Cherish or Perish
Two female comedians from Seattle revisit nostalgic movie favorites and pass ultimate judgment on their worthiness. Shall they remain cherished, or shall they PERISH?!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 80 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 65- Coyote Ugly & Magic Mike
It’s the final episode of Sleazy Summer! It’s time to decide if you can’t fight the moonlight, or if riding the pony is the way to go. In this episode, Amanda is enraged by Violet’s lack of passion …
Episode 64- Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Summer continues to sizzzzzzle and we got SPORTS FEVER! Desirae and Amanda offer up a lesson on being happy with the werewolves you have, call in a favor to Kevin Smith, and make some casting decisi…
Episode 63- Basic Instinct & Showgirls
It’s Sleazy Summer on Cherish or Perish! Amanda and Desirae get salacious n’ sultry with a Paul Verhoeven double feature: surprising murders, shocking looks, and literally unbelievable sex scenes, p…
Episode 62-Airplane! & The Beastmaster
In this blissfully wedded episode, our hosts get into 2 movies picked by their beautiful (and patient) spouses: one is the MOST CHERISHED MOVIE in the history of the podcast...and the other is also a…
Episode 61 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Wayne's World
Our last Summer Blockbuster episode is full of dumb dudes and good times. Amanda and Desirae continue discussing their love for Nicholas Cage, and they also consider making the podcast all about The…
Episode 60- Speed
On this 50mph episode, Desirae and Amanda talk EVEN MORE Marvel garbage, decide that this is an ASMR podcast now, and celebrate Beth Grant: cinema’s greatest That Lady! PLUS! More movie polls, havo…
Episode 59 - The Fast & the Furious and Ocean's Eleven
This week we have a Summer Blockbuster DOUBLE FEATURE! Amanda discovers that she's obsessed with The Fast and Furious franchise, and for some reason, Desirae stands up for George Clooney in Ocean's …
Episode 58- Minority Report
In this time crime of an episode, Desirae is calling out all the partiers, Amanda is advocating for Hot Vaxx Summer, everyone’s being irresponsible with eyeballs, and nihilists are popping up EVERYWH…
Episode 57- Jurassic Park
We’re kicking off our Summer Blockbusters theme this week with Dinosaur Fever! In this episode, Desirae and Amanda take a majestical trip to Jurassic Park and recall the childhood wonder of watching…
Episode 56- Memento and The Machinist
In this twisty and confusing episode, we’ve got a double dose of Nightmare Men, a hot Hollywood scoop, and demon possession! Plus: Did Christian Bale waste his time? And take the quiz!: Which of our…
Episode 55- Big Trouble
This week we celebrate Desirae’s birthday by watching one of her favorites, Big Trouble. They talk about the sexiness of Rene Russo, get into the dangers of public water gun shootings, and are confu…
Episode 54- 500 Days of Summer
In this heartbreaking episode, Desirae can’t contain her excitement, Amanda deeply connects with a precocious child, and everyone wants you to get out of the damn HOV lane! Plus: roughing it, the pa…
Episode 53- My Blue Heaven and Sugar & Spice
One year later and we’re still having a blast revisiting these movies with all of you. THANK YOU for listening through our journey of various audio quality and horrible name pronunciations. In this …
Episode 52- I Know What You Did Last Summer Movie & Music
Summer’s here and we’re vaxxed n’ wild! In this darkly secretive episode, wizard fights, Amanda’s screenplay ‘I Know What You Did Already’, what’s up with cap sleeves, and yet again fixing Hollywood…
Episode 51- Twister Movie & Music
In this heavily researched episode, summer predictions are made (forecast: poppin’ off), the formula for horror is revealed, another Pullman/Paxton Situation occurs, and we learn about the lifestyle …
Episode 50- Lost Highway Movie & Music
On this dark and confusing episode, Desirae and Amanda discuss the film and soundtrack of David Lynch’s “Lost Highway”! Our intrepid hosts reveal the dangers of silk on silk, the origins of vibes, an…
Episode 49- Reality Bites Movie & Music
We’re kicking off Movies & Music month with a Generation X classic!!
Amanda and Desirae express their deep dissatisfaction with Lelaina’s choice of Troy, then revisit their first movie soundtrack! Al…
Episode 48- Overboard and Captain Ron w/ special guest Jess Dungan
It’s our “Kurt Russell on Boats” episode! In this naughtily nautical spectacular, Amanda and Desirae welcome special guest Jess Dungan to discuss/emotionally process some childhood favorites. PLUS!…
Episode 47- Dazed & Confused and The Big Lebowski
In the wake of 420, Amanda and Desirae revisit two stoner classics. They get into the absurdness of Maude wanting to have a baby with The Dude in The Big Lebowski and decide if Wooderson from Dazed …
Episode 46- Superbad
In this episode, Amanda and Desirae reflect on classic films starring Joan Crawford and discuss one of the most disturbing conspiracy theories of our time before diving into Superbad and all the fema…