Home Alone (1990)
ISAAC: Kid, if you bomb
another paint can on me.
I'm gonna cut your cahones
off and boil 'em in.
Motor oil.
OLIVIA: Are you, are you giving up
yet or are you thirsty for more?
ISAAC: Christmas.
You Filthy animal.
OLIVIA: Buzz?
I'm in your room.
You better come get me
ISAAC: Oh Buzz.
Did you know one?
? One of the things I read about this
movie is that Buzz's girlfriend was
actually like one of the art, or like
production designer's sons they made
dressed him up to make look like a girl
because Chris Columbus thought
it was too mean a joke.
OLIVIA: Which is really
sweet, also, so funny.
Track 1: yeah.
ISAAC: It's so funny.
I didn't know that I
went, that I went years.
I just found that out like recently.
this a movie that you grew
up like watching a ton.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Oh yeah, for sure.
This was, this is like a,
we haven't watched it in a
few years, but as a kid we watched this.
All the time, like every year For sure.
Multiple times during the holiday season.
So
ISAAC: I did not see this until 2020.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Wow.
ISAAC: We were lit.
We were at our house in Conway,
and I remember watching this for
the first time because I think
you and Eric and I were doing
our episode on our five favorite
Christmas movies, and I embarrassingly
had seen very few Christmas movies,
OLIVIA: So had, I think all
of us, that was the thing
for, that.
was what
made that.
episode difficult
for us.
'cause we all were just like, uh,
Eve not watched for her a whole
lot, but this was one of 'em for me.
Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So,
ISAAC: Very, very interesting times.
The, you know, the Christmas
movies, and I, I think that we've
talked about this in the past,
but I don't love Christmas movies.
OLIVIA: yeah.
Track 1: I, and you know, I
like, I really enjoy Home Alone.
I think it's great.
I think it has aged very well in terms
of All the technical
stuff, the performances and
I think it's very funny, but I don't
really like, I was at a Christmas party
for work a couple nights ago and they were
doing movie Christmas trivia and I just
had this thought of like either I don't
like a lot of big traditional Christmas
movies or they have been burnt out for me.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm.
That's
fair.
Yeah.
Track 1: we watched Polar Express after
Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving Day
and I just like, do not
vibe with that movie.
I don't know how you feel about it.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I love the book.
I, I haven't watched the movie as
an adult, but I loved it as a kid.
Although I feel like nowadays a lot of
people hate on it and I almost don't
want to watch it as an adult 'cause
I'm worried it's gonna ruin it for me.
For whatever reason.
Track 1: I remember being
magical in theaters, but also like this
animation is really bad and kind of
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
the animation's weird,
Track 1: Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: so,
Track 1: But then Elf is
the, the of example of my second
kind of category of being burnt out.
Where like I can quote a ton of that movie
and also like never wanna
watch it, you know what I mean?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm mm-Hmm.
Track 1: it's like, I know it's good, but
I've seen it way too many times, which I
feel like any movie can get to that point.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
I feel also you pro I don't, I, as a
homeschool kid, you probably
didn't experience this,
but homeschooled, uh, as a
public school, heathen, we
would
Track 1: at us being friends,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: look at us.
Who,
who'd have thought?
Not me
We, we watched Christmas movies.
Around this time of year because at
this point in the, in the semester,
no teacher is starting a new lesson
or doing any sort of new lesson plan.
I mean, every single teacher that
I'm friends with is like, yeah,
we're gonna, we've got two more days
this week until Christmas break.
And then, then that's it.
And we're just gonna watch movies ev
So one of my friend, my friend Tyler,
is like, I think I'm just gonna play
holes 'cause I play it every year and
I don't wanna play another Christmas
movie for these kids to watch all day.
Track 1: Hashtag
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Um,
Track 1: Is a Christmas movie.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: honestly,
I kind of think it should be.
Track 1: Good movie.
I enjoy it.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
is a good movie.
It's a good book.
Should we also introduce this podcast?
'cause we never actually did that.
Track 1: we are almost five minutes in.
I think that would be a good idea to do.
I'm Isaac Sims.
This is FLYOVER Film Country.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I'm, yeah.
I'm Olivia Clement.
Hi.
Hi, Isaac
Sims.
We're back.
Track 1: This episode's late.
The boy, the boys and
the gal are back in town
OLIVIA: We're we're
back in town like thin.
Lizzie said thin.
Lizzie
Track 1: as they said.
Do you remember when I did
my the boys are back in town.
Snapchat's in college.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Oh yeah, yeah, for sure.
It was iconic.
Track 1: those are
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Who could forget
Track 1: Not, not better days.
I'm living my best life.
But those were,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: There
Track 1: I just kinda like, I, I just did
that a lot and it annoyed a lot of people.
And then
other people like got on the
train, you know,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: you can
either fight it or you can embrace
it and I chose to embrace it.
And you know what?
I think the people who embrace
it are still like good friends
with you and people who didn't
Track 1: do you remember when I came
in to the, your office in the basement
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yes.
Track 1: I was blaring it and you
and Colleen were like, stop it.
And you held out your hands and that's
like all you could hear in the video
or see
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Well, 'cause we knew, we knew
you were gonna be coming in
to record us,
so,
but man, those were good times,
Track 1: Today we're
talking about home alone.
Walter
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: right,
Track 1: here,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: right.
Also true.
Track 1: we march onward through the snow
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
He, he's here in
spirit.
Track 1: get a toothbrush at at the
store,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: it.
Track 1: not
to steal it.
What's his name?
Kevin McAllister.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Kevin McCain the main character
of the movie we're talking
about Kevin.
Track 1: the thing, I, I watched
this movie the day of ready
to record it, and then Walter
said, I can't record a day.
Let's record Tuesday.
And then on Tuesdays, , let's
record this weekend.
So it's like, it was fresh in my mind and
now it is a little bit less fresh in my
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: That's true.
You watched it exactly a week ago.
Track 1: and I've seen it
exactly two times, whereas
you've seen it probably 15 times.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I probably wait
more than that, but At the very least
Track 1: like for Christmas
movies in your house.
Would it be a, okay, we watched this once.
We're good.
We don't need to watch it again
this Christmas season or no,
we're watching it tomorrow.
Like what was regularly on rotation?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So as far
as Christmas movies are concerned,
home alone, home alone, two every year.
This is probably the only thing we still
do on like heavy rotation, but that
has less to do with us wanting to watch
it and more to do with the fact that
TBS runs a Christmas story every like.
24.
24 hours.
So just back to back to back.
We're watching Christmas story
and I think at this point my
parents put it on.
Yeah.
My parents keep it on
just to annoy my brother.
