Episode Description An episode after which Ashley will never be able to think about stomachaches the same way again. Also, in honor of our Season 1 finale, it's a DOUBLE FEATURE, babaaaaaay! How well did Ashley guess what these movies were about? ...well, her closest guess involved dairy products (and even then, calling that a "close" guess is generous). Show Notes 1979's Alien was written by Dan O'Bannon and follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo in the year 2122, who res...

Episode Description In the latest installment of, "WHY WASN'T I TAUGHT THIS IN SCHOOL?!" Ashley finally learns what a 401(k) is. How well did Ashley guess how the retirement process works? ...well, she learned she's been pronouncing IRA incorrectly. Show Notes Have you ever dreamed what life will be like after retirement? You're not alone. Unfortunately, for Ashley, that dream is a long, LOOOOOONG, ways away. Still, it can seem like a daunting, expensive dream to have. So how the heck do yo...

Episode Description An episode in which Ashley begrudgingly makes her mother happy. How well did Ashley guess what this movie was about? ...well, she didn't know Julie Andrews was in it. Show Notes "The hills are aliiiiiiiiive..." (surprisingly, at the beginning of the movie). The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed...

Episode Description Ashley still had questions after the American Revolution episode, and lucky for her, that meant she got to get right back into researching. She's thrilled that she somehow managed to assign herself homework (she's not). In this episode, Ashley learns that there wasn't a President at the end of the American Revolution, she learns about some messed up sh*t that's in the ACTUAL body of the Constitution, and she FINALLY learns what the Federalist papers are. S...

Episode Description An episode where Ashley thinks she's seen this movie before, but learns that she most certainly has not. How well did Ashley guess what this movie was about? ...well, she CRUSHED the theme song this time (sorry, Jurassic Park). Show Notes Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as, respectively, Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengle...

Episode Description That's right; we're getting historical, y'all. And Ashley is toooooootally thrilled about it (she's not). In this episode, Ashley learns the name of "that guy who said the British were coming," and constantly wonders when the heck the Constitution comes in (it doesn't). How well did Ashley guess what actually went down? ...I mean, she was technically right with her guessed time frame of "sometime between 1492 and 1776." Show Notes During the...

Episode Description An episode where Ashley learns why people keep saying "hold on to your butts," and spends an ungodly amount of time researching how to correctly pronounce dinosaur names. Oh yeah, and she asks a key question: "...is Jeff Goldblum hot?" How well did Ashley guess what this movie was about? ...well, she REALLY did try to sing the theme song, bless her heart. Show Notes Jurassic Park is a 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1990 novel of the s...

Episode Description What's that? This show isn't all about action and explosions? Heck no - Ashley doesn't know a LOT of things, and we're covering the whole range here. In this episode, Ashley asks the key question of, "WHY WASN'T I TAUGHT THIS IN SCHOOL?!" Also, she finally learns what escrow is. How well did Ashley guess how the process works? ...she missed like half the steps, but she does talk for WAY too long about how she creeps on her neighbors yards. Show Notes Have you been f...

Episode Description An episode in which Ashley learns that Bruce Willis is not Kiefer Sutherland, and she learns that Die Hard is totally a Christmas movie (albeit, one with significantly more murder than the Santa Clause). How well did Ashley guess what this movie was about? ...this is probably the closest she'll ever get to nailing it, to be honest. Show Notes "Yippee Ki Yay..." The greatest one liner in movie history? Probably. Die Hard is a 1988 action movie that changed the idea of ac...

Episode Description An episode in which Ashley worries that she might have to watch Tom Hanks die, and she learns that Apollo 13 was not, in fact, about the moon landing. Quite the opposite, in fact. How well did Ashley guess what this movie was about? ...well, she knew it was in space, at least. Show Notes "Houston, we have a problem" (or, if you want to be historically accurate, "Houston, we've had a problem here"). Apollo 13 is a 1995 film starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxto...