Last week, we took a request from you, our faithful listeners, and promptly ignored it. Sorry 'bout it...we watched it this week instead. Hope you're cool with that.
What About Bob? is the story of successful psychiatrist, Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) and what happens when his new patient, Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) a "multi-phobic personality characterized by acute separation anxiety and extreme need for family connections" decides to follow Dr. Marvin on his family vacation to Lake Winnipesaukee against the wishes of Dr. Marvin. At first, Dr. Marvin views Bob as an annoyance that is interfering with his downtime and his upcoming on-location interview for Good Morning America. But as Bob continues to spend more time with Dr. Marvin's family despite Leo's protestations, the good doctor slowly starts to be the one more in need of therapy than Bob! Featuring hilarious comic performances from Bill Murray (duh) and Richard Dreyfuss as the suffering straight man, this family friendly comedy was in constant rotation at the childhood homes of both of our hosts. But will the magical Murray charm still hold up? Join us and find out! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!
This week your hosts were absolutely freezing and thought it would be a good idea to watch a movie that takes place in summer to help get their minds off of how friggin' cold it is! We put up a poll to get some suggestions from you, our faithful listeners, and you chose What About Bob! But then Dan's sister and friend of the show, Ellie Cohen, ran into some serious travel woes and requested we do Planes, Trains & Automobiles and we agreed because, well, family first and all that. We promise to return next week with our regularly scheduled audience requests!
Planes, Trains & Automobiles is the story of Neal Page (Steve Martin) an advertising executive on a business trip in New York who wants nothing more than to make it back home to his family in Chicago for Thanksgiving. But when Neal's cab is accidentally stolen by curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith (John Candy) and his subsequent flight home is rerouted to St. Louis, his travel luck gets worse and worse. Featuring stellar comic performances by Martin and Candy, this 80s classic is certainly not something our hosts watched as kids, but they were happy to watch in support of Dan's stranded sibling. But what did they really think of this John Hughes exploration of the horrors of holiday travel? Join us and find out! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!
Get on up! It's Bobsled time! That's right, darlings. This week we took a poll to see which cold weather movie was your fave and by a landslide, you guys chose Disney's 1993 hit Cool Runnings! Loosely (and we mean VERY loosely) based on the true story of the first Jamaican Olympic bobsled team! Derice Bannock (played by the solo monikered Leon) dreams of competing for Olympic gold on the Jamaican track team, just like his father. But when he is accidentally tripped by a fellow runner during the qualifying race, his dreams seem to be dashed forever. Until he realizes that he can still compete in the winter Olympics...if he assembles the first ever Jamaican bobsled team! Aided by his pushcart derby champ friend, Sanka Coffie (played by Doug E. Doug, remember him?), they recruit former bobsledding gold medalist, Irving Blitzer (played by John Candy) as their coach. They add the runner that tripped Derice to the team as well as the OTHER runner that that dude also tripped (man, that was one serious fall) and they are off to the races, so to speak. Now, our hosts have watched this movie in the past few years, so SPOILER ALERT, they already know how great it is. But do YOU? Join us and find out! And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!