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I had no idea BAG was in talk to join One Tree Hill! Do you know for which character?!

I also had no idea that the scenes with Haley were re-shot. They did a good job!

It was super interesting to hear them say the writers/producers decided to "sex" things up a bit since The OC was their competition. It makes sense. I wonder how OTH would have been like it that hadn't been the case.

Even before the stories about Mark came out, I totally got a "no girl wanted to date/fuck me in high school and I'll never get over it waahhhhhh" vibe from him. I also get that vibe from Joss Whedon.

I wonder if they kids today still go on message boards to discuss shows? Or is it more on Instagram? Or do they just not discuss shows and just stream the next one? I'm so old haha.

I agree that it was overwhelming and a bit disorganized. I feel like podcasts with more than 2 hosts are VERY hard to pull off, especially if it's 3 women or 3 men, because on top of listening to the actual conversation, you need to think about differentiating which voice belongs to who. There is one podcast with 3 hosts that I actually like (a true crime pod called The First Degree), but unlike Drama Queens, the hosts are not all of the same sex (it's 2 women and 1 man), and they're following a script most of the time, with a few unscripted comments/tangents here and there. Drama Queens seems to be 100% unscripted, which, as you said, leads to the girls talking fast, switching topics randomly, talking over each other, etc.

Based on my impression of the 2 first eps, when they do have guests on, I feel it would be better if it was only one of the 3 girls (maybe Hilarie since she use to be a TV host) discussing/interviewing them.

Like almost all eps of 90210mg and a few eps of WTTOCB, the ep would have have improved a lot if they had actually gone scene by scene or act by act chronologically, with the same tangents/behind-the-scene commentary intertwined here and there. I wonder who the producer is - I don't think they mentioned it?! Podcasts usually credit the producer/executive producer at the end.

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BAG was in talks to play Clay, or at least a version of the Clay character.

I do think teens still use message boards to discuss shows, but more likely in the form of Facebook groups, as well as through other social media platforms. They're definitely still discussed! An "OTH" group I'm in on Facebook is very active.

Completely agree with everything you said about the podcast! Nope, they haven't mentioned a producer. So all we know, really, is that it's from iHeart and Johnnie Walker is a sponsor.

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