We Are Not Amused

That's it for We Are Not Amused! Enjoy these crazy bloopers from over the years, and thanks for listening.

Tressa and Taylor are hands-on this week with an episode all about creating their very own afternoon tea! Grab a cuppa and listen to them review their homemade finger sammies, sweets, and a 22-year old Assam tea.

Join Tressa and Taylor for part two of their Ireland trips. Join us as we talk about our different thoughts on the Cliffs of Moher, the illness that plagued Tressa at the end of her trip, and the story behind a few popular phrases. Sláinte!

Join Tressa and Taylor as they discuss their different trips to Ireland - Taylor's first trip in 2013, again in 2019, and Tressa's in 2024. We're talking stupid 19 year old kids, tea trolleys, how you can never sleep in if you're with a tour group, and the world's oldest pub.

This week, we're watching the 1944 film "Arsenic and Old Lace" starring Bristol-born Cary Grant! Grab a glass of wine (ideally sans-poison) and listen to our review of this classic movie.

The newest episode of We Are Not Amused is live! This week, Tressa and Taylor watch and compare “Ghost” starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg and “Truly, Madly, Deeply” starring Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson, and Michael Maloney. Do these two movies actually have a similar story? Are there any comparisons that can be made? Tune in to discover the truth!

This week's episode (as the title suggests) is very, very loosely related to the UK. Tressa went full-midwesterner on this one—sorry, y'all! Saddle up for the story of Tom Bass, one of the greatest horseman of all time, who once declined an invitation to England by Queen Victoria herself (yep, that's the whole UK tie-in).

Space babies are here! Get ready to dive into this crazy episode of Doctor Who where Tressa and Taylor discuss the new doctor and companion, creepy CGI baby mouths, and bogeys.

Today's episode tells the story of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest women in English history! Be forewarned, there are a lot of child brides in this story (including Bess herself), enough that Tressa cringed even the second time around while editing the episode.

Happy birthday King Charles! Or maybe not…? Join Tressa and Taylor as we discuss the King Charles' Birthday Tea Time with ESU event, including, but not limited to, discussing why this tea took place in August, if jam or cream should go on a scone first, and how we got carded at an afternoon tea. Also, please enjoy this unedited, slightly unhinged episode!

Join us for our final episode about The Secret Garden! Today we're comparing the second half of the book to the musical and 1993 film adaptation. (Not a surprising spoiler...the book is our favorite version of the story, except that ending. Justice for Mary!!)

“Stay there in the garden, where love grows free and wild. Come to my garden. Come, sweet child.” While these lyrics are technically from The Secret Garden Musical, they feel quite fitting as we once again discuss The Secret Garden; however, this time we're taking it back to the thing that started it all - the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Join us as we compare the book, the musical, and the movie, discuss some key characters who we meet for the first time, and learn once again that pronunciations are difficult for Taylor.

Into the garden we go...again! This time around, we're reviewing the 1993 movie adaptation of The Secret Garden. Tune in to hear us discuss the differences between the film and the musical, some strange casting decisions, and a super weird child-cousin romance.

This week on We Are Not Amused, Tressa and Taylor talk about The Secret Garden musical presented by The Barn Players. Join us as we briefly discuss the plot, talk about the real stars - the kids, and find Harry Potter references, because obviously. Come join us in the garden!

Join us as we take you through our visit to the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City to see their miniature portraits collection (and some bonus exhibits). This episode is a prime example of what happens when we try to record while being super sleep deprived, having a cat that high on catnip, and having obnoxious upstairs neighbors. Enjoy!

Today on We Are Not Amused, we are reviewing the "delightfully dotty" film Murder She Said (1961) based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Turns out the author was quite unamused with this adaptation of her story—tune in to see if we agreed with her or not!

The newest episode of We Are Not Amused is now live! Join Tressa and Taylor as they discuss Dame Margaret Rutherford, how she started her acting career, the relationship she had with a famous author, and the surprise true crime childhood she endured.

Today on We Are Not Amused, Tressa finally gets to take a break after her two-parter teaching us all about Aleister Crowley. Join Tressa as Taylor discusses Mary Timney and Henry “Harry” Burnett, the last woman publicly executed and the last man executed in Scotland, respectively. Listen along as Taylor talks about the trials, the crimes, and the crazy 100-year timeframe that connects these two.

If you thought our last episode had some wild moments, you just wait until you've heard this week's episode! Part 2 of Aleister Crowley's life is where it really gets crazy. Tune in for more traveling, love affairs, and sex magic, but also (unfortunately) some Nazis and child abuse. (Told you.) *Trigger warning: SA*

This week on We Are Not Amused, we present another multipart story! Join Taylor as Tressa talks about the beginning life of Aleister Crowley, the different mountains he climbed, his relationship with Rose Edith Kelly, and all the traveling this man did.

