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They Thought I Was YouOur Last Episode (for now)🥺We love this podcast. We love the journey it's taken us on, the lessons it's taught us, and the people we've met making it. 10 year old Becca and Lani didn't know what podcasts were, but they dreamed of making this one. And only 6 short years later, they did it. JK it took them over 20 years, but their wildest dreams came true! They met Clarice Kensington, Jordan Landers, Larry Slotnick, Brigitte from Passport to Paris, Rachel from Winning London, Lyndi from Getting There, the writer of It Takes Two, their TV dad, an MTV VJ and so m...
2025-05-131h 19They Thought I Was YouNew York Minute: Part 1We can't believe we're finally here. Our final Mary-Kate and Ashley movie review. And just like we suspected: it's a two part episode.On May 7th, 2004 (exactly 20 years ago today), Mary-Kate and Ashley's final film together, New York Minute, was released in theaters. The movie had an impressive cast including Eugene Levy, Andy Richter, Jared Padalecki, Andrea Martin, Darrell Hammond, and the most 2004 cast member of all: Jack Osbourne. The movie follows Jane Ryan (Ashley) and her twin sister Roxy (Mary-Kate) as they venture into New York City on separate missions, bickering the entire way. Roxy is a...
2024-05-072h 07They Thought I Was YouSaturday Night Live Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley (2004)On Saturday, May 15th, 2004, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen had a decision to make: they could either attend their senior prom or host the season finale of Saturday Night Live. As you probably guessed, they chose SNL.And as a consolation for missing their high school prom, Jimmy Fallon, Will Forte, Maya Rudolf, and Amy Poehler gave Mary-Kate and Ashley a miniature prom during their 5 minute monologue on the stage of Studio 8H. The rest of the night featured Mary-Kate and Ashley playing paparazzi, selling perfume, selling backpacks, spoofing The Swan, enduring Jimmy Fallon, and playing as angsty...
2024-04-301h 55They Thought I Was YouThe Infamous 2004 Oprah InterviewToday we reckon with one of the most infamous Mary-Kate and Ashley interviews of all time. On April 28th, 2004, Oprah invited Mary-Kate and Ashley onto The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss their upcoming film New York Minute, to ask about their plans after graduation, and to address the rumors that had been hounding them in the tabloids. And it's that last point that made this interview infamous. While Mary-Kate and Ashley calmly tried to cool the temperature on the tabloids' relentless speculations over Mary-Kate, Oprah bluntly asks the seventeen year olds their dress size. It's painful and u...
2024-04-021h 42They Thought I Was YouNew York Minute Press Tour 2004The countdown to New York Minute continues! And today, we're examining all the late night interviews and talk show appearances that Mary-Kate and Ashley did to promote their action comedy feature, New York Minute (excluding their appearance on Oprah, that will be its whole own episode). Many of these interviews happened just days apart, but watching them all in sequence feels like watching a lifetime go by. In their first interview with Letterman, they're poised, well trained, and eager to promote their SNL episode and upcoming film. The next day at their TRL appearance, they're goofier, loose, a...
2024-03-191h 29They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley vs. the TabloidsWe are officially on the road to New York Minute! In our next few episodes, we will cover the press & publicity tour that Mary-Kate and Ashley went on in 2004 ahead of their much anticipated theatrical release, New York Minute. And our first stop is the press that Mary-Kate, Ashley and their team didn't have much control over: the tabloids. In 2004, celebrity gossip magazines were at the peak of their popularity and ruthlessness: Britney Spears was dating Kevin Federline, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston were about to get divorced, and Paris Hilton was Hollywood's it-girl. The profits were...
2024-03-051h 29They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley's Star on the Hollywood Walk of FameOn April 29th, 2004, at 17 years old, Mary-Kate and Ashley received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And on February 14th, 2024, two thirty-somethings, Lani and Becca, finally visited it.Since Lani and Becca both live in Los Angeles and had somehow never gone to see the Olsen's star, we decided there was no better time than now for our podcast's first field trip. Located on 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, their star is in the primest of prime locations, on the same block as the TCL Chinese Theater and among megastars-- we could not have been prouder when we...
2024-02-201h 08They Thought I Was You🔒 On the Road to Deborah Dean DavisSubscriber-only episodeLast month, we received an email from our former podcast guest Deborah Dean Davis (screenwriter of It Takes Two) with the most amazing message:"After alllllllllllllllll these years I took down the It Takes Two film poster..........(sharp intake of breath) and PUT UP A NEW POSTER! The poster... the first poster got a little bit faded. It's still in the massive frame, etc. And you are the only people on the planet I would offer it to."We were tickled beyond belief, so we obviously said yes and set out...
2024-02-1328 minThey Thought I Was YouTHNK 1994 (Viviana Olen & Matt Harkins)Welcome to our first interview of 2024! Today we talk with Viviana Rosales Olen and Matt Harkins, the creators of THNK1994 and the masterminds behind the "Olsens Hiding from Paparazzi" museum and the Mary-Kate and Ash Tray.Viviana and Matt tell us about how THNK1994 was first started with a museum in the hallway of their apartment and has blossomed into an experimental pop culture empire. Their second exhibit in 2016, "The Olsens Hiding From Paparazzi," featured paintings by Laura Collins of Mary-Kate and Ashley literally hiding from cameras, which gave museum goes an eerie invasive feeling as they wa...
2024-02-061h 01They Thought I Was You🔒 Mean Girls 2024 vs 2004Subscriber-only episodeWe are SO excited to share our very first subscriber bonus episode with you! In this bonus series, we will be discussing Mary-Kate and Ashley adjacent, feminine-centric pop culture of the '00s. And we're starting with the film that defined the "Pink movie" genre for the past two decades: Mean Girls.Becca and Lani saw Mean Girls 2024 together this month, and as we stood by the fountain outside the The Grove AMC in Los Angeles discussing what we liked and didn't like about the film, we realized that everything we...
2024-01-301h 31They Thought I Was YouVanity Fair - It's Totally Raining TeensIn July 2003, Vanity Fair, whether intentionally or not, put together the most monumental photoshoot in history. A photoshoot like nothing that had ever been done before and, dare we say, could never be done again. A photoshoot so deeply iconic, every pop culture loving person still knows 20 years later: "It's Totally Raining Teens."On that fateful day in 2003, Amanda Bynes, Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff, Alexis Bledel, Evan Rachel Wood, Raven, Lindsay Lohan, and our gals Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, wearing metallics and soft pinks, posed for in the same room together for this iconic cover. The inside o...
2024-01-232h 07They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley Q&A Part 2We can finally say it-- HAPPY NEW YEAR! We didn't intend for this to be a 2 part episode, but you know ur girls. We can never have a short conversation ;)So as promised, the remaining questions and long anticipated voice mails are answered in this episode! This episode was the most perfect way for us to end last year and start the new one, and we hope it leaves you feeling inspired & motivated as we rev up our engines for 2024.Love you all so much!!!You can watch the video version of this...
