#and my guest is Richard Speight

[jackles010378]

Happily Ever After Part 2...................

(warnings: none, just pure fluff🥰)

You sat there looking at your reflection in the mirror as the hair dresser finished styling your hair. You wanted to keep it simple so it was half up half down style with a soft wave flowing through it. You did your own make up, you didn't want anything too dramatic so kept it light like a barely there kinda look.

Your dress was a lace bodice with the skirt flaring out from your waist down. You weren't one for wearing heels, you always felt like Bambi on ice. So you went with a simple white sandle with lace detail for the strap.

You were putting the finishing touches to your make up when Becca came up behind you "you nearly ready y/n, the bridesmaids are all set so they're just waiting on me and you".

Becca had been your best friend since you were little and since your father wasn't around anymore and your mom couldn't make it you had asked her to walk you down the 'aisle' to Jensen. It was an emotional moment to say the least but she felt honoured you asked her.

The sun beamed down on the quaint garden where you and Jensen were getting married. The air was filled with the sweet scent of flowers, and the sound of laughter and joy drifted through the air. Your heart raced as you clutched your gown, nerves mixing with an overwhelming excitement.

Jensen stood at the altar, his eyes fixed on the path where you would soon walk towards him. He couldn't contain his smile, his heart bursting with love for the woman he was about to marry.

As you walked down the aisle, you stole a glance at Jensen, feeling a mix of happiness and nerves. The ceremony was beautiful, filled with heartfelt vows and promises. As the guests cheered, You and Jensen stole a moment alone. Your heart raced as you looked into Jensen's eyes, you took a deep breath.

"Jay, there's something I need to tell you," you said, your voice trembling. Jensen's brow furrowed in concern. "What is it, Y/n? You can tell me anything."

You took his hand and placed it on your abdomen, eyes glistening with unshed tears. "I'm pregnant, Jensen." Jensen's eyes widened in surprise, and then a radiant smile spread across his face. "Are you serious y/n, you're pregnant, really?"

You nodded at him as he embraced you in a hug "you're not angry with me?" You asked him. He pulled back from the hug to look you deep in your eyes "why the hell would I be angry, we're having a baby y/n, a mini you and me" he kissed you hard "god i can't wait to tell everyone".

You froze after those words and pulled him back as he started to walk away. "Can we just keep this between us for now, please?". He looked at you, his eyes furrowed "of course sweetheart, we can tell them when you're ready" he kissed your forehead and you both made your way to the reception.

After all the toasts and speeches were made, some quite hilarious thanks to Jared Rob Benedict and Richard Speight Jr, you and Jensen made your way to the dancefloor for your first dance as husband and wife. Jensen had asked you if he could choose your first dance song, you told him you didn't mind what he picked. As you walked onto the dance floor Jensen twirled you settling you into his arms. The song began to play and you recognised it immediately....

I swear to you I will always be there for you,

There's nothing I won't do,

I promise you all my life I will live for you,

We will make it through, Forever we will be,

Together you and me,

Mn when I hold you nothing can compare,

With all my heart you know I'll always be,

Right there, I believe in us,

Nothing else could ever mean so much,

You're the one I trust,

The next part Jensen lifted your head from his chest so he could look you directly in your eyes...........

Our time has come,

We're not two people,

Now we're one, yeah you're second to none,

Forever we will be,

Together, A family,

The more I get to know ya,

Nothing can compare,

With all of my heart you know I'll always be right there.

Forever we will be, Together just you and me,

The more I get to know you, The more I really care,

With all my heart you know I'll always be,

And you know I really love you,

Nothing can compare,

For all of my life you know I'll always be right there.

You both stood there on the dance floor still swaying side to side after the song had finished and the music became more upbeat. You pulled Jensen down for a kiss "that was the perfect song, thank you Jay" you said as tears started to run down your cheek. He swiped his thumbs gently over your cheeks placing a delicate kiss to the tip of your nose " I chose that song because that is exactly how I feel about you y/n, I will spend the rest of my life showing you how much I love you, and our little peanut" he hugged you once more before you were both pulled away from one another by friends and family wanting to hug you and wish you congratulations.

As the sun nestled below the horizon, casting a gentle glow upon the landscape, You and Jensen stood hand in hand as husband and wife. Your wedding day had been nothing short of magical – a whirlwind of laughter, tears, and love. Now, with the festivities behind you, you and Jensen found yourselves alone in your cozy bedroom, ready to embark on a new chapter of their lives.

Your eyes sparkled with excitement as you gazed at Jensen. You couldn't believe you were finally his wife, and the thought filled your heart with warmth. Jensen's green eyes were filled with adoration as he pulled you close, his lips brushing against your forehead. Your connection was palpable, and the depth of your love was evident in every touch.

