The 'Burbs (1989) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

The Burbs (1989)
'Bout a nine on the tension scale, Reub.
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[@Jeremy252]

Tom Hanks' little half-conscious slide down the stairs at the end is the funniest shit

[@tomhoffman4330]

😂👍

[@simplysavvylife]

Oh yes epic moment

[@samanthab1923]

Bill Hader said he practiced that as a kid & when he met Tom hosting SNL he said I don’t remember how I did that! 😂

[@Beerman111980]

I remember seeing that when I was like 9 years old and I still can't stop laughing at it, I don't know how he did it

[@ravissary79]

This is a movie that just gets better as you rewatch it... layers... tone... the characters. Chefs kiss.

[@uscssnostromo8492]

“There go the g*dd*mn brownies!” So excited for this. This is my favorite childhood movie. Cult classic.

[@seanwoods4883]

😄 🤣 😂

[@tommyboy049]

same. Its his delivery of the line that makes it better

[@lianafelice5466]

That's one of my most favorite lines 😂 That one and "That's a sh*t store anyway"

[@mst3KGf]

@@tommyboy049 Exactly. The line itself isn't all that special, but it's the way Bruce Dern says it that makes it hysterical.

[@butkusfan23]

“Bout a 9 on the tension scale Rube” then claps him on the back 😂

[@uscssnostromo8492]

“I’ve never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the end of the street, then… bang the hell out of it with a stick. I’ve never seen that.”

[@uscssnostromo8492]

RIP Dick Miller: 1928-2019 Known for Mr. Futterman, garbage man from The Burbs, and gun shop owner who gets blown away by the terminator, to name a few.

[@Madbandit77]

"Dick Miller equals quality" - Cecil Trachenberg of "Good Bad Flicks"

[@samanthab1923]

He worked on the Howling with Joe Dante

[@paulhewes7333]

"I wanna kill, everyone. Satan is good. Satan is my friend..." To this day the wife and I still sing this song when someone crazy does crazy stuff. Also, 1989 Carrie Fischer was a smoke show.

[@angelagraves865]

Omg, my bf and I do that, too! 🤣

[@guitartrav4299]

I’m single and I do that also 😂🤘

[@ps5392]

Carrie would’ve only been a few years removed from wearing the slave girl bikini. Yeah, she’s rockin’ in this!

[@dabbadoo2226]

Satan is my pal not friend guess you’ve been saying it wrong all these years eh 🤔

[@adgato75]

@@dabbadoo2226 Our pal

[@uscssnostromo8492]

“Art’s got a gun.”

[@samanthab1923]

😂

[@marennicholson5444]

This was a family favorite in my house growing up. Every time my brother had to clean the gutters I’d yell, “Yo Rumsfeld!” Bruce Dern kills me in the movie. This is a go to movie for me when I’m in a bad mood. Never fails to make me laugh.

[@angelagraves865]

"'Bout a nine on the tension scale, Rube." I really love this movie.

[@JRoss80]

That line has always made me laugh

[@nathanjsteele75]

Lol...best part

[@jonwmeyer11]

Cant begin to tell you how many times I watched this growing up. Especially having grown up in the suburbs

[@uscssnostromo8492]

Ditto. I’m sure I’ve seen it somewhere in the several hundreds of times ballpark. lol

[@zynius]

Same!

[@lasmirandadennsiewillja9435]

Same! Even as a kid growing up far away from the US but in a small town, the whole suburb satire landed and was hilarious. Nosy, meddling neighbours vs the oddball (or just new neighbours) is a global experience. Funny, though: As a child, I wanted to be a part of the adventure, spying and climbing all over the place to catch the potentially bad guys. As an adult, I'd rather ask the teens if I could join the sideline if I chipped in for the pizza 😁

[@adamroche1409]

One of my favorite film's from Joe Dante he's such a good director he doesn't get enough credit he's so good

[@1pknail]

The dog who played Queenie is named Darla IRL and has a pretty amazing resume. In addition to this movie, she was in Pee'Wee's Big Adventure, Coming to America, Silence of the Lambs, and Batman Returns.

