Episode 78: “I know I need to get ahold of myself, but I just can’t.”
Sarah McLachlan commercials. Disney cartoons. Sappy reality TV. This episode is all about the things that make us cry (sometimes for no reason). Take a listen to find out what really tugs at C + D’s heartstrings.
Links To Give You Life:
Travel on the road of nostalgia alongside these grown-up theater kids looking to be “17 Again” and relive their glory days with an “ENCORE!” performance
Witness the peak of “Star Wars” fandom with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of “The Mandalorian” complete with cosplaying stormtroopers
Put live theater on your kick-the-bucket-quarantine list—whether you see “Wicked,” “Hamilton,” or some other powerhouse of a show, C + D dare you not to cry
Find out where you are on the crying-over-animal-stories spectrum with test films like “The Fox and the Hound,” “Eight Below,” “Finding Nemo,” and “The Secret Life of Pets”
See if the grief-stricken flashbacks and weird ghostly visits make you sob (when they shouldn’t) with Mindy Kaling’s teen comedy “Never Have I Ever” on Netflix
As the writers at Refinery29 say, “we hope you've got some hankies handy” for this roundup they did of “The 30 Most Cry-Tastic Commercials Of All Time”
From Yankees baseball players gone to war to dystopian trauma, check out the books that made C + D cry
Remember you can always submit all of your obsessions, suggestions, and questions anytime to currentlyobsessedclub@gmail.com. Want to shop the books C + D obsess over on the show? Check out the new Currently Obsessed Bookshop, specifically made to support local, independent bookstore, which need our help now more than ever. As always, thanks for listening and stay obsessed!
Episode Guide: (00:32) D’s obsession with “ENCORE!” (07:20) C’s obsession with the making-of documentary “Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian” (16:00) C + D talk the power of heartwarming TV and live performances (21:18) C talks unconditional animal love and “Finding Nemo” (26:43) D talks Mindy Kaling’s teen comedy “Never Have I Ever” (30:42) C talks crying over commercials (32:31) C + D talk crying over books like “Last Days of Summer” and “Flawed” (39:32) C talks beautiful moments in the Badlands
