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Hello and welcome to the "All Eighties
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Movies Podcast," the podcast where we talk about the blockbusters,
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the flops, and everything in between from one of the
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freshest decades from movies, the nineteen eighties. I'm your host
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Bill Bant along with me on this journey revisiting eighties movies is
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my co host Jason Masek. Hello, Jason, "Remember Mrs. Farmer.
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Whenever you buy a house, whatever's in the ground belongs
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to you, whether it's gold or oil or Claude Muscleman."
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That's right, listeners, we are discussing with spoilers of plenty,
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the nineteen eighty eight Fish out of Water comedy Funny Farm.
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It was produced by Film Futures and distributed by Entertainment
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Film Distributors. Movie stars Chevy Chase and Madeline Smith. Directed
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by George roy Hill, This movie's rating is PG with
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a running time of one hour and forty one minutes.
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This movie was adapted from the nineteen eighty five comedic
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novel of the same name by Jay Cronley. So what
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is this movie about? What's on the box if you
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grow up in the nineteen eighties, and what's your local
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video store to rend this movie. You would fine this
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description on the back of the VHS box. It is
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what's on the box. Take it away, Jason.
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When chevy Chase plays a Manhattan sportswriter who abandons his
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career for life in the country, you know that getting
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away from it all will inevitably mean Chevy's getting in deeper,
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and that the serenity of smalltown USA will hilariously turn
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into a city slickers nightmare. Funning Farm delivers the gut
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busting fund you expect from chevy Chase. National Lampoon's Vacation,
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National Lampoon's European Fagation. Fletch Spies Like Us and The
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Three Amigos tops It's performances in all those films with
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his pratt falling portrayal of urban transplant Andy Farmer. Madeline
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Smith co stars as Andy's supportive wife. Together, the Funny
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Farmers learned that the eccentric people and events of their
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new hometown outnumber even the mosquitoes. The postman guns along
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the back roads like mad Max. The sheriff travels nowhere
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without a chauffeur. Gruesome discoveries turn up in the garden
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and pond, and Andy becomes the punchline of the movie's
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rowdiest gag when he unsuspectingly brags call me mister lamb
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Fryes call Funny Farm. Endlessly entertaining, filled with comic delights.
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It also features the buoyant direction of George roy Hill,
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a vibrant Elmer Bernstein score, and the lush cinematography of
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Miroslav Underchek. Harvest the good times from Funny Farm.
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Funny Farm, So that was what's on the box. Let's
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move on to her eighty snapshot as we highlight some
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of the creative forces from this movie.
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Jason. For my eighties snapshot, I chose Jeffrey Boom, the
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screenwriter of Funny Farm. Jeffrey Bohm, writer and producer from Rochester,
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New York. Here's a little trivia actually from IMDb about
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Jeffrey Boem. Before becoming a successful screenwriter, he actually worked
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as a studio executive for many years. I never knew
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that Boem's films that he wrote screenplays for have a
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cumulative gross of over one billion dollars. That's right, folks,
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one billion dollars. Here's his eighty snapshot as a writer.
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These are the highlights the dead Zone in eighty three.
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He's uncredited on Lethal Weapon in nineteen eighty seven. He
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pens Innerspace in eighty seven, The Lost Boys in eighty seven,
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Funny Farm Here in eighty eight, Indiana Jones, and The
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Last Crusade in eighty nine, and then Lethal Weapon two
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in eighty nine. Not a bad eighties run. He would
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go on to write Leith Wepon three in ninety two,
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and then The Witches of Eastwick in ninety two. He
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does twenty seven episodes of the Adventures of Briscoe County Junior,
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which I thought was really cool. He penned The Phantom
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in nineteen ninety six, so those are some of the
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highlights there. He did pass away on January twenty sixth
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and two thousand due to a heart failure from a
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rare lung disease. So here's a little quote from Jeffrey Boem.
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I get the thing in my head and see it
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from start to finish. Then I sit down and start
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writing it. I don't have any kind of routine where
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I do notes or outlines or character sketches. I just
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try and live with it in my head until it's
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ready to be spat out. Jeffrey Boem great screenwriter. He
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pops up every once in a while and these huge
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eighties films and I'm like, man, this guy had quite
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the career and we lost him too soon.
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Yeah, I definitely agree with that. I mean, you just
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listed off an impressive list of credits. As a writer,
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you would hope to maybe two two of those titles
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he has all then Wow.
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Yeah, every time I hear his name, I think of
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the opening credits of Last Crusade. For some reason, Oh yeah,
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I can see it with that backdrop of where do
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they shoot that opening, like in Utah or wherever that was?