[@Minion_of_Cthulhu]

That was the Silence of the Lambs dog? That's now one of my favorite little bits of movie trivia!

[@0okamino]

She also appeared on the shows _Coach_ and _Eerie, Indiana._ In addition to a notable career, she lived to be quite a golden girl in dog years (about 17).

[@user-ln4gd6hx7e]

Is she still alive?

[@1pknail]

@@user-ln4gd6hx7e Oh no. She died in 1992, probably not long after the Batman Returns shoot.

[@0okamino]

@@user-ln4gd6hx7e No, but she did live longer than average for her breed.

[@LordVolkov]

"I think this is gonna be early Tom Hanks... or earlier" Young Tom Hanks is a whole different guy, and I love how wacky his performances can get. I kinda miss it 😅 Ton of young Tom to discover - Big, Splash, Joe Vs The Volcano, Bachelor Party, Money Pit, Dragnet, and more.

[@graham974]

All worth watching, but Money Pit is really great! Almost as great as the Burbs

[@joeconcepts5552]

Yes, the guy really needs to find his way back to a crazy comedy.

[@Madbandit77]

@@joeconcepts5552 Go watch "The LadyKillers", the Coen Brothers' remake of a British comedy that's about five crooks who dig a tunnel under an old lady's house to get to a casino boat's cash vault. Also stars J.K. Simmons, Marlon Wayans, Ryan Hurst, and the late Irma P. Hall as the old lady ("Left My Wallet In El Segundo!").

[@brownstarslots]

Heck, his TV show "Bosom Buddies" is very early Hanks. In a different kind of role

[@samanthab1923]

Splash still holds up. Showed my 20 year old. He loved Hooch as a kid. My old neighbor was Shelly Longs stunt woman on Money Pit

[@mmclaurin8035]

The entire block is a set at Universal. The same neighborhood was used for Desperate Housewives, The Munsters, and Leave it to Beaver

[@samanthab1923]

The Klopeks live in the Munster Manse 👻

[@philmakris8507]

Rick Doukaman, a.k.a. Art, a truly under rated stand up comic in the 80's was also in Die Hard and the helicopter crewman with the candy bar in HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. Fun fact: Rick was founder and co-owner of popular skateboard company Skull Skates.

[@jomojojo6603]

Aw...I didn't know he had passed. I loved his stand-up.

[@adgato75]

I was familiar with this career, but didn't know he had started a skate company. After seeing this comment, i noticed that the kid at 26:04 is wearing a Skull Skates shirt.

[@samanthab1923]

@@adgato75Good eye

[@samanthab1923]

He was really funny in all those roles. Groundhog Day too

[@JordanCesaroni93]

One of the greatest comedies ever made. A sharp satire of American life in the '80s, when people were becoming disillusioned all over again after the '70s.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*Greatest comedies? Wha?*

[@FrancoisDressler]

@@hulkhatepunybanner Yes.

[@yodatwinkie]

lmfao not even top 100

[@shore-cityfilms]

@@yodatwinkieare you kidding me? Top 10 easily

[@yodatwinkie]

@@shore-cityfilms I’ve never heard anybody ask me if I’ve ever seen this movie…..

[@bklynkat23]

I'm obsessed with this movie. I remembered first renting it randomly from the video rental store based on the cover alone and then since then every time they would show it on TV I made sure to watch it

[@Minion_of_Cthulhu]

I think a random video rental based on the cover is how I found it, too. It's now one of my favorite Tom Hanks movies just because it's so unusual compared to everything else he's done.

[@susanliltz3875]

The older guy that you said you liked that’s Bruce Dern , he’s been in a ton of movies!! And his daughter is Laura Dern!!

[@samanthab1923]

Still alive. Was recently in the Hateful Eight & Once Upon a Time…..