Tune in for our final episode on The Beatles doc Get Back where the band comes together despite their struggles to give their final iconic rooftop performance.

Part two of the “Get Back” documentary is now live! Join Tressa and Taylor as they discuss the move to Apple Studios, if Yoko is having an impact on The Beatles, and how the band is getting all the pieces into place for their ultimate goal - a live performance.

This week on We Are Not Amused, we're discussing the first part of the Get Back documentary series about The Beatles. Listen in as we marvel at the talent and ambition of the group and reminisce about our first Beatles series!

Happy 2024 everybody! We Are Not Amused is back with a new episode and boy is it a doozy! On this week's episode, Tressa and Taylor dive into “The Cursed Child” screenplay by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, and J.K. Rowling. Join us as we list out the 2-4 characters we enjoyed, delve into the complexity of time travel, and debate if this story should even exist. Dry January is now over, so trust us when we say, you should definitely grab your alcoholic beverage of choice and join us on this ridiculous ride.

It's our last episode of 2023! We're ending the year with something a little different. Today's episode tests our knowledge of past podcast topics with a few special guests. Fair warning: alcohol was consumed during this recording (and you'll be able to tell by our silliness

Join us this week for our review of a delightful Christmas-themed afternoon tea we attended recently, hosted by Anna Marie's Teas in Liberty, MO.

The newest episode of We Are Not Amused is now live! On this week's episode, Tressa and Taylor discuss Alfred Hitchcock's 1936 film, "Sabotage." Join us as we summarize the shortest film of Hitchcock's we could find and the bold choices he made. Also enjoy hearing Taylor make obvious connections from the film in real time.

This week, we're taking you back to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival! Join us as we visit a few familiar haunts, discover some new adventures, and drink something besides tea while we record (gasp!)

The newest episode of We Are Not Amused is now live! On this week's episode, Taylor discusses King Edward II and all the drama that surrounded him. Join us as we dive into the reign of King Edward II, what the world saw as his failures, and who the true love of his life was. Oh, and of course all the mispronunciations.

This week, we're discussing the period of British history known as The Victorian Explosion when dog breeding became the newest fashion. Tune in to learn all about how many of the dog breeds we know and love today came to be!

Part two discussion about the BBC Jane Eyre miniseries is live! Join Tressa and Taylor as they review the last two episodes (or one according to Hulu) of Jane Eyre starring Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens. Listen along as we mention some steamy moments, talk about a rock, and actually get to meet the cousins!

This week, we're back with ANOTHER episode about (you guessed it) Jane Eyre! This time, we're reviewing the first 2 episodes of the 2006 BBC miniseries. Tune in to hear us discuss an adaptation that we might actually like?! (But, of course, there's always part 2...)

The newest episode of We Are Not Amused is now live! This week, Tressa and Taylor discuss the world premiere of theatre for young audiences version of Doctor Dolittle presented by The Coterie Theatre! Join us as we go through all the songs, discuss costumes and set design, and somehow bring up good old Jane Eyre again. If you'd like to make this episode even more entertaining, grab an adult beverage and take a drink every time one of us says "this is a kid's show" or any variation of that. Enjoy!!!

This week on We Are Not Amused, we're reviewing the 1943 film adaptation of Jane Eyre starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. Join us as we talk about the many "choices" made by the filmmakers and how we can't figure out what to rate the film (for once!). As a bonus, you'll get to listen to Taylor recite an entire scene from the film herself.

Today on We Are Not Amused, Tressa and Taylor discuss Charlotte Brontë's 1847 “Jane Eyre.” Enjoy as we make a few comparisons to our old favorite, “Middlemarch,” figure out how to properly pronounce St. John, talk about the twists and turns, and discuss our overall feelings about this classic. Make your favorite cuppa and join us as we discuss “Jane Eyre” with special appearances from Miso, the upstairs neighbor, the delivery person, and sirens.

Tressa and Taylor dive into uncharted territory this week—SPORTS! Join us as we explore the history of cricket (a quintessential English sport), try to understand "laws" of the game, and incorporate one too many American sports into the discussion just to keep things extra confusing.

Welcome back to another Brits taste test episode! This week, Tressa and Taylor try a variety of foods, from microwave Indian food, to oddly flavored crisps, to instant custard. Join us as we discuss what we liked, what we didn't like, how these foods compared to our last Brits episode, and mention more than once how dark chocolate is greater than milk chocolate!

