Laughing through a Breakup | Forgetting Sarah Marshall

<p>There is one thing true to all relationships… Breakups are never fun when they occur. Even the most amicable of severed ties can be stressful and depressing for all parties involved. Through the avenue of storytelling breakups can be made a little bit easier when we can laugh at someone else’s misery. That is the main topic of this episode of Parallel Quest through discussing the film <i>Forgetting Sarah Marshall</i>. The guys talk about this 2008 film as well as the challenge of home repairs, smoothies we don’t like, the challenge of trying to sleep, and other interesting things that happened in the year 2008.</p><p>Watch the show on <a href="https://youtu.be/lmT6BgAx8RY">YouTube</a></p><p>Buy Zach’s newest book, <i>Something Strange at Grandma’s House: </i><a href="https://www.steellakestudio.com/books">https://www.steellakestudio.com/books</a></p><p>Sign up for our E-MAIL LIST: <a href="https://www.steellakestudio.com/email">https://www.steellakestudio.com/email</a></p><p>TIMESTAMPS</p><p>0:00 Welcome</p><p>0:48 Quick Audio Disclaimer</p><p>2:56 Home Repair Struggles</p><p>10:00 Indian Food and Smoothies</p><p>15:00 “Sleeping In” on Weekends</p><p>24:00 Hard Copies of Terror Town (Link in Description)</p><p>29:00 New Show Coming Soon for Steel Lake Studio</p><p>32:30 Main Topic: Forgetting Sarah Marshall</p><p>34:00 2008 State of the World</p><p>39:45 The Housing Crisis and The Big Short</p><p>46:00 Interesting Stats from 2008</p><p>49:50 Why Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a Great Breakup Film</p><p>51:45 Plot Summary</p><p>59:00 Critical Reception</p><p>1:02:00 The Impact on the Stars’ Careers</p><p>1:06:00 Aldous Snow/Russel Brand</p><p>1:12:00 Appreciating the Main Character</p><p>1:18:00 A “Fun” Way to Process through a Breakup</p><p>1:21:00 Our Two Favorite Quotes</p><p>Thank you so much for checking out Parallel Quest. This is a production of Steel Lake Studio. We don't just have one podcast though, we are a team of storytellers trying to use a variety of different mediums to tell stories that we have b