2024-01-021h 10They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley Q&A Part 1It’s the most wonderful time of the year— it’s our end of year Q&A! Last week, we collected questions from you— our listeners, Patreon subscribers, Instagram followers, etc, about topics ranging from our favorite Mary-Kate and Ashley dads to what has been the greatest lesson we’ve learned since starting our podcast.We absolutely love doing these episodes, and this year, your questions were really something special. So special we couldn’t them all in one episode. Classic us. Please enjoy this first part of our Q&A, and if your question didnt get answered, tu...
2023-12-261h 12They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley in 2023"You know, anonymity is a luxury as well.” - Mary-Kate Olsen, 2023On Nov 17th, 2023 (that's right THIS year, just a few weeks ago) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen sat down for an extremely rare interview with Financial Times Fashion to discuss their brand The Row and the meaning of "stealth wealth." We so rarely get a peak into Mary-Kate and Ashley's lives these days, let alone a whole snippet of a conversation between the two of them, so we jumped at the chance to do a whole episode on this article. In this interview, we get a...
2023-12-121h 48They Thought I Was YouThe Challenge, Part 2Today, we conclude our conversation about Mary-Kate and Ashley's final direct to video film, The Challenge (2003).And if you know this movie, you know that the ending is what makes this film a piece of magic. Both Lani and Becca had parts of the surprise ending spoiled for them, so we thought we were prepared, but we absolutely weren't. We even thought we were prepared to talk about the ending, but we absolutely were not. So we cry as we talk about how Mary-Kate and Ashley knew this was their final film just for their fans, and...
2023-11-281h 19They Thought I Was YouThe Challenge, Part 1On May 3rd, 2003, Mary-Kate and Ashley released their last direct-to-video film, The Challenge, marking the end of an era. Yes, the sisters would go on to star in New York Minute a year later, but that would get a theatrical release, have much higher stakes, and was generally completely different.Starting with the release of Billboard Dad in 1998, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, with their manager Robert Thorne and their company Dualstar, carved out a niche in low budget direct-to-video films for teen girls, which was then solidified by the massive success of their sophomore dtv film, Passport...
2023-11-141h 36They Thought I Was YouTwo of a Kind: Nightmare on Carrie StreetHappy Halloween! In celebration of our favorite holiday, we're playing for you the ENTIRE Halloween episode of Two of a Kind: Nightmare on Carrie Street (ep 6).Yes, this show was meant to be watched, but we think it actually works quite well as a little audio drama. We hope you enjoy the flawless writing and impeccable performances in this timeless show that is actually the best sitcom ever made.You can also watch the video version of this ep by subscribing to our Patreon here."Nightmare on Carrie Street" was written by Fred...
2023-10-3126 minThey Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley's 2003 VMAs & Rolling Stone CoverWe are THRILLED to be talking this week about Mary-Kate and Ashley's appearance at MTV's 2003 Video Music Awards and subsequent Rolling Stone Cover (and never again about Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action).On August 28th 2003, Mary-Kate and Ashley made their second appearance at the MTV VMAs. For anyone who doesn't remember, this was a big year for the VMAs. This was the VMAs that opened with the notorious Britney Spears, Madonna & Christina Aguilera performance, and a tidbit that the history books don't mention is that Mary-Kate and Ashley were also there! They presented best pop video with...
2023-10-171h 06They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley in Action - THE FINALEWe can't believe we're finally here. Over the course of the last two months, we've done something we never thought we'd do, something no one asked us to do, something we were maybe never *supposed* to do. We watched every single episode of Mary-Kate and Ashley's 2001 cartoon, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action.Today we talk about the last three surviving episodes of the series: episode 23 "Bad Hair Day, episode 24 "Horsing Around," and episode 26 "Tourist Traps." Since we only had three episodes left, both Lani & Becca watch every episode and lovingly explain their ridiculously incoherent premises to you, so...
2023-10-031h 25They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley in Action Part 4This is our FOURTH episode about Mary-Kate and Ashley's cartoon, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action. We're completely out of control!!Today we talk about episodes 12-15, 19, and 21, and we follow last week's format of taking turns telling each other what each episode was about. Admittedly, our brains start to bust a bit in this episode because hearing these bizarre plots over and over again made us start to lose our grip on reality. At least we can always know what to expect from on our favorite villains: Clive will eat cheese and abuse his butler, Rommy will...
2023-09-261h 26They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley in Action Part 3Yes, we are still on our journey through Mary-Kate and Ashley's 2001 cartoon, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action. We did not intend to do more than a single episode on this show. This is what Mary-Kate and Ashley do to us.Today, we talk about episodes 7-12, but instead of us both watching every episode, we decided to tag-team it. Lani took the odd numbers and Becca took the even, and we take turns describing each episode to each other. We ended up having WAY more fun telling the stories of these episodes to each other than we...
2023-09-191h 20They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley in Action Part 2Today we continue our journey watching Mary-Kate and Ashley’s fourth and final television series, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action.In this episode, we review episodes 2-6, and we also give a brief history of the cartoon series. We go over the myriad merchandise Dualstar created before it knew that the cartoon was a failure (including action figures, bed spreads, birthday party favors, etc), and the original pitch for the show as Mary-Kate and Ashley as crime fighting movie stars.Then we dive into our review of the first quarter of this show to see if...
2023-09-051h 10They Thought I Was YouAshley Olsen is a Mom!!Incredible news!!! Ashley Olsen and her husband Louis Eisner had a BABY!! His name is Otto Mozart Eisner, and we are absolutely thrilled for them and Mary-Kate (AND Lizzie!!) for becoming aunts. We also think Otto is the cutest name ever, and will referring to him as Otto Olsen whether that’s his full name or not.But also, the biggest story here is how Ashley managed to keep an entire pregnancy and birth completely hidden from the public until months after her baby was born. Though she is mostly out of the spotlight now, she is st...
2023-08-2253 minThey Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley in Action - PilotCome on, let's save the world-- AGAIN!On October 20, 2001, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action premiered on the ABC block Disney's One Saturday Morning (according to Wikipedia, but we know it from ABC Family). The show was the first and only animated television series starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and featured the twins fighting crime around the world with their robot dog, Quincy. Neither Becca nor Lani ever watched this show, mainly because it was marketed towards little children, but also because it didn't seem very good. Now, we see if we were right.Today we t...
2023-08-081h 16They Thought I Was YouThe Lizzie McGuire MovieWhat is your favorite Mary-Kate and Ashley podcast doing watching a Hilary Duff movie?! First of all, don't come at us, second of all, of course we are.During our deep dive of Mary-Kate and Ashley's When in Rome (2002), many of our listeners pointed out to us that we *needed* to watch The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003). Not only did it come out just one year later and take place in the same city, but it also follows the Dualstar movie formula to a T. So we did the unthinkable: we reviewed our very first project with absolutely...
2023-07-252h 04They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley's European DiaryCiao! Bellissimo! Rigatoni! Today we travel to Italy, but not only that, we also travel back in time to 2002 when Mary-Kate and Ashley posted their virtual diary of their European travels on mary-kateandashley.com. And we read every single entry. Mary-Kate and Ashley's trip first starts in Venice where they buy towels and etched glass, then they fly to Florence where they shop at the Prada and Dolce & Gabbana outlet stores (because they're just like us!), then of course to Rome to film their infamous classic, When in Rome and encounter an Italian labor strike, and finally...
