Podcasts by Lifemark: A Made For TV Podcast
Two friends (plus occasional guest) watch the best and worst that Lifetime Network and Hallmark Channel have to offer.
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Episode 81 - A Christmas Switch from 2018-12-06T03:36:59
We're back, baby! Its the holiday season, so hoop-de-doo and dickery dock. Saddle up and come watch this schlock. Our good friends at UpTV sent us a screener for A Christmas Switch. We are 1) Sh...
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Episode 80 - Me and My Dad's New Wife from 2018-09-21T19:00:31
Hi! Miss us? We missed you. Did you have a good first day of school? We hope so because our rewatch of ABC After School specials is back for the next two episodes. We learned all about divorce an...
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Episode 79 - Night Watch (aka Detonator 2) from 2018-08-03T08:00
When mustaches and the Dutch and exploding boats combine, you get Night Watch, the sequel to a previous film we watched, Detonator (aka Death Train). And not only did we watch the sequel in honor ...
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Episode 78 - Murder She Baked : A Plum Pudding Mystery from 2018-07-13T22:29:42
Our series of sequels for our 2 year anniversary continues with this Christmas movie from Hallmark. You know, for anniversaries, you should get gifts. Whoever gifted us this should have attache...
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Episode 77 - Stalked By My Doctor : The Return from 2018-06-30T03:13:03
Remember back in 2016 when we discovered the most Lifetime Movie to Ever Lifetime aka Stalked By My Doctor starring Eric Roberts? Well hold on to your butts because they made a sequel. In honor of...
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Episode 76 - The Husband She Met Online from 2018-06-15T16:58:06
THIS. MOVIE. HAS. EVERYTHING! It has a wedding planner and private planes and a dog. And is still the wackadoo fare you love from Lifetime. We watched The Husband She Met Online
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Episode 75 - Psycho Wedding Crasher from 2018-06-01T14:38:39
Have you missed campy, scenery chewing, Lifetime movies? So have we. So this week, we watched Psycho Wedding Crasher starring Joan Van Ark from Knots Landing. Steph also had to explain to Michel...
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I'd Watch Idris Elba Eat Toast - A Royal Wedding Viewing Party from 2018-05-19T14:34:24
What happens when two Royal obsessed friends have no sleep and some mimoas and a BBC news feed to keep them company? Well, its this. ITS 2 HOURS! Watch the royal wedding again and try and sync t...
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Episode 74 - My Husband's Secret Life (aka "Sleeper") from 2018-05-04T15:34:21
Lifetime movies are back, baby! We watched Sleeper or My Husband's Secret Life, depending on who you ask. We wonder what spies in New Zealand are like and learn you can buy KGB shit on ebay.
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Episode 73 - My Summer Prince from 2018-04-23T13:27:06
While Stephanie is off soaking in Royal Watch 2018 IRL, Michelle is joined by Dawn from Hunting Houses and Beckett to the Future to talk about My Summer Prince. We find out what happens when Miche...
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Episode 72 - William&Kate: The Movie from 2018-04-06T16:19:17
Royal Wedding Watch 2018 continues with something comparable to really bad deja vu. As a follow-up to watching Hallmark's William and Catherine, we decided to watch Lifetime's William and Kate. Bas...
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Episode 71 - William and Catherine : A Royal Romance from 2018-03-23T03:17:08
We are just under 2 months away from the Royal Wedding, 2018 edition so Michelle and Stephanie watched the made for TV movie about Wills and Kate. No, not the popular one. The crappy one Hallmark...
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Episode 70 - Mother May I Sleep With Danger (2016) from 2018-03-09T17:30:05
You asked. We Answered. We watched the 2016 remake of Mother May I Sleep With Danger, starring James Franco, Tori Spelling and a bunch of emo teens. This movie had like 97% more blood and 100% m...
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Episode 69 - Death Train (Aka Detonator) from 2018-02-23T03:41:52
This movie is about as far as you can get from our normal fare. We were joined by Ollie Brady from the Best Acquaintances podcast to talk about the movie Detonator. Or Death Train. The movie so ...
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Episode 68 - Dater's Handbook from 2018-02-09T06:00
Welcome to the first of what feels like an endless installment of Meghan Markle movies. Kicking of Markle season is Dater's Handbook from Hallmark. This movie has just enough mini-golf to keep us...
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Episode 67 - A Royal Winter from 2018-01-25T23:01:37
Did you miss when we watched A Christmas Prince? Have no fear because this movie is EXACTLY the same. Its A Royal Winter from Hallmark. Michelle and Steph talk about a new, much more royal adjacen...
