The Princess Bride
Hot and Bothered
Not Sorry Productions
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet-up at The Cliffs of Insanity to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about The Princess Bride.
This week we discuss frame narratives, parental vs. romantic love, and why literally everyone loves this movie. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Thomas Doherty to talk to us about the legacy of Rob Reiner.
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| 0:00.0 | This week we start a new mini-season, which is our last mini-season about movies, at least for a while. |
| 0:11.0 | Our beloved Hannah needs to step away from the podcast and turn their attention to other important things. |
| 0:19.0 | So we're going to use that as an opportunity to pivot the show. |
| 0:23.5 | More information on what we're pivoting to soon. |
| 0:27.5 | We aren't changing the format until May, so we're giving you a lot of warning. |
| 0:34.4 | We're going to have some great guests, but because Hannah is leaving and we are transitioning |
| 0:40.1 | away from romantic movies, at least for a while, this mini-season is called Our Absolute Faves. |
| 0:49.5 | There's some movies that Hannah and I realize that part of our souls would die if we didn't cover on this show. |
| 0:58.3 | We are not going to be able to cover all of those movies, but we are going to cover some of them, and it'll have to be enough for now. |
| 1:08.1 | This week, Hannah got to pick, and luckily for me, they picked a movie that is also one of my |
| 1:14.2 | all-time faves, The Princess Bride. The Princess Bride came out in 1987. It was director |
| 1:24.8 | Rob Reiner's fourth film, but the first that he produced. |
| 1:29.7 | His next movie would be when Harry met Sally. |
| 1:34.3 | The Princess Bride was financially successful. |
| 1:37.3 | It doubled how much it cost to make in its theatrical revenue. |
| 1:41.8 | But it became a cult classic, making its real money on VHS and cable. |
| 1:48.5 | It is still deeply beloved today, almost 40 years after its release, and is featured on many |
| 1:56.6 | best film lists. |
| 1:58.7 | The film is based on the novel, The Princess Bride, S. Morgonstern's classic tale of |
| 2:04.7 | true love and high adventure, comma, the good parts version, by William Goldman. |
| 2:12.1 | Goldman adapted his book for the screen, and also wrote the screenplay for one of my other favorite movies of all |
| 2:19.1 | time, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Sadly, not a romance, so we won't be covering it in this |
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