Episode 40: A Very Tatum Christmas

Happy Holidays, Partiers! A Tatumverse episode fell on Christmas this year, so we put together a special show for you, totally on purpose on and not for any other reason. In this episode Katie shares her dreams of being friends with Channing, Wesleigh proposes the concept of Birthday Santas, we see a Star War and talk about our favorite Christmas traditions.

Show Notes

Pottermore Quizzes:
    Patronus
        Katie: Ospry
        Wesleigh: St. Bernard
    Ilvermorny
        Katie: Pudgwudgie
        Wesleigh: Horned Serpent
    Hogwarts:
        Katie: old-Hufflepuff new-Gryffindor
        Wesleigh: old-Hufflepuff new-Ravenclaw
Pitch Perfect:

Park and Rec: Craig Ferguson's standup Tickle Fight on Netflix
Channing and Jenna on Lip Sync Battle

Chrissy Teigen on Twitter
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream
Channing hosting Jimmy Kimmel

P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma

Channing All Over Your Tatum on Jimmy Kimmel

Channing on Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Channing with pizza and a cat

via GIPHY

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• Marley and Me
• Turner and Hooch
• Beethoven
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• America’s Next Top Model
• Pitch Perfect
• Hail, Ceaser!
• Solo
• Public Enemies
• The Crat Brother?
• Zooboomafoo?
• G. I. Joe

Episode 39: The Holiday

This week we watched Wesleigh’s holiday pick: The Holiday! You have to get past 10 minutes of us talking about Jude Law’s hair, but we do eventually discuss the movie. In this episode Katie describes some ideal artwork she’d like to commission, we discuss the British royals, and Wesleigh gushes over how cute Jack Black is in this role.

Show Notes

IMDb: The Holiday (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
Rated: PG-13

What’s with Jude Law’s hair loss?? (is there a tumblr?)
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Park and Rec: Bojack Horseman - Season 4, The Crown, Skin Wars
Paul McCartney talking about Queen Elizabeth’s coronation
Iris and Miles:

via GIPHY

Could you outrun a t-rex in heels?

Mr. Napkin Head:

Jumanji trailer:

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• Mr. Ed
• Black Beauty
• Moana
• Doctor Who
• American Psycho: The Musical
• You’ve Got Mail
• How the States Got Their Shapes
• Shrek
• In Her Shoes
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• Family Tree
• The IT Crowd
• Bridesmaids
• Love Actually
• Hamilton

Episode 38: Would You Watch This? - Hallmark Holiday Edition

It's time for a Very Special episode for the holidays! In our second installment of Would You Watch This?, we review trailers for Hallmark original holiday romance movies — much to Wesleigh's delight and Katie's chagrin. In this episode we make up alternate plots that would be even better, talk a lot about trains, and Katie declares Wesleigh to be a bad friend.

Show Notes

Switched for Christmas

Nine Lives of Christmas

Crown for Christmas

Christmas Under Wraps

North Pole: Open For Christmas

A Christmas Melody

The Christmas Train

Dermot Mulroney's 22-Year-Old Chiuaua

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• The Spirit of Christmas
• Kate & Leopold
• The Shining
• Left Behind
• Saving Mr. Banks
• Superman Returns (2006)
• Mean Girls
• Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas
• Main in Manhattan
• The Help
• Snow White
• Hamlet
• Doctor Who
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
• The Big Sick
• A Young Doctor's Notebook
• Polar Express
• The Santa Clause
• Numbers
• The Princess Bride
• Christian Mingle: The Movie
• Life Sized
• Murder on the Orient Express
• The Shop Around the Corner
• You’ve Got Mail
• 21 Jump Street

Episode 37: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Prepare for your heart to grow three sizes today: We're kicking off a month of holiday episodes with the classic TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! This is Katie's pick for the season and backs up her unpopular opinion of disliking Christmas songs and decorations. In this episode we also cover Christmas Shoes, our favorite Dr. Seuss books, and the terrible holiday play Wesleigh wrote in high school for her youth group.

Show Notes

IMDb: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Rated: N/A

The Zax by Dr. Seuss
What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss
Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss
And To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
Dr. Suess' advertising, non-children art
Dr. Suess' art in gallery in Little Italy in Cleveland
Universal - Islands of Adventure: The Cat in the Hat
Homage’s Elf shirt:

The Christmas Shoes (listen at your own risk):

Jon Acuff’s tips to survive Christmas Shoes
Sarah McLaughlin's Ice Cream:

Drinking Games for Hallmark Christmas Movies
The Grinch Tries Yoga:

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• Fighting
• Flight of the Concords
• Mad Men
• Toy Story
• Toy Story 2
• Toy Story 3
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Elf
• Horton Hears a Who: The Musical
• Horton Hears a Who (2008)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
• LOTR
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• The Polar Express
• American Idol
• Fight Club

Episode 36: Penelope

For our last movie of Wesleigh’s birthday month, we’re talking about the adorable Penelope! In this episode we recount our Thanksgivings, ruin Bambi, pitch a new dating reality show, discuss why the church prepares us for marriage but not singleness, and consider adding hand bells to our theme song.

Show Notes

IMDb: Penelope (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 53%
Rated: PG

Pomegranate wine from Good Vibes Winery
SpongeBob Squarepants on Broadway:

Woman-flu tweet:

I have the woman-flu. Which is like the manflu but worse because I also regularly have periods and I get paid less.

