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[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

The sequel, called "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid," is a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@krashd]

It was known as Honey, I Blew Up the Baby when it was released in the UK.

[@fightingfaerie]

Love Honey I Shrunk Ourselves. The adults get a turn being tiny.

[@ITSAHARDNUGLIFE]

We didn't go all the time, but we did go every time for Honey I Shrunk The Audience. And before that, I have vague memories of seeing Captain EO

[@thomasvlaskampiii6850]

And the 3rd of the franchise, Honey We Shrunk Ourselves, is... Yeah...

[@jefferywarburton2116]

no nap!

[@OldRod99]

"Parents in the 80s, you just let your kids run around?" Grew up in the 70s - just had to be home before the street lights came on :)

[@stevenalexander6713]

I grew up in the 80's and there was a community center a few blocks from our house. It had two playgrounds, tennis courts, basketball courts, large open fields, pretty much everything a kid could want back then. I can't remember how young we were when we were allowed to walk or ride our bikes there by ourselves, but it was pretty young. Middle elementary school age.

[@fruitofthejoot]

its amazing how little they seemed to worry about us kids going outside getting into whatever and not knowing until it was time to come home for dinner.

[@KnightsaysNi]

Grew up in the '90s, and that still held true in our smaller town. And if we checked in we could stay out longer, but still had to be home by whatever time was set.

[@alyshaharper8730]

I spent hours alone in the woods drinking from a stream and nibbling wild berries and just enjoying nature. I currently live in Georgia and we have two species of tiny little scorpions

[@draygontaygen677]

Yip just ran around and got into whatever. The rule was Be home before dark and not with the police. (Woohoo I was free and now 😢never free)

[@krisfrederick5001]

This movie mesmerized us as kids and our imaginations, pun well intended. Rick Morranis is an international treasure. I will never blame him for giving up the industry to put his family first. He gave us so many memories already.

[@TenTonNuke]

I don't... see any pun.

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Yeah, I'm still looking for it too 😂

[@uber21]

What pun?

[@NecramoniumVideo]

Apparantly, there is a new HISTK movie being made, called Shrunk, with the same director! (Joe Johnston) And it will see Rick return!

[@woo1818]

@@TenTonNuke I don’t get it. Pun intended

[@makaylahaverluk667]

"why's the flower hairy?" They're called trichomes and they protect the plant from drying out in the wind, harsh UV rays, and help keep it warm when it gets cold.

[@dracoargentum9783]

Even plants need furry coats!

[@SFOlson]

I’m familiar with a different kind of trichome.

[@dracoargentum9783]

@@SFOlson 😏

[@thejesus95]

And some have really cool chemical properties!! ....... Like 🍅 plants! ..... 🥦 Too 😉

[@AdhamOhm]

@@SFOlson 🌿🍃🥬 🚬

[@kevinramsey417]

Rick Moranis was the coolest nerd of the 80s. Fun Fact: He retired from acting so he could spend more time with his kids after his wife died. F cancer. Fun Fact #2: Russell the neighbor is played by Matt Frewer, who is best known in the cultural zeitgeist as the stuttering cyberpunk AI and 80s icon Max Headroom. An air hammer is a kind of power tool and yes, Ashleigh, lack of supervision was one of my generation's defining traits. How else were we supposed to learn not to play baseball with a beehive?

[@imthewolf1]

Rick moranis was also Bob MacKenzie (SCTV Show) from The Great White North

[@EShelby2127]

Also, Matt Frewer, was "Trash" in THE STAND.

[@dupersuper1938]

That first fact wasn't super "fun"...

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Thank you for the poignant and exciting information.

[@jasonmack760]

I'm just thinking about how much work all of these sets must have been... Man, movies were art.

[@ScientificallyStupid]

The practical effect and sets make the movie seem magical. Now it would all be done on a green screen, and I don't think it would have the same feeling.

[@CMinorOp67]

Me, clicking on this video, fearing Rick Moranis had passed away. Whew. Ah…”Parenthood”…a great Moranis film!!!

[@leslie2149]

I would second Parenthood. Fantastic cast and a great movie.

