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As you may or may not have noticed, we've been MIA this month! We wanted to make a quick catch up episode to say that we're officially back with new episodes! We missed recording so much the last month and are so happy to be back!

We're both so excited about this week's episode! We're joined by Lindsey Haun, and chat all about her career! Lindsey has starred in some of our favorite movies, like The Color of Friendship, Brave New Girl, and Broken Bridges. We chat all about those movies, her love of reality tv, and how she performed at Taylor Swift's first ever concert. We hope you love this episode!

If you were like us growing up, then Big Wolf on Campus was definitely on your after school tv show list. This week we're joined by Danny Smith, who played Merton on the show! We chat with Danny all about Big Wolf, his appearance on The Price is Right, is amazing art, and more! We hope you love this episode!

If you know us, then you know that one of our favorite movies of all time is The Princess Diaries! We're so excited to be joined by Heather Matarazzo, who played Lilly in both Princess Diaries movies. We talk all about that role, her roles in Welcome to the Dollhouse, Scream, and so much more. We hope you love this episode!

We both LOVED watching Home Improvement growing up and are so excited about this week's episode! We're joined by Patricia Richardson, who played Jill in Home Improvement. Patricia tells us all about her career, from how she got started acting, to her time on Home Improvement, to what she's been working on recently. We had such a great time talking with her and hope you love this episode!

If you know anything about us then you know how devastated we were when the Lizzie McGuire reboot was cancelled! We are SO excited to be joined by one of the writers from the Lizzie McGuire reboot, Jonathan Hurwitz. Jonathan recently went viral for sharing some storylines from the cancelled show on TikTok. We chat with Jonathan all about Lizzie and so much more. We hope you love this episode!

We're so excited about this week's episode! We're joined by the writer and director of the new movie, Snack Shack! We both loved this movie so much and couldn't wait to chat with Adam all about the film and his career. Snack Shack is in theaters now!

This week we're getting nostalgic about how we used to record episodes with just the two of us in person! Join us as we catch up on some 90's-2000's news, sing some songs (duh!) and come up with our new name!

It might be Valentine's day this week, but we're taking it back to October on BTTB! One of our favorite DCOMs of all time is Halloweentown, and we're so excited to be joined by J. Paul Zimmerman, who played Dylan in all four Halloweentown movies! We chat all about those films as well as the different sitcoms he's guest starred in! We hope you love this episode!

It's true what they say! There really ain't no party like an S Club party! If you've listened to us since day one, then you already know that we both are huge S Club fans! We're so excited to be joined by Jon Lee from the band this week. We talk all about his memories from filming the S Club show, his favorite song to perform, and their upcoming US and Canada tour! We hope you love this episode!

We've both been obsessed with Special Ops: Lioness since it premiered on Paramount+. We're so excited to be joined by Dave Annable this week! We talk all about his how he got started acting, his roles in Little Black Book and Brothers & Sisters, and his character, Neal, in Special Ops: Lioness. We hope you love this episode!

Even Stevens is still one of our favorite shows! We're so excited to be joined this week by Lauren Frost, who played Ruby in Even Stevens. We chat all about her role in Even Stevens and her experience touring with Barbra Streisand. We hope you love this episode!

It's our first episode of 2024! We're so excited to be joined by George Anthony Bell! George played Principal Wexler on Even Stevens, and was the dialogue coach on Gilmore Girls and Sister Sister. We chat all about these shows with him and learned so much about what it means to be a dialogue coach. We hope you love this episode!

One of our favorite Disney Channel movies is My Date with the President's Daughter! We're SO excited to be joined by Elisabeth Harnois, who played Hallie (aka the President's daugher) in the movie! We chat all about her role in that, Adventures in Wonderland, and so much more. We had the best time talking with Elisabeth and hope you love this episode!

It's our 200th episode! We're thrilled to be joined this week by Ryan Cabrera! We chat all about the 20th anniversary of his album, Take It All Away, his experience filming on The Ashlee Simpson Show and The Hills, and his new single Prescription Of You. We had such a great time chatting with Ryan and hope you all love the episode!

