S4 E17 - Spiderhunt

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10/21/24 • 62 min

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 17, Spiderhunt, which originally aired on Feb 24, 2015 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Steve Welch.

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Schmidt is having Nick cook for Fawn’s first visit to the loft, but chaos ensues when Schmidt freaks out after a spider is spotted. The whole loft splits up to look for the spider before Fawn arrives. Meanwhile, Cece confides in Winston and eventually Jess that she really likes Schmidt.

This episode got a 9/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Winston!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

American Pie - When Schmidt was describing how he first became afraid of spiders, he mentioned that it was 1999 and the movie, American Pie, was “sweeping the nation”.
Beverly Hills, 90210 / Dylan / Brenda / Kelly - When Jess guessed that Cece liked Nick, she said she felt like “Brenda when Kelly dated Dylan” and Winston mentioned that he knew those were characters from the “original 90210”. They also mentioned that Dylan’s nickname was “Peach Pit”.
Andy Cohen / Bethenny [Frankel] / Nene [Leakes] - Nick commented that he was surprised that Jess didn’t want to hear about the popcorn machine because “she’ll listen to Schmidt discussing Andy Cohen discussing Bethenny discussing Nene.”
Ralph Macchio - Coach told Schmidt he couldn’t be on his shoulders because he had already used it on Halloween when they were a ten-foot-tall Ralph Macchio, who is the actor who played the main character in the movie Karate Kid.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 18!

Music: "Hotshot” by scottholmesmusic.com

Website: https://smallscreenchatter.com/

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 17, Spiderhunt, which originally aired on Feb 24, 2015 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Steve Welch.

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

This episode got a 9/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly and we both had the same favorite character: Winston!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

American Pie - When Schmidt was describing how he first became afraid of spiders, he mentioned that it was 1999 and the movie, American Pie, was “sweeping the nation”.
Beverly Hills, 90210 / Dylan / Brenda / Kelly - When Jess guessed that Cece liked Nick, she said she felt like “Brenda when Kelly dated Dylan” and Winston mentioned that he knew those were characters from the “original 90210”. They also mentioned that Dylan’s nickname was “Peach Pit”.
Andy Cohen / Bethenny [Frankel] / Nene [Leakes] - Nick commented that he was surprised that Jess didn’t want to hear about the popcorn machine because “she’ll listen to Schmidt discussing Andy Cohen discussing Bethenny discussing Nene.”
Ralph Macchio - Coach told Schmidt he couldn’t be on his shoulders because he had already used it on Halloween when they were a ten-foot-tall Ralph Macchio, who is the actor who played the main character in the movie Karate Kid.

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 18!

Music: "Hotshot” by scottholmesmusic.com

Website: https://smallscreenchatter.com/

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S4 E16 - Oregon

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 16, Oregon, which originally aired on February 17, 2015 and was written by Nina Pedrad and directed by Russ T. Alsobrook.

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

It’s Jess’s dad’s wedding so of course the whole loft, including Cece, are headed to Oregon.

This episode got a 6.5/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Nick and Kelly rated this episode an 8/10 and her favorite character was Schmidt!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

An Affair to Remember - Jess likened her Dad’s wedding to be similar to scenes from the movie An Affair to Remember.
Ryan Gosling - Winston commented that he found actor Ryan Gosling attractive.
Usher / [Justin] Bieber - Schmidt wanted to help Cece with Jake Apex and he was trying to role play with her saying he was Usher and she was Justin Bieber and that Jake Apex was the hot tracks they were going to make together.
[Bill] Cosby - When Joan and Jess were sad over Ryan not coming to Portland, Winston said, “this might not be the right time to say this, you guys, but, uh, should we take a straw poll on this whole Cosby thing?”
Lilith Fair / Method Man - When Jess stormed to her room, Nick came in and asked her how many “Lilith Fairs” did she go to, which Jess corrected to “Liliths Fair”. He also noted that Method Man performed at one.
Kate [Winslet] / Claire [Danes] / Leo[nardo] Dicaprio - Jess shared she felt like she and Ryan were star-crossed lovers, “like Kate and Leo... or... Claire and Leo, or... whatever blonde Leo is taking on boats.”
Jordan Catalano - Jess felt that from 1994 to 2001, the fictional TV character Jordan Catalano was gonna show up and she would need to care for him.
“Ave Maria” / The Muppets / Beaker / Cookie Monster - Jess needed to stall at her Dad’s wedding so she sang "Ave Maria” and then did Muppets impressions including the character Beaker and Cookie Monster.
“Sabotage” - When the acapella group, The Co-Pays, are signing the song “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys
Detroit Pistons - At Crush Pond, Coach wished for the Detroit Pistons to like him.

Additionally check out our website for pictures of the Keep Portland Weird sign, Lovejoy Fountain, and Mill End Park!

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 17!

Music: "Hotshot” by scottholmesmusic.com

Website: https://smallscreenchatter.com/

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S4 E18 - Walk of Shame

This podcast covers New Girl Season 4, Episode 18, Walk of Shame, which originally aired on March 3, 2015 and was written by Danielle Sanchez-Witzel and directed by Christine Gernon.

Here’s a quick recap of the episode:

Jess and Cece, emboldened by their new blowouts, are out for a good time, meanwhile, Coach and the rest of the loft is invited to watch May perform at an art show.

This episode got a 8/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Coach and Kelly rated this episode a 8.5/10 and her favorite character was Bearclaw!

While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:

Hillary Clinton - Cece and Jess were remarking on their blow-outs and Schmidt shared they can give a woman too much confidence and he then referenced Hillary Clinton.
Property Brothers - Bearclaw shared that twin architects would be at his party, referring to the “Property Brothers”, Jonathan and Drew Scott.
Taylor Swift - Jess and Cece were remembering what their hairdresser said while they got their blow-outs, which was that he was worried about Taylor Swift living in New York alone.
[Johann Sebastian] Bach / "Cello Suite No. 1" - May mentioned that she was playing Bach's "Cello Suite No. 1” for her performance.
Oscar Pistorius - Jess was making the point that “If that South African runner who killed his girlfriend can run with no legs, [she and Cece could] walk in heels.”
Neoromanticism / [Wolfgang] Rihm / [George] Rochberg / [Ellen Taaffe] Zwilich / Shine / [Sergei] Rachmaninoff - When we saw Coach at coffee with May and her friend, they were talking about classical music and mentioning Neoromanticism and composers like Rihm, Rochberg, Zwilich. Coach they tried to say he knew about classical music because he “played the ghost of Rachmaninoff in a loosely based high school production of Shine.”
Liza Minnelli - When Jess and Cece were found at the kids birthday party, Jess tried to pass as a Liza Minnelli impersonator.
Dukes of Hazzard / Isaiah Thomas - When in the bathroom at the art show, they guys mentioned that Coach embarasses them by sitting on the hood of his car when he pumps gas into it. They thought he was doing it to be like the TV show Dukes of Hazzard, but really Coach shared that he saw Isaiah Thomas do it on a poster once and he thought it looked cool.