With tender care, Jensen swept you off your feet and carried you across the threshold. The room, adorned with delicate floral arrangements and candlelight, felt like a sanctuary of romance. As you set foot inside, laughter filled the air, lightening the mood as nerves turned into excitement.

Cheekily, you glanced at Jensen and whispered, "Are you ready for some wedding night fun?" Jensen grinned mischievously, replying, "Absolutely, Mrs. Ackles. Our night is just beginning."

You both kicked your shoes and let your worries melt away. The beaming smile on your face was contagious as Jensen wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you into a sweet embrace. With each kiss and tender touch, your love for each other grew deeper, propelled by the unbreakable bond you both had formed.

As the night meandered on, your laughter filled the room, accompanied by blissful whispers and stolen glances. You or Jensen didn't need grand gestures or lavish displays of affection in each other's arms, you both found solace and joy. The night became a dance of vulnerability and passion, where inhibitions were shed, and their souls intertwined.

The room transformed into a magical playground of shared experiences – lively but gentle pillow fights, quiet moments of reflection by the window, and playful twirls around the room. Their joy echoed in the walls, a symphony of love that celebrated their union.

Hours turned into cherished memories, as the night waned, leaving in its wake a shared sense of contentment. You and Jensen lay side by side, bodies entangled, and hearts entwined. Love enveloped you both, warming the room like a gentle embrace.

As the first rays of dawn peeked through the curtains, signaling the start of a new day, you and Jensen embraced, knowing that your love would guide you through the years to come. With wedding night memories etched in both your minds, you and Jensen were ready to face whatever challenges life threw your way, hand in hand, forever united.

I just wanna thank @magssteenkamp for the song choice. As soon as I listened to it and heard the words not gonna lie I did cry and thought it was the perfect song for these two especially the journey they've been through! So thank you 🥰

I hope you guys have enjoyed this little series as much as I enjoyed writing it! 🥰❤️ Thank you to everyone that has read it ❤️🫶🏼

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[emilyrosewinchester]

So, the best thing happened yesterday at AHBL12. Originally, I wasnt mean't to get any autographs, only my sister got a free one from Matt Cohen because she is a Hub Member, BUT, this lady comes up to me and hands me a Richard Speight token, WHAT! I was so shocked and excited and later,It was our turn to go and get autographs now and I was in a room full of the Supernatural guests. That was exciting, I turn around at one point in the line for Richard and Jake Abel just walks right past me and Im like "oh wow thats Adam from Supernatural" 🤣🤣🤣

Anyways, while in line for Richard, my sister came up to me with TWO OTHER TOKENS! One for Matt Cohen and Adam Rose!!! She says it was from the same lady who gave me the Richard one. Im just standing in line and others are looking me saying "woah, thats so exciting". I was completely frozen. I need to thank that wonderful lady who gave me those tokens. I am SO grateful. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the awesome lady.

So, yes in the end I got to meet the other guests and it was just amazing, they were very sweet.

Thank you so much, massive shoutout to that lady. She is a legend ❤❤❤

[tandonshows]

in wild fan grows up to be a creator news, Apple Podcasts has linked You Are What You Love and Richard Speight Jr & Rob Benedict's Supernatural rewatch podcast. the algorithm can feel the superwholock seeping out of the RSS feed.

(In all reality, this is most likely because when asked the question "what piece of media influenced you the most?" two separate guests have responded with Supernatural, so we have about 3 hours worth of gushing about those Winchester boys, but it's still pretty wild. Rob's storyline as Chuck/God was one of the first big meta twists that wowed me and I'm always striving for those moments in my own writing).

You can listen to both of the supernatural episodes of You Are What You Love on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts here.

[jinkieswouldyoulookatthis]

Okay, so I'm not a podcast person and generally struggle to follow along with people talking when I can't also watch them. I think this is mainly because my vision pulls more of my focus than my hearing does, so whatever I'm actually looking at will override what I'm trying to listen to, and inevitably I will lose the train of what they are saying. Same with books on tape, I just struggle to follow along without getting distracted. But anyways... I have managed to find three podcasts that I can actually, mostly, follow along with while I work and I'm thrilled because it helps me get more work done and makes the time go by faster. With three now identified I feel pretty safe in saying that there is a pretty specific formula that works for me.

The hosts need to be two people (so far all three have two guys hosting) that are good friends and operate on pretty much the same wavelength.

They need to be focused on a tv show that I enjoy, and do a deep dive/review/discussion of one episode per episode.