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Yeah, with that.
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Font they use for the credits in Indiana Jones Alascrusda,
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it just kind of pops. I'm like, oh, Jeffrey boem Right,
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he wrote this too, good stuff. What do you have
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for your idies? Snapshot Bill bant So.
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I went with director George Roy Hill, and George wasn't
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your typical Hollywood director. Born in nineteen twenty one to
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a wealthy Irish Catholic family in Minneapolis, Hill grew up
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loving music, airplanes, and stories, the three passions that would
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later define his life. He studied music at Yale under
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the great composer Paul Hindermith ran the university's drama society,
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and then went off to war. Hill served as a
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marine pilot in both World War Two and the Korean War,
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an experience that fueled his lifelong obsession with flying. After
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the war, he acted on stage in Ireland and on Broadway,
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and then turned to directing, first in live television and theater,
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and eventually in film. His first movie, Period of Adjustment, came
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out in nineteen sixty two, but it was Butch Cassidy
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and The Sundance Kid that made him a household name.
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Hill was the one who assisted on p arring Paul
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Newman and then up and coming Robert Redford, a decision
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that changed both their careers and movie history. He reunited
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with the duo for The Sting, a clever con artist
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caper that won seven Oscars, including Best Director for Hill.
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Hill goes on to direct the hockey comedy classic Slap Shot,
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again with Newman in nineteen seventy seven. By the nineteen eighties,
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George Roy Hill's film career was winding down. His major
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work from that decade was the World According to Garp
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in nineteen eighty two, based on John Irving's novel, starring
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Robin Williams and gun Clothes. The film was both a
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critical a commercial success, earning Oscar nominations for Close and
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John Lithgow. H'll followed it with The Little Drummer Girl
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in nineteen eighty four, darring Diane Keaton. Though ambitious, it
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received mixed reviews and struggled at the box office, and
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then his final film was This Funny Farm in nineteen
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eighty eight. After stepping away from Hollywood, He'll return to
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Yale to teach drama, sharing his love of storytelling with
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a new generation. He passed away in two thousand and
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two at the age of eighty one, after a long
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battle with Parkinson's I was director George roy Hill.
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Great stuff. That was excellent nineteen twenty one. Man, that
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guy goes way back, Yeah he does. I did not
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realize he also directed a slap shot that's awesome.
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Oh yeah. One of the actors that was driving up
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the wall when I was watching this brat Sullivan was Brock,
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the one who wants to kill Andy throughout the movie.
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Sure, what do I.
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Know him from? And then I was like, oh, yeah,
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he's a slap shot and that's one of my favorite
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lines of the movie. Here you go. I don't think
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it's appropriate to repeat on this podcast.
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Love it all right.
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So this leads to earliest memories of the movie. Jason
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start us off. What do you remember about Funny Farm
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way back when?
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Yeah? Absolutely, let's get funny with this film. Yeah, you
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know what, I remember always liking this movie. If I
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caught it on cable. It was one of those Yeah,
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if I caught it in the middle of it, I'd
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watch it. I'd watch the rest of it, at least
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a few scenes. It was always enjoyable to me as
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a young person. I've always been a fan of Chevy
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Chase and the livery and his physical comedy. There's the
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pratt falling that was mentioned in the What's on the
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Box segment, and that's was his talent. I recall being
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a fan of miss Madeline Smith in this. I always
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thought she was very attractive, She is quite adorable. I
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thought she gave a decent comedic performance. I remember a
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few of the highlights, of course, I mean before even
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watching this. I recall the lamb fries, of course, the
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crazed alcoholic Maleman, and I remember enjoying the holiday Christmas
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cheer of the ending. It just always gave me a warm,
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fuzzy feeling inside. I definitely remember the very scenic atmosphere,
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that rural feel, and that's pretty much it in a nutshell.
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I was a fan of this movie when I was
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a kid, a teenager. I didn't think it was the
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greatest thing ever, but it was just simple feel good
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movie and I got a kick out of the goofy
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characters and site gags. Nothing else really to break down here,
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Bill Band. I didn't think it was outrageously hilarious, but
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always found it amusing. That's all I got for you
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for early memories. What are yours?
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Yeah, this was a rental for me. I do remember
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seeing the ads in the paper of Chevy Chase with
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the egg on his head, thinking it was a movie
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about farming, and then renting it and it's not even
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about farming whatsoever. But I do remember enjoying it, and
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I watched that one a lot on cable. I bet
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I watched Funny Farm more at one point than I
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watched Fletch right, just because it was on more. Not
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that I'm saying it's a better movie. It's almost like
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a comfort food kind of film.