[@DesiSJ]

And it was such a different character for him to play.

[@court04]

Parenthood is so great, I’ve seen it so many times and it always hits me different at stages of my life

[@CinWin516]

OMG..same! I was freaking out, saying out loud in my office, "OMG ..why is she watching this? Who died?" I think her next Rick Moranis movie needs to be, MY BLUE HEAVEN. We all know how much she'll flip for the rest of the cast, too! 😊

[@vonnaloper7104]

“Parenthood,” is such a fabulous movie and also, Keanu.

[@DesiSJ]

We all cried for Anty.

[@brittweasley7184]

Yes we did

[@DBillings68]

"I can live with a big worm." Ashleigh Burton, August 4th, 2024. Quote of the year so far.

[@awkwardashleigh]

;)

[@BOT_JERRY]

.... It's the 5th

[@kevinramsey417]

Ah, my wedding vows.

[@thegladve]

@@awkwardashleigh so am I missing something or did you decide to drop the James Bond movie reactions?

[@DravenGal]

I did, for a couple years. Then we got divorced.

[@Brannas86]

Antys death always gets me. The scared noises they make and that it was a noble sacrifice just gets me.

[@Lee_H9]

Anty dying was only second to Artax for traumatizing kid me.

[@dracoargentum9783]

Ghostbusters’ gargoyles were worse for me than Anty, but, yes, Artax is the emperor of childhood traumas.

[@goldilox369]

Me too. I'm crying right now. RIP Anty. 😢

[@talespinner9084]

1000% agree.

[@DesiSJ]

And Little Foots Mom

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

@@DesiSJ Yep. Littlefoot's mom is the one that's stuck with me literally *forever* - I still straight up start ugly crying every time.

[@songsayswhat]

I love that Ashleigh is offended the same way I was by the mopping. "Hey! Dummy! Clean the counters first otherwise you'll just knock crumbs onto your clean floor."

[@crankfastle8138]

Yup. I was always told to clean from top to bottom.

[@rlpaty]

I feel like the sequel to this holds up as well. Movies along the same vibe would be "3 Ninjas", "Homeward Bound", and "Beethoven".

[@asheenahgaming]

@@rlpaty yes yes yes

[@josephhein9497]

NO NAP!

[@krashd]

The second sequel is shite however.

[@ScarysReviews]

@@krashd no, it's fair-decent.

[@keyman6689]

Sorry, but the sequel was pretty bad in comparison. I can't imagine it holding up. I guess it may be worth watching once just to see what they did with it. But it has zero re-watchability. The first I could revisit anytime.

[@brandonwenzel2844]

People always talk about the Neverending Story and Artax when they talk about traumatizing scenes in kids movies, but always forget Anty from Honey I Shrunk The Kids. That scene made me absolutely ball my eyes out as a kid. Every time i watched it, I'd always root for Anty to win, even though I already knew the outcome.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

Because Horses are more important than ants!

[@NarcisoSanchez]

Facts!

[@brandonwenzel2844]

@@GaryTongue-zn5di in what regard?

[@wrdreacts4247]

​@@GaryTongue-zn5di but this ant was a horse!

[@wrdreacts4247]

Anty is a hero! Artax was taken to the wrong place. I will always cry for both.

[@TakatofanAgain]

I'm 37 and this was a huge part of my childhood. When I was 9, I went to Disneyworld for the first time, and in the park that is now called Hollywood Studios, they had a Honey I Shrunk The Kids land, with the grass, the bowl, the oatmeal pie, and more. It was so much fun. They also had a place that showed you how they made the bee flying scene, and epcot had "Honey I Shrunk The Audience". It was such a good time. One thing I didn't get until YEARS later, that you didn't get either, when Big Russ was about to shrink, his wife found his Cigarettes, that he kept under his hat. When he unshrunk, his had didn't fit anymore. As a kid I thought what you thought, that he was smaller than he was. But now I get it, his wife threw away the cigarettes, so the hat covered his eyes because there wasn't anything keeping it up. XD

[@vicegamer6944]

Omg so did I! ❤

[@vicegamer6944]

I wonder if we were both in the same room when they did that bee flying scene. That’s waaayy to ironic! 😮

[@jilguera]

I remember going to see this too. I remember we got to ride the bee and even got a.vhs of it...I so didn't have a career in acting 😂😂😂

[@FlixCreEightR]

Yep! First trip to Disney in 1996. Went to it. Shame its gone now.

