Lesson 11: Emmanuelle Get out your Notebooks, Class! In this episode, Your Virtual Best Friend Jenni J.V. Wilson - (@Pinkie Avalon) - sits down with actress/stand-up/writer/cool-mom Kris McGaha (tw: @KrisMcGaha) - for an in-depth conversation about the cinematic elements, artistic merits, and social messages regarding sex, love, and relationships, in Columbia Picture's 1974 X-rated French film “Emmanuelle" - starring Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny, Daniel Sarky, Christine Boisson, Jeanne Colletin, a...
Aug 09, 2016•1 hr 31 min
Lesson 10: "Boogie Nights" - Take your seats class! In this episode, Your Virtual Best Friend Jenni J.V. Wilson - aka "Miss Jenni", aka @Pinkie Avalon - sits down with screenwriter Kyle Pennekamp (tw: @KylePennkamp) - aka "‘Laska Maple" - for an in-depth conversation about the cinematic elements, artistic merits, and social messages regarding sex and love that we might take away from Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 film "Boogie Nights" - starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, and Julianne Moore. We'...
Jul 16, 2016•1 hr 58 min
Lesson 9: Prince and "Purple Rain" *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* Prince influenced a lot of people in this world, including Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni. In this episode they explore how his music, his persona, and the movie Purple Rain affected them personally and people globally. Join them as they discuss what it looked like before, and what it feels like now, in a Post-Prince Era. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms f...
May 14, 2016•1 hr 34 min
Lesson 8: 2016 Post-Oscar Ceremony Recap Miss M. & Miss J. want to give big thanks to all the wonderful interviewees for being such a great part of this episode, wish we could’ve used it all! We're showing appreciation with another kind of distracting scroll: Anthony, Charlotte, Christina, Claire, Daisy, Geena & Gillian, Isabella, Jezebel, Lindsey W, Matthew, Michael, Sushant, Yoko & Linda E., and YouTube Lindsay. And giant shout out to Robert Bailey, for his excellent V.O. work. ps:...
Mar 07, 2016•1 hr 59 min
Lesson 7: Body Heat *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* In this episode, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni languidly glide through the sweaty world of Lawrence Kasdan’s 1981 film “Body Heat” starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. “BODY HEAT": A story about a couple who’s comfortable together, just hanging out naked, smoking’, and talkin’ 'bout murdering someone... Along they way your hosts beef up their discussion of Film Noir and Toxic love by including some outside profes...
Feb 13, 2016•1 hr 40 min
Lesson 6: "The Danish Girl" *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* Miss Marcie & Miss Jenni explore transgender history as they discuss the 2015 film “The Danish Girl” starring Eddie Redmayne’s penis. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms fb: JenMar Films Resources: Wings - “Maybe I’m Amazed” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U David Bowie - “Moonage Daydream" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDj3shXvco David Bowie - ...
Jan 26, 2016•1 hr 42 min
Lesson 5: The Graduate *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* Examining the cinematic achievements of the 1967 classic American coming-of-age comedy “The Graduate”, Miss Marcie & Miss Jenni discuss the appeal of the older woman/younger man relationship, as well as the mythology of the “cougar” in modern society. Beyond sharing their own anecdotes, they include clips of conversations with men whose outlooks on the male/female relationship were ever changed by the influen...
Dec 01, 2015•1 hr 58 min
Lesson 4: The Rocky Horror Picture Show *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* With 2015 marking the 40th anniversary of classic rock-opera The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Miss Marcie & Miss Jenni take you through a music-filled journey to Dr. Frankenfurter’s castle and back home again to Transexual Transylvania. Before Western culture was fully comfortable with non-traditional gender identifications and sexual fluidity… before Dr. Ruth, YouTube, Caitlin Jenner, and the ...
Oct 13, 2015•1 hr 57 min
Lesson 3B: The Last American Virgin and Fast Times at Ridgemont High - *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* Okay Class, open your notebooks. In this episode, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni compare and contrast The Last American Virgin and Fast Times at Ridgemont High - released only months apart. In 1982’s America, less than a decade after Roe vs Wade, these coming-of-age sex-comedies boldly reflected the culture-changes around gender attitudes toward sexuality, teen pregnanc...
Sep 12, 2015•1 hr 16 min
Lesson 3: "Little Darlings" -- tagline: Don’t Let the Title Fool You *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* Okay Class, no fighting on the bus! This episode covers the 1980 classic coming-of-age film Little Darlings, starring Kristy McNichol and Tatum O’Neal. Away at summer camp, Angel Bright and Ferris Whitney are two 15-year old girls from opposite sides of the tracks competing for who can lose their virginity first. While traversing the story’s teenage world at Camp Litt...
