Bill Hader on The 'Burbs

Bill Hader reacts to Joe Dante's 1989 masterpiece The 'Burbs.
Sources: The Movies That Made Me hosted by Josh Olson & Joe Dante, '80s All Over
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[@piddylolo]

"He can't come out until he resembles the man that I married." "Carol, we don't have that kind of time."

[@1headphoneguy]

It was years before I finally noticed it but you can actually see Ray peeking from behind the doorway behind her as she says that and I dont know why but that's just the funniest thing to me

[@volvoguy804]

"Bout a 9 on the tension scale there Rube."

[@Trendkill213]

Oh ho ho, got someone tied up in ole cellar have ya Rube?”😂

[@nez9751]

Sardine ?

[@Latash72]

I use that line whenever someone seems a little too tense in a conversation. The ones that get it become my new friends 😂

[@craighicksartwork]

The Burbs is one of the most underrated films in Hollywood history.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Not really. I think Money Pit and Man With One Red Shoe are much better and underrated

[@damiensmyth3404]

good for you i agree with op.

[@LandscapingAdvantage]

Pound for pound I think it stands up to any comedy, ever.

[@GizmoBeach]

@@SophiaAphrodite The Money Pit extended its thin premise fairly well and that light remake of One Red Shoe has its moments (my family and I even saw Dabney Coleman signing autographs on set in DC) but is much too slight and silly to top Burbs.

[@clicheguevara5282]

No it isn't. It was extremely popular - which is how it became one of my very favorite movies as a kid in the 80s. People need to stop using the word "underrated" for popular mainstream entertainment. It literally makes no sense and that word has pretty much lost all meaning because of it. At this point, underrated is better defined as: "Something cool that happened back in the day - and Gen Z just now found out about it." Lmfao I literally saw someone call The Beatles underrated the other day. ...the most famous band of all time.

[@timothypolanco8622]

The burbs is one of my favorite movies of all time, never get tire of watching it. And Joe Dante is one of the most underrated directors ever, people are surprised of how many films of his they loved without even realizing it.

[@09nob]

Ditto.

[@schitzoclown]

One of my favorites, too, although the ending kinda loses me. I wish they had reversed it and made the “weird” neighbors just weird, but not evil, and made Tom Hanks and his friends the “bad guys”, but maybe they have a barbecue or something and get along in the end lol

[@timothypolanco8622]

@@schitzoclown True, but it's like what hader was saying. It felt like they were just going along to what they thought was funny at the moment with each scene, and they probably wanna to have their cake & eat it too. Because those scenes prior to the reveal did felt like the movie was coming to end with the neighbor's being crazy. But then the revealed gave them a new ending without losing the main point that these people at the burbs are still really fucking crazy 💯🤣

[@yuothineyesasian]

Gremlins.

[@MrBuketman]

Bruce Dern is insanely funny in this flick. Top favorite comedies ever.

[@madgtrgrhtrgrtgtyhrg]

"There go the goddamn brownies" is somehow one of the funniest movie lines ever for me. Also, Rick Ducommun absolutely kills in this movie.

[@brianmyers4444]

Rick D needs waaaay more love for this movie…..miss him…

[@reedhoule3045]

He does such an excellent job just winding up Ray the whole movie.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

I make it a point to call anyone's bad train of thought a "half-cocked theory."

[@67L48]

I never understood why Ducommun didn't get more roles. He is brilliant in this movie. In limited action, he's also great in Groundhog Day. I wouldn't expect him to have headlined movies, but he should have been in a lot more stuff in the side-kick, buddy, annoying neighbor roles. Maybe he turned down roles to focus on his stand up career?

[@GizmoBeach]

Hey Ray how ya doing bud? 😅

[@ElTigreEsq]

"It's the Pizza Dude" is the line I quote every time the pizza dude arrives with my delivery

[@sourarmoredhero7765]

Everything Bill Hader loves about this movie mirrors my own feelings. The Burbs is a gem.

[@goldenskies7]

He even mentions the dramatic zoom in on the dog.

[@dbrown2264]

Totally agree. Love this movie. "About a 9 on the tension scale there Rube."

[@pearlclutch8491]

Love to hang out with him

[@ryanbeat5828]

When Dern says the line “Walter, the old man that lives at the end of street? We don’t know where the hell he is.” The sarcasm is just dripping from his lips…it’s such a great delivery 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ericafrenk6747]

Hell yes!! I saw this at the theater with my mom and my brother! ❤❤

[@davidfinley406]

"Sure was damp today" is my go-to line for awkward silence.