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Episode 66 - Ultimate Deception from 2018-01-13T03:25:08
We are going back to our roots with this 1999 Lifetime classic, Ultimate Deception. It stars Yasmine Bleeth and Richard Greco and a whole lot of over the top acting. Stephanie is so very very int...
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Episode 65 - A Christmas Prince from 2017-12-29T16:23:17
Well the weather outside is frightful, but this movie is kinda delightful? I mean, its not great but I didn't want to rip my eyeballs out so bonus? Playing the part of Michelle this week from th...
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Episode 64 - Home For The Holidays from 2017-12-08T21:31:42
No, not THAT Home for the Holidays. You mean you haven't heard of the 1972 ABC Made For TV Movie starring Jessica Walter, Sally Field and Walter Brennan? Well now you have. Its kinda like that o...
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Episode 63 - Lifemark Thanksgiving Special from 2017-11-25T06:04:38
Michelle and Stephanie take a moment to talk about some things they are thankful for. Mostly its food and British Comedy. So relax, put on your eatin' pants, curl up with some leftovers and find ...
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Episode 62 - Window Wonderland from 2017-11-10T18:13:17
We know its November. We know Christmas is 6 weeks away. Do we care? No. Christmas is officially on here at Lifemark studios. This week, we watched Window Wonderland. It has Naomi Judd who is ...
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Episode 61 - Don't Look Under The Bed from 2017-10-27T16:56:34
Happy Halloween, Lifemarkers! Michelle totally pulled a trick when making Stephanie watch this movie. Its like the necco wafers of Halloween movies. We watched the Disney Original Movie Don't Lo...
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Episode 60 - Ten -- Murder Island from 2017-10-13T22:14:43
Happy Shocktober, boys and ghouls! Ready to get scared? There is a whole lot of murder in this week's movie, Ten: Murder Island. Sadly, there's not a lot of plot. But there IS a lot of strobe l...
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Episode 59 - Fab Five : The Texas Cheerleader Scandal from 2017-09-29T14:38:29
Stephanie's fear of teenagers is confirmed with this week's movie, Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal Michelle takes us through all our options when it comes to Cheerleader magazines. Also w...
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Episode 58 - Summer In The Vineyard from 2017-09-15T14:30:37
Michelle and Stephanie are back. Hallmark Movies are back. Sorrento Farms is back. That's right! It's the sequel to Autumn in the Vineyard, Summer in the Vineyard. We catch up with Frankie and ...
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Episode 57 - Backwards : The Riddle of Dyslexia from 2017-08-31T19:34:09
This film has 200% more Phoenixes than any other movie we've watched. Plus 100% more servings of cottage cheese. This is Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia starting River and Joaquin Phoenix
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Episode 56 - Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter from 2017-08-17T09:00
It's a movie where Sharon from Grease 2 becomes a kleptomaniac. Thats most of what you need to know before watching Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter. Michelle and Stephanie also come clean about ...
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Episode 55 - The Wave from 2017-08-11T17:08:44
What happens when a bunch of teens become Nazi's for like 4 days? Things get real intense in The Wave from 1981.
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Episode 54 - I Think I'm Having A Baby from 2017-08-04T13:48:10
"We give this movie 72 thumbs up". This movie stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Helen Hunt and Allie Sheedy. Plus like 33 rabbits. Its Watership Down meets Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Its "I Think...
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Episode 53 - All That Glitters from 2017-07-28T02:44:04
We dig deep in to the high stakes world of high school cookie sales in this week's movie, All That Glitters. We also wax nostalgic about the movie Troop Beverly Hills and we review the TGIFriday l...
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Episode 52 - Less Than Perfect Daughter from 2017-07-21T18:46:01
Who knew paper mache could lead to so many complicated feelings. It's Less Than Perfect Daughter, another "television event" from the ABC Network
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Episode 51 - What If I'm Gay from 2017-07-07T19:45:44
Have we found it? An after school special who's message is actually relevant? Maybe. We had to wade through anchovies and dixieland jazz to find it though. Its "What If I'm Gay"
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Episode 50 - The Shunning from 2017-06-30T04:38:40
Episode 50 is a big deal. So is having a new show on the Ear Trumpet Audio network. So, to celebrate both, we invited our newest podcast hosts, Jake and Carrie from Love YA Like Crazy to do an epi...
