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The ultimate teen dream experience, prom! Jo & Aparna go prom dress shopping with their moms.

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Created by: Julie Miller, Jo Firestone, & Aparna Nancherla
Starring: Jo Firestone & Aparna Nancherla
Featuring: Marilyn Firestone & Suchithra Nancherla
Director: Anu Valia
Written by: Aparna Nancherla, Jo Firestone, Julie Miller, Anu Valia
Producer: Nell Riley
DP: Charlotte Hornsby & Jesse Ruuttila
Editor: Robert Malone
Graphics: Vero Romano, Caitlin Thornton, Aaron Haalevy
Sound: Catherine Hood
HMU: Hana El-Assad
Styling: Christina DeSmet & Serena da Conceicao
Production Assistants: Andrea Simons, Thomas Blount
Production Interns: Samantha Nicles, Lyric McHenry, Charlotte Johnson
Transcript
00:00Check the front of your jeans. You got little packets? Then you're a woman.
00:11If you're a woman, you're probably thinking, what am I doing here in front of a computer screen?
00:16I should be updating my vision board.
00:20We did that recently.
00:22We updated our vision board so we can help!
00:24We had one thing we added to our vision board, which has mostly just been go see Statue of Liberty
00:31and kiss Billy Crystal on the mouth.
00:33And then we added one thing. What is it, Aparna?
00:36Perfect!
00:37Perfect!
00:38Come on!
00:39Perfect!
00:39Come on!
00:40Perfect!
00:41Prom!
00:42Brat!
00:43Prom!
00:44Perfect!
00:46At the prom, you see, you have nothing to fear, nothing to lose, and nothing to hear.
00:55Aparna, if you could take anyone to prom, who would it be and why?
00:58I would take my financial advisor, Goldman Sachs.
01:04Why?
01:05Because he's got Goldman Sachs.
01:08Who would you take the prom?
01:09I would probably take Rick Plum.
01:12Who's Rick Plum?
01:14He's a guy I know. He's my neighbor. He's my religious leader. He's my doctor.
01:19Sounds like he does a whole lot of good for you.
01:22I can't believe he'd be free that night.
01:26What's wrong with you?
01:29I don't know. I guess I just miss my mom.
01:32Let's go shopping!
01:34Okay. And that's how we ended up at the Staten Island Mall.
01:42We are getting ready for prom. We are getting ready for prom. We are getting ready for prom. We are
01:50getting ready for prom. Watch us back the perfect dress.
01:53I feel great. You look great. I look great. You feel great. I feel like I'm fully alive.
02:01I didn't want to say anything before, but you look half dead for the last six months.
02:05Well, that's how I felt.
02:07What do you think?
02:11Mom.
02:12Mom. Mom. Mom.
02:14Papa, now that dress is way too flashy.
02:18How about the color? It exactly matches your skin tone.
02:22Looks like you're not wearing anything and the gems are just stuck on your skin.
02:26The dress fits you like a dream, but the colors may be a little over the top.
02:32Kind of reminds me of one of those big swirly lollipops.
02:37I like the way this dress makes me feel like my body's trying to escape the dress.
02:42My dress is the opposite. It's trying to eat me.
02:45I think the neckline on that one might just be a little much.
02:50You know what your grandfather will say.
02:52I like the way the dress wraps around your neck, but the rest of it looks more like a bikini
02:59than a prom dress.
03:00So, unless you're planning to go to the pool, I don't think this dress is for you.
03:05Your dress is kind of like your personality.
03:08Mm-hmm.
03:09Top gem on the top.
03:11Diamonds.
03:12Wildcat.
03:13Down below.
03:14Your dress is like your personality too.
03:17How?
03:17Well, because it's long.
03:21I love this one.
03:23It's kind of matronly.
03:24It makes you look like a 50-year-old woman.
03:27Pona, I think that dress looks really nice on you.
03:31A little glamorous, but I know you have always wanted to wear a dress that makes you feel more like
03:38a woman.
03:39I think the color's all wrong for you.
03:41It's too close to your skin tone.
03:44And I think that looks more like a Halloween costume.
03:47The middle's missing.
03:48Where's the middle of that dress?
03:49That looks like your favorite chocolate chip.
03:53And this one looks like lime sherbet.
03:55It's too bright.
03:55It makes my eyes hurt.
04:00Hey, Joe.
04:01How you doing, honey?
04:03Do I have a dress?
04:07You didn't like any of them?
04:08No, I liked all of them.
04:09The one I liked the best was the first one.
04:12The lollipop dress.
04:13Everyone can hear you.
04:14Which one did you feel the best in?
04:16I felt great in all of them.
04:18Yeah.
04:21Hi, Pona.
04:22There you are.
04:23Yeah.
04:25I don't think I'm going to find the right dress.
04:28Who are you doing?
04:28Sorry.
04:28You hated all of them.
04:30I thought I was just trying to help you.
04:32But now where am I going to go in jeans?
04:37It's not about the dress.
04:40You're upset about something else?
04:42What is it, honey?
04:43I just have to look beautiful when I go to the prom
04:46with the boy of my dreams.
04:48And remind me who that is?
04:51John Stamos.
04:53Oh, that John Stamos.
04:56Yeah.
04:57Well, I know you want to look your best for John Stamos.
05:01I just wanted you to like something I picked.
05:04How many did you try on?
05:08Twenty-seven.
05:10Twenty-seven.
05:11Okay.
05:12I know it's a lot of money, but we can, I'll, I'll sell my car.
05:18Well, I don't think we need to do that, so.
05:21Because it's going to be a big day.
05:23Thanks.
05:23So I want you to be happy.
05:25I know.
05:26Bye.
05:32Bye.
05:43Bye.
05:56Bye.
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