Friedle
Two extra. So you're talking three. Total three. Sabrinae.
Sabrina
Including me. Including me.
Will Friedle
Okay, interesting. One of me is enough Because I'm.
Sabrina
All you need, baby I don't know if there's a world I could live in with two wills. I don't know if that's. I don't know if there's a world that I could actually be in.
Will Friedle
This was the 23rd, third decom, by the way, predictably shot in Canada. And it might be only memorable now for including an early NSYNC song on the original soundtrack. But we'll get to that. The song Bring in the Noise from their no Strings Attached album appeared in the film, as did Life is a Party from Aaron Carter. And okay, so here's the weird thing. Weirdly, neither of them have been included in the film online years later. It's a common issue with music rights, as we know and definitely has affected this film. But none of them were there. What did you think of that? Did you know that this was gonna happen or.
Sabrina
I. I didn't know, but I looked into it. And then of course, our producers are amazing and give us so much history on everything that we watch. Because when you go online, like I said, or I was telling you earlier before we started, that Andy and his brothers recreated that dancing on the Table scene.
Will Friedle
Right.
Sabrina
But when I see it, when I saw what they recreated, they still use the NSYNC song. So when I was in the movie, I was like, why would they use a different song than once in the movie? Then I feel realized after reading everything we get, it's like, oh, got it. Okay, that makes sense. But I love that they stuck with the original In Sync song. Cause that makes the most sense. Like, that's what people are really gonna remember.
Will Friedle
I wouldn't have known it, obviously.
Sabrina
Like, Giant album. A Giant album.
Will Friedle
And again, I had no idea, nor would I know that I was missing anything. But having a big NSYNC song or a big Aaron Carter song at the time obviously would have taken this to the next level. If you're doing a big dance number, right? You know, and it's like you've got NSync's biggest song or one of their biggest songs out. That makes a splash in 2000 for sure. As I didn't even know what the song was like, I would have even. I would have recognized an NSYNC song. Oh, we were just hearing from producer Tara. It was a big moment when it aired. Most fans watching it back then knew that the song was from the movie. So it was like a lot of Disney Channel stuff. The song was. Was another character in the movie. And then now we got where you want to watch it. You got to yank it.
Sabrina
Yeah.
Will Friedle
Also, musically, the theme for the movie was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, which is a recognizable name now. He is one of the most popular composers in all of Hollywoodland, which is what it used to be called. But he was once just lead singer of an electro pop group, Devo. You know their song. Right. You know, I mean, you know Devo, right?
Sabrina
Yeah, that was it.
Will Friedle
Crack that whip.
Sabrina
Crack that whip.
Will Friedle
Give that man a slap. Yeah. Whip it good, people. That's right. Now, we've talked in the past about how body swap movies we've watched have made for a difficult acting job, playing two completely different characters and filming in sections. I can't even imagine what Andy had to go through here. Especially because it's 2000s. You know, it's early. It's 2000, so they probably shot this in 99 or early 2000, where technology is not what it is now.
Sabrina
No, exactly. And it. I mean, I feel like he clearly plays it well, but just the actual, like, technical aspects of what they had to do and how they had to get this done correctly and to look good on screen had to have been really hard. And knowing that because in the Cheetah Girls, Keeley's character, she's supposed to be an identical twin.
Will Friedle
That's right.
Sabrina
There was a fifth member and it was hers. But they decided probably once they looked into it, was like, oh, no, no.
Chiquis
We'Re not doing that.
Will Friedle
Yeah, no, two different.
Sabrina
Yeah. It's so difficult. So difficult, not just for the actor, but for the channel to actually make it look good. Right. We know that they didn't have always the biggest budgets, especially back then at that time.
Will Friedle
And again for Disney Channel during this time, other than an occasional eye line here or there, I thought it looked pretty good.
Sabrina
Seriously, I thought it was bad.
Will Friedle
Yeah, no, really did not look bad at the beginning.
Sabrina
And I'll tell you, I'm going to be honest, I was kind of like, oh, all right, well, let's see how they handle this. And I was literally going, this is good. Like, it did not look. It didn't. You know, like you said, there's maybe a few eyeline stuff, but really, so much of it was so good.
Will Friedle
There was one, one specifically where it wasn't even close, but it was literally one shot, one time where the eyelines were all over the place. But it was the only time in the whole movie where I was like, wow, that looked bad. Everything else was like, okay, that's not bad. For what they're doing, what they have to work with. When we see what some of the dragons still look like for Descendants, we're.
Sabrina
Never gonna get over those freaking dragons. Leave it alone, Will.
Will Friedle
It was a bad dragon.
Sabrina
Move on from the trap.
Will Friedle
That was a baggin. That was a bad dragon. That's all I've got to say.
Sabrina
You're talking about when she becomes the octopus. Okay, fine, I will give you that. But the dragon. The second one looked bad.
Will Friedle
The second one was okay. The first dragon was bad.
Sabrina
First one was awful.
Will Friedle
Anyway. Anyway, here's another strange thing. You can, yes, watch the Other Me right now. It's available to stream for free on YouTube. When we originally talked about this movie, it was on Disney plus and it got yanked, like, the day after we announced it or the day before we announced it. So, yes, if you want to get it right now, it is free on YouTube. Just search its title and press play on the full movie option. But I personally do not envy your decision. You can either view it now before the podcast, or just let us ride and watch the movie later. Red pill or blue pill? Neo, make the decision. Your life depends on it. It actually doesn't. Okay, question. We always ask question. Dweek, since Du Jour doesn't work, have you ever heard of the other me before we were required to view it for our job?
Sabrina
I think not before the job. I think the only time I heard anything about it was when we interviewed Andy Lawrence the first time talking about. And he kind of ran through the. Ran through that pretty long list of his. Of all the Disney stuff he's. All the Disney movies he's done. So I think that's the only. And that was just hearing the title, having no idea what that meant that he'd be playing two characters.
Will Friedle
It was. Yeah.
Sabrina
What about you, Will?
Will Friedle
The one and only one you knew again? Yes. This is my favorite movie. I grew up with a poster of this on my wall. No, again, no idea until we talk to Andy. And then you kind of. These are all surprises for me. It's fun.
Chiquis
Yes.
Will Friedle
Well, now wake up, grandpa. We're bringing over the clone. Let's get into the synopsis. A mischievous teenager, Will Browning, accidentally clones himself during a school science project. And in turn the boy learns valuable lessons about responsibility, friendship and being true to himself. The movie is directed by Manny Cotto, the Cuban born writer director is best known as the EP and showrunner of Star Trek, Enterprise 24 and Dexter at different times on their run. He also directed the cult horror film Dr. Giggles, which I have no idea what that is, but watching that. And would later write and direct episodes of American Horror Story and American Horror Stories, including a favorite from the franchise feral from ahs which everybody says is American Horror Story. But to me that's Avon High School where I went to school. Season one. Sadly, Cotto passed away in 2023 at the young age of 62 from cancer. And as I mentioned up top, the movie stars a magical rewind icon. Our current frontrunner for best actor in dcom. And also I think we must at this point talk seriously about having him take a knee and dubbing him shoulder to shoulder, I dub thee Sir Andrew Lawrence of the dcomp.
Sabrina
Absolutely.
Will Friedle
He is one third of the Lawrence brothers and a former Mr. Guest. That's magical rewind, by the way. It's the lovable Andrew Lawrence himself and he plays a character with a beautiful name. Will. Yes, Will.
Sabrina
Will Browning.
Will Friedle
But nobody cares about Browning. It's just Will the best name ever. We obviously are massive going to the Matt stands here on the show adcom. He was truly incredible in but and is the voice of TJ on recess and appeared in movies like Mr. Bean and White Man's Burden. He's also one of the stars of the Brotherly Love, a sitcom starring all three Lawrence brothers. The Lawrence. I would just put LB3 that aired on NBC or NIBC, if that's how you want to pronounce it in 1995 and 1996.
Sabrina
Nobody wants to pronounce it like that.
Will Friedle
Well, now everybody's gonna nibc. It's better than abk, which is what I was on. Another familiar face is that of Mark Lawrence Taylor, who plays dad. Go look it up, people. No other given name on the entire thing. He's just dad. Something we've never seen before in a dcom. But we have seen him before in High School Musical 2 as Mr. Fulton. And also in another recent viewing of ours, Eddie's Million Dollar Cook off as the main character, Eddie's tough baseball coach and dad, who we were going to put in the Bad Coaching hall of Fame. Mark is a veteran actor with credits in movies like Inner Space, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Homeward Bound in TV shows like Saving Grace and Because I Gotta say It Every Time, Seinfeld. Lori Haller plays, you Guessed it, Mom. Mom again, just Mom.
Sabrina
So weird.
