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Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast
Xennial co-hosts Dani and Katie talk about their analog childhoods, digital adulthoods and everything in between. If you love 1980's and 1990's pop culture content, this is the podcast for you!
Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast
Xennial Girl Summer: The Goonies Rewatch
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Hey everyone, welcome back to Generation Inbetween, where we remember, revisit and sometimes relearn all kinds of things from our 80s childhoods and 90s I did it wrong again. You did it wrong. Yes, from being 80s kids and 90s teens. That's right, I'm moving this mouse. I know, I just noticed that Off my face. Okay, sorry, that was weird. There was a mouse arrow on my face. Will that be on the YouTube recording? No, okay, I don't think so. Anyway, all right, we're all right. We're all right.
Speaker 1:Everybody it's me, katie, and it's and you are here on our next installment of Zennial Girls, summer Movie Edition. Yay, movie edition. These are so fun and you guys are going to be so pumped because this is a Zennial classic that Katie had never seen. Never seen, which is so exciting, because I adore this movie. Yeah, it's so good and we'll get there, but I think it holds up, I think it just is. It holds up. But before we start and this is like the worst timing ever, cause we just were having a conversation, guys, before we hit record about how overwhelmed Katie is and how life has just been kind of crazy for us this summer, yeah, it's been a little wild and I, but okay, I'll wait. I'll wait on this. I'll say it at the end. Just remind me at the end to say what I say, what I'm going to say now, all right, okay, listeners, you'll hear what I'm going to say. Everybody holds your breath, all right?
Speaker 1:So we're going to go into our chat about Goonies and I think, the way I laid it out for this one cause I did the research, katie was going to do it, but then I was like, well, you've never seen it. That would be weird for you to research it. It just wouldn't hit right. I did the research and I'm going to do like we did for Clueless no, was it Clueless? No, you did the Clueless research. Whatever movie we did, where I'll give you a little summary and tell you a little bit about the actors, okay, and then we'll talk about the movie, our thoughts on it and stuff, and I'll throw in trivia on the way. Okay, that sounds good, is that good? Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. So we're just going to hop right in. You look a lot more happy to talk about this one. I mean, porky's was fine, I was ready for that discussion, but this one will be a little more fun. I think.
Speaker 1:Before we go, I have to say something about the Porky's. So y'all heard our episode with our Tales from the Crypt super fan friend Ben, yes, so Ben loves the movie Porky's. He wanted to be a guest to discuss the movie with us. Okay, we're on a guest break right now. Guys, we're not having a guest. It's just too hard with logistics and our schedules and we just not doing it at currently. We will eventually have guests again at some point, but usually we have to do that at night or like it's just hard to schedule. So I see him this past weekend, a few days after our episode airs, because I was bartending with him and he's like I need to talk to you about Porky's.
Speaker 1:So he had a laundry list of things to just disagree with us about. Okay, hey, which I knew would happen. Yeah, like, okay, and that's fine. And, ben, we appreciate your opinions and thoughts, like we do everybody else's, but those were our opinions and I mean, having been on the show for that episode may have been a more nuanced conversation, I guess. Oh, yeah, I mean, and we weren't trying to have like a panel discussion, we were talking about what we were, just like we saw it. Here's what we think. Yeah, it doesn't. That doesn't mean we are correct, correct, and that everybody else is wrong. That's just what we thought. I mean, we didn't even agree on some of this stuff. Yeah, that's fine.
Speaker 1:The funniest thing he told me, though, made me laugh because he said you guys kept going back to the whole misogyny, like like male gaze kind of thing, and he's like, but it's a teen sex romp comedy, that's the whole point. And I was like, yeah, but we said that. But then I got home and I thought, yes, but can you not have a teen sex romp comedy without misogyny? Because I think you can. Oh, I don't know. I think you can. I mean, I don't think you can have it without objectification, which is not the same as misogyny, correct, it's different. But don't you think? I think you can totally do it, and I feel like maybe it has maybe been done a little bit and we just don't know because we're old people and don't keep up with the times, correct, but I anyway, that was one of those thoughts that you think later You're like shit, I should have said that in the moment.
Speaker 1:You know, I should have told him that I've got the perfect comeback for you, ben. But Ben's really good at arguing. Yes, he's super good at it. He should be a lawyer, that's right, but anyway, there's still time. He loves the movie, ok, loves the movie, okay, he, he. So five stars from ben, you think I didn't ask, but probably okay. Anyway, he had a lot of things to address. Hey, let's go all right anyway. All right, so let's get into goonies. Okay, so here's the summary. Um, that was on imdb. A group of young misfits called the goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirates long lost treasure. Yes, okay, I have seen this movie a bunch.
Speaker 1:But, guys, I did not realize that Chris Columbus and Steven Spielberg were the writers of this movie. Okay, did you notice that? I did notice that, I didn't know that. And Troy was like how did you not know that? I was like, I don't know, I did not. I did not realize that. Yeah, I mean, obviously, it's the first time I've seen it. I just always knew it was a Spielberg movie. So I did not. I wasn't that surprised when it was like Chris, you know Chris Columbus, yeah, oh, yeah, that makes sense. I don't know why I didn't realize it was a Spiel Like. Oh, my God, danny, yeah, well, he's got so many others from that era that I'm not saying like Goonies is definitely iconic, but I think that like he is so closely associated with that, maybe this one's just not like as close of an association with him.
Speaker 1:Yeah, in people's minds, True, and I forgot to write the year this came out. I think it was 84. I think you're right. Should we giggle? It was 84. I think you're right. Should we google it?
Speaker 1:Yes, because, um, and I'm sure we'll get into it, but all the different um actors, yeah, we're about to start, let's talk. Okay, start talking about that. Okay, um, they, yeah, uh, so cooper and troy um have just started watching all the lord of the rings movies and like, in order, yeah, and cooper, I was. I was like, hey, dad and I are going to sit down and watch skinnies. And he's like I was like, do you want to come watch this? He's like, no, cause they've already seen it. But then he really he remembered that Sean Astin's in it and he's like, oh, wait, sam's in it. So, yeah, so, okay, 85. Yeah, okay, 1985. Well, I really thought and I almost texted this to you and then I'm like no, I'm just going to save it for live.
Speaker 1:A young Sean Astin reminds me of Cooper. I know, I think so too. Like the look yes, that's part of it, the way they look, the voice. But the voice and his mannerisms I know, and his acting choices. I was like, wow, he really reminds me of Cooper. I thought that too. Yeah, okay, I didn't tell him that because I didn't know, like guys, he's about to be 13. So I don't know, you could be saying the wrong thing. It might make him stomp off to his room To you. You're like, hey, I'm comparing you flaw, I get it Because of his age. Yeah, because of his age, because you know it's a hard time. It is a hard time.
Speaker 1:But okay, so we're going to talk about the cast. Okay, some other things you may know. In the Zinni old time period, I mean, a lot of these actors have been in a bajillion things, and so y'all do not at me for the things I don't mention. I'm just mentioning some of their highlights. Okay, okay, excuse me, and then we'll talk about the movie. We'll go through kind of talk about the movie and I'll throw in some little trivia. I found out it's got some really fun. It's got some fun tidbits, cool. So I just told you Chris Columbus and Steven Spielberg are the writers.
Speaker 1:The director was a guy by the name of Richard Donner who came into his hotness when he directed the OG Superman in 1978 with Christopher Reeve. There was a fun little shout out to him at the end of the movie when Sloth rips his shirt off and he has on the Superman T-shirt oh yeah, oh, that's so fun. I thought that was a fun Easter egg. I never put that together. He also directed the Toy in 1982 with Richard Pryor. Have you seen that movie? It's, it's a good one, um, and lethal weapon and 87, but he also directed, uh, two, three and four of lethal weapon as well, dang. So those are just some of the Zennial movies you may have seen that he directed. Okay, so he was living a good life, uh, back in this time frame, um.
Speaker 1:And then let's talk about the actors. So we already mentioned sean astin, who played mikey. Yes, um, and this was his film debut, really, oh, um. Y'all also know him from lord of the rings, obviously, but he has probably had a very one of the most consistent careers, filmography wise, out of all the people in this cast. He was rudy. Well, yeah, he was rudy, but I mean like he has consistently worked and that's awesome. Some movies are big, you know, like rudy, I mean, he won. Did he win Oscar? He was nominated. I don't know if he won, I think he did. I think he did.
Speaker 1:Rudy was in 1993. He was in Lord of the Rings. Do you remember Encino man? Did you ever see Encino man? Yes, I forgot. I know. Me too. Me too. Oh man, he's been the dad in some movies.