[@DidWeWin1]

Was about to comment about the same childhood experience. Such fond memories.

[@joce-in-stitches]

It's funny she's starting Buffy right after this, since when this reaction started, I went "OMG, it's Joyce!"

[@GenevaCnwy]

I miss when Disneyland had the Honey, I Shrunk The Audience show. It was so fun!

[@TrickyDicky2006]

I went to the play area they had at the park in florida. Was awesome, modelled after the garden scene and had tunnels you could run around

[@seanmitchell1659]

When I saw the show I could see everyone else reacting to stuff happening to them but I guess my seat was broke nothing happened

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I remember the promotions for that! I always thought that would be so much fun! Never did get to experience it, though.

[@Eidlones]

When I saw the snake show up as a kid in the audience, I immediately pulled off my glasses cause I knew it was gonna snap at the audience lol That show put me on edge alright

[@ThatsRedonculouS]

Oh my god you've unlocked a memory!

[@Cerridwen7777]

Gen-x here, and your comments about parents in the 80s letting their kids free range made me laugh. I grew up in a littttle tiny town in rural Michigan, and was home schooled for the better portion of elementary school. We were in the woods ALL. DAY. EVERY. DAY. Miles from home, just wandering and exploring. I remember shooting tin cans in the dunes, following the railroad tracks, biking into the tiny town to the meat market for candy bars and pop or to a friend's house to ride horses....what a life. Thanks for the memory!

[@michaelzurilla7639]

Me too! Spent my summers in central Pennsylvania

[@Red84Fox]

Perfect that you’re going to be watching Buffy right after this because Mae Thompson (neighbor) is Buffy’s mother!! This movie was mind blowing back in 1989!! Fun fact, Chevy Chase and John Candy were considered for the role of Wayne Szalinski but Candy was the one to suggest Rick Moranis!

[@awkwardashleigh]

oh wow.. while I love Candy and like Chase - Rick was PERFECT for this!

[@jonathanross149]

Candy also suggested Moranis for Ghostbusters.

[@jasenjacobs1365]

Candy was such a cool guy. Everytime someone tells a behind the scenes about him it's good.

[@kevinramsey417]

John Candy left us much too soon.

[@JadenMoon1475]

​​​@@awkwardashleigh: 3 things; *_1)_* I actually expected you to say he should move his welding his shrink ray project to the garage *_2)_* The basement's actually worse, because a fire goes upward, & there's more of the building that could crush/bury you as it burns down. *_3)_* If you've done it already, may I please have the link to the video? And if you haven't, please get around to reacting to The Little Giants sometime.

[@gabriellevazquez6618]

I'm 53 years old, my sister and I saw this in the theater, I was 17 then and I still cry when Anty dies.

[@afterdinnercreations936]

At least they have uncley

[@tremorsfan]

Those Cheerios were actually Truck tires that were covered in foam.

[@viazon]

Even in the 90s, parents just let their kids run around. I remember, at a very young age, going out to play with my friends. No cell phone. No way to contact us. We just had to be home before it got dark. If my parents needed me urgently, my dad would just drive around the neighbourhood and look for me.

[@reginalechleitner6685]

Yes, run around all night outside and then my mom would blink the outside lights while screaming my name to come in. How embarrassing 😳

[@Trendyflute]

As a 90s kid I'm glad I got to experience it. Never had my parents drop me off or walk me to school, at least after kindergarten. Local video rental place would let us rent with just our name and address, unless it was rated R then they had to call our parents. Spending our allowance+lawn mowing money on food or at the hobby shop. Playing all sorts of games in the street (admittedly, a cul-de-sac). Rode my bike about 5000 miles a year according to the speedometer I had on it just going everywhere. Swimming all summer. We also had video game time inside but it was in balance with a wider life.

