Episode 125: SAY ANYTHING (1989)

Our Polly Platt series comes to an end with one of the producer, production designer, and hitmaker’s best-known works: the ur-teen romcom SAY ANYTHING… We discuss the movie’s status as romcom classic, the questionable influence of the American dream over the lives of vulnerable youth, whether or not Lloyd Dobler is a simp, and whether or not they should’ve cut the “ding” from the final shot of the movie. IYKYK. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Music: “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel from the SAY ANYTHING... soundtrack. 0:00 - Episode 125: SAY ANYTHING… (1989) 1:36 - Is Lloyd Dobler a simp? 5:47 - The episode actually starts 6:31 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 8:08 - Jason’s thoughts 10:13 - Cody’s thoughts 14:45 - Harry’s thoughts 19:25 - Aaron’s thoughts 22:30 - John Mahoney’s fraying, grifting, lovable dad 29:15 - Just some sympathy for Diane Court 35:51 - Aaron left his hand up in Zencastr and we get his ass for it 43:22 - Should the ding be there at the end of the movie? 58:51 - Spare thoughts 1:06:12 - Cody’s Noteys (Trylibs: Young Romance)