Today was a running day for me which meant I got to listen to my very favorite podcast and what I love most today Up Your, Downstairs. Up Yours, Downstairs is a Downton Abby recap podcast hosted by a husband and wife, Tom and Kelly. They begin every podcast with "we're properly married" and I've spent almost everyday since my wedding 5 months ago trying to work this into a conversation.
I love the episodes so much I have them reserved only for running so I'm
always a couple episodes behind. I don't love that, but listening to
the episodes while I run get me through even the worst days on the trail
so by stockpiling I almost always have one waiting. The bad part about
listening to the episodes while I run is that sometimes I start laughing
so hard I have to stop and gather myself. Totally worth it though.
I love that besides a basic recap Kelly and Tom add their own, often hilarious, irreverent commentary, but you can also tell how much they love the show and the characters.Today I was practically crying during their description of Matthew and Mary's honeymoon as a drug fueled rampage (not verbatim) across France. There was context, trust me, but the image caused me to pause my runkeeper and just crack up while people passed me by with concerned looks on their faces!
Besides the great recaps, other segments of each episode include Fashion Backward where Kelly covers a fashion topic of the day generally relating to a style showcased in the episode and Tom repeats history where an aspect of the time period is taken and examined in depth. This is one of my favorites segments along with the awards handed out at the end which include the Gibson Girl for best dressed and best evasion. Finally Maggie Smith is rated on her awesomeness that episode using the Maggie Smith scale 1 to 5. 1 for a week when she was simply in a scene still being better than everyone else and 5 being a "what is a weekend" episode.
Fans be warned: Tom and Kelly are anti Bates; something I disagreed with them about in season 1, but I was on their bandwagon by season 2. "Shank Bates!" They are however, firmly team Maggie Smith, as all should be and Doctor Who fans to boot so in my head if we ever met we'd be the best of friends. Though not really, I don't know if I'm witty enough to hang with Tom and Kelly!
As any Downton Abby fan knows, seasons are short and hiatus's long so during the "off season" Up Yours found other things to recap and discuss including Titanic and Mary Poppins! The only episodes I had to skip were the Manor House recaps because I couldn't find Manor House any where to watch. To be honest, I probably didn't look very hard, but if it can't be streamed on Netflix I'm generally out of ideas.
I could go on and on about how much I love this podcast so I urge any Downton Abby fans to seek it out on iTunes or whatever pod caster app you choose. You can also follow them on Twitter @5maggiesmiths.
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