The Wizard & Super Mario Bros. - Caravan of Garbage

Nintendo has a very strange relationship with the adaptation of it's properties into film. Before the release of Super Mario Bros. in 1993 and even longer before The Super Marios Bros. Movie in 2023 the closest thing we got to on screen reputation was The Wizard. Basically serving as a promotion tool for the upcoming Super Marios Bros. 3 along with other Nintendo licensed products like the Power Glove, the Nintendo hotline, Zelda, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, Contra, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more it certainly is a weird and roundabout way to promote something. Thanks for listening!
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[@chrisgoodnow9899]

"really low stakes Rainman" is the best summary I've ever heard of this film

[@jonasquinn7977]

I genuinely can’t tell if Ben and Laurence loved this movie or not

[@MrOtistetrax]

Ben has awesome taste in movies. But also, he has awful taste in movies.

[@robertrivera5569]

It's nostalgic, so a bit of both lol

[@BenFromCanada]

@@MrOtistetrax I have great taste in movies and I loved this

[@MrJakePaddy]

@@BenFromCanada yeah but you're Canadian, you love everything

[@rickdaniel3230]

I genuinely cannot tell anymore if any vloggers enjoy their choices in their lives and careers. But I have to see something on my lunch break.

[@alucard624]

The editing on that clip from Seven around 3:25 had me in tears. That was brilliant.

[@zombie3833]

My grandmother used to call the Nintendo hotline all the time to help her solve the harder puzzles in the Lolo games. She loved those games.

[@theonlybilge]

Based

[@olliejenkins5148]

@@theonlybilge based? Based on what?

[@ridderjaim3]

@@olliejenkins5148 Being based of course

[@olliejenkins5148]

@@ridderjaim3 oh of cooooourse!

[@Mitsuraga]

I, too, love Adventures of Lolo.

[@TheDaveCave80]

As a 43 year old man-child, i just want you guys to know that i love you, you are undeniably the best channel on KZbin, and thank you for representing 80’s and 90’s kids everywhere

[@BishopS]

There wasn't a blue harvest joke in this video, but once I realized that, I reminded myself of the last Blue Harvest joke, where Nick said he knew it was coming, not by what James said but by the look in his eyes when he began the sentence and that alone made me laugh out loud.

[@WheelerKyle]

YES, that was hilarious

[@caffeinebob4458]

Ok, Ben or whoever. That Seven bit was the funniest 2 seconds of editing in the history of this channel 😂

[@Mr3rdFloor]

I had to pause the video I laughed so hard 🤣🤣

[@alucard624]

I lost it at that moment.

[@kennykenny1616]

WHATS IN THE FUCKING BOX

[@BurnDoubt]

California Bang!bang!

[@astew5134]

I was looking for this comment. I laughed so hard that I had to rewind it 5 times

[@justingabel8031]

The edit of “what’s in the box?/California and gun shots” made me absolutely cry laughing, thank you Ben and Lawrence so much

[@alucard624]

It's the funniest part of the video IMO.

[@CJKdrum711]

I forced my parents to rent this on a nearly weekly basis from Blockbuster. What a picture.

[@Movypro23]

That was basically me with dick Tracy in 1991 lol

[@BurnDoubt]

😮I don't believe you

[@SeamusAlive]

Blockbuster really?

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Bend, Oregon

[@GregTurismo]

Lol the crazy things kids do

[@roflcopterannoysme]

God I hope we get the "I cannot sanction your buffoonery" story next week.

[@MemberWhen]

Has to be the star of Green Trivia, right?

[@takeshikovacks6708]

We got it💀💀

[@MTG_Scribe]

When I worked at a Hollywood Video in the early 2000's we had a copy of this movie on VHS that was free to rent, and to this day I do not know why. It was the only movie in the entire store that was just free, we never once advertised it, it was just a thing people somehow knew about and would come in to rent on a regular basis. Banger movie, 10/10, also Rilo Kiley is a fantastic band (but not free as far as I know).