'cause he gets mad every year.
He's like, we watch this every year.
We watch this all day every year.
Why do
Track 1: you think
Christmas story is funny?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: you seen it recently as an adult?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I mean, I'm
pretty sure we watched it last year.
Track 1: Because
I remember, I remember seeing it
as a kid and thinking like, I don't
like this, but I'm not sure why.
And I think the reason was
that I
didn't think it was very funny and
my, and part part of it might have
been because my parents were really
uncomfortable the whole time because
it's like pretty risque and it could have
been like their bad vibes.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: sure.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Have you watched it?
Not with your parents.
Track 1: No ,no.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I
wonder if that would change.
I wonder if that would change anything.
But you, you may not like
it may not be for you.
I don't think it's for everyone.
I also, here's the thing
about Christmas movies.
I think that Christmas movies
can very easily get so over hyped
as like being so incredible.
And some of them have very like
iconic and memorable lines.
I think a Christmas story is one of them.
I think Home Alone is one of them,
elf for sure.
But I don't, I don't wanna
watch it, you know, 15.
I don't wanna watch Elf
15 times in a week span,
Track 1: you wouldn't do that.
You had, you didn't do
that with home alone.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: not,
I wouldn't do it as an adult.
I think as a kid I probably did.
Track 1: Okay.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So I think
as a kid we watched the First Two Home
Alone movies, A Christmas story, elf.
I'm trying to think what other
Christmas movies we watched.
I don't remember.
Track 1: I
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Those
were like the, the
big heavy hitters, I think.
But yeah, I, I just think that now
as an adult also, I'm gonna be very
honest, I don't love the holiday season,
Track 1: hmm.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I'm a bit of a, oh, the Grinch
Track 1: bit of a
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: was
also, that was also on
rotation, the animated version
and the Jim Carrey version.
So,
Track 1: What is your like, oh man, I
have so many thoughts about this, but the
most important thoughts I have about this
pertain to a huge difference between us
and like they correlate to like
you being a public school heathen
and me being a homeschool goodie
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Sure.
Yeah.
Track 1: We did not have cable, so we
didn't have, there was no cha channel
doing like, regular Christmas movies or
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Sure.
Track 1: like you just turn
it on and or turn on the TV
and like Home Alone is on, or
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: it's Christmas story or Elf, or
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: It's a Wonderful Life, but
it's a Wonderful, life was like the
number one Christmas movie for us,
but then we would also watch
some version of like the Nativity
and I, I, don't know the studio name
off the top of my head or anything
like that, but it was always, it's
a wonderful life because it was.
Black and white and old
timey and like really tame.
And then the nativity and then like
maybe Empire Strikes back because that
was like a weird Christmas movie for us
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Sure.
Track 1: for some
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Here.
Okay.
Finish this thought.
I have another thought that kind of
ties back to Empire Strikes Back, so
Track 1: That was, that
was really the only thing.
So like Home Alone wasn't in rotation.
Grinch was like Jim Carrey.
Grinch.
A hundred percent was too weird and too
risque for,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: wild.
I saw that at the theater.
Track 1: Yeah.
No, like we, we went to see, didn't go to
see movies in the theater around Christmas
time until I was like 16 or 17 or 18.
But like, so like all of the, I know you
didn't go to see Lord the Ring, but Lord
the Rings came out around Christmas time.
Every, like, I don't
remember exactly what years.
3, 4, or.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I
was gonna
Track 1: 2, 3 or something like that.
Or maybe it was oh one two.
Maybe I don't, I don't remember.
But like I missed out on those
'cause I was like a little bit
too young according to my parents.
But those were like big Christmas movies.
But then Polar Express, I really remember
being like the only big Christmas
movie that my dad took us to see.
So this is like a really blind spot, even
though I think, yeah, I love Christmas
moves and then I get into the holiday
season and think I would actually
rather be watching a lot like almost
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: anything
else,
Track 1: even though like I
really do like home alone.
story short, we are doing
this for you listener.
Not really for
us.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Okay.
I love that you mentioned that Empire
Strikes back as a Christmas move for you.
For me, a Christmas movie
that is not really a Christmas
movie is the first Harry Potter
movie, Harry Potter and The
Sorcerer Stone, and here's why I
think that those movies all feel
like Christmas movies for us.
John Williams does the score
for all of those movies.
He also does a score for Home Alone,
and the score for Home Alone and
Sorcerer Stone are eerily similar.
And
so, I
Track 1: of like minor like half steps
and
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Yeah.
Which I.
You.
I mean, I don't know if it's 'cause
I've seen so many John Williams
scored films and listened to so
much of his scores, his scores.
But I really think that I can like
almost recognize when it's a John
Williams score and I kind of feel
that way about Han Zimmer and that.
But I think they all have a very
unique, like, like composers or
conductors have a very unique style,
like with any musician, you know?
And so, but yeah, I, I made
that revelation last week.
I was like, I think that that's why I,
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone,
it feels like a Christmas movie to me.
It's only the first one.
It is not the other ones, but the
first one feels like a Christmas movie
Track 1: How, like do you think
the snow is a big part of that?
Because the
snow and empire strikes back
and all of like the heavy,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-hmm.
Track 1: Heavy coats and stuff in Empire
Strikes, backs make, make it really
feel like a Christmas movie to us.
Do you think
snow is a big part of it?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I think so.
I
think
so
Track 1: too.
Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Also.
So you have lived in
Arkansas your entire life?
I've lived in Oklahoma and Arkansas my
entire life, and there has really only
been a couple of times in my life where
I've actually had a white Christmas.
And so I think anytime I see snow in a
movie, I'm like, oh, it's Christmas time.
Even though I've never
really experienced that.
So I don't, I think, yeah, I think that's,
in my mind, snow equates to Christmas
Track 1: Do you, was it 2012?
Did it snow up in Fort Smith?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Yeah.
Track 1: that was the year
that I vividly remember that.
' cause
we were about to go to college.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: school.
Yeah,
yeah.
yeah.
it also,
Track 1: snowed like 18
inches in Little Rock on
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yes.
Track 1: Day.
It was
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
It also snowed in 2009,
on Christmas of 2009.
'cause we were gonna go to Duncan
and visit family for Christmas,
but it snowed so bad in Fort Smith
that we couldn't leave.
And so uh, and it snowed on
Christmas Day and it was incredible.
Track 1: yeah,
snow is a big, snow is a
big part of Christmas movies
slash almost Christmas movies.
Like people, I mean, diehard
has become the famous . A
Christmas, non Christmas movie.
But it actually is set
is like Christmas time
whenever
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: right?
Yeah.
Track 1: occurring.