[@TechNextLetsGo]

I'm glad I survived as well, I explored the forest by myself at 5 years old. I'm sure you can imagine why we don't do that anymore though.

[@PatrickCooperPhotography-nw1pp]

Those were the days!

[@stupidsminkle]

same, except we lived on a street with known child predators and often got approached by cars of adults looking for kids to get in but we didn't worry too much

[@findlestick]

Until now, I never noticed that the sporty Dad is Max Headroom!

[@krashd]

And his youngest son is the best friend from Big.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

I find your thumbnail image clever and intriguing.

[@wrdreacts4247]

Mind blown!!! Max is a permanent fixture of my brain....

[@findlestick]

@@BarryHart-xo1oy Thx, it symbolises that we have the most powerful tool/weapon sitting in-between our ears.

[@thefamilydad8635]

Ashleigh: “Stop touching the ant! I hate it!” Five Minutes Later Ashleigh: cries for the ant.

[@Seantendo]

Ask any kid who grew up with the VHS release of this movie and they'll tell you it's not the same experience without the Roger Rabbit short that it opened with.

[@Veelasiren]

Right?! I was so disappointed that she didn't get to see the cartoon, too!

[@got2bjosh]

Preach!

[@maximillianosaben]

This is my kind of gang right here.

[@Tirnel_S]

I forgot about that.

[@asmariamoon]

For those who would like to see it, the short was called "Tummy Trouble."

[@martinbraun1211]

Please watch "Harry and the Hendersons". It's one of my favorite childhood movies.

[@BrandonFuller-kw3gv]

I second that! One of my favorites too!

[@SFOlson]

Thank you!!! Finally some other people suggesting this movie! I absolutely love it, and have loved it since I saw it in the theaters 37 years ago when I was a kid.

[@goldilox369]

I hated that one growing up, but I showed my kids & now I'm a fan. I just love John Lithgow.

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Yes, Ashleigh will love it! She loves John Lithgow, and she might remember Don Ameche...

[@JamesS.254]

😂 I just commented this prior to seeing your post. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@blofeld39]

The "SUPERGLUE?!?!?" line delivery from Matt Frewer has lived rent-free in my head ever since the first time I saw this movie as a kid. :-D

[@Veelasiren]

The line "If you DID do something to my kids there's going to be PIECES of YOU all over the neighborhood!" is the one that lives in my head after all these years

[@blofeld39]

@@Veelasiren "DON'T EAT MEEEEEEEEE!!!"

[@alisonrodger3360]

I hadn't realised Max Headroom was in this 😂

[@timamherst-clark2699]

Darn it! You beat me too it. Let's hope YT doesn't start rollin' out the Blipverts as a way of boosting their ad revenue.

[@krashd]

Or the best friend from Big.

[@blortmeister]

@@krashd Also the American executive leading the fight against the pirates of The Crimson Permanent Assurance.

[@SouthPaw7896]

@@alisonrodger3360 also the voice of Panic from Disney's Hercules.

[@smokerman81]

He's also Penny's dad on big bang theory.

[@indirabela1230]

Fun fact, since you are watching Buffy, the next door neighbor mom (Mae Thompson) is the same actress who plays Buffy mom 😃

[@Dularr]

The Kit-Cat Klock was consider retro in the 1980s. It's from 1932 and still available today.

[@firedoc5]

My great-grandmother had one, and my brother found one and bought it which he still has in their kitchen.

[@leslie2149]

There's an antique/craft store near me where one of the booths has a whole wall full of those clocks. All different colors and with the eyes all rolling back and forth. Not gonna lie they're kind of creepy in a group!

[@Dularr]

@@leslie2149 the web site is featuring red.

[@JL-sm6cg]

And it's the creepiest looking thing ever still.

[@valentine_puppy]

Omg "Don't climb into Unknown Holes" and " I can live with a big worm" - Ashleigh Burton

[@lout3921]

I remember I went to Disney and they had a Honey I shrunk the kids play area. It was pretty cool. And I just realized one of the kids is Tom Hanks best friend in the movie Big.