[@tevinwms1104]

The three horror movies that Ray Peterson flips through on the TV were Race with the Devil (1975), The Exorcist (1973), and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986).

[@AI_Image_Master]

I loved Race with the Devil.

[@samanthab1923]

Lara Parker from Dark Shadows is in that. Angelique

[@butkusfan23]

Underrated classic! I made my food, sat down, checked my reaction channels and I clicked this one immediately! You guys are great and this film is fantastic!

[@jamezmcc]

Love this film. I've lost count of how many times I've watched it 😅

[@graham974]

same here!

[@raputathebuta]

It's always a good time! Sooooo quotable. ❤

[@grandpallama]

28:17 That stumbling dismount from the front steps is one of the funniest, most perfectly executed moments of physical comedy in any movie, ever.

[@steffjones6056]

I'm so glad you guys reacted to this movie. It's such a great film. There's something about its suburban-slice-of-life-horror that makes it so much fun to watch.

[@neiluk1470]

I can't count how many times I've seen this film. I wish I lived in it.

[@vincentjenkinsjnr]

Does anyone else notice….. Carrie say in the movie “now before anyone falls of a roof or sets them selves on fire” Set up for what happens later

[@Reefism]

This movie introduced me to Bruce Dern (Lieutenant Rumsfield)! "Hey Pinocchio!"

[@uscssnostromo8492]

Me, too! “That kid next door’s a meatball.”

[@LordVolkov]

Bruce can be terrifying too. I just saw him recently as a vicious biker in Cycle Savages.

[@samanthab1923]

@@LordVolkovHe did a lot of low budget films for Roger Corman. RIP 🙏🏻

[@zmarko]

Such a great movie! Glad to see someone reacting to this! Myfavorite moment in this is when Tom Hanks picks up the gurney and jumps into the ambulance himself. If memory serves me correctly, he improvised that. Great fun movie.

[@jonathansmith8672]

The part where Tom Hanks picks up the gurney, puts it into the ambulance, and then throws himself on it was actually improvised by him! 😂😅😂😅

[@graham974]

Brilliant choice!

[@mst3KGf]

There was a lot of improvision on the set, in no small part because it was filmed during a writer's strike. Like the moment where Bruce Dern accidentally peels off the wallpaper at the Klopecks' house and then tries to put it back was a genuine accident from Dern, but Joe Dante thought it was hilarious, so he kept it in.

[@aylagregg1962]

😂❤

[@wumpscutx1]

I saw this in the theater when it came out and it has been my favorite Tom Hanks movie ever since.

[@divinemonk]

We watched this so many times growing up that we wore out the VHS tape and had to buy a new one. Love this movie!

[@katelyndurant9110]

So many fun memories with this one growing up!

[@lordwalker71]

The poodle is the same dog that was in silence of the lambs, she was also in pee wees big adventure and Batman returns.

[@edwardbrady1698]

Very overlooked movie always liked it glad to see some rec

[@allisterfiend_2112]

Two other movies that have this strange quirky 80's/90's feel is 'Joe verses the Volcano' with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and 'Nothing But Trouble' with Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Ackroyd, John Candy.

[@TheM750]

Nothing But Trouble is one of my favorites. It's technically a terrible movie, but it's still so good.

[@Minion_of_Cthulhu]

@@TheM750 Technically terrible but still so good movies are some of my favorites. Tango & Cash is another example of a terrible movie that's still lots of fun to watch.

[@jlbarnes]

I would also add Bill Murray and Geena Davis in Quick Change to this list!

[@rustyforceps1012]

Agreed, Allister! Two great movies from my childhood that are strangely fantastic! Tom Hanks comedic roles are some of his best. Oh, and you left Tupac Shakur out of list of actors in Nothing But Trouble.

[@allisterfiend_2112]

@@rustyforceps1012 Yes! I completely forgot about scene. Time to rewatch again!

[@brandonchristopher2493]

Saw this when I was twelve. Funniest part for me was when he puts himself in the ambulance.

