It's officially spooky season on High School Slumber Party and once again Autumn and Dan Ferrara are opening up the podcast with another horror film! Our October begins by chatting the 1986 Troma film Class of Nuke 'Em High. Find out what happens when toxic nuclear waste leaks into a suburban New Jersey school in a gore filled ride!
First time guest Keith Dorsey of the Dawson Black podcast steps into the sleeping bag to talk Dirty Deeds staring Milo Ventimiglia and Lacey Chabert. This 2005 teen sex comedy partially financed (and also co-staring) former Major League Baseball star Todd Zeile didn't land with critics when it first came out. That doesn't stop Keith from showing some love and letting the slumbers know why it's one of his go-to movies. Keith also shares who he likes and dislikes the most on his most recent Dawson...
We open our Class Reunion series by sharing one final slice of pie. Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films and Cousin Pumkin are here to chat the forth film in the main American Pie franchise; American Reunion. Find out who Kyle and Pumkin's favorite MILF is as we chat Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy, Sean Williams Scott, Chris Kline and the rest of the gang as they're all back for their 13th reunion.
We're heading back to school for our senior year and we're talking the cult classic Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. The Godfather of the CageClub Podcast Network Joey Lewandowski welcomes the slumberers to the town of Twin Peaks and helps guide us through all weirdness of David Lynch's world through the lens of this prequel to the popular series.
Brian and the Foodie Films Man Kyle Reinfried close their beach summer on San Emilio Island, USA with the surf movie that George Lucas thought would do better than Star Wars and Steven Spielberg thought would do better than Close Encounters; John Milius's Big Wednesday. Starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt and Gary Busey; Big Wednesday is the coming of age tale three young surfers living their best lives.
High School Slumber Party AP welcomes its first guest; Gender and Height researcher (plus great friend of co-host Aislinn Addington) Dr. Jane Webb to chat Netflix's Tall Girl! This 2019 movie staring Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck and Sabrina Carpenter was streamed by almost 50 million people! How will if fare through our strict AP lens? Listen for that and the answer to the question all the slumberers are waiting for; Is Aislinn #TeamPeter or #TeamJohnAmbrose?
Twilight expert Kate Hudson and "Top Fan" Joe Two return to the slumber party to conclude our Twilight Eclipse episode for the Second Lifetime of our #TwilightForever series. That's a whole lotta Twilight; hence why this is part 2 of our discussion. Find out what Twilight related item Joe Two makes Kate Hudson buy on air, what art piece Kate already bullied Brian into buying, who won the trading card game along with whatever weird stuff comes out of the mouths of Brian, Joe and Kate.
Stop if you've heard this one before...Twilight expert Kate Hudson and Brian talked about the world the Stephanie Meyer built for so long we had to divide the episode in two...Speaking of two, Joe Two is back as well chatting about Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight Saga. In part 1 of this two part #TwilightForever episode; Kate asks a very personal question regarding Edward's (Robert Pattison) personal habits (again), Bella (Kristen Stewart) is special, Charlie has a sex talk, Joe Two does...
From the beach, to the pool, to the golf course! Brian and Kyle Reinfriend's summer on Sam Emilio Island continues as they talk the comedy classic; Caddyshack. Is Caddyshack a teen film? Starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray, and a puppet gopher; the film's origins as a coming-of-age story remain the backbone of this wacky slapstick comedy classic. Also, Christian Larson phones in to share his thoughts on Caddyshack and to educate us on what exactly y...
Co-Professors Aislinn Addington and Brian Rodriguez drop this special surprise episode of High School Slumber Party AP as they chat about 2019's The Last Summer. Starring KJ Apa and Maia Mitchell among other contemporary teen stars the film tells the story of a bunch of intertwined teens living their last summer before college. SPOILER ALERT: Brian and Aislinn are not big fans of this movie but the episode is still very fun!