[@kellbell79]

And he was one of the kids in Overboard.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

My guess was he was either Nick or the kid with the baseball hat.

[@mentaldiversions]

Rick is an unsung hero for what he has done as a father in real life.

[@dracoargentum9783]

Speaking of which; Weird Al should do a song honoring him; why Weird Al? A) Al is smart enough to recognize Rick’s achievements (on and off films) 2] Al is goofy enough that he wouldn’t turn down the idea because it’s too silly 3. Al could appreciate the humor of singing about an unsung hero.

[@Anonymous551656]

I wouldn't say he's unsung, not anymore. 10 years ago it may have been unsung but it's so well known now that most KZbin videos featuring Moranis have multiple comments praising him for it. Including this one. People are singing his praise everywhere. Well deserved, too.

[@blakimusmaximus]

I channel Amy every time I have to mop my floors . . .

[@BigDumbDummy]

Not gonna lie, the whole Antie sacrificing part devastated me as a small child, and it devastates me now as a large, bearded man. RIP Antie!

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Your beard can't protect you from the heartbreak!

[@PatrickCooperPhotography-nw1pp]

@@itzakpoelzig330 Exactly. Even beards can't make us invincible.

[@TolPhontos]

FYI there is a PC game called Grounded that works on this premise. Kids get shrunk and find themselves in the yard. It's multiplayer too

[@mattbriddell9246]

Grounded definitely has BIG Honey I Shrunk the Kids vibes. Was wondering if Ashley's signalling that she may give it a whirl.

[@Shadowcat31]

It Take Two is another game in the vain of people getting shrunk and traversing the now giant world as well!

[@garethlowbridge2979]

It's on everything but the switch and its bloody brilliant

[@nicks3935]

Ashleigh would definitely have issues with the critters in Grounded it a great game if you can deal with the insects.

[@krashd]

There have been a bunch of games in the shrunken vein released in the past few years, Grounded and It Takes Two are two of them, Smallands: Survive the Wilds is another.

[@professorsypher6174]

Something really fun is that they wouldn't actually have to worry about fall damage. They're so small that they wouldn't be able to hit the ground hard enough, even if they were dropped from the sky.

[@verwulf]

Before I was married and had kids of my own, I would baby sit my nephew. He always asked to watch Hunka Shunka Kids. I've watched this one a million times, with him and then with my own boys later in life. And I still LOVE this movie!!

[@anthonyvasquezactor]

"Donald, that man over there is flying."

[@iKvetch558]

Such a terrific movie, and Rick Moranis is such a great comic actor...I wish he had not stopped acting at all.

[@dracoargentum9783]

Good news: he had retired so he could be a good father [the best reason]; but now that his kids are in college, rumor is he is returning, with his kids blessings!

[@krashd]

@@dracoargentum9783 He's returning for Shrunk, a sequel to this.

[@justaguy2365]

Antys death always got me too! This was one of my favorites growing up! Did some Google searching and it's insane to think thr guy who plays Russell was like 31 in this movie!

[@DanielGarcia-us7tf]

My Blue Heaven with Joan Cusack, Rick Moranis and Steve Martin is funny.

[@elizabethparker4511]

Absolutely 💯

[@captainalphabet]

When I was little my family visited MGM studios in Disney World, and my brother and I got to be part of a special effects demonstration using this film. They strapped us to a giant bee model against blue screen, and blasted us with a huge fan and told us to act - they recorded it and then showed how effects get put into the movie! Somewhere my dad has a vhs tape of my brother and I flying on the bee in this movie (core memory unlocked :)

[@WeberIMayRoam]

Ah! I got to do that too!!!!! I could never remember if it was Universal or MGM, so thanks for clarifying! (Makes sense it was Disney, duh)

[@CinobiteReacts]

I had such a crush on the girl when I was young, that part were she's in the muddy water ruined me as a teenage boy 🤣

[@jonathanbowling2904]

😂😂😂 me too 😅

[@sargentocapitao9668]

true! I also remember being so young watching this that I thought the older kids were like 25 year old or something, thats how much older they seemed to me. Dont know why I'm writting this but here it is

[@JL-sm6cg]

Did you ever picture her going to the bathroom when she disappeared around the back of the lego?

