SMALL TALK & BIG KITCHENS, our mini-series on the romcoms of Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers, continues with the movie that brought the romantic comedy into the age of the internet.

With the creative freedom rewarded to her by the studios after the success of Sleep in Seattle, Nora made two films: the critical and commercial holiday flop Mixed Nuts, and the moderately successful critical flop Michael; but Nora wanted another hit. So, when producer Laura Shuler-Donner offered Ephron the chance to write and direct a remake of 1940’s The Shop Around the Corner, Nora jumped at the opportunity and knew the romantic comedy was the perfect vehicle to reteam with her Sleepless co-stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

But 1998’s YOU’VE GOT MAIL wouldn’t just be a remake of Shop that replaced anonymous letters with anonymous emails, it would be about David and Goliath, how business can be personal, and a love letter to the Upper West Side.

Join Nick & Scott as they discuss their deep-seeded nostalgia for “clutter-core” and the New York City of the late 90s. Plus, is this movie the Rosetta Stone to Scott’s brain?

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