Joe DeFasio
director of "Hide & Creep", Amber's step-cousin
Highlight Bits & Quotes
8Sundance Ambitions and Pete Davidson Space
The group discusses their goal of getting their 2-minute-and-30-second film into Sundance or 'SXSW'. They attempt to 'hold space' for Pete Davidson's father while Cody continues to laugh inappropriately.
"Can we just hold some space for his dad?"
"Cody laughing at a 9/11 reference!"
"No we're sexualizing a man whose dad died in 9/11"
"That's what it is to laugh at someone's loss is to sexualize them"
The Final Cut: Hide and Creep
The group watches the actual film, a disjointed series of 'smash cuts' involving a lesbian nun in a basement, a dangerous pill, and a creature.
"My dad did give me this weird pill"
"Smash cut to the basement"
"The lesbian nun lives in the basement"
"I'm just the camera guy. You can't see my face because it's POV."
The Next Steven Spillbird
Joe reveals he has been filming the entire podcast as a documentary about senior year, claiming to be the next 'Steven Spillbird' despite the others correcting his pronunciation.
"I'm actually the next Steven Spillbird."
"It's definitely Steven Spillbird."
"Hey Siri, show me a picture of old boobs."
The Hierarchy of the Film Club
The students define their roles on the project, ranging from 'sometimes mean' producer to 'location scout'. They bond over their shared love for 'The Babadook' and 'Magnolia' while gatekeeping the term 'sketches' over 'skits'.
"They're called sketches, you [__] idiot."
"My parents do horses, but that's not all I do."
The Cameo Roster and Found Footage Ethics
The teens list the cameos in their film, including a computer teacher, a janitor, and a lunch monitor with a parrot on her head who they filmed from behind without her knowledge.
"I don't think she knows she's in the movie because we like kind of filmed her from behind"
"We had to do a little found footage sort of thing with her"
The 'So What' Monologue and the Penis Game
Amber performs her dramatic monologue from the film, which was ruined on set by Cody playing the 'penis game' with a crew member, causing Amber to lose her focus.
"You found me so what"
"I started playing the penis game because I was talking to my buddy Stu who's doing crafty"
Bloopers and the Happy Murder Year
The film transitions into a 'bloopers' reel featuring a New Year's countdown to a 'Happy Murder Year' and Amber's dramatic monologue being interrupted by Renee's flatulence.
"Happy Murder Year!"
"I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us."
High School Filmmakers Roundtable Introduction
The hosts introduce a group of ambitious high school students who have just completed their first film, 'Hide and Creep'. The teens immediately display chaotic energy, arguing over Frappuccinos and school security.
"Did you drive out of the senior lot to get that?"
"I literally left at recess."