They must enjoy tv and movies and nerd out over the craft of filmmaking.

They both must have good senses of humor and not take themselves too seriously.

Bonus points for lusting after the characters as much as I do, regardless of their own sexual orientations.

So far I have found...

Ty & That Guy - Ty Frank and Wes Chatham from The Expanse, talking about The Expanse and all the other movies that they both love. They have the exact same taste in movies that I do, which is incredibly validating and satisfying. They also are both in the industry so give a lot of great behind the scenes and making-of info and bring on guests ranging from actors to writers to composers and directors, etc.

Supernatural: Then and Now - Rob Benedict and Richard Speight, Jr from Supernatural. Y'all probably know who they are and what this podcast is, but I like it because not only are they delightfully ridiculous people who are fun to listen to, but they also give a lot of good behind the scenes and making of info and trivia to make my cinemaphile heart dance with joy.

Ghostfacers: A Supernatural Rewatch Podcast - Richard Eden and Reid Vanier. These are two Canadian guys (that I don't actually know anything about) that are fans of the show and just spend an hour plus change talking about each episode. They are funny and have an appreciation for Jared and Jensen that we'll just call lustful, which is a hoot.

So, I don't know if you are looking for something fun to listen to and these sound intriguing, I recommend them highly. Or, if you are aware of any other podcasts that fit into the same sort of criteria, let me know what they are so I can check them out.

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Supernatural fans missing their favorite fantasy drama after it ended after 15 seasons in 2020 can look forward to cast-heavy rewatch podcast series.

Richard Speight Jr. and Rob Benedict, who recurred on The CW drama series as the angel Gabriel and God, respectively, are hosting a podcast – Supernatural Then and Now – that will give an insider’s perspective on the show.

Each episode of the show, which launches on January 24, will feature cast, crew, and producers with stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki kicking off the first two episodes.

It comes from Story Mill Media, the podcast company set up by former NBC exec Steven Hein.

Speight and Benedict will lead conversations with guests about behind-the-scenes moments, stories from set and the writers’ room, and peel back the layers of the show to give fans a deeper understanding of both the mythology and the process.

The podcast will be written by Jessica Mason, author of The Binge Watcher’s Guide to Supernatural: An Unofficial Companion.

Supernatural Then and Now will feature original music from composers from the series, Christopher Lennertz and Tim Wynn and it will be recorded at their Sonic Fuel Studios.

Bob Singer, Supernatural executive producer said, “Rob and Rich are the perfect people to do this. Not only did they play some of the series’ most iconic characters, but they’ve been stewards of the show to the fans for over a decade, hosting popular events and conventions across the country.”

Speight added, “We are incredibly grateful for the support the fans of Supernatural have given us over the years. We’re excited to be a part of this special gift to the fans that will arrive just in time for Dean Winchesters’ birthday on, January 24th.”

Benedict said, “This is a great way for the cast, crew and producers to continue and deepen their relationship with the fans. Even though the series has come to an end, the fans continue to be an incredibly tight and supportive community.”

Hein added, “I’m very excited Rob and Rich are doing this podcast. They’re both very handsome, which is great for audio.”

Story Mill Media is represented by Shaun Gordon at Wientraub Tobin. Benedict and Speight are repped by JB Roberts at Thruline Entertainment.

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anyway i think this is my favorite episode this season 

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[freakingoutthesquares]

The album is presented in a spectacular red/silver pressing with beautiful cover/inner sleeve artwork from Nick Taylor. “Set in a bleak corner of the Peak District, it’s perhaps our only opportunity to hear a one-time mainstay of Pulp and a former cast member of The Tomorrow People acting together in earnest. For that reason alone, surely it must be cherished. “Submerged by analogue bleeps and beats, Russell Senior and Richard Speight throw themselves into two narrated suites of glorious post apocalyptic oddness.”

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Released December 2, 2022

Martia - Played by Terry O'Connor Frogman - Played by Russell Senior Frank - Played by Richard Speight The Voice Of The Objects - Played by HK119

Text by Supreme Vagabond Craftsman Music by Dean Honer and Supreme Vagabond Craftsman Acoustic Synthetic Drums and Percussion by Charlie Collins Produced by Dean Honer and Supreme Vagabond Craftsman

Recorded, mixed and mastered at The Bowling Green Artwork and Design by Nick Taylor spectral-studio.co.uk

Dean Honer:

In 2015 I edited various pieces of music I had written on an EMS Synthi and a tape echo, into one hour long piece. I didn't know what to do with it. I knew Will (Goddard) from his Supreme Vagabond Craftsman records. I liked his writing style, always a bit twisted. I also knew that he wouldn't be put off by my atonal discordant Synthi burblings. So I asked him to write a sci-fi story to put over the music.

