10 Things You Didn't Know About The Burbs

[@Tehonii]

One thing I DID know about "The Burbs"? It's one of the best movies ever made.

[@CraftAero]

Bruce Dern: "Get that lamo outta here !" Cory Feldman: "Hey lamo, get outta here !"

[@rainflowers1099]

100% agree

[@alfredspic481]

Easy

[@Busypants]

Yep

[@Sarah-Jane17]

Tom Hanks flinging his hot coffee at the paper boy after he hits him with the paper gets me every time 😆.

[@bio-jesus6967]

This is one of those, "if it's on, I'm watching it" movies

[@alfredspic481]

Money Pitt, Night of the Comet. Can't buy me love, ferris Buller it's all gone 😢

[@gloriaorth4628]

Hell yeah! 🎃 ❤😊

[@someoneunseen5168]

Ghostbusters, close Encounters, Jaws, Blues Brothers, Beverly hills Cop, Big Trouble in Little China, Another 48 hours, Gremlins, Stand By Me, jewel of the nile, uncle buck, harry and the hendersons, indiana jones. Tremors. Dont make them like that anymore.

[@jeremymtc]

One of my favorite lesser-known facts about The Burbs is that Ric Ducommun (Art) was the co-founder of the classic skateboard brand SkullSkates, along with his brother, and arranged for the "product placement" of the SkullSkates t-shirt worn by one of Ricky's friends. Thanks for another great one Minty!

[@ericwhite1942]

When I was watching this as a kid, I truly thought the movie would end with the character Art being a serial killer and was trying to get the Clopecks framed to take the heat off him. Turns out not

[@313Games]

@@ericwhite1942 Good twist!

[@warrioricp178]

We all knew the Klopeks! The neighbors did it. Esp at then when they did ever did conclude it, well also when he tried taking Ray's life.

[@MARKODADEO]

70s,80s,90s will never be beaten the next 300 years wouldn't come close to the golden 30 years we had, directors actor's with personalities ,writers and musical composer's,we was spoiled , blessed to have witnessed it

[@JoanneBeck-r6w]

Agree completely. I said a comment like yours on Minty's video for American Psyco that came out right before this one. 70s through 90s films are the pinnacle of great filmmaking.

[@Theoverthinker81]

I'm sure Kathleen Kennedy would disagree with you on that one 😊

[@codys4863]

I would add in the early 00’s. Lots of great times, 2008 is right around when everything started taking a nose dive.

[@jeromehelion4766]

So true.

[@dannytooley7530]

We stil, get awesome movies but 80s 90s we’re the best times for movies and music

[@The_Mattcade]

"that kid next door's a meatball." one of my all time favorite movies

[@CraftAero]

The set up was even better. "Looking good Mrs.Rumsfeld, no tan lines today." Cut to a shot of Wendy Schaal's ass that would break the internet (if it had existed).

[@MikeyVonSwank13]

Great line lol

[@CraftAero]

"He can't come out to play until he resembles the man I married."

[@notsofastahole]

Bruce Dern was so good in this!!!!

[@someoneunseen5168]

​@@CraftAero"We dont have that kinda time"

[@Sharauni]

One of my favorite movies, thanks for covering it! The poodle, who's name is Darla, was also in Peewee's Big Adventure, Coach, Eerie Indiana and Batman Returns!

[@SharreIWright]

Every time the lieutenant's wife picks up the poodle and says "you're all dirty and you're shaking" I answer oh yes I am 😜

[@scarlettleaves9042]

That’s so interesting. I wish she was also Gonk in the Elvira movie

[@lynand2967]

Always loved this movie... anytime we have weird neighbours we refer to them as - " The Klopeks "

[@inrainbows1829]

Yep me too Me and my mates are always saying to each other What you got in the basement Klopeck 😂

[@The_Mattcade]

What is that, Slovik??

[@inrainbows1829]

@@The_Mattcade it came with de frame

[@tfphonechick]

My husband and I do that too!

[@313Games]

@@The_Mattcade NO!

[@grindtoothmedia120]

The Burbs is at the top of my favorite movie list, easily in the top 10. My wife and I have watched it countless times and use quotes from it all the time. I love how the background sounds, music, and TV bits are synched to the dialogue and actions of the characters. It's juxtaposed like the way old cartoons were made. It's a very interesting film on many levels, and I pick up new things every time I watch it.