2023-07-1156 minThey Thought I Was YouWhen in Rome's Unhinged Alternate EndingHello our beloved listener/learns-- we're back!!Today, we're soft launching our new season with a mini episode all about When in Rome's alternate ending. This was shared with us after we recorded our When in Rome episode, which is tragic because this ending changes everything. We could have talked for 5 hours about it, but we kept it under 30 minutes because we know you all have BBQ's to attend, fireworks to watch, and cute food to eat.So please enjoy this bite-size ep, complete with what we've been up to, what to expect from us...
2023-07-0423 minThey Thought I Was YouYou're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's 37th Birthday Party!Happy Birthday, Mary-Kate and Ashley!! To celebrate this national holiday, we decided to do the most exciting thing we've ever done-- host a real life birthday party for Mary-Kate and Ashley ourselves! And unlike the time Becca was a child and saw the commercial for "You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Sleepover Party" and thought she was literally invited, this time you actually are!We sent a call out on our Instagram and invited our friends from Patreon to join us virtually to celebrate, and we had an epic party with folks joining from around the globe...
2023-06-131h 09They Thought I Was YouWhen in RomeToday we watch what (we think) has been collectively agreed upon by Mary-Kate and Ashley fans as their worst movie. The movie that for some singlehandedly ended their Mary-Kate and Ashley obsession: When in Rome. On November 26th, 2002, When in Rome was released straight to DVD and VHS and followed Charli (Mary-Kate) and Leila (Ashley) as they interned for a top fashion designer in Rome, Italy. Where they came from, how they got there, and why these two sisters share a highly competitive internship we may never know, but we DO know that they get to share...
2023-04-252h 00They Thought I Was YouChatting with Mary-Kate and Ashley in 2000Last episode, we used the Wayback Machine to take a deep dive into marykateandashley.com. We clicked through the clickboards, sent a web-based email, and learned all about the hot new "fash" tips and best highlights for your hair (not the kind you're thinking). But after recording our episode, we realized there was one link we didn't click: the full transcript of a Q&A with Mary-Kate and Ashley themselves (?!).So today, we do a dramatic reenactment of the entire chat, with Becca playing Mary-Kate and Lani playing Ashley, of course. We're reminded of chaotic early internet...
2023-04-181h 29They Thought I Was Youmarykateandashley.comIn the late 90s, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen launched one of the most epic websites of all time: marykateandashley.com. For today's episode, because of a wonderful tool called The Wayback Machine, we were able to travel back in time to visit this website in all its glory.In typical They Thought I Was You fashion (or shall we say "fash"), we thought we could cover every iteration of this iconic website throughout the years, from its launch until it went defunct in the 00s, in just one episode. Then, we landed on a snapshot of the...
2023-04-041h 36They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery MallDISCLAIMER: We had an audio malfunction while recording, so the quality of the audio in this episode isn't great. But the conversation is, so please bear with us!On October 27, 2000, Mary-Kate and Ashley released their first video for PlayStation, Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall. They already had some success with their Gameboy games The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley and Get a Clue, and Dance Party of the Century for PC, and this game ushered in a wave of games for more advanced systems.Neither Lani nor Becca has a PlayStation, so we couldn't pl...
2023-03-281h 19They Thought I Was YouThe Power of Mary-Kate and Ashley in 2002We have finally come down from the high of having one of the best conversations of our lives with Jane Sibbett two weeks ago, and we are back this week to talk about serious business: Mary-Kate and Ashley's enormous power in 2002.Today, we're talking about a feature "Downtown 20/20" did on the Olsens in February 2002. This caught our attention a few weeks ago when we were researching our Young Hollywood on Late Night episode and because this interview actually reveals a lot about Mary-Kate and Ashley's business at this time. Mainly in what Robert Thorne says to Connie...
2023-03-2158 minThey Thought I Was YouJane Sibbett (It Takes Two, Friends)Yes, you read that correctly. Today we're talking to THAT Jane. The queer icon of Friends. The terrible, fabulous villain of It Takes Two. Ms. Clarice Kensington herself, whom we absolutely adoooooore, Jane Sibbett.We were thrilled to sit down with Jane and talk about her career and positively iconic roles in projects that shaped our childhood. Jane told us about her early work on sitcoms like Herman's Head (which, according to Wikipedia, is what she's "best known for"), and how that role eventually led her to her groundbreaking character on Friends. We gush over her portrayal o...
2023-03-071h 23They Thought I Was YouYoung Hollywood on Late Night: Then & NowTwo weeks ago, we talked about Mary-Kate and Ashley's appearance on Jay Leno in 2002, and we noticed a pattern. Every talk show host who ever interviewed Mary-Kate and Ashley (with the exception of Rosie O'Donnell) always did a terrible job. They always ask them if they have boyfriends, they never ask them serious questions about the projects they're working on, and the conversation is almost always painfully awkward. So we decided we needed some context, and see how late night hosts talked to other young women in Hollywood around this time.Turns out, it's not just a...
2023-02-281h 43They Thought I Was You#JusticeforLyndi with Holly Towne (Getting There)We hope ya'll are ready for this one. We had the tremendous honor of speaking with the actress who played one of the most tragic characters in American cinema (or at least in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Universe). Today, we speak to Holly Towne, aka Lyndi, from Getting There.Holly Towne is actually our very first guest who was also a Mary-Kate and Ashley fan before getting cast in one of their movies (the actual dream). Holly tells us about the magical moment when she landed the role, gives us an exclusive story on how the movie...
2023-02-211h 14They Thought I Was YouHappy Pokey Valentine's DayHappy Valentine's Day! And what better way to celebrate the day of love than with the thing we love the most-- Two of a Kind!Today, we're jumping out of our timeline to go back and review Two of a Kind, Ep 15 "No Man's Land" (aka the Valentine's Day episode). Last week, Lani corrected Becca's memory of this episode saying that Ashley's sports date was with fan favorite Pokey Valentine. However, after watching the episode, it turns out the sports boy was actually named Eric. In the spirit of forgiveness (the true meaning of Valentine's Day), Becca...
2023-02-141h 02They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley on Jay Leno (2002)We're continuing our journey through 2002 with a type of episode we haven't done in a while-- unpacking a Mary-Kate and Ashley interview and its implications in their larger treatment in the media! Today we're talking about Mary-Kate and Ashley's appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to promote Getting There... weird!In 2002, Mary-Kate and Ashley were simultaneously outsiders and leading forces in Hollywood. The way Jay Leno awkwardly asks them about school, boys, and driving is a prime example of how mainstream media really had no idea what to do with Mary-Kate and Ashley. At the...
