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Listen to the beginning of an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties covering the 2020 time loop rom-com, Palm Springs. Chelsea and Elena discuss how this Hulu movie builds on Groundhog Day and yet finds ways to make the time loop feel completely fresh. It's a movie jam-packed with synchronized dances, J.K. Simmons hunting a man, dinosaurs, an exploding goat, blue cocaine, and a very compelling romance between Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti.

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CATEGORY: LOVEY DOVEY TIMEY WIMEY

The time travel rom-coms venture into time loops this week with the groundbreaking philosophical masterpiece, Groundhog Day, a movie that destroyed the friendship of Bill Murray and Harold Ramis but made America fall in love. Chelsea and Elena talk about the days they wish they could repeat forever, whether Ned Ryerson is the Devil and the groundhog is God, how many serial killers are really walking among us, the changes between the movie and the original script by Danny Rubin, and more. Plus Elena makes amends for a celebrity misdeed and Chelsea confesses about creeping on Andie MacDowell's dog. The Podstruck gals get goofy as they talk about one of their all-time films.

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CATEGORY: LOVEY DOVEY TIMEY WIMEY

To kick off our new collection of time travel rom-coms, we're joined by comedian Demi Adejuyigbe (The Good Place, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Gilmore Guys) to cover our third Meg Ryan movie - 'Kate & Leopold.' We rewatch this underrated movie about a Duke in the 1870s (Hugh Jackman) falling through a portal to modern day NYC and finding love, and talk about the bromance between him and Breckin Meyer, whether Harvey Weinstein used a plot point to deflect suspicious from himself, whether Hugh Jackman should've played Mr. Darcy, and what films are secretly rom-coms. Plus... is Meg Ryan in The Matrix? Her wardrobe suggests yes.

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CATEGORY: BFFS WHO ARE DTF

For the final rom-com in our friends-to-lovers theme BFF's Who Are DTF, we watch the 2005 Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris movie 'Just Friends.' This movie is a throwback to a time where the worst thing that could happen to a guy was getting "friendzoned" since apparently women were only suitable as friends if you got to also have sex with them. But are the characters even friends? Would Chris Klein's serenade actually work on women? Should Anna Faris have been on SNL? Is there a really good movie in here hiding under the layers of the fat suit? We can't help but go deep on this extremely polarizing holiday cult-favorite.

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CATEGORY: BFFS WHO ARE DTF

This week we are joined by comedian Alex Song-Xia (The Tonight Show, Rick & Morty, Praise Petey) to cover the next rom-com in our BFFs Who Are DTF bucket, "Always Be My Maybe." This movie has an all-star cast with Ali Wong, Randall Park, Michelle Buteau, and an Oscar worthy cameo by Keanu Reeves! We cover whether Randall Park's character is even worthy of Ali Wong's, the perks of being a latchkey kid, and how de-aging actors is a delicate dance between believability and just making them look like a narc. Plus we'll dive into whether being in your high school band well into your thirties is a good idea or not, why Sasha Tran is opening so many restaurants and how that might not be a good idea in 2019, and debate whether buying all your boyfriend's merch to make him feel better about himself is a good move or not. Join us for a movie that took us on a real rollercoaster of emotions! And yes, Alex did cry!

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Listen to the first 20 minutes of an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties where we talk about all the upcoming rom-com sequels, reboots, adaptations, and more that we can't wait to watch! We pitch the stories that we want to see in the sequel to My Best Friend's Wedding (and what we DO NOT want to see), discuss the set photos from Practical Magic 2, and argue about Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada 2. Plus we unpack the Evan Rachel Wood drama as well as the controversy of Apple TV+ not involving Nancy Meyers in the reboot of The Holiday. We also share a rundown of all the upcoming romantic comedy movies we are excited to watch, including movies with a She's All That reunion, a Dave Bautista rom-com, and more starring Millie Bobby Brown, Penn Badgley, and Lili Reinhart. And listen to the end to hear some huge personal news as well.

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CATEGORY: BFFS WHO ARE DTF

Today is the 50th episode of Podstruck! And to celebrate, Elena and Chelsea are rewatching arguably the best rom-com of all time, 'When Harry Met Sally.' We are joined by writer Julius Sharpe (Family Guy, Ted, Making History) to discuss the magic of Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal and why movie studio execs might have been nervous. We get nostalgic for the lost art of long phone calls, New York City in the fall, character actors like Bruno Kirby who look like real people, plus we analyze why Nora Ephron is the GOAT and how she follows in Neil Simon's footsteps of "swiss watch comedy." Rob Reiner's 1989 classic still makes us cry after all this time, though we do have a few bones to pick including one extremely unconvincing wig. Thanks for listening to our first 50 episodes!!!

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SUBCATEGORY: STRIKE A MATCH

We close out our collection of matchmaker rom-coms with a film that has inspired fashion and passion for three decades: Clueless! We celebrate the 30th anniversary of Clueless with guest Lily Sullivan (Comedy Bang Bang, The Righteous Gemstones) who talks with Elena and Chelsea about why the Alicia Silverstone Paul Rudd 1995 classic from Amy Heckerling stands the test of time. Every line from these Beverly Hills rich kids is iconic, every outfit legendary, and the romance still sparkles between Cher and Josh... even if we kind of wish they'd listened to the early studio note and not made them ex-step-siblings. But do you think we are bothered much by it? As if!

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