Drama Queens - One Tree Thrill (part 36)

Episode Date: November 22, 2024

Rob & Joy talk about what it was like filming during Halloween in Wilmington and imagine how their TV characters would have celebrated Friendsgiving. They reminisce over their favorite directors and what they loved about them while predicting who would've survived The Walking Dead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. It may look different, but native culture is alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first Native comic bookshop. Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

First of all, you don't know me. We're all about that high school, drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens. We'll take you for a ride and our comic girl. Drama girl. Cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens, smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you'll tough girl. You could sit with us, girl. Drama queen, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens.

Well, hello, friends. You've got me and Rob for a Q&A. Hi, Robert. Hey, Joy. Hey, friends. How you doing, buddy? I'm good. I've been really good.

Guys, we just had a fantastic talk with Chantelle, Van Santon, and Lindsay McKeon. And we talked about that whole episode, 718, where Lydia passes away. And it was so great to see both of them and spend time with those girls. They're just such lovely souls and really talented. That was a nice time. Yes, it was great, especially because I feel like we've been seeing so much of them, especially, you know, Quinn, aka Chantel, that it was so nice to finally have her here to get her perspective, you know, because I feel like we've been talking about her so much,

and it was nice to actually have her here to talk with her. I know. I'm so glad we were able to do that. But we have got to move on. The show must go on, friends. And so here we are with our Q&A episode. Thank you so much for writing in your question. questions for us. We've got a fun list here today. Would you like to get us started?

I would. And I was just going to say before we jump into this, first of all, these questions are awesome. So thank you to everyone. I've only skimmed a couple, but all the ones I saw I loved. And I also want to say, I see our first nickname. So I love that. Keep them coming, dang. Give us your fun nickname. Let us know who it is. Okay. So Sarah wants to know if your character is, were in the Walking Dead. How do you think they would go? What would be their game plan? Hmm.

Okay, I'm going to make a confession here. I've never seen an episode of The Walking Dead. I am texting Hillary right now. One second. Sorry. I don't do zombies, guys. I don't do zombies. But maybe that's the good indication of how Haley would survive.

Now, okay, so then let's just pretend, right? It's zombie apocalypse has happened. Okay. And it's, we're, we're trying to hide. We see our first zombie. Is it ew that you shriek or are you just petrified? Yeah, I think there's definitely an ick factor involved. My first zombie I ever see.

This is as, as Haley. Yeah. I think she's totally grossed out, but also, Haley's got a pretty good fight or flight instinct. I think she like maybe jumps and then immediately grabs the nearest weapon. Shovel, stick, tennis ball, like whatever's nearby. She's grabbing it. Yeah, and she's also a mom, you know, and I think once you're a parent,

you sort of develop that innate protector reflex. I think I think Haley would do all right once she got past the initial ick. Yeah, how's Clay doing? Clay already sees dead people. So I feel like it's not going to really rock the boat. just a little less attractive than the dead people he normally sees. That's good. I think Clay would do all right.

You know, I think he's been through some stuff. So I think he'd have a fighting chance. Yeah, I could see that. Clay is really resourceful. He's very, he's wily and resourceful. And I think Clay would invent something. He would know how to team up with the right people. He's got a good eye for who's going to be useful and how to put a

team together. So I feel like Clay would probably be the guy putting together assembling the team of renegades who are going to fight the zombies. I feel like I have confidence in Clay. I got to say, if I had to pick who I think would do the best, it's Dan Scott. For sure. Because I could see him like not being afraid to get the, you know, the farm equipment out and fight them. But then he's also that guy who I could see him turning on other people like for his own good. Absolutely. Survival of the fittest. I'm sure that's his motto. Completely.

Yeah, he's a bit of a sociopath. So, yeah, I think it would be Dan Scott for the zombie win. Yeah, I agree. Do we have a character who's the first to go? My knee jerk was Alex. She's kind of scrappy. I don't know. She is, but also just, I feel like tragedy just follows her.

Oh, that is true. That is true. Who's the first to go? I don't know. I guess I could, I mean, I feel like Julian would be running a lot, but he also would turn around and fight if he had to. I just don't feel like he would, that would be his first reaction. Yeah, because he's a strong protector, but you're right.

Like, we saw him in the campaign episode where he had like zero practical smarts, it seemed. Yeah, all right. All right. Melissa asks, if you could go to any convention as a fan of one of your favorite shows, what would it be and who would you be most excited to me? meet. Oh. That's a great question.