Speaker 1:So, anyway, he's just been a very consistent actor, which, yay, sean Astin, yeah, that's, I think, the key component to having a lifetime career of it. Obviously, some superstars do as well. I'm thinking like Brad Pitt or whatever, you start and you never stop and you're a superstar. But I, the people like sean astin, who you know, yeah, but you wouldn't be like, oh, that's one of the biggest stars of the day, maybe during lot of rings times or whatever, but you do. That's what makes up like a good life, being that performer and, just like you said, the consistency and and maybe taking the smaller things or whatever, just to keep working. Yeah, I think it's pretty awesome and y'all know, I told y'all, uh, rudy, when we were re-watching it with one of our kids, that was like the third time I ever seen troy cry was really, and I mean, guys, he sobs at that, at that movie.
Speaker 1:Oh, when they go, rudy, rudy, yeah, sobbing. I remember kate was like look at dad, look at dad, I cry all the time. But troy's not like, yeah, but anyway, rudy, you'll get him every time, guys. So that's sean astin, and then you have somebody whose career was took a little bit longer to take off after this movie and that's Josh Brolin. So he plays Brand, which, interestingly enough, I never realized his nickname was for Brandon, and she said it once. The mom, yeah.
Speaker 1:So the nicknames in this movie just really got me. I was like this is hailing back to the golden age of nicknames. Oh yeah, we had Brand brand, who I figured out was brandon, maybe because I heard the mom say it or something like one time because, yeah, because my husband's name is brand brand. So I thought they were saying brand, they're like brand brand, and I was like is his name brand? And then I had the closed captions on and and then I saw the mom say brandon and I was like, oh, it's, which is funny. And then Mikey, which is not that, whatever. But then like Data.
Speaker 1:So all the characters have nicknames? Yeah, they all have. I haven't written it down, let's see, we can say them all, because I know Mouth I love that and Chunk, of course, I thought I wrote it down. Oh, yeah, they're all, all of them. All the main characters are referred to by nicknames and their real names are either never mentioned at all or just mentioned like once or twice. Yeah, do you want to know their real names?
Speaker 1:Sure, okay, mikey's name is Michael, obviously, ah, shit, mouth is Clark, oh, right, I know. Oh, my God, sorry, laptop problems. Guys, don't be surprised. What is this doing? It's not scrolling. Okay, I am cursed with technology. Sorry, guys, dead air, because Dani sets a technology. I guess I could talk. Okay, mouth is Clark, data is Richard. Oh, I know.
Speaker 1:Okay, brand is Brandon, chunk is Lawrence. He does say it, I think when he calls the police. I did hear that one and the police officer calls him that. Yeah, lawrence, he's like. Okay, lawrence, like the time. Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, andy is Andrea, steph is Stephanie and Sloth is Lotney, lotney, lotney, fratelli. Okay, is Lotney, lotney, lotney, fratelli. Okay, that's quite a name. Lotney, fratelli, fratelli, fratelli, fratelli, fratelli. Yeah, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I'm going to just hopefully not fuck up my computer here because I don't know what it is doing, I guess losing its mind, just like scrolling on on a. Just hold on. Did you see that? You saw that? Yeah, okay, sort of Everything's a blur. I'm not wearing my glasses. She's not wearing her glasses because she's trying to be cute. Me too, because I had giant zits on my face. I had to put makeup on before we started filming. Listen, why am I 44 and still fucking worrying about acne? I hate it. Adult acne is dumb and if you are a sufferer out there, I am with you and I hate it so much. Okay, moving on Josh Brolin.
Speaker 1:This was also his film debut, um, but he he kind of just had like kind of mediocre success in the eighties and nineties. He was working and he was in things. He was in some TV shows and some smaller movies, but he didn't really get to be like Josh Brolin, the actor until the early 2000s. Oh, okay, and he was in a Quentin Tarantino movie called Grindhouse, and then he was in American Gangster and then he was in no Country for Old Men, which was really lit the map up for him, yeah, and that was in 2007. Okay. So Javier Bardem was they played brothers? I think I think him. Yeah, and that was in 2007. So Javier Bardem was they played brothers? I think I think so. Yeah, and Javier won the Oscar.
Speaker 1:I think Josh Brolin was also nominated, but Javier won, and now, of course, people know him as Thanos in the Avengers movies. Did you know he was Thanos? Yeah, no, I didn't. Yeah, okay, and he's in Deadpool, so like he's still pretty relevant now. Yeah, okay, and he's in Deadpool, so like he's still pretty relevant now.
Speaker 1:But it took him a while, okay, took him a bit, so he stayed at it. He stayed at it, but he comes from a famous family, right? Yeah, isn't James Brolin his dad? Yes, so I mean, I'm not saying like whatever, but like the average person maybe wouldn't stick it out, correct? But if your dad's Brolin, then maybe you just take what you can get for a while till you break through. I don't know. Hey, that's a good one, that's a good analysis. Oh, thank you, no, really. Okay, good, she fixed her hair and everything. I was like thank you, no, that's a good analysis. I think you're right, not saying that there aren't just non-famous family people that could do that. I just don't think it would be common. You'd give up after a while. I think, yeah, I mean, but he's attractive, he's an attractive human.
Speaker 1:He's unique looking though. I know you know this is so funny. You know how I keep saying, like in these movies I can't tell anyone apart. So it wasn't. That's such an old lady thing to say, I know.
Speaker 1:I was like who do they all look alike? Well, when I saw his name on the screen Josh Brolin, like in the things, the guy who was in jail I thought it was him for a second, because I was thinking of older him. I think, oh, yeah, and I was like wait, and then they're in the house. I'm like wait, this is like way further back. Yeah, he wouldn't have looked that old. But I was like why do they look the same though they do they like? Why do they look the same though they do I look the like? You know what it is is. He's got like a strong, like jawline cheekbone situation, and so does that actor. Yeah, maybe that's it. And, like I said, I saw the actor that was in jail right after I'd seen the credit on the screen. So I think I just assumed until I was like wait, he was way younger than this at this time and then I saw him in it.
Speaker 1:I loved his um like jock of his outfit oh god, I wrote that down. The shorts over sweatpants, uh, so good. And the headbands and then the bandana he had, like the um strength bands that he was like just carrying around one of my. I laughed out loud when the mom, when she comes in, he's like they tied him up to the chair and she's like can't you exercise, like exercise like a normal person, yeah, and I was like that's really funny.
Speaker 1:Well, I good, troy and I were laughing so hard at the sweatpants and shorts because I'm like I remember people wearing that, yeah, but what was the point? I? I was just thinking that, is it so you didn't see the wiener through the sweatpants? I mean, I don't think so. You know, like you know the great, yeah, yeah, yeah, I guess. But but then you guys really care that much about that. It doesn't really help because they're short, tight shorts. Yeah, you can still see. The only thing I can think is wrestlers specifically layer up to sweat more, like they wear a muscle shirt. I know it doesn't make sense if he was layered everywhere, maybe like, okay, he's trying to burn more calories, but it was like a fashion thing. Yeah, the 80s were wild, it was. It doesn't make sense anyway. That was a funny. That was fun though.
Speaker 1:Um, oh, this is a funny movie blooper. I came across Sean Astin accidentally calls him by his real name, josh Uh-huh In a scene, and I forgot to look for it when we watched the movie, because I did the research first and then watched the movie. Oh, it's where Chunk accidentally breaks the water cooler when they're exploring the restaurant. He says Josh instead of Brand oh, and I guess they've. Josh instead of a brand oh, and I guess they've just missed it in editing. Oh, so it's still in there. It's still there. It's a movie blooper. That's there, yeah, so we'll have to go back. We'll have to go back and watch that. Yeah, there's a lot of fun little things like that that will pop up here and there, okay. So now we're moving on to one of Of my 1980s crushes One of many and that is Corey Feldman.
Speaker 1:You knew I was going to say that. Yep, I did. I was in love with both of the Corey's at various times. Yep, you know the other one's, corey Haim. I was going to say what was his last name, corey Haim. Yeah, so Corey Feldman played Mouth and he is one of the zennial heartthrobs. Everybody he worked or Corey Feldman, whoops. See, they were in a lot of things together, which is why they were called the Corys. For those of y'all who are youngins and don't know, they were two actors of the same age and they were cast alongside each other a lot. Yeah, so they were called the Corys, anyway. So he was in Stand by Me after this, 1986. Loved that movie. I know We'll have to rewatch that one. Add it to our joint list.
Speaker 1:He was in one of my faves, the Lost Boys, in 1987. Which we're saving for spooky season. Yes, he was in that with Corey Haim, okay. He was in License to Drive in 88, also with Corey Haim. Wow, he was in the Burbs in 1989. I love that movie he was in.