So
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: like, I don't know, a tech
boring technicality, but, know.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I mean,
when we did our, our top five Christmas
movies, I had mean girls on my list,
so.
Track 1: Yep.
And we were like, we'll
give it to you, man.
Good job.
Creative,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: You guys,
I had
a whole, I remember vividly being
like, I'm gonna have this argument
prepared as to why I think this.
And
you guys are like,
okay,
yeah, yeah, you guys
were like totally cool.
And I was like, wait,
no, I was ready to fight
Track 1: we, we need to fight about this.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
We gotta fight about this.
Track 1: Okay.
So turning to home
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: alone,
Track 1: who is Joe?
Who c whose face comes to mind?
Joe Pehi or Macaulay Kin.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I think
Macaulay Culkin kin comes to mind first
when I think of this movie.
Just, I mean, he, have you seen
any other, like, besides home?
I don't.
Have you seen Home Alone too at all?
Track 1: I haven't seen Holo two
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Okay.
Okay.
Have you seen any
other
Track 1: love Christmas movies.
I told you before,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I'm a big fan.
Have
you seen any other Christmas
or not Christmas movies?
McLay Colton movies.
Track 1: No, like not a single one.
So that was one thing I figured you
had, and I was hoping that you would
kind of shed some light on where he's at
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So,
Track 1: and how his career's been.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: well,
he actually just got a star on the
Walk of fame in Hollywood and he,
he, and Brenda Song are life part.
I don't know if they're technically
married, but they're like,
they're together.
Yeah.
And they have two kids and
Track 1: I,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: he gave
such a sweet speech and he talks
about how wonderful Brenda Song is
and felt like he gave, like, she
gave him renewed purpose in life
and he finishes like, it's so sweet.
She's crying, he's crying.
Everyone in the crowd's
crying 'cause it's so sincere.
And then he finishes it up with you
gave me, you know, our two boys and now
you're one of my three favorite people.
And it was, it was funny, but
it was really just touching.
'cause I was like, man, I, I love that for
both of them as like, I feel like trial.
I, I, the more I, I hear about
people who are former child stars.
Track 1: Mm-Hmm.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: the
more I think no one should ever be.
No child should ever be in Hollywood or
famous for any reason.
Track 1: I
wonder there, he's not getting
royalties from home alone, do you think?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I have no idea,
Track 1: Yeah,
that's, that's what I wonder, because
I knew that all I know about him
and I don't, I don't know to what
degree you can fill this in or not,
but I know that a, after home alone,
he did home alone two, but then after
that he kind of had hit a lot more
misses than hits
in his television and film career,
and then hit a really rough patch
and now he's doing a lot better.
So.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Yeah.
He actually, no, I don't know.
I don't wanna say this is a fun fact,
but he was arrested in Oklahoma City
Track 1: There
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: 2006, 2007.
Track 1: hashtag flyover
film map or something.
Maybe I could do
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: What?
For everyone who's been arrested in,
Track 1: Well, I mean like
arrests and, I don't know.
This is kind of a good idea
actually.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Just
Track 1: like
like major occurrences per state.
I don't know.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah.
We'll, we'll talk about that
after,
Track 1: talk, I'm making a note of that.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: But
yeah, he, 'cause he's been in a lot.
Oh, he was in a couple episodes
of Righteous Gemstones.
Track 1: Oh, that's really cool.
We still, that needs, that needs to
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: That's
gonna be, we're Yeah, we'll talk about
that in the morning
Track 1: thing's coming.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
So he was in Uncle Buck, which
is another John Hughes movie.
John Candy is in it.
And that's actually kind of where John
Hughes got the idea to do Home Alone.
And then he was in my girl.
Track 1: Okay.
My girl, I have seen my girl
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: okay.
I haven't seen it because everyone talks
about how sad it is and I can't, I cannot
Track 1: like he gets killed by a pack
of swarming bees.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Yeah, no, I cannot.
Will not
Track 1: we were,
before we started recording, we
were talking about the new version
of Wonka directed by Paul King
who did the Paddington movies and
Timothy Jme plays Wonka and it's,
it's getting pretty good reviews.
But one of the major differences
between this and the Gene Wilder
and Johnny Depp versions is that
Wonka is a kind of a pure figure
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: Cha Chana kind of embodies
that really well, but a lot of
people are salty that Wonka's not
mean and like kind of disillusioned
and hates children and how funny.
especially that Gene Wilder movie that
Mel Stewart directed is, and I think
that, I just think it's really funny
that kids, kids movies used to be like,
this is either gonna be the sweetest
thing you've ever seen, or like, this is
gonna mess you up for the rest of your
life.
and like movies that it's like, aren't
aren't like that anymore
because they're all animated.
I think that's really interesting.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I do feel like
there are less live action kids movies.
Track 1: Yeah, for sure.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
One great one that came out
this year was, are you There?
God, it to me, Margaret
are, man, that was really
good Also, I don't think it's
traumatizing, but it is emotional.
I think it was emotional to me as
an adult seeing like ra ra there's,
there's a monologue that Rachel
McAdams has where she is talking to.
She plays Margaret's mom.
She's talking to Margaret
and it's, it's very moving.
And I think it's more so about like, it's
more moving to adults because they are
ha like, I think a lot of adults have
to struggle with how do we talk to kids
about these really complicated and complex
Track 1: Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
and nuanced issues?
And so, which I don't have kids,
but I work with some teenagers
and, and some early adolescents.
And so talking to them and like
seeing my friend's kids, right?
Like they, sometimes
they'll ask questions.
I'm like, I don't know how
to answer this question.
Track 1: I don't know if
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
think you should ask
Track 1: for what
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I don't
also don't wanna get in trouble
So go ask, go ask your mom
Track 1: Yeah.
You should
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: You
should ask your mom about that.
Ask your parents.
'cause I don't know how
to answer that question.
Track 1: Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So,
Track 1: Anyway.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Anyway, but yeah, I don't, I don't
think kids' movies are
traumatizing enough,
Track 1: honestly, well,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: honestly.
so
Track 1: with
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I will say
Track 1: no kids' movies have
been traumatizing with me.
They're very traumatizing.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
and I was even in them.
Track 1: Yeah, seriously . Okay,
so,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: He
helped, Kevin in the second one.
Track 1: Home Alone, what is the
first quote that pops into your mind?
This is like
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Oh, good question.
Track 1: or third of like very
quotable movies we've covered
this year.
Very, quotable.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
I think the first one that comes
to mind is Merry Christmas.
You filthy animal.
Track 1: Yep.
That's probably,
probably near the
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: think that's
it.
Track 1: list for everyone.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
My
Track 1: what movie that
is that he's watching?
