Episode 240 || Book-TV-Movie

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The fall season means new TV, and Annie came prepared this week with a series of curated media samplers just for you. Also, Chris and Annie have some cultural amnesia regarding the respective careers of Amanda Bynes and Mandy Moore. You can find all of the following books for sale (or preorder) in The Bookshelf's online store. + The Politician (Netflix) + The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern + Election (dir. Alexander Payne, 1999) + Nancy Drew (The CW) + The Spellman Files by + Nancy Drew by Kelly Thompson and Jenn St. Onge + Nancy Drew (dir. Andrew Fleming, 2007) + Nancy Drew (dir. Kat Shea, 2019) + Succession (HBO) + All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg + This is Where I Leave You (dir. Shawn Levy, 2014) + The Righteous Gemstones (HBO) + The Preacher's Wife by Kate Bowler + The Book of Essie by Meghan McLean Weir + Saved! (dir. Brian Dannelly, 2004) + Unbelievable (Netflix) + A False Report by Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller + The Hunting Ground (dir. Kirby Dick, 2015) + The Unicorn (CBS) + Fleishman is in Trouble by + Three Men and a Baby (dir. Leonard Nimoy, 1987) Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris's ranking of Taylor Swift songs, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0	you just finished Jane the Virgin
0:02.9	finished the whole thing
0:04.3	which now like I think I did put you onto this
0:07.6	Rebecca and I years ago
0:08.9	You need to watch it you'll love it
0:10.4	It's like an extended rom-com
0:12.0	I am two seasons behind now
0:15.1	It reminds me so much
0:16.6	And now I do understand
0:17.9	The director
0:18.8	directed the last season or two of Gilmore Girls.
0:23.4	Yes.
0:24.0	David.
0:24.2	Yes, yes, yes, yes.
0:25.0	Rosenthal.
0:26.1	Because upon kind of revisiting, that show is so Gilmore Girls-esque, those women and their relationship.
0:35.2	It has a different, like, framework.
0:36.5	Yes.
0:36.9	But there's a lot of similar DNA. Oh, similar themes. Mm-hmm. Big fan. Just big fan. Like you maybe, didn't even stop watching on purpose, but when I was only watching it, I don't watch it on the CW, I watch it on Netflix. Yeah, same. So as a result, you're kind of behind. Right.
0:52.8	And then they did do some things that I thought were a little extreme, except it's supposed to be that way. Yeah. It's a telenovel. And because there were some things where I was like, I don't know that I need this. Like, this feels a little silly. And it does, but it's supposed to. And so then I got back in the rhythm of it and love it.
1:13.3	So finished it this weekend. this, like this feels a little silly, and it does, but it's supposed to. And so then I got back in the rhythm of it and love it.
1:15.1	So finish it this weekend.
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