He came up with Frogman. I loved that it was set locally to Sheffield in the Peak District, a place that I am very familiar with. That gentle yet dramatic landscape was perfect for an alien/viral incursion. It had the bleak English atmosphere of classics such as Quatermass and Threads.

The idea developed into a play voiced by various characters rather than a solo narrator. Therefore we adapted and created new music to reflect the characters and the narrative. But much of the original Synthi score is still present.

The Frogman became unnervingly prescient with the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. The splits in society, anti vax Vs pro vax, leave Vs remain, and the fragility of a "civilised " society.

Will Goddard / Supreme Vagabond Craftsman: Staying in a B&B on the south coast about 15 years ago, I was given a map which the owner had hand drawn and photocopied for guests to find local chippies and nice pubs. The map featured a bizarre symbol among the spaghetti of wiggly lines depicting local streets: a sort of series of circles encasing triangles within a flaming star shape. It looked faintly occult. I went to the spot indicated by the symbol hoping to find some kind of spiritual inundation. It was a lorry park. I started to wonder what would happen if large objects appeared all over the world and seemed to draw people to them in a sort of religious pilgrimage; people walking from one to another and entering a state of ecstasy when they arrived. I liked the cosy catastrophe novels of the '60s, John Christopher and John Wyndham, and the 'slipstream' weirdness of M John Harrison. I particularly liked Christopher Priest's novel 'Fugue for a Darkening Island' and decided to rip off its fragmentary structure. I seem to remember buying a copy of Sam Delaney's 'Dahlgren' on the same trip. I liked the idea that a certain proportion of the world's population would be drawn into these religious pilgrimages and become a sort of shifting population of maligned devotees with an incomprehensible clicking language. This idea kicked around for a few years but I'm no good at writing fiction. When Dean mentioned a science fiction story with a sort of electronic score it seemed it could finally come to life. I bought a nice book of John Piper's photographs from a shop round the corner from Dean's. Apparently Piper had bad asthma and couldn't spend long periods outdoors. He took photos of weird and ominous forms in nature so he could develop them into paintings. I thought I'd nick that idea for the Clifford character and make him into a closet Nazi. Frogmen are generally weird so I threw that in there for good measure. I used to work in a shop with a guy called Richard. He had been a child actor and was in various bonkers sci-fi series in the early '70s, so I roped him into voice one of the characters. Terry O' Connor has been a Sheffield theatre legend with Forced Entertainment and so seemed perfect for the Marcia role. Dean knew Russell Senior from the Sheffield Indie scene of the 80s and obviously Pulp. We needed a male Sheffield voice and Russell seemed about right. I'd just moved back to Sheffield and had some time to spare so Dean and I put the music together over various afternoons. I'd written a load of improvised text along to some stuff Dean had done on a Synthi. We visited Heidi who served us boiled eggs on rye bread and asked her to record it for us. This became the voice of the alien objects.

[god-has-a-beard]

Part 3 of rating things the Supernatural cast has been in: Misha Collins/Rob Benedict/Richard Speight Jr./Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles/numerous-other-SPN-actors in Kings of Con

Description: Inspired by their experiences at Supernatural conventions, it is part improv, part scripted comedy. Rob Benedict and Richard Speight Jr. (and everyone else in the series - except Misha, Misha weirdly plays a random fella with a monkey) play dramatized version of themselves over the course of the Supernatural convention season.

Where did I watch: Vudu

Rating: 4 stars

Misha Collins’ character rating: 4 stars

Rob Benedict’s character rating: 5 stars

Richard Speight Jr’s character rating: 5 stars

Jared Padalecki’s character rating: 3 stars

Jensen Ackles’ character rating: 3 stars

Misha Collins’ acting rating: 5 stars

Rob Benedict’s acting rating: 5 stars

Richard Speight Jr’s acting rating: 5 stars

Jared Padalecki’s acting rating: 5 stars

Jensen Ackles’ acting rating: 5 stars

Favorite episode: Season 1, episode 6

Thoughts: Honestly, I loved this show. It is like Curb Your Enthusiasm, but for SPN fans. The comedy was great, the concept was great, and it gets even more meta in the last episode. I got to see my favorite actors kinda, sorta playing themselves, and it was great. I really wish I could get a season two, but alas I am stuck rewatching season one.

Would I recommend?: If you like Supernatural, yes. If you like comedy, yes. If you like Curb Your Enthusiasm, yes. Honestly, yes, I recommend this to anyone reading.

