Buddy Comedy and Romcom Collide

Wedding Crashers introduced us to the memorable duo of John and Jeremy through the journey of party crashing playboys to men who find their true loves. However, before seeing Wedding Crashers, we were not even familiar with the concept of wedding crashing in our adolescent lives. As we each stumbled upon this movie for the first time in our mid-teens, we were introduced to a different brand of comedy that would come to influence the next decade of the genre. While everyone gets a happy (and rather cliche) end when this story finally wraps, the laughs and the character arcs make this film worth the time, even to this day. Buy Zach’s newest book, Something Strange at Grandma’s House: https://www.steellakestudio.com/books Sign up for our E-MAIL LIST: https://www.steellakestudio.com/email TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Welcome 1:00 The Baby Whisperer 13:00 The Common Ground of Board Games and Podcasts 23:00 A Quick Discussion on Learning 28:50 What are We Reading 39:20 2005 State of the World 54:33 Wedding Crashers Summary and Stats 1:02:50 Zach’s Initial Impact 1:06:00 Adoration for Characters with Bombastic Struggles 1:10:00 Cody’s Initial Impact [Awkward Watching with Dad] 1:16:00 The Film’s Potentially Questionable Theme 1:23:00 Surprisingly Good Character Arcs 1:37:00 The Influence on Comedy Films 1:44:00 Why we don’t like Bridesmaids but love Wedding Crashers and the Hangover 1:55:00 The Lasting Appeal Thank you so much for checking out Parallel Quest. This is a production of Steel Lake Studio. We don't just have one podcast though, we are a team of storytellers trying to use a variety of different mediums to tell stories that we have been working on our whole lives. If you would like to check out more of what we do, check out https://www.steellakestudio.com/ I you enjoy the show and would like to SUPPORT the show, you can do so on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/steellakestudio If you REALLY like the show, consider rocking some Parallel Quest themed MERCHANDISE:https://www.steellakestudio.com/merch