Gilmore Ball Z

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Oh man. Paige has time chamber questions Grant can't answer, Amy Sherman -Palladino leaves a mess for someone else to clean up, and Trunks almost breaks the fourth wall to explain how Dragon Ball fights work.

Despite big Buu developments and the wackiest hijinks the Pallidinos could throw at us, Grant and Paige still struggle to find anything to say about episodes of Dragon Ball and Gilmore Girls that couldn't find their pacing.

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Gohan and Rory Fund donor and friend of the show James G joined us to talk about Buu's growth, revel in some (fictional) hospitalization, and negotiate the nuances of one of Gilmore Girls' least popular plot points. If you listened to this and said "dang, I want to guest host," all it takes is a donation to any of the charities in the Gohan and Rory Fund. Details are here: https://gilmoreballz.wordpress.com/gohan-and-rorys-bookclub-fund/

Once again, the Dragon Ball team had two great movie concepts and combined them into...one Dragon Ball movie. The Gohan and Rory Fund: https://gilmoreballz.wordpress.com/gohan-and-rorys-bookclub-fund

Paige starts to come around on Buu, but not on Gotenks, and Gilmore Girls hones in on a single event, and it makes Zack almost likable. Mrs. Kim and her mother-in-law's conversation's translation: https://oy-with-the-poodles-already-blog.tumblr.com/post/3388618734/grandmother-%ED%97%89-%EB%B6%88%EC%83%81%EC%9D%B4-%EA%B9%A8%EC%A1%8C%EB%8B%A4-oops-the-buddha-statue

Paige actually sees some of the point of Majin Buu, Dragon Ball finally figured out playing characters off each other, and a Gilmore guy gets a better send off than either of us expected.

Content warning: This week, both Gilmore Girls and Dragon Ball Z do a very bad job of handling sensitive subjects. For Gilmore Girls, it's stalking, gas-lighting, and escaping bad relationships. For Dragon Ball Z, it's sexual harassment. We talk about it a lot in the episode, so if either of those are especially sensitive for you, please be advised. Normally we'd talk about things like the first appearance of Gotenks, or Zack and Mrs. Kim writing a "hit" song together so he could marry Lane. Those are both bonkers. Unfortunately the episode pulled a weird left turn by having Goku offer every woman he knows up to get groped by a stranger, and Gilmore Girls dipped its toe in bad relationship dynamics it wasn't equipped to handle. So we talk about that a lot, while hoping the shows get back into their comfort zones next week.

Gohan and Rory Fund donor MST3James joined us to talk about the some of Goku and Gohan's best bonding and some of Rory and Logan's messiest drama. Meanwhile, Zach puts his hat in the ring for worst relationship choice on the show (stiff competition), Buu makes the world's worst milk, and Leslie Odom Jr. stops by Gilmore Girls on his way to bigger and better things. If you listened to this and said “dang, I want to guest host,” all it takes is a donation to any of the charities in the Gohan and Rory Fund. We’ve still got a season. Details are here: https://gilmoreballz.wordpress.com/gohan-and-rorys-bookclub-fund/

This week we watched the time Alexis Bledel tried to be an ally but made a bad movie instead. Gohan And Rory’s Fund: https://gilmoreballz.wordpress.com/gohan-and-rorys-bookclub-fund

Paige and Grant are divided by Buu's version of Elmo's World. Paige has some questions about Goku's time management, and Grant doesn't know why this is Gilmore Girl's most infamous episode.

Paris is out as Editor in Chief of the Yale Daily News and Grant is despondent that her character development is off chilling with Jaime Lannister's growth. Meanwhile, Goku has 30 minutes to teach the boys fusion and decide who's top of his "Best Friends to Say Goodbye To" list before he has to go back to Otherworld, and Christopher and Logan do some questionable bonding.

Gohan and Rory Fund donors and friends of the show, Alex and Ashley Hamilton, join us to talk about two fantastic fights: Goku vs. Buu and the Gilmore family free-for-all. We dive into the psychology of Buu, are amazed by Logan doing one (1) good thing, and miss a huge opportunity: Seriously, we had Alex Hamilton on the show, and Richard repeatedly threatens Yale's bursar, but we don't make a single Hamilton joke. Ashley's voice acting twitter: https://twitter.com/ashdotham If you listened to this and said "dang, I want to guest host," all it takes is a donation to any of the charities in the Gohan and Rory Fund. We've still got a season and a half left. Details are here: https://gilmoreballz.wordpress.com/gohan-and-rorys-bookclub-fund/

Goku comes up with the worst plan in Dragon Ball yet (which, is saying something), but Luke's determined to try to beat it when he just, kinda hopes Lorelei won't go to the diner, and Logan might have them all beat with his stalking strategy.

This Dragon Ball movie might be less concerning than Bunheads, but it was somehow more offensive and confusing on so many levels. Gohan And Rory’s Fund: https://gilmoreballz.wordpress.com/gohan-and-rorys-bookclub-fund

For once, there was more fighting in Gilmore Girls than Dragon Ball, and Goku had more emotional intelligence than any of the men of Gilmore Girls. We don't know what's happening either.

Zach reaches new lows, Paige gives up on a Dragon Ball plot before it even starts, and we're still not sure Gilmore Girls knows the difference between a carnival and a Ren Fair.

After Gilmore Girls, Amy Sherman-Palidino teamed up with Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore) and Broadway's Sutton Foster to make a show about *checks notes* a man stalking a woman, taking advantage of her hitting rock bottom and lying to her to get her to marry him, his subsequent death and little girls learning ballet. It was a packed hour. Gohan and Rory Fund: https://gilmoreballz.wordpress.com/gohan-and-rorys-bookclub-fund

Rachel from the Geek By Night and the TMNT Minute podcasts joins us just in time to watch the Gilmore girls reuninted, a dragon wish get wasted, and Gilmore Girls finally deciding a secret love child is the best twist they've got. Rachel Gatlin's twitter: https://twitter.com/pixelilly_ TMNT Minute (Rachel talking about Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles, one minute at a time) – http://www.duelinggenre.com/category/podcasts/movies-by-minute/tmnt-minute/ Geek by Night (An original superhero audio drama with Rachel)- http://www.duelinggenre.com/category/podcasts/geekbynight/