2023-02-0754 minThey Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley Cruises w/ Chloe SchildhauseWe're jumping backwards in our timeline just a bit to revisit a topic that will always be on our minds: the Mary-Kate and Ashley cruises. And today, sharing her truly remarkable experience on Mary-Kate and Ashley's 2000 cruise on the Baltic Sea, we are joined by the one and only Chloe Schildhause.Chloe first shared her cruise story in 2014 in an article for Vanity Fair and has recently turned that article into an experimental short film. We were so excited to have her on the podcast to dig into more details about her truly bizarre experience being called...
2023-01-311h 19They Thought I Was YouGetting There: THE BOOKYou asked, we answered. Well, some of you never asked, but others of you have insisted for months that the Mary-Kate and Ashley books are a very important part of the Mary-Kate and Ashley Universe and have been begging us to talk about them. So today, we read our first Dualstar book, Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: Getting There.After reading this book, we realize this was a very chaotic book to read first. But since we just finished reviewing Getting There (the movie) for our podcast, we wanted to dive into this right away while the movie...
2023-01-241h 44They Thought I Was YouJesse Head (So Little Time)We cannot believe we kept this interview a secret for an ENTIRE month! It has been absolutely excruciating, and we are so relieved and incredibly excited to finally share our special guest this week. We had the honor of talking with everyone's favorite annoying neighbor, Mary-Kate's best unrequited love, and the sweetest pony-loving, guitar-playing, lobster costume-wearing guy, Larry Slotnick himself, Jesse Head.Jesse tells us about how he first got into acting, the magical experience of being cast in his first sitcom, and his genuine love and admiration of Mary-Kate and Ashley, and what spending a year...
2023-01-171h 22They Thought I Was YouAshley Olsen's WeddingWe're BACK for Season 4 with an episode we did not plan on doing. But when one of our girls is in the news, we have no choice but to drop everything. And last week, we got some big news... Ashley Fuller Olsen got MARRIED!But of course in true Olsen fashion, details about the matrimony are not widely available. And since we respect our girls, we tried our best not to speculate, but instead talk about what we know-- her husband's name (Louis Eisner), the very limited 50 guests that attended in LA, and the date that it...
2023-01-1034 minThey Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley Q&AAs we come to the end of the year and Season 3 of our podcast, we thought we'd do something we've never done before-- a Q&A episode with YOUR questions.We asked our listeners, Instagram followers and Patreon subscribers to send us questions about the podcast, Mary-Kate and Ashley, or us personally, and you came THROUGH. We got so many truly fantastic questions like which MKA film would we like to rewrite the most, what era would we most like to be friends with MKA in, and do we think they're aware of our podcast ☠️We h...
2022-12-201h 30They Thought I Was YouGetting There: Part 2Today we conclude our two-part epic journey discussing Mary-Kate and Ashley's sixth direct-to-video full-length feature film, Getting There, about Mary-Kate and Ashley's misadventure getting to the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.Picking up right where we left off with the gang stranded at home for a third time, in this episode we get to see them finally leave California. We discuss the absolute horror it would be to lose your sister on a Greyhound bus, our theory that their female friend Charly might have originally been written as a boy, the film's uncomfortable socioeconomic disconnect from...
2022-12-131h 45They Thought I Was YouGetting There: Part 1Today we talk about the film this podcast has been waiting for. The film that divides Mary-Kate and Ashley fans around the globe. The film that made some some of us double down on our MKA obsession and some of us take a step back. Whether you loved it or hated it, chances are you never forgot it. Because it's not about the journey, it's all about GETTING THERE.On June 11th, 2002 (we finally looked up the release date), Mary-Kate and Ashley released their 6th direct-to-video feature film, Getting There. This film follows Kylie (Mary-Kate) and Taylor...
2022-12-061h 43They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate Olsen's Emmy NominationOur green bean casserole has finally digested, and we're back talking about the world's most iconic twins.But in today's episode, we're focusing on only one twin, just like the Emmys did in twenty years ago. On May 17th, 2002, the 29th Daytime Emmy Awards Ceremony took place at Madison Square Garden, and notably only nominated Mary-Kate Olsen for So Little Time, not Ashley. This moment might have escaped us completely if Lani hadn't stumbled on a red carpet clip of Mary-Kate and Ashley giving in interview about the nomination, and Mary-Kate sounding remarkably uncomfortable.So...
2022-11-291h 03They Thought I Was YouSo Little Time: Ep 21-26 "The Finale" (Part 6)Today is a very special episode. Today, we conclude our So Little Time rewatch series, and for the very first time, Becca and Lani record physically together in the same room. We take the first few minutes of this episode to appreciate how monumental this feels for us, and ponder if it's any different at all for you listeners. But then we get right back into our rewatch of everyone's favorite Fox Family sitcom that we thought we could cover in just two podcast episodes. Now, six episodes and one interview with Eric Lutes later, we realize...
2022-11-152h 18They Thought I Was YouSo Little Time: The Bloopers (Part 5)Our So Little Time journey continues! But this week, instead of talking about the scripted show, we're spending this whole episode talking about a part of the show that is so quintessentially Mary-Kate and Ashley-- the bloopers!The origin of the So Little Time bloopers is still a mystery (to us), but we're pretty sure they first appeared in promos for the show on Fox Family, and later in full on the show's DVDs. Not being huge participants of the Mary-Kate and Ashley DVD culture, we realized that we hadn't actually seen many of these bloopers until...
2022-11-081h 10They Thought I Was YouDouble Double Toil and Trouble & How the West Was Fun (RE-RELEASE)In honor of Halloween yesterday, this week we're re-airing one of our favorite episodes from season one where we dive into Dualstar Entertainment Group's first feature films: Double Double Toil and Trouble ('93) and How the West Was Fun ('94). Unlike Dualstar's previous releases, these films had the financial and creative assistance of ABC and are, surprisingly, high-quality films! (By '90s children's film standards.) We talk about the many similarities and differences between the two, and our own memories of watching these movies as children. (Lani cried. While watching as an adult.)BONUS: Between t...
2022-11-011h 09They Thought I Was YouSo Little Time: Ep 16-20 "Season 2" (Part 4)We thought we'd be able to finish our So Little Time series with this episode, but it turns out, we simply had too much to talk about! So today we continue our So Little Time deep dive, and we cover episodes Ep 16-20, "The Massage," "Riley’s New Guy," "The Wheelchair," "The Job," and "The Flat Tire."We spend the first portion of this episode taking a close examination of the "behind the scenes" cold opens, and why they bother Becca so much and Lani so little. Then, we dig into the storylines of each episode, unpacking Ca...
2022-10-252h 04They Thought I Was YouEric Lutes (So Little Time, Switching Goals)Our So Little Time series continues with a very special guest this week. We had the honor and privilege of talking with the only person who can say he has played Mary-Kate and Ashley's dad not once, but TWICE: actor Eric Lutes (So Little Time, Switching Goals).We were thrilled to talk Jake Carlson himself in the middle of our So Little Time rewatch to answer some of our most burning questions. He gave us the inside scoop on what went on behind the scenes, what the dynamic was like between the cast, and how the show...
