The Slumber Party

Summary

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Pod Meets World – Episode: “The Slumber Party”

Date: May 19, 2026
Hosts: Will Friedle & Sabrina Bryan
Episode Theme:
A nostalgic and comedic recap of Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) “The Slumber Party” (2023), examining how it updates the genre, offers a tween “Hangover” for a new generation, and dives into friendship, coming of age, and the changing face of Disney content.

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Episode Overview

The hosts throw a metaphorical slumber party of their own, traveling back to 1993 TGIF vibes before diving into a modern DCOM: “The Slumber Party.” Will and Sabrina discuss the movie’s structure, tone, cast, and highlight standout moments—while reflecting on how DCOMs have evolved. They balance in-depth critique with humor, personal anecdotes, and reflection on parenting in a shifting media landscape.

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Key Discussion Points & Movie Recap

1. Personal Sleepover Memories and Episode Set-up

• [03:13] Will kicks things off asking about everyone’s real-life sleepover habits.
• Sabrina confesses: “I'm still a big sleepover person... that's one of the most exciting things I think, having like, a little girl is going to be. It's part of that, her becoming a teenager and doing the slumber parties.” – Sabrina [03:17]
• Will jokes there are always “kids who want to go to slumber parties, and kids who think they want to, then call at 9:30 to go home.”

2. DCOM Context and Production Deep Dive

• [06:04–07:35] Will introduces “The Slumber Party” as “literally the Hangover for tweens” and gives context:
  • A Disney Channel Original Movie, aired July 2023, produced by Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard & Brian Grazer—big names for a DCOM).
  • Loosely based on Jen Malone(y)’s 2016 book “The Sleepover.”
• “[This is] a big step up for DCOM ... Imagine [is] one of the most prolific and successful production companies of all time in Hollywood.” – Will [06:42]

3. The Changing Landscape of Disney Channel Movies

• Sabrina admits she missed this one at release: “It made me go, I am definitely out of touch with the newer DCOMs besides the major obvious ones.” – [09:04]
• Will and Sabrina both agree: going into the movie “cold,” not knowing cast or details, actually increased enjoyment and gave an unbiased first impression. [09:27–09:49]
• They discuss the soundtrack, which combines Gen Z artists (Baby Pink, Earthgang) with classic throwbacks (Fleetwood Mac’s “Hypnotize,” “Holding Out for a Hero”), and the Atlanta filming location. [07:59]

4. Modernity, Edginess, and Tone

• Both hosts note the film feels “older” and edgier than classic DCOMs—raising the question: has the Disney Channel changed, or have their expectations aged out?
  • “It was really hard for me to believe that this was a movie ... made for the channel versus it being like Bad Hair Day [a licensed movie]” – Sabrina [12:49]
  • “Not the Disney Channel I grew up with.” – Will [13:13]
• Will: “It felt like an older... didn't feel as young as a lot of what the core DCOMs originally are.” [13:20]

5. Cast & Crew Breakdown

• The hosts praise standout performances:
  • Darby Camp as Megan, “wonderful decade-long career already.”
  • Alex Cooper Cohen (“Veronica”): “Standout little comedian. I thought she was incredible.” – Sabrina [15:10]
  • Adult scene-stealers: Paula Pell and Titus Burgess.
• Will’s favorite bit of trivia: Titus as both Mesmer the hypnotist and the current narrator of Teletubbies. [15:02–15:14]

6. Plot Recap, Structure and Tropes

• Slumber Party:
  • Four friends—Megan, Anna Maria, Paige, and Veronica—wake up after a sleepover with no memory, missing member (Anna), one missing eyebrow, and a house filled with ducks.
  • They trace clues involving school break-ins, a hypnotist named Mesmer, a stolen hedgehog-shaped float, and a chaotic onion-eating contest at a local festival. [22:09–24:31]
• Meta Comedy:
  • Repeated fourth-wall breaks (though Will wants more), meta jokes about Disney and 90s nostalgia, and running gags like the “what the duck” pseudo-swear. [24:31–25:21]
• Modern ‘Edgy’ Touches:
  • Parental divorce, two-dad family, single-parent households—authentic and positive representation, but new to Disney Channel. [25:29]
  • Subverted expectations (dead mom trope swapped for two dads), references to adult comedies ("Tommy Boy", "The Hangover" plot structure). [25:43–29:27]
  • Sibling and step-sibling dynamics explored honestly and with humor. [27:30–27:40]

7. Notable Scenes and Running Commentary

• Basement Set & 90s Nostalgia – Wildly anachronistic, packed with 70s/80s/90s paraphernalia. Sabrina: “This is not a 2023 basement...” [30:05–31:39]
• Hypnotist Sequence – Parental supervision gets “Disneyfied.” Sabrina points out, “Parents letting this older man downstairs into this basement without any supervision hypnotizing these kids was weird to me.” [76:00]
• Onion Fest – Hilarious and gross onion-eating contest, major comic setpiece. Paige’s almost-swear to the heckler (“you piece of shh–”). Sabrina and Will debate if this is “the closest we’ve gotten to an actual swear in a DCOM.” [48:29–49:13]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On DCOM Maturity:
  • “It was hard to keep thinking this as a Disney Channel movie.” – Sabrina [12:49]
• On Tweens, Edginess, and Parenting:
  • “If we don't know the boundaries as parents ... I screen pretty much everything that she watches. But I don't screen anything that's on [kids] Disney ... now, I’m not so sure.” – Sabrina [77:37]
• On Favorite Kiss:
  • “I'm saying it right now. Favorite kiss in a DCOM.” – Will [58:23]
  • “It was her that decided to get the courage to go ahead and go for it. And he was so like, a gentleman ... I never do that [clap at a DCOM kiss]. Am I creepy for rooting for this 13 year old couple?” – Will [59:10–59:41]
• On the Movie’s Tone:
  • “A solid movie all the way around. The script was good, the acting was good, the direction was good, the music was good, it moved. You cared about people. The dialogue was witty. ... This is a 9 fart sneezes for me, I thought this was a very fun movie.” – Will [88:19]
• On Set Design:
  • Sabrina marvels: “Basement stuck in a time warp—awesome for us, but not awesome for these 14 year olds.” [30:54]
• On “What the Duck”:
  • “First time, kind of funny... second time, not cool. ... If she [Sabrina’s daughter] repeats what the duck to me, I am gonna be pissed.” – Sabrina [77:37]

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Segment Timestamps

[03:13]–[05:39] – Sleepover memories
[06:04]–[09:27] – DCOM introduction and production background
[12:05]–[17:19] – Early impressions, modern shifts, and cast breakdown
[22:09]–[62:51] – Scene-by-scene movie walkthrough, major commentary
[62:51]–[66:29] – Online ratings: real reviews (one-star vs. five-star fun) [68:25]–[73:49] – Sleepover games segment (“Let’s Slumber Party” quiz) [74:11]–[84:51] – “Sabrina Sees”: Set design, parenting, and personal anecdotes [84:52]–[88:19] – Fart Sneeze Ratings & Final Thoughts

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Fun Segments

Sleepover Games Challenge ([68:25])

Hosts try to guess “the top 10 sleepover games”—truth or dare, spin the bottle (to their shock, included), scavenger hunt, charades, etc. Ouija board is not on the “official” list, to Will’s dismay.

“Sabrina Sees” ([74:11])

• Basement nostalgia
• Skeevy about unsupervised hypnotist at party
• “What the duck” and parental boundaries
• Epic importance of wearing a crush's sweatshirt
• Will’s Richard Simmons story: real-life kindness and impact

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Final Ratings & Takeaways

• Sabrina: 7.5 out of 10 “fart sneezes”
  “...as a coming of age ... I wouldn’t let Monroe watch this until she was 12 or 13. ... It's a great young Disney take on ‘The Hangover’” [86:52]
• Will: 9 out of 10 “fart sneezes”
  “...a solid movie all the way around. The script was good, the acting was good, the direction was good, the music was good, it moved. ... The dialogue was witty.” [88:19]

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Episode Highlights & Reflections

• The movie straddles old and new, blending nostalgia (Richard Simmons tapes, sleepover rituals) with edgier, current themes (diverse family forms, bolder humor).
• Both hosts feel the film marks a notable evolution for DCOM—fun, fresh, but possibly requiring new parental guidance.
• The podcast itself is a mix of warmth, personal experience, genuine critique, and deep “Boy Meets World”/DCOM nostalgia.

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Next Up:
“Can of Worms” (1999) – a niche sci-fi DCOM, prepping for another round of nostalgia and analysis.

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Transcript

[Sabrina Bryan]

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[Will Friedle]

Are you a big sleepover person? Were you a big sleepover person back in the day?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm still a big sleepover person. Matter of fact, that's one of the most exciting things I think having, like, a little girl is going to be. It's like part of that. Her becoming a teenager and like, doing the slumber parties for her and the toilet papering, all of that. I'm so excited for. So excited for my.

[Will Friedle]

My wife. So there's two kinds of kids, I think, when you grow up. There's the kids who can't wait to go for a slumber party, and there's the kids that don't want to sleep outside their house, right? So my wife, famous kid that was

[Sabrina Bryan]

like, let me go, let me go. I was so into it.

[Will Friedle]

And sue was exactly the opposite, where she would. She'd think she. She'd make it to like 9:30 and then call her parents and like.

[Chiquis]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So, yeah, I. My cousin is three years older than me, so when we were like, slumber partying, right? She was probably like 11, 12. I'm like 8, you know, and every time we would have, you know, our holiday events, I'm talking we used to do everything together, like Fourth of July, Memorial Day, you know, Labor Day, all those. Of course we were together then. The regulars, the Thanksgiving, the. Every holiday. My sister or my mom and her sister, my Aunt Betty were together. So we always were together. Every holiday it was like, okay, this is a holiday. Leah's gonna spend the night at my house. It'd get to like 9:30, 10, and she bail.

[Will Friedle]

And she bail.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So it just got to the point where, like, it was obvious that she was never going to spend the night at my house. I always went and spent the night at her house.