Other notes: There is a Kings of Con podcast which is just Rob and Rich talking to each other, I highly recommend listening to it, because it is very enjoyable. (There was also another podcast made before this one called And My Guest is Richard Speight which is also very good)

Thoughts on each episode (this may get spoilery, read at your own risk):

Episode 1

- A good first episode

- good, not great

Episode 2

- A great episode, quite funny

- The scene in the supply closet was probably my favorite, they certainly fit a lot of Supernatural cast members into that one closet

Episode 3

- Great episode, I was dying laughing

- It was so funny when Rob accidentally called the cops and ran to Rich’s room

Episode 4

- Another great episode

- I loved the scene where Kent O’Grady was like 2 inches away from Rob’s face, that was hilarious

Episode 5

- A decent episode

- Not incredibly memorable tbh

Episode 6

- My favorite episode of the series (probably)

- The whole concept was just amazing and hilarious, loved it

Episode 7

- A pretty good episode

- Serge is very funny in this episode

Episode 8

- Decent episode

- Pretty forgettable

Episode 9

- Probably my second favorite episode of the series

- Another great concept and very funny moments

Episode 10

- A really good end to the series

- I loved seeing Jensen, Jared, and Misha

- I like how Misha’s character is such a hippy lol

[guildwarsgirl]

It's podcast time!

[a-wing-and-a-pen]

Omg, the Rob and Rich podcast is killing me 🤣 especially Rich's kids.

Fletch: "who's going to listen to your podcast?"

Rich: "anyone who wants to."

Fletch: "so no-one then?" 🤣

[heavenssexiestangel]

So I'm keeping on drawing

And I started to listen to "...and my guest is Richard Speight" on Spotify

And in the few first minutes one of Rich's sons came in to snitch on his brother and tell his dad he was eating cookies

[archangelgabriellives]

Rich looking cooler than all of us in Twitter

[pudding-pie-and-deanwinchester]

A new episode of Rob and Rich’s podcast “...and my guest is Richard Speight” is out! Go listen to it!

This weeks description: Boobgoogle F-Bombs and cryptic messages from The Machete.  PLUS, Racism is for dirtbags.

The title is “RU DONT WITH URE PODCAST”

Hilarious and wonderful as usual! Special appearence from Rich’s wife too! Now, I don’t want to give too much away, so go enjoy!

WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS, GO LISTEN!

[squirrel-princess]

Watched The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug with my family

Listened to the first episode of Rob Benedict's new podcast "...and my guest is Richard Speight" (which is literally just forty minutes of Rob and Rich hanging out over Skype, and it's hilarious)

Video-chatted with two of my best friends and got to catch up with them

Daily activities during a global pandemic

Behold the list of everything I am doing INSTEAD of my school work

Finished the first draft of a fic I'd been ignoring for a year and sent it to a friend to be beta'd

Watched Atlantis: The Lost City for the first time

Watched Midway with my family

Watched the new live-action Alladin with my younger brother

Started watching Agent Carter

Surrendered and made a Twitter account

[canonicallysoulmates]

The podcast thing premiered and while I have zero interest in it Jared and Jensen are in the first two episodes so I sat down and listened to them and now I’m gonna give y’all a speedrun of what was said so you don’t have to- unless you want to then do whatever the fuck you want.

This post contains both episodes the boys are in thus it got really long so I will be putting the contents of the second ep under a read more.

The first episode is about the Pilot- sort of the first half is more about the casting process the boys went through but we’ll get into that; I absolutely hate the music in this, you know how music can influence your emotions? There’s sounds that make you happy, sounds that make you sad, the music in this makes me angry. My brain no likey.

From here on Rob Benedict will appear as RB and Richard Speight Jr. as RS. This is just for convenience sake.

RB and RS do get some things right at the beginning: j2 are the leads of the show, the core of the show is the brother’s relationship, and without the two of them there would be no show.

They do a quick recap of the episode.

RB reveals that he has never seen the Pilot before, he watched it for the first time a couple days prior to recording this. *internally screams* 🙃

Moving on, Jared remembers the casting and the filming for the Pilot pretty clearly. He thinks it's because shooting the Pilot was like a movie. They had months to get used to the script and get to know their characters when they did the Pilot.

Jared compared their audition more to a meeting because he and Jensen already had a relationship with WB, they had both done work for them at the time. He also remembers how since there was no SM they would be swapped for radio press tours meaning if Jensen did a press tour then the next time it would be his turn and vice versa. So they’d have to wake up at like 2:45am in Van to be on the phone call at 3 to do an interview that would air at 6 in the east coast and they’d do like 4 hours worth of radio interviews before going to set to film.

