Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Welcome to another Friday Chit Chat. This is two in one month. Thank you, Macy's. Thanks, guys. You know what? Can I just say before we get going on this Chit Chat that you look really refreshed. Do I? You do. How was your trip to New York? Yeah, I just got back from a little couples artist retreat with Lee. We went to New York. Couples artist retreat. That's what I'm calling it.
And I want to do more of these. It was just two days of reading books, seeing theater. eating food, just like immersing in like really cool conversations. I mean, I was reading this book and I came across a line in the book and I was like, Lee, can we unpack this line? This is you, like your absolute happy place. I loved it. It was romantic. It was... uplifting. We saw this play. We saw Bug.
It's still out. You can still catch it on Broadway. It was written by Tracy Letts years ago, but it's still like so relevant. This couple, they're in a motel and they start to believe that they're infected with bugs. Oh gosh. And they are falling in love at the same time. And to me, there's some stuff I had to watch like through my fingers, like a horror movie. Almost.
All I can picture is Jim saying to Dwight, was it smug? Oh yeah, the smug bed bug. The smug bed bug, yes. You're so right. But no, to me, it's a love story, but it's also like what happens when you get infected with an idea and you're just living in an echo chamber. It's so good. We absolutely loved it. But yes. I had a great trip. And Angela, that was thanks to you. Oh, come on. It was.
I want everyone to know that one of my favorite things about our partnership is how one of us can go off and have a moment. Maybe it's to work on a creative project or even just do a home project or whatever it is. And we've got this other person who keeps the lights on and you kept the lights on while I was gone. Well, I was happy to do it, lady. You've done that for me so many times.
I remember there was a weekend where I was like, I just need to see my mom. I just got to get eyes on her. I remember that. And we moved things around so I could just go sit with Birdie Jo. I loved it. And I want to give you another shout out, actually, lady. Oh. I want to give a shout out to you and to our amazing social media team, Block Party. Oh, they're so great.
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Chapter 2: What inspired Jenna during her recent trip to New York?
Did you tell me recently that we have over 100 million subscribers? downloads on our reels in less than a year. Views, I guess. Views, not downloads. You don't download a reel. This is why you're in charge of this. No, I mean, I am not that tech savvy. I lean very hard on Claire and Eitan at Block Party. They are so fun. They have a lot of great ideas.
And yeah, we have over a hundred million views and we haven't even been doing reels and stuff for even a year. I know. You know, I just had a meeting with him and I have to tell you something. Lady, I introduced them to my digital clutter. Oh my gosh, what does that mean? Well, hopefully I haven't scared them away. I made this folder. I have so many videos from us on set. You do?
Behind the scenes moments, pictures. So they're going to start making some really fun reels with these old little moments of us on set. Lady, I have some of that stuff too. I got to send it to you because it's priceless. Yeah. Oh, send it. Oh, I love this. Well, speaking of throwbacks, there's actually a really hilarious reel that went up today. And it's one of my favorites.
It's from when we were podcasting in our closets during the pandemic. Right. It's our John Wick podcast. Our John Wick debate. Yes. Yeah. They had a lot of fun putting that together. I was so glad we were over Zoom. I mean, obviously, I would love to be in person with you, but we have this video now. Well, I think it's even funnier when you can see our faces. I love that we have it.
It makes me laugh every time. But... I do have something to share about the John Wick debate, a new development. Wait, can I just tell you guys, this is when I wish we were filming, maybe, because Jenna just covered her mouth like, like, well, I have something to tell you. Okay, well, I was in our general mailbox, and I found this letter. We got this letter from Allie X. Allie X says...
Jenna did not say she watched the John Wick movies on the podcast. She just said she was enjoying Keanu Reeves' movies and she might try John Wick next. So I was like, wait, because in this video, if you go watch it, or if you guys remember, we get into this whole argument because- I say, Jenna, I did what you told me. I watched all the John Wick movies. Right, and I'm like, I never said that.
Well, Allie X is confirming that I did not say that. So I had a little mom detectives moment, and I found the episode of Office Ladies where we first discussed this. It was in the negotiation episode. And sure enough, Angela, it's actually your idea that you watch all the John Wick movies. No, no, no. You say something like you're going to be a Keanu Reeves aficionado and you're going to watch...
I have it. I wrote it down from the transcript. Okay, let's read it. Okay, I'm saying how Keanu Reeves' movies are getting through the pandemic, and I say, quote, maybe I'll watch John Wick next. And then, Angela, you say Josh has seen all of them, but he said you probably shouldn't watch them because they'd be too intense for you. But then you say, quote, maybe I'll watch them with you. Okay.