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Episode 49 - Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents? from 2017-06-23T13:12:11
In this episode, Michelle and Stephanie talk about all the bad things that could happen to you while riding a carousel and share their love of Golden Girls. Its Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your ...
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Episode 48 - Stoned from 2017-06-09T03:05:02
Scott Baio shovels Raisin Bran into his mouth. Also Michelle and Steph try to list as many slang terms for marijuana as possible. It's Stoned!
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Episode 47 - The Day My Kid Went Punk from 2017-06-02T15:27:46
This movie's punk lead makes Avril Lavine look like Johnny Rotten. Thats right. We watched The Day My Kid Went Punk starring Lenny Kravitz' mom, The Boy Who Could Fly, Dr Bricker from Love Boat a...
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Episode 46 - A Family Again from 2017-05-26T17:51:41
Welcome back to Lifemark : Summer Nights. We're back with another ABC after school special that is all about dead kids and onion rings. Its A Family Again. We have the stars of LA Law and Rikki L...
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Episode 45 - Schooboy Father from 2017-05-20T00:57:45
Summertime, and the livin' is easy. We all remember the joy of summer vacation but its important we don't get too complacent, falling into the peer pressure of being a cool teen. Have no fear. ...
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From The Vault : Mother May I Sleep With Danger from 2017-05-12T17:18:48
Next week will be our one year pod-a-versary so in honor of that and Mother's day and the fact that Michelle and I have been busy saving the world, we are re-releasing our first episode - Mother Ma...
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Episode 44 - Mazes and Monsters from 2017-05-07T03:12:40
After talking about it for months, we finally watch the D&D cautionary tale Mazes and Monsters starring Tom Hanks. Stephanie talks about how afraid she was of D&D when she was 9 and Michelle talks...
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Episode 43 - Camp Cucamonga from 2017-05-01T19:37:36
Sometimes we struggle on deciding what movie to watch. And the sometimes we luck upon the most amazing made for TV gem. And that's exactly what happened this week when we found Camp Cucamonga. H...
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Episode 42 - Sharon's Secret from 2017-04-22T03:35:48
We continue our journey through Candace Cameron Bur-April with her first role after Full House : Sharon's Secret. Her secret is that the ending of this movie makes no sense at all.
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Episode 41 - Finding Normal from 2017-04-15T16:18:06
Candace Cameron Bur-April continues with what Michelle and Stephanie THOUGHT was a Hallmark movie but ended up being something much worse. Welcome to the first movie that made Steph actually panic...
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Episode 40 - No One Would Tell from 2017-04-07T17:26:16
Welcome to the first film of Candace Cameron Bur-April. We start things off with the 1996 classic No One Would Tell, starring Candace Cameron and Fred Savage. Much Teens. So Bertinelli.
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Episode 39 - Homeless to Harvard from 2017-03-31T13:00
We wrap up Women's History Month with a real downer. Sorry about that, guys. Oddly, it pings on the Bertinelli scale so high so....bonus? It's Homeless To Harvard starring Kelly Lynch and Thora ...
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Episode 38 - The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler from 2017-03-24T16:53:26
We want to finish Women's History Month strong so this week and next week, we'll be watching some films that celebrate Badass Ladies In History. This week, we watch The Courageous Heart of Irena S...
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Episode 37 - Chasing Leprechauns from 2017-03-17T17:42:40
Happy St Patrick's Day, everyone! You know we love a theme so we watched Chasing Leprechauns from the Hallmark network. Also, this movie might have made Stephanie cry but she'll totally deny it if...
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Episode 36 - Pictures of Hollis Woods from 2017-03-10T17:52:57
I think watching Hallmark Hall Of Fame movies is like childbirth. Eventually, enough time has passed that you forget how painful it is so you stupidly do the whole thing over again. This week, we ...
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Episode 35 - Britney Ever After from 2017-02-24T20:18:04
It's finally aired! We've been waiting for Britney Ever After to be broadcast for almost a year now and this sweet day is finally here! So, what did we think of it? Just HOW frosted were fake JT's...
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Episode 34 - The Perfect Girlfriend from 2017-02-17T21:16:46
Hope you all had a great Valentines day. We know ONE guy who didn't and we learn all about it in this week's movie, The Perfect Girlfriend. Spoiler alert. She's not perfect. But there is a cute ...
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Episode 33 - Smooch from 2017-02-10T18:36:29
Happy Valentine's Day, yall! We got you a dead dad, some amphibians and a Brit with amnesia. Don't say we never did anything romantic for our listeners. We watched Smooch starring Kelly Martin an...