Aug 10, 2015•1 hr 9 min
Lesson 2: "Magic Mike XXL" - *Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert**Spoiler Alert* Okay Class, take your seats. It's time for the show to begin, and we hope you've brought your dollar bills. This podcast puts the c**k in cacophony as Miss Marcie & Miss Jenni add their opinions on MMXXL to the pod-o-sphere. They posit that this is no movie for straight men, while wondering what the story says about straight relationships. The real question is, what do Kelly Ripa and Jonah Hill have to ...
Jul 08, 2015•1 hr 25 min
Lesson 1: "Fifty Shades of Grey" - In their new adult-only podcast, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni lay out their take on the film version of modern kink classic, "Fifty Shades of Grey". They discuss such timely issues as: "Redmayne vs. Dornan?", “What would Judd Apatow's production of 50 Shades look like?", and “Is this movie even sexy?”. Along the way they'll try to make some important points - like, is there anything to the controversy over the representation of BDSM to the general public? And wha...
Jul 02, 2015•55 min
“Valerie Does Another Classic Leno” - s1ep13 - Valerie is flying high with the premiere of her reality show The Comeback about to air and a “chocolate fountain party” at the Cherish-Birman home to mark the occasion. On top of that, Valerie can’t wait to make her much anticipated return to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - something she’s waited ten years to do. Hold on tight as Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni take you through the twists and turns of the Season 1 Finale, stumbling across some exciting ...
May 14, 2015•1 hr 13 min
"Valerie Shines Under Stress" - s1ep12 - It's the second-to-last episode of Season 1... so hold onto your hats because things are about to get very real for Valerie. As always, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni are there to guide you through Val's world, occasionally dragging you unwittingly into theirs. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms fb: JenMar Films
Apr 07, 2015•54 min
“Valerie Stands Out On The Red Carpet” - s1ep11 - In this episode, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni take an in-depth look at Valerie’s experience when “Room & Bored” is nominated for a People’s Choice Award. Recalling her past People’s Choice win, Val enlists the support of her posse and enthusiastically prepares for tackling the red carpet this time around. Find out why this episode could also be called “Aunt Sassy’s Bitch” and why double-stick tape can be ever so important on a big night like Va...
Mar 10, 2015•1 hr 5 min
"What's What With Your Water-Cooler Women" (aka “WWWYWW") - Episode 1 - Oscar Recap 2015 Edition! Steering away from their usual television recaps, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni take their places as your Water-Cooler Wenches, reviewing this year's Oscar broadcast. Sit back and listen while these little women share their big opinions on Hollywood's greatest night, one personal moment after another. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms fb: JenMar Films...
Feb 24, 2015•1 hr 4 min
"Valerie Gets A Magazine Cover" - s1ep10 - Valerie tries to get back what has already been lost, while watching Juna's star rise. Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni center themselves in Val's work-in Zen room and gleefully welcome Dan Bucatinsky to The Comeback's cast. As Loveball hits the Percoset and Aunt Sassy gets nasty, Miss Marcie has her own adventures with Sigmund Freud. Tune in and Tune out - with apologies in advance to the wonderful Stephanie Courtney for getting her name wrong. ps: ...this i...
Feb 19, 2015•1 hr 4 min
"Valerie Hangs With The Cool Kids" - s1ep9 - Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni travel through episode 9 with Valerie as she rises in the social ranks at Room & Bored. Suddenly Val is the leader of the pack, but does she want to be? Your hosts reflect on peer pressure, Eric Stoltz, and parenthood, as Val and the other kids in "the original five" try to adjust to some big changes in the "Room & Bored" retool. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms fb: J...
Feb 06, 2015•47 min
"Valerie Relaxes In Palm Springs" - s1ep8 - While "Room & Bored” is being retooled, Valerie and Mark get away to Palm Springs for a romantic weekend in front of the cameras. Miss Marcie & Miss Jenni recount their deepest thoughts on The "Double Ds”, hot young pool-chair-hogging chippies, and Mark’s tushie. Valerie is projecting all over the place and clinging to her youthful dreams of lounge chairs near her hotel room. Forgive the audio, it evens out! ps: ...this isn't your mother's podc...
Jan 31, 2015•57 min
"Valerie Gets a Very Special Episode" - s1ep7 - In episode 7 of Season 1 of HBO's The Comeback, (also known as "The Big Dick Perkins Episode"), Valerie tries to balance her personal life and professional life as she takes on her own very special episode. While talking this episode through, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni discuss the merits of Tom Selleck, Tom the writer, and Major Tom. Whether you're a fan of big beavers or "effing red bull!", the most important thing to remember this time around is ...