And I say, okay, cool. That's it. That's it. I clearly took this as marching orders. Like, okay, Jenna's going to watch John Wick. I'm going to watch John Wick. Yes. But can I just say, I absolutely love how somehow between the two of us, These John Wick movies have now become such a huge part of our friendship.
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Chapter 3: What behind-the-scenes content did Angela discover about The Office?
Hi, Jen and Angela. This is Leah from Trumbull, Connecticut. I'm looking for some kid snack recommendations. My two-year-old gets in snack ruts. What are some quick and easy snacks your kids loved? Love the podcast so much. And a cool office name connection. My mom's name is Debbie Brown and my brother's name is Phillip. Thank you. Philip and Debbie Brown.
Oh, Debbie Brown. That's a deep cut. That is. That's a good one. So Matt, Jenna, you guys have younger kids. I have teenagers now, but I still remember some of our go-to snacks. Well, I can relate to the snack rut. Yeah. You know, because you'll have something that's tried and true and everybody loves it. And then one day it's just rejected. No one wants it. Nobody wants that thing anymore.
I know, for example, my kids were really into those Trader Joe's rosemary crackers.
It's very sophisticated.
I know, but they have that little sweet cranberry or raisin in them, I guess. But those are the crackers that I ate by the box full during the Angela Martin bachelorette party when we were on set of The Office. Right. And Ellie and I ate so many of them that she sent me a giant jar of them for my birthday as a joke. Yeah.
And that's the first time my kids tried them was from the big thing that Ellie sent me. And then they fell in love with them. But then all of a sudden they hit a wall and they were, then I, they wouldn't need them anymore.
For me, my kids, I have an eight-year-old and a six-year-old, and we get in meal ruts. Snacks, they eat the same snack. I'm wondering if Leah, if the kids have tried Cheez-Its or fruit snacks or granola bars.
I mean, Leah, our kids love Go-Go Squeeze. Do you remember Go-Go Squeeze? It's basically like applesauce, but it's in a little pouch, and they can unscrew the top, and it's easy for them to hold, and they just squeeze it in their mouth. And Doesn't Jennifer Garner have like a whole line of like delicious, organic, squeezable snacks? Once Upon a Farm. I follow her on Instagram.
You know, she's such a doll. Yeah, I do too. And she's always talking about them. But you know, my kids are older now. That wouldn't be for them. I don't know how old Leah's kids are.
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Chapter 4: What new details emerged in the John Wick debate?
Well, my kids loved just straight frozen blueberries. My daughter still likes them. They also love frozen peas. Oh, just a bag of frozen peas, rosemary crackers and frozen peas.
Call it a day.
Well, and then their other favorite snack was if you slice a banana and they still eat this one, too. And then you put a little dollop of peanut butter on each slice and then put a single chocolate chip on top. They love it. Our kids loved that. And then they would put a little bit of honey. A little bit of honey, yeah.
And then, now this isn't a snack, but it was like our go-to lunch for so long. In fact, we made it one time and brought it over to your house, Jenna, and then your kids loved it. Octopus hot dog? So my husband called it octopus and he would take hot dogs and cut them into little round pieces and then put the pasta through the middle and then you just boil the whole thing.
And then they just can pick it up and eat it with their hands too when they're little. They just pick up the little octopus spaghetti hot dog thing. I remember your son, Jack, introduced that to my kids and they flipped out for it. Yeah. So sweet. Well, I'm always looking for ways to avoid all of the like preservatives and additives that are in the kind of like mass produced snacks.
So one of the things my kids love also, we would do these for breakfast, but they would also become a snack, are mini pancake muffins. Yes. So I would just make... A homemade pancake mix. I just found one on the internet. Yeah. I bake it in a mini muffin tin. Yeah. And then I pop the whole bag of those in the freezer.
And then you just get them out and you can put them in the microwave for five seconds. And they're just like little, it's a pancake, but it's a pancake muffin, but I made it at home. So there's no like preservatives in it. Yeah. No, those are great. Yeah. Anything mini like that is so good. This was like a parent fail. I was trying to get Isabel to eat cauliflower, like to try it.
And there's no way in heck she was going to eat cauliflower. She was little. So I read on some mommy blogger site that you can bake it, you know, with like a little bit of olive oil, a little bit of salt, and kind of tear it apart in little pieces. It kind of looks like popcorn. Okay. So I did that. And I tried it. I thought it tastes great. I put it in a bowl.
This is like probably horrible parenting. But I was like, Isabel, you want to try this? It's like a type of popcorn. Oh, no. So I should have never said, like, compared it to popcorn. So she puts it in her mouth and she goes, that's not popcorn. It was like furious. I was like, oh, crap. But yeah. Have you seen those plates that they've made now to help your kids eat?
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