[Will Friedle]

Are you still friends with Leah?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Leah's like my cousin. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

She and she. Will she sleep. Will she sleep at your house now or.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, I don't think so. Well, now she's got four kids. There's no way she could do that. And I'm not inviting.

[Will Friedle]

Now she probably want to let me come sleep over. I don't want the four kids.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'll come sleep over with you. Yeah, no, but it's. The sleepover thing is so fun, especially for younger kids. And like, Monroe is the same with me. Like, she's okay to go and spend the night away from Jordan and I at her friend's house. But her bestie is still someone that kind of like, ventures into her mom and dad's dad's bed at night. So, like, she's, like, not ready to come over to our house just yet. You know, I totally get it. Yeah, it's, you know, it's different. But I. I have dreams about the first sleepover I get to do at my house with.

[Will Friedle]

My God, it's going to be crazy.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It is going to be so over the top, so obnoxious and so wonderful.

[Will Friedle]

I'm sure you absolutely do not need to invite me to help you chaperone.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That.

[Will Friedle]

That would be fine.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You would hate it. The girls, second they start screaming at all, you're out.

[Will Friedle]

I'm out. Out. 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 housers were smart. The wave, tsunamis, and the high school's musical. I'm Will Friedle.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I'm Sabrina Bryan.

[Will Friedle]

Look into my eyes. You're getting sleepy and sleepier. And when I snap my fingers, we're gonna get into our newest DCOM. That's right, 2023's coming of age comedy, the slumber party. Let's just be honest. Let's call it what it is. This is Disney Channel's version of the Hangover.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's the Hangover.

[Will Friedle]

It's the Hangover.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yep.

[Will Friedle]

It's literally the Hangover.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It is.

[Will Friedle]

So we'll call it the Tween Hangover. The movie aired July 27, 2023 on the Disney Channel, then dropped on Disney plus the next day. And like a lot of these dcoms, it is based on a book from 2016, the Sleepover. Well, you know, well titled by Jen. It's either Malone or Maloney. I think it's Maloney. Now, the producers of these dcoms are usually pretty standard fare. Nothing worth pointing out, but in this case, not so much. It's produced by Imagine Entertainment, the company owned by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. Some of their biggest movies from the past include Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, 8 mile, the DA Vinci Code, and Frost Nixon. So this is, of course, a big step up for DCOM. I liked Apollo 13 because I'm big into space, but I was a little lost because I didn't see the first Apollo 12 movies. I'm kidding. Of course I loved it. I think it's safe to call Imagine one of the most prolific and successful production Companies of all time in Hollywood, the Slumber Party also found itself nominated for outstanding Fiction Special at the Children's and Family Emmys. I did not know there was such a thing as the Children and Family Emmys, but hey. And critically, this was a success too. It's commonly listed as one of the best original movies on Disney plus and most people see it as a delightful coming of age comedy. One website, latinamedia.com wondered if this movie had officially brought back the dcom. Wow. It's kind of an interesting way of putting it. It's also like, what about zombies and Descendants and everything? But I get what they're saying where that those are so big and so grand now that it like just kind of bringing back a dcom. So.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right. Without a bunch of music and big like set production stuff.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, right, Absolutely. And as Sabrina was saying, this is not a musical, but it's recent, which means it's gotta have a pretty good soundtrack. And I'm gonna read you some of the people here, and If I know 50% of them, I'm gonna be happy. Cause chances are I'm not. It includes music from Baby Pink. Nope. Earth gang, Brian McKnight. Heard of him. The Black Keys, of course. And some classics like Hypnotize from Fleetwood Mac. One of the best bands ever. Searching from the Coasters. Another great, Just amazing. And holding out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler. Plus, it also includes music from the cast. They sing I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman, and dreams. And the start of something new. This was filmed in. We might start saying this more and more and more. Atlanta, Georgia, which is arguably modern day Canada. So that makes sense in that everything shoots there. Now. If you see anything Marvel, anything Disney, anything, whatever, chances are it's in Atlanta. But it's the first dcom to shoot there since Let it shine in 2012, which we liked. Okay, Sabrina. It's a modern day dcom released more recently than we usually cover. So did you know about Slumber Party before it was homework.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Not at all. Not at all. I feel it made me go. I am definitely out of touch with the newer dcoms. Besides the major obvious ones. Right, right. Other than that.

[Will Friedle]

The tent pole, Descendants and stuff.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yep. Other than that, I feel very out of touch. And that's insane because we're on season three of watching these decoms. What the hell is wrong with me?

[Will Friedle]

I agree, but I also. I don't know about you. This is gonna be a. It's gonna sound like I'm lazy, but I'm not. I like the not knowing. I don't wanna do the research. I wanna go in completely cold.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I do. I. I like. Because it helps. Even not knowing who the cast is helps. Like, go with like a clear, like, you know, trying to get a really unbiased opinion about this movie.

[Will Friedle]

I agree with you 1000%. Well, you yourselves can get acquainted with the slumber party anytime you want because it's streaming on Disney 24, 7, 365 4, 564, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Actually, add any numbers you want there, it's there. You can watch it now, watch it later. That's totally up to you. And now, everybody, let's get our ducklings in a row, because your trigger word is synopsis. Four middle school best friends have a sleepover that takes a chaotic turn when they wake up with no memory of the previous night. I do have to say, before we get into it, this is a great dcom plot. Like we said earlier, it's literally the hangover. So there's many places this can go. And I honestly didn't know whether that's what they were going. Meaning. Meaning obviously they nodded to hangover. But I didn't know if it was like, oh, we're doing the hangover for kids, if that was the plan. Because it was at times a shot for shot kind of rip off of things they were doing. So I have to imagine that was

[Sabrina Bryan]

part of the plan a little bit. Yes, of course. I mean, it had to have been. And knowing that this isn't a. Like, as soon as things started to happen, I'll tell you when it happens when we're going through the whole movie. But this was like, okay, wait, like, pause. This had to have been a production company that made this film and Disney bought it, is what it seemed like because it was done so differently than the regular Disney. Like everything that we're used to with Disney, like original movies, there just is a big difference between this and that helped cater it towards what they were wanting, which was a young hangover for sure.

[Will Friedle]

And I don't. I think it was. It was produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, but I think it was produced for Disney. So I think.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Was it really?

[Will Friedle]

I think so, yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

There's some things in it that are so anti Disney that I know, but

[Will Friedle]

anti Disney, we know, not necessarily anti 2023 Disney. Remember the new ones we've been seeing? Prom pact and things like that? I mean, they've been. They've been shooting it forward a little bit.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So I guess so. Yeah. I know. Maybe we need to see like a couple of them in a row and bounce back because it's kind of this. This jarred me a couple of times. Like, did they literally just say that? Like the Disney Channel just said that? That was.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. You know, I agree. When you're. When you're going from, you know, twitches right. To something like this, it's like, wow, this was made for the same company.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Even this, even if you hadn't seen the Hangover right from the start, them not remembering makes it feel like they were drugged.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yeah. 100%. 100%. So.

[Yo Castro]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Or that they. Or that they ended up at a party and drank too much. Like, that's right from the start. Anyone, you know? And then. Okay, well, I have to wait. But so this movie, I will say my early thoughts are. Yeah, what are that I did like it. I did. It was hard to keep thinking this as a Disney Channel movie.

[Will Friedle]

That's fair enough.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was really hard for me to believe that this was a movie because made for the channel versus it being like it was bad Hair Day. Right. Was a movie that another production company made it to the channel. That's what it seemed like to me. It did not seem like a movie that was made for the channel. Not the Disney Channel I grew up with. All right. Not the Disney Channel I grew up.

[Will Friedle]

Sabrina. I don't think this is our Disney Channel anymore because it is different. But I actually really enjoyed this movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I did too. Felt like an older. Like this. Didn't feel. Feel as young as a lot of what the core dcoms originally are.

[Will Friedle]

And the cast was great. There were some laugh out loud moments.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Phenomenal.

[Will Friedle]

Like, this is a good movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

There was a part, some parts where it started to like, okay, let's get to it. But most of it was I actually really enjoyed this movie. I was laughing the whole time. I thought all of the characters were so funny. So great. I like early thoughts. Loved it.

[Will Friedle]

Me too. The slumber party was directed by Veronica Rodriguez. She has directed a lot of shorts. Then two episodes of the Disney show Gabby Duran and the Uncitables. Okay. Heard of it like you do. Then a tween Christmas movie called let's get married spelled M E R R I E D. Get it married. And this was her last movie. But don't feel too bad for her because she's currently directing Camp Rock 3 for the channel.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, Day coming out this August, everybody.

[Will Friedle]

I'm still waiting for my part. They haven't called us yet, so I'm guessing we're not going to be in this and this is definitely an ensemble effort, but it stars Darby Camp as Megan, who even at her young age has been in an awful lot. She's already been in the business for a decade in shows like Grey's Anatomy and the Leftovers, but is best known as Little Chloe on Big Little Lies. She is also in the Christmas Chronicles Part 2 with Kurt Russell as Santa and Clifford the Big Red Dog, where she plays Red. I'm kidding, I don't know who she plays. And Emmy Liu Wang plays Paige. She was well known on the channel at the time, as well as Ivy Chen on Raven's Home. She's currently shooting a show called Hollywood Art starring Daniella Monet and making her Hollywood debut. Here is Alex Cooper Cohen, who plays Veronica. This is currently her only credit, which

[Sabrina Bryan]

is no way insane to me. You guys gotta get on some she will.

[Will Friedle]

She's too funny. She'll be on SNL or something.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, she is a standout little comedian. I thought she was incredible.