[@CinobiteReacts]

@@JL-sm6cg lol no 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@geoffwilliams4478]

15:45 Yep. We could run around, ride our bikes and we even drank from the garden hoses. Classic 90s fun!

[@freakyencounters]

Garden hose water tasted so good back then. Doubt it does now. 🤤

[@freakyencounters]

Garden hose water was so good back then. Doubt it's that good nowadays.

[@msnorringtonsims6536]

35 years of watching this movie and I still sob at Antie’s death 😭😂

[@chrisnorris7527]

32:08 I've been watching science fiction for so long I immediately knew the answer. "That's easy. Just reverse the polarity of the ion matrix" easy peazy

[@xianartman]

I do believe Ashleigh forgot about Rick in Ghostbusters...

[@silentjay01]

I remember going to Disney World as a little kid in the early 90s and they had an entire kids area themed after being shrunk and in the back yard with things you could climb up and slide down.

[@IhniWinterwind]

I watched this ALL THE TIME when I was a kid, and then I didn't watch it for like 15 years, and when I watched it again I still knew all the lines and remembered their voices and everything. Core childhood memory, this movie. (Also definitely upset about the death of Anty, still) This was such a good reaction!

[@domainmojo2162]

As siblings and cousins, we used to watch this movie religiously! This movie had the world at it's feet.

[@NostalgiaBrit]

15:47 As someone who was born in ’78, and therefore raised through both the 80’s _and_ 90’s, I can unequivocally say that *_YES,_* we did indeed run around goodness knows where & our parents didn’t care! As long as we were home & indoors when the street-lights came on, all was right with the world. 🥰 *#SimplerTimes* that I so _desperately_ long to go back to for a much-needed holiday! 🥰❤️

[@patrickb4750]

I love everything about this movie! Saw it in the cinema in '89 and it was such a ride. The kids are great, the script is tight and fun, the action sequences are creative and tense... I mean, you know it's on point when you get teary over an ant lol ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Veelasiren]

Don't forget the bonus Rodger Rabbit cartoon that played before the movie!

[@gamerbear84]

Do... do you not know how ants work? Well, if you ever find out what the "mama" is like, you're in for a shock. lol

[@Mazlem]

Maybe she needs to re-watch Aliens 😄

[@SE7ENFX]

I used to run out of the room whenever Anty died when I was a kid. Like nope, not watching that scene again. 😂

[@EntertainmentFan11]

You're gonna watch the first Muppet movie? YAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!! Edit: And you're in for a ride with Buffy. The show's badass! You gotta start Angel when you finish season 3, though, because those two shows often cross over with each other. You can look up the viewing order for the crossover episodes online when you get to it. Angel is starting out a little slow, but I think it's pretty good so far. As for Venom's debut solo film, oh man, that's a good one!

[@ronfehr7899]

Kristeen Sutherland (the neighbor's wife) would, several years later, get the role as Buffy's mom on the hit TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[@frydguy2331]

Disney's MGM Studios in Florida used to have a guided tour of different sets. I went back in the 90s with my family, and we got to "ride the bee" as an interactive green screen with animatronic props. The bee was real... like a giant Muppet.

[@jeannieschmidt2217]

This is so freaky - I JUST watched this last night on my CTV Canadian channel for the first time in AGES. Such a fun little GEM.

[@MonsieurBooyah]

"Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves" is also good

[@josephamesdacey6442]

"Honey I blew up the kids" is pretty fun too

[@shanepye7078]

I felt that the game “Grounded” was a love letter to this movie. Was great to grow up with such great movies. (80s-90s)

[@josephbanks888]

I’m so happy I watched this as a kid. Forever have a special place.

[@JaceD4V1S88]

Def one of the best movies of the 80s! Amy fell into that mud water that was actually all chocolate milk, and the giant oatmeal creme pie was actually a big section made for the movie with real cookie and real creme filling they actually got to eat on set! Practical effects ftw!!!