[@Azalin4savioR]

This is my favorite Tom Hanks movie of all time, no question! Glad you reacted to it!

[@justindenney-hall5875]

"He's so grouchy!" in the original draft of the script, he had gotten laid off from his job, and was putting off revealing it to his family which would have explained why he so high strung.

[@randalthor741]

You've definitely seen the actor who plays Art before: he was in Groundhog Day. He was one of the drunk guys in the car with Phil when he was driving on the train tracks & stuff. You've probably seen him in other things too, he's done a lot of small roles in various movies & TV shows.

[@Madbandit77]

The late Rick Ducommun was also in the first "Die Hard" as the telephone worker in the sewer system.

[@meghancarroll5504]

He was also in a truly atrocious film called Funky Monkey with Matthew Modine.

[@randalthor741]

@@Madbandit77 lol I knew I'd seen him as a worker in a manhole in something, but I couldn't remember if it was a Die Hard movie or a Ghostbusters movie... Guess it was Die Hard!

[@samanthab1923]

Just put that tray anywhere pal 😂

[@mapesdhs597]

I have new neighbours who, after several weeks, have still never opened their curtains. I now refer to them as the Klopeks. :) Still one of my favourite movies.

[@vaikkajoku]

Maybe you should do some snoopin'... 😅

[@mapesdhs597]

@@vaikkajoku Alas where I am, the pizza dude is too expensive now. :}

[@samanthab1923]

Love that 😂

[@mapesdhs597]

@@samanthab1923 After seven further months, the curtains remain closed. :D It will probably come as no surprise that I am hearing agitated comments from neighbours; one, an elderly lady, had a brief interaction with the father from the house in question, he said to her that he was surprised she wasn't in a care home. She was not happy at such a remark. A few months ago I helped him put up a simple coat rack mount in his hallway (just two screws), because he did not know how to use a screwdriver, so at least there's probably no chance of suspicious basement furnaces being constructed. :D

[@shainewhite2781]

YES!! "Get off my car, you Hippits!" Lol! What's a Hippit?😂

[@justindenney-hall5875]

@shainwhits2781 It's "Hep Cats" which is a variation on "Hip cats" which is 1950's slang, equivalent to "Cool dudes".

[@Hinote6713]

"Yo! Rumsfield!" That was always my favorite part... My brother would make me rewind it multiple times, lol

[@A23457]

This and Clue were my go-to sleepover movies as a kid. Just spooky enough but nothing too traumatizing. Favorite part was them screaming after, “This is Walter.” 😂

[@0okamino]

The way Art suddenly snaps out of it while Ray continues yelling a little longer. It gets me every time. 🤣

[@evhleppard]

Both, great movies

[@johnfreepunk]

This movie is my childhood, I was obsessed with it. Everyday I’d find a way to quote it one way or another. Oh man you wouldn’t believe how many times I said “I CALLED THE PIZZA DUDE”

[@CathleenMJennings80]

I really hope The Money Pit is on your list!!! That and The Burbs are my fave childhood Tom Hanks flicks. PS this IS on the Universal tour. In fact, they had to film around the tours (and imdb says you can hear a little bit of it in one part of the movie). Also - there was a writers strike that happened so the group had to improv some scenes. One example is Tom Hanks throwing the gurney into the ambulance at the end :)

[@tomhoffman4330]

I sure Hope so too...🤞

[@graham974]

The Money Pit is so freaking good. “I am a pizza..”

[@CathleenMJennings80]

@@graham974 2 weeks?!?!

[@Cau_No]

@@CathleenMJennings80 Two weeks.

[@gggooding]

The dog played Precious in Silence of the Lambs. And was in Batman Returns plus Pee Wee's Big Adventure! RIP Darla

[@audraross3012]

Back in his early days in the 80s when I was growing up, Tom Hanks was doing mainly comedic stuff. He did "Philadelphia" in the early 90s and I think that was the first fully dramatic role I saw him do.

