The Mister Rogers Documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor'. The "surprising" success of the raunch-com Girls Trip didn't particularly surprise us; we talk about precisely where this "out-of-nowhere" hit came from. West wrote the 2016 book of the same name that forms the backbone of the show. Plus, what's making us happy this week. Does Netflix's 'The Politician' Deserve Your Vote? The gang will also discuss some of their favorite childhood toys that they love and miss. Dark Tower is a snooze, so instead we talk about some of our favorite Stephen King books and film adaptations. Then Linda interviews Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, the creators of Welcome to Night Vale. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. There has already been a Hulu take on the true-crime story of Candy Montgomery, who famously killed a friend of hers with an ax. Guardians of the Galaxy and So Bad It's Good. What do shows do to reinvigorate themselves and last a long time? Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Then, Linda chats with Latino USA's Daisy Rosario about the Gilmore Girls reboot. Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Chris Klimek talk about Edge of Tomorrow, the latest Tom Cruise blockbuster. Guest: Uproxx TV Critic Alan Sepinwall. We recommend some calming pieces of pop culture. Then they'll talk about grieving and what pieces of media helped them work through the grieving process. We've each brought clips of some of our favorite regrettable shows, and our fellow panelists will have to see if they can guess the source. Annie is played by Saturday Night Live's Aidy Bryant, who developed Shrill with TV writer Ali Rushfield and with Lindy West. Also Mira Nair's work and how important they were in breaking boundaries for female directors, and female directors of color. Then, All Things Considered Host Audie Cornish tags in for a chat about ABC's new sitcom Speechless. Every year at NPR Music we debate which hits might be remembered as "the song of the summer" sometimes it's a frothy pop song, or a star-packed hip-hop banger, or simply a song that gets played on the radio over and over again until we're beaten into submission. The Great Halloween Candy Debate with Mallory Ortberg. I feel like with shows that can appeal to adults you don't even have to be that nasty, you can just be funny. Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Guilty Pleasure Problem And The Holiday Tune. Pop Culture Happy Hour: It's That Time Of Year, So Get Ready For Bells. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Favorite Moments Of 2011. The show also recognized Aretha Franklinsort of. NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen joins the panel for a discussion of the new film Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan's World War II epic. Then, it's time for a discussion of clapbacks and feuds recorded live in Chicago with our NPR's Sam Sanders. We'll talk about what holds up, what looks really different, and what we miss the most. Then it's time for the annual fall television poll--the gang will pick new show they think will survive cancellation. And I would also encourage people to watch the rest of [director] Gurinder Chadha's filmography, like we don't talk enough about her work. On Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs came from behind to beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. Then they'll use the 50th anniversary of Gilligan's Island as a jumping off point for a discussion about absurdist sitcoms, the power of reruns, and Saturday morning cartoons. The gang touches on everything from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D to The Walking Dead to The Flaming Lips. This week: Murder Mystery 2, If the Shoe Fits, and more. Also, they talk about what makes a good cover song. Starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, it's the directing debut of actress Olivia Wilde. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about 'Looper,' the new film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. While our panel recovers from our New York field trip, we bring you three great conversations. There's the book Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, the podcast The Dropout, and the HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. Plus, what's making us happy. Code Switch Co-Host Gene Demby joins the panel for a discussion of the nutty new HBO series The Young Pope, which stars Jude Law. After three seasons on the air and a crowdfunded movie in 2014, Veronica is back. Comedian Guy Branum joins the panel for a discussion about why some fads and memes endure and others fade away. If you like these suggestions, consider signing up for our newsletter to get recommendations every week. This week's show takes a look at an emerging awards contender in the acting categories: I, Tonya, the semi-mockumentary retelling of the life of Tonya Harding, controversial figure skater. She also surprise-released a double-length live album that contains just some of the highlights from Beyonc's two ambitious Coachella performances. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. Guest: Comedian, actor, and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Kumail Nanjiani. Hustlers is based on the true story of a group of women who danced at a strip club together and later drugged and scammed some of their wealthy Wall Street customers. Then they'll chat about movie trailers, how they evolved, and what make's a memorable trailer. They'll talk New York, as portrayed in 'Seinfeld' and 'How I Met Your Mother,' to midwestern towns like Fargo and Pawnee, Indiana from 'Parks and Recreation.' ), 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood': Tarantino's Fairy Tale Turns Grim. But these kids are taking on these challenges in Northern Ireland in the 1990s. Taste The Nation puts everything from chop suey to pad Thai in cultural, political and culinary contexts, with Lakshmi as your hungry, curious guide. So please enjoy this second volume (see what we did there?) In fact, he envisions the leader as his imaginary friend. The streaming series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo has spurred an organizational renaissance. Blinded by the Light is another film that Gurinder Chadha has made. First, All Things Considered host Audie Cornish helps us figure out when to quit a television show and when to stick it out to the bitter end. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Petra Mayer talk about the lack of divserse casting of the new Star Wars film. I re-watched it, it's on Disney+, and it just made me so happy. They'll talk about how one publicity photo for the new movie has the Internet buzzing, and what role race and gender should play in casting decisions. it was sort of like the male version of Bend It Like Beckham. Comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani joins the gang for our live show recorded at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Dwayne Johnson, AKA The Rock, has fought all kinds of things in the movies. Elizabeth Holmes And Theranos In Pop Culture. Then they'll take a look at the briefest of acting triumphs: the cameo. We The also look at back at other films that find humor in the foibles of musicians. NPR Books editor Petra Mayer joins the panel to discuss The BFG specifically and Steven Spielberg movies in general. They also briefly discuss the "underwhelming" Tony Awards. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Meat Dress, '90s Sitcoms And The Dog Bed Of Repose. It's a post-apocalyptic story. I'd also be remiss not to mention Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is, of course, a jewel. Ramy recently released its second season, and it's added Mahershala Ali to its cast. hide caption. In fact, no one had even scored a touchdown when Maroon 5 came out to headline the halftime show. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, we revisit an episode from summer 2012. Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, the film stars Charlize Theron in an often brutal look at the emotional and physical tolls of parenthood. In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Linda Holmes and Barrie Hardymon chat about the Hilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall and its adaptation, currently airing on PBS. Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr., Kanye, and Gilmore Girls. Sarah Coulter/Paramount Plus In the new Todd Phillips film Joker, Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, an aspiring comic. 'The Lego Movie' and Adolescence in Pop Culture. And the hook is that Erskine and Konkle play versions of themselves as kids, awkwardly surrounded by actual tween actors. They'll breeze through some of their favorites, including 'The Far Side' and 'Calvin and Hobbes,' and discuss the challenges in following their favorite funnies into the digital age. To prepare for South by Southwest each year, we listen to countless hours of music in search of discoveries to share, from this year's Austin 100. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon are joined by NPR Code Switch's Kat Chow to talk about film ratings. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Then, the panel discusses the romantic musical La La Land, which stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. It's an adventure and a challenge, and there are lots of different ways to play. That's one of the reasons the new HBO series Lovecraft Country works. Cats wrestles with how to present a variety of cat characters, dance numbers, and even a drug-induced catnap. I could listen to like four or five seasons of "Erotic 90s" because you're now in the sweet spot of the movies that kind of were coming out when I was developing an interest in film and thinking about film. Under the blue skies of summer, what could be more welcome than ABBA songs? This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about James Gandolfini, the downsides and upsides of typecasting, and picking music for your wedding. It's a chance to see already legendary performances from Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., and Phillipa Soo, among others, and to see how this sweeping historical story was staged. The comedy series What We Do In The Shadows imagines what a slacker reality show might look like if all the roommates were vampires. In between, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and company touch on brutal television justice from Judge Judy, an extremely unconventional lollipop from The Great Food Truck Race, even more ruminations upon the greatness that is the Bachelor franchise and its associated Pad. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. Next, they make predictions for pop culture in 2013. I have recently watched the really goofy movie Yes, Madam, in which she has this, like, short '80s power lady haircut. All that, plus Whats Making Us Happy this week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson are joined by producer Jess Gitner and comics guru (also Stephen's mom) Maggie Thompson to talk about pop culture for all ages. Then, they discuss Keanu, the new action comedy from the team behind Key and Peele. We are recapping this year's Tony Awards. I think it's one of the great stories in a video game. Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon and guest Kat Chow of NPR's Code Switch say goodbye to 2015, and revisit their resolutions and predictions. This leads to a conversation about other hard sci-fi space movies like Contact, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Alien. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes returns to lead a discussion on winter movie, from the art filmes and Oscar-bait movies like My Week With Marilyn, The Iron Lady and Young Adult to potential blockbusters The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Mission Impossible, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and more. We went to musicals and plays, revivals and new works, and we have a lot of thoughts. 'Tidying Up With Marie Kondo' Is A Spark Of Joy. All that plus, What's Making Us Happy this week, including rediscovering TV drama 'Party of Five,' Acorn TV, Assassins Creed III and music in commercials. All that plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. Why are some people drawn to events like the Super Bowl or Olympics, while others don't see the appeal of being "temporarily, adjacently victorious?" Plus, what's making us happy this week. On today's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we're defying gravity and saving our families. ", Pop Culture Happy Hour: Chris Rock, Jack Benny, And Late Breaking News. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Then it's time for a discussion of holiday music and, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. There has already been a Hulu take on the true-crime story of Candy Montgomery, who famously killed a friend of hers with an ax. We're joined by Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings, hosts of The Nod podcast.
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