They both remember meeting each other. They didn’t have a traditional chemistry read, the network studio test acted as their chemistry read.

They both knew David Nutter, and Kripke prior to the audition. Jared had met Nutter when he was a guest star on an episode of ER that Nutter directed and Kripke he met independently. Jensen knew Nutter from Smallville because he had directed the Pilot for that show.

Jensen tells how when he read for David and Kripke at Wonderland, he read for Sam originally and then asked if he could read for Dean. They looked at each other, shared a laugh and told him he didn’t have to, the first time Jensen read for Dean was at the ranch when he met Jared.

Jared had a holding deal with WB when he originally read for Sam, which meant he couldn’t audition for any other network. Kripke thought he was great but they were looking for a smart Duchovny type and he didn’t think Jared fit the bill so, Spilo, Jared’s manager, told him how smart Jared actually is and about his academic achievements.

When it comes to the chemistry with Jensen, Jared says he felt it kinda instantly. He remembers his and Jensen’s first convo in detail, and it’s actually kind of cute to hear him describe how it went because he describes how Jensen went slowly softening up as their conversation progressed.

Jensen used to be a little shit, he shares that back in the day when he would be in the audition waiting rooms he would start making small talk with the people that seemed the most nervous- those that were pacing, sitting in their chairs rocking a little bit, reading their lines over and over again. He’s not sure if he did it just to eliminate the tension in the room or if he was just messing with them doing it to knock them off their game but he liked popping that little bubble of focus 😂

And then RB asks if he thinks that’s what he was doing to Jared in that moment when he initiated conversation with him in the audition waiting room, Jensen he says no because they weren't going against each other. And then Jared mentions how even to this day once you’re about to test for a studio network you've signed a 6yr contract so if you go to the waiting room and they say they’ll take you that’s the next 6 years of your life, so you want to get to know the person you may be spending the next 6 years with; he also makes a comparison to marriage and how it’s like if you have 10 minutes before having to get married to this person you wanna ask the important stuff like where they’re from and the family history.

We have reached the around halfway mark into the podcast and you know it’s halfway because of the annoying loud music that slightly overlaps with the talking for no real reason. This is where we would usually hear sponsors but they don’t have any so it’s just this pointless addition.

Asked if they felt they had something at the time when they finished shooting the Pilot. Jared says that Peter Roth who was running WB studios at the time believed in the show and believed in him and Jensen, and Jared hadn’t realized how much he believed in them until after the fact. Because at the time they were hiring big names and really talented people, and spending a ton of money doing long days, their cinematographer had won an Oscar for a short film he had directed so they were surrounded by people that had either been working for years and/or were outrageously talented so he knew they had made a great product but the industry is intense you don’t really know what’s going to happen. He knows he has a job after getting a check in the mail after having filmed it; mentions how he had done a few Pilots prior to spn and how Jensen even did a show where he shot 7 eps only for FOX to shelve it after putting 15million dollars into it.

They start mentioning shows that came out in the 2004-2006 era and RB mentions a show he was in called Threshold, mistake on his part because they start ribbing him about it which was actually pretty funny especially since he actually sounded flustered.

RS says visually the Pilot is more lit like a horror movie, it's darker. Jared says that was the initial idea but that’s unsustainable; they would have 3 hour lighting set ups sometimes. In the time that it took to shoot the Pilot they could have shot 2 episodes.

When they shot the Pilot how much did they think about what their characters situation was in terms of like the scene where Dean says “Dad’s on a hunting trip and he hasn’t been home in a few days” and did they think about what their life was cause Dean essentially didn’t have a home? Jensen ties it in to the question of when they knew that they had something that could be a success, and says that he thinks it was the day they shot that particular scene of Dean saying “Dad’s on a hunting trip and he hasn’t been home in a few days” which is also when they shot the fight scene between the brothers in Sam’s apartment, and also matching that with when he saw the playback of him kicking the door in when Jess is on fire and Dean goes back for Sam, he remembers seeing the shot and thinking ‘that’s some heroic shit’ and thinking they could get 3 or 4 seasons out of the show. Also, the same day they shot that fight scene they went outside that night to shoot the final scene of the episode.

Jared shares how the end sequence of the Pilot was multi part, so they shot Dean kicking in the door, Sam getting cookies and laying on the bed, seeing Jess’s body on location at USC. Then in a studio they shot the wide angle Nutter wanted of Sam on the bed with the room on fire with live fire; they filmed that part, Sam on the bed with the fire all around him and Dean running in and grabbing him with actual fire, there was even a whole fire department on the sidelines. Safety people told him that as soon as he got warm to run, and Jensen remembers there was a take where Jared was really emotional and he was fighting so hard against him, and Jensen started to feel warm and instead of him going ‘we gotta go!’ he said ‘i’m getting hot we gotta go!’ 😂

Neither of them were around when they shot Jess and Mary on the ceiling so they don’t know how that was filmed. They met Sam Smith and JDM the day the scene where Mary burns up was filmed.