[@speabody]

Not "how do you like Hinckley Hills? We just love it, don't we?"

[@zbthunderwood]

Probably my most-quoted movie of all time. Any time someone compliments a photo in my house: "..came with the frame..."

[@kypie8]

😂 I love that part

[@tuanjim799]

Said in that creepy central/eastern European accent I hope lol

[@zbthunderwood]

@@tuanjim799 yes, always

[@evapierce1090]

One of my all time fave quotes.

[@scooterscs]

Every. F’n. Time.

[@matthewpaul526]

Bruce Dern is such an insane, hilarious chud in this movie. The part at the end where he sees Hans trying to get away in his little German outfit and Bruce yells "Hey, Pinocchio!" before chasing him down, it absolutely kills me. 😆

[@DisAccountizaMiracle]

As an Usher for the theater we watched the ending a lot and it’s a great line … Hey Pinocchio.. where the hell are you going?”

[@Hardcastle83]

He is always so damn charismatic, and yeah in the Burbs he is just at peak Dern.

[@verybadreviews511]

Chud. What is that, Slavic?

[@RoosterMontgomery]

I had a friend in high school who loved this movie as much as I do. Any time we crossed paths we'd trade lines, usually Rumsfield's. Imagine people during passing time hearing two goofs shouting odd phrases like: "Maybe that was brother down there tapping on the ceiling a couple minutes ago!" or "What are ya, Catholic?!" Fond memories.

[@benjaminscherliss4594]

Yes. Thanks for making me lol

[@Jan-se1nd]

I can't even express how much this film meant to me growing up and still does.

[@carpma11]

The scene near the beginning where Art is eating all their leftovers from breakfast and he takes a handful of dog food as Carrie Fisher walks through with the dog bowl? Tremendous.

[@MrAnaheimification]

Love that! Or how he’s ripping into the ribs and all you can hear is his chewing sounds while it focuses on Tom Hanks’ face who is looking at him with a sense of wonder and disgust 😆

[@thedmbgirl]

@@MrAnaheimification And that he takes out a full pineapple as well, just kills me

[@wesleyknight3932]

OMG Yes! And the face he makes kills me every time. The Burbs is like The Big Lebowski in that the more you watch it, the better it gets!

[@JedlyMT]

He is constantly eating in the movie and he's in a scene in The Hunt For Red October and he's eating in that scene as well!

[@rossegan7034]

Then walks out the door and says to ray "how about we go to the deli and get a sandwich"..​@@thedmbgirl

[@theodorerooseveltsantlers270]

Rumsfield: "Ricky! Get this lame-o out of your yard." Ricky: "Get out of my yard lame-o."

[@Bonez0r]

Pizza dude!

[@Radxcor83]

The Burbs is one of the greatest/funniest movies of all time. From the score to the cast, just a 10/10 all around.

[@evanmcclellan7267]

Can we take a moment and appreciate Jerry Goldsmith's score? A more perfect marriage of music and imagery there never was. This score sends this movie soaring to unexplored comedic frontiers. Because of the music, the jokes land like bunker busting bombs. For my money it's Goldsmith's finest work of his already stellar career.

[@doogboh]

He was The GOAT film scorer.

[@chadopitz6883]

HUGE reason the movie is so good. I fully agree. Incredible score, one of my favorite comedy scores of all time because it nails all aspects of the humor and horror soooo well.

[@SirSmoldham]

LOVED IT! Like "Gremlins" it was funny and ominous at the same time. He even referenced his score for "Patton" with Bruce Dern's Vietnam vet character. Excellent.

[@InsanityContainment]

No. No more "can we" comments

[@justinhamilton9381]

Wish I could give this ten thumbs up. Great score.

[@mynameisnotearl4383]

The Burbs is a masterpiece it’s a movie that doesn’t get talked about ENOUGH

[@Kravis63]

“He can’t come out until he resembles the man I married!” “Oh Carrol, we don’t have that kinda time” 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jay.McCarty]

Thank god he mentions the push in on the dog. When I first saw it I thought is was one of the funniest things ever. No one else I knows even gave it a second thought. Also Rick's reaction to Hanks crushing the cans was gold. Man, I loved Rick Ducommun.