We are so excited about this week's episode! We're joined by the amazing Kim Rhodes, aka the coolest mom on the Disney Channel! Kim played Carey Martin in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. We chatted with Kim all about that role and her role of Sheriff Jody Mills in Supernatural! We hope you all love this episode as much as we do!

Happy Halloween! We're so excited to be joined by our friend, Allison McClain Merrill, this week! Allison is a Disney Channel historian and a freelance journalist. She's interviewed some of our all time favorite celebrities from the 90's and 2000's. We had so much fun talking about her writing, Britney Spears' new book, our favorite Halloween DCOMs, and so much more. We hope you love this episode!

We are SO excited about today's episode! If you're like us, you grew up listening to Billy Gilman's music. Billy joins us today to chat about his career. From his first song, One Voice, to competing on The Voice, to his new music. We absolutely loved chatting with Billy and hope you all love this episode!

We're SO excited to be back with a brand new episode! This week we're joined by Meg Cabot, who wrote The Princess Diaries books. We talk with Meg all about her inspiration for that series, how she started writing, and her new book, Enchanted to Meet You. We hope you love this episode!

We're back with another Best of BTTB! In honor of Grace having a new baby, we thought it was only appropriate to revisit one of our interviews about Rugrats! Awhile back we had the chance to chat with Cheryl Chase, who voices Angelica Pickles in Rugrats! We had so much fun talking with her and still can't believe we got to hear her use the Angelica voice! We hope you love this episode!

It's hard to believe that this year will be the 30th anniversary of Hocus Pocus! We're so excited to be joined by Amanda Shepherd, who played Emily Binx in the original Hocus Pocus! We chat all about her experience working on this iconic movie, and what she's up to now. We hope you love this episode!

It's a BIG week here at BTTB! Grace had her baby!! In honor of this, we prerecorded an episode talking about all our favorite tv moms from the 90's-2000's. We throw in some movie moms too! A HUGE congrats to Grace and her husband Tim. We're so excited to welcome this BTTB baby into the world!

We're so excited to be joined by Kyle Hamm-Martin this week! Kyle, known on social media as Millennial Kyle, is one of our favorite TikTokers. We talk all about how he got started on social media and about his 90's-2000's favorites. We hope you love this episode as much as we do!

Welcome back to another new episode Besties! This week, we are covering one of our favorite 2000's movies, Agent Cody Banks! This movie celebrated its 20th anniversary since its release in 2003. (We feel old!!!) David also shares about his amazing night getting to meet Carrie Underwood before her concert! We hope you enjoy this episode!  

With Miley Cyrus releasing a new album this week, it only felt right to revisit the show that introduced us to her! Join us as we share some fun facts about Hannah Montana and sing all the transitions from the show!

Who else could not wait to get their hands on the new Hogwarts Legacy video game?! If you are a long time listener then you know how obsessed we are with Harry Potter and the Wizarding World. When we heard about this game we both knew we needed to check it out! In this weeks episode, we dive into some 90's - 2000's news, our thoughts on this game and some fun facts about Hogwarts Legacy. If you're playing this game too, leave us a message and let us know what you think of it! Enjoy the episode wizards! ⚡️

We are so excited to be back with another amazing guest for this weeks episode! We had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Jane Sibbett who is American actress, writer, director, photographer, producer, advocate, and proud mother of three. You may know her from roles such as Carol Willick in Friends and Clarice Kensington in It Takes Two!  We had the best time talking with Jane and hearing her amazing stories from her time working on such iconic TV shows and movies as well as her incredible Sacred Path where she discovered Janes Dancing Hands. We hope you enjoy this episode! 

We're back with another Best of BTTB! This week, we're re-sharing one of our favorite episodes! Last year we had the chance to chat with Annie McElwain and Poppi Monroe, who were the stars of the DCOM Double Teamed. We had so much fun talking all about that iconic movie that we both loved growing up. We hope you love this episode as much as we do!