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I just it was on. I like it.
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It just kind of flows. That's my earliest memory. I'm
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right there with you.
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It's one of those things that just happened to be
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on a lot, and you smile when chevy Chase does
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his thing. He's great, He's very charming, and he's good
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at falling down. Let's just put it that way.
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I agree, all right, So initial thoughts now of a
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funny farm all these years later.
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Yeah, an interesting rewatch as an adult, let's just talk
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about that cast real quick. I think chevy Chase is
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fine in this. Is he given a lot to do.
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I guess this is how I use the word serviceable.
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And I felt like Madeline Smith as Elizabeth Farmer, the
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wife of Andy Farmer played by Chevy Chase. I thought
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Madeline Smith was fine. I'm watching it now just saying,
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what's the relationship between her and chevy Chase? Is a
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good chemistry, etc. And they were good together. I thought
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they matched well together. It was fine. I wasn't necessarily
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laughing out loud at moments, but I found myself smiling often.
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There's just several moments throughout this film where I found
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it amusing once again as an adult. I must say
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the movie looks good to me. Credit to veteran DP
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director of photography Miroslav Underchek Elmer Bernstein. Love him he
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does the score for this film. Love his past work,
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wonderful Resume, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Animal House, Meatballs,
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Airplane Stripes, Trading Places, Ghostbusters, that's Elmer Bernstein. Now we
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have Funny Farm. It's fine. It's fine. That's kind of
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my overall feeling about this film this far.
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Did you have any commentary on you You're saying fine.
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I think my word for this is safe. This movie
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feels safe.
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Bill Bant is one of the last notes I wrote,
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and I was saving it for my conclusion. I wrote safe,
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it feels safe. I wrote that exact same thing. I'm
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glad you said it. Please continue.
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Yeah. I was trying to think about how I would
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describe this movie. Because I do like it, I do
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enjoy it. I would recommend it. But if I recommend
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to someone and they never watched it, they're not really
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missing anything. But if they watched it, they wouldn't be like,
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why the hell did you recommend this movie? It's just there.
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It's just there. I'm not sitting through it. Going, oh
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my god, what is this going to end? I put
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it on and I chuckle a couple of times, and
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I like the premise. I mean, there's a one scene
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that does stand out that we'll talk about, but outside
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of that, there's nothing groundbreaking about it. It is funny
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when I was researching, how many people like chasing.
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This, Yeah, including himself.
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Yeah, I wish a little more could have been on
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the humor. The fish out of Water could have been
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hammered a little bit better. I think the issue is
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they make it seem like this town is full of
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crazed lunatics. It almost has that northern exposure shows with
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have all the quirky characters, but we never really get
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to see the quirky characters. We just kind of see
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how Andy and Elizabeth aren't adjusting well to life outside
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the city. Right. Maybe if it got a little more
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into that, had more of those standout characters, I think
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it would be a more fun film. So it just
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plays it safe, wholeheartedly.
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Agree, wholeheartedly agree that's safe, and it's on the surface.
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Jeffrey Boem himself was hoping to when he was writing it,
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was hoping to get a little more I don't know
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if gritty's the right word, but more based on the
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actual novel itself versus George roy Hill decided to go
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in a different direction with it and ultimately had control
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in the actual direction, of course, and it was on
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the life. That's the way he went with it, and
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it's pretty clear. But yeah, I'm going to get into
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it here. I mean, I actually want to take a
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step back and say that I had an interesting viewing
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experience this time because I was joined by a friend
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of mine, and she's a female friend of mine. She's
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significantly younger, she's a millennial, and she was watching it
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for the very first time. So I was watching it
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wondering in the back of my mind how she was
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seeing it. And of course, as we all know, watching
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a movie with someone else is an entirely different experience
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than just watching it by yourself. So what it did,
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interestingly enough, was make me look at it without my
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nostalgic glasses on. It wasn't as if I was watching
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this with like a contemporary like you in the room,
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Bill Bant, or a buddy of mine that grew up
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during the eighties and we could predict that next scene
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coming on or already start laughing about what was coming
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up next, or smile in that nostalgic moment. It was different.
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It's just different. So I felt I was a little
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more critical upon this viewing as an adult. So Funny
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Farm It's one of those movies just feels like a
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series of hijinks for the first hour or so. There's
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just not much in the way of story or character development.