[Will Friedle]

Me too. Valentina Herrera plays Anna Maria. She's best known as Agent Opal on the Odd Squad TV show, but also played Young Widow in the Marvel movie Black Widow. Dala the youe is Mikey and he's a name all over the Internet these days. A quote unquote Internet darling if that's a thing he was best known as. And I apologize because I'm going to mispronounce this, even though it was one of my favorite movies of that year. Rui Hua I think is how it said in Marvel's Shang Chi the Legends of the Ten Rings, which I thought was an unbelievably underrated Marvel movie. He is also a big part of the Last Airbender, the TV show, and as a kid was on the Nickelodeon show hopefully. But the best role he's had so far was on the TV show Pen15. But it does seem likely you is going to be everywhere in the next few years and two great castings. On the adult side, Paula Pell is Principal Peterson. Pell is one of the best comedy writers in the world, having worked on SNL for almost 20 years now, but in front of the camera. She's best known from the TV shows like Girl 5, Eva, Ap Bio, Love the Burbs, Big Mouth and Inside Out 2. She also wrote the upcoming movies the Fifth Wheel starring Nikki Glaser, Fortune Feimster and Kim Kardashian. And finally, the great Titus Burgess plays Mesmer. Burgess broke out on the TV show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but also had been the narrator of The Teletubbies since 2022. He also appeared in the movies Dolemite Is My Name and the recent Snow White remake as Bashful. But for our listeners with little kids, they will be most excited to hear he was just announced as the voice of Gerald in an upcoming Elephant and Piggy TV show, and I couldn't be happier. I have no idea what any of that means, but even with two comedy heavyweights involved, it all means nothing if the Movie clocks over 90 minutes. We know that at Magical Rewind, we like one runtime and one runtime only. And we're right and everyone else is wrong. So let's find out what the slumber party will take from your day. It runs 82 minutes. Oh people. All right, we're eight minutes off the target, but thankfully in the right direction. We could have pumped it up a little bit, guys. Maybe added some shots of the sky or people driving, but who knows? We'll let it be for now. I actually really liked the length of this movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I did too.

[Will Friedle]

Yep. Now when it comes to this.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Great.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Thank you. When it comes to the script's cover page, we have two writers. First up is Jen Maloney, the writer of the book we talked about. She's a former Hollywood publicist turned author of middle school grade novels. This is her only movie or TV credit. And then we have Edie Faye. Much like the director of this movie, Faye is the Disney Channel go to of the moment. Really like to get her on the show. She started her career writing the TV show Fuller House, then writing the Jojo Siwa movie the J Team, but will now have credits on Both Camp Rock 3 and Zombies 5. Yikes. She is to the writing of new dcoms what Malachi Barton is to starring in them. It's so true.

[Chiquis]

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[Wilmer Valderrama]

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[Will Friedle]

It's time to board the hedgehog mobile and dive right into slumber party. Here we go, people. We open by intercutting between two completely different energies. We glide into a quiet, average suburban street with the William Tell Overture playing. Kids on bikes, people power walking. Then we jump into a loud overhead shot of three kids riding a hedgehog go kart blasting rock music for the entire neighborhood to hear. And eventually, our two worlds collide. As the animal mobile passes through the quiet neighborhood, dogs start barking and people are staring. This is a. This is clearly disrupting the piece. Eventually, the hedgehog car crashes into a divider, sending a young girl soaring through the air, screaming towards a coffee shop and an innocent patron eating a donut. The camera freezes while she's midair. She looks to the camera and introduces herself as Megan Bernadette Brookman. She confirms that we just saw three teenagers riding a giant hedgehog and assumes the audience has a lot of questions, like how she lost one eyebrow. And so she says, well, let's start from the beginning. And the movie rewinds all the way to one day earlier. That's when we're at Anna Maria's house. Megan is still narrating. She introduces her best friend, Anna Maria, the birthday girl. And the reason she's midair, heading for the Smelly dumpster. She's decorating her house with birthday decorations just one week before high school starts. Now we're at Paige's house. Megan introduces us to Paige, her other best friend. Fearless and loyal and has a turtle. In second grade, when Nia Thomas bullied Megan for not having a mom, Paige convinced Nia to cut off her own ponytail. Paige asks her brother Mikey for a ride, and when he says no, she casually blackmails him. Now we're at Veronica's house. We meet curly haired Veronica as she straps on her crossbody fanny pack. Megan says their friendship is fairly recent and I immediately want to know more about Veronica. We are now back at Megan's with the. Well, she's got both eyebrows at this point. The overthinker is packing and keeps talking to camera. She reveals both her parents are therapists. Just says her dad calls her from downstairs to make sure her tiny, tiny green cell phone is charged. And Paige has arrived. She's the only teenager in Atlanta that doesn't have a smartphone. And no one will ever see this phone. Of shame. This was another movie. I think Quince did it, but they did it more, I should say, where there's only two times in the movie where she breaks the fourth wall and talks to the camera, right? And so this was another one where I was like, I liked how they did it. Frankly, I thought maybe more would have been too much. And I liked that she did do it, but maybe one or two times more. I don't know. It was strange.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It seemed like, I guess there's really no time that they did the voiceover. And I think that some of the action in the movie wasn't necessarily needed, that they. There could have been that breakthrough and being like, okay, pause. So, like, you know what I mean? Instead of some of the things that happened, I feel like maybe even like the whole, like when we get into, like, where this hedgehog situation comes from, that area could have been if it was like in the middle and then at the very end, like, it happened again in the end. Even just a moment, one or two times.

[Will Friedle]

I was gonna say, yeah, like, even just a moment or two of her looking at the camera, like, giving a look like, can you believe this? This is happening? Or what the hell's going on? Like, something like that. But yeah, they did it at the beginning. Then they do it kind of once at the end where they come back to her flying through the air. But that was it for breaking the fourth one.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Usually we get like a voiceover as we're Skimming through the house of finding out who this main character was. That's usually when the voiceover happens, right?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Paige is downstairs talking to Megan's dads. One dad giving her positive affirmations, and the other reminds her that her audition for freshman flute solos are next week. He hands her a personalized sweater that says, don't hate me because I'm flutiful. I want that sweater.

[Sabrina Bryan]

This is when. I don't know if this happened to you. Maybe I'm just jumping into Sabrina seas, but this was when I went. At first. This is like, okay, different type, different era of decoms. At first, when she said that I only have or that I don't have a mom talking about her best friend who stuck up for her, I went into, okay, we have a mom that has passed.

[Will Friedle]

We got a dead mom.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We've got a dead mom, damn it. Then it was, oh, no, she doesn't have a mom because she has two dads. And that's very different. That's not something we have seen just, like, right out and which obviously makes so much sense in 2023.

[Will Friedle]

Now the girls are driving away in Paige's brother's truck, swerving a bit through the hills. Megan thinks her dad would call for an Amber Alert if they knew Paige's brother was driving. Paige says he's allowed to drive siblings, and since she's pretty much her sister, it's cool. They eventually arrive at Anna Maria's house, and as Megan gets out of the truck, she spots Jake Ramirez and his perfect teeth riding his bike towards her with his friends. And we get some slow mo as Back at One by Brian McKnight plays. Megan is in a trance with the older boy completely missing Paige's warning that her skirt is stuck in the door. And just then, when Paige's brother drives away, Megan's skirt rips off. She quickly pulls her shirt down to cover herself. Jake shakes his head and walks his bike back into his house. Paige covers Megan with her flannel, and they quickly scurry away. We're now inside Anna Maria's house. Her divorced parents are sternly explaining to Anna Maria that Veronica is going to be her stepsister. She's a sweet girl, and they appreciate that she's been included in their slumber party tonight. Anna Maria is mad that her dad is getting remarried on her birthday, but he says it was the only day available at the venue before her new baby sister is born, which she also seems rather peeved about. So you've got divorced dad who impregnated I'm guessing his mistress.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They don't get into that. But don't get into it.

[Will Friedle]

But something.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The thoughts are there. The thoughts are there.

[Will Friedle]

And now he's marrying her and he's. But so yeah, you don't. But they also show that they have a good co parenting relationship. So yeah, maybe it's not a mistress.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Their co parenting, the way that they acted this out was so positive, it made me go, wait, is this the new mom? Is this lady the one that's pregnant? Like, is it like they. They did not have like a beef, but they were a great co parenting. I'm for the positive co parenting.

[Will Friedle]

Of course. Of course.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Or it looks tough.

[Will Friedle]

I'm sure. With that, her dad says he'll drop off Veronica after her parkour lesson and be back in the morning for their annual birthday hike. Anna Maria says she's not joining this year and her dad gets very upset. Obviously. They all start arguing with Anna really letting her dad have it. She says, you can force me to go to your wedding, you can even force me to have your new kid at my party, but you can't force me to go on some stupid hike on my birthday. Then the doorbell rings. Anna's dad answers it to see Megan and Paige. Megan announces that she has pants in her bag and he leaves and walks to his car. Now in Anna's basement, the girls are following a Richard Simmons exercise video. Anna says they're offbeat and sits to snack on Takis. Megan notices her new shoes and Anna says they were a guilt gift from her mom. But more importantly, they need to do something big since they're going into high school soon. Anna suggests they break into West Oak and free those baby ducks from the science lab. She's apparently obsessed with these little baby ducks. Paige suggests connecting the shopping carts at Target with zip ties. Anna remembers when Mikey woke them up at 2am to help him fill his car with watermelons. But Megan doesn't remember that. And that's when she realizes at some point they had a sleepover without her. She pretends to be fine about it, but wants to know what else they've done without her. They get instantly serious, calling her Megster and Meggie Poo. They say don't take this wrong, but, well, you get scared to try new things. So Megan says tonight's gonna be different. She's gonna step out of her comfort zone and try new things for freshman year. Tonight is going to be epic. Megan starts pulling out VHS tapes. Should we learn to hip hop with Brian? Austin Green or a movie called Tommy Boy. And that's where I was like, oh my God, I'm so old.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. I was like dang. Also, this is another thing, not necessarily learn hip hop with Brian Austin Green, but pulling out Tommy Boy, which is definitely not a Disney in any sense type movie, was interesting to me for it to be now talked about on Disney. Because what do you think kids are going to do? They're going to start researching.

