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Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Back in 2020 Ira Madison III joined us (righhhhht before we would all find ourselves in quarantine...) to chat about "Checkpoint," and discuss the hottest member of the Watcher's Council, paying Buffy Summers, and how Willow is bi but it was 2001, so even *she* probably didn't know it. This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives. This encore episode originally aired on March 4, 2020. (What a time!) CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th. Tickets are on sale now — all information: bufferingcast.com/live READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US bufferingcast.com/book LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Written by Jane Espenson with Douglas Petrie and directed by Marita Grabiak, this episode originally aired May 13, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Ben Edlund and directed by David Straiton, this episode originally aired April 23, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Rebecca Rand Kirshner and directed by David Solomon, this episode originally aired May 6, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written and directed by Jeffrey Bell, this episode originally aired April 16, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Drew Z. Greenberg and directed by James A. Contner, this episode originally aired April 29, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Sarah Fain and Elizabeth Craft and directed by Marita Grabiak, this episode originally aired April 9, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Drew Goddard and directed by Michael Gershman, this episode originally aired April 15, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written and directed by Steven S. DeKnight, this episode originally aired April 2, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury with Drew Goddard and directed by David Fury, this episode originally aired March 25, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft, and Jeffrey Bell and directed by Michael Grossman, this episode originally aired March 26, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Jane Espenson and directed by Marita Grabiak, this episode originally aired February 25, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Mere Smith and directed by Terrence O'Hara, this episode originally aired March 19, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written and directed by Douglas Petrie, this episode originally aired February 18, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft, and Steven S. DeKnight and directed by James A. Contner, this episode originally aired March 12, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Jane Espenson and directed by David Grossman, this episode originally aired February 11, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury and directed by Jefferson Kibbee, this episode originally aired March 5, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
ritten by Drew Z. Greenberg and directed by David Solomon, this episode originally aired February 4, 2003. EXTRA BITS Trevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet! Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here. Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Mere Smith, Steven S. DeKnight, and Jeffrey Bell and directed by Bill L. Norton, this episode originally aired February 12, 2003. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
[BONUS] Concluding our mid-season treat, we're looking at the second half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's first season from 1997... And joining us to talk about another two episodes is film journalist and podcaster Maria Latilla and writer Brendon Connelly...
Written by Rebecca Rand Kirshner and directed by James A. Contner, this episode originally aired January 21, 2003. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
[BONUS] As a mid-season treat, we're covering Buffy the Vampire Slayer's first season from 1997, which concerns a teenage schoolgirl called Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) who's also 'The Slayer' who must fight against the forces of darkness... And helping us explore this cult favourite TV show are two Buffy super-fans: film critic Kat Hughes & film writer and podcaster Lindsay Drysdale...
This month, Chad traumatizes the boys with a look back at an infamous Buffy the Vampire Slayer moment, we find out Dolly Parton's connection to the franchise, Justin takes a look at the anime Ghost Stories, and we all revisit the 2010 Western flick True Grit. Download and listen today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, Amazon, Stitcher, Goodpods, and more of your favorite podcast services! Interested in advertising? Want to be on the show? Reach out at geekcavepodcast@gmail.com
Written by Sarah Fain with Elizabeth Craft and directed by Sean Astin, this episode originally aired February 5, 2003. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury and directed by Michael Grossman, this episode originally aired January 7, 2003. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury with Steven S. DeKnight and directed by James A. Contner, this episode originally aired January 29, 2003. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Marti Noxon with Douglas Petrie and directed by David Grossman, this episode originally aired December 17, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Mere Smith and directed by Terrence O'Hara, this episode originally aired January 22, 2003. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Drew Goddard and directed by David Solomon, this episode originally aired November 26, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury and Jane Espenson and directed by Alan J. Levi, this episode originally aired January 15, 2003. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury and Jane Espenson and directed by Alan J. Levi, this episode originally aired November 19, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Steven S. DeKnight and directed by Vern Gillum, this episode originally aired November 17, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard and directed by Nick Marck, this episode originally aired November 12, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written and directed by Joss Whedon, this episode originally aired November 10, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Drew Z. Greenberg and directed by Michael Gershman, this episode originally aired November 5, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Elizabeth Craft with Sarah Fain and directed by Bill L. Norton, this episode originally aired November 3, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Drew Goddard and directed by David Solomon, this episode originally aired October 22, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Skip Schoolnik, this episode originally aired October 27, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Rebecca Rand Kirshner and directed by Rick Rosenthal, this episode originally aired October 15, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury and directed by Marita Grabiak, this episode originally aired October 20, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
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Written by Jane Espenson and directed by James A. Contner, this episode originally aired October 8, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Mere Smith and directed by Michael Grossman, this episode originally aired October 13, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Douglas Petrie and directed by Nick Marck, this episode originally aired October 1, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Steven S. DeKnight and directed by Terrence O'Hara, this episode originally aired October 6, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by Joss Whedon and directed by David Solomon, this episode originally aired September 24, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written and directed by David Greenwalt, this episode originally aired May 20, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written by David Fury and directed by James A. Contner, this episode originally aired May 21, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
Written and directed by Tim Minear, this episode originally aired May 13, 2002. EXTRA BITSTrevor is currently working on creating an art piece for every single episode of Buffy and you can find everything that's been released so far here. You can also find many of his fun Lego animations all over the internet!Kristin co-hosts another show called "So...I'm Watching This Show" with Wil Brooks. You can check them out here.Please rate, review and subscribe! Help us get those fancy numbers :)
This week's nostalgic dive comes courtesy of Patreon supporter Lucky Looloo Green—who's not only a proud VHS Strikes Back backer, but also a top-tier supporter of our CD Reality TV Cast! Her pick? The gloriously goofy, genre-clashing Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 1992. Before the brooding drama and Scooby Gang of the TV series, there was Kristy Swanson in neon spandex, staking vamps between cheer routines and shopping trips. It's a wildly uneven ride, and Lucky Looloo knew exactly what kind of glorious chaos she was serving up.Written by Joss Whedon as a darker, more subversive take on the horror genre, the production of Buffy quickly veered away from his vision. Director Fran Rubel Kuzui leaned into campy comedy and teen movie tropes, creating a tonally uneven but undeniably memorable cult film. Whedon eventually walked off set due to creative differences, which later inspired him to relaunch the concept as a TV series that stuck much closer to his original script. Still, the movie had its charms: a young Kristy Swanson in the title role, Donald Sutherland and Rutger Hauer vamping it up, and an early appearance by Luke Perry that helped draw teen audiences. It's a quirky artifact of its time, and Lucky Looloo Green clearly knew exactly what kind of nostalgic madness she was unleashing.If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, so become a supporter.www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesbackTrailer Guy Plot SummaryShe was just your average valley girl—cheer captain by day, mall rat by night. But when destiny calls, Buffy Summers discovers she's the one thing standing between the world and a vampire apocalypse. Trained by a mysterious Watcher and armed with killer one-liners and a pointy wooden stake, she'll have to ditch the pom-poms and face off against an ancient bloodsucker with big plans. Get ready for high kicks, high stakes, and high school horror like you've never seen before... because this time, the Slayer wears lip gloss.thevhsstrikesback@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesback