We close out our Ben Affleck 2003 trilogy with the sci-fi action thriller Paycheck! How does this stack up against the other 2003 Affleck films? Does he have chemistry with Uma Thurman in this movie? Why does Uma Thurman work with plants? Is th

We Tune In to Saturday Night Live

May 3rd, 2022 1h 33m

Fallon, Fey, Dratch, Parnell, Rudolph, Poehler, Armisen, Forte, Meyers, Thompson. Everyone has their own preferred era of SNL but these are some of the 2003 cast members of Saturday Night Live. We watch many episodes and many sketches... some m

We Listen to Good News for People who love Bad News by Modest Mouse

Apr 26th, 2022 1h 46m

Another album episode! This time we cover Modest Mouse's Good News for People who Love Bad News. This was another formative album for Jeff and he recently got to see Modest Mouse in concert for the first time. We also listen to 5 o'clock somewh

We Watch Super Troopers with Ethan Graham

Apr 19th, 2022 1h 30m

We are observing 4/20 this year by discussing the classic stoner comedy from 2002, Super Troopers with our first return guest, Ethan Graham! This movie seems to be ubiquitous among our age group since it was played on Comedy Central constantly.

We Read The Da Vinci Code

Apr 13th, 2022 1h 54m

We have our first book club topic and read the 2003 bestseller The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. This book changed Dan Brown from relative unknown author to household name second only to Harry Potter in 2003. We discuss the merits and criticisms

We Tune Into Gilmore Girls with Megan Trevoy

Mar 29th, 2022 2h 11m

We simply couldn't cover 2003 without talking about the timeless Amy Sherman-Palladino hit, Gilmore Girls. And we talk about it with one of the best people, Megan Trevoy! Elizabeth, Semira, and Megan school Jeff on all things Gilmore and we end

We Watch Finding Nemo with Chris Trevoy

Mar 22nd, 2022 1h 25m

We cover the huge 2003 Pixar animated hit, Finding Nemo with the wonderful Chris Trevoy. We talk about Chris' affinity for the film and what it meant to him and his family. Finally, we play a round of naming Oscar-nominated animated films! If y

We Tune In to America's Next Top Model

Mar 15th, 2022 1h 9m

What is a model? What makes a model good? How does someone become an international Supermodel? Well we watched the first season of America's Next Top Model hosted by Tyra Banks which premiered in 2003. We discuss the competition aspects, the co

We Watch Gigli

Mar 7th, 2022 1h 30m

Oh boy... this is our second installment of our Ben Affleck 2003 trilogy and it is one of the worst movies we've seen in a while. Listen to us discuss how this disaster happened and exactly all the scenes we hated in this movie. Finally, we pla

We Watch Bringing Down the House

Mar 1st, 2022 1h 4m

We discuss the extremely fantastic Queen Latifah in the extremely troubling 2003 comedy, Bringing Down the House. Spoiler: we do not recommend anyone watch this movie. Steve Martin is a low-light in the film, but it was fun to see 2003-era Euge

We Watch Cradle 2 the Grave

Feb 22nd, 2022 1h 17m

We discuss the other 2003 Fast & Furious movie, Cradle 2 the Grave starring DMX, Jet Li, Anthony Anderson, and Gabrielle Union. Of course we talk family, comedy, cars, heists, and characters. We finish with another edition of Guess that Movie a

We Watch Daredevil

Feb 15th, 2022 1h 39m

This is one of our several pre-Marvel Cinematic Universe we cover for 2003, Daredevil. We discuss Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Bennifer, and Colin Farrell. Also our discussion leads back to the SNL cast somehow. Then we play a game of guess t

We Tune In to Arrested Development with Katie Durning

Feb 8th, 2022 1h 36m

We have our first guest of 2022, Katie Durning, explore the many comedic stylings of Arrested Development. We discuss the first three episodes of the first season, our feelings about the characters, and later comedy shows influenced by Arrested

We Tune In to Columbo Likes the Nightlife

Feb 1st, 2022 1h 40m

It's a cozy mystery episode with just Elizabeth and Jeff discussing their favorite mystery stories, detectives, writers, and Columbo. Columbo Likes the Nightlife a 2003 TV movie featuring Peter Falk's last appearance as Lt. Columbo. An interest

We Watch How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Jan 25th, 2022 1h 28m

What can we say about this 2003 rom-com? It's top-tier comedy and romance and we discuss it in this week's top-tier episode. We go deep on a lot of our own personal relationship faux pas and Matthew McConaughey's career. We finish with a game o

We Tune In to Joe MILLIONAIRE Past & Present

Jan 18th, 2022 2h 10m

2003 was a heyday of romantic reality television. But it was incredibly awkward and had an insane premise. Fast forward to 2022... Joe MILLIONAIRE is back but with a new equally insane premise and still very awkward. We discuss both and crown a

We Draft our 2022 episodes!

Jan 13th, 2022 1h 12m

We are back from our break and ready to tackle more 2003. In this episode we draft what properties we are going to cover this year and what weeks we are going to cover them. This means you, the listener, will be able to follow along with our ca

Bonus

2021 wrap-up & 2022 plans!

Dec 28th, 2021 21m 38s

New Listeners start here! Jeff wraps up the 2021 season of 2003 Stars and discusses our new format for 2022! We are excited to keep going to keep talking to people who are passionate about the media of 2003. It will be an exciting year and we w

We Tune In to Undercover Christmas

Dec 21st, 2021 1h 28m

Our second and final entry in our holiday TV special miniseries: Undercover Christmas starring Jami Gertz! Why does every 2003 TV movie include a climactic court scene where our protagonist changes their ways? We end with a game segment where E

We Tune In to Stealing Christmas

Dec 14th, 2021 1h 8m

In our first installment of 2003 Christmas movies we have Stealing Christmas, starring Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, and Betty White! Is this a typical 2021 Hallmark Christmas movie? No! But we all like Tony Danza and Betty White is pretty great.

Bonus

POWER HOUR - no commentary

Dec 7th, 2021 1h 7m

Here is the no commentary power hour audio, created by Jeff himself. Inspired and created from 2003 hits. Every time a 'Law & Order' sound effect occurs, take a drink. But also, drink responsibly. Enjoy!

We Listen to Power Hour 2003 Medley

Dec 7th, 2021 1h 23m

It is time for the holidays and we're here to spread some joy and do a power hour while listening to the music hits of 2003! We discuss having all of these songs deeply ingrained in our brains and we get a little silly. We will also post the cl

We Watch Under the Tuscan Sun

Nov 30th, 2021 1h 19m

This week it's Semira's choice and we watch the 2003 romantic travel dramedy Under the Tuscan Sun. We discuss red herring love interests, very specific Tuscan activities, and how this movie is nothing like the non-fiction book it was based on.

We Tune In to the West Wing with Giana Mandel

Nov 23rd, 2021 1h 26m

This week we dive into the classic Aaron Sorkin political TV drama, The West Wing with the perfect guest, Giana Mandel! We talk our favorite episodes and characters, how we feel about the show post-Sorkin departure, and why Semira thinks it doe

We Tune In to Charmed

Nov 16th, 2021 1h 37m

This week is Elizabeth's choice and we discuss Charmed! We talk about Alyssa Milano, McSteamy, and similar CW/WB shows. We read some reviews from IMDb, play two truths and a lie, and look at the TV guide for the original air date. Do we break t