— Sofie Hagen (@SofieHagen) November 26, 2017

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Park & Rec: John Oliver, She’s Gotta Have It, Get Out, 50 Shades Darker (NOT a Rec!), Trolls: Holiday, Trolls
Get Out put in the Comedy/Musical Golden Globe category
Christina Ricci / Nicole Richie / Winona Rider:

the absolute threshold of sensation
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The Winchester Mystery House
Winchester: The House that Ghosts Built trailer:

Mindy Kaling tweet:

Russell Crowe could never make Sweet Home Alabama work, but @RWitherspoon could make Gladiator work. (And i love Russell Crowe)

— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) November 17, 2017

Cate Blanchett for Armani:

Eleven from Stranger Things is Katie’s hair goals:

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• Dear Evan Hansen
• Anastasia
• Spongebob Squarepants
• Look Who’s Coming to Dinner
• Gnomeo and Juliet  
• Fighting
• Pride and Prejudice
• Game of Thrones
• Dating in the Dark
• Titanic
• A Wrinkle in Time
• Sweet Home Alabama
• No Country for Old Men
• Split
• Atonement
• What Lies Beneath

Episode 35: Fighting

We take a break from birthday picks to revisit the Tatumverse is this week's movie, the predictable and forgettable Fighting. This episode features your hosts' thoughts on recent Lion King and LOTR announcements, that Twilight side-story novella, a tangent that somehow ends up at pickle soup recipes, and our favorite non-manatee animal, Fiona the Baby Hippo!

Show Notes

IMDb: Fighting (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 39%
Rated: PG-13

Park & Rec: Stranger Things 2
Twilight side-book: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Billy in Stranger Things / Rob Lowe in St. Elmo’s Fire:

Amazon’s LOTR announcement
Pickle Soup recipe
Lion King live action cast list:

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Harry Potter vs. Hippopotamus:

Fiona the Hippo at the Cincy zoo
Christian historical romance about pirates (there's an entire genre!)
Channing's Dick Graze video:

Let’s Get Married by Bleachers:

person accidentally reads HP fanfic
Why the Lizzie McGuire style font for the titles??:

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• Pretty Woman
• Fight Club
• Million Dollar Baby
• Game of Thrones
• St. Elmo’s Fire
• Rick & Morty
• Riverdale
• Titanic
• Dear Evan Hanson
• Sharknado
• Aladdin
• Horton Hears a Who
• New Girl

Episode 34: Stranger Than Fiction

We're continuing Wesleigh's birthday month with another favorite movie of hers: Stranger Than Fiction! In this episode we discuss the current rash of Hollywood abuse scandals, comedic actors in serious roles, Wesleigh's dream of a Jeff Goldblum/Stanley Tucci talk show, and Katie's recent viewing of Thor: Ragnarok. Plus manatees!

INSTA: pressed penny collection
talk of the current influx of abuse allegations
Wesleigh dreams of a Goldblum/Tucci show
“little did he know”

Show Notes

IMDb: Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
Rated: PG-13

Peggy & Stan phone scene from Mad Men:

Manatee Awareness Month
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s manatee rehab program
savethemanatee.org
comedy bang bang ep w/ scott aukerman’s stepdad
Park and Rec: Stranger Things 2, Thor: Ragnarock
Literary Disco
Netflix /House of Cards / Kevin Spacey
article: fictional president being held to higher standard than actual president
John Oliver on the Harvey Weinstein scandal:

Monsters, Inc. "put that thing back where it came from":

Watchmen stars quote:

Jeff Goldblum rates tattoos of himself:

Tony Hale on the Relevant Podcast
Bleachers
Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED talk:

Stoner by John Williams
Columbus Podcast Festival - Taking submissions!

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• Westworld
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• My Friend Dahmer
• House of Cards
• Monsters, Inc.
• Watchmen
• The Master
• What We Do in the Shadows
• The Graduate
• Arrested Development
• The Heat
• Stepbrothers
• Talledega Nights:
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• 23
• The Truman Show
• LOTR
• Ghostbusters (2016)
• Flight of the Concords
• New Girl
• Hello My Name is Doris

Episode 33: Fight Club

We're celebrating Wesleigh's birthday this month with her favorite movies! First up is the film that everyone is confused to hear she loves: Fight Club. In this episode we discover Katie's calling as a morning zoo deejay, learn the Tyler Durden-iest thing to happen at Wesleigh's college, reminisce about MySpace, and have a mini existential crisis on air.

Show Notes

IMDb: Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Rated: R

Willy Wonka / 7 deadly sins
“golden ticket” being added to the dictionary
Park & Rec: Notorious (1946), Mindhunter
Key scene from Notorious:

Pam as Charlie Chaplin / Hitler:

Hello Kitty
My Favorite Murder podcast
“What would your Tyler Durden be?”
Avery paper labels with Tyler’s name:

Starbuck cups snuck into scenes
Tyler’s warning on the DVD:

Jared Leto as Jordan Catalano:

Shows/Movies Mentioned

• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• The Office
• LOTR
• Rocket Man
• You’ve Got Mail
• Inglorious Bastards
• Veggie Tales
• PInnochio
• Shrek
• Spring Awakening
• Frozen
• Looking
• The Passion of the Christ
• Cinderella
• Chocolat
• The Sixth Sense
• Mr. Brooks
• The Fifth Element
• My So-Called Life
• Gone Girl