[@aaropajari7058]

My sister and I laughed at that every time as kids. Its was unexpected and ridiculous. Perfect...and defined the attitude of the film.

[@Weremoogle]

Completely agree.

[@sk8777kid1]

I was born in 94 this movie came out in 88 or something, but that push in on queenie is hilarious.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

"Now they know that we know that they know that we know!" That line shouldn't make sense.

[@rls7923]

Queenie is a star.. silence of the lambs 😊

[@McDuffin]

Bruce Dern’s slow fall on the rotted porch is one of my favorite movie gags ever. And instead of being pissy with the neighbor, which would’ve been completely in character, he complains about the brownies😂

[@BuzzworthyBand]

"There go the goddamn brownies!" A line for the ages.

[@TranzparentMethods]

@@BuzzworthyBand Without question!

[@timothyl8237]

Absolutely. I love the way he’s carrying the brownies

[@justinhamilton9381]

I feel like the score is often an afterthought in comedies. Not only is this movie incredibly funny, but it has an absolutely dynamite score. I think it elevates this movie to one of the greatest of all time, as a total package.

[@MrRaydennis1980]

One of the things I love about it is, for all the comedy that's in it, they somehow successfully allow it to be kind of a horror movie as well. The atmosphere of what's going is genuinely spooky, like the scene where Art tells the story of Skip (one of my favorite scenes ever). Instead of a comedy that parodies horror movies, it's more like they took comedic characters and put them in a genuine horror movie and it manages to balance perfectly.

[@travisbickle2004]

I completely agree. The opening of the movie is especially brilliant, the way the score changes as the camera zooms in to earth from space, all the way to the ‘burbs, and continues to change as each character is introduced, the music kind of reflecting the personality of each character, it’s really well done and very memorable to me. I love that even Queenie the dog has her own bark themed music as she’s introduced. Little things like that add to why the movie is so much fun.

[@eaglesbaby4233]

"I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that." 😂 Easily one of my all-time favorite movies. As a kid, it showed me how different movies can be. It was weird, original, and unexpected. I loved every minute of it. Still do.

[@evapierce1090]

Same here. My Husband and I still randomly say that quote,lol.

[@aclarkedesign]

The Burbs is such a classic. Bruce Dern so was great in it. When he's the Klopeck's house asking questions and peeling the wallpaper off the wall.

[@bonesjackson81]

That's a shame. Isn't that a shame? Says who!

[@Bonez0r]

Rumsfeld: "Actually doc, we're not _all_ here." Dr. Klopek: "Oh?" Rumsfeld: "Walter..... the old man next door? WE don't know where the hell HE is." The menacing tone of that last sentence always cracks me up.

[@kypie8]

“Hey Pinocchio, where do you think you’re goin’?!?” 😂

[@mikemurray3962]

Holy shit when was younger I used to say this all the time. Now I remember where it came from. Thank you!

[@kypie8]

@@mikemurray3962 That’s awesome haha It has always been one of my favorite parts to quote from the movie. Glad I could help! ☺️

[@ricklannis6244]

"I was 18 months in the bush and I could snap your neck in a heart beat"

[@davidmata4786]

One of my favorite movies ever. The end when Hanks throws himself in the ambulance just kills me every time I see it. I literally watch it multiple times..

[@boardskins]

This movie is beyond classic. It's a comedy institution. An American icon.

[@Silks]

The step slide has always been the most memorable moment of the movie for me. Kills me every time

[@Monsterassassin3]

Idk if he brings it up in this video but the line “There goes the goddamn brownies” made me cry the first time I watched it

[@MadGeorgeProductions]

One of my all time favorite movies, it's like comfort food.

[@wa7019]

excellent analogy.

[@roowasse8727]

I saw The Burbs in theaters, also. This was one of the first films that I loved, but everyone around me seemed to be like, "eh." I remember thinking how strange it was that others didn't enjoy it. Then, the internet came along and I rejoiced because I realized that there were plenty of "oddballs" like me out there lol.

[@CristinaTringali]

Same experience! I was in middle school and saw it in the theater with a friend and her parents. I didn't understand why I was the only one laughing. I still watch it at least twice a year.

[@tannerjohnson6436]

Man, I miss Broad Comedy Tom Hanks. He was so incredibly good. Also, Rick Ducommun rules.

[@TastyJester]

Bruce Dern's contempt for the brownies after dropping them is my favorite line. This movie is so underrated and under-seen!

