# Deborah Kaplan: On Can't Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats, and the Right People Finding Her Work

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Published: 2026-06-30T07:30:00+00:00
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Another hometown kid joins the pod as Becky welcomes writer/director Deborah Kaplan (Can't Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats) — fellow proud Philadelphian, Abingtonian, and alum of both Camp Kweebec and McKinley Elementary. (Doesn't get better than this!) Deb shares the backstory of how she connected with her longtime writing and directing partner Harry Elfont at NYU — despite the two of them having grown up in neighboring towns (hi, Lower Moreland!) — and how that partnership led to their wildly early success with the '90s teen classic, Can't Hardly Wait (a movie Becky loves to an unhealthy degree). Deb also gets candid about the long and winding road of a Hollywood career: from the Friday night opening weekend call from the head of the studio to radio silence by Monday morning, how she and Harry have jumped back into movie directing after a long stretch in television, and the lesson she's learned about how the right people find her work. Check out our episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/@generalmeetingpod If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow, share, like, comment, all the things - thank you for your support! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalmeetingpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@generalmeetingpod Website: https://www.generalmeetingpod.com Host: Becky Sloviter Guest: Deborah Kaplan -  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438226/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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