Will Friedle
It is, isn't it? Horror fans will love hearing that her first job was as the star of George Michelka's 1991 slasher classic, my Bloody Valentine. Let's try that. Alison Pill plays Will's little sister, who does get an actual name, Alana. The child actress has gone on to appear in some really great stuff movies like Milk, Midnight in Paris, the Coen Brothers, Hail Caesar and Vice, but is probably best remembered as Kim in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Awesome. On TV, she played Maggie Jordan on Aaron Sorkin's the Newsroom, which I also loved, and has appeared on other shows like in Treatment, American Horror, Cult and Star Colon Picard. Lots of colons. Which is why we want to make sure everyone gets their colons checked before they come here on magical rewind. And finally, Sarah Gaydon, or Gidon, plays Heather. She was a local hire who has continued to act through modern day, seen in shows like 1122, 63, True Detective, Castle Rock, and the very popular Letter Kenny. Now, as you know, what I care most about when it comes to any film is how long is this movie it runs? Wait for it, people. Oh, I stopped the drum roll quickly. Just like they stopped this movie quickly. It was 84 minutes. Yes, a short one, guys. Six minutes off the target, but who's counting when you're on the right side of history? Thank you to all those involved. May you live eternally and with a constant smile. And the movie was written by Jeffrey Allen Schechter who is a two time Emmy nominee. But for our podcast he is best known as the writer of the film that people gave me for right as we started this podcast, Brink Brink.
Sabrina
That was your fault though, Will. You asked for it.
Will Friedle
I did. I did this awful thing by watching a movie and then being honest about how it was mediocre. It wasn't. Frank was good. Frank was good. He also wrote oh and this is. I can't believe I haven't seen this movie. How I have not seen this movie is mind blowing to me. Bloodsport 2 colon the next Kubite. Everything has a colon, but yes, the next Would you have called it Kumite? It's not. It's Kumite.
Sabrina
Kumite.
Will Friedle
Frank Dukes from the first Kumite. Turns out the whole thing was a lie, but go look that up on your own. And Dennis the Menace strikes again. He also later created the ABC Family sci fi crime drama Stitchers.
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Hey, it's Dramos from the Life as a Gringo podcast. And on this important episode, I'm unpacking how machismo culture and the need for validation can lead to a toxic relationship with sex and why real masculinity means protecting your partners and prioritizing your sexual health. We talk about the word validation, but really a lot of it is also like my lack of self worth during that time, right? You know, I needed somebody else to tell me I was worthy, essentially, right? And whether it was my guy friends, whether it was a woman, you know, and you want attention and again, you're trying to get attention from the quote unquote right people. And the unfortunate part about this, like succumbing to sort of that peer pressure of society in general is you end up hurting a lot of people along the way. And then you also put yourself in a position to negatively affect your own health, both emotionally and physically. You can listen to this special episode of Life is a Gringo brought to you by Healthy Sexual from Gilea sciences on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Chiquis
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Will Friedle
Okay, so now on the count of three, let's drop some ocean pups in the tanks and watch them grow. It's time for the other me. This movie kicks off at school. It's the beginning of a new day. And young Will Browning is walking and yo yoing like you do. He gets insult buy multiple bullies for his little hobby. And then he quietly puts the yo yo back in his pocket. He meets up with Chucky, his best friend, and he. And we find out that it's report card day. Will feels confident that his strategy of just sliding by in class is going to work out for him yet again. Let's see how well that works. At his locker, he's approached by Heather, a girl with most likely the highest pitch voice in the history of film. I can't believe the crew's microphones didn't shatter. Heather apparently moved her locker closer to Will's and wants to know his plans for the upcoming junior formal. I didn't know you could just move your locker. I thought you were like signed lockers. Right.
Sabrina
I mean, I never got to have a locker, but I know we talked about this.
Will Friedle
You can't.
Sabrina
In the days of lockers, you can't just move your own.
Will Friedle
The days of lockers. As if. My God, I feel old. When I was a kid, I had to go 36 left, 34 right, 22 left. Yeah, we had lockers.
Sabrina
They don't have lockers at schools anymore. They don't. The only lockers are in like the locker room.
Will Friedle
You've got to have lockers at schools.
Sabrina
Only for like PE or the kids in sports. At least here in Orange County. I'm telling you.
Will Friedle
Really? Okay, please send your emails directly to Sabrina about how you have a locker. But no, Will isn't interested. He plays her off, saying he doesn't know how to dance and runs away. So even though he's bullied for being a yo yo, dork, he's not interested in girls throwing themselves at him. Weird beggars can't be choosers, dog. Now, in science class, Will and Chucky have a report due in three weeks. And if Will doesn't get at least a B, he'll need to retake the class to next year. And then, another bully, this one even gets a name. Scotty Soda, who despises Will for an incident he swears got him suspended. But Scotty Soda, we might have to put that on the dcom list. It's not. It's not as good as Jackal Johnson, but nothing is. Scotty Soda. Anytime you get a good again Shannon Shipley, you get a good alliterative name. It always works.
Sabrina
Yes.
Will Friedle
Now we're at home, we're reintroduced to a trope we've seen a lot in dcoms. The horrible cook. For a moment, Catherine reveals a disgusting common pot. Oh, wait, Catherine.
Sabrina
Oh.
Will Friedle
And his dad, Patrick. So they do have names.
Sabrina
Okay, are they not listed?
Will Friedle
That is a good catch, Will. But I will say that in the credits, they are listed as mom and dad. Ah, okay, so they have names in the movie, but they're just listed as mom and dad. Interesting. Okay, gotcha. So Catherine or Mom reveals a disgusting common pot of oat bran and tree bark for Will, his dad Patrick, and his sister Alana. And they are not enthused with the dish. Alana wants to show off her impressive report card, knowing Will won't be as eager, which is such a sister move. Like with the big smile on her face, showing the report card. Yikes.
Sabrina
She was. She played this mean, mean older sister very well.
Will Friedle
I was gonna say you could also see the young talent in Alison Pill and just knew that it's like, okay, she can. She can act like everyone in this cast could act. It was, yes, pretty, apparently. Yeah, but she was great. But yes, such a sister thing. Patrick and Catherine, of course, very proud of Alana's high gpa. And like, she thought, now they want to see Wills big trouble. He got a D in science and an F in social studies. His teachers say that he's not even trying, which any kid knows is the kiss of death when you get a report card. When it's like, not living up to potential, not trying hard. I saw that all the time on my report card.
Sabrina
Oh, no.
Will Friedle
Oh, yeah. I was not a good student and never living up to my potential. Yeah. Think about that during my nap today. Will, as a result. Exactly. As a result, his parents shift their summer to what they call Plan B, Camp Spartacus. Will is freaking out. Okay, what. What do you got for me? What do you got for me? It's like boot camp.
Sabrina
Like, this was rough. I was nervous for Will. I'm going. Oh, man. Cause again, I had no idea what this movie was about at all.
Will Friedle
Right.
Sabrina
Obviously, the very, like, the little thing that's at the front of YouTube, which is where I watched it, gave it away that there was, you know, multiple situation. But I'm like, oh, it's like, what is gonna happen?
Will Friedle
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. The thing at the front at beginning.
Sabrina
Of YouTube, I'm like, where. When you. When you look up YouTube. On YouTube, it had. Mine had, like, a picture of both. Had two Andy Lawrence pictures, like, the thumbnail of it.
Will Friedle
Okay.
Sabrina
So I was like, oh, like, this is going to be a multiple.
Will Friedle
Like, okay, so you didn't know it was going to be. The thumbnail was going to be cloning.
Sabrina
Ah, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. No. So I knew it was going to be something obviously around that. But then I'm going, now he's going to go to boot camp. Holy cow. I thought that's where we were going for sure. For sure.
Will Friedle
It's. Yeah.
Sabrina
And it looks scary as hell.
Will Friedle
Yeah. I was going to say it's a summer boot camp for boys created to motivate those in need of a push, but Will knows it's a military academy, essentially for camp, which sounds awful.
Sabrina
Did you know anyone that ever went to one of those? Will ever had to go?
Will Friedle
No. I saw. I knew people that went to military schools, obviously, but I didn't know anybody that went to military academies for discipline. I had friends that specifically, like, had one friend who wrestled for Annapolis and I had another friend who went to West Point. So I had friends who went to military colleges because they wanted to pursue a career in the military, but not anybody who. It's like, you got an F, so you're going to military. Yikes.
Sabrina
Not as a punishment. That sounds so scary. I was nervous.
Will Friedle
Anytime you're at camp and you have to march, you've done something wrong.
Sabrina
Oh, man.
Will Friedle
Alana seems very excited by his misery, as most older sisters would. Patrick explains if they don't see a major improvement in Will's schoolwork, then they'll have no other choice but to sign him up that night, he calls Chucky to let him know all about his looming punishment. Chucky suggests focusing on the science project because he doesn't want to spend an entire summer without his best friend. How are you with science in school?
Sabrina
I don't think I thrived on it, but I didn't, like, hate it. I think it was just kind of one of the classes that I would take. The only science class I really didn't like was in my biology class. There was an albino snake with red eyes in a cage. And I was freaked out the entire time. I had to take a class because I thought it was going to get out. Keep in mind, it was this big.
Will Friedle
Yeah, I'm sure. And more scared of you than you were of it. Did you.
Sabrina
But did you dissect anything?
Will Friedle
Did you have to.
Sabrina
Yes, it got out mid. Mid year and just disappeared. Yeah. Into the walls of the.
Will Friedle
Oh, my God. You know that that wall is now basically just. The foundation is made of albino snakes at this point.