Everyday was a big day, and there were a lot of long days. Jared remembers Jensen telling him about Ray LaMontagne's debut album, and he got the CD (which is freaking adorable that he would go get a CD just because Jensen told him about it) and he thinks he managed to go through the entire album in the time it took him to drive from his house in North Hollywood to the set. And there was one day when they didn’t shoot anything after lunch; it’s when Sam pulls up and the woman in white appears and you see the inside of the house, after lunch they start setting something up, 6 hours later it still isn’t finished so the boys got sent home.

Kripke never gave them info about what was going to happen, the boys were along for the ride just like everyone else only finding things out as they got their scripts. And that model never really changed, there were a few episodes like French Mistake where they got called up and asked how they felt about it, but for the most part they would find things out as they got scripts; and Kripke didn’t share what he was planning with anybody.

To wrap it up, do they remember the moment they saw the Impala and thought it was a cool car? Jensen remembers reading it in the script, it was talking about a classic car and he thought it was going to be something like a Mustang or a Challenger so the Impala was kind of left field in the best way possible.

Jared recalls how in one of the first conversations he had with Kripke he asked him if he had read Joseph Cambell and Jared replied that he had because his mom taught Heroes, Myths and Legends in High School and was an English Major, and his family is big on reading so he was familiar with the archetypes and classic story tropes; and he’s also always been a 60’s Chevy or classic car fan. His first ever car was a '61 Camero which he’s almost done restoring he’s been working on it for the past 10yrs, and also had a ‘65 Mustang which he restored a bit and then sold so he’s always been into late ‘60’s muscle cars so seeing Baby for the first time was like ‘Yeah!’ he’s not sure he had ever seen one before in his life.

Like I said, that wraps up the….interview(?) portion of the podcast. Then they say there are upcoming messages but there are none so that’s pointless.

They are doing a bitch count to count how many times in the series ‘bitch’ or ‘son of a bitch’ were said *long suffering sigh*

They’re also highlighting things that make the show a little dated like the computer monitors. Doing a creepy kid count. They share some random trivia about the ep like how the note from Jessica on the cookies was written by Holly Ollis the long time publicist at the WB. Or how this is one of two eps fimed in the US, the other being the Bloodlines backdoor pilot.

The speak a little bit on the mythology of the ep, and RB does one of the- if not the worst pronunciation of La Llorona I've ever heard. They allegedly did re-search for this but they couldn't find the man a clip to help him learn how to say Llorona properly.

They go through the cast a la IMDB and if you stick around past the end music there’s some excerpts tucked away one being Jared sharing a story about how he used to get mistaken for Barry Watson - an actor on 7th Heaven - and one time his girlfriend at the time, Sandy, was flying to Van to see him and the guy sitting next to her had asked what she was headed to Van for, she told him it was to visit her boyfriend who's filming a show and when she tells him what show it is the guy went "no way, is he the short one or the one from 7th Heaven?".

Moving on to Wendigo.

RS for some reason says they talk about Kim Manners but I listened to this whole thing and unless I zoned out, which is admittedly a very real possibility, they don’t actually talk about him they just mention him. I don’t know if they did talk about him and then it just got cut out and they forgot to edit the script. I do know I didn’t like the way RS talked about Manners though the way he says “he [Kim Manners] didn’t survive the run of the show, he passed away somewhere in there” it just sounded kind of flippant to me….I don’t know I didn’t like it.

Anyways same as the last, they do a mini recap of the ep before starting the interview portion.

Jared mentions how they call Wendigo episode number one. This is because Pilots are not numbered.

Four months passed between this episode being filmed and the Pilot.

When they got picked up, they had to travel to New York for the upfront presentations and afterwards they went to Nobu with some of the execs from the studio network. And that’s when Jared found out they wouldn’t be filming in LA that they’d be filming in Vancouver.

Jared and Jensen mention how they spend their summer between the filming of the Pilot and the filming of Wendigo together hanging out and doing their assigned fight training. Jensen shares the story about how one time their trainer put them in the ring to spar, Jared hit him hard on the nose and when he went to do it again Jensen got him with a right hook that made Jared’s ear ring which is when their trainer told them that was enough, got them out of the ring and never made them spar like that again.

