What's made you happy as of late?
On Pop Culture Happy Hour,
we've been talking about the things that have made us happy in the pop culture universe for the past 15 years.
Whether it's a blockbuster or deliciously bad reality TV, the newest shows,
dramas and reboots, we're here to keep your spirits high.
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Hey, it's Marielle.
There's an inclination I think a lot of us have when we're hosting people for a gathering.
We want it to be perfect.
If it's at our homes, we want it to look like nobody lives there.
If we're serving food, it's got to be picture perfect,
all laid out like a spread from Martha Stewart living.
We want the food to be special for people to remember it.
And maybe, if we're being honest, for them to say, wow, they're talented.
They really know how to cook.
Samine Nostrat has had this experience too many times while hosting.
I want to do everything and make everybody feel so good that then I get worked into a tizzy.
And so then I'm like a Tasmanian devil of crazed energy the whole time.
And people are like, oh,