Sabrina
Oh, I'm sure it was just. It was awful. I couldn't believe it. I felt like the teacher should absolutely have gotten fired for just even bringing that ridiculousness into it.
Will Friedle
Did you have to do any. Did you ever have to dissect anything?
Sabrina
I did the frog.
Will Friedle
You did the frog.
Sabrina
Okay. And then I. When I was really little. I think it's a little one, the squid, where you use, like, their spine and you write your name with it. That was like a little one. The frog heads.
Will Friedle
Did you write it? First of all, I don't think squids have spines, do they?
Sabrina
Or there was some. Is it.
Will Friedle
They're invertebrates.
Sabrina
The squid has ink, right?
Will Friedle
Yeah, yeah. An ink sack. Use the ink sack.
Sabrina
You use something of its body to like.
Will Friedle
Oh, my God, it's an ink sack. That's so morbid. We did a pig and I got an A because I stayed after for like, three days and got the brain out perfectly with, like, part of the spinal cord intact. Yeah. About me, you guys, that I opted out. You opted out of what? Was. What were you supposed to do?
Sabrina
It seems like you were probably more mature than I was because I would have probably opted out of what? Do it.
Will Friedle
Frog. Frog.
Sabrina
You didn't have to do it.
Will Friedle
No. Oh, my God. That's how you learn all about the, like, the cool inside stuff. You'll be shocked to hear. I haven't run into any problems. You haven't? No, no. It's never come up. Man, I wish I dissected that frog. I know what I'M doing well. You and I were on the road together, Jensen, when Gallbladder died. I could have taken that out. No problem for you. Right? Because I'm. Because I'm a frog at heart. Well, no, I did the pig, so I know it's the same as a human. It's basically the same. Do you could have done it. No problem.
Sabrina
Do you still have those. Those kinds of science projects happening at school anymore?
Will Friedle
I'm sure you have to dissect something.
Sabrina
Something. Yeah. I don't know. I just. I will never forget. I can actually smell it right now. Smell that? That happens within like the whole building of the science.
Will Friedle
Yeah, that's formaldehyde, baby. Get to gotta love that smell.
Sabrina
Oh, I could literally smell it. So gross. So gross.
Will Friedle
Well, anyway, before bedtime, Will's mom swings by his room to let him know that they don't need A's. They just need effort. Which I thought was a very nice kind of message. She knows he's smart and talented. He just needs to apply himself. And once she leaves, a nearby magazine ad catches Will's attention. It promises the ability to, quote, grow your own fun, unquote. Not gonna even touch that. It's called Ocean Pups and it sounds like a perfect solution for a science experiment problem. Ocean Pups sounds like a terrible experiment to me. It sounds like the back of the se horse things. That's not a science experiment. It's something you order from the back of a catalog. Do something sciency, my friend.
Sabrina
It. And it. It was. I mean, I think they meant it for it to be that. Like just some janky stupid.
Will Friedle
Yeah, that's what it was really. Then we fade into a mysterious headquarters for this ocean pups industry. Or big ocean pup, as I like to call it. Two scientists, Victor and Conrad, are working late into the night on their own product, adding ingredients into a rat cage, creating multicolored fumes with every additional. It seems they have cloned a rat during their time off. They think it is the greatest scientific advancement in the past hundred years and their ticket to riches. But in their celebration, they accidentally leave the rat cage door open, letting one of them escape. This triggers a lab cat to jump, knocking over some test tubes, causing an electrical volt. Bubbles start overflowing, liquid turns green and ooze starts to drip into the regular ocean pups educational kits from the magazines. Uh oh. Just like the thing that happened with Bruce Banner's blood dripping into one of the things. Things in the Brazil that then got Stan Lee. Oh my God.
Sabrina
This is not even going to tell you I went. There's no way I'm about to watch. Like this. Almost lost me, did it. Oh, yeah.
Will Friedle
What? Because you're going to have ooze just.
Sabrina
Like, just the ridiculousness. Why was that cat in that place? That clearly wasn't where the cat was supposed to stay. They were the cat experimenting on it. Like, just. Okay, okay. We're just really pushing the envelope.
Will Friedle
Let's try to get Sabrina back. We almost lost Sabrina with our. With our ocean pops.
Sabrina
Me here.
Will Friedle
I'm not even kidding.
Sabrina
Okay. All right. Here we go. Okay. That's right. It's a Disney movie.
Will Friedle
It's a Disney. Keep reminding ourselves.
Sabrina
Get in line. Get in line.
Will Friedle
Keep reminding ourselves. It is a Disney movie. And so now we see an ocean pups package delivered to Will by a postal worker who does not acknowledge Andy Lawrence's character, nor does Andy acknowledge her in any way, shape or form. Watch it again. They walk by each other like neither has ever seen each other. They're delivered to Will's house and the excited young boy quickly gets to work unboxing it in his bathroom. He places the ocean pup eggs into a small aquarium. And when he can't find a stirrer, he uses his comb, creating some more multicolored friction. It says he should see the results within 48 to 72 hours. But when the water starts to intensely bubble, things excel. Quickly, the water starts to glow and it splashes all over the bathroom. Will can't believe what he's seeing and neither can we. The special effects are pretty awful. They're bad. They're not good. It is what it is. It's Disney. And it's so amazing because the special effects and the rest of it aren't bad. This not so great.
Sabrina
But this is my. This is when it's like he looks so adorable reacting to it with his big giant eyes. Like, you know, like he looks so cute. Like, like he's. He's doing like the cutest job ever of, like reacting to this ridiculous explosion of.
Will Friedle
He does. His response is fine. But the lights and all this stuff. The lights and yes, not the best. Eventually it explodes almost like a volcano, releasing lava all over the floor, then twirling into a liquid tornado. Will quickly shuts his bathroom door and grabs a phone. He calls the ocean Pups customer service line to complain. The receptionist grabs her handbook, but it's too late. Will. It reopens the door and sees himself. It's a new him, wide eyed, naked and slightly glowing. But here's the Thing. They pan back just enough to see that Andy's clearly wearing pants. Did you see that? They pull back and he's in jeans. So they. And I was like, okay. And I was like, why is he in jeans? Shouldn't. And then I was like, oh, they didn't mean to pull back that far. You can clearly see that he's wearing.
Sabrina
See that? I did not catch that.
Will Friedle
Oh, yeah. It's like two inches of jean. It's like not even close. Yeah, go watch again.
Sabrina
He even says, not too long. Put these on.
Will Friedle
That's why when he throws him the towel, it's like, oh, they just didn't mean to do that.
Sabrina
Yes.
Will Friedle
So, yeah.
Sabrina
Whoopsie.
Will Friedle
Yep. The two Wills scream at each other and then start mimicking the other's moves. As Will continues to talk to the customer service rep, the clueless clone messes with toothpaste, shampoo and baby powder, squirting it all over the original Will. This is going to be a problem. The replicant can't talk, but he can repeat words and read. He reads very quickly, actually. And this reminds Will of something he once heard about in science class. And I was like, what? He grabs a textbook and opens it perfectly to the page about cloning. He realizes he stumbled onto the greatest science experiment ever, and he's very excited. At that moment, his parents return home. He tells the clone to stay upstairs while he eats dinner with him. Back at Ocean Pups, the customer service operator told Victor and Conrad about the weird call. And now the guys are freaking out. They know this Will Browning could ruin all their plans if he clones something. And they haven't even patented their idea yet. They decide to drive across the country to meet Will themselves. We are now back at the dinner table. Patrick wants to know about Will's science project, but Will doesn't want to jinx it. Alana thinks this means he hasn't even started yet, being the same older sister she is. Upstairs, the goofy clone has started watching and mirroring game shows and boy band music videos he sees on tv. And we gotta say it again, Sir Andy, because I think we got an item. We just have to is absolutely delightful as this new character wearing a tie over a T shirt and underwear over his pants as an 11 or 12 year old actor, he really is just killing it. Next, the clone stumbles into Will's closet and is scared by a Halloween mask screaming at the top of his lungs. They hear it downstairs and weirdly, Will also screams, terrifying his family. He quickly excuses himself and once upstairs, finds his Clone under the bed, hiding from the mask. Will explains it's just for Halloween, but is still confused as to why he screamed at the same time as his clone. Maybe it's like how twins can communicate telekinetically. Now it's. Well, maybe it's like how twins can communicate telepathically. The clone also reads some textbooks at lightning speed, retaining tons of complex science chapters. But now the clone is hungry. Will creeps downstairs to get him some food, but the clone follows close behind and notices a family picture. Will tries to explain everything, but the duo has to avoid being caught by his sister, then by his parents. It becomes a minefield of being exposed. What follows is a cat and mouse like scenario where Will and the clone keep trading places while talking to his mom and dad. In different clothes, of course. Nonetheless, they're almost caught several times. It's very comical. Things are already falling apart. But luckily, the clone is very agile and finds himself back upstairs. Also, we find out that this is where dad is hiding potato chips in his briefcase to sneak cholesterol, which is apparently what he wants. It's not the flavor. He just goes, ooh, cholesterol.
Sabrina
Yeah.