[Will Friedle]

I also am pretty amazed though that they're. It's VHS tapes. Yeah, they're not even DVDs. Like they have a V. I'd be amazed if a girl who's supposed to be 14 in 2023 has any idea what a VHS tape is or how to use a VHS player or anyone even has a VHS player.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We could dive into it now. But this entire basement, whose house is this? Do they live in their grandmother's house? Because this is not, this is not somebody who has, you know, 14 year old, 15 year old kids. This is not the, like I need to know whose house this is because I think they've, they've inherited to be

[Will Friedle]

Anna Maria's mom's house. But is it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But it's Anna Maria's grandmother's house because it's a 70s driven basement. This is not a 2023 basement of anyone of modern age that's not holding on to the nostalgia of things like this. The couch, the, the carpet, rugs, the, the, the crocheted blanket. All. I was like jotting down all. I mean, what is this?

[Will Friedle]

This is when a basement was a

[Sabrina Bryan]

space stuck in a time warp. Which is awesome for us, but not awesome for these 14 year olds now in the early 220, like 2000s.

[Will Friedle]

Although isn't, isn't all this stuff super like hip and retro now? Isn't the 90s back and the 80s are back. Isn't that like the cool thing if you're 14 or 15

[Sabrina Bryan]

maybe. But like who still has that? Like, who is like, you're telling me her mom has a modern. Nice upstairs. The kitchen was modern. All of that was kind of basement. But they went into our local like thrift stores and, and like all those places and they, and they bought this for the kids to play.

[Will Friedle]

No, that was my parents basement for years. We had the VHS player and all that kind of.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, this was that. It was different though.

[Will Friedle]

I know. I agree, I agree.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I can't even imagine how much it smelled like. That stuff smells like mothballs. Nasty all over.

[Will Friedle]

In eighth grade. Yes. By Junior year. It'll smell like weed. Anna suggests they toilet or be burnt. Exactly. Anna suggests they toilet paper Jake Ramirez's house, but Megan says no and pretends she doesn't even know who that is. Right. Then Veronica barges downstairs and apologizes for being late. She had a parkour class. Then she falls down the stairs. This is Anna's stepsister. But Anna clarifies. Not technically. Until tomorrow. Veronica reveals that she was homeschooled, and Anna's upset that these three amigos are now some freakish foursome. The girls Sidebar. Megan and Paige tell Anna that she's being too harsh. They should just have some fun. Anna just wants a normal family, which Paige and Megan take personally, of course. Megan has two dads and Paige is a half sibling. The girls inform Veronica that everything is good. And then Anna's little sister Penny screams from under the pool. Penny under the pool table to scare him. Everyone jumps. She annoyingly begs to be included, and even though she can't keep a secret, they say no. Get out. So she runs out of the basement that night. Now outside, we're in the magnificent Mesmer's van. He's an actor moonlighting as a hypnotist, being told by his agent that he once again did not get a callback for a role. He wants to be taken seriously as an actor, but for now, he pulls up across the street from Anna's house to perform as a hypnotist. When he knocks on the door, Penny answers. Penny says she doesn't believe in hypnotism but would be into it if he can make Anna punch herself in the face. He threatens to give her a mustache, and so she screams for her mom, who then lets him in. Apparently, this was all Veronica's idea. We're now in the basement. Mesmer joins the girls and tells them they will be shocked and amazed. He immediately has them lay on the floor and to follow his directions to find the depths of their subconscious and expand their minds. They fool around at first, but do eventually follow his instructions. He says he will tap into their authentic selves and the hypnotism will only break when he calls the birthday girl later with a trigger word which is like, okay, maybe at the end of the night. Do you have to? It's like, I'll call you a week later. Then they'll remember everything. He starts a countdown, and when he gets to one and snaps, the screen goes black. It's now the next morning in the basement. Megan is passed out on the floor with the Richard Simmons video playing loudly on the tv. The room is the thrashed with writing on the walls and the washing machine overflowing with bubbles. Penny walks out of the bathroom and cheerfully says good morning as if nothing's wrong. But once Megan enters, she notices one of her eyebrows is missing. She panics and tries covering it with her hair. Then notices she's wearing oh, her love interest skull hoodie. But she loves it. She's smelling it. It smells like him. So weird on the other end of the spectrum. Then she smells something very strange and sees a bunch of baby ducks in the bathtub. And then it says on the screen what the duck. So yeah, they're even playing on the F word trope.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, at first it was kind of funny and then when it pops up again you're like, okay, they do it

[Will Friedle]

a couple times of different like different versions of this. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I'll when it gets to this part, I'll tell you what my real feels about it are.

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[Angel, Diego, and Jason from Agusto Papa]

What's up, everyone? I'm Angel. I'm Diego E. Jason from Augusta. Papa. Okay, real talk. If we're in a new era, why are we still in our old rides? Because upgrading sounds complicado and nothing simple. Complicado, bro. Exactly. We're building, we're moving. We don't have time to to be guessing. I see. Yes, because the car you needed when you were starting out is not the car you need in your motion era facts. So whether you're leveling up, switching lanes, or finally retiring your old paws, hand me down. Start your search with cars.com. over 2 million cars and 50,000 added daily. It's El Mercado for cars. Unlimited options. You can filter everything. Price, mileage, features, body style, tech, leather, sunroof. If it matters to you, filter it. It's real reviews from real people people, not your deal's opinion. Actual owners so you know before you even pull up. No weird surprises. They compare Es fancy. Just jump on the site and hit get started. Set your budget. Pick your features. Yeah, cars that actually match what you're looking for. Wild how that works. And with the price badges. No guessing. Esso. Less stress, more action. Start your search with cars.com where to next?

[Will Friedle]

She runs to wake up Anna Marie, but realizes she's just a bunch of pillows under the blanket. So instead wakes up Paige and Veronica, who are very confused and groggy. In addition to a huge Veronica was here. Smeared on the wall in brown, Veronica looks down to See that she now has on long press on nails. Megan grabs a phone to call Anna Maria and Paige recognizes her hoodie as Jake Ramirez's. Nobody has any memories from the night. Anna isn't answering. In fact, her phone is still in the basement. But the scariest development. Megan notices Paige has blood on her hands. Paige rushes to wash her hands and vehemently denies that she murdered Anna, which is great. They sneak upstairs and see Anna's mom on the phone expressing complicated emotions about her ex husband getting remarried today. And once they tiptoe to Anna's room, they realize she's not there either. Paige thinks maybe she went on a hike with her dad, but her hiking boots are still there. Paige then looks out the window to see Jake Ramirez's house has been toilet papered top to bottom. And again, no one has any recollection of doing it. They barge into Penny's room, but she has no idea where Anna is either. She threatens to tell her mom, but will keep quiet if Megan does her math homework for a month and Paige tags her in. Cool Instagram posts. Though annoyed, Megan and Paige agree and the girls head back to the basement. Paige then tells Veronica to go clean her name off the wall and they realize it's actually Nutella. Thank God, not poop. Paige decides that first they have to call the hypnotist to get the trigger word, but he doesn't pick up. Veronica leaves a voice message. Megan wants to call her dads, but Paige argues they aren't kids anymore. They need to find Anna on their own before the wedding. At 4pm, Veronica fancies herself as a detective and instructs them to follow the clues. So they grab the ducks from the bathtub and head to the high school, where they'll need to break in to return all those little duckies. With the doors locked, though, Veronica starts to stretch for parkour. But instead, Paige calls in reinforcements. Her brother Mikey and his truck. Veronica is mesmerized by him as Paige breaks down everything that's happened so far. Veronica attempts to introduce herself, but Paige is not having it. It only takes a minute, but somehow, magically, he's able to open the door from the inside. Now, inside the school, the kids hide from Principal Peterson, who is barking orders at the janitor. Homeschooled Veronica loves being in a public school. And Paige has a plan. Veronica and her brother will return the ducks while she and Megan look around for Anna. We're in the science lab now. Veronica falls even more for Mike when she realizes he also loves High School Musical. And they start to sing the start of something new together.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wow.

[Will Friedle]

Paige and Meg. Great little Easter egg. Not even a little Easter egg. A giant honking Easter egg. Paige and Megan walk in and are furious because the ducks have escaped their box. So they work together to recapture them all and in the process find one of Anna's shoes. Remember the guilt shoes she had? But only one. They sneak into the hallway and almost get caught by the janitor. They make it to the staircase, but are followed by one lone little duckling. Veronica wants to keep it, but Paige threatens to turn it in. Nuggets. Veronica warns Paige to be nice. She's about to be Anna Maria's sister, but could end up being her sister too, if you know what she means. She then starts thrusting her hips in every direction. They're about to fight when the principal and the janitor hear them yelling. Principal Peterson then announces over the loudspeaker to the children, trespassing, you can run, but we will find you. And now the girls are freaking out, rushing to leave, but end up face to face with the school staff members. The principal says she just wants to talk, but they scream and run away again. Megan says one of them needs to distract the principal and janitor. They retreat to the bathroom, and Veronica volunteers to distract them because she's homeschooled and has no permanent record. She sprints into the hall, screaming and smashing into lockers while the others run into Mikey's car. As he's waiting as a getaway driver, he asks where Veronica is, and on cue, she comes running out, followed close behind by the principal and the jet. She just makes it to the truck, and Mikey drives off. Now, on the road, they admit they didn't find Anna, just her shoe, which they notice has orange and maroon paint on the soles. Those are West Oak's rivals, the hillsides. Ooh, their colors. Apparently, West Oak captured their principal and they never found him. There's some strange things, like they never found him, like, is he dead? So they've been looking for revenge ever since. Yes. So they decide to check out this hillside for any side of Anna Marie. When they pull up to enemy territory, the girls decide to go check inside the high school. Mikey also kept the duck for Veronica, a telltale sign that maybe he has a crush, too. Which I guess is kind of weird because he drives and she's in the eighth grade. Does that not bother anybody else? I mean, come on, she's 12 and he's 16 or 17. That's creepy.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She's 14, probably.