Calling all That '70s Show fans! Have you checked out the spin-off series That '90s Show?! If you're a long time listener, you know how much we love a reboot of a classic 90's - 2000's show. In this weeks episode, we chat about the '70s show spin-off and share some fun facts about the show! From the original cast cameos to furniture on the set that was also used in the original. We hope you enjoy this episode!

One of our favorite shows turns 20 this week! Join us as we celebrate That's So Raven! We share some fun facts about the shows, and what we love about it. Listen now!

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." We are so excited to share this weeks new episode about one of our, and let's be honest, one of EVERYONES favorite Christmas movies, ELF! We both love this movie so much and watch it at least 5 times every Christmas season! We also share some of the shows we are both currently watching, what could be going on with Britney and her instagram as well as some fun facts from Elf of course. We hope you enjoy this episode!

We both LOVE Lindsay Lohan and are so excited she has a new Netflix movie! Join us this week as we share our thoughts on her new Christmas movie. And stay tuned til the end for a BTTB announcement!!!

We're so excited to share this weeks episode with you! We are joined by Mitch Holleman, who played Jake Hart in the show Reba!  We talk all about how Mitch got started in acting, his experience working on such an amazing show, the many celebrities who have literally lifted him up and so much more (listen to hear more about this)! We hope you enjoy this episode!

How is it already Halloween this week?! We decided to celebrate by re-releasing our interview with Emily Roeske! Emily played Sophie in the Halloweentown movies. If you know us, you know those are our favorite Halloween movies! Check it out!

"Casper, the friendly ghost, the friendliest ghost you know!" Today's episode is all about everyones favorite adorable ghost, Casper! We dive into the history of Casper and discuss these classic TV shows and movies. We hope you enjoy this episode!

We've been waiting so long for Hocus Pocus 2 to be released! It's finally here! Join us as we share our thoughts on the movie and some fun behind the scenes facts!

If you're a long time listener of our podcast, you know how much we absolutely LOVE our queen, Hilary Duff! She celebrated her birthday this past week and in honor of that, we thought it was only right to go through a list of all of her movies (ranked by IMDB rating), the amazing TV shows she's been in as well as some of our favorite Hilary Duff songs! We also discuss David's love for the McDonalds app, Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Show announcement and some recent celebrity spottings! We hope you enjoy this episode!

After a few weeks off, we're back with a new episode! We have a lot to catch up on this week! From the Emmys, to Big Brother, and so much more! Listen now!

We both love the Father of the Bride movies so much! We've watched them so many times and have even visited the house from the movies! This week, we're talking all about the iconic film, Father of the Bride. We share some fun facts about the film, as well as some of our favorite moments! If you also love this movie, you don't want to miss this episode!

A Tale As Old As Time! Beauty and the Beast is a one of our favorite Disney animated films about finding true love! In this weeks episode, we dive into this Disney classic and share some fun facts about the film. We also came across an article stating the Beasts real name?! Or, what some think is his real name... listen to find out what we mean! Be Our Guest and join us in this episode as dive into in the magical world of Beauty and the Beast! 

If you've listened to us before, you know how much we both love Big Brother! We're so excited to find someone else who loves the show as much as we do, if not more! This week we're joined by Madison McGhee, who hosts the podcast On the Block. We talk all about her podcast, this season of Big Brother, and some of Madison's 90's-2000's favorites. Listen now!

The cult classic Hocus Pocus celebrated its 29th anniversary this week! And yes, this Halloween movie was originally released in July! To celebrate one of our favorite Halloween movies anniversary, we are bringing you our fourth "Best of Back to the Best" episode and revisit an awesome interview we had with Jason Marsden who voiced Thackary Binx in the original Hocus Pocus! Jason also voiced Max Goof in A Goofy Movie and was on some iconic shows such as Boy Meets World and Step By Step so you'll also get to hear about his experience working on those projects! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! :) 

It's a great week to be a 90's-2000's kid! Hulu just released 3 amazing Mary-Kate and Ashley Movies! You can now watch Billboard Dad, Passport to Paris, and Switching Goals! This week we talk about all 3 of these iconic films and share some fun facts! Listen now!