Will Friedle
All right. Back upstairs. Alana says she knows what Will is up to, but he promises she has absolutely no idea. And in his room, the clone is scarfing down Cynthia's bad food and even learning what a burp and a yawn is. Will calls this the best day of his life and is still amazed by his Brainiac clone, who we are now calling Tuohy. All right. Tuohy instantly falls asleep. And when Cynthia comes to check on her son, she kisses the clone's forehead. With Will hiding under the bed, the fact that even his mom can't tell the difference between them, well, that gives him an idea. And come Monday, Tuohy's gonna go to school not as a science project, but as Will. And then doing something strange that never happened before, since Will looks right down the barrel of the camera, and we get a very unexpected fourth wall break. Will, you. Did you see that coming? Did you think he was gonna do it more? It was just kind of. That was it. And that was it.
Sabrina
Well, yeah. I mean, this is right around the same time as we did with a few of the movies that were doing that breaking the wall. Quince was around this time.
Will Friedle
Yep. I think you're right.
Sabrina
So I was expecting it to come back a few times, but I don't remember it ever coming back. Right.
Will Friedle
I don't think it was it.
Sabrina
So I was like, oh, we're kind of kind of add that in. Didn't really see that coming but didn't happen. Never came back.
Will Friedle
Yeah, only fourth wall break but outside things aren't as cheery. When Victor and Conrad pull up in their van, they decide to park across the street and observe looking for two of anything. And they are giving very bad guy vibes from home alone. It is really funny these two guys actually, but it is the bumbling thieves.
Sabrina
Yes.
Will Friedle
The next morning, Tuohy watches an animal documentary, then some religious programming, while Will gets ready to go visit his grandpa in a nursing home. Okay, I'm just. It's such a bat Storyline Okay. Anyway, Will promises he'll be back in a few hours and instructs his clone to just watch some more tv. As the car pulls away, Tuohy notices neighbors washing their car and immediately feels drawn to the family. So instead of following instructions or at least finding a loophole in the instructions, he walks outside to explore. Just like the grizzly bear he learned about on tv. Now bear with me. Over at the old folks home, Grandpa Mordecai is in bad shape just staring at the TV in a coma like kind of state. He's sitting in a chair just staring at the screen. They stay with him for about 15 seconds tops, then drive back home. Will sprints back into the house and quickly realizes Twohy is gone. He's aimlessly walking in a nearby park taking in the sights. Will jumps on his bike and envisions, because again of that telepathy stuff, that his clone is at the park once again reminding us of the psychic connection that they share. When Will arrives there, Twohy has started catching a frisbee in his mouth like a dog scaring a nearby kid. Andy again is just so delightful. As both roles in this movie, you kind of forget it's the same 11 or 12 year old actor playing both these roles. Yes, he's. He's great.
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Will Friedle
Will finally catches up to Tuohy, who is still obsessed with the concept of family, something he realizes he doesn't have. The two return home, and Will starts teaching Tuohy how to walk.
Sabrina
Walk.
Will Friedle
High five. Use a yo yo. Just basically anything he can so he can pass as him. They're studying the school yearbook when Alana pulls up on a scooter and has her first interaction with Tuohy. He repeats the slang he heard on mtv, weirding her out, and she walks away into the house. But Tuohy just doesn't understand why Will and his sister don't get along, but he can't focus on it long because they have more work to do, including research on Chucky and that stage 10 clinger heather. The next morning, Tuohy has an even more awkward exchange with his family, then eventually catches up with Chucky at school. The clone seems nervous, and Chucky is caught a little off guard by how weirdly he's acting. Then we get a montage. Gotta love a montage of Toohy loving his school day. He's clueless to Bullies chomping at water with his teeth while using a water fountain and acing tests at a record speed. Meanwhile, Will is playing Dreamcast and eating microwavable popcorn, much like a young Will Friedle after Boy Meets World. Still have my Dreamcast, still work, still play it. Then it's lunchtime in the cafeteria. Tuohy sits with Chucky and loves pizza so much, like he's some sort of Ninja Turtle. Then he jumps up and starts dancing, like really dancing. Truly going for it with a full dance number. The entire school is watching him pop and lock, all in reaction to how much he loves pizza. And instead of ridiculing him, the stunned student body seems impressed. A kid pulls out a massive boombox and Tuohy stands on the table, breaking it down even harder. And this is when I realized the NSYNC song is supposed to go here. So you said that they do. This is where they do their. They recreated. Is it the three of them recreating it? I haven't seen it.
Sabrina
Yeah, it was at, I think one of the cons that they've gone to and been at. I recognize the backdrop that because somebody who must have been interviewing them or something brought out the this big, like inflatable boombox looking thing.
Will Friedle
Okay.
Sabrina
And then Andy gets up on the table, starts dancing, then jumps off. And the three of them are doing the, like, you know, the movie that they did. So it's cute, but they. The one I saw online was with the NSync.
Will Friedle
Okay. Yeah. So, yeah, that's obviously what should have been in sync.
Sabrina
Yeah.
Will Friedle
Another kid joins him on the table who happens to be an amazing dancer. So that's a nice coincidence. You'd hate to be joined by a crappy dancer like me. And where Will was ridiculed, Tuohy is actually being encouraged. Almost every student joins in, even the clinger Heather, who uses her train whistle voice to successfully flirt with the clone. And he says yes to her formal invite to the dance. As long as there's pizza. There, there again, this is very much like Camp by Me Love, one of the greatest films in the history of film. You've seen Camp on Me Love, right?
Sabrina
Yes.
Will Friedle
Okay, good. I was going to say I. I would hate for our friendship to end right here. Eventually, the party is broken up by the school's administrators, who send Tui to the principal's office, where Scotty Soda, that effervescent guy, is currently waiting for another punishment. The little criminal threatens Tuohy, but the clone is able to reason with him and apologize about any path past issues they've had. They become friends over the fact that neither of them have active fathers, which is not where I saw this movie going. But I gotta be honest, I'm kind of here for it. Yeah, it worked, right?
Sabrina
I mean, it did, but it was kind of hard for Tuohy to be saying this when he. Like, I don't know. I mean, I love that that opened up a door for this other characters.
Will Friedle
But Tuohy doesn't have a father because Tui doesn't. He's trapped in. I mean, it's like he's the clone. So he doesn't have a family.
Sabrina
As a clone. Would have really gotten that just yet. This is his first day at school.
Will Friedle
I know, but they already showed the thing where he's trying to walk out on the family washing their car. And he's done the whole thing with the poster, the picture of his family. Like, do I have a family? He's like, no, I have a family. You have nothing.
Sabrina
Rather quickly.
Will Friedle
Yeah, they got. Well, Again, it's an 84 minute movie. Thank God.
Sabrina
It's. Thank God. So, all right, so you would have.
Will Friedle
Liked them to add the other six minutes and make it a little more. I get you. I get you.
Sabrina
No, not six. I'll take two.
Will Friedle
Two. Two more minutes. All right, that's fair enough. And with this first day finally over, a very excited Tuohy returns home to an anxious Will who wants to know everything that happened. The clone loves school so much he plans to go again tomorrow, which is totally fine with Will. Tui can go every day through graduation if he wants. Then the phone rings and it's that baby bird voice. Human again. Heather. She asks Will what he's wearing to the social. And that's the one very bad result of Tuohy's going to school unsupervised. Will has spent six years avoiding this girl, and now it's all been destroyed in a day. And then Scotty Soda appears at the front door. That's my sound of Scotty Soda, by the way. That's a soda being opened. That's my bad. Soda being open appears at the front door, but it's not to cause trouble. He's returning a notebook. Will. And left in the principal's office and says he enjoyed their conversation. What a turn of events. And then Alana walks through the door. She is panicked about that weirdness during lunch today, but she's also not mad. She just wants to learn the dance. Everyone's been asking her about it, and she now feels like her brother is a celebrity. Will cannot believe how everything is working out with Twohy, not with him. But before he can close the door, he has more visitors. This time, it's the scientists Victor and Conrad. They introduce themselves as Ocean Pups employees responding to his call. A few days ago. They want to know what strange thing made him reach out. But now he says everything's fine. And with that, he closes the door in the van. Cause you can always trust people in a van. The scientists aren't sure if Will is lying, but it doesn't matter, because after three weeks, whatever's been cloned will die. They've decided to continue the stakeout for now with an idea they have for camouflage. Will and Tui realize the scientists are up to no good and decide to keep an eye out. We get a cool shot of both Andy Lawrence's characters sharing binoculars. And these effects, again, are pretty darn good for the time. The whole movie is great with semi seamless, kind of using both Andes. In my opinion, most of it was good. There's one or two scenes where the eyelines are off, but overall for 2000, not too shabby. Will says one summer boot camp is out of the picture. With these good grades, they're in the clear. But until then, they cannot be seen together. We get another montage. Give me a montage. I love him so much. This time, Tuohy is hard at work in class, and Will stays home to goof off. But he starts to get bored. But Will's parents are proud of the progress they're seeing with what they think are Will's grades and his behavior. And the camouflage that Victor and Codrad were talking about turns out to be a neighborhood ice cream truck they've purchased just to stay around the area without any suspicion. But they suck at serving ice cream. And if you notice, go back. It's one of my favorite things. It's a Will Seas, which. I'm kidding. I don't have a Will Seas segment. But all the kids, like, there's two kids right in front that are sitting there buying ice cream, and they're just staring at the camera as it comes because the camera's obviously making a move, and they're just staring at it and watching the camera as it's going. It's great. This one girl specifically is just, like, staring at the camera before somebody who's obviously like, look at the guy with the ice cream.