[Will Friedle]

How can Be. Okay. So this is where it messed me up, because I was 12, and I just turned 13 when I started. Started freshman year of high school.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So that's not how it is anymore.

[Will Friedle]

Really?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, the kids are. The kids are 14 when they go to middle.

[Will Friedle]

When they go to high school, they're 14. Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

So 14 and 17 is still a little creepy for me. I'm sorry.

[Sabrina Bryan]

If not 15.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

A lot of the kids start, like, they do the. They like, especially boys 15 as freshmen. Like, yeah, there can be kids that get their license in between freshman and sophomore year.

[Will Friedle]

My God, I graduated high school. I graduated high school at 17.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Me too. That was the norm, but that was, like, normal. But that's not anymore.

[Angel, Diego, and Jason from Agusto Papa]

All right.

[Will Friedle]

Meanwhile, at a loss for. I'm getting old because I see two kids together, and I'm like, stay away from her.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, I'm just getting old. Well, I mean, it's. It's. How. It's just so different. I couldn't believe it because I'm having to deal that with Monroe. She's on the cusp, and I did an extra year because I didn't. I was that way. I was 17 for an entire month and a half in college before I turned 18.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And it's just. It's in September. It's Right.

[Will Friedle]

And I'm August. I'm August. So that's why we're in September 16th.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We would definitely have been that. That was so normal for, like, you know, that our generation versus now. It's like. That's, like, unheard of. They were. Monroe's gonna be an entire year younger. And it's true. Her last year, she went to. She turned 4. And the next day, I did her birthday little party. It was the first week of school. The next day, her friend turned five. She. I was doing her fourth, and her next.

[Will Friedle]

Her fifth year. So, yeah, she's gonna be a year behind. That's the way to do it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And so you just. It's just so different now. Parents just don't do that anymore.

[Will Friedle]

All right, fair enough. Meanwhile, at a loss of how to make things work, Megan hears the marching band, or what she calls her people, and she decides to ask him about Anna. While hiding in the bushes, watching the very good and very serious squad practice, Veronica's about to sneeze, but holds it in and farts. And then she sneezes again. So now they're caught by some of the band kids and dragged out in front of everybody. Veronica tries to dance, battle the mascot, but the Hillside band leader recognizes Megan and threatens to charge them with grand theft hedgehog. Apparently, the girls stole their team float and showed them video proof from the night before. The three girls admit they don't remember anything or where the hedgehog float is. And when the band leader says they have what the girls want, Megan thinks they mean Anna Maria. And if they bring the float to Groundtown Cafe at 2pm they'll make the swap. And again, all this directly from the hangover. And the little duckling is the baby. I mean, it's. It's the hangover. Yes. So the girls now have a new mission. They need to find that float. They then walk down the street with the duck, who's now named Bill, following along. They all start fighting, and Megan yells at them, they need to start acting like adults here. In focus. They promise they'll find her. And Veronica's phone starts ringing. It was the agency that hired Mesmer. Oh. They find out that he is working as an actor at the. Okay, I'm going to try to say this right. Chattahoochee. I think it's the Chattahoochee Onion Fest. So off they go again. When she then says, it takes a certain kind of person to frequent an onion fest, I was like, that's me. Because, like, not just onion fest, garlic fest, Avocado festivals. I am in for all those things.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Anything, dude.

[Will Friedle]

One of the first times I. Sue and I held hands as a couple was at the. The Avocado Festival. It was just like that. It's. It's near. It's near. It's near Santa Barbara. Not Santa Barbara. Yeah, yeah, it is. It's near Santa Barbara. It's near Carpinteria.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, you got it.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, it's in Carpenteria. It's in Carpenteria. I think it's the Avocado Festival. And I was like, I'm gonna take Sue's hand. And we like. She's like, he took my hand as we walked across the street. At the Avocado Festival.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wait. You know what the funniest one I think is? There's a. There's a tamale festival in San Diego my dad goes to almost every year. He says it's so good, he brings back some that are just phenomenal.

[Will Friedle]

And it's all the food made with the stuff, and there's, like, characters dressed like, I'm an avocado. Yeah. I'll do it all. I'll do it all day. And they always have bands. It's like, you know, we're know you. It's like Johnny and the Guacamole. Like stuff like that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Hell yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So cool. I love that. I gotta go to one now.

[Will Friedle]

You should go. So much fun. There are so we'll double date. We'll double date at the. At the.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Maybe Jordan will hold my hand.

[Will Friedle]

He. Well, we'll see. I might hold Jordan's because we're getting to know each other better.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, you guys are. And you are so much alike.

[Will Friedle]

And it's scary telling you. So they get to the. They get to the Onion. I said avocado. They get to the Onion Festival, by the way, on bikes. Which makes you wonder where the did they get bikes?

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, I was the same way. Like, wait a minute. Come on. Like, they have to be stolen. You have to have like the smallest scene or something.

[Will Friedle]

Something. So, yes, the mystery bikes have arrived. The Onion Fest is packed. But they have to find a way inside. And they decide to go Mikey style. They sneak in through a back gate and accidentally find themselves on the stage for the Onion Munch. Sounds weird. It's an onion anything with munch. It's an onion eating contest. They're ushered to a table, and Veronica spots Mesmer in costume as the great Onion. Paige gets up to leave, but one of the older male contestants starts laughing. He knew the girls weren't in the right place. The cooking contest is right over there. Cause there's always that one asshole at

[Sabrina Bryan]

the onion contest at the Onion.

[Will Friedle]

At the Onion Fest. Paige gets him by firing back. And the porta potty's over there. You piece of. Shh. And so they allude to the fact that she's about to say piece of a curse.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. This is when it I starting my. I'm starting to. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

[Will Friedle]

What's happening, people?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wait minute.

[Will Friedle]

It's true. Wait a five minute. Because that's what's happened. She's interrupted by mic feedback to an

[Sabrina Bryan]

adult and to an adult, which is.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. So is this page. Is this the closest we've gotten to an actual swear in a decomposition?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, I think it has to.

[Will Friedle]

I think so too.

[Sabrina Bryan]

There's one that I'm trying. It's trying to pop in my brain that I I It. It isn't as close as this, though. Like, where her. She's actually saying shh.

[Will Friedle]

Like, yeah, this is. She's getting into it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She's starting it.

[Will Friedle]

And now the MC is reading off the rules for the fourth annual Onion Munch. They eat one pound of raw onions. And when they finish that, they get another pound. And the person who eats the most in two minutes wins. They should just say, eat as many onions as well. The point of a pound.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I didn't understand the.

[Will Friedle]

Eat as many onions as you can in two minutes. It's that simple. If you can't eat anymore, you go directly to the fryer holding tank. And this brings me to a very quick story. So Susan and I were at the mall, the local mall one day, and we walk in, and a new hot dog place had opened in the mall. And we love hot dogs, big hot dogs. We don't eat them because they're bad for you, but we love hot dogs. I could live on hot dogs. Total desert island food. Love hot dogs. I know they're made from all the ass ends and elbows of every other animal, but don't care. They're delicious. So we get there, and so one

[Sabrina Bryan]

reason I go to baseball games.

[Will Friedle]

Thank you. Oh, my God. So I get there, and there's. They're setting up for a hot dog eating contest.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, gosh.

[Will Friedle]

And they come up to sue, and I'm like, do you guys want to sit in? I wanted to. Sue did not. But I was like, no, we're not gonna. Okay, we'll watch, though. We've gotta watch. So we sit down, and there's some of these professional hot dog eaters. Like, there's this one woman who I ended up following on Instagram who just eats for a living. And then there's a bunch of other people, and then there's this one woman, little old lady, probably in her 70s, late 70s, who's sitting down there. And they obviously came up to her at the mall, like they did to sue and I, and said, do you want to join a hot dog eating contest? And she went, sure. And during the hot dog eating contest, she ate one hot dog slowly. She was just eating her lunch. They gave her a free hot dog. And sue and I were looking at each other like, that's brilliant. What the hell are we. We went and bought hot dogs. We should have said yes. And sat there with this woman and just casual. She was, like, looking around, watching everybody eat, and she's just casually eating her hot dog.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Keep going, keep going.

[Will Friedle]

Brilliant. I'm like, why did we not. And we're looking at each other like, she literally. She's just having her lunch for free. And like, what the hell are we? That's the wisdom that comes with age, Sabrina. Because it was like, what the hell? It was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, that's good. That is good. I love that. I thought you were going to tell me that. She, like, was like a no. Retired hot dog eating champion.

[Will Friedle]

She came out of retirement to win the yellow belt again. Yeah. Crazy.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Just had one hot dog, sat there and just ate her lunch and had a front row seat and was able to clap. Keep going.

[Will Friedle]

She was not. You could tell she wasn't trying to rush. She's like, I'm gonna slowly sit here and eat my hot dog while you're choking these down. It was brilliant. So back at the onion eating contest, Veronica clearly wants to win. The bell rings and off they go. Paige is crying, obviously, and she and Megan call it quits. In the end, it comes down to Veronica competing under the name Esther Chen and that rude old man contestant. While Bonnie Tyler's I need a hero. I need a hero. Which is what I hear every time I eat hot dogs or onions or anything in bulk. But while in the loser's Friar, Paige and Megan look over and they spot Mesmer dressed as the giant onion. While eating a giant onion again, the old chauvinist then throws up and is quickly disqualified. Veronica wins, but someone has exposed her as a fraud. She's clearly not Esther Chen. To escape the situation and get to Mesmer, Paige and Megan yell at Veronica to parkour. So she jumps off the stage and lands flat on her face. And I watched it three times. It was such a funny beat.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I really thought we were gonna get some cool.

[Will Friedle]

Me too.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Hardcore. I did. I really was like, this is Veronica's moment. This is it. They're finally letting her show her skills.

[Will Friedle]

And then she went it with the way she went. Just the splat. And she's just.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my God. It was so funny. Really good.