[@Slendergraham]

My husband and I have watched this movie together at least once a year(usually on Memorial Day or Labor Day weekend) for the past 15 years! It’s the best!

[@Theomite]

The way Brother Theodore says "ALL DAY" is one of the greatest line readings in the history of anything. And Tom Hanks gives one of his best performances because of the million little nuances in his gestures and expressions the entire film. It's an oddly dramatic performance when you look under how funny it is. The first clip I ever saw of THE 'BURBS was the trash can beatdown when it was on TV sometime in '93 or so and I laughed so goddamn hard my mom actually yelled upstairs to ask if I was alright.

[@colmyers]

"I've--I've never seen that before--I've never seen someone beat the hell out of their trashcan with a stick" my favorite comfort movie of all-time--never gets old

[@Taco_Raider]

Brother Theodore is a legend

[@nicholasyoung2867]

​@@colmyersI randomly thought of that line about two days ago and was just laughing hysterically.

[@emmaribena5529]

me and my family quote this movie ALL DAY!!! 😅

[@Chris-eh8mi]

Tom Hanks is an amazing physically expressive comedic actor. For my money, no one does it better than he did in The Burbs and The Money Pit on that account.

[@trailofdistraction2932]

One of those movies that we just had on all the time growing up. The score, the feel, the comedy; everything about it so great ❤

[@barry3045]

When Tom Hanks flicks his coffee at the paper boy 😅

[@ExtraCheeseProject]

I guess I've taken for granted how much watching The 'Burbs on repeat growing up has influenced my sense of humor because I actually re-watched this a couple of weeks ago and I found everything in it hilarious 😆

[@stingerlvl3]

Same here, big influence

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

It is _soooooooooo_ good!

[@chadopitz6883]

When I was a kid I had a friend named Sam who laughed so insanely hard at the part where Tom Hanks eats the anchovy and then sneezes it back up. I'll never forget how hard he laughed at that moment.

[@303Smilezzz]

This movie is an underrated classic. I put it up there with the "great outdoors" as a forgotten classic, honestly, in an era full of them.

[@kit2770]

My dad had great taste in humour, and he loved this movie (as do I). Any time he happened to see it on TV, he'd usually drop what he was doing and watch it. Good memories.

[@jeffpilkington7480]

I have a summer birthday, so sleepover birthday parties were my go to. There was a formula to them, from age 7 to 13, we’d go to a movie in the theater, see something like Congo or Ace Ventura When Nature Calls. But, the highlight every year was when we got back, the pizza would show up, and we’d put in the recorded from HBO VHS copy of The ‘Burbs. We watched it every year and we loved it. We use to quote it as we watched it, not a summer would go by without a room full of my friends yelling “Yo Rumsfield” in sync with Corey Feldman before Bruce Dern fell off his room. This movie was a huge part of my childhood and there is an instant connection with anyone once I find out that they’re also a fan of it.

[@pascalalexisparvex]

This is an awesome memory to have. I love the film, but only saw it on TV.

[@johndavidson5075]

So nice to see so many people hold this movie in such high regard! One of my all time favs!! It’s one of those comedy’s where the cast made it funny not the jokes. It’s not what you’re saying it’s how you’re saying it and they all nailed it.

[@DFW031470]

I have always called the 'burbs a guilty pleasure...but it's more than that.

[@ultrablue2]

The line where the brother is asked if the name Klopeck is Slovak, and the brother turns and sternly says “NO”, for some reason, that one has always stayed with me. That and Hanks, at the end when he’s been blown up, he tosses the gurney in the ambulance and throws himself on top- just make me laugh out loud thinking about it. Great movie. Neighborhoods are like that, everyone watching each other.

[@user-yk4wh9gs1g]

I'm just glad someone is giving theBurbs the credit it deserves

[@bonesjackson81]

The Burbs is without hesitation my favorite movie. I'll go all the way to 9 on the tension scale to shout it! Kills me when Ricky's friend Steve Koontz drops the Doritos and pop to start clapping at Rumsfield falling off the roof. So much i could go on for days.

[@rickyiglesias5384]

that was Nicky Katt! dude's been in a ton of stuff.

[@acerimmer8338]

It's the pizza dude!

[@TopDownDrumming]

One of my favorites as well. Amazing how Bill calls out all the same spots I loved. We used to quote “9 on the tension scale Rube” all the time.

[@GordonCaledonia]

Rest in peace, Rick Ducommun, a great comedian and he's perfect in, _The 'Burbs._ Dern is phenomenal, too. He'd been in some wack films in the 80s, but he's always riveting, fuck me, he should have won the Oscar for, _Coming Home_ that is a DEVASTATING performance, so sad.

[@swingnamiss5490]

I put up the big projector screen every September outside for the neighborhood. "The Burbs" always leads off the year.

[@lga9046]

That slide down the steps was truly brilliant. Also, how bout the scene where the kid says the picture came with the frame. That part gets me everytime.

[@RD-nd4il]

such a criminally underrated movie

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

I will listen to Hader talk about movies any day of the week! I love his descriptions and backstory to his love and fondness for film and TV and how he articulates his opinions

[@gophukyurselvs3621]

I remember when I was a little kid, I loved the universal studios tour because they took you to the street where The Burbs was filmed. All time great movie 🎥

[@DstrtdMnd]

It's wonderful to hear one of my favorite actors talk like this about a movie I love. I have an original poster that I've been collecting signatures on for years. Hanks, Fischer, Joe Dante, Dern, Feldman, Picardo, Dick Miller, and Courtney Gains. The kid next-door's a meatball.

[@scooterskin75]

My high-school girlfriend and I loved this movie (1992'ish- 94), it was our absolute favorite. We watched it hundreds of times. Everyone in it is just magnificent. My most favorite part that we would cry laughing at was when Art was in the basement with the occult books saying, "ray you're chanting... i want to kill Everyone Satan is good Satan is my pal". I still say that all the time haha. It's so good.

[@ShadowSong634]

That's the line I always quote. 😂

[@docbrown6797]

The 'Burbs is classic. The nuances and inflections on the dialogue are the make or break on whether you like it or not. And, going along with absurdity of it all. A top 10 comedy for me.

[@annefrankenberry7914]

Underrated comedy.

[@Megarobotsquadron]

That tension scale line is one of those lines that is always in the back of my mind. This movie is up there with animal house and Lebowski for me

[@OSCOCAT]

I’m so gratified that Hader mentioned that line. That line has been in my head since I saw the movie in the theater. It’s become a kind of Litmus test for me in recognizing a sense of humor in others. I work in a particular environment that can be stressful and upon occasion might witness tensions flare up. Inevitably, when I do, I’m saying, “about a 9 on the tension scale, Rube.” I know who I can trust by who laughs at that line.

[@icetech6]

I have a really long driveway and i drive my garbage to the curb when i leave for work, every single time i do it i think of this movie :)

[@goldenskies7]

That Bill Hader and John Mulaney like The 'Burbs just makes my day, we love this movie so much.

[@naterewing]

10/10 Easily, one of the best movies ever. Growing up in the 80's my whole family knew this movie by heart, now my 6 year old knows every line. As a father, you have to teach them the important things in life!

[@cheefussmith9380]

“But you can’t fool me” was a huge quote in my family growing up. My dad had the best taste in comedies

[@TheHorrorExperiment]

The 'Burbs is one of my favorite feel-good movies, just the visuals alone puts me in a good mood. This movie screams better times.

[@d.tesneair5805]

This one brought all the kids in from outside for 90 minutes whenever it popped on during the weekend

[@JohnnyEvilsVids]

When we were kids, my dad rented a vcr and a couple movies, including the Burbs. My sister and I laughed our asses off the entire time. When the movie was over, we literally rewound it and watched it again. Total classic. Those were the days.

[@mr.green2341]

Absolutely love The Burbs! Such an underrated flick!

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

One of the great movies of the '80s... and absolute classic!

[@stephenmahlstedt7276]

I added The Burbs to my DVD collection recently. It’s definitely up there at the top with my all-time favorite movies.

[@ToxicCityOfficial]

The Burbs and Clifford are the most underrated movies of all time

[@ryanparkercolour]

God almighty boy

[@ToxicCityOfficial]

Act like a HUMAN boy, for once!@@ryanparkercolour

[@charmlessman1]

The scene where Tom Hanks slides down the steps is so ingrained in my mind that I regularly have dreams I slide down whole flights of stairs, but it's not a big deal, it's just how I do it. It wasn't until I was talking to someone about our dreams that I realized I had never actually done it in real life, but I had done it so often in my dreams that it seemed like I had.

[@carpma11]

I used to replicate it as a kid with socks on the carpeted stairs.