This week on We Are Not Amused, Tressa and Taylor discuss their (very different) opinions on the 1964 film My Fair Lady. Don your fanciest hat and join us as we review the storyline, music, characters, and (something we both could agree on) the amazing costumes! P.S. Apologies for the occasional background noise. We're not sure what it was, but we've decided to blame the AC. Yay, summertime!

Today on We Are Not Amused, Tressa and Taylor once again dive into the topic of true crime. Join us as we discuss Joseph Kappen and Harold Shipman, how science played a part in their murders, and, surprisingly, a lot of statistics. Grab a cup of tea and get ready to be transported back to AP Stats as we discuss these two serial killers.

Today on We Are Not Amused, we're bringing you a brief history of communism in Czechia...as told via The Lennon Wall. We visited this landmark during our travels in Europe and found that it has quite a history behind it, so we wanted to share it with you! Join us as we dive into the history of the wall itself, communism in Czechia, and try to figure out exactly where the Order of Malta falls into all of this.

The newest episode of We Are Not Amused is now live! Join Tressa and Taylor as they once again discuss “Much Ado About Nothing,” but this time a film adaptation and a stage adaptation. Enjoy as we compare and contrast these two different mediums of the same text, discuss the multiple future Harry Potter characters, spend a fair amount of time relaying the infamous paint scene, and, oddly, talk about “Beetlejuice” for a bit too long. Also, if you hear water running in the background, apologies for that, but the cats must have water.

On this week's episode of We Are Not Amused, we're discussing the classic Shakespeare play "Much Ado About Nothing"! Join us as we struggle to remember character names, keep track of who is and isn't "in" on all the various schemes, and figure out how Dogberry is the "comic relief" in what is supposedly already a "comedy." P.S. Please excuse our lack of an intro for this episode—we're gonna go ahead and blame it on everyone's favorite villian "Technical Difficulties."

Today on We Are Not Amused, Tressa and Taylor discuss two Queens, one Princess, and a Countess, all from Scotland. Join us as we review these royal ladies' history, attempt to keep track of all the people (why do they all have the same name?!), and spend way too much time figuring out the order these women were born.

On this week's episode of We Are Not Amused, we're reviewing the 1934 film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (which, according to Hitchcock, is his non-definitive version). Join us as we (try to) put our film school education to use to break down some neat editing sequences, discuss the lack of film score that seems to be a thing in these older films, and try to figure out which man it was who in fact knew too much.

In today's episode of We Are Not Amused, Tressa and Taylor talk about their visit to Emilie's French Tea. Join us as we discuss all the different teas tasted, the amazing pastries, and our thoughts on everything from the owners to the atmosphere of this hole in the wall tea room.

Welcome to part 2 of our discussion on season 13 of The Great British Baking Show! Join us as we drool over some incredible creations, try not to compare this season with past seasons, and wonder who the heck decided Halloween Week was a good idea. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The newest episode of We Are Not Amused is now live! On this week's episode, Tressa and Taylor discuss the first 5 episodes of the newest season of “The Great British Baking Show.” Join us as we talk about the length of Taylor's notes for too long, dive into all the contestants, compare the bakes that stood out to us the most, and have one too many giggle fits. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Happy 2023 everyone! We're back with a new episode about "The Ghosts" (slash "The Amazing Mr. Blunden"), a popular British children's novel from the 1960s. (We decided adult books were too hard after Middlemarch.) Grab your tea and join us as we relate this book to some of our favorite fandoms, muse over what squashy green cake might be, and try to decide who the heck is the older sibling. Visit us on Instagram: @notamusedpodcast Email us your comments & topic suggestions: notamusedpodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The end is here! Well, at least the end of Middlemarch. In today's episode Tressa and Taylor discuss the last two episodes of the BBC “Middlemarch” series. Join us as we wrap up all the characters' stories, discuss the big plot points that were left out, and decide how we felt about the series as a whole. This will also be the last episode of We Are Not Amused until February. We hope everyone has the happiest of holidays and we will see you all in the new year! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on We Are Not Amused, we continue our review of the BBC adaptation of Middlemarch! Today, we're discussing episodes 3 and 4 which brought back many fond-ish memories of Lydgate/Rosy struggles, Dorothea/Casaubon weirdness, and (our favorite) small-town politics.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome back to Middlemarch! In this episode Tressa and Taylor discuss the first two episodes in the six part BBC “Middlemarch” series. Join us as we attempt to compare the show to the book, describe if the actors matched the images we created in our minds, and continue to struggle with keeping events in order. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app