[@jamedraa8472]

So glad you chose to react to this. Tom Hanks is hilarious in this. It always gives me a good laugh.

[@shainewhite2781]

RIP, Rick Ducommun, 1952-2015 Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016 Henry Gibson, 1935-2009 Brother Theodore Gottlieb, 1906-2001 Gale Gordon, 1906-1995.

[@samanthab1923]

Dick Miller trash collector

[@JaceD4V1S88]

My fav character was Rick Ducommun's Art Weingartner, such a tragic loss too soon to another comedy legend !

[@hawkmaster381]

The red headed Klopek kid was the drunk kid that cut in on George McFly at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.

[@seansersmylie]

Great classic.

[@Okaydo1]

Fun fact: There are 8 The 'Burbs reaction videos on KZbin. Two of them were posted on October 7, 2023.

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

The zoom ins when they find the bone lmao.

[@tweevers2]

A little trivia... Walter the old man is Gale Gordon among many of his classic Tv roles he played Mr Wilson in the original 1960's Dennis the Menace Tv show.He was the second actor to play Mr Wilson after the first Mr Wilson actor Joseph Kearns died.

[@robertocarbonvarela6387]

In my opinion, Joe Dante is a true author. You can immediately recognize his huge personality as a filmaker by whatching any of his works. He's always had a great love for horror and sci-fi B movies of the 50's (the legendary Roger Corman was his mentor). All his filmography is full of references to those films and he's always paying tribute and homage to them. I truly recomend you any other of his gems: Piranha, The Howling, Innerspace, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Explorers, Matinee... (you've already watched "Gremlins"). By the way: you didn't say much about the amazing soundtrack by legendary Jerry Goldsmith, who composed the music for all Dante's movies since Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) untill his death.

[@inarar5334]

Mrs Rumsfield is the voice of Francine Smith on American Dad.

[@uscssnostromo8492]

Hey, yeah! I was just about to mention this!

[@adgato75]

I didn't know that !

[@ramudon2428]

Makes me want to watch The Money Pit again, with Hanks and Shelley Long.

[@buckdraper303]

This is a great, under-appreciated gem. Has so many great gags. The entire cast does a great job.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

The funniest bit to me was with the bone. "This... is Walter!" "NOOOOOOOO!!"

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hope you two are having an great and awesome weekend ❤

[@BeegableRock]

O man, one of my favourites! Used to watch this back to back with Fright Night, good times!

[@CoffeeLoverJoel]

the music is great when Tom Hanks and the big guy walk up to the door LOL

[@timboxall8936]

Gods, I've been waiting soooo long for this reaction! The 'Burbs is an underappreciated gem, and so rarely makes it onto many reactors radars (as with Midnight Run, hint hint). To my mind, the finest and funniest performance is by Bruce Dern - great actor, and Rumsfield gets the funniest lines!

[@TBRSchmitt]

We’ve done Midnight Run! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4POoH13rNGkba8si=zeHFWCwQH5-6tkra

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Yay! One of my favorite Tom Hanks films, and NOBODY is reacting to it, until now. Walter was played by Gale Gordon, Lucille Ball's second husband and longtime co-star - did you see Lucy's photo on the table in Walter's house? So many little tidbits like that - good to have this in your personal library. Rick Ducommun was a Canadian actor/comedian you might remember as a barfly in Groundhog Day. Great reaction!

[@Johnny_Socko]

Lucy and Gale Gordon were never married, but they worked together continuously from the 1940s (on radio) all the way into the 1980s. His face was recognizable to anyone who owned a TV during that time, lol. I never knew Rick Ducommun was Canadian, he always used to visit the morning radio show that I listened to in Los Angeles in the late 80s/early 90s.

[@JoeDatorCartoonist]

I love this movie so much. The fact that it was shot on Leave It To Beaver street, which is also The Munsters street, is chefs kiss perfect.

[@pobstrel]

Yep and the house from several Doris Day and Rock Hudson movies .

