Buddies Without Borders

On episode 106, there’s no crying in podcasting! Chris and Stevie break down the 1992 film and 2022 series entitled A League of Their Own. Plus: Remembrance Day poppies, highly time-specific US Midterm Election news, Weird – The Weird Al Story, and more!

Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Rosie O’Donnell in A League of Their Own (1992).

Nick Offerman, Abbi Jacobsen, Rae Gray, Lil Frex, and Tressa Glover in A League of Their Own (2022). 

A strange time capsule: Sam McMurray, Katie Rich, Carey Lowell, Christine Elise, Wendy McKenna, Tracy Reiner, Megan Cavanaugh and Tracy Nelson in the first attempt at a TV adaptation of A League of Their Own (1993). 

On episode 105 of BWB, we talk about Canadian Halloween candy, bad first dates, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, and the Canadian police comedy-drama series Pretty Hard Cases.

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Show Notes:

John Oliver’s Law & Order episode: https://youtu.be/DNy6F7ZwX8I

Brittlestar’s Halloween in Canada: https://youtu.be/Pw7mS2Q_pu8

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: https://imaginationlibrary.com

Clerks III: https://clerks3.movie

Stay F. Homekins podcast feed (for watch-a-longs): https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/stay-f-homekins-with-janie-haddad-tompkins-paul-f-tompkins/id1503706010

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