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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos · 2026-07-20 · 44 min · 8,412 words

Men Don’t Just Need Friends. They Need Bromance.

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Good, good. Thanks so much for taking the time. This is such a treat. I've been a big fan for a while, so One of the coolest things about hosting this podcast is having the chance to meet people I've admired since I was a kid. People like today's guest, who was kind enough to join us on location in Ireland. There's this meme that's going around that says nobody understands the bond between a millennial and the random VHS tape that their parents owned when they were 12. And for me, for me that random VHS tape was mannequin. Mannequin, for listeners who did not own this random VHS tape, is a 1987 film about a time-traveling Egyptian princess, whose spirit has spent the last few centuries inhabiting works of art.

In the nineteen eighties, she's taken the form of a department store mannequin. Who comes to life after hours and falls in love with the dreamy artist who builds her window displays. The mannequin character was played by a pre-Sex in the City Kim Catrell. who twelve year old thought was the absolute coolest in her huge 80s shoulder pads. But Kid Larry was also smitten with the actor who starred as her dreamy love interest.

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