[@make.and.believe]

14:40 - Fun fact - that dinosaur park is on the way to Palm Springs from LA, and every holiday they actually dress those dinosaurs up in giant clothing that is theme appropriate. The Valentines day ones were pretty good this year. :)

[@FabulousKilljoy917]

Absolute BANGERS for caravan of garbage this year, I only know of this movie from you guys talking about it, but still, damn good job boys🙌

[@chrisfoye1574]

Uncultured swine

[@MatVids2]

The Rodney gag will never get old

[@hlashbrooke]

Kudos to Ben & Laurence for finding clips of all the old games that James lists off the top of his head. They're the true heroes of these videos.

[@supersizesenpai]

This movie is woven deep into my childhood. I used that gaming hotline so much that I ran up a bill of a couple hundred dollars and got my ass properly kicked for it. Nintendo Power magazine was like playboy for me as a kid. I got damn near sexually excited whenever a new copy showed up. I also remember learning the location of the first warp whistle in Super Mario 3 from this movie. I remember seeing that moment and losing my mind.

[@marcuswalters8093]

"What a long bow to draw". I have never heard this phrase before, but it's amazing.

[@samo4648]

The edit of James and Mason playing an 8 bit game while Mason says watching someone play 8 bit games is boring was perfect

[@DavesFriends]

Maso's California rant was interrupted by a Hulu commercial, but the timing of the Hulu "Dunnn" it made it seem like Hulu intentionally cut off his speech. Like they just abruptly ended the episode. I found it way too funny

[@MrTeaandaMovie]

That Se7en gag, *chefs kiss*

[@Sicod79]

Quintessential review of The Wizard- "Low Stakes Rain Man" -Mason of Mr. Sunday Movies

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

18:07 He's just a kid... no older than my son.

[@toybugcarl]

Your spliced Seven/Wizard snippet was editing gold! I double tap rewatched that part a dozen times. 😂

[@HappyNBoy]

I love the band Rilo Kiley! Thanks, Mason for telling me to go listen to them again!

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

Loved that reference to Electronic Gaming Monthly, used to read that shit all the time

[@alucard624]

EGM was the best in the pre-internet days. Same with Nintendo Power.

[@Klau92]

Did u know that the original Power Glove supposed to be Blue colored in order to emit how powerful it is? But Satoru Iwata head of Nintendo at the time rejected the idea due to the color blue is seen as too calming and thought that gamers would not want to play games that are calming. So he chooses a more neutral color which was grey but also retain the blue accent on the logo of the device. This might be a coincidence but Nintendo chose blue in the first place due to the fact its a reference to ‘Blue Harvest’ which was the title of the first Star Wars movie ……

[@Funky_Player2]

OH GOD THIS ACTUALLY GOT ME

[@joek81981]

I saw this at five in the dollar theaters, in Independence Missouri. All these horrors I never noticed, I assume my parents were absolutely beside themselves.

[@MrOtistetrax]

Nah. Parents were just shit back then.

[@matthewa2531]

Don’t forget about the travel montage with “Send me an Angle,” by Real Life. That song was pure 90’s RAD!

[@RusPitman]

That tron nod was very well done James 👌

[@blakeburress]

Jenny Lewis’s solo stuff is amazing, and Rilo Kiley also featured Blake Sennet from Salute Your Shorts. Great band.

[@LlanoRiverBlue]

Agreed! She was great in Troop Beverly Hills from this era too!

[@elKinesis]

Also, she's part of The Postal Service. Didn't realize that was her until just recently.

[@MITHYKA]

The most shocking thing about this movie is the fact Tobey Maguire was 13-14 when he looks most certainly like a fetus in this here his film cinematic debut

[@CGGongtai]

Oh no, I never noticed Tobey Maguire with the mullet. What cursed knowledge this is.

[@J.O.R.D]

11:07 😂 James’s dry wit sarcasm will always get me

[@bearwade9513]

Paul Rudd playing the Mac and Me clip every time he's on Conan is one of my favorite things ever.

[@williammiller3277]

I love the Super Bario Bros! Always reeks of whiskey.