Aloha BTTB Ohana! Lilo & Stitch recently celebrated it’s 20th anniversary since the film was released and you know we couldn't let this pass without doing an episode all about it! In this episode, we are back with some 90’s - 2000’s news & birthdays and some awesome fun facts about Lilo & Stitch! We both love this movie so much and had a blast learning more about this iconic Disney movie. We hope you enjoy!

We're both huge fans of The Proud Family and All That and are SO excited about this week's episode! We're joined by Alisa Reyes, who was one of the original All That cast members, and who voices LaCienega in The Proud Family and the Disney+ revival, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. We had such an amazing time chatting with her about these iconic shows and so much more! Listen now!

This week we are joined by our hilarious friend Lucy Drew! Lucy is a comedian who is also studying to be a Psychotherapist, a killer combination! In this weeks epsisode, Lucy gives us both an in depth Co-Star reading, shares a hilarious story about how she got asked to Prom and of course, we talk out favorites DCOM's and 90's - 2000's favorites. We hope you laugh as much as we did recording this one! 

Last weekend we got the chance to attend The Hellmouth Con in LA! It was a weekend celebrating shows and movies like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Hocus Pocus, Bring It On and more! We're doing a full recap in this week's episode, and including a clip from Clare Kramer's q&a where we got to ask her a very important question about Buffy and Bring It On! Listen now!

We are back with another awesome guest! If you are a lover of reality TV, you probably already love our guest! David Yontef hosts Behind The Velvet Rope - a podcast all about what really happens on your favorite reality shows when the cameras stop rolling. We chatted with David all about some of our favorite reality shows & stars such as Laguna Beach, The Hills, Real Housewives & Jersey Shore! We love David and hope you enjoy this episode!

In honor of Ellen wrapping up her talk show this week, we decided to chat all about her show! We both used to give tours of her set and would occasionally work with the audience department loading in her audience. We share some fun facts, and talk about some of the most iconic moments. Listen now!

"With great power comes great responsibility" - This can only mean one thing... this weeks episode we are discussing SPIDERMAN! Spiderman celebrated it's 20 year anniversary recently! We both love all the Spiderman movies but the first one with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst just might be our favorite. In this episode, we share some fun facts from the movie as well as a few gems we used to share with guests when we work at Warner Brothers! We hope you enjoy this episode!

The Lizzie McGuire movie is celebrating its 19th anniversary this week! We thought this would be the perfect time to bring you our third "Best of Back to the Best" episode and revisit our interview with Jim Fall who directed the Lizzie McGuire movie! We loved getting to chat with Jim all about the Lizzie McGuire movie and what it was like to bring it to life. If you love Lizzie as much as we do, we know you're going to love this episode!

Join us this week as we talk about one of our favorite movies of all time, A Cinderella Story! From the iconic cast to the memorable quotes, this movie will always be at the top of our list! We chat about some of our favorite scenes, and share some fun facts about the film. Listen now!

We're so excited to be joined by the voiceover icon, Billy West! Billy has voiced some of our favorite cartoon characers of all time. You know him from Futurama, Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Space Jam, and so much more. You'll hear him do some of these voices in the episode We chat all about his incredible career. Listen now!

It's no secret that we love Lizzie McGuire - both the show AND the movie - and we're so excited about this week's episode! We are joined by Ethan Craft himself, Clayton Snyder. He chats all about his time working on Lizzie, what his life was like when the show came out, and his love of water polo. For all you Upload fans out there, we even sneak in a little bit about his incredibly talented wife Allegra Edwards' starring role as Ingrid. Listen now!

Are you ready to feel old?! We sure do after this episode. This week we're going over some of our favorite movies and tv shows that turn 20 this year. We swear some of these just came out yesterday! There's also a fun giveaway announcement so stick around for that! Listen now!

