PopD Tonight: Father Goose
Aug132010
If it’s Friday, it must be PopD. This week Father Goose which I KNOW is a romcom. Hallelujah!
Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of twenty-one novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies. She lives on the Ohio River where she often stares at the ceiling and counts her blessings.
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40 Comments to 'PopD Tonight: Father Goose'
On August 13, 2010 at 4:50 am Sure Thing said...
Amen.
On August 13, 2010 at 5:33 am Diane (TT) said...
Yes, but I’m on the road and can’t get the podcast. Something to look forward to when I get my life, if not under control, at least back on its own computer!
Have a lovely time watching the movie, and I hope that it retains its fun with critical watching.
On August 13, 2010 at 7:22 am Bethany said...
Is it bad that my first response (keep in mind, I just work up) is “belly snuggle!” with the full knowledge my first would be scratched off? My poor cat deals well with me planting my face in his belly. Just too fluffy.
On August 13, 2010 at 9:40 am Lola said...
Today is .25 doughnut day at the local bakery. Life is good.
On August 13, 2010 at 9:48 am Micki said...
My Friday is just about at an end; beautiful fireworks tonight with my sister-in-law and oldest. It was a great day, and I didn’t even realize it was Friday the 13th until just now! Heck, if all my F/13s can be like this, bring on some more!
Hope all will be in order on my end for tomorrow. It sounds like a very fun movie!
On August 13, 2010 at 11:25 am Mary Stella said...
Friday and the last day before a little vacation. Life is good.
Jenny, I keep meaning to ask your opinion about something. After reading the interview here, I read my first Jennifer Weiner book. (Good in Bed.) I’ve seen several recent interviews with her that all brand her as the Queen of Chick-Lit. Granted, I’ve only read one of her books, but I didn’t look at GiB as chick-lit at all.
Is this a case of the media not knowing how to characterize her work? We know they love to slot people. If that’s not the case, is she really a chick-lit author? I’m willing to accept that I might too narrowly define the genre.
On August 13, 2010 at 1:01 pm Jenny said...
You know, it all depends on how you define it. I think of Chick Lit as snappy stories about urban women looking for love, not necessarily romance novels. Which means I don’t write much Chick Lit (Trust Me On This is probably Chick Lit) and Jen doesn’t write it at all. But it’s a place where people can slot women who write women’s fiction that has a happy ending, so it’s an easy, sloppy call. I did a panel for a big writing conference in Florida once, very prestigious, that was called Chick Lit something. I spoke first and the first thing I said was, “I don’t write Chick Lit so I don’t know what I’m doing on this panel..” Then the next writer spoke and the first thing she said was, “I don’t write Chick Lit so I don’t know what I’m doing on this panel.” By the end of the hour, all four panelists had said it. We all wrote fiction with a female protagonist that ended optimistically, that was the only thing we had in common. Sloppy, sloppy thinking which people do because it’s women’s fiction and therefore not serious.
Yes, I find it annoying. I don’t know what Jen thinks, I’ve never asked her.
On August 13, 2010 at 3:37 pm followingtheroad said...
This is why I always say I don’t read chic lit. I read romantic mysteries and paranormal romance and humor and science fiction and…
Dang it. I just READ. Why can’t I just say fiction and let it go? I’m more than happy to talk about what I like in a story but I don’t really need subcategories with subcategories. Labels scare people away.
My local bookstore keeps filing all my favorites wrong anyway. The books I’m looking for are never where I expect them to be.
On August 13, 2010 at 2:52 pm Kelly S said...
I’ll be there tonight.
I also bury my face in the fluffy underbelly of my kitties, Bethany. So, no, not wrong.
Third, I see the tweets from @CruiseNews about the covers, but I don’t do facebook and the tweets get cut off since the update to FB is more than 140 characters. Usually, there’s a link I can follow, but the one 2 tweets ago went nowhere. So, what’s up now?
On August 13, 2010 at 4:39 pm Jenny said...
The covers were shown to the sales force. The sales force thought the dog in the chair looked too much like the MTT cover, and didn’t like the frog on the Bet Me cover. So it’s back to the drawing board . . .
On August 14, 2010 at 12:26 pm Kelly S said...
Hmm, I thought the frog was great. Sure, real frogs can be a bit icky, but the metaphor of kissing your prince… well, romance people get it. I’m certain all the plot points have been considered, snow globe, a change up from a dog and do a cat (Elvis), somehow a plate of Chicken Marsala seems iffy, a red lacy bra?, Krispy Kreme donut, redo the shoes?…
Also, which reprint had the dog on the chair?
On August 14, 2010 at 1:37 pm Jenny said...
Faking It. Remember Steve at the gallery opening?
On August 16, 2010 at 11:27 pm Kelly S said...
What about a jukebox for Faking it or a bed or a closet with 2 sets of eyes? Feel free to ignore me.
On August 13, 2010 at 3:04 pm Cat said...
Yay, PopD!! Friday night is my night to hang with the Poppers and soak up some relaxation! I’ll miss Lucy tonight. Perhaps you could have invited Bob to be a guest Tweeter. I mean, he was in the military and Cary Grant’s character was in the military.