Sabrina
Do you think? It's like they just happen to be there and they're like, oh, you guys Want to be in a movie? Like an actual. Like a paid actor?
Will Friedle
No, these were not paid background. This was, like, random kids that they probably picked up in that same van. Exactly. You're in a movie now. It's nighttime now, and Tuohy is out late getting pizza with Scotty, Soda and Chucky, and planning to stay out with Heather and Chucky at the arcade. Will is starting to feel like a prisoner. He thought staying home, playing video games and reading comic books would be his dream come true, but apparently that dream now stinks. It's also worth noting that Will is reading Iron man and some other cool stuff, which is a very early and most likely uncleared connection between Disney and Marvel. Meanwhile, the scientists are ready to call it quits. They realize their mission was unsuccessful, and it's time to go home. And unlike the coach and zombies, they did not want to start a yogurt business. But that's when it happens. They see Will walking outside with Chucky. And yet another Will is upstairs, visible in the window. Victor and Conrad had figured it all out. Will Browning has actually hypercloned himself, proving that their concoction does work outside of rats. Now they just need to clone nap the replicant. The next day, Will decides to send Tuohy with his family to visit Grandpa Mordecai. And we're back with Grandpa Mordecai, okay? At the home. Once inside, Morty is still unresponsive in front of the tv. But when Twohy arrives, something's different. The clone asks if it hurts being old, and he touches the old man's face. And just like that, Mordecai grabs his hand and says, not today. He's been waiting for the clone has me. What Ha. What the.
Sabrina
I don't know. I don't know. But I did kind of go, oh, so he's going to be some kind of, you know, the knight in shining armor of some sort in this movie? Like, right?
Will Friedle
But even Allison Pill's character goes and kisses the grandfather, who's like, I don't even feel that. But he touches one hand, and the guy's like, hey, I'm perfect. It was so weird. I didn't know.
Sabrina
Because he has magic powers, right?
Will Friedle
Can he heal by touch now? Is that what it's supposed to be? I don't get it.
Chiquis
Clones.
Sabrina
That. I mean, again, this is not really my world. So I was like, oh, I guess Will's going to explain to me how, like, clones also have magic power.
Will Friedle
No, not a thing.
Sabrina
He's gonna tell me the rules.
Will Friedle
Everyone knows. Everyone knows magic exists and clones don't have it, and clones don't have souls. Everybody knows those three things. Okay, so. Yeah, no, it's. Yeah, I didn't understand it at all. Anyway, after magical Tui, which is, I guess what we'll call him, returns home raving about the stories Grandpa Mordecai told him. And Will can't believe it. While they catch up, Patrick and Catherine, mom and dad enter the room to tell their son how proud they are that he is a, quote, very special person, unquote. They've noticed how hard he's been working and are very impressed. And so they decided to cancel boot camp. He could do whatever he wants this summer. It's not only a canceling boot camp, but now you can do whatever you want. This is obviously very good news. But even with that good news, Will doesn't seem satisfied. He wonders, what if this quote unquote new Will is just temporary? Would his parents still love him? His mind says loving him has never been a question. They just didn't like him.
Sabrina
Him.
Will Friedle
I'm kidding. I added that last part. No, he says, Love. We can love you and not like you. His mom says loving him has never been a question. They all hug him and let him know they'll always love him, but not like him. Chewy, I'm kidding again. Tui watches from the closet and smiles. The next day, Tui's getting ready for school, but Will stops him. Today he will be going to school himself while the clothe stays home. Okay, so then that's fine. But Tui, right before he's going to leave, is like, I really should kind of update you about everything that's happening at school. But Will laughs it off, even a little bit offended. Yeah, I think I can handle it. Then we're at school. Will is immediately shocked to see his bullies now welcoming him to campus. And the cheerleaders are blushing when they see him. Even teachers are thanking him for his after class help. Chucky reveals he's become very popular. And even Scotty Soda invites him to a baseball game and is now his school protection. It's like Will's personal twilight Zone. Especially when Heather arrives, still sounding like a baby on helium. She wants to know where they can meet up at 7 o' clock for tonight's social. Will can't believe what's been happening to his life when he gets Rome. By the way, his room is now spotless. Tuohy has also extended his closet for better space management. Will is immediately frustrated. How does his Clone have the same DNA, but gets as and force Mordecai to talk to him. Will just wants to know what he's doing wrong. Tuohy thinks Will doesn't try to get good grades or try new things because he's afraid of failing. Tuohy just doesn't care about the opinions of others. Will admits he had a good day at school, but now everyone is expecting Tuohy at the social. He should have ditched his clone long ago. Ugh, this was so harsh. Where he's like, I should have just ditched you somewhere. Sadly, Tuohy agrees. He decides to go to New York tonight to get away to try his luck as a dancer on Broadway. I'm kidding. I add that. I added that. I'm just adding stuff now. But Will asks him to go to the social to say goodbye one last, last time. That night, an emotional Patrick and Catherine get Toohey ready for the dance, while the scientists eavesdrop from outside. They hear about a school dance and then follow Tuohy when he leaves for the night. And luckily, Will sees it all. He knows that van tailing his clone is up to no good. Because anytime you're being tailed by a van, it's up to no good. And as soon as the scientists make their move, Will darts downstairs to help. But when Chucky ruins her kidnapping plan, they decide to just meet him at the dance. They need the clone to drink something soon or he's gonna turn into ocean pup eggs by the morning. Say that five times fast. Cause it's crazy. And by the way, Will overhears all of this stuff. And the second he sees an opening, he lunges for the antidote that they're waving around, stealing it from the bad guys, forcing them to think he must be the clone. They chase him through backyards and right into a forest, quickly giving up because they think the real Browning is at the school anyway. Which is what I thought was one of the biggest laughs. Laughs. The guy runs after him, and he just disappears in the woods. And the guy goes, all right, he's gone.
Sabrina
He's gone, he's gone.
Will Friedle
That was it. He doesn't even try. He's like, yep, that's it.
Sabrina
And then the other guy trails behind him like five minutes later.
Will Friedle
Okay, he's gone. But we know it's Tui, by the way. And he just walked into the gym with Chucky. He loves the event decor and says hi to his date, Heather, a girl who sounds like a faulty fire alarm and brought pizza. He notices no one is dancing And Chucky says that nobody wants to be the first geek to bust a move. So Tuohy bites a slice of pizza, grabs Heather's hand, and takes her to the dance floor. They bust a move with that same choreographed routine from last time. It seems like he just knows that one dance. And then Scotty sota. Do it. Do it, Sabrina.
Sabrina
Oh.
Will Friedle
Okay. That second one was better. And joins them. And before you know it, everyone is doing the Tuohy. Wow. I can't believe I said that out loud. And this is where the Aaron Carter song was supposed to be when they're doing the two.
Sabrina
Yes.
Will Friedle
Okay, so I don't want to push.
Sabrina
It's interesting that they would add a second song in reality.
Will Friedle
Yeah. Another dance. Well, I guess maybe they. They just added it because they're like, we got an Aaron Carter song. We got to put that in too. That's also possible. Yeah. Okay, so I don't want to put you on the spot, but can you learn this dance and do it for Instagram?
Sabrina
Can you get an Instagram?
Will Friedle
It's not for me. Can you learn it and do it? How long would it take you to learn this dance?
Sabrina
I mean, by the time they did it, you know, three or four times throughout the movie, I kind of had it already.
Will Friedle
Can I ask why, with all the social media stuff going on, you don't have your high school dancers recreating every single Disney Channel dance?
Sabrina
It's a good question. It should be dance.
Will Friedle
You think?
Sabrina
Yeah, I should. I should.
Will Friedle
I mean, come on.
Sabrina
I do have a TikTok now, so I am getting there. I'm one step closer. It just takes. I don't really, like. I do Instagram stuff like here and there, but I'm not like a. Like a good, like, keep it going. I like going.
Will Friedle
I have to give you. That idea is crazy.
Sabrina
That is true.
Will Friedle
Yeah.
Sabrina
So I know. I love that you're like an idea man. In no way are you involved or would like to.
Will Friedle
Hell no. Hell no.
Sabrina
Just an idea man. Completely tick tock for me is the.
