“Let’s do like a book club. But with Rom Coms.” And just like that, Canoodle was reborn.
A couple of years ago, while on a New Year’s vacation with some girlfriends, one of them confessed that she had just spent several days hiding from her family and secretly binge-watching Christmas RomComs on the Hallmark channel. Within seconds we were all weighing in with our own favorites, savoring their schmaltzy but irresistible titles: It’s Christmas, Eve!, Christmas Under Wraps,, A Boyfriend for Christmas (the ultimate gift!).
After we’d exhausted Hallmark and moved on to non-holiday RomComs, we wondered why there was no “RomComTV.” Why do we have to scour the depths of our cable systems to catch a glimpse of Julia or JLo? Why do we have to wait for Christmas?
Creating a whole streaming service ourselves seemed impractical, but a podcast seemed easy. CANOODLE: a podcast with an unapologetically weird name where we would unapologetically revel in the City of Harry and Sally, marvel at the opulence of the Crazy and Rich, worship at Annie’s Church of Baseball. The idea was born. We had a name. We had a logo. We had an instagram handle.
Then nothing happened.
Canoodle snoozed in the corner while we realized other dreams: we created art, built businesses, rediscovered our spark, moved apartments, traveled the world, got engaged.
In March, 2020 everything changed. Suddenly, we were cooped up at home trying to figure out how to do our full time jobs, navigate non-stop video conferences, and not eat everything in the fridge. Around Week 5, we were on a Zoom happy hour together, running out of Netflix recommendations when inspiration struck.
“Let’s do like a book club. But with Rom Coms.”
And just like that, Canoodle was reborn. We have no idea what we’re doing. We don’t have microphones or fancy software. We had to google “how do i make a podcast?” But we’re doing it! And we’re so glad to have you along for the ride.
And to think all it took was a little global pandemic.
Canoodle ya later!
