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Episode 114

The World According to Garp

Mike loved the movie and watching it for the podcast inspired him to finally read the book. Will Allyson find this John Irving adaptation as insightful and moving as Mike?

Mike read the 40-year anniversary edition of the book where Irving laments about how he hoped this investigation of the imbalance of genders would be a thing of the past, but it is unfortunately as relevant today as it was then...if not more so during this 40th anniversary of the movie now that Roe vs Wade has been reversed.

Mike explores in depth the differences between the 500+ page novel and what didn't make it to the 2 hour 16-minute-long film. He and Allyson also dream cast an HBO Max mini-series version of the novel too. Yeah, obviously they both picked Laverne Cox to play Roberta Muldoon.

The World According to Garp is an examination of gender, gender politics, feminism, radicalism, creativity, identity, parenting, and death. While that may sound daunting and heavy, this is also, at times, a whimsical story.

If you want to let us know what you thought about either the movie or the novel The World According to Garp, or you have a movie you think we should watch, let us know.

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Theme song by Thomas Medelheim. https://www.fiverr.com/medelheim

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Allyson Bobbitt

Allyson Bobbitt is a wife, mommy, and comedian from southeastern Michigan. She has toured all over the Midwest, California, and Canada and has worked with the likes of Sara Schaefer (Nikki & Sara Live), Ty Barnett (Last Comic Standing), Dan Telfer (Hashtag Warrior), and many more.
In her spare time, she likes to fully embrace her mid life crisis by dying her hair fun colors and petting her cats, telling them how handsome and perfect they are despite their rancid smelling trash-mouths.
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Mike Bobbitt

Michigan native, Mike Bobbitt is a comedian show offers his perspectives on celebrity, sexuality, people pleasing and the gritty side of Hollywood.

Over the past eighteen years, Mike has performed in four countries, 26 states and Alabama. His three comedy albums are available at the online retailer of your choice. He’s appeared on Freeform’s “Freak Out”, “Laughs” on Fox and the hugely popular WTF Podcast with Marc Maron. He’s also cowrote the horror/comedy No Pets available on Amazon, and co-created the Ideal Remake podcast .

Mike is currently the host of three podcasts. The Truthcast, a improvised conspiracy theory parody that's been described as The X-Files meets Beavis and Butthead. The family friendly Movies for Kids podcast. And You Made Me Watch, where Mike and his wife make each other watch movies they loved, but recognize the other may not.