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Episode 32 - The Perfect Boyfriend from 2017-02-03T16:28:22
To kick off the most romantic month, we watched The Perfect Boyfriend from Lifetime. Spoiler alert, this movie has 100% less romance than you'd expect and like 300% more murder. Also, we discuss ...
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Episode 31 - Popfan from 2017-01-27T12:00
What do Stephen King, Miley Cyrus, Billy Joel and the Marines have in common? This movie. It's Popfan from Lifetime -- a movie that almost used Comic Sans in its opening credits. We learn about l...
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Episode 30 - The President's Mistress from 2017-01-20T16:32:45
It's inauguration day so we chose the 1978 made for TV movie The President's Mistress, starring Beau Bridges and a bunch of Russians. Presidents and Russians? What ever could go wrong?!
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Episode 29 - A Kiss By Midnight from 2017-01-06T12:37:43
Happy New Year, Lifemarkers! This week's episode is brought to you by the phrases "Glue Horse" and"Chunky Kool-Aid". It's a Hallmark movie SO BAD, even Michelle didn't like it. It's A Kiss By Mid...
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Episode 28 - Bad Sister from 2016-12-23T14:44:39
After all the mushy mushy Hallmark holiday films, we needed a palate cleanser so, in honor of Jesus' birthday this week, we watched the most religious film we could find on Lifetime, Bad Sister! W...
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Episode 27 - All I Want For Christmas from 2016-12-16T22:51:39
Of all the holiday movies we could have watched, we watched this one -- the least Christmas of all the made for TV Christmas movies. Also, its from Lifetime but there is no murder or teen drug use...
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Episode 26 - Amish Witches from 2016-12-02T14:51:28
First, a quick announcement. Lifemark is going to be moving to releasing episodes every other Friday through mid January. We'll go back to weekly releases starting January 20th. But now, the good...
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Episode 25 - The Unauthorized Full House Story from 2016-11-18T09:22:57
Whatever happened to predictability? It came back from the dead and birthed this snoozer of this movie. We are joined again by very special guest Greg Mosley (@gmosley18 on twitter) to talk about ...
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Minisode - A Thank You and Ear Trumpet Audio from 2016-11-11T14:56:58
Hey Lifemarkers, No episode this week. I get into why here. But this, more than anything, is a thank you to all our listeners --Stephanie Stone-Robb Founder, Ear Trumpet Audio
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Episode 24 - Autumn In The Vinyard from 2016-11-04T08:00
Its the least autumnal movie with the word Autumn in the title. Its Autumn In The Vineyard, which brings all the excitement of a grape jelly competition to the small screen. But the good news is ...
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Episode 23 - Initiation of Sarah from 2016-10-30T23:10:03
We close out the spookiest month of the year with the 1978 ABC tv movie classic Initiation of Sarah, starring Morgan Fairchild, Shelly Winters and Robert Hayes. Have you ever wondered what it woul...
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Episode 22 - Growing The Big One from 2016-10-21T10:00
We are well into our Shocktober celebrations on Lifemark, so Michelle and Stephanie get in touch with their "basic" side and watch Growing The Big One, which is about pumpkins. Not porn. We swea...
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Episode 21 - Lizzie Borden Took an Axe from 2016-10-14T16:11:41
We are well into Shocktober and what makes a better Halloween story than real murder, so we watched Lizzie Borden Took an Axe starring Christina Ricci. We finally found a movie we really liked. O...
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Episode 20 - Midnight Masquerade from 2016-10-07T04:38:07
On this weeks episode of Lifemark, we are getting ready for Shocktober and bring you the first of 4 Halloween themed movies. From Hallmark, its Midnight Masquerade. Michelle and Steph start to cr...
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Episode 19 - Harvest of Fire from 2016-09-30T04:29:21
Michelle and Stephanie get real pious and unplug for a while to discuss the Amish movie Harvest of Fire, starring Patty Duke and Jennifer Garner. We also learn about amish erotica and Lifemark cat...
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Episode 18 - Stalked By My Doctor from 2016-09-23T11:00
Is this a great movie or the GREATEST movie? Also, Michelle and Stephanie might have lost their minds after this one. It's Stalked by my Doctor from Lifetime and stars Eric Roberts. Yes. THAT E...
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Episode 17 - Flowers In The Attic (2014) from 2016-09-16T15:14:19
Well, you knew this had to happen at some point. We watched Flowers In The Attic starring Ellen Burstyn, Heather Graham and Kiernan Shipka. We are joined by guest, Megan Sunday, V.C. Andrews afici...
