About this episode
NOTE: This episode was a timed exclusive over on our producer David Rosen's Patreon. Sign up to one of the tiers for access to this bonus episode and more great content from us, Piecing It Together, All Rice No Beans and David Rosen. https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen For this bonus episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1999, the runner-up year in our audience choice poll, for teen comedy American Pie . Directed by Paul Weitz from a screenplay by Adam Herz and starring Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid and Mena Suvari, American Pie was a box-office hit that kicked off a long-running franchise. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-pie-1999 ), Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly ( https://ew.com/article/1999/07/09/american-pie-2/ ), and Kirk Honeycutt in The Hollywood Reporter ( https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/american-pie-review-movie-1999-1223085/ ). Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.