Speaker 1:And then I didn't know this he was the voice of Donatello when they made the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. He was. I didn't know that either. Oh, that's fun, I know Donatello, okay. So, and he's done 80 bajillion other things too. But that's just some of the high. Noticeable Is he the one that sings Sunglasses at Night?
Speaker 1:Noticeable Is he the one that sings Sunglasses at Night, or is that the other Corey? No, that's the other Corey. That's the other one In License to Drive, I think so, yeah. Or are you thinking of when Corey Haim is in the bathtub in the Lost Boys and he's singing I ain't got a man, I ain't got a soul. No, I'm not thinking of that.
Speaker 1:How'all out there. How, based on what I was singing first, you think that's what I first. You need to be impressed that I just sang that. Hi, that was pretty good actually. Um, oh, it's, it's Corey Hart. Oh, I was like what are you talking? Oh, I thought you meant they sang the song in a movie. Oh, I know, I know that song. Yeah, I know that song. I don't know why. I thought it was one of the famous Corys. Wait, we need to rewind for a second. You thought Corey Feldman or Corey Haim sang the song Sunglasses at Night. That is the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life. This whole time.
Speaker 1:Every time I hear that song, I envision Corey Feldman. Stop. But I guess not now. There were too many Corys. They don't even sound alike. Well, I know. But I mean, I don't think Patrick Swayze sounds like Patrick Swayze in she's Like the Wind when he's singing. Yeah, that's true, a lot of people don't sound like their singing voice doesn't sound like their talking voice. Yeah, it doesn't like always match up. Even Kristen Bell in Frozen, she's Anna. It took me a while to be like is that really her, though? She's like yeah, because Gina has kind of a rasp in her talking voice, but when she sings it is crystal clear. That's true, right? I never thought about that, yeah, okay, well, anyway, it's Corey Hart, everyone, whoever that is. I thought I thought I was thinking that there was a scene where they sang that and then I was like wait, are you thinking that? Okay, well, you'll know what I'm talking about. We watched a lot. This was a while Like oh, you're like what the hell are you talking about? You'll see All right.
Speaker 1:Moving on to Jeff Cohen, who played chunk yes, okay. So this was the most funnest thing to find out, because he was in this movie and I honestly think he is the best actor in this whole movie. He's so good, he's so good, he's such a natural comedian, he is fantastic. But here's some things he did a few TV series and like and did some made for TV movies, did some cartoon voices, but then he left acting completely and he's an entertainment lawyer to this day. In fact, he is um, I'm going to say his name wrong.
Speaker 1:I looked it up, how to say it the actor who played data. He is his lawyer. Okay, isn't that fun. So he helps them with like contracts and stuff like that Entertainment lawyer, yeah, yeah, okay, contracts and stuff like that Entertainment lawyer, yeah, yeah, okay, I'm sure he makes bank, especially if he's already in the industry, correct? Then it's like, oh, he knows how it works and like, yeah, and if he's got big name clients like that already, yeah, yeah, oh, wow, I looked him up and he looks totally different.
Speaker 1:Yeah, as a lot of us do I mean a lot of us do he looks like, you know, he had a gross spurt somewhere along the way and like got tall and lanky and I think he at least the picture I saw his head was shaved or he was bald, yeah, which in the movie he's got all that, yeah, but I could see it. I was like, oh, yeah, I see it. There he is. Yeah, you know, I chunk was my favorite character and I always felt so bad for him and I realized while I was watching it's because I am Chunk, and we'll talk about it more later. Oh my gosh, I was like God. I always felt so bad for him and I was like because I am him, yes, literally, and when I was that age I looked kind of like him I did. But anyway, we'll talk more about Danny and Chunk's spirit souls, your interconnected lives. Yeah, because then we got to this whole conversation in my house of me and Troy Cooper of if you were a Goonie, who would you be? Oh yeah, so think on that, I'll ask you at the end. Okay, all right.
Speaker 1:Then we have Martha Plimpton, who played Steph. Okay, and for some reason I was like she, that actress has always reminded me of my sister-in-law, melinda. Oh, yeah, right, I don't know why they they look a little similar. I think my sister-in-law is way prettier, but, um, and I think Martha Plimpton is pretty, but I just think Melinda is. Anyway, but they remind me of each other. Okay, so much. And I and it was funny cause I was sitting there and I said, troy, do you know who she reminds me of? And Cooper goes aunt Melinda, wow, so it's like, and that's so funny, but anyway, um, she was in a movie called the mosquito coast in 1986 with, um, uh, I think it was Harrison Ford, was it Harrison Ford?
Speaker 1:I don't know. That was a big hit. And then she was in Running on Empty in 1988. But one of my favorites she was in Parenthood. Yes, I remember her from that. And remember Keanu Reeves was her boyfriend. Yes, and if y'all have never seen that movie, you got to watch it. Yeah, that one's good. The thing I used to always love from that movie was the kids singing. When you're sliding into third and you feel a great victor diarrhea. Yes, I forgot that was in that movie, not me, not you. But look, don't get your musical trivia, obviously, from me, okay, unless I've researched it, although you do know lots about broadway stuff, I do. So, that's true. Pop music, me, broadway, you, let's go with that, let's do that, okay.
Speaker 1:And then she was in a movie, uh, called 200 cigarettes in 1999 and I. It was kind of like an indie movie, but it was so good and I've totally forgot about it. It's about like new year's, but it like goes back and forth I'm going to mess this up because I didn't rewatch or anything. It goes like at different time periods On New Year's Eve, uh-huh, it's really good 200 Cigarettes and there's a bunch of, like you know, gen Xers that we would know in there. Anyway.
Speaker 1:So Martha Plumpton, she is very, she's a great actress, I think, because she is able to have that like kind of dry humor you know what I mean I do and I think she's good. Yeah, she was really good. And then we have Carrie Green, who played Andy Okay, who I thought was the most annoying character of the entire movie. Yes, I mean, they wrote her annoying, it was on purpose, yeah. So she was in a movie called Summer Rental in 85, a movie called Lucas in 1986, three for the Road in 1987. And then she quit acting for a bit. She went to college at Vassar, oh, okay, uh-huh. But then she did return back to acting after that in a TV movie called Blue Flame in 1993. Hmm, yeah, and I didn't really look at much else about her because I didn't care. Well, when you said her name, you said Carrie Green. Yeah, carrie Green. I was like I don't know who that is. Yeah, I don't know. I just said I'm sure there's probably other things and plus there's a lot, of, a lot of people.
Speaker 1:But the most interesting career, I think acting wise, is our man who played Data and it. It's Ki-Hui Kwan. Forgive me if I'm mispronouncing that. He was in Indiana Jones. Yes, that's what I remember him from. He was in 1984. Then he was in Goonies. He was in the TV show Head of the Class. Did you ever watch that show? Oh, yeah, okay, I forgot about that. It was in 1990, 1991, and he did not return to acting until 2022.
Speaker 1:Everything everywhere all at once, which he won an Academy Award for what? What was he doing all that time? I don't know, I didn't look it up, I don't know, who knows, but I was just like. I remember because, because I love watching the Academy Awards and I remember watching his speech. Have you seen that movie? No, oh, it's. It is so good and so weird and so wonderful, and the acting is just.
Speaker 1:He won for supporting actor, and I forgot the lady's name who won for playing the lead actress. She was in Wicked, oh, cynthia Erivo. No, no, no, no, oh. Oh, the one who plays the one who plays the teacher, uh-huh, I can't think of her name either. Anyway, sorry guys, everyone's screaming at us. I know, I can see her face, anyway. Oh, so she won Best Actress, yeah, and he won as well and that movie it swept the awards that year because it was so creative and so good and the acting was superb. But I remember watching him and his speech and he was just you could tell he was just so grateful.
Speaker 1:And to know that you can go back to your dream at any time, and there it is, that's really inspiring, I know, because that's like a long time, that's not like a decade, that's like two, three, if he was in something in 1990. Yeah, you need to look up his speech and you will sob I mean, not today, don't do it today. Today is not the day, today is not the day for me. But when you need some inspiration to keep going and doing your dream work, look him up, but that's, I guess that's my question. Look him up, but that's, I guess that's my question. Did he keep going or did he make the choice to stop and then say at some point, I'm getting back into it, which is still, which is still fine, because that's like kind of what I'm doing with my life, right, right, whatever, however, your path is, that gets you there. Yeah, you don't. I guess my point is you can revisit dreams too. You. Just because you're older doesn't mean you're done. Yeah, and because he won and she won and they were both in their 50s, I guess probably, yeah, that's probably right. So never give up on your dreams. Kids never give up. They're still there.
