Brilliant Observations
Real friends. Real funny. We swear. Like, a lot. Join us for unscripted, uncensored, and definitely unsuitable-for-work comedy conversation about relationships, marriage, friendship, sex, hope, parenting and prospering at midlife. It's like grabbing a weekly cocktail with your favorite girlfriends for a candid look at life that lifts you up as it pulls you in. From religion to porn to money, fears, our bodies, our brains, secrets, failures, food, family and finding your path, almost nothing is off-limits (except politics — gross). Longtime friends Melissa Brilliant and Amy Fugazi overshare about everything with the love and trust that only comes from a lifetime of being there for each other. So cut through the fake friends who try to glamourize all the BS masquerading as midlife. We're the bawdy, brutally honest best friends you never knew you had. And we always pick up the check. Love us? Tell your friends. Hate us? Tell your therapist.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 419
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Mandatory Family Time | Brilliant Observations 059
- Mellisa tortures her children with Mandatory Family Time
- Genetics is how helping us catch serial killers
- Jess offended someone with a Christmas email subject.
- Hat giveaway!!
- Guy has to watch Bambi b…
Family Secrets| Brilliant Observations 058
- John plays Santa for inquisitive Isaac
- Ancestry.com - revealing all the family secrets
- Should we mess with our future genetic spawn? What if we could choose their traits?
- The absolute worst Chanukah…
Chicken Junkie| Brilliant Observations 057
- We got a review! Thanks, Odd Dad Out!
- John hates…..telemarketers
- How often do YOU change the sheets
- What baby boomer trends to we need to get rid of
- Jessica’s Hallmark movie - Chicken Junkie
Let’s …
Wash Your Hands | Brilliant Observations 056
- The fallout from “Friends” Weekend
- Why do we have to be kind?
- John wants a product to thicken skin
- What’s on all of those touch screens you are using?
Let’s connect!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.c…
Funnier Than A Room Full Of Thumbs | Brilliant Observations 055
- Black Friday and New Year’s cards - do you throw them away?
- Xmas and Chanukah decorations
- Who buys the gifts?
- Our society is going to shit - literally, why does everything for sale have to shit?
- Jes…
Favors For Favors | Brilliant Observations 054
- Thanksgiving plans
- What does cheese NOT enhance
- People I hate: rude about outfits at a party
- Million dollar idea: favors for favors
- More people I hate: GUM CRACKERS
- MMMM THE BOBBIE
- Skinning people t…
One Step Too Far! | Brilliant Observations 053
John is sad this time of year. Is that curable? Or can he suck it up?
Punctuation is so very important - first hand job experience.
Would you confess or not confess? Jess is the only one who believes…
Where is Melissa Today? | Brilliant Observations 052
It’s our 1 year anniversary!
Do we NEED to force our kids to get chicken pox, and is it child abuse?
There’s not TOO big a diff between political fact or opinion
What’s the grossest thing your kid ha…
Why Can't We Get Along? | Brilliant Observations 051
Plastic straw people: is this really a problem? John says nahhh.
Letters to Mel’s friend (and Jess) about how sad they are re: the Pittsburgh synagogue
Who comes at the end and tries to snake all the…
Name That Secret Ingredient | Brilliant Observations 050
Lasting App https://www.getlasting.com/
John now has a million dollar idea - or is it
#girlsdopoop - amazing entertainment
A teenager who baked cookies with her grandfather’s ashes...because teenager…
So, How Was Your Week? | Brilliant Observations 049
Melissa’s dog has Pneumonia and it has traumatized her. John and Jess talk about when is it time to send family pets into the light. Jess has another Mother in Law rant - innocent until acting guilty…
That's What She Said! | Brilliant Observations 048
Why Missy hates Twitter
Phrases that belong at the dinner table AND the bedroom
Dancing with the Stars Juniors - Miss has demanded we all get addictedThe worst possible thing - wolf spiders in Meliss…
Don't Dip And Drive | Brilliant Observations 047
Melissa’s Million Dollar business idea
Jess’s great business idea
Kavanaugh and reporting sexual abuse
Jess feels horrible for Monica Lewinsky
Celebrity unreasonable demands
Top 5 cookie Debate
Let’s…
Best Soundtrack Ever! | Brilliant Observations 046
Believing in god vs. going to high holiday services
Is eating pork moral, just because it’s delicious?
Can John work with his daughter - or better yet, can she work with HIM?
Would you put your own k…
Need a Cuddle? | Brilliant Observations 045
Rosh Hashanah celebrations - Melissa thought about how to learn through failure
Jess was served tongue and promptly had Yom Kippur early.
Secret talents we don’t even know we have
Don’t ignore kids …
Would You Rather? | Brilliant Observations 044
We discuss gender-neutral language and what’s worth keeping and what’s ridiculous
Melissa delivers an astounding round of “would you rather”
We all try our American history knowledge with “who said i…
Self Care Is Not Optional | Brilliant Observations 043
John reflects on a magical week with Sam
Jess reflects on a very nonmagical week with her family
Not that you asked but...the Made in America Fest is not for 14-year-olds!
People we hate: if you have…
Don't Squeeze The Toothpaste In The Middle | Brilliant Observations 042
John wants to start dying his hair bc women do it
People I hate - bitter jealous people who revel in others’ misery
Don’t be ratting us out to the ones we hate. Jerks.
Should we give our kids plastic…
Lies My Parents Told Me | Brilliant Observations 041
- Melissa is torn about having all her favorite friends in her life every day
- Jess discusses whether or not it’s ok to keep your toddlers from ALL males as a rule, even if they’re trustworthy family m…
That's Not Your Cat! | Brilliant Observations 040
- Body positivity and dieting - and sewing your mouth shut
- Can mallomars give you joy?
- Mindless mallomar eating
- Not that you asked me ….. If your cat runs away to a neighbor, is that still your cat?
- P…