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Welcome to FELICITY FRIDAY! Every Friday we will be talking about the episodes of the seminal J.J. Abrams series FELICITY that aired in 1999. This week though we will cover the 1998 Pilot as background and then move onto the First Season's Midseason Premiere and first episode aired in 1999 GIMME AN O! To get it started off right we bring in Fan Favorite, TV Critic extraordinaire Emily VanDerWerff to talk about FELICITY and its place in Television Canon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Set phasers to fun! (I'm sorry) This week on the Podcast, Phil talks to writers Emei Willis (on the forthcoming STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS) and Sean Bennett (ELEMENTARY) about the documentary TREKKIES. They talk about their own relationships with the Star Trek franchise and the late 90s documentary take on fandom then versus now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oi Bruv! This week Phil hosts the pod solo and talks to Jaan Kittask, the man behind our lovely cover art and more importantly our theme song! He is here to talk to Blur's 1999 album 13 and The Death of Britpop in general. Its a great conversation about a fascinating topic, innit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's right this week we aren't talking A Bachelor but THE Bachelor... well no, not that The Bachelor. The original The Bachelor, you know with Chris O'Donnel and Renee Zellweger, about a guy who can you believe this just Does Not Want to be TIED DOWN. Anyway Kenny, Phil and Special Guest Writer/Producer Toby Herman talk about it and give their thoughts on Chris O'Donnel in the 90s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kenny and Phil and special guest Norm Wilner, (senior film writer @ Now Toronto, Host of Someone Else's Movie Podcast) take a twisted trip to talk Neil Jordan's 1999 psychological horror movie IN DREAMS, starring Annette Benning, Robert Downey Jr., Aidan Quinn among others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kenny and Phil talk about the barely remembered and barely existent LA high school comedy, TRIPPIN, starring Deon Richmond, Donald Faison and Maia Campbell. This episode was previously slated for a Friday Dump but due to scheduling issues is now our regular Wednesday drop, hope you enjoy us being baffled and daydreaming of a world where this movie was better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kenny and Phil talk THE BIG KAHUNA, the (tragically) Kevin Spacey starring adaptation of a recent (at the time) award winning play, The Hospitality Suite. Come listen to these two men talk and shout in a room about a movie that’s mostly three men talking and shouting in a room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that Steve Martin had multiple comedies in 1999, do you know that it was a remake of a moderately successful Neil Simon movie, do you know that its was not only a flop critically but also a massive flop financially? Well if you did than you might have already realized that this week Kenny and Phil are talking about The Out-of-Towners on our Friday Dump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Phil and Kenny talk about Three to Tango, a rom-com with the deliciously late 90's cast of Neve Cambell, Dylan McDermott and Matthew Perry. And in an effort to bring in a third dance partner and out de facto FRIENDS cast expert, writer and producer Tia Napolitano (Station 19, Grey's Anatomy). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are taking the Dump Truck for a second ride as this Friday, Kenny and Phil talk about VIRUS, a film which can be best described by its star Jamie Lee Curtis once saying "That would be the all time piece of shit...It's just dreadful... That's the only good reason to be in bad movies. Then when your friends have [bad] movies you can say 'Ahhhh, I've got the best one.' I'm bringing Virus." Hope you enjoy!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Phil, Kenny and special guest Actress Rachelle Lefevre (Proven Innocent, Under the Dome) go Wilde for AN IDEAL HUSBAND, the witty adaptation of one of Oscar Wilde's most popular plays with starring Cate Blanchett, Minne Driver and Julianne Moore. Is it husband material or will they start writing up divorce papers? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Friday Night Dumps, where we are going to take quick and dirty looks at some of the worst, most Rotten (less than 25% on Rotten Tomatoes) films of 1999. We kick it off by taking a look at INSTINCT, the Cuba Gooding Jr. and Anthony Hopkins thriller directed by Jon Turteltaub, that was a box office bomb and probably best remembered for a video cover you might mistake for Silence of the Lambs at a Blockbuster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kick It! This week we are busting out the CD Cases and cranking up the car stereo as we talk about some of the best jams, hits, songs and singles of 1999! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Sepinwall (Rolling Stone) makes his triumphant return to Freaky Friday to discuss Discos and Dragons, the untimely demise and the long, storied legacy of one of the great series of all-time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Phil and Kenny break their furmat to dumpster dive into 2019’s meow-sical, Cats! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are excited to have a dynamic duo of dames to talk about a dynamic duo with Danes. We bring on returning guests and stars of STATION 19, Danielle Savre and Barrett Doss to talk about BROKEDOWN PALACE, the Kate Beckinsale/Claire Danes thriller about a pair of high school grads getting into some trouble. We talk to them about acting, female dynamics on screen and what they thought about the movie then and now.This week we are excited to have a dynamic duo of dames to talk about a dynamic duo with Danes. We bring on returning guests and stars of STATION 19, Danielle Savre and Barrett Doss to talk about BROKEDOWN PALACE, the Kate Beckinsale/Claire Danes thriller about a pair of high school grads getting into some trouble. We talk to them about acting, female dynamics on screen and what they thought about the movie then and now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melancholy begins to arise as we begin to approach the end of this fun journey we have taken. This week we talk to Deputy TV Editor at Vulture and host of the The Next Picture Show, Genevieve Koski to talk about The Little Things, the penultimate episode of Freaks and Geeks, her relationship with the show, approaching the end of a great thing and our time with these characters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We start to year off right with an incredibly special episode as we take a look back at one of the films we’ve already covered, 200 CIGARETTES, and we talk to some of the people involved in making. First of we have Betsy Beers, a producer on the film and a variety of hit television programs such as Grey's Anatomy and Scandal. And we also have actor Guillermo Diaz(Scandal) to y’all about the non speaking part he has in this film and his career. If any podcast was ever gonna get deep into the making of a 1999 Ben Affleck, Courtney Love, Kate Hudson vehicle you’re know it would be this one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Freaky Friday, Phil and Kenny are joined by writer, actress and comedian Becky Feldman(Talking Tom and Friends) move out of their parents' house to talk about Smooching and Mooching, the 16th episode of Freaks and Geeks. We get into Becky’s relationship with the show, getting into fights with our parents, the awkwardness of having a crush and having to tell them, the power of smooching, our favorite moments from the episode and our thoughts on the beginning of the end for Freaks and Geeks as the show begins to come to a close for its first and only season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This jolly old, merry old Christmas we are joined once again by one of our absolute favorites returning guests Vox’s Emily VanDerWerff to talk about the Christmas Cinema of 1999. We get into the Cheese, Shmaltz, Corny and maybe even Horny? Stuff that was released for or around Christmas in 1999 and what it says about how we were treating Christmas in ‘99. We also reminisce about our own Christmas’ that year and genuinely have a Merry old time talking to one of our nicest friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Freaky Friday, Kenny and Phil are joined by TV writer Chuck Hayward(Dear White People, Mixed-Ish) and struggle to figure out whether to tell you that they talk about the Noshing and Moshing, the 15th episode of Freaks and Geeks. We get into Chuck’s relationship with the show, going to parties, being attracted to older people, having to keep secrets from someone and our favorite moments from the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Week, Kenny and Phil break out their glasses and calculators to take a look at the Box Office Numbers of 1999. And to be able to get in depth and know what we are talking about we brought on not just a Box Office Guru but THE founder of the website Box Office Guru, Gitesh Pandya. They talk about the flops, bombs, surprise hits and record breaking successes and everything in between because in a year with this many wonderful movies there are sure to be winners and losers at the Box Office. They say numbers don’t lie so we figure out what movies they tell harsh truths about, what movies they sing the praises of and what movies we as audiences just plain let down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are double dipping on the Hunter Convington (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Stacy Traub (Black-ish)of it all as we bring them back to get morbid over DEAD DOGS AND GYM TEACHERS THE 14th episode of Freaks and Geeks. This 14th Freaky Friday we talk to them about their relationship with the show, our favorite moments from the episode and how we feel about the show this late in its run. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are rejoined by writer/producers Hunter Covington (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Community) and Stacy Traub (Black-ish, The Real O'Neals) to talk about one of the best comedies of 1999, the Eddie Murphy/Steve Martin film making farce, BOWFINGER. We talk about the careers and our fandom of two of the biggest stars of the 80s pushing their stardom into the Late 90s, the film's randomly impressive supporting cast and run through some of our favorite bits from the movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are flying high as we talk about CHOKIN' AND TOKIN', on the 13th FREAKY FRIDAY. We puff, puff, pass the mic and welcome TV writer Lauren Signorino (Fear the Walking Dead, Flight 462) to talk allergies, doin' drugs (hypothetically, if you are listening cops), Lauren's history with watching Freaks and Geeks and our favorite moments from the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We begin to celebrate the holidays by bringing on writer Jeff Greenstein (Friends, Desperate Housewives) to talk about our favorite depressed icon Charlie Brown and his classic seasonal specials. If you are a fan of Christmas, Great Pumpkins, the holidays or even just the comic strip then this is the episode for you. So bang on the piano, do your little dancing and enjoy the episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Week we open up THE GARAGE DOOR to talk some Freaks and Geeks with writer Emei Willis. It's not quite a Pink Floyd Laser Light Show but we do have some colorful discussion about our favorite moments from the episode, Emei's thoughts on Freaks and Geeks in general and understanding our parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are giving you some special mid-week TV talk, as we are joined by writer Bryan Cogman(Game of Thrones), to talk about one of the most exciting events of 1999, The ER 2 Parter THE STORM. We talk all about this exciting event in the era of must see TV, our ER fandom and sexy, sexy Clooney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we steal our dad's car and go for a ride with Alison Eakle and talk about LOOKS AND BOOKS, the eleventh episode of Freaks and Geeks. We talk about messing up as a kid, changing your style up to impress people, reconnecting with friends and after we finish talking about our week we get into the stuff that happened in the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ah don't you love looking back at the year. This week we bring you are 2nd Annual 52 in Review. We reminisce about the podcast before giving out awards for Best: Picture Actor Actress Director Screenplay ...of the movies we have covered in the last 52 weeks of the podcast. PLUS: We give you our top ten movies of 1999 (that we have covered so far, no spoilers from us) AND we bring you our top 20 movies of the 2010's just cause it's the season and above all, we love movies! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dear Diary, This week on the podcast we were joined by writers Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heimer (Stumptown, Step Up:High Water) to talk about the THE DIARY. We all had a very fun time as we discussed some of our favorite moments from the episode and also our personal history diaries and our parents. They'll never know about this one I hope. Anyway it was a fun time had by all and Linda Cardelini is just the cutest. :) PLI1999 The 10th Freakiest of Fridays Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Picture this. A College Dorm Room, the early 00s, weed smell pouring out of the bunk beds, not a book in its place. You look up on the wall and what do you see, A poster with no frame in sight, of a film starring a couple of cool dudes for a couple of "cool" dudes who just won't shut up about it. No, not Fight Club, not The Matrix either, this week on Podcast Like its 1999, we are talking The Boondocks Saints. Comedian, Head Writer and Dad Podcaster Sean O'Connor (A Little Late with Lily Singh) joins us to talk about one of the centerpieces of Bro Acclaimed Cinema. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barbara Friend comes back to the podcast to discuss some of our favorite Freaks and Geeks moments, including a very awkward break up, a very problematic fight scene and a very terrifying Norseman head. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil and Kenny are joined by actor/writer/producer Lola Kelly to discuss “Oscar Bait: The Movie” to break down the ultimate question: Can a movie, made entirely out of Oscar Bait-y elements - like beloved, Pulitzer prize- winning source material, a cast made up entirely of people with accents and a heavy helping of PPP (Period Poverty Porn) - actually win an Oscar or 12? The answer to this, and many more questions, can be found within this week’s podcast (or on Wikipedia, but still listen to the podcast ‘cause Lola is a killer guest)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kenny and Phil get confessional about young love with Emily VanDerWerff (Critic at Large at Vox) as they dive into Freaks and Geeks "Boyfriends and Girlfriends". They talk boyfriends, girlfriends, virginity and...well...farting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spooky Season is here and with Halloween being this week we decided to bust out a good old fashioned movie about the devil. Kenny and Phil sit down and talk about End of Days. Despite its title it’s not a movie about 2019(Am I Right?!), but instead it’s due to its apocalyptic plot and general lack of quality it’s the scariest thing Arnold Schwarzenegger has made outside of his Pumping Iron interviews and his career in politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Freaky Friday, we make friends with the new girl, comedy writer extraordinaire Toby Herman, and talk to her about Carded and Discarded, the seventh episode of Freaks and Geeks. We talk about friendship and abandonment and all that good stuff so listen in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week we hit our magic number and this week we hit the big 100. It’s the second half of our episode on Man on the Moon with Tig Notaro and we continue discussing the film and Jim Carrey in 1999. Thank you all so much for listening to our first 100 and we hope you rate, review and subscribe on iTunes so we can continue growing for the next 100. