Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Hello, and welcome to another week of Teen Beat. I'm Danielle Fishel, podcaster, TV director, celebrity ballroom dancer, mother of two, and one half of CoreyandTapanga.com, a website made by ABC when I was 18 years old for viewers to RSVP to my fictional televised wedding.
And in addition to the website, my entire teenage existence, from 12 to 19 years old, unfolded in front of a live studio audience and millions of viewers at home. Whether it was my first kiss or my first haircut, pop culture saw it all. So now, 30 years later... it's time to turn the tables.
My goal here on Teen Beat is to sit down with interesting people who have accomplished interesting things in hopes that learning about their untelevised upbringings will help us understand who they've become. Since their journey through puberty wasn't detailed in issues of TV Guide, the least they can do is share it with me now. I gave you my childhood. It's time we hear yours.
And this week, I think I found the perfect guest. Like those little gold necklaces that say your name in cursive, she was first seen on Sex and the City. But since that debut, this youngest of five children has never stopped working.
Whether it was a scene-stealing turn in The 40-Year-Old Virgin or the charming rom-com lead in Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, she quickly became the actress everyone noticed. So Hollywood responded. She'd appear on TV sets for six seasons as Max Black on the hit CBS sitcom Two Broke Girls.
Then, thanks to the Thor movies and WandaVision, she became my favorite part of the Marvel Universe, only behind Baby Groot. Shouts to Baby Groot.
Throw in The House Bunny, Dollface, Big Mouth and her current gig starring alongside the grunting genius of Tim Allen on ABC's Shifting Gears, a show that just returned to its second season and features more cars than all of the Fast and Furious movies combined. And you've got a bona fide star.
Sure, she is effortlessly cool and has the complexion of an 18th century portrait of a Nepo baby, but I have the feeling that deep down, somewhere inside, is a cringe-friendly teenager ready to break out and reminisce. Please, welcome to the podcast, one of my absolute favorite human beings, because keep in mind, Baby Groot is an alien tree, Kat Dennings.
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Chapter 2: What was it like for Kat Dennings to grow up in a haunted house?
I will. I will.
But I hope I die before you.
No, I refuse. Wow. Thank you. That made me feel very accomplished.
Well, you are. You are spectacular. And when we first worked together, I had the honor of directing an episode of Shifting Gears during the first season. And I literally came home to my husband and thought... It's going to be awkward to tell him that I have fallen in love with Kat Dennings. It's just, it's going to be awkward. I'm not going to be, and I felt so like scary.
I was like, no, you don't understand. I want to be her friend for life. Like I just, I want to spend all my time with her. And then at some point during the week, I just told you that story. And you were like, I had the same conversation with my husband.
I, the love story. was instant. Look, there are multiple soulmates in this world. You are one of them for me. Okay. Likewise. You're you for those listening and watching, you know, Danielle already, but the light that And the beauty emanating from this woman. Oh my gosh. When you stand in front of her, it is crazy.
You're so, I mean, you're more than just beautiful, but like the beauty is annoyingly intense. It's so unfair. Oh my gosh. Look who's talking. No, seriously. And the loveliest, and may I say, what a director. What a director you are.
Thank you.
You obviously grew up doing Multicam, but not everyone absorbs. And not everybody can take like the best version of Multicam and execute it like that. You're just, you're wonderful. You're a wonderful director, wonderful person.
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Chapter 3: What unique plans do Kat and Danielle share for their future?
I mean, I felt like specifically and this is very woo woo everyone. But yeah. In that attic, I felt very much like there was a little boy living up there. And I know it sounds creepy, but it wasn't. It was like a sweet thing because I was a little kid and I felt like there was somebody my age up there because I had all my toys and stuff and I would see, lock me up, put me in the padded room.
Nope, nope. I would see, like I had a dollhouse and I would see like out of my peripheral, like somebody kneeling, like looking into it, like playing with it. Yeah. And it didn't feel creepy. It didn't feel like scared.
You weren't scared. You were just like, oh, there's someone looking in the dollhouse.
Yeah. So I felt like the presence of this little boy up there at all times. I don't know what that means. But at a house that old, lots of people died.
Yeah.
So it was just a sweet thing. And I always I think I named him. I don't remember what it was, but it was just like that was like a constant thing.
presence pal yeah exactly so i don't know that would be very that would be so amazing what if it was like ralph my ghost ralph like yeah well that's what i'm saying like have you ever now here's i sorry this is if this is a two woo for everyone then you can just go listen to another podcast but i love this stuff you was his name ralph no okay i thought it was ralph okay
Have you ever felt his presence ever again? Since after leaving the house, did you ever feel anything like his presence again? No.
No, I felt very much like the house was contained in itself when we left. I did, however, I did feel when we were moving out or when we were leaving, because my mom and I would leave to go to L.A. for my work and come back. Yeah. one of the last times we left, I felt, I felt aggression towards me. Oh. For leaving.
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Chapter 4: How did being the youngest of five shape Kat's personality?
My brother and his now wife, my sister-in-law, who I love, they went to look at it and found out that it is now an Airbnb.
Really?
So you too can experience the hauntings. I don't know if it still is. I haven't looked it up, but they went and stayed in it, Danielle. And what did they think? F***ed up. Hated it. Left in the middle of the night.
Really?
Left under cover of darkness. Really? They were so, and they were staying in the attic. This is so funny. They were staying in the attic. No tea, no shade about the person who owns the house now. But like, they were so creeped out and the feeling was so weird in there that they were like, we gotta leave. We gotta get out. And they left in the middle of the night.
So that house, if it came on the market, would you buy it and go and think about living there?
Yeah.
I would feel very much like I could heal. I could heal that. Yes. That's what I'm saying. I think, I think that aggression you felt that last, one of the last times you left was probably what your brother and sister-in-law were feeling, which is like, not, it's not you. It's not you. Where is she? Where is she? She was my friend.
Yeah. I mean, listen, I sound like an insane person and I probably am. So it's fine. But anyone who's like, I mean, I feel like a lot of people have felt something weird is building. Yes. Just that it's just that expanded, you know, who knows?
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Chapter 5: How did Kat's teenage obsession with Hanson lead to a music video appearance?
Yeah. And it's, I was listening to the Boy Meets World podcast, Pod Meets World. Shout out.
Thank you.
I wanted to start from the beginning because there's so hundreds of episodes. I know. I was listening to Will talking about his struggles and stuff. And I really identify with that. And I thought I'd grow out of it. Yeah. And I did not. And it only like intensified and changed shape as I grew up. And I decided to like, you know what, why not? And it is great.
Yeah. Life-changing.
Changing. I tried, I tried changing diet. I tried a lot of actually exercise, like strenuous, regular exercise helped a lot.
Yeah.
But who,
Exactly. I know for Jensen, it was running like he would have to aggressively run like fast, long runs helped when before he had medication. He has a wife. He has, I presume, other things. Multiple jobs.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, in order to exercise for your mental health that much, you got it's your whole day. Yeah. And some people can do it. Kim Kardashian can do it. I can't. Yep. So, yeah, that's my answer. It's it's not a depressing thing. It's like a great it's a great thing that these things. Yes. Available to help. So, yeah, that's my answer.
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