Speaker 1:I was on a walk with, uh, my friend pam. Hi pam, if you're listening, hi pam, uh, she's so, so, upbeat and wonderful. And we were just talking about things. We're talking about the book I'm working on and she has some friends in the entertainment industry telling me stuff that they're working on. And then she just like looked at me and she goes I just feel like this is a season of dreams coming true. Oh my God, I love that. And I was like I can't believe. You just said that. She's like I just do, I'm just feeling it, I love that. That was like thank you for saying that. And she meant like me, because we were talking about my book. She meant her friend, she's looking at some opportunities for herself. She was like I just really feel that way. I love that, I know. So we're claiming it, let's hear it. We're in a season of dreams coming true.
Speaker 1:All we need is one famous person to hear this podcast and love us. Please don't find us on YouTube. Just hear us. Audio, only Audio only. Yes, just one. All we need is one, and then they can tell us, tell everybody, how amazing and hilarious and that's it. We're amazing and we're hilarious, and there's no other adjectives that describe us at all. Period. Okay, all right, yay, so good for that guy. Okay.
Speaker 1:So now we're gonna move on to the actor who played sloth, whose name is john matuz matuzak. I think that's, that is that, right. Okay, he was a professional football player before he went to acting. He, ah, shit, what'd I do, guys? I don't know, it's laptop. What we need to do is I'm saying this out loud so we hopefully remember is fix your settings so it doesn't turn off so fast. Okay, like you can do something where, like Katie's, like here you're shit. We're going to fix this, but not right now, cause we're recording. Danny, fix it, okay. So he was actually the first overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft. Okay, oh, I can see that, though, he won two Super Bowls with the Oakland Raiders. Okay, and fun fact about that, there is a little Easter egg Sloth, when you first see him is wearing a Raiders shirt. Oh right, yeah, oh yeah. And then also, I told you about the Superman shirt. It took five hours for that poor man to get into his sloth I was going to say all those prosthetics and makeup and everything, dang, yeah, it's five hours After he did Goonies.
Speaker 1:He had guest roles on several TV shows and small movie roles, but he actually died of heart failure in 1989. So only a few years after this thing, not sad, um, yeah. So now we're going to get into the Fratellis a little bit. Uh, robert DeVee played Jake. Fun fact about him he is a trained opera singer, so all the singing, you see, was really him. He sounded good, oh my gosh, yeah, legit. And a lot of people know him from the movie Die Hard, yeah, yeah. And once I say this you're going to remember. It took me a second, but yes, yep, in 1988, he was also in a James Bond. He was a bad guy in James Bond movie License to Kill, 1989. He was in Showgirls, 1995.
Speaker 1:And also, random facts he also has some voices in popular video games like Grand Theft Auto and Halo. Okay, and so does the guy, the other brother. He also has some voices, oh, okay. So he's kind of like a Hollywood, like a well-known bad guy. He's got like that. Look, he does, like we said, with like the jawline and the deep voice and the deep voice, yeah, yeah, he's a good bad guy he is. I bet he's really nice in real life, though Probably you know that's usually how that goes. Yeah, yeah, but I just I think it's fun.
Speaker 1:And speaking of his singing, the scene where he picks up Chunk in the car and he starts singing for Madame Butterfly, he improvised that. They didn't tell him to do that, he just started doing that and they kept it in. Oh my gosh, that's so cool. Like they were supposed to just pick him up and put him in the car and he started singing, oh wow. And so I was like, yeah, you go, mr, opera Improv. I love that. Yeah, opera Improv, that's something you hear every day. Hey, him and Gina should get together. That'd be entertaining. They could do an opera improv off. Oh God, that'd be great. Oh wait, is he alive still? I think so, I don't know. Oh my God, great research. So Joe Pantolioni, wait, no, pantoliano, pantoliano, that's it, Pantoliano.
Speaker 1:He playedis, um, he's been in a bazillion, I would say. As soon as I saw him, I'm like zillion. I know this guy and he and his voice has to. He's voiced a lot of characters. Um, he's super familiar. Um, he was in labamba I don't know if you remember that in 87 he was actually in a couple episodes of tales from the crypt in early nineties, one of the ones that Ben mentioned on his episode about, um, the guy who keeps dying.
Speaker 1:Yes, okay, he's in that one. He's in that one. Okay, he's the main character in that one. Uh, he was in the fugitive with Harrison Ford in 93. He was in calendar girls in 93 with Jason Priestley. Do you remember that movie Just now? I know, I know, I know he was in Bad Boys in 95 and the sequel he was in the Matrix in 1999. I know he was in the Sopranos, okay. So, anyway, he's been in a lot of shit.
Speaker 1:That's an interesting actor too, because I saw him but I wasn't like, oh, that's so-and-so, like he's not like a household name. But all those movies you're listening to are like some of the biggest movies, and the Sopranos is a huge show. That's an interesting take on acting too. I know that he's been in all these amazing things and maybe not like the lead front person but made this career of being like what his niche is, which is maybe more like the supporting character, character acting, which I think is really fun, because I I think that I think, when you are a very I think of people um shit, his name is failing me now, it'll come to me in a minute when you think of people who are kind of unique looking or they have a unique voice and they're not like a traditional looking movie star, I feel like they become character actors. But that's where I feel like the fun acting is.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think the fun acting is character acting, definitely Like it's the best, and then you're always working. That's exactly it. Like this guy's an example. Yeah, we're like, like you said, he's not traditionally like a heartthrob, but he's not like unattractive, but he's not like there's nothing super definitive about how he looks. Yes, well, it helps him kind of and he's good and his delivery is really good. Yeah, I mean, keanu Reeves can't do that, just saying, oh, okay, but he can go be a heartthrob. That's what I'm saying. Okay, what I'm just talking about the Matrix, oh, okay. So it just popped in my head. I was like that was a really random coming at Keanu Reeves. Well, we talked about Parenthood. We did say Parenthood and it's not that random after all, okay, Okay.
Speaker 1:So let's talk some more about the movie. Let me tell you some more trivia, let's go. So this movie was shot almost entirely in sequence oh, in Astoria, oregon, okay, on the coast, which it looks very and you can see a sign, I think, when they're going through the downtown on their bikes Uh-huh Says Astoria, and it was on a five month shooting schedule. The bigger scenes, like the pirate ship and the cave and the tunnels and stuff, were shot on a soundstage in Burbank. So, but all the other stuff was in Astoria, oregon.
Speaker 1:And, uh, a mayor back years ago named June 7th Goonies day. So every June 7th they have a big annual celebration in the town. That's fun. So I'm like dang, we should have done this episode first. Right, I know we didn't know. I know we didn't know there was a Goonies Day in Astoria, oregon, but now we do. I need to tell my. I wonder how far that is from where my sister lives. It's probably far, like I don't know, like somebody's like oh, you live in oregon or like you live in florida, are you close to wherever? And it's like, no, that's eight hours away. I know oregon's a big state too, I don't think as big as florida, but it's a big state, depending where you're at. I'm gonna tell her to go if she lives close by, go celebrate, like okay, anyway.
Speaker 1:Um, the house where they felt like the kids house used to be open to the public for people to go like look at and see. But in 2015, the couple who owned it were getting sick of the tourist, so they closed it. Yeah, but then a couple of years ago, in 2023, a new owner purchased it and brought it back to how it looked in the film. Oh, that's cool. And so now, occasionally, you can go do tours.
Speaker 1:Okay, does the person live there? Or they just bought it for that purpose? I don't know. I would think, maybe for that purpose. I wouldn't want strangers walking through my actual house. Add that to stupid shit. I would probably do if I had a lot of money, like just renovating, like fun, like the Christmas story house. I could see you doing that. Oh yeah, but I would live in it. I think, yeah, you would. I think I would live there, but then you'd have to live in Ohio. Oh yeah, I'm not doing that, it's too cold.
Speaker 1:Okay, so we already talked about the nicknames, how they have little nicknames. Okay, let's talk about the PG rating and how. Yeah, like zooming in penis. I remember as a kid being like, cause I, you know, I had a sister, and so I remember being like five or six, being like, oh, is that what that looks like? Right, like that's your introduction to the male anatomy is watching Goonies and it's like a Michelangelo statue. That's true, could be a lot worse. Yeah, that was funny. I mean, they said I can't remember which one's now, but they said a decent amount of curse words Lots of shits.