[@mikesilva3868]

The live action 1993 movie was unwatchable 😅

[@BurnDoubt]

@@mikesilva3868 Dennis Hopper didn't even attempt to pull off a Raul Julia or Jeremy Irons to save the flick

[@mikesilva3868]

@@BurnDoubt agreed well said love your comment 😊

[@BurnDoubt]

You can almost imagine the two guzzling straight from the bottle before shooting John L: man.. I nailed my part as Clown in that silly Spawn movie. I really thought I could pull off a Luigi you know? Bob H: kid, I starred in a little thing you may have heard of called Who Framed Rodger Rabbit now shut up and pass the bottle will ya Edit: my bad, Spawn (1997) released well after this. Also Bob Hoskins was amazing in Who Framed Rodger rabbit and it was one of my favorite movies growing up and still is and you should probably totally watch it again, just to be clear

[@CadesComics]

Game grumps and Cody Ko both getting spotlighted in one video. Beautiful 😍

[@DOSdaze]

The marketing of this movie couldn't have worked better on me as a kid. I didn't realize at the time Super Mario 3 was going to be a real thing, so when the game was actually released just like it was from the movie, it made the movie seem so much more real to me. I still remember how excited I was when I discovered the warp whistle they revealed was actually a real thing you could do in the game. What a corporate funded magical time to be a kid.

[@theoneandonlyoni]

I’ve known and loved this movie my entire life, and I’m only now because of you, discovering just how sad and warped my life has been...

[@mikesilva3868]

The wizard was my favorite childhood movie😊

[@Movypro23]

“Happy” 30th anniversary to the live action 1993 Mario movie and congratulations to the wizard 1989 for….still existing 🤪🤟🏻💥🕹️

[@setsers1]

Of Course.

[@AndyDo]

The binder thing is real. That's a surprisingly accurate-ish view inside the help line.

[@coyoteone6197]

Bit of fun trivia: Bad Business Dad is played by Sam McMurray, who played an uptight FBI agent in the Brian Bosworth action vehicle "Stone Cold". Bosworth played for the Seattle Seahawks, known for their distinctive dark blue uniforms. So much so, that when he received his career ending injury, it was known as the "Blue Harvest", which coincidentally was the working title of the original Star Wars!

[@debudraws]

PLEASE DO SOME OF THE MR BEAN MOVIES

[@WakingDreamer01]

3:23 That editing. *Chef's kiss*

[@mrsundaymovies]

Some of the best

[@Rayne2013]

I’m personally glad that the t-100 learns that people used to keep their keys above the sun visor it really sold the lack of understanding between the machines and modern “90’s” society.

[@cabbusses]

There's a funny bit of irony in this being featured in a series called "Caravan of Garbage" - the inspiration Nintendo had for competitions like NWC which The Wizard was promoting was Hudson Soft's "Caravan" events, named after the giant yellow ride that would go on tour and let competitors play in, which started in 1982.

[@lilcody69]

That "What's in the box?" clip was great lol.

[@RABartlett]

No cinematic Spider-Man has had a mullet but he's been drawn by John Romita Jr for half his career there's got to be something.

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

Others already pointed it out, but the Se7en edit was absolutely phenomenal.

[@themistypier1994]

there's something weirdly sexual and grotesque in the way the guy shouts Rodney, in a crescendo to the final scream, and i love it and hate it.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

I remember watching this as a kid. When they got to the part where they're at the dinosaur park and the "twist" is revealed, I thought I had missed something. I thought the sister died there or something. This was one of those movies that I never saw from the beginning, just bits and pieces on tv.

[@nekokicker]

Green trivia for everyone. Jenny Lewis was the female voice in the postal service album Give Up as well.

[@TheCaptainJon]

I have watched this video before. For some reason this time Mason describing The Wizard in part as "low stakes Rain Man" absolutely sent me.