[Will Friedle]

Really funny beat. Mesmer, of course, has now escaped. Now the girls are riding their bikes. Stolen bikes, magical bikes, whatever. Bikes down a. Where do they come from? Bikes down a nearby street. And Veronica announces she's never eating an onion again. Paige says they do have one more clue, though, and Megan is wearing it. So they head to Jake's house, and he's skateboarding outside. When they arrive, Megan panics. She can't believe she's still wearing a sweatshirt with one eyebrow and onion breath. They have an awkward exchange, and he's surprised they don't remember anything from last night. He thought they came back to get what's in his garage. He opens the door and it's the hedgehog mobile. Hedgy. They did steal it. Paige says they gotta get this thing to Groundtown Cafe. By 2pm to get Anna Maria. But Jake knows they won't make it by foot, so he's gonna have to help them out. They move the hedgehog to the street, and Megan puts on a helmet. She is ready. They're doing this for Anna Maria. Jake pushes the float down the hill, and the hedgehog starts gaining downhill speed. They're all screaming. The hedgehog's going 26, 25, 24. It's all. They're breaking the speed limit, which is 25, and they almost hit a guy with a leaf blower. Then a tire pops and Paige jumps off. Then Veronica falls off. It's just Megan now who, like we saw in the opening credits, crashes into the sidewalk and goes flying into the air. Then this is where she breaks the fourth wall again. And the last and only time, the screen freezes again on midair. Megan, who apologizes to the audience, saying she still doesn't have any answers. Then she lands in a dumpster. All this was very clever. She wonders if she's dead and if this is heaven. But Jake says it was awesome and helps her out of the dumpster. Everyone's impressed, but Megan is tired of being dirty, reckless, hungry, and stuck with Veronica. She just wants her eyebrow back. Paige says they're almost at the finish line. They just need to trade the hedgehog for Anna Maria. And so now it's time for the swap. The marching band is already there and ready to take back the float. And so when it's time to hand over what the girls want, it's not Anna. It's Megan's green, tiny, crappy flip phone. I don't even think it was a flip phone. It was just a phone. Yes, someone dropped it at the school last night. But Veronica and Paige say it's not theirs. Eventually, Megan admits it's hers. The marching band asked if it's an iPhone -12. And someone even asks if it texts in hieroglyphics funny dialogue. The band literally marches off, disgusted. And they love how they're like, wait, you thought we kidnapped a kid? Like, what are you thinking? Yeah. Crazy. Megan now knows that this is officially very, very bad. It's time to tell Anna Maria's parents. Paige agrees. Jake and the girls all ride back to Anna Maria's house with the duck safely in Veronica's fanny pack. When they get there, Anna Maria's mom isn't home, and they don't want to tell her dad because it's his wedding day. Veronica was wondering who took the video proof of them with the hedgehog. Jake says it was probably Penny. She was with them. Paige tells Megan and Jake to deal with the basement, and Veronica and her will handle the little girl. We're now in the basement. Megan and Jake small talk, and I don't know why. I have no. I can't explain it. Loved this couple.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I. I loved them.

[Will Friedle]

Loved them.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I want there to be a sequel just about their. Their life together.

[Will Friedle]

I love how they wrote this. They wrote Jake. He's supposed to be cool, but there was nothing about him trying to be cool. He was vulnerable. He was. That. It was. I loved this couple. I really did.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I loved the nod to the old hot guy, like, the old, like, you know, of a different age, where he brushes his hair back. He does.

[Will Friedle]

He does the rider strong. That's the rider strong.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He doesn't do that. The older generation of the hot guy that brushes his hair back instead of the hair flip. I still can't get over that. But, oh, he was so adorable. They played this so well together. Their chemistry. They were so cute. Like, honestly, one of my favorite couples that we've seen in a dcom.

[Will Friedle]

Honestly, I. They're 100% agree with you.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, they. They might, you know.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, for the. For the award show. I hundred. 100 agree with you. Well, they small talk with her, explaining that she's had to try a lot of new things over the last 24 hours. She wonders if this is what high school feels like. He admits he avoided basketball tryouts because he was afraid he wouldn't make the team, but now maybe he will. He smiles at Megan and their knees touch. He goes in for a kiss, but then she jumps up. They should probably just keep cleaning before Mrs. Guerrero gets home. We're now in Penny's room. A doll's arm is being destroyed in a blender. Penny's tied to the bed and screaming, not my Misty Macintosh. Paige threatens her. Either tell them where Anna Maria is or she'll cut the doll's hair off. But before Penny could even say anything, Veronica cuts off a braid and puts it in the blender. Now, freaked. Penny swears she doesn't know where Anna Maria is, but Veronica doesn't see a real tear. She thinks she's lying and grabs one of Penny's toy horses. Outside Anna Maria's, Megan and Jake throw away the last trash bag from the basement. He says he'll see her around, but she has a feeling she'll be on lockdown until her 20s. He promises to ride by her window and check on her as he walks away. He says, it's true. She is flutiful. Then she runs back and kisses him. And I'm saying it right now. Favorite kiss in a decom.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my gosh, Will. Me too.

[Will Friedle]

Favorite kiss in a dcom.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Love. This was the perfect of their correct age kiss.

[Will Friedle]

Perfect.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was the perfect one. It wasn't too much and truly this was. It reminded me of like my first kiss as it was like, okay, we like, it wasn't. It was like it was in and out, very short and sweet. Got it done. Like next session could be better and longer, but this was. We just got it done. And you're so cute and I really like you. And oh my gosh, we just kissed.

[Will Friedle]

It was so great. And I love how she walks over and she then says one of the coolest lines ever. She says, I think you forgot this, and then kisses him. So great. I just. I literally clap when they kiss. I never do that. And I'm like, am I creepy for doing this? But rooting for this 13 year old couple and the best dcom kiss I've seen so far, bar none.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Again, I loved it because it was short. It was her that decided to get the courage to go ahead and go for it. And he was so like a gentleman like kiss. And then when it was done, he looked at her and he was happy and he like.

[Will Friedle]

And they both turn and they're both smiling as they walk away.

[Angel, Diego, and Jason from Agusto Papa]

It was.

[Will Friedle]

It was great. It was. It was a. I hate to say this again because it sounds creepy, but a wonderful dcom kiss. It really was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was. It was so adorable.

[Will Friedle]

I said it out loud. I'm like, there it is. Favorite kiss in a dcom so far.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. Because it wasn't like. Oh. And it wasn't awkward.

[Will Friedle]

Nope.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like I said, their chemistry together as two actors was wonderful.

[Will Friedle]

It was great. It was absolutely great. Favorite kiss so far in dcom. We are back in Penny's room now. Megan enters just as the stuffed horse is on its way to the microwave. Okay. She breaks at that and tells them everything the story goes. In order to prove to her sister that she could keep her mouth shut, Penny hid a note that was left on the bathroom mirror this morning. It was from Anna Maria saying she went on a B day hike alone. With that, they run off, leaving Penny tied to the bed. We're now out on a hiking trail. The girls all scream out for Anna Maria and they find her sleeping on a waterfront park bench. She has two tampons inside her nostrils. She says she's good, but Asks why she's wearing Santa pants. She sees Megan's eyebrow and the duck in Veronica's pocket and is obviously even more confused. Anna's face hurts and she's bloody and has no idea why. All she knows is she couldn't sleep because all she was thinking about were the terrible things she said to her dad. She came outside to sort things out. She loves her dad and wants him to be happy. The girls say it's okay to freak out about her family because it's changing. They apologize to one another and now it's time to get Anamaria to her dad's wedding. It starts in 30 minutes, which I would have given them way more time. Yeah, it didn't.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We got one hour. We got at least an hour.

[Will Friedle]

Something because they had to deliver the thing at 2. I get it. But okay, because all of a sudden, now Anna Maria has magically made it to the wedding just in time. The same way they got the magical bikes, apparently. They're showered, the hair and makeup is done. She's no longer smelly, her face doesn't look bruised, she's got no blood. And she tells her dad that she's really happy for him and they hug. Veronica arrives in a teal green fluffy coat suit and calls Mikey. They're co parenting the duck. Veronica reveals she'll be staying at Anna's place while their parents honeymoon and says she'll try to stay out of her way. But Anna Maria says, no need, they're cool now. And your mom isn't the beast troll with the bad highlights. I said she was. Anna Maria's dad then tells Anna there's a surprise waiting for her by the altar and it's Megan and Paige holding a cake, singing Happy Birthday. They hug and freak out. They hug and freak out that Megan kissed Jake. Veronica says her mom also said yes for another slumber party at her house. Just as the waiter asks if they need plates and oh man, it's Mesmer. What luck. He's about to give them the trigger word, but Anna Maria pulls them aside. Whatever they remember, they can't hold it against each other. Friendship first. And so they make the deal. Mesmer says the trigger word is freshman. And suddenly they instantly remember everything. Then we get the credits, and just like the hangover, we see clips from the slumber party. While dancing, Paige accidentally elbowed Anna Maria in the nose, causing the blood everywhere. Megan actually shaved off her own eyebrows and they all TP Jake's house. Veronica also parkoured at Jake's house and is brilliant. We see Megan and Jake on top of the hedgehog mobile like Jake and Ro. Like Jack and Rose from the Titanic. And the movie ends with them walking arm in arm and then running down the street.

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[Will Friedle]

Sabrina? Can we do some real reviews?

[Sabrina Bryan]

We actually absolutely can. This first one is a one star from Lori. Ooh, Lori. Slow, forced movie about mean girls who pick on each other and constantly roll their eyes. Somehow it was okay for them to be hateful and unkind for the entire movie to the overweight, homeschooled Jewish girl. Even though she was the most enjoyable character, it was boring and un. Unfunny. Lori.

[Will Friedle]

Do they get into the fact that she's Jewish?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I didn't know she was Jewish.

[Will Friedle]

I didn't know she was Jewish.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know if they pinpointed that out or she's just assuming.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, that was weird. Anyway, I completely and totally disagree with you, Lori.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't think they make one comment about her way either do either.

