Spool & Tell

CONTENT WARNING: The film discussed in this episode, The Big Chill, deals with heavy subjects (specifically suicide). Some listeners may wish not to watch it, but worry not: this episode is enjoyable regardless of whether or not the listener has seen the movie.

JD and Nic have a very simple task in this episode: explaining the American political landscape, the Baby Boomer generation, the psychology of suicidal thought, and the many crises that come with life as a young adult. Somehow, this is still one of our shorter episodes.

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In their first holiday episode, JD and Nic try to unpack not only the beloved story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, but the odd legacy of its first major musical adaptation, Scrooge, starring Albert Finney and Alec Guinness. This episode may or may not contain shirtless executioner demons covered in oil.

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It’s Nic’s choice this time, and he’s making JD watch Academy Award-winning auteur Guillermo del Toro’s wacky comic book movie about a demon, a fish, some elves, tooth fairies, and a German gas man. JD tries to convince Nic that this beloved cult favorite is actually not a very good movie.

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In their first episode, movie nerds JD Hansel and Nicholas Lemon discuss an obscure ’80s Disney fantasy film with animatronic dragons, great British old people, and *gasp* female nudity?! Is this one of Disney’s underrated “Dark Ages” classics, or is it best left in the vault? JD and Nic, as usual, see it very differently.

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