An important chapter in the history of this podcast comes to a close today as Shawnee Mead is back to slam the door on The Kissing Booth 3. For the conclusion of the widely successful yet critically panned Netflix Kissing Booth franchise Shawnee and Brian discuss the fates of Elle (Joey King aka the future Julia Roberts), Noah (Jacob Elordi), Lee (Joel Courtney) and the rest of the cast and characters like High School Slumber Party Hall-of-Famer Molly Ringwald! Could the Kissing Booth 3 clear th...
We're hopping from the beach to the pool as Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films guests once again to chat about a film almost nobody saw; Staten Island Summer. Written by Colin Jost and staring Graham Phillips,Bobby Moynihan, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Cecily Strong, and Ashley Greene; this Lorne Michaels produced coming-of-age comedy about a public pool on (you guessed it) Staten Island is largely unknown despite it's "A" list comedy cast. Kyle and Brian dive into the deep end and discuss what hit an...
Our beach movie series moves south of the border for the latest slumber party as the Foodie Films Man Kyle Reinfried and Brian chat up the sexually charged coming-of-age road movie Y Tu Mamá También. This masterpiece of Mexican cinema is directed by Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón and stars Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdu. Kyle and Brian discuss the works of Cuarón as well as the other Three Amigos (Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro) and chat about what exac...
The summer of beach films continues as Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films joins Brian once again to chat a Beach Party Movie. This time they're chatting 1964's Bikini Beach! Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello are back as Frankie and Dee Dee they are joined by drag racers, a surfing ape, a Beatle knockoff (also played by Frankie Avalon) and Boris Karloff among other surprises. Don Rickles returns...kind of...and so does "Little" Stevie Wonder. Will Kyle and Brian enjoy all the silly fun or has the ...
Surfs up from San Emilio Island, USA as the conversation moves to Beach Party's direct sequel; 1964's Muscle Beach Party. Frankie and Dee Dee are back! Kyle and Brian are still here! Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello return as the franchise continues to impress us with a cast including comedy legends Don Rickles and Buddy Hackett, Bond Girl Luciana Paluzzi, and introducing for the first time on screen "little" Stevie Wonder! The plot about a team of body builders invading the gangs beach spot...
High School Slumber Party AP Co-Professors Aislinn Addington and Brian Rodriguez dive into Soleil Moon Frye's Hulu Documentary: Kid 90. Assembled from her personal video recordings, answering machine messages and journal entries, Soleil Moon Frye takes us on a very intimate journey through her own eyes growing up as a famous teenager in the 1990s. Featuring interviews from David Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Brian Austin Green, Stephen Dorff, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Danny Boy O'Connor and more; the Pu...
Cousin Pumkin gets his reward as we're watching American Pie together! After receiving his slumberer approved tattoo, Cousin Pumkin's one request was to talk American Pie on the podcast. Since we already covered the #iconic teen sex comedy of the late 90's earlier in our run, we're doing a commentary and rewatch so queue up the movie, fill your plastic cup with beer and rewatch the movie as Pumkin and Brian talk Jim (Jason Biggs), Jim's Dad (Eugene Levy), Stiffler (Sean William Scott), Oz, Finch...
If Beach Party started an entire genre of teen film in 1963, it has one film to thank! 1959's Gidget was not only super influential in the history of high school movies but according to many experts; it's the single biggest reason for the popularity surge of surf culture around the world. Starring Sandra Dee, James Darren and Cliff Robertson; Gidget is the tale of a teenager's discovery and initiation into the surf society. Kyle Reinfried joins Brian from their house on San Emilio Island, USA to...
Live from their summer beach bungalow on San Emilio Island, USA the Food Films Man Kyle Reinfried and Brian talk about one of the most important movies in the teen film genre; Beach Party! Join Kyle and Brian as they chat Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Vincent Price and the film that started a teen beach sub-genre sensation.
We conclude the Netflix Fear Street Trilogy by chatting up Fear Street part 3 1666! Kate Hudson is back of course. Could the final film of the R.L. Stein adaptation win Kate over or will she swear off the series forever?
