Say Anything...

Episode 67: Say Anything… (1989)

Theme: Wife’s Choice
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick things off exactly as the cinematic gods intended: with Curtis presenting a movie marriage so unhinged it feels like it escaped from a VHS bargain bin. Almost Famous meets Grosse Pointe Blank plus TurboTax crossed with American Kickboxer? Somehow, yes — and the result is Say Anything…, the only teen romance brave enough to blend boomboxes, kickboxing, IRS agents, and Lily Taylor’s 63-song emotional meltdown.

Join your two favorite members of the Let’s Talk About Flix-verse as they unpack:

• How Lloyd Dobler is the nicest guy in Seattle AND the only man brave enough to wear a trench coat year-round.

• Why Diane Court is the valedictorian everyone knows but nobody actually knows — the human equivalent of extra credit.

• How Jim Court runs the nicest retirement home in town… and also the shadiest financial side hustle this side of Alcatraz.

• Why Corey Flood has written 63 (sixty-three!) songs about Joe and still shows no signs of stopping.

• How the Key Master at the party deserves an honorary Oscar for Best Prevented DUI.

• Why Lloyd teaching Diane to drive stick is the most adorable metaphor Cameron Crowe ever wrote.

• How Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” became the most romantic act of borderline stalking in cinematic history.

• Why Jim Court turns full Orange Is the New Black after roughly three hours in jail.

• How the final airplane scene doubles as the sweetest anxiety-reducing pep talk ever delivered by a man with a broken nose.

From trench coats to tax fraud, from cocoon screenings to car-based first times, Oz and Curtis walk through a film that proves sometimes all you need is confidence, a boombox, and absolutely no long-term career plan.

Final Verdict

Oz — 8 Kickboxing Dojos
Curtis — 87 Children Played Like Guitars
Both — Still wondering how Jim Court got THAT prison-hardened THAT fast.