Or if that's a real movie
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I.
don't know if it's a real movie.
Are you
gonna look it up?
I will say, my family quotes
Buzz your girlfriend Wolf a lot.
We, I don't know why that, how, how
that comes up in conversation as often
as it does, but it, it definitely does.
My family has a knack for working
in really weird obscure movie
lines into normal conversation.
I don't know how we do it and
only it, it only works with us.
'cause if I were to do that with every
person, I think people would think
I'm insane or just don't make sense.
Track 1: Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So anyway,
Track 1: It is not
a real movie.
Angels with filthy souls.
really funny
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Angels with
Phil.
Yeah.
Hey,
Track 1: noir movie.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I'd watch it though.
Track 1: Yeah.
Great title.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So
Track 1: Yeah.
I was, you know, and
that's, that's the thing.
We talked about this phenomenon a couple.
Weeks ago when we talked about Scott
Pilgrim takes off, where you kind of had
to be at the right place at the right
time to watch different things and for it
to really resonate with you.
And for us, with Scott Pilgrim, it
was college, high school, yada, yada.
And as young adults, like Scott Pilgrim
just doesn't really resonate unless
you don't have your life together.
, honestly, like that's
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
it resonates with me.
I don't have my life together,
Track 1: well, well, I mean,
I mean, like, you saw it at a
time where we didn't have our
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Track 1: whereas Walter does now and
he's kinda like, I don't understand
what y'all are crying about.
hoMe Alone was that way for me,
where I was kinda like, oh, this is
like, this is cute and this is funny.
But as
a kid it's like, oh man, these
guys are breaking into his house.
They're like, oh man, he got left.
Like,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: oh man, his brothers and
sisters are mean to him, you know?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Well, and it, because as an adult
it's like, Kevin just needs to stop,
Track 1: Yeah.
No, that's, that's the thought I had.
I was like, this kid is really
annoying.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Like,
he's a, he's a freaking turd, but as a
kid it's, it feels way more relatable
Track 1: Right.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
and so, so yeah.
I think that there are certain movies
that you have to watch at a certain point
in your life, and if you, I miss that
window, then it, it makes it so much
harder to actually enjoy that movie.
So, for for example, a kind of completely
different movie, there's a movie with
Julia Styles called Save the Last Dance.
Have you, have you seen it?
Track 1: Is that the, is that the
one with where she does, she's
trying to get into Julliard.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yes.
Track 1: Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Olivia.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yes.
Track 1: Jess told me about
this movie and she and
I were like crying, laughing.
Like just from her describing
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yes.
Yes.
Track 1: or No, she showed me a
TikTok or something, but we were
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: because
Yes, Because,
Track 1: and how, like,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: on TikTok.
Track 1: up it's
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: No.
Track 1: messed up.
How?
Like it just doesn't,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: it's bad.
Track 1: it's like laughably bad.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yes.
Yeah.
But I know so many people who
are our age who watched it
when we were young and love it.
And like they, they just
absolutely adore it.
And I just know I can't watch it today.
I think if I'd watched it as
a kid, I probably would've
been like, this is incredible.
She is such
Track 1: We probably, we What if
we did like a commentary on it
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Oh my gosh.
Can we,
I'm gonna, we're
Track 1: Walter would probably be
like catatonic from laughing so hard.
Like just from this
TikTok that Jess showed me, I was
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Oh my gosh.
was the guy, desc was,
it was the guy describing
what is happening in that movie?
Track 1: Yeah, he
like did it.
He did like a quick like
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yes.
Track 1: three minute synopsis of the
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I saw that same
one.
Yes.
Hilarious.
Track 1: yeah.
It's just funny that you
brought that up as an example.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: No
Because, because the scene where
she's dancing, it's so bad.
It's so
bad,
And then she gets in so bad.
And so I think that's a, that's another,
that's an example of a movie that
if you didn't watch it at a certain
age, it's just not going to be good.
It's,
you're not gonna enjoy it.
Um, and, and so if you don't watch
Home Alone, I think as a kid it's
harder to enjoy it as an adult.
'cause you're just like, this kid's
a bratt and he needs to grow up.
And, um, also my, I watched it with
my parents yesterday and we were,
like I say, we, my mom and I were
going through everything and being
like, none of that would happen.
They, with all those kids
in that household, they only
ordered one cheese pizza.
Okay, sure.
Track 1: Yeah.
What's the name?
What's the name of Kieran
Kin's character Fuller.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Fuller
Track 1: Yeah.
. His,
his little like looks at the camera are
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yes.
Track 1: funny.
Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: When he,
he sips his Pepsi and he just has
that big grin come across his face,
Track 1: Do you know off the
top of your head whether or
not he and McCauley are tight?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I actually don't,
Track 1: Yeah,
I don't, I don't see any reason
why they wouldn't be, but,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah,
Track 1: but he's just, it's just really
interesting that he's gone on to have
such a more kind of like famous or Yeah.
He's, he's had a lot more
like high profile roles.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I also think that, I think
McCulley Kin has, has chosen to
step away, which, which I think a lot of
child actors or former child actors do.
They,
they choose to.
Yeah.
Well, 'cause Kieran Kin was in a lot of
McCully's movies as like, like kind of
a kid brother, or like a younger version
of him, but he wasn't like a star.
And McCulley kin, I think especially
with Uncle Buck, 'cause like
John Candy is a, was a huge act.
And so a lot of people would
go see his movies, right?
Like, um, 'cause he's, he's just so funny.
And so I think after seeing Uncle Buck
it, he really took off, like McLay
Culkin really took off as a kid actor.
And so he was like shot to fame and then
he got his own movie with Home Alone.
And this movie was like wildly popular.
Track 1: yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: And so, so
people were always like following him.
Um, so,
which is, I don't know again.
I, and I think one of the reasons
why I'm like children should
never be famous is after reading
Jeanette Jeanette McCurdy's book and
then reading Britney Spears's book, which
I listen to both of those on audio book.
But yeah, there, there's just, there's
no reason for children to be famous or
really anyone, but specifically children.
Track 1: I would, I really want to
actually, I think, so we're about
to go to Georgia for Christmas, and
Jess said that we should listen to a
book, and I kind of wanna listen to that
and I'll see if she's interested in it.
hOme Alone had a budget of 18
million in gross, 285 million
worldwide, which is impressive.
anD in 1990 it, I, I don't know what that,
that was probably 500,000, $500 million.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: Adjusted for
inflation, Doing some rough
math
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: some rough
Track 1: Very popular.
Very,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: know, obviously Beloved, we got
our guy Joe Pesci, as one of the burglars.
What's his name?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Marv is the other guy.
What is his name?