Will Friedle
Sound my original clock makes. That's it. Thank you very much. Yikes. When the school is fully engaged in a dance routine, Will arrives just in time for the ending. And now that he's had his fun, Tuohy appears ready to leave forever. He says goodbye to Heather, disguising it as just a trip to the bathroom. But he uses the quote, I'll never be able to see you again quote tone. And we all know that tone. At least I do. Every time a girl Talks to me. And as he exits, the real Will enters in a totally different outfit. When Chucky is confused, Will admits the truth. The other guy is his clone. Chucky, of course, like a normal human, doesn't believe him and is freaked out. Maybe his best friend's just on heroin, but Will needs his help. And that's when scientists though Victor and what's his name arrived. Victor and Conrad show up at the dance. Yikes. We're now in the bathroom. Tuohy is staring into the mirror and his face is starting to like, melt. Do this sad, weird, bubbly thing. Not as bubbly as my stepsister from Planet Weird or whatever, but still bubbly. Sadly announces time to go back at the dance. The students want to see another dance routine, but the real Will, well, he's like this Will and is not actually a dancer, but, you know, desperate times call for desperate measures. So he asks Chucky to find Tui and pulls Heather, a girl who has a dial up modem as a voice box, onto the dance floor and starts improvising dance moves based on his yo yo tricks. And of course, the kids love it. And it creates the perfect shield, blocking him from Victor and Conrad, who are still dead set on kidnapping him. As the entire student body busts a move, Heather screeches her love for Will, and it is a screech. She always thought he was the best and knew he'd come around. Will promises he'll call her. And then they kiss. Sabrina.
Sabrina
Yeah.
Will Friedle
Holy. This almost never happens in a dcom. Total shocker. Did you gasp?
Sabrina
Yes, I did. But then I felt like. Like, did we have a conversation with Andrew when we brought him on before? Because he hadn't. He had a kiss in going to the mat as well, right? They kissed twice.
Will Friedle
Yes, they did. Right? They did. Did they kiss? Yes, I think they did.
Sabrina
So then I got. Then it got me into saying how many times you said you always had a kiss? You were kissing. You were just the Mac make out.
Will Friedle
Machine and poured me through first two seasons. Yeah, I was kissing a lot.
Sabrina
So I'm like, is this like a, like, I don't know, just a thing?
Will Friedle
Is it just a trope back in the day?
Sabrina
Yeah, like for. For these.
Will Friedle
Did they kiss? Nobody kissed in Brink, right?
Sabrina
No, no. Nobody kissed him.
Will Friedle
Brink.
Sabrina
Yeah. No.
Will Friedle
So, okay, is that a love story.
Sabrina
In Brink at all?
Will Friedle
That was kind of. The two friends were kind of like, oh, seemed like they were gonna hook up.
Sabrina
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Will Friedle
They were inlining into each other's.
Sabrina
I was like, whoa, but then I'm like. And he was younger than he was in going to the mat, so I was kind of like, yeah, I mean, I guess. I don't know. It didn't seem necessary to me at all.
Will Friedle
It didn't to me either. It didn't to me either. But hey, it is what it is.
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Will Friedle
Will then stealthily escapes through the crowd, dodging the scientists grasps who find themselves dancing too. Then rushing back off to stop who they think is the clone. But Chucky still can't find the real clone. He's nowhere to be found. So Will taps into their shared brain connection, but can't sense anything. So he and Chucky split up for better odds. But as soon as Chucky is gone. Bam. Victor and Conrad capture the real Will. And as we cut to a city bus on its way to New York, Twohy stands at the store contemplating a big move as the pushy driver pressures him to get in or get out. Calm down, bucko. Meanwhile, the scientists have now tied up Will in a warehouse. Thinking he's the clone, they're ready to get a DNA sample. Or DNA, as most scientists call it. He's their ticket to fame and wealth. When Will swears he's not Tooie, the villains know they need to get both of the wills to figure it out. For two guys who invented human clothing, they sure are stupid. They drive off, leaving Will in the warehouse alone, screaming for help, realizing he just hasn't done enough with his life or with his family. And that's when Twohy arrives. He didn't board the bus. He felt the energy of Will and magically knew where to go. But as soon as he's rescued, the bad guys return and notice Will is gone. But there's nowhere to hide. So Victor quickly finds Twohy, of course, who is once again melting. And he's cornered. The clone slowly places his finger on Victor's chest. Nothing happens at first, but after a little push, the bad guy goes flying. He's falling over Will, who is on all fours behind him. Ah, the old push. You and my clone. As you fall over, the clone behind you. There's the real guy behind you, kneeling behind you. Trail. I've seen it before. The old chestnut. Now, with Victor on the ground, the duo push him off into car oil and run off to hide again. This all gets very Kevin McAllister and Home Alone. Especially when they're able to knock Conrad and push him into a pile of tires. The boys try to open the garage, but only Will gets out. And as Victor and Conrad grab Tuohy and pull him back in, Tuohy is quick to send a mental message to his clone on how to re enter the building. All while the scientists get ready to start Experimenting on him. But just before they start to dissect like Indiana Jones, Will swings in on the chain and kicks Victor into a falling shelf. And then Chucky and Scotty Soda. Do it with me. Thank you. Arrive and push Conrad into a trunk. Okay. Did you expect to see those two as heroes and working together?
Sabrina
No.
Will Friedle
No. I'm glad they came back. And Scotty Soda is a good guy.
Sabrina
But it was interesting and it's silly.
Will Friedle
It is. It appears Tuohy stopped by the school earlier and told them to come and help. Though I don't know how that timing worked out at all. Unless the bus stop is literally right next to the school, which I don't think it is. Right. Tuohy continues to melt, unfortunately, slowly fading away. He becomes a puddle, to which Will rushes over, kicks him into a grate, and says, I'm glad that guy's gone. Roll credits. I'm kidding. That's not what happens at all, people. Tui continues to melt, slowly fading away. So Will rushes over and feeds him the antidote. Things still don't look good, but after a few seconds, the glowing stops and he belches. Tuohy is fine. He's been saved. And now Chucky knows the truth.
Sabrina
I love when he first belches. He goes, I'm losing air.
Will Friedle
I'm losing. I'm losing air. It's true. Are you a big belcher? Be honest.
Sabrina
No. I mean, I can, but I don't typically, like a lot.
Will Friedle
Fair enough. I'm just checking.
Sabrina
Do you. Are you like, I can't wait to do this.
Will Friedle
No, not an inordinate amount. I'm not overly. I'm not an overly gaseous person, I'm glad to say. Knock wood as I say that. Wait, you just said. Oh, are you an overly gaseous person?
Sabrina
No, but my husband is like, oh, really? My gosh, yes. And it's just so funny now with. Cause he. With my daughter, like, it cannot be ignored. She has to talk about it.
Will Friedle
Yeah.
Sabrina
It just blows his spot so bad.
Will Friedle
I love that. That's how it should be.
Sabrina
Ledger is also. Also very gassy, too.
Will Friedle
Oh, that makes sense. Well, how old is Ledger?
Sabrina
He's two.
Will Friedle
Yeah, that makes sense that.
Sabrina
Yes.
Will Friedle
The cops then arrive, followed by. Everybody just pulls up. At the same time. The cops arrive, followed by Will's parents and Alana, who see Tui next to Will for the first time. Will begs his friends and family to cover for him, so they tell the cops they're identical cousins, which I didn't. Is. I don't know if That's a thing. I don't think you could be identical cousins, but whatever. It says his name is Gil and Will and Gil. And it works somehow. Back at home, it seemed like they were just trying to wrap it up at this point. Right. It's like you could write it a little better. Back at home, Will is explaining the whole story to his family, admitting that while Gil was pretending to be him, he actually grew as a person. He asks if his clone can stay with them. And Gil says he just wants a family. I don't see how this is gonna be any problem in the future. So if they can keep up their grades and keep the secret, it's a deal. But also Grandpa Mordecai is there. I will say again. Hashtag. What the.
Sabrina
Oh my God.
Will Friedle
He's totally fine by now. He's totally fine. He says if anyone gives him trouble, he'll deal with them. So what is this storyline? Is Tuohy Jesus?
Sabrina
That's what I mean. I don't understand it. I don't, I don't.
Will Friedle
I think Tui's supposed to be some kind of a God complex or something because I don't know what this story had. He literally put hands on him and healed the man.
Sabrina
Man.
Will Friedle
So I think from what, like severe dementia or something?
Sabrina
Dementia? Like. Like Alzheimer's is what it seemed like they were going through with this.
Will Friedle
Yeah.
Sabrina
Which is very relevant. And literally during this time this movie was being filmed, I was going through with my grandma and never once was there like an option that like we could get some kind of clone person to come.
Will Friedle
No, this is not. That's not on anybody's hmo.
Sabrina
His life.
Will Friedle
It's like. Have you tried. Have you tried a clone? No, it's. It's terrible. So it was. I do not know what was wrong with him. How did Tui help him? What are they saying with this? I did not.
Sabrina
No rules given.
Will Friedle
Get it? None. None.
Sabrina
No rules given.
Will Friedle
But who cares cuz it's time for family dinner, which is obviously going to be pizza for Gil. And that's our film. Woo. Sabrina, you have the five star review. Because we're going to review our film right now. And you. And this is one of my favorite names that we've had. So what's the five star review this week?
Sabrina
Okay, so we've got our five star from Jay Jizzle.
Will Friedle
Jay Jizzle. Jay Jizzle. And the Hizzle.
Sabrina
Touching story about a teen who clones himself. Good to show kids the olden times. Is he referring to the year 2000 as the olden times.
