S4 E41: 17 Again

11/15/23 • 54 min

17 Again is a 2009 American teen fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Burr Steers. This is the story of Mike O Donnell played by Matthew Perry and Zac Efron... this is a CLASSIC body swap movie... time swap movie... Mike O Donnell (Zac Efron) was the high school all star basketball jock, he had aspirations of playing college basketball until his girlfriend Scarlet became pregnant. That occurred back in 1989, now in present day Mike O’Donnell (Matthew Perry) is struggling with his career, cannot connect with his kids Alex played by Sterling Knight or Maggie played by Michelle Trachtenberg, and he has a failing marriage with Scarlet played by Leslie Mann. All of this comes to a head as Mike finds himself back at his old high school and after meeting a sage janitor his body is swapped back to his high school self (Zac Efron) so he can relive his high school days alongside his actual children who attend the same school. This film grossed 139 million dollars on a 40 million dollar budget.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S4 E40: You Again

You Again is a 2010 romantic comedy directed by Andy Fickman. This is the story of Marni Olsen played by Kristen Bell. Marni was tormented and bullied in highschool however at the time of our film is now a successful public relations executive in Los Angeles and was just promoted to a management job in New York. However, Marni returns back to her small town of Ridgefield to celebrate her brother, Will, played by James Wolk, wedding. As it turns out, Will is marrying Marni’s highschool bull Joanna or JJ played by Odette Yustman. The awkwardness is amped up when JJ’s aunt Ramona visits, played by Sigourney Weaver and SHE also has bad history with Marni’s mom Gail played by Jamie Lee Curtis... two generations of women... hating each other.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S4 E42: The Other Zoey

The Other Zoe is a 2023 Romantic Comedy on Amazon Prime, directed by Sarah Zandieh. This is the story of Zoe Miller played by Josephine Langford. Zoey is a computer major junior at Queen’s College... she is extremely intelligent in the field of programming and is trying to launch her dating app that specializes on matching people based on algorithms and shared interests and compatibility. Zoey however ends up in a classic, mistaken identity, amnesia love triangle with star soccer stud Zach McLaren played by Drew Starkey. Zach believes that he is dating this Zoey... because of a strange accident, instead there is another Zoey out there on vacation who he is actually dating... hence, the other Zoey. Shoutout to Miles who is our other love interest played by Archie Renaux.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.