Speaker 1:Lots of shits which you can do in PG. Yeah, lots of shits. Lots of penis jokes, lots of like sexual innuendos, yeah, and then like the bully in the car looking at the girl's dress yes, gross. Obviously they had like violence and torture, but nothing crazy, nothing crazy. But I think 80s PG compared to today's PG. Yeah, I think Cars 2 is rated PG or something dumb. Okay, and it's like what? Yeah, I totally agree, this would not be a PG pg, I don't think it would. I think it would be pg-13 for sure.
Speaker 1:Um, oh, interesting fact about the swear words the swearing in the movie was deliberately and strategically placed so it could be easily drowned out by broadcasters who wanted to remove it, so like if when you play it on TV or something, so it's like they, if you watch it closely, it all the cursing usually happens when there's a lot of background noise, like the police chase in the beginning of the film, or there's other people talking, um, or when there's like running water or another like loud sound, like a crash or something. Okay, that way it wouldn't be as noticeable that it's not. Yeah, there's a word missing. Yeah, and it said it said that way the broadcaster could lose the profanity and the sound mix. You would probably know more about that than me. I don't know how to edit any sound or you can cut a couple of seconds of footage without losing anything important to the story. Yeah, so that would be my only thing. I assume then they weren't on their faces when they said it. Then I don't, because you would see them say it. So they must have. But I mean you can.
Speaker 1:I can't remember watching movies that have been edited. That's what I mean. Tv like you're, like that's not what they say. Right, yeah, that's true, remember we saw that in dawson's creek, remember they edited something weird. Yes, I can't remember what that was now, but yeah, it was with Jen and their mouth was moving different than what they were actually saying. That was on your x-ray trivia. That was on my x-ray trivia, which I found some more of, by the way. Yay, I can't wait, we'll get to it.
Speaker 1:Okay, so, you didn't write down any notes. You didn't write down any notes, I didn't, I just watched it. I watched part of it on a plane and then part of it just while I was home. Okay, now I will bring up what I was going to say. Okay, yay, it's a perfect segue.
Speaker 1:Okay, so, as y'all know, katie and I, when we rewatch stuff, a lot of times it happens in pieces or at weird times, but here's what I think. And pieces, or at weird times, but here's what I think. And you're not going to like this. That's why I was waiting. Oh no, and Troy even said she is not going to like that. Here's what I think we need to start doing moving forward. Not for Dawson's Creek, so don't freak out.
Speaker 1:When we do a rewatch of a movie, like one of these older movies, I think we need to intentionally sit down and watch it, start to finish, without watching it in bits. Well, that's what I did with, like Labyrinth, right, and I mean that's what I would prefer to do. I just can't. I know we're going to do that. Moving forward, all right, because what's our next one? We have a couple of weeks. Fast Times is our next one, american Pie. American Pie is next. Okay, we only have two more this summer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then we'll do more, because here's why this one I did sit down and watch all the way through, yeah, and I'm like you know, I feel like, especially with these movies, from way back, we need to watch it how we were Like if, like, if we would have rented it and brought it home from the video store, that's how we would have watched it, like moving from room to room, pausing it, etc.
Speaker 1:Because you know, when we do that, we're not fully paying attention. No, I know, I'm not, no, and then I miss stuff and then it's like whatever. So I was like, so I was thinking about that, because I was like man, that was so much more enjoyable. Yeah, then, and and I feel like we miss some of the magic when we watch it in bits Sure, so Okay, but you have two weeks to plan it out, got it? And the good news is the older movies aren't as long as our newer movies. That's true, that's true. Well, it's funny. You said that and I was going to talk to you this off air, but I'll just say it here too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, when we were on our trip, we had a where everybody put their phones away. It was the seven of us and we sat there and watched straight through Happy Gilmore. I love that, because the new one's coming out, yeah, yeah, which we did talk about. So I think we should re-watch and watch the new one and do an episode when that happens. But it was, it was super enjoyable. It was like, I think maybe we paused to use the bathroom once or twice. Well, of course, but like because someone had to go really badly, and so we're all like, well, let's all just like fill up our water and like go to the bathroom, but like, yeah, it was really enjoyable, it was fun.
Speaker 1:Well, I think, too, what's helped me is like getting somebody to watch it with me makes me pay more attention. That's a good point. Like you know, troy and I watch Porky's together. Then Cooper, he wasn't going to watch it, but as soon as we hit play, he was like I'm going to come watch it. Yeah, caden hates watching movies. So he just, especially he's not a rewatcher of movies. So if he's seen it once, that's it Moved on. I mean, he'll rewatch it for his girlfriend who is Katie's daughter. Yeah, true, yeah, they do watch a lot of like. I think they watch like horror movies and stuff, and he does not like horror. Yeah, but he they'll watch the old ones. Takes one from the team there, so, anyways. So that's what we're going to do, moving forward.
Speaker 1:Okay, we're going to plan it, and I wanted to watch this one with my youngest, tegan. I know, life is crazy, I know, and it just didn't happen. Well, the next one I'm maybe, maybe he does like that movie. It's just I never see him. Either I have to watch him at like four or five in the morning or I'm not watching him. But I can, I can do it all at once. But you got time, yeah, I got. You got two weeks to plan. See, I told y'all she's stressed out, looking at me with eyes of daggers. She's like fuck, no, no, I don't mind, I can make it happen. It's gonna's going to change our magical, and I'm going to do it too, because I'm also. I mean, I'm not just, this is for me. We're going to do it.
Speaker 1:I said not for Dawson's Creek though, because that don't matter, like it's fine, you can watch that in segments and process thoughts on that segment. Well, there's commercial breaks in Dawson's Creek, totally, and it's a long series. It's not like a unit of a film that's designed a certain way for you to watch it all at once. Dawson's Creek is designed with breaks. But see, we owe it to you, listeners, to have a genuine experience. That's true. We owe it to you, that's true. So we're going to do it. Yeah, you heard it here first. All right, now watch. We're going to come back on here and be like okay, I failed. Well, we can set the intention.
Speaker 1:Well, troy was like well, it would be really better if y'all would watch it together. I said there's no way in fucking hell we can plan for that to happen. Yeah, I mean, it would take so much planning. I was thinking like when spooky season, I'd be able to do a few like that. Well, yeah, because our kids are back in school and I don't have my full-time job anymore, so we could schedule like days, or like mornings or afternoons or something like that, which is kind of silly maybe for a spooky film, but I think we could. But, yeah, this summer is like Summer is too crazy. We got too much happening in our lives. We do, we do, anyway, okay. So there it is. That's what I was going to say. See, I couldn't start off with that. She was smart and said I'm done with you today, all right. So here's some more fun trivia.
Speaker 1:So the scene where Mikey is telling the story in the attic when they find the map yes, where he's telling about one-eyed Willie, that is actually kind of improvised. So what happened was the director, before they started filming, told Sean Astin, he's like here's this story. And so he tells him the story and he said, okay, now we're going to hit record and you're going to retell it. Because he wanted it to be like a genuine kid being like and then and then, and if you and I knew that before, I watched it and I was like, okay, I think it worked. Wow, he did it. That's awesome, I know. So he wanted it to be like a natural storytelling, okay. So I was like that's brave, though as a director it is, but I guess you just refilm it If it's yeah, if it didn't work, it didn't work.
Speaker 1:And then another fun thing about the treasure map it actually, you know, it was like Warren and stuff. It had real life blood speckles on it. So the production designer was a guy by the name of J Michael Riva. When they originally had it he thought it looked too new, so he like wanted to age it. He like burned some of it and had coffee marks, whatever, and he wanted to put blood spots on it. But the prop department did not have any red paint, so he pricked his own finger and just was like boop boop, boop boop, god Dedication. Dedication Also like Also kind of gross, not the most sanitary. No, also, it was the 80s. So there you go.
Speaker 1:Yeah, funny thing too is, after filming, sean asked and actually they gave him the map, oh, and he kept it. A few years later, though, his mom accidentally threw it away oh no, when she was cleaning their house because she thought it was trash. Yeah, I would totally do that, that would totally be me. Did his mom not see the movie? I don't know. Hello, well, I don't know. I mean, I'm like I'm wondering if he, you know, he was a kid. He was a kid, maybe. It was like crumbled up somewhere. It probably wasn't like prominently, nicely displayed. It's probably like in a, in a pile of trash or something.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I bet sean astin I doesn't he have one of the rings from the lord of the rings movies. There's some kind of lore around that there's like five rings and some of them are missing and I think he has one. So he's probably got, and, like rudy, he's probably got some cool stuff from the films he's been in. Yeah, we need a Sean Astin museum. That's what you should have. I don't want that, I'm okay. Okay, well, just put it in your back pocket in case you need an idea. Okay, okay, All right, okay, so let's talk about how bullies in 80s movies are like legitimate psychopaths Right, movies are like legitimate psychopaths, right.