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Like you were talking about these townsfolk that just fill
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out the scenery and you want to know more, but
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they all are just kind of the one note, one stick,
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one trick ponies. It's mostly like National Lampoon's vacation. Especially
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regarding Chevy Chase's character, Andy Farmer, He's like Clark Griswold
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on a farm, I guess, but it's or in the
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country and he's trying to stay positive all the time
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while everything is falling apart. However, the difference here's the wife,
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Elizabeth Farmer. She clearly isn't happy and he's oblivious to
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it the whole time. And then there's this series of
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light gags, silly gags, the one note characters, these one
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note character we really don't learn anything about these characters,
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like Sheriff Ledbetter, or that Brock character, or the crazed
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mailman who we learn as crumb Peatrie, the antique dealer
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that sells everything related to dead relatives. It's funny on
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the surface, but we don't get to know them at
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all or see a relationship developed between those characters. With
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Andy and Elizabeth Farmer, there's just no bond between them, really,
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so it's just more hyjinks of things going bad while
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now Andy Farmer. The whole idea here, folks, if you
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haven't seen the movie for any reason, is that Andy
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is moving on from the big city as a sports
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writer and he's been given correct me if I'm wrong,
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he's been given in advance by a publisher to write
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his great, the great novel he has within him. Right,
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has he given like a ten thousand dollars advance?
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Ten thousand?
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Right? So the idea is that he and his wife
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Elizabeth have looked at this beautiful property out in the
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country and they're going to move there, and he's going
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to write this novel and live out their lives in
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this serene location. So then throughout these hijinks, Andy has
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writer's block. Then he manages to write a terrible first
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draft of his novel. Meanwhile, Elizabeth has inspired to write
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her own children's book, which becomes successful, and then Andy
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betrays her. Then they decide to divorce and sell the
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country house. And then they recruit, slash bribe the townspeople
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to help them sell the house. So the townspeople selfishly
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go overboard with the Christmas holiday costumes, caroling and themes.
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And after the farmer see what the fantasy of this town,
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which is called Redbud out in the country could be,
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they decide to make up and not get divorced, and
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they decide to stay after all this, the problem is
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that they're still hated by the townspeople and all of
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it is a facade. And more importantly, Andy was a
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complete asshole to Elizabeth and she somehow just forgave him overnight.
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I'm getting into my complaints clearly here, but that's like
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the gist of this movie as I'm watching it as
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an adult, Like this is how I'm seeing it. So
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I don't mean to sound overly critical, but I was
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a little surprised of like, this movie is really flawed.
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Everything else I said still holds true, where it's still
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fun and light on its feet at times, but from
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a story structure standpoint, I found it extremely flawed, and
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I did not understand the character's motivations at the end,
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and I found there was just real no connection to
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the town or townsfolk at all, which was concerning to me.
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You know. One thing I wanted to see a little
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more of, too, was really Andy's process, Like, because I'm
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a writer, you're a writer, you want to see what
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a writer goes through. And we just kind of see
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him frustrated with having the writer's block, and we see
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that Elizabeth goes behind his back to write her children's book.
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We're not getting into the process of a writer, in
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the head of a writer and what the a writer
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goes through and trying to develop a novel. It's all
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again just kind of safe and on the surface and
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goofy stuff happens, and that's it, and then it's over
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and I'm going to save more for favorite scenes and complaints.
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But watching it as an adult, it's all right, it's
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all right. I don't know if I need to see
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it again for a while. I feel like it was
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a different experience this time watching it, and if it's
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not terrible, it's just Okay, that's all I got, Bill.
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Yeah, I took. My big complaint about is there's definitely
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a disconnect between the farmers and the residents I red bud. Yeah,
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because when they decide to sell the house and then
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they present to the townsfolk, Hey, we need you to
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stop acting like idiots so we can sell our house.
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How did we get to this point from what I understand?
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And he's only had trouble with two of the townsfolk, right,
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It's not like they're walking through the town they're getting
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jeered and made fun of. Nothing really that bad has
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happened to them up to this point. So there's a
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disconnect that I didn't see him, Like, what am I
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missing that they've gotten to this point? All the characters
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are just one off jokes. The sheriff the fact that
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he cannot drive, right, I find that funny definitely. But
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let's bring something else. We meet the brothers Lahn and Dirk,
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who are supposed to be your goofballs. I think of
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a new Heart with Larry, Daryl and Darryl. I'm like, okay,
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let's beat into that a little bit more. Nope, they
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don't really do anything. Yep, crumb, Yeah, you get a
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little bit out of him, and then Brock, who he
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was doing the fishing with, and Brock just always wants
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to kill him. Well, the other two guys on the
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boat weren't any better than what Andy was doing, so
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why is the hate all towards him?