This episode marks the beginning of the “Dean voice” and Jensen talks about how that came to be; that came about after meeting Jeffrey and seeing parts of the Pilot and seeing what he was doing as dad. Jensen figured if this is a first born son who idolizes his father, he wants to be like his father and is going to imitate him. And John has such a rich voice, maybe that’s something Dean inherited from his father and also leans into it a little bit to be like dad. It didn’t happen in the Pilot because he hadn't met Jeffrey and seen what he was going to do to the character yet, it wasn’t till he got to Van and started work on Wendigo that he realized that’s something he could add to the character.

They tell the Stanley Park story about how Kripke sat them down and told them the show boils down to them and their relationship.

RS didn’t know this is where the iconic line of “Saving people, hunting things. The family business” had come from *screams into the distance*

Jared is a big fan of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid so he freaked out a bit when he met Donnelly Rhodes told him what a big fan he was and asked him questions about his scene in the movie.

Then we reach the halfway point but instead of just music they pass the clip about how messages are coming. But they don't have sponsors.

David Nutter was the Pilot King, if he directed the Pilot of a show odds were it would get picked up. Supernatural was the 11th Pilot he did and 11th to go to series.

They mention Dawn who sort of inherited them when the WB- UPN merger happened and how she didn’t like them.

Jensen says he remembers Nutter never sitting down, he was always close to set, had an endless supply of energy even though you never saw him eat or drink anything, gentle with the actors.

Jared says he imagines that what Nutter realized is when shooting a Pilot cast it correctly, cast it with people whose instincts go towards what their characters will be and don’t overdirect them; Jared doesn’t feel he truly knew Sam until at least towards the end of the first season, he was still learning as an actor and he didn’t want the Pilot to be the best Sam Winchester is he’s gonna have to evolve, and Nutter seemed to get that he wasn’t a micromanager he set the scene and stage for them to do the best they could.

On the experience of forging the SPN crew family. For Jared from episode 1 to the Benders which was episode 15 he was focused on Jensen and Sam was focused on Dean. It wasn’t until he felt he had hit his stride with Sam that he realized he could spend time getting to know the crew cause several of his first eps were spend trying to learn things about Sam. So by the time he got to know them the crew had spend months seeing him and Jensen working together in concert in a friendly but creative, efficient way so there was a mutual trust there, they knew him and Jensen were good dudes who cared about what they were doing.

Jensen feels they got to know their crew quickly because it was just him and Jared so the crew was the extension of who they were surrounding themselves with and they quickly became bonded; they also had a lot of crew members they were contemporary in age with which helped.

They filmed the Pilot, then Wendigo then they did Hook Man which got moved because it needed more work, followed by Dead in the Water, and Phantom Traveler which is when they met Bob Singer who until then had been in LA essentially baby-sitting Kripke who was only around 30-33 when the show got picked up. That’s young for a showrunner so Singer was kind of hired to be the veteran and keep Eric within the lines.

At the end of the interview the boys talk a little bit about their projects.

Jared says Walker s2 will have 20 episodes. And also mentions that the prequel that was announced Walker: Independence has actually been in the works since January before Walker even premiered.

Jensen says the network has script in hand for the Winchesters and he should have news by January. This was recorded in 2021 by the way so that January means now not in 2023.

There's another clip announcing a message break that doesn’t go to messages. An excerpt from I think a future episode with Bob Singer where he tells the story about how originally Kripke had written the episode subsequent to the Pilot as a ghost story but the head of the WB didn’t want them to do another ghost story right after the Pilot so Kripke came up with the Wendigo and it was expensive and took like 10 days to film, and the network was not happy at the cost.

And by this time any shred of attention I was paying to this thing was gone so....

It wasn't as bad as it could have been however it's badly edited, I wouldn't consider it a re-watch podcast because first of all it seems Rob and Richard have only seen some episodes of the first season so they're not re-watching it they're watching it for the first time, they do so individually they don't share their experience watching it, and they don't go through the ep with the guests it's just general talk about the episode. The company producing this is apparently interested in listening to feedback and going to be making changes and so called improvements. So I don't know if these are things that will change.

Sincerely, I don't care. I have no plans to listen to more of this podcast, and quite frankly if the boys appear again I'm not sure I would listen to it. There were some interesting parts and I love listening to the boys talk but...let me put it this way there was a point where I paused this to go do something and then forgot it existed for like 20mins, if it hadn't been because I had my notes for this post open I would have forgotten that I hadn't finished listening. And that happened on the first episode.

This podcast is currently only available in audio form, I don't know if there are plans to ever release it in video format. If you wish to listen to the eps yourself you can find both episodes on Apple podcasts as Supernatural Then and Now.

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