Harriet the Spy (1996)
This Ends at Prom
Brennan Klein
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
"You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life."
On February 26, 2025, the world lost an influential performer in Michelle Trachtenberg. An icon in the world of teen movies and TV dramas, she first came into the hearts of many as the titular HARRIET THE SPY. In honor of her life, The Wives Colangelo are discussing one of the best kid's movies (that isn't structured at all like a kid's movie) that only feels like it's gotten more special as years have gone by. The first Nickelodeon film ever was unafraid to tackle difficult topics, difficult children, and the difficulties of growing up. Get your spy kit ready because we've got a lesbian nanny to learn from!
Rest in peace, Michelle. Thank you for everything.
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Article Referenced
My Cool Friend Michelle: https://www.vulture.com/article/mara-wilson-essay-child-actress-michelle-trachtenberg.html
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations. And welcome to This Ends at Prom. |
| 0:05.0 | A coming of age podcast highlighting cinema about or marketed towards teen girls. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm one of your hosts, BJ Colangelo, and I'm joined by my wife. |
| 0:14.6 | Harmony Colangelo, a trans woman who grew up watching none of these movies. |
| 0:18.9 | Is today's movie a Queen Bee? |
| 0:20.9 | Or are we killing the teen dream? |
| 0:23.2 | Get in loser. |
| 0:24.4 | We're analyzing the movies. |
| 0:25.8 | People make fun of us for loving. |
| 0:28.5 | I don't want to be your merch girl. |
| 0:31.8 | I want to be your goddamn idol. |
| 0:35.3 | And I don't want to have to work twice as hard for the same motherfucking title |
| 0:41.3 | but I realize that I probably won't be so lucky. |
| 1:00.0 | The time has come, the walrus said. |
| 1:08.0 | Oh, did you expect me to know this? |
| 1:27.8 | To talk of many things? Of shoes and ships and ceiling wax of cabbages and kings? It's many things indeed. And why the sea is boiling hot and weatherpigs of wings? No, I do not know this poem, Pha, I'm sorry. Oh, no, harmony. Way to let me down. I thought I was going to be so cute. I'm going to leave you hanging so hard. |
| 1:29.1 | That's fine. |
| 1:30.1 | It's fine. |
| 1:31.6 | Hi, prom party. |
| 1:33.5 | We're talking about Harriet the spy. |
| 1:36.0 | Let's see how long it takes for me to cry. |
| 1:37.6 | Yeah. |
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