[@lewsmith9708]

You know, I'm just now realizing how much research had to go into making this movie. I imagine the production team had to look at several different objects under a microscope to help build props and sets to scale. Nowadays it can just be done digitally, which under the right direction could look pretty neat, but it wouldn't be the same.

[@sargentocapitao9668]

It really wouldnt, it'd be like some drawings with some people added. This movie just never gets old for being like this

[@Voshana]

OMG!!! I had to text my partner at work and say "Squeee! Ashleigh is about to start Buffy!" I'm so excited for this one!

[@LiirThropp2687]

Such a great film. One of my absolute favorites growing up. Always wished they'd make a playground modeled after the huge back yard. Sliding down blades of grass, crawling through giant Legos, that'd be amazing lol

[@oklaclarinet]

They did. It was at Disney-MGM Studios (later Hollywood Studios) at Walt Disney World in Florida. It was torn down along with much of the Backlot area to make space for Galaxy's Edge.

[@firstverb]

Wishing Miss Ashleigh could have watched the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie before the TV show. Such an outstanding performance by "Peewee Herman". Happy days.

[@elizabethparker4511]

Also 100%. He was SO good!

[@andrewneese6484]

I was 9 in 1989, and yeah we would just run around the neighborhood with our friends, parents didn't know where we were. Be home before the street lights come on was the rule.

[@ferrisulf]

"Am I about to cry over this ant?!" Yes. Yes you are. Welcome to the club.

[@MatthewFutrell]

An Air hammer is like a Jack Hammer made into the size of a power drill. Mostly used as a chisel, its a pneumatic hand tool used to carve in stone, and to break or cut metal objects apart

[@JirouLierge]

"Honey I Shrunk Ourselves" Is my favorite of the "Shrunk" movies.

[@joecortes7142]

I went to the theater and saw this when it came out. I was amazed. On the big screen was simply divine

[@jediyakare]

huuu the 80's, along with Innerspace, with Martin Short, Goonies with Josh Brolin, Explorers with Ethan Hawke, what a time for analog adventure

[@firedoc5]

Mama Szelinski, was Marcia Strassman (RIP) was also in "Welcome Back Kotter", which was one of the best tv shows in the 70's.

[@rcrawford42]

Breakthrough role for John Travolta.

[@firedoc5]

@@rcrawford42 Yep.

[@mozzyquodo5532]

Anty was my first real heartbreak moment as a kid in a movie, poor lil dude. Epic movie.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

The behind the scenes on this film are great with all the giant props.

[@EER_87]

Years ago at Disney there was a Honey I Shrunk the Kids experience. You walked through an oversized yard and stuff like that. There was one part of the experience they would choose some kids to reenact the bee scene. Me and my sister got picked so we were harnessed to a large mechanical bee against a green screen. Super fun as a kid.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

One of the biggest movies of my childhood! I love this movie and the first sequel so much!

[@-M0LE]

Biggest or smallest

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

@@-M0LE Both! 😉 😁

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

When I saw Anty the emotions and feels started flooding back because i knew what was going to happen. That is one of the tramatic movie scenes that got me growing up.

[@ericstarkey551]

The neighbors wife is the same actress who played buffys mom on the show Buffy the vampire slayer, her name is Catherine sutherland.

[@-M0LE]

Omfg thank you so much for decades this has not been noticed by my brain but I knew I recognised her

[@spcmegreg]

Kristine

[@PatrickCooperPhotography-nw1pp]

Oh, a Sutherland. I don't suppose there's any relation to Donald and Kiether Sutherland?

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

Ironically, Donald Sutherland was in the Movie that came first.

[@bobbyclarkston8836]

I forgot that Buffy’s mom is in this. COOL!!!

[@blackpinkinyourarea4455]

Buffy?!?!?! My favorite show of all time ever! Gahhhh cannot wait!!!!

[@aworkinprogress4387]

This takes me back. I loved this movie as a kid. You never thought watching an ant die could get to you so much huh?

[@MrAnpu42]

Only Disney will make you cry over an ant.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

Ants was by DreamWorks, so......NO!