Track 1: I'm trying to
remember the name of,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Hold on, hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on.
Hold on.
Harry
Track 1: and Marv.
Daniel
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Stern plays Marv.
Track 1: Yep.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
JoHn heard plays Peter, who is Kevin's dad
And then our girl Catherine O'Hara plays
Kate Peter, or not Peter, Kevin's mom.
So um, have you seen very much
of like Catherine O'Hara's work?
Track 1: I've only seen, the
only other movie I've seen her
in is Beetlejuice, and I think
she's incredible in Beetlejuice.
And then I've only seen a
little bit of Shit's Creek,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Okay.
She's so good in Schitt's Creek,
which I know that.
So Eugene and Dan Levy specifically wrote
that character for her.
'cause she and Eugene Levy
have been friends for years.
Like they, they were in a, oh,
what was that movie called?
Hold on, I'm gonna look it up.
But they were in a movie
together that was really funny.
Best in show.
It's I say it's, I haven't seen
it, but everyone who has has said
it's like one of the best comedies,
but it is basically behind
the scenes look into dog shows
and just how intense it can be.
But Eugene Levy is in it, Fred Willard,
Jennifer Coolidge, Parker Posey.
Just a bunch of people.
And anyway, so they, they go
way back, but she's so good as
Moira Rose and Schitt's Creek,
but anyway.
Track 1: The, I'm jumping to the movie.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: like obviously Yeah.
Very, very good cast.
Joe Peshy ISS a standout for me.
Oh,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Oh, for
Track 1: so, he's really, really funny.
This was the same year as
Good Fellows, famously.
I don't think,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: What
a, year he
Track 1: a, yeah, what a
year, what a year for him.
evEn though Good Fell Goodfellows,
like, that's like one of the most
important movies for America, I think.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: though it didn't win,
I don't think any Oscars, or
maybe it was nominated for
some but didn't win any major
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I think, I wanna
say it was nominated for best picture.
Track 1: Yes.
And everyone looks back and,
you know, kind of says like,
Scorsese should have won for that.
Definitely over the departed, even
though that's, it's a pretty good movie.
But, it doesn't hold a candle to
Goodfellas, but like just what a tour.
Like what?
A two for like Goodfellas
and then Home Alone.
Legendary,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So, yes.
So Goodfellas was nominated
4 1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Oscars.
Track 1: but didn't
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: won one.
Track 1: It won one
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: won one.
Oscar.
You wanna know?
No,
Track 1: editing.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: do it
was, it was an acting category.
Track 1: Oh,
was it Ray
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: wanna
Track 1: De
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: best
supporting actor, Joe Pesci?
Track 1: Let's go.
My guy.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So, yeah.
Track 1: He
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah,
it was nominated for Best Picture.
Best supporting actor.
Best supporting actress, best director,
best screenplay based on material from
another medium and best film editing.
Track 1: There you go.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So
it won several BAFTAs though.
Track 1: Yep.
He
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Anyway.
Track 1: his, he had a bunch of like Chris
Columbus had to keep telling him, oh,
Chris Columbus also directed Soer Stone.
I forgot.
We forgot to
there.
Maybe you mentioned that earlier and
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: don't remember
if I mentioned it or not, if we didn't.
Chris Colo.
Yeah.
Christopher Columbus
also directed
Track 1: Chris Columbus had to keep
telling Joe Pesci Stop stops wearing
because this is the kids' movie.
Which also reminds me, he is like,
like John Malaney is the modern
day Joe Peshy, because he was like
swearing whenever he was doing his
spider ham lines for across the spider
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: and then turned to the director
was like, oh, you can't use any of this.
Can,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: and he goes
what, what is this movie gonna be raid in?
They're
like, pg,
and he goes, so none of
this is gonna be useful.
And they're like, Nope.
So
Track 1: I, but those clips of Malaney
saying all that stuff is out there.
Right?
Like,
I think we've, we've seen it
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
he was, I think he was on
Track 1: Either
Kimmel or Seth Meyers.
Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I
think it was Seth Meyers and he
was like, yeah, so here's some
of, here's some of those clips.
And they played 'em and they were
just, yeah, you couldn't hear anything.
But Yeah.
so Columbus was like, Joe,
you gotta stop cussing man.
And he was like, if you're gonna
say the F word safe ridge instead
Which I think is hilarious.
And so also anytime he's like
mumbling or like muttering under
his breath, it's 'cause he is
trying to stop himself from cussing.
Track 1: that's what I wonder.
So like I didn't, I don't know if you've
had the DVD or saw behind the scenes,
but there's shots where it definitely
does not cut away and it is definitely
Joe Pesci who was like falling flat
on his back or like not getting hit in
the face, but like the falling effect
it is definitely him and Daniel Stern
doing a lot of those falls and I know they
probably had padding
underneath their coats, but
I'm, I was kinda like that was
more what I was paying attention
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: this time around.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I.
I did not know, I did not realize they
were doing most of those things because
some of those things that happened
to them in this movie are so painful.
Track 1: And well, and like, I'm trying
to remember, but there, I could be wrong,
but I'm pretty certain it's, it's set up
ins such a way where you see enough of
their face where you're, where I thought
that is definitely Joe Pesci or that is
definitely Daniel Stern.
And I feel like
you, yeah.
Am I right?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I think you're right.
I, I would have to like go back
and look 'cause I don't think I,
I was paying attention to that.
Um, but it wouldn't surprise me
honestly if they, if that
was them, like doing it.
I just gotta say like, the first
time I, I would fall on the ice,
the frozen steps, I'd be done.
I did, I would
not
Track 1: I'd be like, let's pack it up.
Let's go
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
vendetta against a
freaking 8-year-old .I
would just be like,
ah, let's, let's leave.
This doesn't matter.
Track 1: Yeah,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So,
so
Track 1: I have a pretty, pretty
amazing piece of trivia for you.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: oh,
Track 1: So the year, the year that I saw
Home Alone for the first time, I think
it was 2020, middle of the Pandemic,
um, we had gone back to the author.
No, no, it was like the year, it was
like a couple months before the pandemic.
I was just watching tons of
movies for the first time.
And one of them I was watching like
everything, like old movies, new movies.
I watched Heat for the first time.
One of them was this German movie
directed by Fritz Lang who did
a lot of Looney Tunes shorts.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Okay.
Track 1: m just the letter
M.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah, yeah,
yeah.
Track 1: do you know about this?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I know, I know of the movie.
I don't know what, why you're bringing
it up, but I know of the movie.
Track 1: So the movie is very, very good.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: old directed in 31.
I think it's like the old two date,
the oldest movie that I've seen.