The conversation continues on the Black Teen Experience as Brian, Cousin Pumkin and Kirkland Shephard talk about life, race, basketball, college recruitment and of course everything else they didn't get to tackle from Spike Lee's He Got Game. Find how just how real that one on one hoops scene between Denzel Washington and Ray Allen was, how real colleges went after Kirk in a similar way to the film and so much more realness to recount here. Also, Cousin Pumkin finally got his A Goofy Movie Tatto...
SURPRISE! In honor of the entire Twilight Saga coming to Netflix in the United States here are some clips from the award winning* #TwilightForever series hosting by Brian Rodriguez, Kate Hudson and Joe 2. On the fence about watching Twilight? Have a listen and see how much fun talking about Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Tayler Lautner, vampire baseball, werewolves, hybrid babies, the volturi and Rosalie can be! All five movies drop on Netflix in the U.S.A. July 16th.
Welcome Campers! We're back talking Fear Street. This time we're talking Fear Street Part 2: 1978. Will the sequel to last week's modern adaptation of R.L. Stein's famous book series provide enough fan service to make Kate Hudson happy or will Gen-Z take the win? Also, will Brian pick up another win in Fear Street bingo?
This one goes out to all NY ballers out there. Kirkland Shephard and Brian Rodriguez return with the Black Teen Experience and they're talking a Spike Lee Joint; He Got Game. This time they aren't alone as Cousin Pumkin is tagging along to talk Ray Allen as Jesus Shuttlesworth, Denzel Washington, Rosario Dawson, Coney Island, college basketball recruitment and Brian discusses his quick interactions with NBA players. The guys have so much fun we had to separate this episode in two parts. Part Two...
Fear Street Expert Kate Hudson joins the first slumber party of the summer to talk the brand new Fear Street Part One: 1994 which debuted on Netflix just this Friday. Kate and Brian break down their first reactions and everything they love about this R.L. Stein adaptation.
It's that time of year again! CageClub Podcast Network co-founder Joey Lewandowski joins Brian to announce the Junior Yearbook Superlative winners! Also, find out what you slumberers will be doing this summer.
Hope you're wearing your dance belt (if applicable) for today's episode of High School Slumber Party AP as Aislinn Addington and Brian Rodriguez are talking Netflix's Work it! Will this dance movie staring Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy and Jordan Fisher (who Aislinn knows a surprising amount of facts about...) make Brian and Aislinn jump out of their seats and onto the dance stage? Also, find out what Aislinn thought of her homework assignment; Critical Thinking.
We cross the pond for this slumber party as Mike Rivera and the Foodie Films Man Kyle Reinfried stop by for a bit of a high school reunion as they chat about their European misadventures as well as 2004's EuroTrip! Directed by a talented team of TV writers and stocked piled with cameos EuroTrip is more than a raunchy Road Trip pseudo-sequel...at least to fans of a very specific demographic. Who could forget "Scotty Doesn't Know"?
Ryan Stick is back and he's better than ever because today we're talking My Boyfriend's Back! If you're a fan of A-list actors with humble beginnings look no further as Philip Seymour Hoffman, Matthew Fox, Matthew McConaughey and (almost) Renee Zellweger feature as supporting characters in this wacky tale of a teen zombie and the prom he's just dying to get to. Created by the father of Friday the 13th, Sean S. Cunningham and directed by Bob Balaban; My Boyfriend's Back may be just about ready to...
We're going back to prom and this time we're taking Cara Gael O'Regan as we discuss the horror classic; Carrie! Carrie stars Sissy Spacek as an introverted and sheltered teen with telekinetic powers who let's just say has a very interesting prom night. Also starring John Travolta and Piper Laurie; this Brian DePalma adaptation is actually the first Stephen King novel to get a film treatment. Cara also joins us to talk about the S#RaceToBeatPOTS benefitting Dysautonomia! Listen and donate.