Will Friedle
The olden times When I was a guy When I was a boy in 2000. That's crazy. I have the one star review this week, and it's from somebody named Phil P. And. And it reads as thus. I. I'm sorry that I have to read this, but this is the one star. Unrealistic. He would have done stuff to his clone just to know what it felt like. One star Phil.
Sabrina
Oh, what a weirdo. Okay, we gotta move on from Phil. That's ridiculous, Phyllis.
Will Friedle
Total weirdo. We are now, of course, to Sabrina's favorite portion of the program. That is our feature presentation. This is our game of the week. This one's called Clone Home. Yes, we as the human race, have been promised cloning for quite some time now. But here we are still just the only versions of ourselves yet. Over the years, they have successfully cloned many animals. We will get four options of different species, and we have to decide which of the four have already been successfully cloned. Three out of five wins. Producer Jensen, are you still with us or no? Oh, yeah. I was just reading the Phil review over and over. Yikes. So number one, a snake, a horse, a chicken, or a panda bear. Sabrina, which one of those four has actually been cloned in real life?
Sabrina
Is this real? This is not a real game.
Will Friedle
All the games are real.
Sabrina
Real.
Will Friedle
This is real. I've only technically made one mistake. If you remember. I've only made one. A lot of episodes. One mistake. That's true. Yeah. No, they definitely. You don't remember. Well, I don't think I'm giving this one away yet because it's not even up there. You don't remember Dolly the Sheep?
Sabrina
No.
Will Friedle
I stayed away from Dolly the Sheep because I thought maybe you'd know it, and you did. Not only did I know it, but I just saw the actual Dolly the sheep. The actual sheep itself was stuffed and is on display in Scotland. And I was just there with my wife, so I actually saw the original Dolly the sheep. So other than that, I don't know any of these. So I'll go first. Then I'm gonna say, because it seems like it would be easier to do. I'm gonna say a chicken.
Sabrina
I'm going with a chicken too.
Will Friedle
Guys, they cloned a horse. No, they cloned a horse.
Sabrina
Yeah.
Will Friedle
Wow. Okay. Yikes. Number two, A baby bear. An armadillo. A wild ox or a chicken. Keep saying chicken. A wild ox.
Sabrina
An armadillo.
Will Friedle
Guys, they cloned a wild oxygen.
Sabrina
So when they come cloned, are they like Baby versions of these. Like, it's not like a full grown, right? Like. Yeah, no, you gotta be like a. It goes from like whatever, however they. Okay, yeah.
Will Friedle
You guys want to know the wild ox's name? Yes. Noah. Oh, I like that. That's good. Number three. A Mackie. Is that right? We should figure out how it's said. Hold on. It's a monkey. Hold on. But it's important to.
Sabrina
It's important.
Will Friedle
Which leads me to believe it's gotta be that one. Well, no, I mean, truthfully, it's because there are different types of monkeys and certain ones have been cloned and certain ones have not. Oh, God, you're getting so specific, producer Jensen. All right, here we go. How do you go about pronouncing this one?
Sabrina
Macaque.
Will Friedle
Macaque. Didn't expect that to be the way I say it. Macaque. Monkey. So have they cloned macaque? Thank God. They've clone macaque. Monkey. Macaque monkey. A snail, an anteater or a chameleon. Well, it's gotta be that one. Now I say yes, that one. It's gotta be. They clone macaque. They clone macaque. You got it. Number four. A duck. A turkey. A ferret or a bull.
Sabrina
A bull. I'm going with that one. A bull.
Will Friedle
I'm gonna say bull too. Nope, it's a ferret. Guys. Oh my God. A ferret. And finally a pig. A cockroach. A piranha or a frog. I'm gonna say piranha. Piranha. Guys, they cloned a pig. Oh my God. No. One wins. Everyone loses. Everyone. Yes, especially. Except macaque. Macaque wonk won.
Sabrina
Oh, man.
Will Friedle
Can we stop talking about macaque and talk about what Sabrina sees?
Sabrina
All right, well, that was a pretty good one. That's wild. That's crazy that I'm gonna be thinking about that all day.
Will Friedle
I can't believe they're cloning something as big as a horse already. So then why can't they do people? I mean, if I thought it was like a size thing.
Sabrina
We don't know how intelligent these animals are in comparison. Right. Like.
Will Friedle
Well, have you met a lot of people? Some people are very smart, some people not.
Sabrina
So, you know, like, it'd be interesting to know like how self sufficient those animals are compared to how they, you know, like the independence.
Will Friedle
But I mean, they're cloning a horse that's huge. It literally and figuratively.
Sabrina
Could the. Could the horse like be like trained or could the horse live on Its own in the wildlife with other horses. Like, I don't know.
Will Friedle
I don't know.
Sabrina
Crazy.
Will Friedle
We'll see.
Sabrina
All right, so again, like I said, very first one is. And I just have to say it, we'll go past it because I know we're not done talking about Sir Andy Lawrence. But the first thing is Andy is just so good.
Will Friedle
He's great. He's great.
Sabrina
I also have to, especially after I, you know, read through everything that we were going to go over today, kind of have to give a little bit of like an apology to our poor actress who plays Heather. These are the things that was said today about her voice. And the first one is like, oh my gosh, this Heather girl's voice, like it is so high pitch. We called it, we, we talked about it as a baby bird. The clinger with the train whistle voice. The stage 10 clinger, the highest pitched voice in the history of film. Microphones didn't shatter from this voice. How is that possible? Baby in helium. Sounds like a faulty fire alarm.
Will Friedle
Correct.
Sabrina
And a dial up modem voice.
Will Friedle
That's correct.
Sabrina
So sorry. Actress that plays Heather. That is so. We really couldn't get over it. But I mean, wow, she had a.
Will Friedle
High pitched voice at the time. She really did.
Sabrina
She did. And I'd love to see her.
Will Friedle
Sarah Gadon was her name. And maybe she has the deepest voice in the history of the world now.
Sabrina
So interesting to hear what it was.
Will Friedle
And she was putting it on. She's like, that's just what I chose for the character.
Sabrina
She has like that sexy, raspy voice.
Will Friedle
Exactly. She sounds like Kathleen Turner.
Sabrina
One of my favorites that I clocked. It's in the beginning of the movie is I loved the colored see through phones that that Will and Chucky have in their bedroom.
Will Friedle
Yeah. Sick.
Sabrina
So cool. Anyone? Usually if you had those when it rang it like lit up.
Will Friedle
It lit up. Yeah, of course.
Sabrina
Yeah, I loved those. That was like such a good of that time.
Will Friedle
Right?
Sabrina
It also was like a answering machine that was like, sorry, I'm not home right now. For real. The ghetto blaster that comes out for the dance scene in the cafeteria is so big. How did it fit under that table at all?
Will Friedle
It's awesome.
Sabrina
Giant.
Will Friedle
Yeah. That's a big boombox.
Sabrina
So big it was shocking. And you're just going, where? How did that kid, did that kid just walk around campus with this giant.
Will Friedle
Hell yes.
Sabrina
Okay. I wanted to ask you a question because sometimes you pick up on stuff like this more than how and when did we get to this? 3 day serum that it has, is it? Not until they're like.
Will Friedle
Oh, the three weeks. The three week serum, you mean?
Sabrina
Well, sorry.
Will Friedle
Well, they mentioned it.
Sabrina
Three more days. They talked about it having three.
Will Friedle
So that. Yeah, they mentioned, they mentioned in the van while they're talking.
Sabrina
Just in the van though, right? Never like before, like.
Will Friedle
No, no, no. In the van they talk about like the fail safe they put in kind of thing.
Sabrina
Yes.
Will Friedle
Yeah, yeah.
Sabrina
All right. And then my last one was with those, those two Ding Dongs. Again, never once. Don't you think there would have been some opportunity for an actual person who's there at the dance being the adult being? What are they called? The monitors or chaperones.
Will Friedle
Yeah.
Sabrina
Not one person realized there was these two very strange older men. Just like.
Will Friedle
I didn't even see any chaperones there. Did you?
Sabrina
Through this, moving through the sea of kids, like, what is happening right now? That would never happen. That was funny.
Will Friedle
Like, I thought the same thing.
Sabrina
We're not gonna have them be pulled out of the, the gym ever. Okay.
Will Friedle
No, that's. I thought the same thing. No, I thought the same thing. Because there's, there's 80s and 90s movies. A lot of times there was high school dances that happened or middle school dances where like they're being chased and then these adults come and I was like, why is nobody ever saying anything about this?
Sabrina
So weird. So weird.
Will Friedle
Well, thank you very much. And of course, it is now time in our wonderful program here where we rate the film we just saw in honor of Sir Andy Lawrence. I think this week we should make one the worst and make 10 the best.
Sabrina
Fine with me.
Will Friedle
So we're switching it up our options this week. 1 out of 10 highest pitched voices ever. 1 out of 10. Yo yo, dorks. Secret cholesterol, 1 out of 10 clinger heathers. She gets two. 1 out of 10 deadbeat dad, song clearance issues, piles of tires, or 1 out of 10 grandpa Mordecai, I think it's time for you to pick. Sabrina, what would you like?