It's about a serial killer
who's like kidnapping kids and
killing them in a German village.
It's completely in German.
And the dude who is playing the
serial killer is just really scary
looking like, like very good,
very good performances all around.
It's kind of like a mob
justice sort of movie.
I say all that to say the central
thesis of the, or not the central
thesis, but the big iconography of the
movie is the community bands together.
They have a bunch of meetings and
they're like, we gotta find this guy
because he is taken a ton of our kids.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: One guy sees him and they're
able to piece together a bunch of evidence
and he takes some chalk, writes M on
his hand, and then he like pretends
to bump into this guy and presses the
M on his coat to for like murderer
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: the German word is.
So then this chase ensues and it's
about 15, 20 minutes and he finally gets
caught, but it's like really thrilling.
but the, the shot of like the hand with
the M on it and then the guy with the m
on his coat looking behind his shoulder
as he is getting chased is like, it's
like a really like popular image from the
movie that is, that's directly referenced
in this movie when Kevin heats up the
doorknob and Joe Pesci burns his hand
with the M on it for McAllister, like
as they're trying to get into the home.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: that
Track 1: it's just crazy.
that I like, yeah, it's crazy that
I saw that movie and then home alone
in the same year and I was able
to make that connection.
So
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
That's awesome.
I, you know what, like, I think that
it's really easy to write off like
old movies because they're old or
whatever, or, and, and some of 'em sure.
Like who Caress.
But I, I think a lot of them,
it's like, man, those movies
are referenced, Constantly
like,
Track 1: I'm sure there's some, yeah,
there's a ton that I'm missing too.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah, no,
like I, I, I think that's, I think one
of my like blind spots as far as like
film watching goes is old movies like
that, like, like movies that came out,
honestly like pre like seven 1970s, right?
Like, I have not, if you were to
look at my, my letterbox, like I
have seen so few before the seventies
honestly probably before the eighties.
When I do watch an old movie like that
and like see, oh, this was referenced
in, I can connect those dots and
see like, oh, this was referenced
in this other film that I love.
No wonder I love that.
Like, no wonder I've been
enjoying this film so much.
It reminds me of this other one
that actually is referencing
this one.
And so I think it is cool when,
when, directors and I, I, I think
like what makes directors so like
the best directors so great is that
they are truly like students of film.
And I think, like, I think it, it would
be easy for you and me to be like,
yeah, we, we are students of film, but
like, we're, we're not, not in that way.
Like um,
I think
it's really
Track 1: like paying
homage in the way that like
all the movies that Greta Gerwig, um,
like pay homage to and Barbie, like
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: It's crazy.
Track 1: and each of those movies
is just incredible works of art.
Like one I You haven't
seen umbrellas of She Borg.
Have
you seen that?
I haven't yet either.
And that's one where I saw kind
of a comp back to back of like,
I think it's the dance se,
I think it's the dance sequence maybe
where she's like kind of pulling the, or
maybe just like the production design.
And I was just like, man, I need
to watch that movie like right now.
And I just haven't yet.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah, I
think, I think there's a whole list.
I think Letterbox actually has a
list of all the movies she like
references or like pulls from, in
some capacity for Barbie that I'm
like, man, I, I kind of wanna go
through and watch that whole list.
And some of 'em I've seen, like The Wizard
of Oz, I've seen, um, I'm trying to think
what else, like what other big ones, but
like, I haven't seen, I think singing
in Lorraine is one of the ones that are
referenced.
I haven't seen,
that.
Track 1: I haven't seen it either.
Shamefully.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So yeah,
Track 1: but yeah, I'm alone.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: How Many
like Chris Columbus movies have you seen?
Track 1: I've seen this.
And then the two Harry Potters and
I don't know what a it, well he
made the Percy Jackson movie, right.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Oh, did
he I don't, I legitimately don't know.
Hold on, let me
look.
Track 1: Yeah.
Good director, very capable.
, he's gotta be kind of getting old right.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
He was born in 58,
Track 1: Yeah, so
he is
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
he's in his sixties,
Track 1: did you ever read the
Percy Jackson, those books?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: No, that was
something that I didn't actually read.
I've, I've heard they're great.
Track 1: The Disney Plus series
came out this weekend and Jess is
always looking for things for her
eighth and seventh grade classes
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: mm-Hmm.
Track 1: to do and, you know, get
them interested in reading stuff
that may be adapted.
And apparently the
adaptation is really good.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Oh, that's cool.
Yeah.
I, I never watched the movies either and
people felt very strongly about those.
Track 1: The, I didn't see the second
one, I don't think, but yeah, those, those
two, I was like, these are not that great.
So,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah.
Track 1: gOod director,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: 5, 6, 7, 8.
I've actually seen eight of his films.
Track 1: what's, what
other stuff has he made?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So
the first two Harry Potter movies,
home Alone One and two, Mrs.
Doubtfire, which was another
movie that
Track 1: yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: we
reference all the time in my family.
He directed the film
Adaptation of Rent, which is a
musical Broadway, Broadway, musical.
He directed stepmom, which I haven't
seen, but I've heard it's really good.
He directed Bicentennial Man,
which I also haven't seen.
And he also directed the Original
Adventures and Babysitting,
Track 1: Oh
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: which is
another, like, it's also John Hughes film.
I think, oh, maybe it's not, I
associated it with John Hughes 'cause
it's a, I think it's a bratt pack film.
Track 1: Oh,
gotcha.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: anyway.
But yeah,
Track 1: Oh,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
so I've seen several.
What about John Hughes?
We haven't talked about
him a whole lot, have you?
Track 1: John
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
do you know about
Track 1: I've seen, I've seen a
good bit, not like every single
one, but . All like, like I've
seen the big ones, breakfast Club P
and Pink, 16 Candles.
Maybe not p and Pink.
He made trains, planes in automobiles.
Right.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: that'S probably my favorite.
. Like, I've watched trains, planes
in automobiles with Will and Gabe,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: I think in 2020
as well for the first time.
And we were like crying, laughing.
Like, it's, it is such a funny movie.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I
actually haven't seen that movie.
Track 1: Oh my gosh.
It is.
That's like, I feel like that has
gotta be one with your parents that
y'all
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: my parents
love it We, I just haven't watched it.
Yeah.
No.
Track 1: need to.
I I think, I think you would, I
think you would find it really funny.
Um, so.
Yeah.
No, I, I, I like John Hughes.
Man, I love John Candy
and John Candy in home
alone is really funny.
It has like, that was like the hardest.
I laughed watching it this time around
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yes.
Track 1: I left.
Don't feel so bad.
I left my kid at a funeral
par parlor for an entire day.
