Just Friends (20th anniversary)

About this episode

Mark celebrates the 20th anniversary of the holiday rom-com Just Friends with guest Gaius Bolling, discussing its cast, comedy, and music.

Christmas, Christmas, the happiest day of the year! Perfect time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the holiday rom-com Just Friends, and Mark welcomes Gaius Bolling from the Back to the Blockbuster podcast back on the show to do just that. They rave about the cast, including MVP and hilarious scene stealer Anna Faris, plus the crazy, aggressive physical comedy everyone's doing, and the original songs (Forgiveness is more than saying sorry... Just be yourself... Mall people come and go...). But that infamous fat suit is a bit cringe 20 years later, huh? The guys also shout out the movie musical Rent too, which was released on the same day as Just Friends.Follow Gaius @g_reelz and listen to Back to the Blockbuster here: https://linktr.ee/BackToTheBlockbuster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mark

Guest: Gaius Bolling

Topics covered

• holiday rom-com
• film anniversary
• physical comedy
• movie cast
• original songs

Keywords

• Just Friends
• Gaius Bolling
• Anna Faris
• holiday rom-com
• physical comedy
• Rent
• 20th anniversary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Just Friends, Rent

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