After Hayden Panettiere's death on 8/16, I felt inspired to record an episode on the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess. I, too, was a teen figure skater, and I wanted to pay tribute to Michelle Trachtenberg and her co-star Hayden, who tore up the ice on celluloid while setting a new standard for female friendships.

In this episode, I'll briefly recap the movie, tell you some trivia I learned about it, and then share some of my experiences as a teen figure skater.

Sources:

About.com interview with Michelle Trachtenberg:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090425182233/http://movies.about.com/od/iceprincess/a/princssmt031205.htm

Campus Circle interview with Michelle Trachtenberg:

https://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=702

MTV.com interview with Michelle Trachtenberg:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050315044312/http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/t/trachtenberg_ice_princess_050311/

About.com interview with Hayden Panettiere:

https://web.archive.org/web/20081201112615/http://movies.about.com/od/iceprincess/a/princsshp031205_2.htm

People Magazine piece on Hayden's mother's statement:

https://people.com/hayden-panettiere-estranged-mom-speaks-out-after-death-12061596

News article about Zahra Lari:

https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/17/208359

Terry Jinks obituary in Skating Magazine:

https://skatingmagazine.usfigureskating.org/article/Skating_201508-09_25

Spread Eagle Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxlUk399JqI

Hydro plane/blade Example:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=figure+skating+hydroblade

Magical Rewind "Ice Princess" podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Rh06avd5cGZRfueJNBkod

Taste the beast! I'm finally back with a new episode, and I'm here to talk about the 2008 comedy "Role Models," and its amazing director, David Wain. He has a new movie out called "Gail Daughtery and the Celebrity Sex Pass," and since he's giving me countless hours of free entertainment, I figured I'd give him a free promo.

Please enjoy my little book report on this delightful film and a short biography of the man who made it.

Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/role-models-2008

Paul McCartney/Wings: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2008/12/a-melodic-tribute-to-70sera-paul-mccartney?verso=true

Mrs. Wain: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/palmbeachpost/name/nina-wain-obituary?id=22671412

Wain nose job: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/05/magazine/way-we-live-now-8-5-01-questions-for-david-wain-michael-showalter-camping-it-up.html

• Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20150527153151/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/05/magazine/way-we-live-now-8-5-01-questions-for-david-wain-michael-showalter-camping-it-up.html

Directing interest: https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-wain/bio/3000516578/

Bobb’e Thompson arrest: https://www.tmz.com/2021/06/25/role-models-star-bobbe-j-thompson-busted-gun-possession/

David Wain Bio: https://davidwain.com/bio

Other David Wain arrest: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11816071

Snootchie bootchies! In this episode, I discuss Kevin Smith's fan-service classic, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. And on 4/20, because of course. As a kid in high school, I went through a big View Askewniverse phase, treating his movies almost like stoner-Shakespeare. I was a hopelessly uncool dork with almost no social life to speak of, but in Smith's sharply written world, I got to feel strangely adult.

Here, we'll look into accusations of homophobia against the film and director; the story of how Jason Mewes was touched by an angel; and take a peak at the director who inspired Smith to get started in the first place.