I’m sure his input would be quite….interesting.
On August 13, 2010 at 3:47 pm Muria said...
I personally would rather hear Bob’s input on “I was a Male War Bride.” Though I’m not sure how Bob would take the movie if he hasn’t seen it before.
I love Cary Grant.
On August 13, 2010 at 4:40 pm Jenny said...
I haven’t heard from Bob in weeks. Does he even tweet?
On August 13, 2010 at 9:28 pm Cat said...
Yup, Bob tweets. @Bob_Mayer is his account. He has like 6300 tweets to his name. Bob is a tweetin’ fool.
On August 13, 2010 at 10:00 pm Jenny said...
Who knew? He’s always been the strong, silent type.
On August 13, 2010 at 3:18 pm Marge said...
OMG – I do so love that picture!
On August 13, 2010 at 4:26 pm Cathy M said...
I do, too. I saw that movie many years ago and thought it was wonderful. Ann Sheridan and Cary Grant had great timing. I’d put that up as another romcom that everyone should see if they haven’t yet.
On August 13, 2010 at 4:41 pm Jenny said...
Cathy, what movie is that?
On August 13, 2010 at 8:23 pm Cathy M said...
I Was a Male War Bride. You have to see Cary Grant being driven in a motorcycle sidecar by Ann Sheridan. And the final scenes are priceless.
On August 13, 2010 at 3:31 pm followingtheroad said...
Shoot. I forgot to get my copy. Dang it. I was really looking forward to this one.
On August 13, 2010 at 3:48 pm Cat said...
If you have a Netflix membership it’s available for Instant Play on your computer. It makes it a little hard to tweet and watch, unless you have multiple laptops. Some folks with a Xbox or a Wii can watch Netflix movies on their TV through their gaming system.
Hope that helps!
On August 13, 2010 at 4:27 pm Deborah Blake said...
I got my copy from Netflix! Yay!
On August 13, 2010 at 4:38 pm Camcat said...
Weep for me, children. I lost TV when it went digital; can’t afford cable anyway, BUT I have my own copy of Father Goose, and His Girl Friday, too. Smug, Smug.
On August 13, 2010 at 4:42 pm Jenny said...
Hulu. Plays lots of great TV shows for free. You have to watch commercials, but it’s great.
On August 13, 2010 at 6:08 pm Deborah Blake said...
What time does #PopD start?
On August 14, 2010 at 12:27 pm Kelly S said...
too late for last night, but 7 pm Eastern. Although w/o L. we could have started later. Maybe something to consider now that she has other things to do on Friday nights.
On August 14, 2010 at 1:42 pm Jenny said...
Just that one Friday night. She’s back for How To Steal a Million this Friday.
On August 14, 2010 at 4:23 am Merry said...
Hmph. I coulda been a contendah and listened to Father Goose. Instead, fool that I am, I went out and did a friggin’ 5k in friggin’ 95 degrees (at 7:30 pm) and listened to the PopD podcast of The Apartment. Jeez. Which you deliberately Cut Short, knowing that this would result in my doing the last section of the 5k alone and without a podcast leader. Now that’s Just Cruel.
On August 14, 2010 at 12:19 pm Jenny said...
Well, it was The Apartment. That was cruel, too.
On August 14, 2010 at 4:26 am Merry said...
p.s. Really, I can normally pose as a Sane Rational Woman, at least most of the time. I blame Global Warming.
p.p.s. Haven’t figured out a way to blame you for Global Warming.
p.p.p.s. Not yet, at any rate.
On August 14, 2010 at 12:19 pm Jenny said...
Hot books?
On August 14, 2010 at 4:24 pm Sharon said...
Jenny-I finally was able to check out your book “Wild Ride” from the library-I had my name on the list FOREVER. I was surprised to discover that the library has labeled it “horror”. I suppose they have to label it something but are you surprised at this?
On August 14, 2010 at 6:21 pm Jenny said...
Well, there are demons. If they don’t have a paranormal category, that’s where anything like that is going to go.
I don’t think it’s particularly frightening, though.
On August 17, 2010 at 5:43 pm Jamaica said...
I’ve just found our about the podasts. What time are they, and in which time zone? I LOVE How to Steal a Million, I can remember seeing it on it the big screen in downtown Chicago when I was a little girl , when movie theaters were fabulous. My mother wore gloves and heels!
On August 17, 2010 at 10:55 pm Jenny said...
We watch the movie together at 7PM ET every Friday with a twitter group at #PopD. Then Lani and I do a podcast and Lani puts it up on Saturday afternoon. All the podcasts are there if you want to hear any of them. Just go to http://www.popcorndialogues.com.
On August 18, 2010 at 6:47 am Rene said...
I LOVE all your books (so far) ESPECIALLY FRED !
I NEED to know where to get the INCREDIBRA – it’s a new quest for a better bra!
Thanks!
On August 18, 2010 at 10:50 am Jenny said...
The Incredibra is the Wonderbra, which at the time I wrote Anyone But You was just out in stores and the New Big Thing so I tried one on and had the same experience as Nina. Do they even sell those any more? Oh, and thank you!