My guest today is John Compton. John and I initially bonded over a shared love of the show Community. We’re kind of like Troy and Abed, although we might argue over which one is which. John comes from the more numerical world of economics and finance, but also harbors a creative side. He and I have worked on an unproduced TV pilot together, so if any agents listening are looking for a hot script, let us know. John has fantastic taste and is always apprised of what’s trending.

John’s favorite movie is the 1987 romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. When an illness confines a young boy played by Fred Savage to his bed, his grandpa, embodied by the incomparable Peter Falk comes to read him a story, also titled The Princess Bride. Though at first skeptical, the young boy is quickly enraptured by the epic saga of farm boy Westly’s journey to reunite with his true love Buttercup and save her from her villainous finance Prince Humperdink. The Princess Bride smoothly exposes the contrivances of fairy tales, while simultaneously glorifying true love’s power to conquer all.