Episode 836: Blood and Milk

Overthinking It Podcast

English - July 15, 2024 04:01 - ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 835: Dick Wolf Comes Westward, Like the Course of Empire

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Unfrosted,” Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy about the invention of the Pop Tart.

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted, a parodic film about the 1960s in America (and, incidentally about the invention of the Pop Tart). But they don’t tuck in before they’ve had breakfaast—in a nostalgic prolegomenon (inspired by the film’s nostalgia) they discuss their feelings about breakfast and how kids interact with breakfast before getting to the film’s (something less than trenchant) poking fun at mid-century corporate culture, the space race, and (awkwardly) January 6.

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