[@adamr4198]

In 1989 I was 9 years old and liked “The Wiz”. I was so excited to get a Power Glove and so disappointed after I bought it with my Christmas/Birthday money. Fast forward to 1995 and I was selected to play in a local Sega tournament (to market the Sega Channel). The game we would play was a mystery so I rented a ton of games from Blockbuster Video. When the day came the Video Game Gods were kind to me. We played Sonic 3 which is one of my all time favorite games. I absolutely crushed it! I won a family trip to Universal Studios including airfare and hotel for all four members of my family. The trip was fun. The greatest part was for a year afterwards I had a rock solid excuse to play “just 15 more minutes” when every it was time to turn off the game.

[@michaelclancy1785]

My only real memory of this film from childhood was the bit where someone pops a car tyre by sticking a pocket knife in the wheel and hitting the bottom of the handle. You made me wait 18 minutes 24 seconds to relive that moment, and it DID NOT disappoint.

[@olthac]

What’s funny, is the controller they use at the end is a turbo stick (Nintendo peripheral) but modified without turbo buttons and a longer stick. They were pretty popular because they looked like an arcade joystick.

[@duko3000]

James is older than The Wizard? So he is a Wizard? I figured it out! Gotcha James!

[@whimsicalhamster88]

I really liked this movie when it came out but I was 7. It’s amazing the whole family couldn’t figure out why the little boy wanted to visit a place they would have had to have visited less than a year prior.

[@buffstaa]

I miss Amazing, watching everyone running past the car and yelling at the T.V "THE KEYS IN THE BOOT; IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BOOT!"

[@mattylittles]

Absolutely. And "on the back of the door. The door you just opened. No don't go out the other door just close the door and turn around. No don't open it and go through oh ffs"

[@Fluoride_Jones]

"Mac and Me" was also used to promote Skittles, because the filmmakers couldn't get the rights to Reese's Pieces. Yep, they were that blatant in their attempt to rip-off "E.T."

[@Blakelyboy21392]

Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett two members of Rilo Kiley acted with the Savage brothers.

[@jaymacaulay81]

I remember seeing The wizard in the theater when I was a kid!

[@BurnDoubt]

I remember dragging my parents to the theater to see the original Super Mario Bros. It was a formative experience, first time I ever felt shame.

[@davidblank420]

Did you know the first name for Nintendo was "Blue Harvest"? It actually predates whatever.

[@GingerThoroughBread]

James sounded dangerously close to Little James at the end there, I'm sure Little James doesn't appreciate the mockery

[@keithquirk9823]

Interesting addition to Green Trivia that explains why everyone says this movie is like Rain Man… this is a very very loose reboot of Tommy by the Who. The title gets its name from their song Pinball Wizard. But because of the iconic blue cover of Tommy, the producers did consider calling it Blue Harvest.

[@markbutl]

I can’t believe on the “watching 8 bit games is not exciting” there wasn’t a Luke getting his light saber clip from the all time great Caravan of Garbage play through

[@FoxTashikata]

That Seven editing was incredible Jesus christ lmao

[@yoshiforpm]

Wild, I was just talking about this movie yesterday to someone too young to remember it. I was it in the theater when I was like six years old and was shocked twenty years or so later when I learned that the girl was also the girl from Rilo Kiley.

[@hamshankscps1049]

I had to replay the scene from Seven with like 6 times, that edit was so fucking good

[@damnitface77]

I wonder if the actor who plays the guy who shouts "Rodney!" knows about his notoriety. They should reach out to him to let him know people enjoy his performance on a weekly basis. I do believe John Batchelor was his name.

[@JacobRavenglass]

18:06 For whatever reason, my brain automatically overrode whatever music was playing, and all I could hear was the Spider-Man 3 Venom theme in my head.

[@robertcherman]

All movies back then had nothing going on in the intro. There was a reason they did that, and did a list of casting. It does a lot, to make a movie more enjoyable in the theater. This was people showing up late or just on time don't miss anything, but at the same time, doesn't let the people who got there early to miss anything as well. It also gives people time to settle in. Now they show ads for half an hour, than trailers for 10 to 15 minutes.

[@champo976]

Watching AGDQ is easily 1000x more exciting than any footage revolving around video games here. Someone should make a fictionalized agdq movie

[@mmmghool]

Jenny Lewis’ music is the best. So hyped for her upcoming album

[@ttriblazor]

Love that the editors slipped in game grumps when James was talking about how you can easily watch people play video games.