Yes. I feel like here's a fan convention I would really like to go to. Mad Men. And we're all dressed up in the 60s and it's a cocktail party. And it's not weird and awkward, but we're all really like just mingling in the 60s. Can that exist? Oh, my gosh. Yeah.

Listen, this is, you get to make. your own convention. Okay. Yeah. I love that answer because that was way outside the box and now I'm going to do the same. Mine would be for Great British Bake Off. And at the convention, there would be people baking. So same thing. It wouldn't be the awkward like, hi, how are you? It would just be like, hey, let's try this food together. Do you like, you know, uh, eclaires? Come on over. Paul Hollywood. Let's have an eclair together. Maybe someone gets a handshake, you know. Ooh, I like this. Yeah, so I get cigarettes and martinis,

and you're going to get your British baked goods. I come home with two cavities, and that's okay. A lot of memories. All right, well, we do have our first nickname. This is Daniel going by College by T-shirt. I love it. I love it. Daniel College by T-shirt wants to know.

Listen, you mentioned frequently how a lot of men have told you their girlfriend made me watch the show. So, or my girlfriend made me watch a show. So his question is, what show or shows have you made your partners with you watch your current or a previous partner? And the disclaimer is preferably a show you watched from episode one and not just randomly like watching when you're watching it. Good question. Yeah, Game of Thrones for me. My boyfriend had never seen it.

So we just started from season one and took us about seven months, I think. kept going. That's a great one. I got pulled into that one by an ex-girlfriend. I would say Detroiters. Are you familiar with this show? It was two seasons. It's Tim Robinson and Sam, oh boy.

That's going to come back to me. Sam, oh, boy. I like this. Sam, oh, boy. Sam Richardson. And it's a comedy. It was a short-lived comedy, two seasons on Comedy Central. and it was so funny

and it was the thing Tim Robinson did just prior to I think you should leave but it's basically it's just it's kind of absurd comedy but at the crux of it it's just about two guy

best friends and how much they love each other and the adventures they get into it's just it's all hard and then laughs it's great Detroiters no Detroiters yep Detroiters okay I highly recommend

and it's you know it's a 30 minute sitcom but it's funny it's irreverent but it's also just sweet because it's two guys who aren't afraid to be like, I love you, I love you, buddy.

Let's go. Oh, okay, I ought to watch that. Thank you. That's good. Hannah asks, what holiday was the best to celebrate

in Wilmington? Oh, did I celebrate any holidays in Wilmington? We weren't there for like, you know, we all kind of went home. Yeah.

I mean, I guess 4th of July. That's probably fun. I'm sure they do something on the Cape Fear. Well, when we were there for the 4th of July. Yeah.

I don't remember any 4th of July. there, do you? Maybe Halloween. We were there for Halloween. Halloween was fun. That was a cool one. Downtown was definitely flooded with people in costumes. It's such a college town, Wilmington. So Halloween was a big, yeah, that's a good call. I would say that too, especially with the parties that Hillary would throw at her house. There was always something to do. Everybody really decorated their trailers and Halloween was fun. It would have been funny if we just said an obscure holiday. Labor Day. President's Day. And then we didn't add any

clarification just moved on everyone's like why why is that day we got to get to Wilmington on President's Day what's going on there all the businesses just get an influx of people on president's day you're welcome Chamber of Commerce yeah it may look different but native culture is very alive my name is Nicole Garcia and on burn sage burn bridges we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly, like, very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric, that this is something we've been doing for the kind of two years. You carry with you a sense of purpose and confidence. That's Sierra Taylor Ornellis, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in television history.

On the podcast, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we explore her story, along with other native stories, such as the creation of the first Native Comic-Con or the importance of reservation basketball. Every day, Native people are striving to keep traditions alive while navigating the modern world, influencing and bringing our culture into the mainstream. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Okay, Brittany says, it's the late 80s, early 90s on a Saturday morning. What cereal are you eating and what cartoon show are you watching? Romulus. Brittany, this is such a good question. It's so good. Cereal. If it's specific to cereal, it's going to be probably fruity pebbles. Ooh.

But I also definitely partied with toaster strudels. Uh-huh. And what cartoon am I watching? Oh, man. I mean, mask, G.I. Joe, gummy bears. Those were, those are kind of the staples off the top of my head. I know. There was something that was on before Smurfs. I wasn't allowed to watch the Smurfs, but there was something that was on right before it that I watched.