Sabrina
I think I'm gonna go with Grandpa Mordecai's, but I'm gonna put a WTF at the end of it. You know, at the beginning of it. The wtf. Grandpa Mordecai.
Will Friedle
I love that that's what we're doing. I think you went first last time.
Sabrina
I did.
Will Friedle
Okay, so I'm gonna go first this time. Again, one of the things I love about Andy is that, like, Horse Sense. Great movie. We really enjoyed Horse Sense. Horse Sense could have been a Smaller budget film that went into the theater and Andy was the only kid in it and he killed it. And it was a great movie, wasn't it? Worked on Disney, certainly, but it didn't seem like a dcom in the truest sense of a dcom.
Sabrina
No. No.
Will Friedle
Whereas this. And he killed it in that movie and this is pure dcom all the way.
Sabrina
Absolutely.
Will Friedle
And he kills it again. He, he, he's. He's playing two different roles. He plays them differently enough to where when they're both on screen, you really do think you're looking at two different people. It was great. It was fun. Of course, some of it doesn't make any sense. The Ocean Pup stuff, whatever. But Andy alone was so great. The stuff they were doing that I'm gonna give this a8.
Sabrina
Nice.
Will Friedle
I really am. I thought this was a fun dcom. This is. No, I'm gonna take it back. I'm gonna get a 7.5.
Sabrina
Okay.
Will Friedle
WTF Grandpa Mordecai's this was definitely a good movie. It really was. I didn't find myself bored. The pacing worked. It was only 84 minutes. Andy was great. The parents were great. The sister Allison pill is really good. It was well cast. It was. This was a fun movie. I thought that the bumbling scientists after them were really funny.
Sabrina
It was.
Will Friedle
They were kind of playing the comedy on a different level. It was absurd. It was funny. So this is a solid 7.5. Soft 8. WTF? Grandpa Mordecai? This was a good movie.
Sabrina
Yes, I, I agree. I what I loved, you know, for Andy, it's like he this movie to me, after we've seen Horse Sense, like this kid could just work his off too. Like you know, in this movie. And I remember us having a conversation of horsense. Like he's in the whole movie. He's never not on screen. So that means he's working probably every day that they're on set. And with this movie he's doing two jobs, he's doing two characters. That's just so beyond impressive. Especially him being around that 11 year old mark, you know, of like his age. So he just, again, just. And we can't say it enough, he's just impressive. He's an impressive young man now. An impressive adult with just uber, uber, uber amounts of talents. I got lost a little bit in the like extreme dcom, just throwing it over into like their science room with just ridiculousness happening. That next went into the bathroom scene, which was by the way one of the biggest bathrooms I've ever seen. Any kid have.
Will Friedle
Yeah. Huge bathroom. Yep.
Sabrina
A little over the top. The graphics weren't like really that great on that part. And then at the very like. And then the storyline with Grandpa Mordecai was just kind of very confusing.
Will Friedle
Weird.
Sabrina
But other than that, true dcom of this age. And it wasn't a movie that was solely basing off of like sport, you know, a micro world or anything like that. It was literally just a good story, like a good storyline and, you know, stepping up to what your expectations for yourself should be and things like that. The messaging was cute and adorable. Andy smashed it. But those few little things pulled my score back a tiny bit. But I did want to do a 7.5 WTF? Grandpa Mordecai.
Will Friedle
We are. We are riding the same boat. And I got to say, we been rocking and rolling lately. We've had some good ones in a row. I'm waiting for this stinker to come in because we haven't had a stinker in a little while. We, you know, we're doing the Descendants and we're doing Zombies and we're doing. We've had some, some pretty darn good movies coming in here.
Sabrina
Great one.
Will Friedle
I can't wait to get another two or three thrown in there because it's been a while. Well, thank you everybody.
Sabrina
Do without that.
Will Friedle
Oh, I love it. Sometimes you need it.
Sabrina
Sometimes you need to take that as a challenge.
Will Friedle
Sometimes you need that good. That good amuse bouche, that mouth pleaser of awfulness, which will help. Well, thank you everybody so much for joining us on this episode of Magical Rewind. Our next movie. Oh man, is going to be a movie we actually talked about some time ago on Pod Meets World. It's a big one. This is one where. Do you remember Tom Cruise when he had to go down the secret vault and he had to like not touch the floor as he's going down in the first Mission Impossible from the ceiling and he's like, there. And that's what I think producer Tara had to do to actually find this film. Because we got like a secret link where it's like, I finally able to find this. Producer Tara could not find this anywhere. She was trying to convince us that it actually existed, but it does. It is 2000s DCOM model behavior starring Maggie Lawson, Kathy Lee Gifford and a very young Justin Timberlake in his first movie ever. So alert the authorities, people. This is going to be good. Also, Tara is wanted in 42 states because she had to steal the link for this film because apparently it didn't exist anywhere. But before that masterpiece, we are once again graced by the princess presence of Mr. Andy Lawrence, the star of the Other Me. Yes, we got to talk to him all over again. This time about playing two different versions of himself on the channel. Let's hear a little section about what you're going to be listening to. Were they playing the music for you over like giant loudspeakers as you're doing the entire dance thing? Totally. They were all about. I was so into music. I just always was really into music and scores and stuff. So one of the things when I.
Dramos
Got the role that I was, I.
Will Friedle
Was, I was just. I love soundtracks. I'm so pro. Soundtrack for everything. Yeah, and they had it all. They had all the licensing and everything. And I remember my brother Joe almost had a song in the soundtrack too.
Dramos
But they gave it to.
Will Friedle
I think they gave it to NSync. And it was kind of a bummer because I actually liked his song more. Man, we love him so much. He is just the coolest guy. So talented, so humble, loves talking about his dcoms, is proud of the work he's done and rightfully so because, man, if he's. He's yet to have a bad one. We are three for three with Andy Lawrence. We've got Going to the Mat, we've got the, the Other Me and we've got Horse Sense. We've got three good movies so far starring this guy.
Sabrina
We do have to watch the fourth one though, because he's kind of like.
Will Friedle
Yeah, he's like, yeah, it's not as good, but it's.
Sabrina
You gotta love somebody that self aware judge of that.
Will Friedle
Yeah, don't tell us. And we don't, don't let anybody know, but we are gonna night him because, man, does he deserve it. So yeah, we love him here. And every day that passes, we get closer and closer to his eventual. To his eventual Best DCOM Actor acceptance speech. We got to get some. Some awards together. So to hear the new interview in our original episode about going to the mat, all you got to do is just search for Magical Rewind wherever you get your podcast and subscribe to our dedicated feed. And of course you can also check out Bart Johnson show. That's right, get your head in the game, which is deep diving all of High School Musical, which is, you know, that singing one where everybody dances and it's all about high school. We loved it. So go check it out there and for more info, you can always follow us at Magical Rewind Pod on the Instagram machine. Bye everybody.
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Podcast: Pod Meets World (iHeartPodcasts)
Hosts: Danielle, Will Friedle, Rider, Sabrina
Episode Focus: A lively, nostalgic deep-dive into the 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) "The Other Me", starring Andrew Lawrence, and its place in Y2K pop culture, with signature humor, behind-the-scenes facts, and a hearty celebration of all things DCOM.
The hosts rewind to the world of early 2000s Disney with “The Other Me,” a DCOM starring Andrew Lawrence as a teenager who accidentally clones himself. Will and Sabrina dissect the movie’s blend of Y2K tech paranoia, comedy, and heartfelt coming-of-age lessons. They highlight the absurd (and endearing) science, double-duty acting, and the oddly healing properties of clones. The episode contains witty banter, breakdowns of favorite scenes, and multiple callbacks to classic DCOM and teen movie tropes.
On Music Licensing:
“Most fans watching it back then knew that the song was from the movie. So… the song was… another character in the movie. And then now we got where you want to watch it. You got to yank it.” (10:54, Will)
On Acting Challenges:
"He’s playing two different roles. He plays them differently enough to where when they're both on screen, you really do think you're looking at two different people. It was great." (87:13, Will)
On Grandpa’s Recovery:
“So, what is this storyline? Is Tuohy Jesus?... I did not know what was wrong with him. How did Tuohy help him?” (75:00, Will)
On Early 2000s Props:
“The colored see through phones that Will and Chucky have in their bedroom…so cool. Anyone? Usually, if you had those, when it rang it lit up.” (83:16, Sabrina)
On DCOM Production Quirks:
“The two Ding Dongs…not one person realized there was these two very strange older men just like moving through the sea of kids. That would never happen.” (85:08, Sabrina)
Favorite Running Gag:
Multiple impressions of “Scotty Soda” (the bully) and riffs on Heather’s otherworldly voice:
“The baby bird… the clinger with the train whistle voice… highest pitched voice in the history of film… sounds like a faulty fire alarm.” (82:56, Sabrina)
The conversation is playful, quick-witted, and steeped in affectionate DCOM knowledge. Will and Sabrina riff on every trope, applaud the performers, and aren’t afraid to poke fun at the film’s outlandish elements. Their humor and nostalgia make the episode as much a celebration of the DCOM era as a review of the film itself.
Watch “The Other Me” (free on YouTube at time of airing), then queue up Pod Meets World for the ultimate retro Disney journey.