2022-10-181h 14They Thought I Was YouSo Little Time: Episode 15 "The New Guy" (Part 3)Today we jump back into 2002, and continue our rewatch of everyone's favorite Fox Family original sitcom, So Little Time. And we pick up right where we left off, on episode 15, "The New Guy." Boy oh boy, have things changed. This was So Little Time's first episode back after a fall hiatus (and after Mary-Kate and Ashley filmed & released, Holiday in the Sun), and the show feels completely different. Characters have been added, some have been lost, there are new sets, the cold opens are meta now, and Mary-Kate's straight hair and Ashley's curly hair have combined into...
2022-10-111h 25They Thought I Was YouAshley and Mary-Kate in 2022WE'RE BACK! We had planned to spend this entire episode talking about the photo Ashley and Mary-Kate (purposefully in that order out of respect) took for their article in M Le Magazine du Monde. But then, in an incredible twist of kismet, on the day that Becca and Lani decided to record, brand new videos of Ashley and Mary-Kate were posted from The Row's Summer 2023 Womenswear runway show in Paris.In a world where we so rarely get to see the Olsen sisters in front of the camera, this week felt like a true gift for us...
2022-10-041h 10They Thought I Was YouHULU REWATCH: Switching GoalsWelcome to our Hulu Rewatch series! While Becca & Lani take a little break for travel & nuptials, we're re-airing episodes in honor of the 3 Mary-Kate and Ashley movies that were recently added to Hulu: Billboard Dad, Passport to Paris & Switching Goals. Today, conclude our series by going back to our not-so-favorite movie, Switching Goals, with our very favorite (and only) crossover partner, Still Got It Podcast!In Still Got It Podcast, host Celey Schumer revisits childhood-classic films to see if they "still got it," and it seemed only fitting that she would join us to discuss, Switching Goals...
2022-09-201h 26They Thought I Was YouHULU REWATCH: Passport to ParisWelcome to our Hulu Rewatch series! While Becca & Lani take a little break for travel & nuptials, we're re-airing episodes in honor of the 3 Mary-Kate and Ashley movies that were recently added to Hulu: Billboard Dad, Passport to Paris & Switching Goals. And today, we're revisiting the global phenomenon that was Passport to Paris.On November 9, 1999, Passport to Paris was released on VHS. At just 13-years old, this was Mary-Kate and Ashley's first feature-length film as executive producers, and with it, they expanded their careers from performers to professional tastemakers, trendsetters, and style icons. For any teen that was...
2022-09-131h 10They Thought I Was YouHULU REWATCH: Billboard DadWelcome to our Hulu Rewatch series! While Becca & Lani take a little break for travel & nuptials, we're re-airing episodes in honor of the 3 Mary-Kate and Ashley movies that were recently added to Hulu: Billboard Dad, Passport to Paris & Switching Goals. And today, we're starting with the underrated classic: Billboard Dad. Although Billboard Dad isn't Mary-Kate and Ashley's first film by a long shot, or their biggest theatrical film that we all know by heart, or even their most successful direct-to-video feature, it IS a huge deal for Mary-Kate and Ashley and their fans because it's the movie...
2022-09-061h 37They Thought I Was YouWeTransfer presents: The TwinsToday, we're sharing a bonus episode we first released exclusively to our Patreon subscribers. For months, we've received DM's from followers and listeners asking us if we've watched the Mary-Kate and Ashley mini-doc, "WeTransfer Presents: The Twins,*" so we finally did.This 12-minute video by Zara Meerza about the Mary-Kate and Ashley fandom went live on the internet on June 23rd, 2022, and is a beautiful love letter to the Olsen sisters, their impact on young women, and their unique appeal as twin sisters.In this episode, we talk about what we loved, the moments that...
2022-08-3028 minThey Thought I Was YouHoliday in the SunHere it is, the moment we've all been waiting for... the holy grail of Mary-Kate and Ashley movies... today we talk about Holiday in the Sun.And we know what you're thinking-- didn't you two already talk about this movie? NO WE DIDN'T. We interviewed Ben Easter aka Jordan Landers as in Landers Hardware Store Landers, but just the two of us, Becca and Lani, have never talked about this movie in real life or on this podcast!So today, we leave no pukka shell unturned. We get into the nitty gritty of what made t...
2022-08-232h 18They Thought I Was YouBen Easter (Holiday in the Sun, So Little Time) RE-RELEASELast November, for Holiday in the Sun's 20th Anniversary, we had what can only be described as a life-changing interview with Ben Easter (aka Jordan Landers of Hardware Store Landers). Now that we've finally caught up in our timeline to the iconic Holiday in the Sun era, this week we are re-releasing our interview with Ben Easter. We are proud to say we are much better interviewers now than we were last November, so please excuse our INTENSE nerves at the beginning (but then again, what self-respecting MKA fan wouldn't get that way before speaking to Ben E...
2022-08-161h 23They Thought I Was Youthe rise and fall of mary-kateandashley magazineLast week, we reread the entire premiere issue of Mary-Kate and Ashley's fashion magazine from 2001, aptly titled "mary-kateandashley magazine." We discussed that the magazine mysteriously ended abruptly after 3 issues, but we had no idea why. So this week, we consult with They Thought I Was You's resident Mary-Kate and Ashley historian, Derrick Dobson (@derricksdollcollection) to learn all about the rise and fall of this beloved magazine.Derrick explains to us what the online community thought this magazine would be before its premiere, the surprising controversy over the premiere issue's cover, and the reason why this beloved magazine's l...
2022-08-091h 16They Thought I Was Youmary-kateandashley magazine: our premiere issueOn March 25th, 2001 (the same week Winning London premiered), Mary-Kate and Ashley launched the first of what would be three teen fashion magazines, aptly named the "mary-kateandashley magazine." This wasn't one of Mary-Kate and Ashley's most well known projects, but it was an important moment in their career. As we've been discussing for the past 8 weeks , 2001 was an insane time our girls with their brand exploding at Walmart and their film & TV projects in full swing. But this magazine felt different. This magazine felt like something more intimate, more real, more authentically them. And on the first...
2022-08-021h 35They Thought I Was YouScreenwriter Karol Hoeffner (Winning London)Today we sit down with the woman who taught an entire generation that the Model UN was a legitimate school activity. We talk to the person who wrote of one of Mary-Kate and Ashley's nerdiest, most beloved, most perfect rainy-day-comfort movies of all time. We talk to Karol Hoeffner, screenwriter of Winning London.And we learn that Karol is nothing short of a complete inspiration. When she was in her 40s, she started being ghosted by an ageist industry that had no interest in hiring a middle-aged female screenwriter. So she decided to write a raunchy screenplay...
2022-07-261h 23They Thought I Was YouSo Little Time: Ep 2-14 "Season 1" (Part 2)Our So Little Time journey continues!This week we're reviewing all of the So Little Time episodes that were released in 2001 (Episodes 1-14: "Siblings in the City" through "The Breakfast Club"), and we are thrilled to report-- we loved this SO much more than the pilot.This show, like most sitcoms, takes a few episodes to find its footing, but once it does, it's a whoooole vibe. It's a show about the most incredibly fun, relaxed Malibu teen dream in life in y2k that you could ever imagine. And the fashion. Is. Everything. We...