[@Madbandit77]

The creators of "Leave It To Beaver", Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, actually wrote some episodes of "The Munsters".

[@samanthab1923]

@@pobstrelI liked the Thrill of it All with Doris & James Garner. They lived in the house a couple down from the Munsters

[@victorramsey5575]

This movie is hidden gem nowadays for some reason. Its a classic! Love Wendy Schaal as trophy wife neighbor type. You know she's the voice of Francine on American Dad...

[@oneearrabbit]

In California v. Greenwood, the Supreme Court ended up ruling in favor of investigators and held that “the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home.” The case involved the protections extended by the 4th Amendment and the limits of the exclusionary rule. Here’s why that’s important. The state of California argued that the trash at the curb is outside the “curtilage,” or area of reasonable control, of the homeowner. It is not within the protection of the 4th Amendment, for any passerby could have access to it.

[@Britcarjunkie]

The "doctor" was Henry Gibson: if you saw "The Blues Brothers", he played one of the Neo Nazis. I'm very happy that you mention Bruce Dern, one of my lifelong favorite actors. He's done everything - starring roles, bit parts, drama, comedy, and he nails it every time. A VERY underrated actor, whose films you should check out. I won't suggest any - there's too many to choose from, but I first saw him in either "Silent Running", "Support Your Local Sheriff", or "The Wild Angels", when I was a kid. He's actually been in 3 Tarantino films, playing small parts: "Hateful Eight", "Django Unchained", and "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", and is still very busy.

[@0okamino]

I hate Illinois Nazis, but I love Henry Gibson.

[@Madbandit77]

I wouldn't say Dern's underrated because he's earned two Oscar nominations for "Coming Home" (Best Supporting Actor) and "Nebraska" (Best Lead Actor). I like him too in stuff like "Smile", "The Driver", "Last Man Standing", "The Astronaut Farmer", "Black Sunday", and "The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant". Even bit parts like "Marnie" and "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte". Speaking of "Nebraska", Rance Howard (father of Ron Howard, who produced this film), who plays one of the detectives here, played one of Dern's brothers in that film.

[@micheluzzo2751]

Funny you mention that dog ending up in the basement, as that was the same dog that was Precious in Silence of the Lambs.

[@user-qs2bi9iv1p]

My parents wouldn't let me see Ghostbusters when it came out, but they took me to this at age 10 and it scared the everloving shit out of me. Good job, mom and dad! Ghosts aren't real and so aren't truly scary, but I've been looking over my shoulder for Klopeks for three decades now.

[@enadegheeghaghe6369]

Hahahaha

[@smoothmove7566]

Just what I needed, Stay hip duders. Bruce Dern is awesome as Rumsfield, He was in the war wagon with John Wayne.

[@mapesdhs597]

Dern is also brilliant in, "Silent Running".

[@baronvg]

OMFG I just noticed and then realized something! @ 12:55 when they’re in Walter’s house, you can see some framed photos in the shot. One is of Walter but another is Lucille Ball! That’s when I realized that Walter is played by Gale Gordon who had some guest starring roles on I Love Lucy and then later costarred with her on The Lucy Show AND Here’s Lucy!! So her picture there was just a fun reference placed by the set decorators!!

[@tomchesley2604]

Art is played by comedian Rick Ducunum. His movie credits include "dude in the man hole in "Die Hard" telling headquarters to shut the power down". Also "drunk guy in Groundhog's Day who was riding around with Bill Murray" He has some pretty funny stand up.

[@archipelagotsunami]

As a kid, I got to watch The burbs’ and Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure February 17, 1989, the night they came out. It was a great night.

[@zmarko]

Oh, a strange aside that just happened the other day, Bruce Dern (Mr Rumsfeld) actually liked a FB comment of mine. I was giddy. 🤣

[@governorboltz]

Joe Dante is an underrated and underappreciated director. This movie, Gremlins and Gremlins 2, Innerspace and The Howling are all great Joe Dante films.

