About a month ago now Michael Branson Smith (MBS) and I did a special episode of the Family Pictures Podcast in order to look back on all the films we had discussed up and until that point (there were 48). We treated it as an award ceremony with off-the-wall categories like “Family member likely to blowup Thanksgiving” or “Worst surrogate parent” or “Family you would like to be a part of” etc. It was a total blast to do, and we did a pretty good job of mentioning a character from almost all 48 films.
This was also the first episode where MBS and I did not share notes beforehand, so part of the fun was surprising one another with on-the-spot categories. The funnest part was just taking the time to reflect on all the films we discussed over the last year and change. Re-listening to the episode it just reinforces how much this podcast is about MBS and I connecting on a very human and playful level—it’s one of the best things I have committed to in a long while. Long live the FFP!