Speaker 1:Every movie like it's not just bullying, it is like torture behavior. Like he's driving the fucking car, holds on to the kid's hand while he's on this baby bike yes, I know and then lets him go and he goes off a cliff. I know, I know they're like, they're really bad psychos. Yeah, like these. These bullies are not okay. They are not okay. They're not okay, not going to be okay. I mean generally, if bullying is happening, they're usually not okay. I speak spoken to somebody who's been bullied and been a bully. So, yeah, also, the best line in the whole movie is when troy the bully screams down the well, andy, you goatee. Yes, I love that, I love that.
Speaker 1:So, first of all, were they really going to put people in that bucket? I know, that was weird. I was like, well, I think they were going to step in the bucket and then hold onto the rope. Oh, alright, even then, because I know, because I was watching it and I was like, well, maybe the bucket's bigger than I think, but then when they pull it up and hold, it's like I'm like who was going to be a water? It's for like a well, right, but that's why I was like who was going to ride up in this bucket? Like what? I was very confused. I thought that was so funny and like, were they not troy was like like my t Troy, not the bully Troy. In the movie Also, we were giggling about that, but they were just like standing around a wishing well. Yeah, like it was like the hangout spot and then they hear her down there and they were very unalarmed. Yeah, they were just like what are you doing down there? Yeah, that was kind of weird. That was kind of weird. That was kind of weird. I love that.
Speaker 1:If we're talking about the wishing, well, when they decide not to take all the stuff because it's other people's wishes, I know, fuck, that I would have taken it. But then Mouth is like but I'm taking this one back because it's mine. And I'm like how do you know that that one's you Symbolic? I know, I know I was being too literal. I no, I know I was being too literal. I'm like the bucket is too small. How does he know that's his coin? This movie is terrible. Just kidding. It was good but for some reason it must have been the point of time that I was watching those 10 minutes of the movie that I was just not having it. You're like this is dumb. Yeah, well, I also would have been like taking those coins Well, that was before they found the pirate ship and they were just fine with treasures. But I would have been like, fuck that I'm taking these. Nobody, people's wishes are coming home in my pocket. Yeah, maybe I can make them come true. I don't know. Right, correct.
Speaker 1:Okay, speaking of, let's talk about the cinematography in this movie I thought was so good. Yeah, all the shots I loved. How all the shots that they had of the kids together were, so it was like you could have had a still frame of each one. Yeah, it was perfect, like the way they replaced them in a group and it was just, it was perfected. It was really good. It was really good. The perfection of blocking I just thought that was really good. It was really good. Perfection of blocking I just thought that was really good. I never noticed that before. Of all the other times I've watched it, I never noticed like, oh, that's really smart, really smart. It's like they know what they're doing. It's like they're directors that have done other really popular movies before. Okay, so something that was not well done.
Speaker 1:Let's talk about the bats in the cave. Oh God, so there were prop bats on strings and you could see the string. Oh, okay, but the bats that fly out, all those were bow ties and wads of black paper mache that they shot out of an air cannon. Okay, it shows. You're like, and that checks, I mean, but what are you actually gonna do? Have a real bats around all these actors? Well, prop bats you could have. What do you mean? Prop bats? Well, well, they had the prop bats on a string. So I wonder why they didn't shoot those out. Oh yeah, I see what you're saying. Well, I guess they probably wouldn't take off. It probably just yeah, yeah, that that'd actually be really funny. But they could have done a scene like just to show real bats that didn't have the people in it too, like they're. Obviously they can edit that. Yeah, I guess it's the 80s and I guess they're just like let's do what did you say? They did Paper mache and bow tie, and I guess they're just like bow ties, paper mache.
Speaker 1:But, honestly, creative people like that although it didn't quite work, but I get where they were coming from really impressed me, like here at my studio, like some of the ideas that, like, our costumer comes up with, and like our set people. I'm like, yeah, that's, how did you think of that? You know, I can't. Sometimes I can't think, yes, you are. I'm just like let's order the thing on amazon. They're like, oh no, we can make it with this, this and this. And'm like, well, you are creative in other ways. Okay, that's true, that's true. So everybody has their, has their strength area, yeah, and yours is other things. It can be, it is Okay. Period, period, period, okay.
Speaker 1:So here's a fun little Easter egg. So you know, when chunk calls the police from the phone to report and they think he's he's pranking them again. So there's a fun little shout out to gremlins oh, because the police officers like where he's like recalling all of chunks previous stories. He's like, oh yeah, um, and the time you call it about the little creatures that multiply when you pour water on them. Fun fact, steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus and Corey Feldman all worked on Gremlins. Wow, so that was thrown in for that fun little. Okay, now that I hear it I'm like oh yeah, that's pretty obvious. Yeah, pretty fun, I like that. Okay.
Speaker 1:So since we're talking about the cave, can we talk about the kiss? Yes, before I say what I was going to say, what are your thoughts? It was Well, first of all, I don't know, it just kind of made me squirm a little. But then, I don't know, I did feel a little like this is how it's supposed to look when there's like a romantic moment. Does that make sense? Yeah, I mean, they were in a cave, I don't know. I said to Troy, why do 80s movies have so many non consensual kisses? Well, there's that. Yes, like Revenge of the Nerds, 16 Candles. I mean that's just two off the top of my head, right, I mean that's true.
Speaker 1:And like mistaken identity, yeah, that's kind of what I mean. I see what you're saying now, right, where it's like they think it's one person and it's another, right, but it's still non right, it is non-consensual, yeah, yeah, I don't know why is that a thing? Is that funny like? Do people think that's funny? I don't find that humorous. I think mistaken identity stuff can be funny, non-pissing things, but even it gets um tedious to me. Brant hates it, I know. And so, hey, they came. They came to see the last show I was in which was all about mistaken identity.
Speaker 1:He's like it's funny because I mean he does have a lot of opinions about a lot of things, but he doesn't have a lot of specific like theater, movie, tv, show opinions. And he was just one day he was like you know, what I really hate is like games of telephone that go wrong, like where someone says this and then it's a mistake. And he's like I just I don't enjoy. And I was like, well, there's a lot of like shows and TV. He's like every episode of three's company is that. I was like, are you watching three's company. Is anyone watching? He's like. I'm just saying he's like.
Speaker 1:I couldn't put my finger on when I was like a younger person why I didn't like that show and I think that's why that's hilarious. So it's just funny. It's like his one like plot device that he's like. No, I don't like it. Troy and Cooper said it stresses them out. Yeah, maybe that's it Because Cooper's like. He's like it's stressful because it's like everything would be solved if people would just talk to each other. Yes, and I'm like, I know, but that's the whole joke. And then sometimes you're also like you almost can't suspend disbelief. I know You're like there's no way that this would happen, but that's the whole joke.
Speaker 1:But I thought the play that you were in it was convincing. Seeing it live is different than seeing it like a movie on TV. I guess I don't mind mistaken identity, but I don't like when it's a trick, a trick to get kissed. I don't like that. No, no, me either, me either. Yuck, that's gross. I don't like that and I'm not going to like that, no matter what fucking decade it is. Whoever wants to come for me, I don't care, I don't like it. Don't like it Never, I don't like it. Okay, okay, okay, don't you think the Goonies would be an excellent ride through ride and my nostalgia theme park idea yes, remember I came up with that.
Speaker 1:Yes, so they would, what? Like go through the cave and you'd see the wishing. Well, it'd be like end up on the ship like a roller coaster type ride. Oh, it could even be a water ride, like pirates of the caribbean. That'd be fun. It could be all kinds, but it has. It could not be like any cgi bullshit. It would have to be real. Yeah, animatronic somewhere. Yes, katie's like damn it, animatronic sloth would be. That would be amazing. Epic, that would be really good. And it could be right next door to the ride.
Speaker 1:The Falcor experience, or whatever we called it. I like that ride. The Falcor experience, that's fun. That could be CGI. That, yeah called it. I like that. Right, the falcor experience, that's fun, that could be cgi. That, yeah, you have to get a little bit. Have you been on the, that avatar ride and looking them where you get on the? It'd be like that thing. That's what, except falcor, except falcor. And then when you come out there's an opportunity to take a picture with him. I love it.
Speaker 1:Somebody come get, capitalize on. Come on, now we've got all these ideas. All we have to do is go back through our catalog, which, by the way, we have over 100 episodes now. Woo, yeah, and just there's all of the right ideas. I'm sure licensing would be a fucking nightmare, though, because it's all different companies and films. True, yeah, right, but anyway, if you go to like Disney Parks, it's all owned by Disney or Universal or whatever. Well, anyway, disney, capitalize on my idea and I'll make you money, because I know you're struggling. Just kidding, she's got your million dollar idea.