[@Mister_Clean]

Modern day SMB3 speedrunners would have absolutely ruined that kid

[@TomBongJovi]

Fun fact that truck driver also played the police chief in The Last Action Hero, a movie you guys need to cover, it so so so ahead of it's time

[@GUNUFofficial]

3 mario movies, two of them animated, I can't believe it.

[@AverageDrafter]

Bad Business Dad got his comeuppance by being on the Tracey Ullman show but not doing a Simpson's voice. In my heart, I want to believe he was offered Homer, but was like "I'm not doing that cartoon CRAP!" and missed out on the biggest gravy train in TV history.

[@russelniedermayer]

Brad: "What's in f^

[@BR-jw7pm]

For Caravan of Garbage, you should review Kangaroo Jack! You two are Australian, it’s set in Australia, it just makes perfect sense! 😂

[@FabulousKilljoy917]

I would lose my mind🤣that would be outstanding

[@punkrockreverend2328]

And at 11 minutes 40 seconds that type of a tournament was common place in local malls. I won one against 3 other kids. 11:40

[@johnlee7164]

This movie is Little Miss Sunshine, Stand By Me and Rain Man all rolled into one movie marketed to kids to sell a video game. I saw this as a kid and loved it, even without the stupid video game contest as a plot device/whatever. Although video game contests were a real thing back then. Yes, viewed thru modern lenses with access to all the LCD flat screen displays on TVs, tablets, phones, the idea of watching something on an SD display (ugh) blown up to allow an audience to watch is unthinkable nowadays, it was a cool idea back in the 80s, when TVs really couldnt compete with theater level image definition.

[@SanFranFan30]

"I love doing a business" -business dad

[@cmhman16]

Every time I see the host of the tournament, I think of him bald in the Scooby-Doo movie haha

[@Brick-dg5ly]

18:48 Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts! I love when Ben and Laurence add KH references to the videos!

[@RedNinja115]

Ben or Lawrence, idk which of you added Dearly Beloved at the end there, but I love you for it😅❤️

[@jansenart0]

I will always drop a 👍 for The Wizard. Holy the fuck that movie was crazy in retrospect. Kidnapping, mugging children, unmanaged autism, death, mini Nintendo Power giveaway on the opening day... the world's first speedrun, Super Mario 3... classic.

[@craigrussell3062]

Most peak 90s part of The Wizard: Fred Savage holds a skateboard in every scene in this movie and doesn't ride it once

[@zombie3833]

Wait.......just finished the Wizard.....is there not also Mario Bros in this? The title led me to believe this was a 2fer

[@stevenpuente8153]

18:46 I spit my water out when the Kingdom Hearts track kicks in.

[@randyn1571]

Mason as a kid: I dont want to watch a kid play it Live streaming/twitch era: We'll see about that!

[@MeesterMan00]

Was on the edge of my seat waiting for James to reveal the working title of this film taking inspiration from the blue sunglasses on the poster

[@angbald]

How does Jenny know to get the warp whistle in this brand new game being debuted?

[@mathewblaine1109]

Its in the instructions that came with the game

[@RecRoomPlays]

Okay but just imagine if more Let's Play channels did weave weird metanarratives in between their video game playing videos, I think that would be pretty cool.

[@cosmonautikal536]

Well, I suppose the metanarrative is the Let's Players' real lives and careers ideally. But then if the Let's play personas tend to be characters, then why not star in fantastical vlogs! Could be well fun.

[@adamstein7085]

Nick Mason being a Rilo Kiley fan is so unsurprising and makes me love him more.

[@jumanjiman86]

If they ever remove the guy that says Rodney, I won’t do anything but I’ll be quite sad.

[@ellaisplotting]

Solidarity in potential quiet sadness

[@eastvandb]

I'm weirdly happy that Ben loved this movie. The world makes sense today.

[@THECABEMAN97]

Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts over Cuffs is exactly the kind of content I’m looking for

[@CommissarCerreto]

12:57 Baby Tobey Macguire with a mullet, pink shirt, left side