[@STONESGAM]

This film is yet another reason why I miss the 80s so much and why they were so great. The fact that a zany, quotable, and fun movie like this could be made and released on the big screen is so awesone. It wasnt trying to make any sort of statement it was just trying to entertain us for a couple of hours. The Burbs definitely isn't for everyone but those who get the humor and grew up in the Burbs really love it. As do I. This was back in the days when Hollywood still knew they were in the entertainment business and not the political business

[@tysonyouts5011]

As a teenager, I saw this on Home video. I did not know what to expect. I did not read about the movie or know anything other than it had some famous actors. When I begin watching it, I thought it was going to be boring, but just a couple of minutes in, I was hooked and at the end my mind was blown! I thought the narrative by Cory really added to the movie.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Mark: Art! Bonnie: Your wife's home! Mark: And your house is on fire! Art: [horrified] MY WIFE IS HOME?!

[@hammerdown3876]

lol... his wife must be my ex wifes sister...

[@kaykay3772]

A few years ago, I came across "The Burbs" when I was looking for something to watch on Netflix. It became one of my favorite films and I started watching it a lot.

[@footballgeorgiebest]

Bay Window was a play on Hitchcock’s Rear Window where Jimmy Stewart suspects his neighbour of killing his wife. Bay Window was a big must have feature on many suburban houses particularly in the 80’s

[@SharreIWright]

Ever seen Brian De Palma's Body Double?

[@footballgeorgiebest]

@@SharreIWrightI have, it’s quite good. I enjoyed Disturbia as well

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

I got to meet Joe Dante at a horror convention this past year. He loved my STARS uniform from Resident Evil.

[@luvstar77]

The Burbs is in my Top 10 Favorites! Thank You for reviewing! Also the little dogs name is “Queenie”

[@313Games]

I don't know how he got Queenie's name so wrong.

[@luvstar77]

@@313Games soo wrong

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

@@313GamesI think he needs new glasses 😂

[@potterpotter8953]

This is one of the best gems from the 80s.

[@matthewchewning3822]

"We got the pizza dude coming."

[@kellyp136]

"You keep a horse in the basement?" lives rent free in my brain.

[@tomsenior7405]

…And; Robert Picardo. Plus; Henry Gibson & Wendy Schaal. This is a hidden gem of a film. Excellent choice for "10 Things most of you know about this film".

[@SharreIWright]

Innerspace

[@ginahevel4585]

I make love with my boots on. ​@@SharreIWright

[@shaggycan]

Wendy Schall's character in this film is the basis for Francine Smith in American Dad. Tom Hank's standing fall down the steps at the end is amazing. Only perhaps topped by Mr Leahy in Trailer Park Boys.

[@tomsenior7405]

@@shaggycan Bloody Lovely. Thank you. We were genuinely caught off guard by this film. I could not understand how such a good movie was being broadcast on British Telly, on a Sunday afternoon, with no fanfare for its Premiere. This should have been the Christmas Day, afternoon Film, following the Queen's Speech.

[@313Games]

@@tomsenior7405 The Queenie's speech lol Thar scum barking monarch has taken her last dump on my lawn....

[@troycruikshank1027]

Minty you are killing it bro. I really love these deep dives into great classic cinema. Keep up the great work.

[@christophercattie]

I'm a simple man, I see Minty covering The Burbs, I click watch!

[@SumDumGy]

Now you have nothing left to live for.

[@leecroft1983]

I’m sure this is a re upload, certain I have watched this video before. Weird.

[@SumDumGy]

@@leecroft1983 He had to insert his new video store footage. Watch him do this to all his older videos! 😂

[@IR_Baboon]

Nice. I just watched this movie a couple weeks ago. The scene where he's hacking after eating the sardine and pretzel always gets me.

[@Colleen1976]

That scene is the best. lmfao.

[@springmotor70]

Wow! lots of stuff I did not know this time! - Including Queenie was also Precious!!! - that one is worth the whole list. There is also a hidden comic note that not many people spot that is worth your list.... Queenie's owner, Walter was played by comedic veteran Gale Gordon whom many remember from The Lucy Show (Mr. Mooney) and Here's Lucy. On the Burb's set in Walter's living room, you can see real photos of Gale Gordon including one carefully placed up front that is a publicity photo of himself and Lucile Ball. 😃

[@ginahevel4585]

Thank you...I was looking for someone to mention Gayle. I just spotted the photo TWO WEEKS AGO...I'm not as observant as I fancy myself.