[Will Friedle]

No, no.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think they just think she's. She's different from them in the sense of like, she's got a really funky little personality, which I end up enjoying at the end. And so do they. Like, that's the whole point.

[Will Friedle]

That Was weird. I have the five star. And this is, of course, from Meow Owens. I love this review. The first act of this movie had me a bit exhausted as a viewer. I struggled to watch in general. That is, until the entire film was uplifted by Tyler Gula's performance as an extra. He had a certain way of making the background worth paying attention to. The scenes at the onion fest where Gula's performance predominantly shines, stood no chance without a support. I don't normally let one good performance determine the outcome of my movie reviews, but it feels insulting and almost inhumane not to give this movie the 10 out of 10 that it deserves with Gula's skill and craftsmanship. I look forward to a sequel, hopefully where Gula gets more scream time. So this was obviously written by Tyler Gula. Am I correct?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right? Yes. Or Tyler Gula's, like, best friend, girlfriend something. Girlfriend something.

[Will Friedle]

We did not see you, Tyler. I don't know where you were.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So funny, so strange.

[Will Friedle]

But five stars. And now we get to go into Sabrina's favorite part of the program. Of course. That is our feature game. And we're playing with a new producer today, aren't we? Who do we have with us today?

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's Maddie. Hello.

[Will Friedle]

Hello, Maddie. Welcome to the game. This is the game where producer Jensen makes us look stupid every week, and I'm sure this week is going to be no exception. So here we go. We've got our game. This week is called let's slumber party. Ooh, sounds creepy. This movie made sure. This movie sure made slumber parties look fun. So we went to the website funboy.com, which seems like it could be a way different website, and I'm not googling that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Jason, where are we going with this?

[Will Friedle]

Yikes. And got the 10 best games you can play at a sleepover. You will get five chances to get three right Guess away. And it is not multiple choice. There's no list. We just have to guess.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Guess.

[Will Friedle]

So you go. You go one, and then I'll go one. How about that? Or I go one and you go one.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Whichever one you like. I'm gonna go with the first one of Twister. Twister is not on the list. No.

[Will Friedle]

What? I'm gonna say truth or dare.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, that is correct. Yes, Will.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, one for me. Sabrina, what do you got?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I was gonna spin the bottle, but that's not probably.

[Will Friedle]

It might be. It might be.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, because I only get five chances. All right, fine. Spin the bottle. It's on the list. Is that One.

[Angel, Diego, and Jason from Agusto Papa]

Really?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

There you go.

[Sabrina Bryan]

On a slumber party list. This is. Okay. It's a classic.

[Will Friedle]

It's also. I guess it would. The question is, how old a slumber party is this? I mean, is it a slumber party or a sleepover? Because I could easily say pong or not pong. Beer pong. But I'm not sure that it's like, Is this for kids? Like, what kind of slumber part? So I'll say charades. Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Good job.

[Will Friedle]

Two. Two for me. What do you got, Sabrina?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay. Another game.

[Will Friedle]

By the way, technically we won because the way Jensen wrote this is we had to guess three together with five guesses.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

And we've already won, but you guess again. Let's see if we can each get three.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Let's see, Like, I guess a game. I don't know any other games. Hide and seek. Yes. Is it okay? I kind of like, let you have that one, but yes, that is correct. What does it actually say then? Hide and seek.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, it does. But it wasn't like, you know, you didn't lock in your answer, so I kind of. But yes. Trying to think of like,

[Will Friedle]

oh, I got one, I got one. No, it's my turn now. You don't.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know, I know.

[Will Friedle]

Ouija board.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, no, no.

[Will Friedle]

Really?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Seance.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, I'm gonna say no for that one. Will. Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Wow. So it's not a Ouija board. Interesting.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Favorite ones that we used to do. Oh, yes. Stiff is a board.

[Will Friedle]

Light as a feather. Stiff as a board.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, I hated that. That I hate. I always had to go to the bathroom when everyone else was doing that.

[Will Friedle]

It freaked me out.

[Sabrina Bryan]

What is it called when you have a list of stuff and you have to go door to door? What is that called? Like, oh, it's a.

[Will Friedle]

A treasure hunt.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, it's not called Treasure Hunt, but it is. That idea. Ding dong ditching.

[Chiquis]

Is that what you want?

[Sabrina Bryan]

No. Is that on the list? No. Oh, no, it's.

[Will Friedle]

It's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I guess it's. I guess it could be called Treasure Hunt, but it's. There's another, like, little bit. A different name, but, you know, like that list, that was my favorite thing that to do, like going to the neighborhood and being like, can we get two rolls of toilet paper?

[Will Friedle]

Do you have a special. Is it not called a treasure hunt?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't think it is. I think it's something else, but we'll call it a Treasure Hunt. Is that on it? No. Okay, hang on a second.

[Will Friedle]

Are you thinking of scavenger? Hunt.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Scavenger hunt. Yes. I loved that. That was so fun. Okay. Scavenger hunt is on there.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. Yeah, that's a treasure hunt. That's the same thing.

[Chiquis]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I was trying to figure out kind of what that was. Okay. Yes, you got that right.

[Will Friedle]

So we got most of them then I think.

[Sabrina Bryan]

What are the ones we didn't get? Okay, so you didn't get a pillow fight, which is a classic balloon stomp. I'm not sure what that is.

[Will Friedle]

I think it's just blowing up balloons then popping them. What a stupid game.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. Oh, there's. There is one where you have to, like. It's like you get into two teams and, like, you have to do, like, three. You have to sit on them and try to pop them faster than.

[Will Friedle]

Unless. Unless there's one balloon in there that has a needle. That's not fun. That's when you. That's when it's a game. When you hear one friend go like, ah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, ah.

[Will Friedle]

Billy found it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So that's on there. And then movie night marathon is also

[Will Friedle]

one of them game.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. I wouldn't consider that again.

[Will Friedle]

I can't believe Ouija board isn't on there.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. So I'll tell you. So number nine was blindfolded makeup, which is very specific. Okay. And then number 10. This is where I was like, well, you didn't quite get it. It's board games. Ouija board. No, that's different, though. Ouija board's gotta exit. That's gonna be like a sorry or, you know, stop.

[Will Friedle]

No, Ouija board was like. You would always do something that got a little scary.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That kind of thing. Yes. Right. Yeah. Or like, scary storytelling time.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Kidding. By seventh grade, we were just playing smoke as many cigarettes as you can. Yeah. It was not a good game. Thank you very much, producer Matty. We won, by the way. We won. Can we do a Sabrina Seas, please? Sabrina? See?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. The first thing that pops in my head when we see this hedgehog is I was like, oh, my gosh. The Disney version of a Shaggin Wagon from Dumb and Dumber. I loved it. It was awesome. The. The grasshopper phone is what it's called. I thought was absolutely genius. And I thought you were gonna love it because I'm like, will wishes his phone still.

[Will Friedle]

Hell, yes, I want a dumb phone.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I love that. I love it. And I thought it was genius. As far as, you know what parents think about having, like, a smartphone, having so many, like, so much access to the Internet and all that stuff versus it Being really about what it should be is, like, the ability to communicate back and forth with your parents. I thought that was actually really awesome. And then quick, quick, quick story. So as I went to watch this movie, I turn on Disney and I got, you know, the full page, and there was this thing of Richard Simmons, and I was like, oh. I'm like, oh, my goodness. He passed away not long ago. So I watched the trailer to the Richard Simmons, like, docu series. Not docu series, but, like, it's gonna be with Barbara Walters and all that stuff.

[Will Friedle]

A documentary about him.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Documentary about him and his life and interview and stuff like that. And I literally watched it. And then what? We're into the movie, like, three or four minutes, and there he is. I'm like, first of all, these kids even knowing about a Richard Simmons is hilarious to me again. Then it. Then it opened my eyes into looking into this basement. We already went through it. I don't have to do it. But, like, this basement, as is of a. Not just one generation, but you're going down, like, multiple generations. Like, transform. Very cool. But, like, not really very realistic, I don't think.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, fair enough.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But I loved the set decoration of it. I thought it was so, so awesome. I thought again. And now we're venturing onto this Disney. Not Disney type. The parents letting this older man downstairs into this basement without any supervision. Hypnotizing these kids was weird to me.

[Will Friedle]

Really?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, right from there. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Like, that wasn't on our list of things to do at night in a slumber party, have strange man come and hypnotize you.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, if that's gonna happen and they're gonna. There's gonna be. I'm gonna be down in this basement watching this man. Like, probably making Jordan come down there with me.

[Will Friedle]

Question I have to ask, even at 14.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Really?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Because the basement, that's so. Like, it would be different, like, here in my house, like, open format. Like, if this was at my house, like, and they were in, like, the family room, I would be in the kitchen or the living room, like, somewhere where I can hear what's going on. I can easily see it. You're not going down in the basement with my daughters and, like, her three best friends doing nothing without me in there.

[Will Friedle]

Sir, Sir.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sorry, not happening. That was so weird. Okay, now we get to the. So then that was, like, a part of me where I'm like, disney, what's going on?

[Will Friedle]

I can see that. I can see that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's starting to freak me out. The what the duck. That happened the first one with it on the screen. And we get like, what? What? WTD is okay? That's fine. Wtd. Because it's the same thing as saying, like. Like, wtf? Instead of saying the actual words.

[Will Friedle]

Right?

[Sabrina Bryan]

But then we fast forward later into the movie, right after the Onion Festival, when Paige actually says, what the duck? And then I was like, not cool. Not cool. Because this is now going, okay. Am I having to screen dcoms before I allow Monroe to watch them? Because at this point, I would watch. I would let her watch any zombies, any descendants I would love without seeing it before at all, knowing that it's not appropriate. There's nothing that's gonna shock me. There's not something that she's going to repeat that's gonna piss me off. And if she repeats what the duck to me, I'm gonna be pissed. I am gonna be so pissed. So that's the only thing where I'm like, Disney, I get that we're aging it up or we're gonna do whatever, but, like, if we don't know the boundaries as parents, then we can't just, like, willfully let you, like, you know, like, I screen pretty much everything that she watches, but I don't screen anything that's on Disney on her Disney Channel stuff, like. Or what is the kids version of Disney stuff? Right, Right. So that's when I was like, ooh, okay.