We are so excited for this weeks episode all about the first feature film from Pixar, TOY STORY! This week we are joined by the voice of Andy himself from all of the Toy Story movies, John Morris! John was cast as Andy in the original Toy Story movie in 1995 and went on to voice Andy in the rest of the movies in the franchise. This is a childhood dream come true for us to be able to chat with him, hear all about his experiences working on such iconic Disney & Pixar movies and even hear which one of Andy's Toys is his favorite! We are so excited to share this episode with you and hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 

We're so excited to be joined by another nostalgia lover this week! We're joined by Janine Baggett, aka Retro Avocado! Janine has some of the best TikToks and Instagram Reels all about 90's-2000's nostalgia. We talk all about her content, her 90's-2000's favorites, and so much more! Listen now!

This week we are joined by Actor and Magician, Adam Wylie! If you are a DCOM lover like us, you will know Adam from the very first Disney Channel Original Movie, Under Wraps! He went on to play Nick in the DCOM Can of Worms and do voice over work for some of our favorite shows such as Hey Arnold!, The Wild Thornberrys, Pepper Ann, As Told by Ginger and more! Who can forget his role as Brad Langford in one of our favorite shows of all time, Gilmore Girls! We had such a great time chatting with Adam and hearing the amazing stories he had to tell about working on these projects as well as a the newly announced Under Wraps 2! Oh, did we mention he's also an amazing Magician?! We know you're going to love this episode! Check it out now! 

We are both obsessed with Tiktok and more specifically, nostalgic Tiktokers! We are SO excited to share this episode with the queen of nostalgic Tiktoks, Kate Steinberg! Kate has some of the most hilarious and relatable videos where you can always catch her with butterfly clips in her hair, her pink Razor cell phone in hand wearing her 2000's style UGG boots. We also talk about our mutual love of hamsters, Amanda Bynes, Jesse McCartney and more! We hope you love this episode! 

This week we are joined actor and producer Phillip Glasser! Phillip has an incredible resume of work including being the voice of Fievel Mousekewitz in An American Tail! He has also appeared in some of our favorite shows such as Full House, Boy Meets World, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Hang Time! Phillip shared some awesome stories from his time working on the American Tail movies, transferring from voice over to acting in sitcoms and more! We hope you enjoy this episode!

"WILDCATS! Get'cha Head In The Game!" This week we are joined by all nostalgia lovers favorite Coach, Bart Johnson! Bart played Coach Bolton in arguably the most popular DCOM's of all time, High School Musical 1, 2, & 3! He share awesome behind the scenes stores with us from working on the HSM movies, what it was like working with the cast and what he has been up to since the movies wrapped. If you love High School Musical as much as well do, you are going to LOVE this episode! 

BTTB is back with another Princess Diaries themed episode! You all know the love we have for this movie and in todays episode we got to chat with another one of the cast members! We are joined by one of the members of our favorite trio who brought "Stupid Cupid" into our lives, Elizabeth Gudenrath! Elizabeth is an actress and voice coach who played Anna in The Princess Diaries. Yes as in Lana, Anna and Fontana! We talk all about her experience working on The Princess Diaries, some fun stories working with the cast, her acting career as a whole and some of her 90's - 2000's favorites. We hope you enjoy this episode!

Happy New Year Besties! We're SO excited to be kicking off the new year with one of our favorite TikTokers, Michael Burke. Michael has some of the most hilarious videos we've ever seen and some of the most relatable. We talk all about his huge success on the app, as well as all his 90's-2000's favorites! Listen now!

We don't know about you but we are obsessed with Christmas music! This obsession isn't a new one, it dates back to when we were growing up looking forward to hearing Christmas music every holiday season! In this weeks episode, we chat about some of our favorite 90's - 2000's Christmas albums! From Mariah, to Christina to *NSYNC, we love them all! We hope you enjoy!

It's officially CHRISTMAS TIME! We are so excited to get in the holiday spirit and dive into all the Christmas content! To start it off, we went back in time to Christmas shopping in the 90's and share the most popular toys that were flying off the Toys R Us shelves! If you were a kid in the 90's, you're not gonna want to miss this one! 

What a week to be a millennial! Britney is finally free, Lindsay is filming a new movie, Paris is married, and the cast of Harry Potter is officially reuniting! We talk about all of this and more this week! Listen now!