Speaker 1:I kept thinking of that when I was watching. I was like, dang, this would be a good ride. Yeah, it would be, I agree with you. Anyway, all these ideas and nowhere to put them.
Speaker 1:So, speaking of rides, the slide that they go on at the cave, that was real. They really built that for them. Oh, fun, yeah, and we were laughing because the girl playing Steph, she like does all these flips and shit. Did you see that? Yeah, I was like I wonder if that was a perfect, and they just left it in there Like, wow, that looked really realistic. Also, are you okay? But how fun is that? Like, I was like that's so fun that they really got to go on that fun little water slide. That is really fun. They even thank the end credits, thank the Langford Surf Coaster Corporation for building it. Langford Surf Coaster, surf Coaster Corporation Okay, they are no longer. They like merged or something whatever. I looked it up, okay.
Speaker 1:Also, speaking of the pirate ship, there is this famous story about them and when they first saw it, supposedly now some actors say this is true, others say it's not so I don't know but supposedly the director did not want them to see the ship built until they were filming, which I kind of believe because of the improv scene they did with Sean Aston. So he had them. When they they go under the water and turn around, turn around, go underwater and then come up and turn around to see the ship and film their genuine reaction. Oh, love that. Except Josh Brolin fucked it up because he heard everybody else come up and realized he was late. They came up before him, so he popped up and turned around and went fuck, so they couldn't use it. Oh, no, and so the director was like go back under, go back under, and he ruined it. It's like all this, all these lengths we went to, yeah, and then brand in his sweatpants with shorts over the top, being a true teen saying the f word yeah in our shot. That's really funny, I know, I just I, I just, I just loved it. Um, so, speaking of the ship, it took them two months to build that. Wow, yeah, okay, I believe that it was pretty awesome. Yes, really.
Speaker 1:Oh, so I never did say how I, my spirit character, is chunk. Yes, tell me. Well, I mean, first and foremost, when I was that age, I did look very similar to chunk, okay, but also he's like super clumsy. He is Right, yeah, also me, especially. You put me on a set. Just be warned, and if you've ever been on a show with me, you can probably think of at least one time that I messed something up. And he's like really loud, yeah, I was going to say he's really loud, like when he's first in the thing with Sloth, when he's in the little, I don't know little prison or whatever, and he's jumping on the chair, and he's like like over and over loud. It made me laugh, I know, because he was like really committed in his face, but he is very loud, yeah, and he's, you know, awkward and just kind of goofy, but also he's hella anxious. Yes, and I was like that's why I am Chunk. You sympathized with him. Yeah, it's all right, that's me. But I had a friend in high school who had a younger brother that was like a year or two younger than us, whose nickname was Chunk. Oh, but he was a big guy, he played football and was sweet and he was kind of like that. He was kind of goofy and klutzy. Yeah, aw yeah. Can you remember his real first name? Now? You know, chunk is iconic. It is Okay.
Speaker 1:Did you catch the music joke? When she's playing the? You know how she had to play the notes to so they could get the bridge down and she's reading the music. I didn't catch it. Okay, I didn't catch it either until I read the trivia where she's like I can't tell if this is an A sharp or a B flat. It's the same note, guys, it's the same note. So really, no matter what she played, it's the same note, it's the same note. I was like that's a good one. That's really funny, because if you don't play music, you don't know. You're like, oh yeah, she doesn't know. Yeah, that's funny, isn't that good? Yeah, it's a good little inside music joke. That was fun. Nobody in my house got it. I was like, oh, y'all get that. They were like what? So I was like, it's anyway, you musicians, you musicians, okay.
Speaker 1:So, data, I had to say I know he's supposed to be like James Bond. All his stuff like says 007. Did you notice that? Yes, Like his belt and like some of his little packs say 007. He reminded me of Inspector Gadget, though I was thinking MacGyver or MacGyver, maybe both, but both. Yeah, because he had like that long jacket, yes, and then he had that punching hand yeah, I swear, inspector, yeah, I think you're right. And like the zip line and everything, like, yeah, that's who you reminded me of, I love that, yeah, also, a deleted scene which I looked up and it's really good, by the way, at the end of the movie, where they're talking to the reporters, data says the octopus was very scary.
Speaker 1:Well, you never saw an octopus, right? Except there is a deleted scene where they first see the pirate ship, that an octopus comes and grabs Steph and grabs mouth, and then Data comes, feeds the octopus his Walkman and I can't remember what song was playing, and then the octopus lets them go and swims away, dancing as the Walkman's playing in his mouth. Oh my God, that's cute, it's hilarious. So they left in the line where he says the in his mouth. Oh my God, that's cute, it's hilarious. So they left in the line where he says the actual yeah, I mean, which is funny anyway. Right, if you never saw one cause, then you're like wait what? Yeah, but apparently it it wasn't cut out in all versions, like the movie theater one. It it was. But I think that there were some VHS tapes that had it and then like when they would play it on, like the Disney channel and stuff, it would be in there, but other TV stations it wouldn't Okay. So look it up. It's like less than two minutes. Okay, it's fine, that's cute.
Speaker 1:Also, there was a Goonies oath that they cut out, but I found it Ooh, cause you know they always say goonies never say die. Yeah, well, they had a whole oath. So here it is. I will never betray my goondock friends. We will stick together until the whole world ends Through heaven and hell and nuclear war. Good pals like us will stick like tar. That does not really rhyme In the city or the country or the forest or the boonies. I am proudly declared a fellow goonie. Oh, that's cute. I love it, except Warrantar. Even with that Warrantar situation it's still pretty cute. But I thought that was really cute. Okay, yeah, so tell me any other thoughts you had. That's the end of my trivia, okay, I mean, like I already said the thing about the nicknames, that was one I really really wanted to say.
Speaker 1:Oh, we didn't really talk about the housekeeper, oh yeah. So I was confused at the beginning because I just thought they were losing their house, that like they were getting evicted, right, because they were getting evicted. Later I figured it out like they were a country club thing which, by the way, that is such a plot device for movies from this time. Oh gosh, yeah, some corporation trying to buy out your property or making you move or something like that. Like I was, I was trying to think of examples of that, but like you see that a lot of different places in these films. But, um, so then I was confused when they had like a housekeeper because like, wait a minute, can they like not afford their house? But then they have this woman helping. She was coming to help and move. But then eventually I figured that out. Yeah, I thought I don't know did.
Speaker 1:Was it funny when mouth was like talking to her in spanish, saying the wrong things, or was that not funny? I couldn't decide. I mean, it was that he was a kid being an idiot, like yeah, so I think it was fine. But but also like, first of all, he spoke terrible spanish. He did, it was, he did really bad, but then there were a few times he could interpret it enough that it helped, like when they're looking at the map and stuff like that.
Speaker 1:Right, but also like I think him telling her the wrong stuff, like first of all, it's just such an 80s thing Like this probably would have really happened. Like the lady goes and the mom goes and hires someone and she can't speak to her, right, so she relies on a child to do it. Right, I mean that is pretty funny, but that's the 80s. I mean that Right. I mean, yeah, life was different, guys, life was different, yes, so I thought that, yeah, I just thought that was an interesting component of the movie, but not necessarily bad.
Speaker 1:Just Well, cause they weren't making fun of her. Yeah, do you think they were? I don't know, maybe a little, because she did seem pretty like disturbed by the stuff he was saying. Like you're going to have to be in this room locked with the car. I guess it's like, why would you stay there then? Yeah, but I mean, if you need the money then, but I don't know, I guess maybe it's a. It was an easy stereotype to make, maybe that's it, maybe that's what it was. It just bothered me because of that. Yeah, I get it, I see what you're saying, but then the way that he was like, like you said, speaking not great Spanish, and then, but then the Spanish he did know did help them later on, I thought that was interesting. Yeah, because like, okay, so he can like lock in and like use this knowledge for good, yeah, if he needs it. Well, yeah, I think, falling on that, that was like an 80s trope to like making fun of, yeah, whatever you know.
Speaker 1:And then the mom of the Fratelli boys oh, did I not? I forgot to mention her? Yeah, I didn't see. Oh, let me go back, hold on. I was going to say do you have anything on her? I do, I totally forgot she. Um, yeah, it's actually kind of sad, it's sort of weird.
Speaker 1:She reminds me of my grandmother, oh, my God. But like, my grandmother wasn't like mean, but she was very. I always remember. She's very direct in how she delivered things and she looked and sounded a lot like that lady and she was like a smoker her whole life, yeah, so she had like a voice too. So I was just watching, I was like that looks like my grandma.