Maybe my little pony, but I feel like it was something else and I can't remember. I liked the sparkly, magical, girly cartoons. Did you ever get into Sailor Moon? Oh, maybe. Because Sailor Moon was awesome. Wait, was that Japanimation? Yeah. Okay, I did not.

I remember seeing commercials for it, though. I didn't watch a lot of cartoons. Oh, man, there was some good ones. Jim, Jim and the holograms? I still remember that whole theme song. Yeah, Sailor Moon was a fun one. Oh, I mean, obviously, like, Looney Tunes was awesome. That actually is, yeah, animals and tiny tunes.

Tiny Tunes had, there was another one after Tiny Tunes was maybe it was where they were little Muppet. Muppet Babies. That's what it was, not animals. It was Muppet Babies and Tiny Tunes. That's what I loved. And I would be eating Lucky Charms. Yeah, Lucky Charms. Ducktails. Did you ever party with ducktails? Sometimes. That was a little boring for me. Chippendale Rescue Rangers. I mean, guys. We had it good back then. I don't know what the cartoon selection is these days, but Blueie's great, but I mean, come on. I don't know. All right, Jackie says, excuse me, Jackie asks, do you have any goals that you set for yourself that you want to accomplish by the end of the year? So let's, I wonder if that's sort of, well, also, let me just follow up question to that, Joy. Are you a New Year's resolutions person? I have become more of one.

I didn't used to be, although I do try and set some kind of something, take a, it's. intentional, take a look at the year ahead and reflect on patterns of behavior or just things that I think I could do better at and try to set an intention and a plan for how I might go about changing that. I try not to make anything too grand or sweeping because I feel like very lofty goals are harder to achieve. So I try and move in smaller increments. I did not. I don't have anything other than finishing a book, which I did, there's nothing else that I really want to accomplish by the end of the year. I'm pretty tired. I just want to rest. What about you? That's a good question. I think I'm similar to you where I've realized the whole grandiose thing. It's just

lip service. It doesn't go anywhere. So I kind of set more actionable goals. I had one a couple years ago, which was I'm no longer allowed to have conversations with people who aren't in the room, because I realized I was spending a lot of my time, like, in the shower or just when I was by myself, like having imaginary arguments, having imaginary fights, replaying conversations with people. And the thing is, they never end with me feeling more relaxed and peaceful. They always seem to agitate or excite my nervous system. So I realized that it's just, it's sort of this self-involved act that only just affects me in a negative way. So my resolution was I'm no longer allowed to talk to people who aren't in the room.

That's great. I think that's relatable for a lot of people. I know there's a lot of people who don't do that, but there are a lot who do. I'm one of those people. And I've also, in recent years, caught myself and been like, what? This is stressing me out. Why am I having an imaginary conversation that doesn't exist? It's not happening.

I'm never going to fix the moment that passed. I can't go back and rehab that moment and say the right thing. If there's a conversation in the future that I'm going to have, I can prepare for that by being thoughtful, but I don't need to have some kind of stressful release of saying things that I would never say in real life. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's just, it's too much.

I think what it comes from is it's our brains wanting to protect us. I'll speak for myself. I think it's my brain wanting to protect me. It's sort of saying, if we play through every scenario of how this could go, then we can't be caught off guard. Yes. The problem is 90% of the time, whatever the scenario is, doesn't even happen. Yeah.

And the other thing, too, is I only play through the negatives. Yeah. I never in the shower go, what if I get out of here and Jenny says that I'm an amazing man and a great dad? That's not what happens. My brain's like, what if I get out of here and she says, hmm, kind of a long shower? Right, right. It's like I only think of things that would like agitate me. And so it's like, okay, that's a losing proposition.

Yes, I agree. I agree. That's a great goal. I love it. Okay, Reese wants to know what current issues or topics would Haley draw inspiration from to write her music. I don't know. You know, Reese, I don't know that Haley was ever a writer about issues. I feel like she was more of what her own personal.

experiences were and what her longings are and what, I mean, I'm only saying that because I guess that's kind of how I am too. So I related to Haley on that level. But yeah, I don't know. I think she probably would have been writing about her kids going off to college and feeling like there's empty nest syndrome and trying to reconnect with Nathan and what does it look like to be rebuilding a home that looked one way. now is looking like something else, I think, I think that would be pretty relevant for her. I buy it. Yeah.