He was okay after about
six or eight weeks.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
So, So, Columbus.
I guess for the, I, I think for most
of his films, he doesn't really like
a whole lot of like ad-libbing, but
for this film he, he was like, John
Candy, you can do whatever you want.
And so that whole thing he just made
up, I guess they, I saw where they
shot that scene at like four 30 in
the morning and he was just rambling
on.
about leaving his kid.
And Catherine O'Hara just like a
true pro, just stayed in character.
Which Which I love.
I think like that scene is so
funny and I don't think I ever
really grasped what he was saying.
'cause of course I watched it as a kid.
So I'm like, I don't care
about anything that's happening
with this situation right now.
But as an adult I'm like,
this is the funniest thing.
But also, could you imagine how
terrible you would feel if you
were catheter here in that moment?
Track 1: Yeah.
Yeah.
He's, and he was like, he was like, I'm
just trying to make you feel better.
And she's like, I wish I
hadn't have said anything.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: Her response is awesome.
I remember when they, they come
in, they can't find Kevin after
a certain point and they're just
like so beaten, beaten to pieces,
and they're
I forget who says it, like, I don't
know if it's Joe Pesci or Daniel
Stern, but they're like, is he?
Maybe he committed suicide.
I think it
was like when they get upstairs and
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Stern.
Yeah.
Track 1: out the
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: They
just think he
Track 1: that also made me
like, lose my, lose my crap.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: and Joe Pesci
just looks at him like he's an idiot.
Track 1: maybe he committed suicide.
Oh,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Oh my gosh.
No, it is so funny.
It's so good.
Track 1: Bless
this highly nutritious microwaveable
macaroni and cheese dinner, and
the people who sold it on sale.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: okay.
I'm glad you, you brought up that scene.
I feel like on social media, home
Alone has like, just kind of taken
on this whole, it's like having,
I think almost every Christmas for
the past, like several years, it's
kind of had a cultural moment where
people have been like, what does Kevin
McAllister's dad do for, for a living?
Like, why do they have this big house?
And it's like, who cares?
First
of all, like why does it matter?
Do you guys not know rich people?
And also you know that they're rich?
Because at that, in that scene where he's
sitting down, he's got his silverware.
Laid out exactly like you would
at like a fancy restaurant.
And
my mom leans over and goes, look at the
way that he's got his silverware laid out.
You know, that kid is rich.
They've, they've gone to Cotillion,
they've done all that stuff.
And it's like, yeah,
this is a rich family.
He's
taking his entire family to Paris for
Christmas.
Track 1: and
and they were able to turn
around and come right back.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
like no big deal.
Als, I realize it was 1990.
Also, the fact that they woke up
and had to be at the airport in
45 minutes i's like, they're all
freaking about, can't make it.
And like, like, well this was
pre nine 11, so if, if this
was post nine 11, there's so many
things about this movie that I'm like,
this movie would never be made today.
Not because it's like crazy,
like it hasn't aged well.
It's just like the
airport wouldn't happen.
That scene wouldn't happen.
tHey would've definitely not made
the plane or made the flight.
They wouldn't have to worry about
landlines 'cause someone would,
everyone would have a cell phone.
Track 1: like, yeah.
I wonder whether or not there would've
stayed in Paris because there would've
been like, I guess more to do or
like the perspective of more to do
because
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: huh.
Track 1: that's, that's
what I thought, man.
Flying all the way to Paris and they
don't have in-flight entertainment
or
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: podcasts or music or like game,
I guess Game Boys may have started coming
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: They,
they had Walkman so they could
listen
Track 1: were maybe Walkman's, but like
you don't see any of the kids using
Walkman's and it's like, what did they do?
I was cracking up at the line too.
John Herd's like, or one of them says,
I feel, I feel bad flying up here.
And then the kids are all in middle
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
It's John Herd.
Track 1: no, they're having fun.
Like
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Catherine O'Hara is like, ah, I feel bad.
And he's like, no, they're fine.
They're in, they're in the back.
I love when they're on the plane and
she realizes that they forgot Kevin
and Uncle Frank is like, well,
you know, if it makes you feel any
better, I forgot my reading glasses,
Track 1: Yeah, I forgot my
reading glasses.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: and,
and he says it so seriously, and
they all just look at him.
Track 1: Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: We all,
we all have an Uncle Frank, you know,
who would say something like
that and mean it sincerely.
Not realizing that is Not the same
Track 1: Not the
same thing.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Same thing.
Track 1: such a disease, Kevin.
I wouldn't let you sleep with me
if you were growing on my ass.
. That's what,
that's another one of my
favorite lines in the movie.
And he, he like lists off the
reasons A, and then he gets
to B and then his last is D
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
No, he doesn't even do that.
He goes, I'll give you three reasons.
He goes, A, whatever.
He says
two.
no, he says two.
He doesn't say B.
He says two.
And then he goes, and then D
Track 1: Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Man,
I loved it so much.
Track 1: Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So
Track 1: Those are my notes.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: nice.
Solid notes.
Track 1: Thanks.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah,
no, I'm glad one of us had notes
'cause I didn't, I was just ready to
talk about
Track 1: reading from the notes
of the notes of your, your
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: notes
of my memory from watching it yesterday
at like 10 o'clock in the morning.
Track 1: and also like
30 times growing up.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: also,
also a lifetime of watching this
Track 1: Yeah.
, yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So, but no, I
genuinely like, sincerely love this movie.
It's always um, I always laugh
at it whenever I watch it.
There were so many, I had, again, I hadn't
watched it in a long time, so there were
several times yesterday where my parents
and I were laughing out loud at it as
if we've never seen the film before.
And I think that was what was fun for me.
It was like being able to
watch it with my parents.
And also like this movie does have
some really like sweet moments.
Like I
really love the
scene with
him and the
neighbor.
Yeah.
tHat was really sweet.
And
and
Track 1: kind of like as a placeholder
for, you know, like you either are
experiencing or know someone who
the holidays are really difficult
for
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah,
Track 1: or another, and
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: for sure.
Track 1: that resolved, even if
it's from a like through the window
is, is
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Yeah.
And I think that's what Home Alone
and Home Alone two do really well.
'cause like there's a similar kind.
Storyline that plays out
in the second one as well.
And it, it does have a really sweet moment
and it, they both end in the same way
where someone yells Kevin and they're
like upset about something that happened.
Like this movie ends with Kevin yelling
about, or buzz yelling at Kevin,
Track 1: destroys Buzz's
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
what did you do to my room?
Track 1: Yeah.
He took
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So
Track 1: money.
How much money was in there?
Did he count it?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I don't
remember how it wasn't a whole lot.