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kenny Neibart on Drums, Phil Iscove on Bass, Special Guest Libby HIll (TV Editor at Indiewire) on Guitar, and finally a Brand New Episode of Freaky Fridays on I’M WITH THE BAND, the sixth episode of Freaks and Geeks, on vocals. Get ready to jam with us as we talk about our favorite moments from the show and our history with bands. ROCK ON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would you believe, we got Tig Notaro to join us for 99th episode to talk about Man on the Moon (Man on the Moooon)? Phil, Kenny and the best standup in the world, Tig Notaro, breakdown the taxi drivin’, mighty-mouse-lip-syncin’, woman-rasslin’ performance artist Andy Kaufman, the equally eclectic performance artist who played him, Jim Carrey, and their influence on Tig’s life and career. Thank you for being a part of our first 99! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pencils Down! Phil, Kenny and guest Bart Nickerson (The Originals, Narcos) talk childhood Test and Sex Ed stress on this weeks Freaky Friday, about TESTS AND BREASTS, the fifth episode of Freaks and Geeks. So, make sure to double check you answers and read the instructions cause tough questions will be asked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Lord what fools these mortals be!” Shakespeare wrote this in A Midsummer Night's Dream but he might as well have written it about Phil and Kenny, so luckily we brought in Joanna Robinson, of Vanity Fair, Little Gold Men and The Storm: A Lost Rewatch Podcast, to help us foolish mortals talk about all the late 90’s goodness of this adaptation of one of the Bard’s most famous comedies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim Kelly is My Friend, just like Phil Iscove is My Friend, Kenny Neibart is My Friend, TV Writer Ashley Lyle(Narcos: Mexico, The Originals) is My Friend. But KIM KELLY IS MY FRIEND is also the fourth episode of Freaks and Geeks and the subject of this episode of Freaky Fridays. Listen as we deep into the episode and that pesky thing we call friendship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't worry this is still podcast about 1999, but back in early September Warner Brothers released a trailer for their upcoming Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips and that film is being released this Friday. Kenny had thoughts on the trailer. Phil had thoughts on the trailer. This is their story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Week we take a trip to Cuba and back with Gideon Yago (MTV News, HBO’s The Newsroom, Quantico and Narcos) to talk about BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, Wim Wenders' seminal documentary about a legendary group of Cuban Musicians and the seminal self titled album they put out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Novelist and Screenwriter David Iserson (His novel Firecracker,The Spy Who Dumped Me) joins us again on this Freakiest of Fridays for the discussion of TRICKS AND TREATS, the third episode of FREAKS AND GEEKS. We talk the ups and downs of Freaks and Geeks as it settles into its run and our beautifully awkward Halloween memories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TV Shows in 1999. What were the people watching? What Were We Watching? What Was a Hit? What Was a Flop? We sit down with Joe Adalian, West Coast editor for Vulture(New York Magazine), to answer all these questions (or not) and many more. We try to figure out what was up with what people were watching in 1999 and what deserved those views. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Weeks Freaky Friday, Phil and Kenny sit down with Novelist and Screenwriter David Iserson (Mr. Robot, Firecracker) to geek and freak about BEERS AND WEIRS the second episode of Freaks and Geeks. They talk about watching David's experience having watched the pilot early, the relate-ability and specificity that made Freaks and Geeks great and how the show bumped up against the expectations of TV in the era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaron Thomas(Co-Creator/Showrunner of CBS’ SWAT) joins Kenny and Phil to talk about The Best Man. Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chesnut, Saniaa Latham, Regina King, Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineu . A generation of African American stars collected in one beloved romantic comedy/drama. Taye Diggs may be the titular THE BEST MAN. But this week we hope that Phil, Kenny and guest Aaron Thomas will be your Best Men to talk about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Freaky Fridays! Every week for the next 18 weeks we'll be diving into a new episode of the 1999 television masterpiece that is Freaks & Geeks. This week we discuss the pilot with Rolling Stone's Chief TV Critic Alan Sepinwall! We talk about the casting, the direction, the writing as well as the launch of the series, its development and its many timeslots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.