Falling in Love Montage

As a holiday gift, Netflix brought Lindsay Lohan back — for, like, a real movie this time. So what choice did we have but to dive back into the Lohan-iverse, bringing along our fetch-as-heck friend and Lindsay Lohan correspondent Sarah K. Norton for Christmas company? We ate this 2024 Atlanta-set rom-com up like so many chocolate cookies (or some other direct reference you’ll only fully get if you watch Our Little Secret and/or listen to this episode).

Check out Sarah and her husband’s podcast Never Grow Up!

We finally discover the secret reason Helen made Valerie wait nine years to cover the very-2006, adapted-from-Shakespeare (?!?) teen revenge comedy John Tucker Must Die — she has a condition* that makes her call basketball “football,” and it’s very painful and embarrassing. 

*being dumb

And as promised, here the show note where we ask you to email us at fallinginlovemontage@gmail.com. We looked up our email address, and we’re pretty sure this is it!

This very special Halloween episode delves into the story of two close-but-disparate sisters and how they found themselves shunned by their community because of their unusual background — they were bitches who had either never before seen Practical Magic, or they thought it was silly, or both.

Join us as we come to terms with every wild thing the beloved 1998 rom-com-fantasy-crime-drama-cult-classic-Margo-Martindale-vehicle Practical Magic stands for and find ourselves maybe grabbing our proverbial brooms to join the coven.
Do we make ourselves as silly as the film we’re discussing? At least.
Are we able to keep down these midnight margaritas? Mostly.
Will our listeners burn us at the stake for transgressing against the Owens women? Well, that’s up to you.

You asked for it (we think? It would have been a long time ago; we could be wrong. Someone definitely asked for it, we’re pretty sure), and after a mere half-dozen years, we did it — Michel Gondry’s beloved sci-fi dram-rom-com Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And for the discussion, we brought someone unforgettable — poet, host of the Ku-Popup Open Art Showcase, and romantic lead to cohost Helen — Angel Kofsky!

Check out the Ku-Popup Open Mic and Art Showcase, Thursdays at 8pm ET on Angel’s Twitch channel and/or in their Discord. 

For Valerie’s  ~b i r t h  m o n t h~ we are covering the maybe universally beloved but also possibly largely unknown (?? we don’t know!) romantic drama classic (???) Untamed Heart.
We have a great time talking about this ’90s gem that’s a little bit urban Nicholas Sparks, a little bit Moulin Rouge/Tarzan/Splash, and all schmaltzy Christian Slater Nature Boy, all the time.

Dog mom, (cool) Disney adult, and generally fabulous person* Sarah K. Norton joins us as we travel, with Netflix’s help, to Ireland for summer vacation. Will Lindsay Lohan’s Maddie end up with the European faux Property Brother, or will she end up with Jimmy from Downton Abbey? Will she ever write the great Irish-American novel? Will she fall off the Cliffs of Moher, hit her head, and end up in Falling for Christmas again?

*and presumptive new Lindsay Lohan correspondent!

Check out Sarah and her husband’s podcast Never Grow Up!
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