2022-07-192h 03They Thought I Was YouSo Little Time: The Pilot (Part 1)The time has finally come... this week we watch a Mary-Kate and Ashley fan favorite, a show that solidified the Fox Family Channel as teen girl heaven and ignited the SoCal fashion trends of early '00s (we think).This week we watch So Little Time. And since we have so MUCH time, we're sticking to just the pilot, "Dog Day Afternoon." In this episode, we meet Riley (Mary-Kate this time) and Chloe (now Ashley) Carlson, their weird friend Larry (Jesse Head), their vivascious manny Manuelo (Taylor Negron), and their estranged parents Jake (Eric Lutes) and Macy (C...
2022-07-121h 32They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley: The Truman Show (RE-RELEASE)In light of our interview with Winning London's Rachel Roth, we thought this would be a good time to replay one of our all time favorite episodes from the very beginning of our podcast, "Mary-Kate and Ashley: The Truman Show." In this episode, we outline how Mary-Kate and Ashley were plucked from a regular life as two anonymous twin babies to becoming two of the most successful and well-known child stars of all time. This is an important episode for understanding how Mary-Kate and Ashley ended up where they were in 2001 when Rachel crossed paths with them...
2022-07-0550 minThey Thought I Was YouRachel Roth (Winning London, So Little Time) pt 2We are SO sorry we left you all on a cliff this week, but your suspense is finally over-- Part 2 of our interview with actress Rachel Roth (Winning London, So Little Time) is here!In this half, we hear Rachel's feelings on Robert Thorne, how a dinner with Mary-Kate and Ashley in London started a real life relationship with them back in LA, and what it was like hanging out with them at home with their "annoying" little sister Lizzie. Rachel describes being in the orbit of these tycoons at this epic time in their teen fame...
2022-06-281h 07They Thought I Was YouRachel Roth (Winning London, So Little Time) pt 1We are pinching ourselves. We had the honor and privilege to talk with the most incredible guest from Mary-Kate and Ashley's cinematic universe. This guest was one of the only female friends Mary-Kate and Ashley ever had in their full-length movies and one of the few actors asked back for multiple projects. Driven, sensitive, and out to save the world-- today we talk with Rachel Roth (Winning London, So Little Time)!We had the most incredible conversation with Rachel about how she started acting at 6 years old (because according to the Sound of Music, that's how old...
2022-06-2150 minThey Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley's First Fashion ShowWe are officially BACK! And what better way to kick off our new season than with Mary-Kate and Ashley doing the thing they love most: fashion!On February 28th, 2001, Mary-Kate and Ashley debuted their much-anticipated fashion line at Walmart with a half hour fashion show on Fox (ABC?) Family called "Fashion Forward." The show was hosted by the twins and their costars from Winning London, Eric Jungmann and Brandon Tyler. It also featured musical performances by an obscure band called Gotti 13, "behind the scenes" of the making of the show, and interviews with Mary-Kate, Ashley, and their...
2022-06-141h 23They Thought I Was YouThe Mary-Kate and Ashley PodcastHello again! We're still not back yet. But we are very close to coming back, and we stumbled upon a piece of Olsen history that we simply could not wait to share with you.Our friend & listener @OlsenSistersFrance shared with us that in 2006, Mary-Kate and Ashley... had a podcast That's right, our brilliant twin icons had the knowhow in 2006 to start a podcast before podcasts were even a thing! @OlsenSistersFrance found the first episode in her digital collection and shared it with us, and we were shocketh.This podcast was called the mary-kateandashley.com podcast (m...
2022-05-2426 minThey Thought I Was YouElizabeth Olsen: The Olsen That Was PromisedSURPRISE! Today we have a special bonus episode in honor of last weekend's premiere of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness starring everyone's favorite little sister, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Olsen.Today's impromptu conversation came about when Becca and Lani were in a planning meeting for season 3 of the podcast and realized they both had VERY different opinions about Lizzie Olsen and her place in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Universe. Instead of waiting for our future deep dive into Elizabeth Olsen (oh yeah, it's gonna happen), we decided to go on record right now and state how we...
2022-05-1030 minThey Thought I Was YouA Brief, Spontaneous Ranking of Mary-Kate and Ashley's MoviesWe made it to the end of season 2!Season 2 was more exciting than we could have ever expected. We talked to Brigitte (THE Brigitte, the supermodel from Passport to Paris), a viral YouTube creator who met Mary-Kate and Ashley on a cruise, and an incredible collector and expert of all things Mary-Kate and Ashley. We've also connected with so many more Mary-Kate and Ashley fans and gotten closer our podcast's biggest goal-- proving that we are not alone ❤️So as a terrifying treat, we decided to spontaneously rank all of Mary-Kate and Ashley's feature films that...
2022-04-1913 minThey Thought I Was YouWinning LondonJust over 21 years ago on March 27th, 2001, Mary-Kate and Ashley released their 3rd teenage fantasy travel film, Winning London, and winter wear would never be the same again.Much to their nerdy fans' delight, this movie was about two twin sisters, Riley and Chloe's school trip to compete in the Model UN Championship in London, England. Not only would we finally see Mary-Kate as a type-A overachiever, but we also got to see Ashley as a free-spirited slacker. Mix this twin swap with a European backdrop and the cutest boys of any of their movies (fight me...
2022-04-121h 49They Thought I Was YouA History of the Mary-Kate and Ashley DollsIn April 2000, Mattel released the very first of what would become the most successful celebrity fashion dolls of all time-- the Mary-Kate and Ashley dolls.Becca and Lani knew these dolls were a part of the Olsen twins' history, but we didn't realize the enormous scope of these dolls' success until we started researching. We decided we needed to bring in an expert to educate us on all things MKA dolls, so today we are joined by Mary-Kate and Ashley superfan, expert and doll collector Derrick Dobson!Derrick shares with us what the Mary-Kate and...
2022-04-051h 17They Thought I Was You7th Heaven: The Murphy GirlsMary-Kate. Ashley. And Simon in the middle?? On November 20th, 2000, the day before "Our Lips Are Sealed" was released on VHS, Mary-Kate and Ashley made their highly anticipated guest appearance on the hit WB family drama, 7th Heaven.Centered around a minister and his hot family, 7th Heaven was the longest-running series in the network's history, and "the Camdens" were as wholesome as you could get. But for their 96th episode, Mary-Kate and Ashley (aka the Murphy sisters) would walk on set as... the bad girls. And the press had a field day. Mu...
2022-03-291h 12They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley Cruises w/ Rob TanchumOnce a year starting in 1994 and ending (we think) in 2001, Mary-Kate and Ashley would set sail with a boat full of fans on a "Sail with the Stars" cruise. They would advertise these cruises at the beginning of all of their VHS tapes, and Lani and Becca dreamed of one day going. Sadly, it never happened for either of them. Which is why they were thrilled to finally talk to someone who was there, dancing and PJ-partying with Mary-Kate, Ashley and Lizzie Olsen. On a boat.Today we are joined by our friend and writer/director/comedian...