[Will Friedle]

Hey, I don't have kids, so I don't ever have to worry about this stuff. But that's legitimate. I mean, if she. Now, would you get a call from school if she started saying what the duck? To everything going on? Like, oh, what the duck? Would. Would the school call and be like, she's not really swearing.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But I don't think I'd get a call. I think at pickup, the teacher would she. Because she goes to a private Christian school. So I think they would be. It. The elementary school that I eventually went to, like, when I was like. So I went to this private Christian school until fourth grade. If I was at my public elementary, from my experience, I don't know if they would have said anything.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, probably not. But when I school, they teach you how to swear.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So that's where I learned.

[Will Friedle]

Me, too.

[Sabrina Bryan]

When I went to public school at fourth grade. And then this is. I'm still. But, like, that was jumping still in my notes in the order of things. I'm like, why were these kids drugged? Like, the more that they keep talking about it, I'm like, they weren't they were hypnotized. Yeah, I know, but it was. It was kind of getting a little scary for me. I loved the we. You. Jensen didn't put it in the script, but the name of the company that Mesmer came from was Captain Bootleg Character Parties. I loved that name. Captain Bootleg Character Parties. That was so good. The next one was, there's a lot of them. The brother in the car who is the getaway car is literally going to wait until they get in the car to then turn on the car.

[Will Friedle]

I know. Why is the car not running? Why is the car not running? I told you to leave it running in front of the bank. Come on. Come on, Mikey.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I've never done it ever, but I know that rule. And then the eating of the onions killed me. Love it. Could you even imagine eating. You've ate a whole onion? Like an.

[Will Friedle]

I don't know if I've done a whole onion, but I've taken big bites out of an onion. Like an apple.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sure, but an entire onion. Think about how. Yeah, I could see an acidic. That would be to get into your skin.

[Will Friedle]

The acidity, that would be the worst part. Yeah, but the flavor. I love an onion.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. And then we already talked about the first kids. The hike alone threw me off because she didn't want to go on the hike to begin with her dad.

[Will Friedle]

She didn't want to go with her dad. So she was going by herself to

[Sabrina Bryan]

kind of stupid hike.

[Will Friedle]

Right. But then she was doing. She was doing that specifically to hurt her father.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, all right, fine. I'll go past that. The last thing I want to say is, at this age in junior high, you getting to wear your crushes sweatshirt and actually him giving it to her and saying she can keep it.

[Will Friedle]

Huge.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They might as well be married. And I remember that, like, being the. I remember the first time I got to, like, wear my crush. And we were kind of. See, like, it was that whole junior high thing and we're at home and it. It smelt like Cool waters. His cologne. And I kept it forever. Like, I mean. Oh, that was the best. Because boys always had the best sweatshirts. They were the comfiest. No, I don't have it. I actually one time had a garage sale and I sold all of my ex's sweatshirts for a dollar.

[Will Friedle]

How many did you have?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I collect sweatshirts anyway. Like, I probably have over a hundred of them. But I went through all of mine and I kept finding ones that, like, they were guys that, like, I had dated. And I Was like, I gotta get rid of these. And we were already having a garage sale. And so I just one by one said oscillue and I made a dollar.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, God, it's so fun. It's nice to know what your exes mean to you. They mean a dollar.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Not even that. I would have given them away for free.

[Will Friedle]

Nice. Oh, thank you so much. By the way, I will add another little quick story because you brought. Brought him up. When I was on Nickelodeon, my co host, one of my co hosts, Wendy Douglas and I were flown out to Los Angeles to interview a bunch of people. And one of the days we had was with Richard Simmons. And so we walk into his studio and we're waiting there for him. And he gets there a little bit late. There's all these people there ready to take one of his classes. And he walks in, he goes, well, Wendy. And he starts throwing his VHS at us. Take my. Take my tapes. Take my tapes. And we're like grabbing him out of the air. And then he kicked out the camera crew and just kept Wendy and I in there for the class where first we did the sweating to the oldies a little bit. And then we all sat in a circle and he read letters from some of his fans talking about how he helped save their life and stuff. And he was openly weeping as he's reading these letters with all these people. And again, he wouldn't allow cameras in. They were not allowed to. So it was just Wendy and I there with all these other people that had just taken the class. There's probably be 25 of us in a circle just sitting down as he's reading these letters and crying. He, I knew, I quote unquote, knew the man for two hours. And it's all I needed to know exactly the type of person he was. He was just so sweet. And so it was, it was one of those. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And took what his mission was so seriously.

[Will Friedle]

Well, he was like he. 300 something pounds. He was. He was big at one point of his life. So, yeah, it was. That was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was special to meet him. Knew how much it was for so many people. And I'm sure the way. I can't wait to watch the documentary because I'm sure there's going to be a lot of like, kind of sadness with it. But like the weight, the weight on his shoulders that he must have carried because so many people really did love and need him, you know, so. But all the love and the energy he brought to this world.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it was great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. Very cool guy.

[Will Friedle]

Now it's time in our program where we are going to score the last film that we saw our options this week. Well, first of all, we're going to go one to ten.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Five is going to be the middle. Okay. So here we go. One out of ten tiny, tiny green cell phones. Brian Austin green VHS tapes. One out of ten Nutella names. One out of ten fart sneezes. One out of ten mystery bikes. One out of ten onion munches. Dcom curse words. One out of ten touching knees. Or one out of ten extras named Tyler Gulas. What? Would you like to pick this one?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I kind of can't. I can't really. I mean, I think I'm gonna go with Fart sneezes just because it's.

[Will Friedle]

Because it's funny to say I'm glad you did.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I'm an 8 year old kid.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly.

[Sabrina Bryan]

An 8 year old boy.

[Will Friedle]

That's how I am. I think you're first this time. I think I went first time. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. I got to pick and I go first. I. Okay. It's hard to judge as a movie. I liked it. I thought it was great as a dcom, it threw me multiple times. Because when I watch these movies now, and I guess we're coming up onto a different world of dcoms, I guess is what this is becoming. When I watch dcoms, it's like I look for things that I'm like, oh, this would really resonate. I hope when Monroe gets to a certain age, this would be it. Now this is a coming of age. I wouldn't let Monroe watch this until she was like 1312 or 1312, probably. I wouldn't let her watch it now because again, I'm scared she's gonna start repeating something. I don't want her. That's fair. But in general, as a kids movie, let's call it a tweens movie. I thought it was great and I liked it. I thought there was a time the onion, that whole onion aspect probably could have been taken away. It really didn't do anything for the storyline except give us Veronica's parkour fall.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. Which is great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Which was kind of worth it. But other than that, not necessary. Even the saving of the ducks, those were kind of missions that didn't.

[Will Friedle]

They're just. It's just supposed to get you to the next one.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. It's just getting you to the next. But. But I thought it was a great little young Disney take on the Hangover. I love the Hangover. So seeing a younger version was actually Very fun and I love it. And I'm sorry, I thought I forgot what I was doing there. And I would give this a 7.5. Fart sneezes.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

For the sneeze farts, which is. Fart sneezes.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. You know, you want to fart, sneeze. You don't want to sneeze, fart fart. Two different things. To be honest. She did a sneeze fart is what it should be. You know, I can only look at what dcoms are. So if this is what dcom is now, then I can only watch it as a movie as this is the dcom. We thought the same thing with Prom Pact where it's just they're obviously kids are changing or at least what kids are being shown is changing. And this is kind of the new wave. That said, I really liked this movie. I thought the cast was great, it moved quickly. It was laugh out loud funny at times. I loved the relationship between her and her love interest. You're just rooting for them. I thought this was a solid movie all the way around. And I'm actually giving this an 8.5.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wow.

[Will Friedle]

Fart sneezes or sneeze farts. This was, I thought really, it could even be a nine. I mean, this was just. This was a solid movie all the way around. And again, I get what you're saying. No, I'm going to change it. It's going to be a nine. It's. This was a good movie. The script was good, the acting was good, the direction was good, the music was good, it moved. You cared about people. The dialogue was witty. Yeah, yeah. So this is. This is a 9. Fart sneezes. For me, I thought this was a very fun movie. I really did. But is our next movie going to be fun? There is the question. Our next movie takes us back to the niche category of sci fi dcom with the 1999 alien comedy can of Worms.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh no, never heard it.

[Will Friedle]

Is it bad?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, never. Oh no, never heard of it. And it's currently on Disney for you to watch early. So jump in and get ready. But in the meantime, this week we have an amazing bonus Park Hopper episode dropping on the dedicated magical rewind feed. And we don't want you to miss out. We chatted with, well, an old co star of mine who somehow took our failed show together and turned it into roles on some of TV's best like Mayor of Kingston Town, the Pit Bird Box, and the OC but we only care about one thing. We talked to actor Taylor Hanley about his time on the very strange dcom Phantom of the Megaplex. Take a listen at what you can expect. When did you first hear about Phantom of the Megaplex? It was just in the queue. It was right, I think it was, it might have been right after, like auditioning for the 13th year and I had gone up for so many Disney originals. I was just like, oh God, here's another one, you know, and it just, it just clicked. I remember, I got it. It was, I remember leaving to fly to Toronto July 3rd of the year that I turned 16. So that was 2000. Very excited for everyone to hear that one. Imagine being on the pit and someone calls to talk to you about Phantom of the Megaplex.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right?

[Will Friedle]

Just make sure you're subscribed to the dedicated Magical Rewind podcast feed to make sure you hear all of the interviews as well. Well, the rest of the amazing stuff we've got over there, some great DCOM coverage and we've got some cool ones coming up for you. We've got some great guests coming up from you. I'm not going to spoil it, but maybe even someone who starred in the last movie that we just watched. O and we're gonna have to go out and get Sabrina a new boy sweatshirt. Thank you everybody and we'll see you next time.

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