Speaker 1:Well, okay, let me go back. I rewound my notes, so her name, the actress name, was ann ramsey. Okay, she was also a character actor. She had lots of roles, um, like small and small movies, tv shows. In the mid 80s, though, she discovered she had throat cancer and she had to have parts of her tongue and jawbone removed. Dang, yeah, this was after this movie, okay, but another movie she's famously known for is Throw Mama from the Train with Danny DeVito. She played his mom, okay, and in that movie and that was in 87, in that movie you can kind of tell like her speech was affected, okay, from having those surgeries.
Speaker 1:She was in Scrooged in 1988. She was one of the homeless people. Do you remember her? I do, but then she died in 1988. Oh, jeez, I feel like a lot of people from this movie died young. Maybe not a lot, but I mean she was older, and then Sloth. I guess just those two, but still, I think Richard Donner is no longer alive. Yeah, because he had all those big things and then it sort of dropped off after he had the weapon. Yeah, I think I'm not sure. So he must have passed away, I'm not sure. Interesting, anyway, I forgot her. My bad, I don't really have any other thoughts, except that I really. Oh, you asked me which Goonie I would be? Yeah, which, pretty sure that's what troy said he would be too. Yeah, I think so. I think so. You don't think troy would be data.
Speaker 1:Isn't troy kind of like handy, no, handy, no smart? Yes, neither one of us is handy. We call people to fix everything. We don't want to do anything. I know we're the same way. Literally, I've been trying to do what I can on my own and I'm just like.
Speaker 1:Our favorite thing is when we talk to people about something like I don't know, like if something's broken, and they start to tell us, oh, you know, you could easily fix that and get this and that, and we're just like. We glaze over and we're like, yeah, we're not, we're going to call someone. We do not know how. Nobody taught us how to do stuff, right, so that's fair there. I mean, troy has taught himself how to do some things. But like, yeah, same with me, I pick and choose. And then I'm like a few times that I've done that, like I fixed something on our dryer once but it was like to get the part I needed took a few days and then it got there and then it took me several hours and it did work. But I'm like I could have paid a hundred bucks for someone to come out three days ago and just do what I just did.
Speaker 1:I know, you know we're the worst. We don't know how to fix car stuff, we don't know how we don't. But anyway, he is very smart. I don't know. I was like well, we already know I would be junk. Yeah, I think cooper would be mouth. I'm just saying you're just saying that because of his age and such, I could see, and maybe I only see cooper as Mikey because I think he looks like Mikey. He does look like him. I think it could be a combination between Mouth and Mikey. Yeah, for sure, no one's brand. No, no, not really, he's just his own thing.
Speaker 1:You have to meet people in your family. Yeah, you have to be your own Goonies. That's true. I was just sitting here like God, we got a lot of people to go through in your house. Yeah, well, when I had Tegan, our fifth kid, people would be like, oh, you can have a basketball team now or whatever. So we'll just add that to our list. We can have a Goonies squad, be our own Goonies, let's just do it, okay. Oh my God, awesome.
Speaker 1:So what is your final rating? Are we doing four or five stars? Well, I mean, isn't it usually five? I can't remember. Oh right, because you gave um, I said three, three, yeah, and it was two under. Okay, appalled. And I was appalled. I re-listened to that and I really talked you down. You're like, fine, 2.5. I like shamed you into a 2.5. You're like I'm like you're saying you don't like misogyny or whatever. That's the whole movie. I was all mad, anyway.
Speaker 1:But this one I guess I don't know. I mean, I'm just trying to think why I wouldn't give it a five. Personally, it wasn't like my favorite movie of all time. It was good, but I don't think I'll watch it again or anything. So just for that point, I'll probably give it a 4.5. Okay, I totally called this.
Speaker 1:I told Troy I don't think she's going to like it as much as I do, and I said because it's just not, it's still kind of in that fantasy realm. I think that's it A little bit. I think that's it for me. I thought it was cool, yeah, but even like in the cavern and's a ship and I'm like how did no one like I just. So for those reasons, I'm going to say 4.5, which is pretty good, which is actually that is really good. Yeah, well, five out of five for me, this movie still holds up.
Speaker 1:I think it's so fun and so good and it's just one of those movies you can watch and it's fun and you're done and you're happy, like you weren't sad. No, not at all. Right, I was definitely happy. You weren't irritated like you were after Porky's. No, you didn't feel gross. I didn't feel gross, I felt happy. I was like all all right characters and I will say you go characters. That that's what I probably said too, because I just say things like that. But I will say the the I.
Speaker 1:If you take the individual actors, this is what was really genius about the casting and how they did all this, and now what you're telling me about how the director had different ideas with the kids, how to, how to make it really genuine. Individually, I liked each, each goonie, including brand, and then I as a group, they were a really good mesh. Yeah, they did a good job, because, you know, I'll be like I can't tell them apart. This movie, I was like, yes, now, granted, there was, there was some in some androgyny, like not androgyny, but like they were, you know, white kids mostly. Yes, right, so there's that. But I felt like their personalities and their line delivery and all the things were very different and so that I did think they did a really good job with that. Like they had just enough personalities for them each to kind of stand out. Yeah, which I did. Like they did a good job with that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but you're mean, yeah, it was very non-diverse, yeah, but that's what we keep finding, that's what we keep finding. That was the 80s, I mean, and we're not saying that's okay, that's just what it was. Yeah, that's what we're going to keep finding. Yeah, should Hand me either one. All right, I got 80s, I get 80s. So we are doing like totally 80s.
Speaker 1:I'm going to ask Dani a trivia question from that and she's got what's it called? Hella 90s, hella 90s. So, for those of you who are new here. If it's your first episode, thank you for staying till the end. Yes, some people just turn us off after a while. So you made it.
Speaker 1:We ask each other a trivia question, one from the 80s, one from the 90s, every episode that we remember to do this. Yes, yes, that helps. Okay, I've got one, all right. Oh, it's your favorite, it's 80 spelling bee. Oh God, at least it's not math. You know it's not math. Just spell the name, you get three tries, all right. John McEnroe just spell the name, you get three tries, all right.
Speaker 1:John mackinrow, tennis professional. Okay, oh no, I don't remember if it's j-o-h-n or j-o-n, so we'll go j-o-h-n. Mackinrow. Oh, I should know this came. Please, don't know, I don't. Is it m-a-c a c e n r o e? It's just mc oh e n r o e. Well, but you got john right. Nice, good job. Well, sports, that's all I gotta say about that. Uh, okay, hold on, that one's sad. I don't want to do that. Oh, I want to ask you this one too, just because it's very interesting. Okay, go ahead.
Speaker 1:Okay, at its height, how much money did the Pablo Escobar cartel allegedly spend per month on rubber bands just to hold their stacks of money together Every month. How much did they spend? $1,000. $2,500. Get out of here. That's what it says On rubber bands. Damn, what a what it says On rubber bands. Rubber bands, damn. What a rubber band budget. That's like, that's like. But also to have that much money, that you need that many rubber bands, that's crazy. Come on, come on now. And when you buy a pack of rubber bands, there's like 200 in a bag. Yeah, and it's not that much, even now. Whoa, that's wild Spending. That much now would be a lot, let alone back then. Well, did they actually have an accountant that kept track of that? It says allegedly that's what they spent in a month. So that might just be an urban tale. Could be All right. Here we go, ready for this one.
Speaker 1:Yes, what clear beer alternative was introduced in 1993 and billed as something different Zima. Yeah, yeah, I didn't say that wrong. It's Z-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G, something different. I don't remember that part. I don't either, but I was thinking it was Zima. And then, when you said it with a Z, I was like it's gotta be. Yeah, zima, the pretty much. They were pretty much wine coolers. Yeah, I've said this before on here.
Speaker 1:The best thing you would do is put Jolly Rancher in the Zima to change the flavor and the color, add even more sugar. Yeah, actually, as soon as I said Zima, I was thinking of the Jolly Rancher, because once you said that to me. Now that's just what I think about. I know I haven't tried it, but Well, they don't make them anymore, so you can't try it. Can't try it, that's right. I mean, how sad.
Speaker 1:Rip Zima, something different that no longer exists. I don't even remember what that tastes. Like Me either. I was just having the same thought. I feel like I think Sprite with alcohol in it, but like not good alcohol. Yeah, do you know what I mean? I think it had a weird aftertaste. Yeah, you know what I mean? It was almost like super carbonated. Yeah, that too, yeah, yeah, okay, if you remember what Zima tasted like, describe it for us, please.
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