2022-03-221h 06They Thought I Was YouOur Lips Are SealedOn November 21st, 2000, nearly one full year after their cult classic Passport to Paris, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen released their second destination-inspired teen comedy, Our Lips Are Sealed filmed in Sydney, Australia.Neither Becca nor Lani have revisited this movie since the year it came out. In our memories, this movie was the hippest, wittiest, most alternative, most daring, most ahead-of-its-time movie in the Olsen twins canon. We were sure that we'd rediscover this gem and prove to the world that it has been woefully overlooked in the culture of 00s nostalgia.But then it...
2022-03-151h 39They Thought I Was YouAre We Too Old for These Parties?On July 18th, 2000, You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's School Dance Party was released on VHS. It was the last installment of Mary-Kate and Ashley's "You're Invited" series, and the last half-hour video the twins would ever make.The "You're Invited" series closed the chapter of the twins' childhood, and marked the beginning of a new era. So, to commemorate this milestone, we watched all of the "You're Invited" videos we didn't talk about last time: Mall Party, Ballet Party, Camp Out Party, Costume Party, Fashion Party, School Dance Party. We love them all. Ok, no...
2022-03-081h 39They Thought I Was YouPassport to ParisOn November 9, 1999, Passport to Paris was released on VHS, and changed the meaning of "direct-to-video" movies forever. At just 13-years old, this was Mary-Kate and Ashley's first feature-length film as executive producers, and with it, they expanded their careers from performers to professional tastemakers, trendsetters, and style icons. For any teen that was obsessed with fashion, falling in love, and exploring the word, this movie was a perfect fantasy. This is why it became one of Mary-Kate and Ashley’s best known direct-to-video films and has continued to stay relevant, even today. Today, we get in...
2022-03-011h 10They Thought I Was YouYvonne Scio (Passport to Paris)Hey, you're Brigitte!Duh, she just said that.No, THE Brigitte. The supermodel!No she's not... is she? Are you?...I'm afraid so.Talk about international relations! With Becca in Los Angeles and Lani in New York, we were able to Zoom into Italy to talk with the supermodel and the scholar, the very impressive woman, Yvonne Scio (AKA Brigitte from Passport to Paris)! We were beside ourselves speaking with this incredibly glamorous multi-hyphenate about her experience filming Passport to Paris. She tells us how Mary-Kate and Ashley were precocious fashionistas...
2022-02-2239 minThey Thought I Was YouSwitching Goals (w/ Still Got It Podcast!)Welcome to our very first Crossover episode! In Still Got It Podcast, host Celey Schumer revisits childhood-classic films to see if they "still got it," and it seemed only fitting that she would join us to discuss the next project on Mary-Kate and Ashley's timeline, Switching Goals.(And before you come after us, we know Passport to Paris came out before Switching Goals, but based on their hair length and general maturity, we're pretty sure they filmed Switching Goals first)And after our exhilarating Two of a Kind marathon from the last two weeks, watching t...
2022-02-151h 26They Thought I Was YouTwo of a Kind pt 2: What Happened to Pokey Valentine?We thought we could be casual about Two of a Kind, but no. This show is anything but casual.After reviewing the Two of a Kind pilot last week, it became very clear that we needed to rewatch this whole series in its entirety. So that's exactly what we did.And although the task of watching 22 episodes of television in one week was rather daunting for two women with full-time jobs, every episode brought us immense joy, inspiration and validation as Mary-Kate and Ashley fans and lovers of comedy (except for the episode where Carrie...
2022-02-081h 20They Thought I Was YouTwo of a Kind pt 1: The PilotOn September 25th, 1998, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen returned to the small screen on ABC's coveted TGIF lineup with their brand new sitcom, Two of a Kind.And it was a big f*cking deal. Not only was this the first time Mary-Kate and Ashley would be starring in a sitcom as two different characters, this was also their first TV appearance since the cancellation Full House, and their debut to mainstream audiences as full-fledged preteen girls.So in today's episode, we give this premiere episode the full attention that this momentous occasion deserves. We gush...
2022-02-011h 05They Thought I Was YouAmerica Needs to Know if Mary-Kate and Ashley Have BoyfriendsIn 1998, Mary-Kate and Ashley went on a press tour to promote their return to television on the TGIF lineup in the new sitcom, Two of a Kind. On today's episode, we're taking a look at how the media approached Mary-Kate and Ashley on this tour as they entered their tweens. Spoiler alert: it ain't great. Even with a mountain of projects to their name, the TV personalities had only one question for the 12 year-old Olsen Twins-- when would they get boyfriends??We watch and dissect their appearances on Rosie O'Donnell, Regis & Kathie Lee, The View...
2022-01-2551 minThey Thought I Was YouBillboard DadWe've always said that on this podcast we research, examine, and analyze Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's careers and influence on pop culture. We do NOT recap and review Mary-Kate and Ashley's projects....Except when it's necessary. And for Billboard Dad, it's NECESSARY. Although this isn't Mary-Kate and Ashley's first film by a long shot, or their biggest theatrical film that we all know by heart, or even their most successful direct-to-video feature, it IS the movie that started it all. And spoiler alert: we friggin' love it.So today, we unpack this movie beat by...
2022-01-181h 37They Thought I Was YouThe Famous Trenchcoat Twins Learn About BoysAfter the incredible year Mary-Kate and Ashley had in 1995 following the finale of their beloved hit sitcom Full House with starring roles in their successful theatrical film debut It Takes Two, the Olsens twins had Hollywood in the palm of their hand.So naturally, they followed up these successes by continuing to work with the major networks and studios they spent the full 9 years of their lives cultivating relationships with, right?NOPE. They spent 1996 and 1997 exclusively working on their scrappy direct-to-video series "The Adventures Of" and "You're Invited," which were completely produced and distributed by...
2022-01-111h 23They Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley's Sleepover PartyIt's season 2, and we're picking up where we left off: 1995's You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Sleepover Party, one of Mary-Kate and Ashley's most beloved projects.What drove the strange choice to double down on direct-to-video movies rather than cultivate the twins' budding Hollywood careers? Why were the twins so much more visibly tired here compared to their other performances at the time? And what gave Dualstar the gall to think we fans wouldn't notice the drastic drop in quality of this project? (Side note, they were right — we absolutely didn't notice.) We ponder th...
2022-01-041h 12They Thought I Was YouBen Easter (Holiday in the Sun, So Little Time)On November 20th, 2001, Mary-Kate and Ashley's 5th direct-to-video film, Holiday in the Sun was officially released. And for the 20th anniversary of this iconic film, we had the honor and privilege of talking to the incredibly kind, completely gorgeous, outrageously humble, he's-what-time-it-is, Mr. Ben Easter! That's right: Jordan Landers. As in, the Landers Hardware Store Landers. Talked to us. And we kept it together enough to learn all about what he was doing (and wearing!) right before he got the part, what the casting process was like, what it was like filming this beloved film...
2021-11-181h 23They Thought I Was YouVERY Special Guest TeaserSo, you'll notice the runtime of this episode is very short because this is technically not an episode, but a teaser for an episode with a very very very special interview that we are preparing AS WE SPEAK and will drop later this week!But we didn't want to leave you hanging, so we're leaving you a couple hints to try and guess who our special guest is. 🤔Find us on Instagram or send us an email with your guesses!But most importantly, follow/subscribe, tell all your friends, and keep your eyes pee...