Jan 24, 2015•40 min
"Valerie Gets What She Really Wants" - s2ep8 - SEASON 2 FINALE - Cherishing the moments, Miss Marcie & Miss Jenni uncover the ins and outs of The Comeback’s hour-long finale, with their own final super-sized podcast. Filled with cameos, call-backs, and “caca”, the heart-breaking & heart-filling moments abound as your hosts talk through possibly the biggest night of Valerie’s life and career. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms fb: JenMar Fil...
Jan 16, 2015•1 hr 41 min
"Valerie Faces The Critics" - s2ep7 - Back after their holiday break, Miss Marcie & Miss Jenni are musing further on the possible inner workings of the Cherish-Berman marriage - as partially revealed in episode 7 of HBO's second season of The Comeback. As they worry about Mickey and repeatedly cringe at Val’s poor choices dealing with Loveball this week, the hosts find relief and release in Yogi brand teas, Altoid mints, and Juan’s dick on camera. Can you feel it coming in the air tonight? O...
Jan 07, 2015•1 hr 5 min
"Valerie Cooks In The Desert" - s2ep6 - Join your hostesses as they revel in their newfound knowledge that episode 6 of HBO's second season of The Comeback, is NOT, in fact, the finale. While disassembling Valerie's acting adventures in the desert, Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni once again descend into their ongoing mic-side chat about women trying to have it all, beef rollatini, and of course, Peter Dinklage. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms fb: Jen...
Dec 18, 2014•1 hr 17 min
"Valerie Is Taken Seriously" - s2ep5 - In this super-sized edition, your happy hostesses take you through the second-to-last episode in Season 2 of HBO's "The Comeback". This in-depth conversation addresses how some creative professionals weather career challenges in the entertainment industry (or don't), how Valerie Cherish may be developing real empathy, and what might be ahead in the final episode of the second season of The Comeback. ps: ...this isn't your mother's podcast! e: JenMarFilms@gm...
Dec 12, 2014•1 hr 32 min
"Valerie Saves The Show" - s1ep6 - Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni reflect on the many ways no one notices that Valerie Cherish is actually an asset and a savior. In Season 1 Episode 6 of HBOs "The Comeback", the first episode of "Room and Bored" has aired and the reviews are coming in. While Paulie G. focuses his frustration over the bad ratings on Valerie, she continually strives to take the higher road. Also included, a brief appearance by Engelbert Humperdinck... ps: ...this isn’t your mother’s p...
Dec 08, 2014•45 min
"Valerie Saves The Show" - s2ep4 - Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni take apart their favorite, and perhaps the darkest episode, yet. Cancer, Suicide, and Mysterious McGuffins abound, making Episode 4 of Season 2 particularly dark... and as cavernous as Miss Yi's gaping maw... p.s. …this isn't your mothers' podcast e: [email protected] tw: @JenMarFilms fb: JenMar Films
Dec 03, 2014•1 hr 11 min
"Valerie Demands Dignity" - Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni dissect Episode 5 of Season 1 where Valerie makes it clear what she wants her show to be about. Here the Watercooler Women discuss what's in their bedstands, the pros and cons of stunts and sex in reality TV, and much more, all on a Ladies journey back to Valerie Cherish. NOTABLE: first appearance and discussion of Valerie's nightime viewing, her "Ladies Loving Ladies" VHS tape. e: [email protected]: JenMar Filmstw: @JenMarFilms
Nov 30, 2014•45 min
"Valerie Is Brought To Her Knees" - Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni dive into episode 3 of Season 2. The ladies are tuned into the electric energy Seth Rogan brings to the show, and contemplate what exactly that smell is in Val's trailer. Marcie shares some personal anectdotes of her brushes with notable celebrities and these Watercooler Women get way too deep into "doody-talk", which they would like their mothers to know they apologize for ahead of time.
Nov 27, 2014•1 hr 14 min
"Valerie Tries To Get Yesterday Back" - This week your Watercooler Women discuss "Valerie Tries To Get Yesterday Back", episode 2 of Season 2 of HBO's The Comeback. Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni are elated to have Jane back, learn her last name, and find out what she's done since The Comeback.
Nov 21, 2014•57 min
Miss Marcie and Miss Jenni of JenMar Films' Podcast Dept. dissect "Valerie Stands Up For Aunt Sassy" - Episode 4 of Season One from HBO's The Comeback. They suggest an alternative title for this episode could easily be "The Hate Show", although they love it because of all the PUPPIES!!! A grip with no nose, a look that says "f-you", and cigarette or cigar, are just a few of the topics discussed in this week's podcast. Email: [email protected]: @JenMarFilmsFB: JenMar Films
Nov 16, 2014•54 min
