Episode 212: The 6th Annual Chubbies

Join us for the 6th Annual Chubby Awards, presenting the best of last year’s fat representation in business, community, and entertainment.  

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Michael: Mean Girls (2024) 

New student Cady Heron gets welcomed into the top of the social food chain by an elite group of popular girls called the Plastics, ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina's ex-boyfriend, she soon finds herself caught in their crosshairs.

Highlighting: Jaquel Spivey as Damian

Michael: Dropout

Dropout is a streaming service run by the production company of the same name (formerly CollegeHumor.) Its content is mainly composed of live play, such as Dimension 20 hosted by Brennan Lee Mulligan, and improv comedy and panel shows like Game Changer and Make Some Noise, both hosted by Dropout owner Sam Reich.

Highlighting Jacob Wysocki and Lou Wilson & More

Dan: Sugar Daddy

Sugar Daddy follows Sam as he meets his late partner at a gay bear festival, and finds hope and humour in grief after his passing.

Highlighting Sam Morrison

Dan: Grotesquerie

Detective Lois Tryon must work with Sister Megan, a local nun, to figure out the source of a series of heinous crimes that is affecting both their community and their personal lives.

Highlighting: Raven Goodwin as Merritt Tryon

Trevor: Adrianne & The Castle

Alan built a castle in rural Illinois with his late love. Facing life alone, he revisits their fantasy through musical re-enactments transporting him to the world they shared. Directed by Shannon Walsh

Highlighting: 

Adrianne & Alan St. George

SLee as Fantasy Adrianne

Nathan McDonald as Fantasy Alan

Trevor: Empire Waist 

Lenore is a plus-sized teenager who gets forced into the spotlight when her classmate discovers her talent for fashion. However, the fears of her image-conscious mother and Lenore's own insecurities prevent her from wearing her own designs. Directed by Claire Ayoub

Highlighting:

Mia Kaplan as Lenore

Jemina Yevu as Kayla

Jolene Purdy as Ms. Hall

Rainn Wilson as Mark

Missi Pyle as Rachel 

Don: Somebody Somewhere (Season 3)

Set in Manhattan, Kansas, the series follows Sam (Bridget Everett) as she returns to her hometown and navigates life after the death of her sister.

Highlighting: Murray Hill as Fred Rococo

Don: Bridgerton (Season 4)

Bridgerton follows the close-knit siblings of the noble and influential Bridgerton family as they navigate the highly competitive social season; where young marriageable nobility and gentry are introduced into society. The series is set during the early 1800s in an alternative London Regency era, in which George III established racial equality and granted many people of African descent aristocratic titles due to the African heritage of his wife, Queen Charlotte.

Highlighting: Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington

Nominees

Film

  • Unfrosted

  • Wicked

  • big boys*

  • Sweethearts

  • Empire Waist

  • Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

  • Mean Girls (2024)

  • Adrianne and the Castle

  • Your Fat Friend

  • Drive Away Dolls

TV

  • Fallout

  • Grotesquerie

  • Bridgerton

  • Only Murders In The Building

  • What We do In The Shadows

  • South Park: The End Of Obesity

  • The Sticky

  • Hacks

  • Gordita Chronicles*

  • Matlock

  • Somebody Somewhere

  • The Daily Show

Brands

  • Lego

  • Pinterest

  • Biggerbash

  • Pokemon Go

  • LA’s Theater Scene

  • DropOut

Icons & Moments

  • An Unfriendly Reminder from Tigress Osborn

  • Never Been Small by Jennarie

  • William Hornby

  • Chris Conde

  • Gov. Pritzker

  • Dianne Shiffer

  • Moo Deng

Trevor Kezon