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Episode 16 - Perfect Match from 2016-09-09T11:26:50
In this week's episode of Lifemark, we watch Winnie Cooper as a wedding planner, meet the oldest 10 year old in the world and learn all about the importance of spare tires in Perfect Match from Hal...
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Episode 15 - Deadly Honeymoon from 2016-09-02T16:00
Michelle is steering this shipwreck of a movie with guests Becky Wilson () and Patrick Hamilton (@wewritegood) of the Kill By Kill Podcast (@killbykillpod on twitter). Join us as we embark on a cr...
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Episode 14 - The Rose Cafe from 2016-08-26T16:00
Stephanie is joined this week by Wendy Mays of the Pet Cinematary Podcast () to watch The Rose Cafe, a Canadian made for tv movie from 1988, so you know its just like the regular American made for ...
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Episode 13 - Cyber Seduction from 2016-08-19T19:16:50
We are joined this week by Clint Worthington of the Alcohollywood Podcast (). We watched Cyber Seduction. We don't know how we feel about this movie. We just know its not great. Or even good. ...
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Episode 12 - Ladies Of The House from 2016-08-05T14:00
This week on Lifemark, Michelle and Stephanie talk Ladies Of The House, starring Florence Henderson, Pam Grier and Richard Roundtree. That's right! Mrs Brady is in a movie with Shaft and Foxy Brow...
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Episode 11 : The Inherited from 2016-07-28T17:30:40
From Lifetime, it's The Inherited! There is a spooky house and all kind of creepy townsfolk and they would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for that meddling dog. Also, ghosts want to li...
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Episode 10 - Murder She Baked : A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystey from 2016-07-22T04:00
Never has gluten tasted so deadly. We watched the Hallmark movie Murder She Baked : A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery with Sammi C from the Highly Illogical Newsletter ( & @spockgrrl on twitter). W...
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Episode 9 - Jodi Arias : Dirty Little Secret from 2016-07-15T04:00
We learn all about the Mormon hole, which is probably, pretty much, what you think it is. We are joined by Erin Gambrill, host of the Ladies Who Library Podcast. We also talk about what Michelle ...
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Episode 8 - Falling For You from 2016-07-08T05:00
Ya'll! It should have been better. Billy Dee Williams was in it! It should have been amazing. Instead, we are left with one of the worst Lifetime movies we've watched so far. We do get a lot of ...
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Episode 7 - Banner 4th of July from 2016-07-01T04:30
Happy Birthday, America! We got you this podcast episode about a movie that has about ttttthiiiiiisss much to do with July 4th. There is a lot of ice cream and a lot of bad music in this movie tha...
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Episode 6 - Cheerleader Murders from 2016-06-24T15:54:21
There are cheerleaders. There are murders. Thats...well....thats pretty much all there is to it. Michelle and Stephanie roll solo for this episode about teenagers and curses in the way only Life...
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Episode 5 - The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story from 2016-06-17T06:30
Ok. Time Out. We watch the painfully unexciting Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story from Lifetime. There's drinking! And karate! And $20 a week allowances. And not much else. We are joined by G...
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Episode 4 - The Magic Of Ordinary Days from 2016-06-10T15:22:23
We watch The Magic of Ordinary Days from Hallmark and the only magic is that we managed to sit through all 2 hours of it. We are joined by Ashleigh Hartman from thetipsyverse.com Alt titles : "I'm...
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Episode 3 - Undercover Wife from 2016-06-04T14:08:45
This week we are joined by Stephanie's husband, Dave where they discuss how important fresh fruit would be should one of them die, how to make the worst margarita, and just how many Irish stereotyp...
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Episode 2 - A Ring By Spring from 2016-05-27T16:00
We're taking a new direction this week with a gushy, chick-flicky trip to the Hallmark Channel. A Ring By Spring may or may not have had us questioning our very sanity. Alt Titiles: "Wasting Away A...
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Episode 1 : Mother May I Sleep With Danger from 2016-05-20T16:53:43
Our premiere episode! We watch the Lifetime classic Mother May I Sleep With Danger starring Tori Spelling. Alternate Episode titles: Mother May I Sleep With Murder, Mother May I Sleep With Jackson...
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Welcome To Lifemark : A Made For TV Podcast from 2016-05-17T15:56:38
Welcome to Lifemark: A Made for TV Podcast. Each week, Michelle and Stephanie will watch a movie from the Lifetime Network or Hallmark Channel and discuss the films finer points. Learn about o...
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