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

"Hey... Pinocchio! Where are YOU going!?" 🤣 I'm 43 damn years old, but that is one line from my childhood that will NEVER leave my memory! ❤️😆😆❤️

[@koobs4549]

I came here to make this same comment 😂 This whole movie is so quotable, we still enjoy chanting, “I wan-na kill, every-one, satan is good, satan is our pal”😂

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

@@koobs4549 Oh this movie just wouldn't be what it is w.out Art. Hell the whole team did their part, but Art.. he's THAT guy. Can't help but think of Uncle Ted from Bobby's World.

[@someoneunseen5168]

"Klopec, is that a slavic name?" "You think they're gonna do something about their yard?" "Im gonna do something productive - Im gonna go watch TV" "Get this lamo outta your yard"

[@someoneunseen5168]

Art and Rumsfeld made the movie.

[@elizabethkelly1031]

Absolutely hands down one of my favorite movies of all time and I'm glad you finally got around to doing 1 of these for it.. Love your videos thank you

[@amiejohnston2842]

One of my favorite one-liners in the film is: Art: “Hey safety is my middle name!” Ray mumbling to Rumsfield: “I thought his middle name was Lewis.”

[@RoosterMontgomery]

I had an acquaintance in high school who loved The 'Burbs as much as I did. Whenever we crossed paths, we would exchange lines and get a kick out of it every time. Imagine people hearing two goofs shouting things like: "Your wife's home... and your house is on fire!" or "Maybe that was brother down there tapping on the ceiling a couple minutes ago!" during passing time. Fond memories fueled by a great movie.

[@Adarkane325xi]

“‘It came with the frame?’” I just rewatched this recently, it still holds up. I tried to quote Art’s chant but YT didn’t like it. You know, the “Ray, you’re chanting,” chant? 🤣

[@Ladykat1808]

I love Turner & Hooch. I just don't watch the last 10 minutes and in my head they all live happily ever after.

[@potterj09]

Corey Feldman's best role. I still yell out "Yo Rummsfield !!!" whenever the memory is tripped.

[@djs5074]

It's the film I've seen the most. The dialogue is excellent. "No way Wednesday night, we're taking on Rozelli plumbing". I us this line if I'm busy on Wednesday nights 😁

[@slotman777]

Minty I have been home with medical problems and I have enjoyed watching almost all of the videos on your channel! Thanks for the great work you do god bless

[@annielane5621]

I miss the video stores, I would spend hours reading the boxes, my family would have fun picking out movies.

[@randallleddy4822]

Love that you have "Subdivisions" by Rush as your backing track!

[@daveb224]

How many times have I thought of or uttered, "Red rover, red rover, let Ray go over," in my life? It was and still is a fun hidden gem from the late 80's.

[@SharreIWright]

If you listen very carefully when Art is throwing the femur bone away you can hear someone whistle to que the dog to bring it back

[@larrygorlitz]

I had to come back and thank you after watching the movie. Not being a big fan of Tom Hanks, especially not in the 80s, this movie ended up being something completely other than what I expected. I never would have known except for your video about it. 👍🏻 Thanks!

[@bigfootmenaceormisundersto1479]

Bay Window was a nod to Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window, as the protagonists in both films are obsessed with the strange and mysterious activities of their neighbors.

[@wstine79]

"MY BROTHER, THE DOCTOR!!"

[@SharreIWright]

Doctor.....Who?😊

[@Busypants]

This is one of my favorite movies ❤ thanks for covering it ! Love your videos

[@dovesmum8521]

Minty... Universal Hollywood was a working studio for decades before they started doing tours. So unlike most theme parks around the world this was an actual working studio. As a kid in the 60s /70s we would be on the tour, they would stop and tell us to be quiet, as they were filming. You would see celebrities on break, or on set waiting. BTW... Carrie Fishers mom, Debbie Reynolds suggested to the head of Universal back in the 1950s that they should do tours.

[@remc0s]

"Klopek... Is that a slavic name?" "NO!" 😡

[@gregmeyer1805]

"Hey, Pinocchio, where do you think you're going!?"

[@kriscarlson2716]

About a nine on the tension scale there rube!

[@matthewheupel8960]

My sister and I absolutely LOVE this movie. We've been watching it since it first came out. It's just so unique. And pretty much any movie with Dick Miller is gold.

[@psykolikwid]

Thanks for the tour of Mintbuster video!!!

[@1971thedoctor]

Saw this in the theater with my sister, we didn’t know what it was about and didn’t see a trailer for it, was just a random pick and had so much fun watching it. Loved it

[@joe_8699]

My all time favorite movie. I was 8 when it came out and must have seen it a million times. It never gets old.