It may look different, but native culture is very alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly, like, very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric, that this is something we've been doing for a hundred years. You carry with you a sense of purpose and confidence. That's Sierra Taylor Ornales, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in television history.

On the podcast, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we explore her story, along with other native stories, such as the creation of the first Native Comic-Con or the importance of reservation basketball. Every day, Native people are striving to keep tradition. alive while navigating the modern world, influencing and bringing our culture into the mainstream. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Well, Haley brings a turkey. Yeah. What do you bring?

I think Clay brings a really delicious side dish or two that he 100% ordered and picked up from a good restaurant on the way to Friendsgiving. Like, he is courteous enough that he wants to bring something people will like, but he is also inept enough, having been a bachelor for Zillong, that he doesn't know how to cook anything. So he's like, I'm just going to order something tasty from a good restaurant. also courteous to not make people eat something that you know is some part. Yeah, because otherwise you know it would be like a cereal-crusted chicken or something, and it would just be terrible. Captain Crunch Green Beans? Yeah, exactly, exactly.

I got it off Pinterest, guys. Everyone's like, mm-hmm, no, stay off Pinterest. Oh, good. Okay, so here's one from Gwen. She says, who is your favorite director to work with? And what made that person special to work with? Is this limited to One Tree Hill, or is this just, in general. That's a great. I think let's say it's not limited. I like that. Let's broaden it up.

Yeah, because also then my answer is going to be a tie between you and Sophia. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Okay, fine. My answer is Sophia. How do you like that, Joy, because of your attitude. It's fine. It's fine. No, I think it's got to be, it can be any director because I think that's more meaningful. Okay. Do you have one? Because I have one, I think. It is hard to say my very favorite. I've worked with several directors that I really absolutely loved. I think, you know, who's coming to mind right now is Kevin Bray, who he directed a lot and was an executive producer on Pearson,

the suit spinoff that I did for a season. And he used to be a music video director. Got his start there and then started branching off into TV. And now he's doing the morning show and he's been doing The Penguin on HBO. and like super super talented guy but very soft spoken and he's an observer and he was just so good at giving you space as an actor and trusting you and if he had a note it was minimal and there wasn't a lot of verbiage it was he just trusted that you could feel what needed to be done

and if you were having a hard time he would maybe even just ask you relevant questions to get your brain thinking so that you could solve your own problem, which is so, I think that could be a really hard thing to do for an actor or for a director to know how to give an actor the dignity of solving their own problem without you having to even tell them what to do. It's really cool skill. Kevin Bray, love him. That's great, man. It's a toss up. So my very first, one of the very first directors on my first TV show, this guy, David Hogan, was amazing to work with. but he also is the one who planted the seed. I remember before we even started shooting, he said,

just keep it as honest as possible. And that was where, and that has become my North Star and has always been my North Star, is just, let's just keep it honest. I remember you talking about that in the episode we watched when you were dealing with Sarah's death. Yeah, exactly. He was the one who planted that seed, which, like I said, it was great, because that's sort of, it was just my guiding light always.

Like, is this honest? Okay. You know, and, but Tim Busfeld, he was our directing producer on Lipsick Jungle, and he really took me under his wing. He's the other guy I've talked about. He's the guy who said, it should be a privilege for the audience

to know what you're thinking. Wait, was he an actor on 30-something? Yeah, that's him. Oh, well, yeah, I've heard he's great. Dude, he's the best. I mean, he's an actor's director because he knows how to talk to you, the way he runs a set.

I mean, invaluable in my development. I loved working with him. That's so cool. Is that it? I think that's it. Did we exhaust them? I guess so. Thank you, everybody. Thanks for hanging out. I can't wait to see you next time. We'll have Sophia back. And we'll get into episode 719. Thanks, everybody. In the meantime, guys, send us some more of these great questions because you're on a hot streak.

They've been wonderful. And also, throw in a nickname, would you? Because it just, it just brightens our day. Just pop a nickname in there, would you already? Thanks, guys. Hey, thanks for listening. Don't forget to leave us a review. You can also follow us on Instagram at Drama Queens O-T-H. Or email us at Dramaquins at I-HeartRadio.com. See you next time.

We're all about that high school drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens. We'll take you for a ride in our comic girl. Cheering for the right team. You could be the smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you'll tough girl. You could sit with us, girl. Drama queen, drama queen, drama queen, drama queen. It may look different, but Native Culture is alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture.

Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first Native comic bookshop. Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.