This week we're joined by Nina Bergman from the new movie Hell Hath No Fury! This film takes place during World War II, when American soldiers rescue a French national but give her an ultimatum: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold that's also being hunted by the Nazis and the resistance. We talked with Nina all about her role of Marie in the movie, and how she got started in the entertainment industry. We also chat about some of her 90's-2000's favorites! Check it out now!

If you're a long time BTTB listener, you know how much we both LOVE The Princess Diaries! It's a movie we quote constantly and can watch anytime, anywhere. This week we are joined by actress and screenwriter Caroline Goodall! Caroline played Mia's Mom, Helen in The Princess Diaries, Moira Banning in Hook, Emilie Schindler in the Academy Award Winning Schindler's List and more! Listen as she shares some amazing stories working on these projects as well as how she got to know Steven Spielberg! 

We both were obsessed with Sabrina the Teenage Witch growing up! We're so excited to be joined by Trevor Lissauer this week! Trevor played Miles in Sabrina. He tells us all about his audition and filming that show, his first acting role in The Skateboard Kid, and about his music. Listen now and make sure to check out Trevor's music pages, @SwaddlyAndDean and @AnimalCloudBand.

This week we're joined by Britini D'Angelo, from Big Brother season 23! If you've listened to us before, then you know how much we love this show. Britini was the first houseguest to make it to jury this season! She shares the best stories from her audition, to being in the house, to life after the season ended. She's such an amazing and positive person, and we can't wait for everyone to listen!

This week, the iconic DCOM Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire, celebrated its 21st anniversary! In this episode, we're joined by Myles Jeffrey, who played Taylor in the movie! Myles also had roles in Stepsister from Planet Weird, Beverly Hills 90210, Recess and more. He shares the best stories from working on the sets of these incredibles films and tv shows! 

If you're like us, then you have the best memories of going to Blockbuster to rent movies in the 90's & 2000's. Those stores were so iconic! This week, we're joined by Alan Payne. Alan ran the longest-lasting Blockbuster franchise in the country, and recently wrote about his experience in his new book, Built to Fail: The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust. We had such a great time chatting with him and hearing his fascinating stories!

We both LOVED She's All That, and are so excited that He's All That is now on Netflix. This week, we chat with Lee Fleming, who wrote both those movies. He also worked on iconic shows, like FRIENDS, One Tree Hill, and Step By Step. He was so great to talk to! Check out the episode now!

Do you ever wonder if you could become rich off of something you saved from your childhood? We sure do! Join us this week as we read a list of 22 items from the 90's that can make you some serious money today.

It's officially September, which can only mean one thing! It's Back to Hogwarts! This week we talk about all our favorite things about Harry Potter, and share what it was like when we visited the Harry Potter sets!

BTTB is back! We took a little summer break as our very own Grace got MARRIED! We both had the most amazing time celebrating but are so excited to be back with a new episode! This week, we share all about Grace's wedding in which David was a Bridesmaid, talk a bit about the new Disneyland Magic Key Annual Passes and a general catch up on the last few weeks! We hope you enjoy!

With the release of the new Space Jam, we just HAD to revisit the original. Join us as we share some fun facts about the movie, and give our opinions on the new one!

With Grace being home this week for her wedding shower, it seems like the perfect time to re-visit one of our favorite interviews! Join us as we re-share our interview with the one and only Lisa Ann Walter, aka Chessy in The Parent Trap! We talk all things The Parent Trap and more! Check it out now.

Growing up, we both were HUGE fans of Christina! So this week, we're chatting all about this icon. From how she got her start, to how she got the nickname Xtina. Check it out now! 

By now the whole world knows that Britney Spears wants out of her conservatorship, and the Free Britney movement is bigger than ever. This week we're joined by GloZell and Josh Skinner, who attended a Free Britney rally at the LA Courthouse on the day of her court hearing. We talk all about the movement, and get to know all about GloZell and Josh. GloZell shares how she feels a connection to Britney's case, and also tells us about her iconic cinnamon challenge. It was so great talking to both of them. You don't wanna miss this episode!