Minute 87: Chock Full o' Notes (It's Not.)

We finally—FINALLY—learn the terms of the bet, and they are every bit as stupid as one would expect from a group of teenage boys in 1999. It’s the final episode of the show, and really, the real terms of the bet were the friends we made along the way. Theme Song: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Zack and Lanie have a history of being too comfortable too early on, and that continues to be true in this minute. James cracks open our senior year yearbook. Theme Song: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This is one of those "Oops this episode was a lot longer than we anticipated" episodes but we get a lot of things figured out! And this is also my (James) last episode that I will be editing for this season! Look for the last two episodes next week! Also discussed -Children’s Wordplay written by Adult Men -The Back of the Box Misrepresenting the Plot of the Movie -Everyone Will Love This Movie -First Dances vs Last Dances -She’s All Woke -Oh There’s Old Ones -1990: A Good Year for (High-Grossing) Movies -Sometimes we are a lot -We’re also just SO right -James Doesn’t Get Jokes Sometimes Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hey it's both a really vulnerable episode but also a really silly one. So, you know. Something for everyone? Yeah, let's go with that. Also discussed: -This isn’t a purse, it’s a holster -Bush friendship -James blushes and also names a new true crime podcast -FFB -Erin breaks down the fuckboi qualities of Dean and Zach -James is vulnerable -What are feelings -Dealing with hangry/hormonal/tired spouses (us. we’re the dealt with) -Lazy murderousness -How to tell if you’re a wooden robot -We Get There Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We're here to fill in a blank and resolve a difference in interpretations of what happened with Dean and Lanie. But while doing that, we also discuss: -Things that are true AND nerdy -Erin DOESN’T drop the ball on a classic J&E long-running inside joke -She did what with the what in the what? -DJ Usher’s ’78 Gremlin -Which Ocean’s Elevens have you seen -Gone in 60 Seconds -The Italian Job -Seth Green is charming as hell -Once again, we DO like this movie, believe it or not -Secret subthemes (the one we couldn’t remember is when Mr. Boggs is in the room when Simon calls Zach an asshole) -Personae and other games of that ilk -Beth is great Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Someone's behind the corner Laney!!!! OH NO!!!! Oh. It's just....(find out in the episode) Also discussed: -Baffling camera shots (from a plot perspective) -How do you pass the time in a tux? -Another guess at what that Shyamalan twist was -Wishing for plot and remembering all the choreography -the usher x ee cummings mashup joke that everyone’s been clamoring for Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Zach is driving and callin. But how? And why? Also discussed: -Z -Delivering messages by oxygen -Carphones vs Flip phones -Zach personally commissions some James Research -Hotel California -James and Erin Start a Business Center -What are the other pool shapes -Mr. Pool’s Youtube Channel Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Zack gives an acceptance speech. Taylor starts to. We play FMK, and that means wedding planning. Theme Song: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

And your 1999 Prom Queen is… Theme Song: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We learn about the actor who plays Principal Stickley. James schools Erin on drugs again. James wracks his brain. (And for those keeping track at home, we named the dude George.) Theme Song: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4116-neolith License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license