Fried Green Tomatoes

Episode 122: Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Theme: Wives’ Choice Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis slice into Fried Green Tomatoes — the Southern-fried drama that blends Train to Busan × Candyman × Misery × Texas Chainsaw Massacre × Thelma & Louise into one slow-cooked tale of friendship, trauma, empowerment, and “surprise! that barbecue you liked might’ve been Frank.” It’s part memory lane, part murder mystery, part feel-good empowerment story, and part… cannibal cuisine?

The hosts break down:

• Kathy Bates as Evelyn, leveling up from passive housewife to Towanda-fueled menace of the Piggly Wiggly parking lot.
• Ninny and her yarn-spinning — the sweetest old lady alive casually revealing enough crime to reopen three cold cases.
• Idgie & Ruth: friendship, love, bees, barbecue, and the kind of bond that deserved more than the early ’90s allowed onscreen.
• The Whistle Stop Café saga — big community, bigger heart, and even bigger “don’t ask what’s in the smoker” energy.
• All roads leading to Frank Bennett: husband, abuser, entrée.

Final Verdict:

Oz — 8 Ambiguous Relationships
Curtis — 85 Grilled Franks

Next week: We kick off Patreon Choice Month with a special guest — Patreon subscriber Melissa L joins the show to talk Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001). Expect glitter, wigs, glam-rock philosophy, and one very angry inch.