[@nicks.5552]

41:24 you’re absolutely right that this was the same backlot where they filmed “Desperate Housewives.” I think “Leave it to Beaver” was also filmed there, or another show from that era. Maybe it was “The Adams Family.”

[@WeerdMunkee]

The woman that plays Bonnie Rumsfield is Wendy Schaal. She is the voice of Francine on American Dad! 🙂

[@jamesm654]

Fun fact, Eleanore Roosevelt was Bruce Dern's godmother.

[@samanthab1923]

Really? I knew he was from an old money family in Illinois

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

I stumbled across this movie in the early 90s and I was glad I did since I probably watched this 10 times already. Another old comedy with lots of star power that most haven't heard of is called "Nothing But Trouble".

[@charlesgreen3214]

I remember going to see this at the movie theater when I was little with my cousin's. I thought they were taking me to watch the birds.

[@leonsam12]

This was an all time favorite we had on VHS and would often times play it, thank you for giving one of my childhood gems the respect of watching and enjoying 😎🤘

[@Beerman111980]

This is one of the most underrated comedies of all time, in my opinion (and you picked up on the fact Art ate dog food, took me like 10 viewings of this movie to realize that, bravo)

[@YoureMrLebowski]

23:24 "what if they were supposed to be collecting his mail?" ladies and gentlemen, Detective Sam Schmitt on the case.

[@elbeto7750]

A very fun movie. It's been many years since I saw her. It was a pleasure to see her with you again. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.

[@MrDeadstu]

I love this movie, I miss Tom Hanks the comedian. Turner and Hooch, Splash, The Money Pit, BIG, Dragnet, and A League of Their Own are all great. Rick Ducomman (Art) IMO is hilarious, he usually is a bit player, has been on lots of TV and some big movies like Hunt for Red October, Scary Movie, Last Action Hero, Groundhog Day, The Last Boy Scout, Encino Man. I remember him from a Canadian kids show called Zig-Zag (1980-88) with Terry David Mulligan.

[@shainewhite2781]

30:00, there was an alternative ending that was filmed but not yet released as the Klopeks did kill the original neighbors, Ray ends up getting murdered by the doctor with rat poison, the Klopeks claim their innocence for the crimes, and completely get away with it.

[@micpar2]

Check out Tom Hanks in Bachelor Party and Splash (1984) and Nothing in Common (1986) with the great comedian/actor Jackie Gleason. Jack Gleason & Art Carney starred in and produced the classic 1950's tv show The Honey Mooners.

[@FluxNomad678]

The music score is so ridiculously over the top it really adds to the movie lol

[@misterno-ice-guy8082]

Love this movie. Solid 89 out of 100 points from me.. One of my favorite lines is when Rick Ducammon is running after the garbage men and he just shouts "garbeege!" at them Oh, dang! I almost forgot.. Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher are both in The Man With One Red Shoe.. Another big win for moviephiles

[@francescareliford3941]

"You keep a horse in the basement???" was the funniest line in the movie 😂...

[@Houston727Gal]

This is one of my favorite movies EVER! I watch is over and over. I giggle every time the military music plays when Bruce Dern shows up😀😀

[@thisisscorpio6024]

Looks like you can dial-up the movie, The Sentinel, for this month. As an added bonus to that movie, you will be absolutely shocked how many actors you know got their start in that film when they were young.

[@0okamino]

It’s kind of surprising that Miguel Ferrer wasn’t in it. However, his father is. 😄

[@RazorwireReviews]

Oh my GOD this is one of my favourite films! So excited to see you both react to it, my mum introduced it to me when I was a teenager and I've been deeply in love with it ever since.

[@odinsahn7648]

Most kids watched Goonies, Ninja Turtles, Iron Giant or Home Alone. I did too but I LOVED THIS movie as a child. It just felt more mature to me given the feel of it but the comedy was on point with such relatively dark subject matter. A lot of eerie elements perfect for the spooky season as a wholesome, family type film. If you wanna see a crazy kids movie from the 80's watch the animated film The Secret Of NIMH from 1982. That movie will scare you even as an adult. Rated G for Geesus Christ.