It, he goes, Buzz's life savings.
And it was
like
I think maybe 20
bucks.
Track 1: or $30.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah,
it was not very much.
But also
I'm assuming Buzz is like a 15 or
16-year-old kid, so he probably doesn't
have a whole lot of money anyway.
So anyway.
Track 1: bandits.
I
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: wet
Track 1: I did.
I did think about introducing us
as like, we're the wet bandits
and this is the home alone pod.
But
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Aw, that.
would've been fun.
That's okay.
We were cheap quoting lines.
Track 1: Yep.
It was funny
how they broke into the house, the
next door house, and then there's
like water pouring down the,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Oh my gosh.
Track 1: I I, I had to like do
a double take like, wait, what?
And I was like, oh, because they,
this is the house next door.
They let the water running.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Could you imagine?
They, I think they said that
that family was in Florida.
Could you imagine getting a call
while you're in Florida at some beach
and it's a police officer saying uh,
hi, sir.
Track 1: three feet of water in
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
There, your house is flooded.
And also you were your house
was broken into, 'cause the
wet bandit struck your house
and
you're
like, The
the who
Track 1: struck
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
they have struck again.
Track 1: Yeah.
That WA was a homeowner too.
I was like, that is a true nightmare.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: no, I was, I
was, man, I was thinking the same thing.
Like even as someone who doesn't own a
home, I'm just like, I would be furious.
I don't even know how.
Track 1: that's an one
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
what do you do?
Track 1: claim.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah,
what do you like?
Track 1: You
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I think I
would just sit there.
Track 1: yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
So anyway, that was crazy.
Couldn't imagine.
Track 1: thoughts on Home Alone?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I, my
closing thoughts on home Alone are,
Track 1: Perfect
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: is
a, I wasn't gonna say
it was a Perfect movie.
It is Legendary.
It is really, it is really funny.
I think, and you tell
me if, if you disagree.
I think that this is a really, like,
it's a good, like, family movie.
I don't
feel like
it's, it's like inappropriate that
like, there's maybe like one scene
that where Kevin is going through
buzzes, like, like box of stuff, um,
And there's
Track 1: What does he say?
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: I
don't, there's something about, he
doesn't ca like call it Playboy,
but he is like these magazine and
he just like tosses it behind him.
He like has no interest
in it 'cause he is eight
and
so he
Track 1: says something though.
Like, like, like so
distasteful or something
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Track 1: That was funny.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: it was funny.
And so he like tosses it aside.
Outside of that though, like I think this
movie is, is a pretty good family movie.
It's great for the holidays.
Track 1: Committed
performances.
It doesn't, it's not like, uh,
it's not dumbing down anything.
Like everybody
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
Track 1: can enjoy it and it's not,
you know, like, okay, this is for kids.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Yeah.
Track 1: so Yeah.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So I
think it's the best Home alone movie,
although I do love the second one.
The third one I think is, I haven't
seen it as an adult, but I would
guess it's probably bad, although
it has a young scargo in it.
So
Track 1: yep.
I've seen like that one scene
where she's acting about like is,
is Macaulay Kin in the third one?
He's not.
Right.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: No, it's,
Track 1: So whoever's
like the Kevin Standin
is, they're trapped, or he's
trapped or whatever, and
Cher's like, what is going on?
And then she, she's the older sister I
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Mm-Hmm.
.
Track 1: and then she
ends up doing something.
I've seen like that scene on TV somewhere.
So yeah,
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah, yeah,
Track 1: we'll do
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: yeah.
No, Home Alone Three is just
a completely different family.
Track 1: Yep.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: So
anyway, what
are your final thoughts, closing thoughts?
Track 1: Great movie.
We were gonna do a Christmas vacation.
And do you have much of a
relationship with that movie?
I've only seen it once.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
I've never seen it.
I've seen like parts of it.
Track 1: decided home alone
because we were like, no, let's
just do home alone instead.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yeah.
Track 1: yep.
Jess likes,
she said, oh, I love Christmas vacation.
And her, she said, yeah, we
watched it like all the time
around Christmas growing up.
And I was like, oh, cool.
And then we watched it and she didn't
like it and she said, yeah, I think
we watched the TV version and all
this stuff was edited out, . And
I said, oh, that makes sense.
'cause I thought it was hilarious.
But she was like, like
not laughing at jokes and
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: When,
well when he said that, I was like,
huh, I don't
everything I know about
Jess that seems Aw.
Like that.
Like that surprises me.
And then the TV version.
Yeah, that would make things,
that would make things different.
So
Anyway.
Track 1: our next episode is
our top five movies of 2023.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: Yep.
It's gonna
be coming out
Track 1: and it's
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: in
January though in
2024.
So this is our
last episode of the year.
Track 1: Last episode of the year.
Thanks for sticking with us.
We got some great stuff coming
next year and catch up on your 2023
movie so you can have that convo with us.
We'll do minor spoilers I guess for,
we can't go through this plot of every
single movie that we're gonna cover
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: No, that would
take forever.
Track 1: but yeah, definitely
catch up on your 2230 movies.
There's a lot of good movies coming out,
like a lot of good movies coming out.
This month we got Maestro, we got
Ferrari, anyone but you Colored
Purple Wonker came out this weekend.
Aquaman was king to this
coming up, this coming weekend.
people are calling it Wonka Man,
and I think
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: no,
Track 1: Um, What else?
There's some other stuff
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: There's
a lot of, I feel like there's a, like
too many
here's,
Track 1: so you can, you
don't even have to go to
the theater.
You can just watch that at home
on, on December 22nd.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Here's the thing.
There are, so we're recording
this on December 17th.
There are
so many things between now and December
31st that come out and it's so upsetting.
'cause I just know I'm not gonna be able
to see everything that I want to see,
Track 1: Yep.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: which will
make my list not maybe as accurate as it
would be if I had watched all of it, but.
Track 1: I'm this week alone, I
crammed in I think like two or three
movies from this year that I was
like, I just gotta get these in just
just in case they make my list or just
to be able to say that I saw
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So
anyway,
Track 1: Thank you to Walter
for producing this episode.
Thank you to Macy Lomis for our art.
Thank you to Chordanjdocks for
our music and our theme song.
They are little rock based artists.
They're awesome.
Go check them out.
They're also newly married.
Great couple.
We love them
and
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: 10
Track 1: 10
Outta 10 would recommend for
any artistic musical needs.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: mm-Hmm.
Track 1: Our next episode
is Top 10 Movies of
2023.
We'll see you then.
olivia_1_12-17-2023_192143: All right.
Merry Christmas.
Track 1: Merry Christmas
y, filthy Animal.
Merry
crimus.