[@JackBirdbath]

I could have written your post without changing a word. Not joking. I have had so many dreams where I slide down entire flights of steps in my dreams in exactly the way you describe that it feels like a *real* experience. While in the dream I fool myself I’m not dreaming and I always think “oh I DO know how to slide down flights of steps like this, it’s not a dream!” and then I wake up and realize it was another one of those dreams. Very cool to read your post. I love this movie so much.

[@charmlessman1]

@@JackBirdbath my buddy had the same dream too! When I told him about it he was like, "Oh yeah, skiing the stairs, me too."

[@arthurjeremypearson]

"Skiing the stairs" awesome new phrase just dropped, kids. Tell your friends lol @@charmlessman1

[@JackBirdbath]

@@charmlessman1 wow! I bet there are many more of us out there. So cool that a minor detail in a movie from a few decades ago is still influencing our dreams. Haven’t tried it in real life yet 😀

[@greganderson4446]

YES an underappreciated masterpiece, we recorded this on VHS off TV and must've watched it 50 times as kids, one of our family classics, perfect!

[@Henry.P]

This is in my top 5. I remember watching this as a kid in the early 90s. What a great movie. Walter!!!

[@christinap-c]

Omg. This just proved to me that I’d be bffs with Bill Hader and Mulaney. These are my exact memories of what I LOVED about this movie as a kid. I watched it over and over and it never got old. This video is amazing. Thank you!!!

[@Studeb]

Incredibly charming movie.

[@brodyschum]

“Shut up and paint your goddamn house!” “There go the goddamn brownies!” “Let’s cut all this polite crap. What’s the weird goddamn noise you got coming outta the cellar.” “Hey, man! Piss off!” Bruce Dern had the best lines in the flick. And Jerry Goldsmith’s score is top-notch for a screwball comedy.

[@jacob-spring]

My favorite movie of all time since I rented it for the first time on VHS in 1990. I must have watched that thing100+ times over the years.Know every line in the movie and still love it every time I re-watch it

[@yetanotheruser1989]

Absolutely one of my favourite movies. I love the setting, the humour. It really feels fleshed out, and it transports you into that universe.

[@MustafarRecRoom]

The 'Burbs is epic....loved it from day one....but still obscure enough that only die hards are into it. When ever one of my friends (who is also a fan) and I see each other somewhere, it's always a flurry of 'Burbs quotes....much to a sea of blank stares from everyone else. "Satan is good, Satan is our pal..."

[@thebossman80s]

The incubus the sucubus!

[@CorbCorbin]

“Your chanting, Ray, Ray! Your chanting…”

[@CorbCorbin]

“Red Rover, Red Rover, let Ray come on over.”

[@MustafarRecRoom]

“Once they get in here, pal…..it’s over.”

[@MustafarRecRoom]

@@CorbCorbin “Is that another neighbour?” “Yes. A fat one.”

[@Dashoost]

10/10 one of my top 10 favs. Hanks and Dern steal the show but every actor plays it perfectly

[@TheEffectOfMass]

I've seen this movie at least a dozen times and these scenes still crack me up.

[@jaredsilvers2782]

Some of the best nights of my life were as a kid in the 90's and finding out The Burbs was on TV. Absolute timeless masterpiece.

[@kirbyd]

Seen it about 100 times . I can say the script before it happens. Such a classic underrated movie

[@Riley1524]

I miss movies like this. Soooo many great movies from the 80's-90's.

[@caffeineadvocate]

Third favorite film of all time. First favorite film score. 😊

[@doogboh]

Goldsmith . . . The GOAT

[@JoeDiducaPhotography]

One of my all time favorites...so so so funny! Bruce Dean as Rumsfeld is hilarious.

[@arthurjeremypearson]

I suddenly need a buddy cop movie with Rumsfeld and Boomhauer. And for some reason, they're definitely cops, but it's called "Rumsfeld and Boomhauer: attorneys at law."

[@STONESGAM]

I love the Burbs. I still watch it once or twice a year. I always usually watch it to kick off the summer. It's definitely not for everyone but those who love it really love it. I also grew up in a suburban cul-de-sac neighborhood kind of like the movie where everyone knew and watched everyone else and we had a weird family on the block who never talked to anybody and barely kept up with their yard. So they were our version of the Klopeks except they turned out to be law obeying citizens(as far as we know) just weird and anti social. Lol Everyone is so perfect in their roles. It is a perfect lazy day hangout movie with comedy and mystery and suspense. They just don't make movies like this anymore that are just silly and fun and quotable.