[@foamige]

One of my favourite movies of all time. "Coz he trains his dog to crap in my yard"

[@deathstroke5335]

The opening zoom-in sequence with the logo fascinates me even to this day. The movie has a great list of actors, but we certainly can't forget Robert Picardo as Dick Miller's partner in the all-too brief garbage scene. Robert was the main antagonist, Eddie Quist, in another one of my faves and another Joe Dante film, The Howling.

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Always enjoy the videos on your channel so keep up the great job there 🎥👍👍👍

[@wuuudo]

Love this movie. One of my favourites. 👍

[@gloriaorth4628]

Seriously underated Joe Dante film!!! Thanks Minty ❤❤❤ Love this flick!!!

[@riggedforepic6293]

Oh nice, I might add this one to my Halloween film marathon 😊 awesome work Minty

[@williamstephenson5060]

Brilliant movie......definitely in my top 5 of all time!!

[@SpencerDrummer]

One of my families top 3 favorite movies of all time. I know it word for word hahah! The fact that some of it was ad libbed makes so much sense because there’s a sense of open space and on the spot-ness to it. So so good. I even used the “here ya go Son-y, a little something for the old sweet tooth” as the opening for my punk bands first album hahah!

[@horrorstew3577]

Great movie, surprised how many people missed this one back in the day

[@motherlove202]

I wouldn't have known this movie existed if it wasn't for my mother (God rest her soul). I was eight years old when I first saw the movie on VHS and was hooked from the first viewing.

[@Drew_D]

As a kid, I was creeped out. I really need to go back and watch this

[@mayakyen3695]

My Fav scene was at the end, when tom hanks throws the stretcher into the ambulance n climbs in to lay on it. 😂 i almost spilled my tea. Such a funny movie. Its like the comedy version of Twilight Zones's Monsters are Due on Maple st.

[@vinawhite8384]

Oh, I love the Twilight Zone! And I know what you're talking about, the episode you mentioned, is also my favorite! And you know something, the area, in which "The Burbs" was filmed, does look a lot like the episode of the Twilight Zone, "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street!" Classic! 😁!

[@louismendoza-y9l]

Bay Windows might be a play on "Rear Window" 1954 Alfred Hitchcock.

[@Mrkreaso]

Take me to the HOSPITAL IVE BEEN BLOWN UP!

[@FalseNi9e]

"Alright lets just cut all this polite garbage out of the way. What's the weird god-damn noise you got coming outta here all the time!?" "Mark!" "What do you got in fhe cellar hair Klopek!?"

[@Blueberry-sk7kg]

I just watched this movie three days ago. I don't remember the grill on fire scene. Also, isn't the dog's name Queenie? A bay window is a type of window found on many middle-class homes of the 80s and 90s. That's probably where that working title came from.

[@jonathangarcia8560]

“Oh, Ricky Butler says!” Such an epic movie.🍿

[@matthewash7651]

I've been waiting for this one

[@seanhershey3390]

I just watched this last week…a fave.

[@cdorst2286]

I tell people that I grew up in the Burbs. We had all of the characters seen in the movie, except for the Clopects

[@WesleyScottOfficial]

LOVE this film!! Genuinely gave a lone of the bluray to a workmate yesterday. 😇

[@connorriley7511]

I loved this movie and the cable guy when I was a kid!!

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

Can you imagine that call to ILM, "Hi, we are making a cheesy horror movie and we need someone to an effect, can you help?" "Maybe, what do you need", "Can you make dog crap?" "Oh no, we leave that to all the other production houses."

[@poindextertunes]

The ‘Burbs is my all time favorite movie. The laughs per minute has to be one of the highest of all time. Theres not one boring scene in this movie. It’s up there with Return Of The Living Dead as far as horror/comedies go. The ‘Burbs being more comedy than horror and ROTLD being the opposite. I miss 80s Tom Hanks SO bad. He’s so good at comedy but you wouldn’t know it if you only watched him from the 90s on And Minty if you’re reading this, I think “Bay Window” refers to the window Ray Peterson was looking out of when he saw the Klopecs digging graves. Iconic scene, along with the dream sequence where Ray is cooked on a 6 foot Weber Grill and Bruce Dern falling through the deck shouting “There go the God Dxmn brownies!” I think my favorite though is when Art cant convince Ray that the Klopecs are evil and mocks him by chanting “I wanna kill… Everyone… Satan is good… Satan is our pal…” 🤣

[@gregmeyer1805]

🤣 "Ray, you're chanting!"