2021-11-1604 minThey Thought I Was YouIt Takes Two Behind the ScenesInstead of reviewing this classic movie that we all know by heart, we want to talk about the parts of It Takes Two that stand out to us now after our life-altering conversation with the film's writer, Deborah Dean Davis (go back and listen to our interview with her if you haven't already, otherwise this episode might not make sense). We put It Takes Two in context of where Mary-Kate and Ashley were in their careers at the time of the movie's release, talk about the unfair reviews the film received, and share a few personal fan...
2021-11-091h 10They Thought I Was YouScreenwriter Deborah Dean Davis (It Takes Two)We had the honor of interviewing the home run queen herself… The belter from the shelter… that’s right — Miss Deborah Dean Davis! THE WRITER OF IT TAKES TWO!This is one of those can't eat, can't sleep, reach for the stars, over the fence, World Series kinda guests. Deborah shares stories about Mary-Kate and Ashley becoming friends with her daughter, a heart-melting story about red soda, and Ashley's zest for showing off her somersaults.She also tells us all about how she scored the job, why she refused to watch any episodes of Full House in...
2021-11-021h 21They Thought I Was YouIt Takes Two TeaserLani and Becca are cooking up something very, very special for our It Takes Two episode, (hint: it's another interview!), and we need just a little more time to get it ready.In the meantime, we're releasing this bonus episode where Lani talks with her brother Alex Harms (who designed our podcast's tile art!) about watching It Takes Two as children, and what (if anything) he remembers about his sister being obsessed with Mary-Kate and Ashley.We'll be back with a full episode next week!Find us on Instagram!Show: @theythoughtiwasyou...
2021-10-2613 minThey Thought I Was YouFull House pt 2: The One Where Michelle DiesLani and Becca watched both parts of the Full House season finale, "Michelle Rides Again" — and wow, what a trip. (Or should we say... fall??)We talk about how refreshing it is that the adults for once care about a missing child, yet still don't take Michelle's head injury as seriously as they should. Lani tries to describe the strange experience of watching Full House for the first time decades after it aired as a huge Mary-Kate and Ashley fan, and Becca realizes that this episode unconsciously influenced her senior prom dress.We review every no...
2021-10-191h 01They Thought I Was YouFull House pt 1: Attics and BasementsWe've been so caught up in Mary-Kate and Ashley's production company, videos, albums, merch, TV movies and specials, Fun Club and entourage, that we've barely even covered the twins' most notable credit: portraying Michelle Tanner on Full House.Becca finally gets to share what Full House meant to her as a kid. Lani, who shockingly didn't watch the show, somehow remembers the attic and basement. Then we speculate over why this very popular show was cancelled so abruptly.Next week we'll be reviewing the show's finale: Michelle Rides Again (Part 1 & 2), so find yourself an HBOMax...
2021-10-1258 minThey Thought I Was YouMary-Kate and Ashley's Fun ClubIn 1993 (or '94; it's unclear), Mary-Kate and Ashley's management team created "Mary-Kate and Ashley's Fun Club," the twins' first official fan club. The promo for this club ran at the beginning of each of their videos and promised that every registered member would receive a precious box of rare Mary-Kate and Ashley collectibles.So in today's episode, we unbox the Fun Club. Or, at least, we unbox what's left of the Fun Club folder that Lani found in her parents' basement, including original photos, posters, magazines and a couple extra memorabilia that send us down a rabbit...
2021-10-0551 minThey Thought I Was YouOur First Interview: John Forster (The Case of Thorn Mansion)Previously, on They Thought I Was You: Lani revealed to Becca that she impulsively emailed John Forster, the Grammy-nominated musician behind Mary-Kate and Ashley's first two albums, Our First Video, The Case of Thorn Mansion, basically all the music we've reviewed thus far — and invited him to be on our podcast. And much to our delight, this week we're joined by John Forster himself!John shares with us the the writing process for the music, what Mary-Kate and Ashley were like at six years old, and how the experience impacted his life. We also ask hi...
2021-09-2844 minThey Thought I Was YouThe Adventures of Mary-Kate and AshleyIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually, it was a morally complicated time! In this episode, Becca and Lani open one of the most iconic chapters of Mary-Kate and Ashley's career: The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley. "The Case of Thorn Mansion" and "The Case of the Logical i Ranch," the first two direct-to-video productions released in the twins' Adventures Of series, were filmed during a hiatus from Full House and in between their two feature-length TV Movies for ABC. We discuss the immorality of working child actors this hard, while a...
2021-09-211h 09They Thought I Was YouDouble Double Toil and Trouble & How the West Was FunContinuing our journey through the early projects of Mary-Kate and Ashley's career, we finally arrive at Dualstar Entertainment Group's first feature films: Double Double Toil and Trouble ('93) and How the West Was Fun ('94). Unlike Dualstar's previous releases, these films had the financial and creative assistance of ABC and are, surprisingly, high-quality films! (By '90s children's film standards.) We talk about the many similarities and differences between the two, and our own memories of watching these movies as children. (Lani cried. While watching as an adult.)BONUS: Between these two movies, NY and LA...
2021-09-141h 09They Thought I Was YouDualstar Pt 2: Mother's Day Special & Our First VideoAfter inking a deal with ABC for $10 million, Mary-Kate and Ashley’s production company, Dualstar releases its first two pieces of media: The Olsen Twins’ Mother’s Day Special, and Our First Video.Lani shares her experience watching the Olsen Twins Mother’s Day Special – a Carol Burnett-style variety show from 1993 hosted by the twins featuring Tim Allen, Louie Anderson, and Joey Lawrence – in 2021. Becca dives into the twins’ first direct-to-video tape, aptly named Our First Video. Unbeknownst to both of them, a lot of the same performances are in both.BONUS: The twins were long scrutiniz...
2021-09-0742 minThey Thought I Was YouOur First EpisodeIt's the debut! We embrace our wide-eyed childhood innocence and share our history with Mary-Kate and Ashley: where the obsession came from, what the Olsen twins meant to us growing up, and the many questions we still have about them today. Whether you're a casual MK&A fan or an O.G. Fun Clubber, come with us on this journey as we give the Olsen twins the credit, respect, and appreciation they've long deserved.BONUS: Bert & Ernie. PB & J. Obama & Biden. Who's the Mary-Kate, and who's the Ashley? The Fun Club is back...
2021-08-1733 minThey Thought I Was YouThey Thought I Was You!As children, we wanted to be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-- go on their adventures, have their careers, own their wardrobe. But as we grew up, and the Olsens did too, it eventually became "uncool" -- stupid, girly, childish-- to like them. They became the butt of jokes, or at best, a nostalgic footnote. The world moved on, but we never did.Hosts Becca Roth and Lani Harms, two Mary-Kate and Ashley superfans, are setting the record straight: Mary-Kate and Ashley were never frivolous or vapid. They were always feminist icons. You're Invited to They Thought I...
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