[@nez9751]

My god, all the things b hader is picking up on are my favourite scenes as well. I’ve always loved this film. So underrated

[@NateB1976]

Saw it in the theater with my mom. Back in the day when the only way to see new movies was in the theater. And you would go to school on Monday and talk about it with all your friends who happened to go and do the same thing with their family. And if they didn’t catch it that first opening weekend then they probably went the following weekend because everyone was talking about it. Man.....how times have changed.

[@johngeorge7126]

we need Bill to review more classic movies

[@adamdavidhorsfall]

Fun fact: The 'Burbs had just started filming when the 1988 writers' strike occurred. A lot of big creative decisions were made by both cast and crew on a daily basis.

[@E_LAPL]

So in other words: The Burbs didn't pause production during the strike, in an expression of contempt by the producers and director, like Ryan Murphy et al. during the recent writers' strike. Tom Hanks, man of the people, Fun Fact™️!

[@Noah-rk4gs]

Fun Fact: Tom Hanks is a dirty strike breaker

[@shamupeterson2874]

Fun fact: the Burbs is one of the greatest movies ever and who cares about anything else????

[@E_LAPL]

@@shamupeterson2874 It's a good movie. Ryan Murphy's AHS is a good show.

[@alanhindle3149]

If a script is written then the script is written. The writer can be on strike and their script is still finished. Cast and crew often improvise during filming, they don’t stop being creative if the screenwriter isn’t there.

[@darthwatson8274]

I could listen to Bill Hader talk all day about films

[@Experternas]

at least Bill Hader likes this movie. I've always loved it.

[@johnpahlmann7635]

Loved the shot where Dern started picking and pulling at the wallpaper at the Klopecs like there was going to be some sort of mystery about to be solved, and then suddenly realized that he was ripping a huge piece of wallpaper off.

[@_EDCstuff]

The music and sound design in this movie is just great. Bruce Dern’s heavy metal intro, the overall theme of the movie, the sneezing sound of Tom Hanks, Tom at the breakfast table waving his arms around matching the cartoon sounds on the TV in the background, etc. just awesome detailed stuff you don’t see anymore. Everyone in the movie plays it with an intensity and seriousness that is perfectly juxtaposed to the silliness of the situations. My favorite line is the super loud “NO!” that Reuben Klopek says to Rumsfeld in the brownie scene 😂. “It came vith de frrrame”. “Hans. Christian Anderson; what are ya catholic?” So many hilarious things. The movie is still one of my favorites. The whole score is on KZbin, it’s definitely worth a listen

[@Ddubs1975]

This is crazy, me and my best friend did the same stuff watching this movie. Bill Hader lists all these great moments in the movie and didn't even mention Rick Ducommun - who is absolutely genius in it. When he convinces Tom Hanks that he's chanting, cracks me up every time. My friend even uses the moniker Hair Klopek on social media to this day. The Burbs is right there with What About Bob? all time great movies I'll never get sick of watching.

[@herbieholcroft]

When I watched the burbs as a boy I had to go and tell everyone about it for days. So good. Dante is one of the best

[@delicious_seabass]

I remember watching this movie on TV as a special, but didn't know the name. I thought it was the best thing ever, and I scoured the shelves at Blockbuster numerous times looking for it. When I finally found it, I showed my dad and he rented it for us to watch. He was laughing so hard, even at jokes I never picked up on. It's one of my all times favs, up there with Ghostbusters 1.

[@raleghhowes2778]

At boarding school in England in 90s the guys in my dorm watched this film obsessively to the point we could sit quoting it all the way through…and still every time you’d notice something new

[@chestermarcol3831]

Rumsfeld says, "Shut up and paint your goddamn house!" LOL I've long maintained that The Burbs is one of the most underrated comedies of all time.

[@bwuh]

Thank you for this. Too many notable quotables from this movie. My fav: "There go the goddamn brownies."

[@bwuh]

Sorry one more: when Bruce Dern dumps garbage in front of the garbage men and they ask who's gonna clean up, Bruce replies, "you are because you...are a garbage man."

[@arthurjeremypearson]

Red sky at morning? Neighbor take a warning. Red sky at night? Neighbor take a flight?

[@dancole5037]

Garbage drivers scene is very memorable. Great film!