[@snittykitty1]

Agree this is one of those movies that is so fun to re-watch.

[@randyj4452]

Great Flick! Thanks for grabbing this one off your shelf!

[@orinanime]

12:12 "Bay Window" is a play on "Rear Window" - since it's a movie about spying on your murderous neighbor

[@springmotor70]

Yes, and chosen carefully because a bay window is a common suburban detail and also allows you 180 degrees of site to see more the neighborhood, where Jimmy Stewarts character could only see across the air shaft between the buildings. :D

[@orinanime]

@@springmotor70 thank you. Exactly

[@JUVI9596]

I’ve never seen anyone drive their garbage down to the end of the driveway and beat the hell out of it with a broom, no I’ve never seen that.

[@Mafed_Graystone]

The german Title of The Burbs is: My diabolical Neighbours (Meine teuflischen Nachbarn)

[@RoosterMontgomery]

I would have gone with: "Herr Klopek."

[@jordil6152]

I like that title better. It plays with the question of whether or not we're watching a movie about Tom Hanks and friends going crazy and harassing a family that just moved in. Too bad it doesn't roll off the tongue like The Burbs.

[@cerealfreakonline]

I really miss Tom Hank's earlier comedies, this is one of my favourites along with the money pit

[@jonesy9035]

What a funny coincidence I just bought this movie for $1 because I still like it and watch it every once in a while! Have you done a review on another 80s movie called “Tuff Turf”? It stars Robert Downey Jr. If you haven’t seen it, it is excellent!

[@luvstar77]

The Burbs is in my Top 10 Favorites! Thank You for reviewing!

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@purplerider2362]

Your collection is something else 🤯

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

One of my favorites and consider it one of the most entertaining, badass movies ever made!!!!❤👍

[@youvsyou945]

"Pizza Dude!"

[@ericwhite1942]

I remember watching this as a kid. My mom said she could relate to the main character's struggles to having a hard time just being sick off work and having nothing to do.

[@michaelblaine6494]

I saw this as a kid in a nearly empty theater on a rainy night,the perfect time to see it

[@7t2z28]

Underrated classic, Mr. Hanky at his best.

[@zillsburyy1]

"hey ray you guys eatin in there!?"

[@NOVA35O]

“Hey Pinocchio! “ “where are you going?!” I always laugh at that part.

[@KenAdams426]

Talk about a missed opportunity. The dog that played Queenie was also the pink poodle in pee wees big adventure and the dog in Batman Returns that steals the batarang. How did you miss all that?

[@edwardsanchez3708]

Minty should do a video on 10 things you don't know about Minty

[@eusebionievesorellana47]

Great video, Minty!

[@TheGoodLad89]

"Your wife's home" "And your house is on fire!" 😂😂

[@SteveBueche1027]

Thanks for sticking to your merits and not doing shorts.👍

[@nate654]

I'm so bummed I've never saw this film till last year. I wonder what other legendary films I've missed.

[@laneeacannon1450]

Have you seen Return of the Living Dead and Dead Alive? Two more classic horror comedies not to be missed.

[@nate654]

@@laneeacannon1450 Ah yes, I've seen them. Thought I saw most classic films, specially cult classics.. but alas, I must continue my search.

[@scottessery100]

Love the new intro ❤

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

We rewatched this movie not too terribly long ago. It is totally a great ‘80s classic.

[@notsofastahole]

i loved it as a kid, and it still holds up to this day.

[@leeyaferguson9019]

"Art's got a gun"😂😂"Satan is our pal"😂😂.........Love this movie.

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video, as usual, Minty. I hope that I didn't accidentally call you Mike again, in another video. If so, I apologize. Some of the time, I watch Top Shelf Hockey right before this & his name is Mike. Forgiven?

[@amiejohnston2842]

I love this movie. We grew up in a neighborhood who usually had “that neighbor” who kind of creeped us out or were just plain obnoxious. Lots of fun times growing up and watching the craziness around there. 😁

[@STRAKAZulu]

This is the perfect entry horror movie for newcomers to the genre, IMO. Suspense, murder, comedic beats... a classic!

[@kevinmeyers7821]

I love it when Minty does one of my childhood favorites. Being an 80s baby meant growing up with a lot of good movies. Sure, there were crappy ones, but the good outweighs the bad in my book.😊