[@caffeineadvocate]

I got to ride the bee used in this film in a movie studio they used to have at Disney World. They told me to act scared, but I couldn’t stop smiling.. :)

[@DegrassiInstantStar]

_Honey, I Shrunk the Kids_ is one of those fun childhood films that is still so fun to watch as an adult, LOL! Now just wait for _Honey, I Blew Up the Kid_ haha.

[@awkwardashleigh]

BLEW UP A KID???

[@kevinramsey417]

I mean literally wait for Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. It's not very good.

[@themiIes]

Legit sequel to this 😂 ​@@awkwardashleigh

[@kimson305]

​@@kevinramsey417it's better than this one

[@viazon]

@@kevinramsey417 don't listen to this person. Honey I Blew Up the Kid is awesome.

[@RoundingThird]

In 1990 I had seen this several times and was 15. I watched it with 3 elderly women and watching them overreact to the bee scene is one of my favorite memories ever. It ranged from covering their eyes, to literally falling out of their seats. It was like they were riding on the bees.

[@rogermalone673]

There is a video game about 4 kids that get shunk down and have to survive in the backyard called " Grounded ".

[@TomVCunningham]

Hell yeah. Grounded is awesome.

[@ScorpioSW]

One of my fav movies as a kid, glad you enjoyed it! RIP Anty

[@Yama_1291]

Yes. The only way for our Mom to know if we survived the day was if we showed up for supper. Freedom of movement was directly proportional to the amount we got yelled at if we were late. It all balanced itself out.

[@chrispruett81]

Yes.. The 80's was TOTAL FREEDOM!! Loved EVERY SECOND of it!! lmao

[@inwalters]

Ok Ashley, don't give up on James Bond yet - the next ones are the best "The Spy Who Loved Me", "Moonraker", "For You Eyes Only", "Octopussy", "a View to a Kill" and "The Living Daylights". That run of six films are the best in the whole series.

[@matthewcole4753]

The Ant made me cry so much when he died. I think they did this to stop kids being cruel to them for fun.

[@jimberglund6979]

This is one of the first movies I ever remember watching as a rental on a VHS. We had one of those old VHS players that opened upward, and the TV was made of wood (not a joke).

[@larryscarr3897]

I also identified as the remote control for the wood TV, as a child.

[@barbara832001]

We had our new tv sitting on top of the wood TV once that one stopped working too.

[@elizabethparker4511]

We had one of those top loading vcrs too!

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

This is a classic. The ant and scorpion fight lived rent free in my mind over the yrs. I just dont remember the effects as noticeable when i was younger. Lol.

[@anath7589]

Little Russ (Thomas Brown) got his start as the nephew, Augie, in “Silverado” which starred Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, & Danny Glover with Jeff Goldblum, John Cleese, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt, Jeff Fahey, & Rosanna Arquette. FYI…the song “Rosanna” by Toto was written about her. David Arquette (Dewey in the “Scream” movies) is her brother. Marcia Straussman mainly did TV so you’ll see her in a lot of tv series, but she co-starred in “Welcome Back, Kotter” which launched the career of John Travolta.

[@nessaarandur7740]

This movie made me look at the ground and imagine what it would be like to be tiny and adventuring across a sandy dirt patch (it became a desert) and a pebble (it became a giant rocky mountain). It is such a go-to movie. Never got old.

[@ivanholguin164]

38:45 Ashleigh: "I think this movie would have been so much fun to be on the set" Disney executives along with audiences who saw this movie back in the day thought the same thing, which resulted in Disney creating a "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" side attraction at Disney World (Magic Kingdom, MGM or Universal studios if I remember correctly). IDK if they still have it, but there you could ride Anty, explore the earthworm hole, wander and slide through the blades of grass, and encounter Quark's nose (All of which I did in the 90's with my family). If its still there, you should pay a visit.

[@jefe2112]

Haven't watched this movie in years. Thank you for bringing back such fond childhood memories. They don't make movies with such fantastic practical effects anymore. FYI, do you recognize the younger of the 2 brothers as Tom Hank's friend from Big?

[@josephamesdacey6442]

A real hidden Rick Morranis movie is "Big Bully" the cast is amazing, tom Arnold, Carol kane