[@antoinettelopes]

Reading this comment it hit me that The Secret of NIMH has real stakes. That's what's missing in most movies nowadays. Like Marvel movies or John Wick type movies. You know they can undo everything with time travel, bulletproof lapels, etc.

[@scottallen6160]

This movie was part of an ‘80’s Tom Hanks movie pack I bought. The others were, The Money Pit and The Man With One Red Shoe. Good comedies to put on a poll maybe.

[@tomhoffman4330]

Fun-Fact: Tom Hanks & Carrie FIsher also worked together-again in "The Man With One Red Shoe."✌

[@mamalannightshyaman]

"Bout a 9 on the tension scale, Rube" I've never seen any reaction to this! This was my favorite movie growing up. It's so quotable and hilarious. Thanks so much for doing it! Also, queeny the dog is the same dog buffalo bill had in silence of the lambs

[@hannahl8]

This was so fun! I love this movie, Dad & I still quote it. Little known fact: in the script, Hanks' character had just been laid off & he was afraid to tell his wife.

[@vincentpulido9463]

So, the whole taking week off from work was bullshit he was biding his time to tell his wife what happened

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Interestingly - to me, anyway, and in the light of recent events - this movie was made during a writer's strike. The director Joe Dante gave the screenwriter a nominal job on the crew so he could be around to address things, under the table. Everything takes place on that one street which was located on the Universal backlot - before they redressed the houses for this movie the street was a stop on the tour and featured the Cleaver house from "Leave it to Beaver" and I think the Munsters' house was where the Klopeks lived and a few other iconic TV houses. Nothing else was being shot on the lot at the time due to the strike. Because the story is very contained, they shot in sequence to an unusual degree and were able to improv and play around with character and story stuff as they went. A story Dante tells about shooting is that the studio tour buses that drove by every hour had priority over filming activity - the theme park made a lot more money for the studio than any one movie ever did, apparently. So the crew had to take a coffee break every time a bus trundled by with the tour guide burbling tour stuff over the loudspeaker. He said there are a couple places where the tour guide's voice can faintly be heard in the final movie and he left it in for giggles. The other thing I recall hearing is that Tom Hanks and Rick Ducommun did not exactly become best buddies. There was no nasty confrontation but apparently Rick rubbed Tom the wrong way, realized it, and deliberately needled Tom whenever he could. Tom was probably aware of it and channeled all that into his performance - some of the looks he gives Rick are rather venomous. I assume Tom was aware, he's a smart guy. I think I remember hearing that another thing that was supposed to be underlying the whole movie was that Tom Hanks' character got fired just before the movie began, so he's lying to his wife about being on vacation the whole time. His character being kind of vague and flaky and unhinged makes more sense with that in mind but when they put the movie together Tom being unemployed sort of brought the ending down so they took it all out. One other thing - the actor playing Walter was named Gale Gordon. He was not entirely well by this time but he did his part just fine. He was previously known for co-starring with Lucille Ball on her '70s sitcom. When they break into Walter's house you can see framed photos of Gale and Lucy in the living room if you look sharp. Very much a Joe Dante kind of gag. 😄 A lot of people haven't heard of this, for whatever reason it fell off the map on original release and nobody saw it at all. Dante wrote it off as a misstep until like ten years later. Now it's the movie he most commonly gets asked about when he's recognized, second only to "Gremlins," which kind of confused him since it vanished without a trace when it was new but apparently kids discovered it on home video and on cable.

[@cinemeleon2808]

Great info! Thanks. I knew about the strike and backlot shooting after I picked up on something being rather odd... the backyard scenes had no other houses around...just trees and hills, lol...which would have been fine, had they not been said to be in a suburb. 🤣🤣🤣

[@shainewhite2781]

21:10, he was the Nazi Leader in The Blues Brothers.

[@aidanlynn]

One of the most underrated movies of all time.