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Mm hm.
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I just wish they got into more of what the
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animosity is between the farmers and the residents of Rosebud.
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Play that up for laughs and develop the characters a
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little more. I do like Chase is in Smith's chemistry.
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Agreed.
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Yeah, I mean there's some other complaints about their relationship.
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I'll get into the complaint department, but.
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Yeah, me too.
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I just had to go back to it. It's a
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safe movie if you watch it. I think there's nothing
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groundbreaking about it. Kind of weird that Chase is the
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star of the movie but doesn't feel like he's the
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star of the movie. I would almost feel like it's
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more Madeleine Smith's movie.
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I like that take.
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Because she's the one that's going through changes throughout the movie. Right, Yeah,
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I think you learn more about her than you do
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Andy in this.
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Yeah. I you know again, you said, you know, fish
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out of water. It's clearly a Fish out of Water story,
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and even within the movie, you have Madeline Smith writing
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this children's book which is based on Andy, but in
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the form of a squirrel being a fish out of water.
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It's going from the city to the country life. It's
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a change of pace, scenery, and again the town, the
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type of people. So you mentioned like northern exposure, but
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these are the farmers become strangers in a strange land,
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and I want to see how that affects their relationship.
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And there is a hint in the beginning when they
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first move there that Chevy is urging his wife to
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give this a chance, because he says, not only are
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we here to enjoy the scenery, but we're here to
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be together to work on a relationship. And I was like, oh,
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you've just planted a seed here. Was there something wrong
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with their relationship prior to this or something missing or Okay,
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So now move to the country supposedly is going to
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help them find some peace and serenity and they can
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work on themselves and being together. And we just don't
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get a lot of that. It's just more he's trying
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to write, she's frustrated, he's oblivious to it. Then she
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writes the book, and then he becomes jealous and turns
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to alcohol, and then she wants a divorce, And You're right,
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it's interesting looking at it now, thinking it's more of
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hers journey that we're following. But then it just turns
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all of a sudden in the last twenty minutes where
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everything becomes honky dory, and I'm like, I missed something
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in the just relationship development between the farmers and the
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relationship between the farmers and the townsfolk. That's it.
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I didn't think going into this move that they had
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an issue with their relationship. I think just because it's
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fast paced. He's a sports writer. I'm sure he's not
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around a lot. They go somewhere else where it's slows down,
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so they can actually have a family family right, thinking
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about having kids move in that direction, So I thought
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that was one of the reasons for the move. Also,
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outside of in the events for the book, I didn't
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think they really had issues until they moved and Elizabeth
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realized this is not really the life that she wants initially,
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but that does change by the.
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End, right, Yeah, because simply nothing's working. There's no phone
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in the house, there's a giant sea snake, and there's
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water snake in the bond, there's a dead body, there's
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bones buried in the garden. I mean, it's just one
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thing after another seems to go wrong, and she's increasingly
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becoming distraught about it, which is understandable. Yeah, I just
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would have liked to seen more a little more sensitivity
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from his character to her in recognizing that. It just
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feels like he's very much kind of self centered or
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self serving and working on his book, Like he's just like,
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I'm here to do this and it's going to be
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this is my dream and nothing's going to get in
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the way of it, while she's struggling the entire time.
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So it's basically Chevy Chase playing himself off screen.
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Oh yeah, all right, So I just I think I
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just laid out all my complaints already, so I jumped
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away ahead anyway. Yeah, we can move on, all right,
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let's move on.
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Two favorite scenes or moments. Think I'm going first on
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this one, and it's just a laugh out moment for me.
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And then there was like a little follow up joke.
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So Andy and Elizabeth get to the house. They're all excited.
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They're running around and looking at it, and there's a pond,
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and there's ducks, and you might have a few mosquitoes.
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But they're about to go into the front door, and
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he decides that he's going to pick up Elizabeth and
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carry her through the threshold, and he opens the door,
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not knowing that the door is split top half bottom half,
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so it only opens the top half, and drops Elizabeth.
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Through the door, which hurts.
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It's funny at the same time, but I'm like, oh God,
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that must have hurt. So he opens the door, you know,
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make sure that she's okay, and then she says she's
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all right, and then they're talking about the house, and
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then she has this throw away line about I wonder
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how long it takes an ambulance to get here, meaning
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that she's still hurt from the fall. I don't think
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I ever caught that before, because I think the action
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of her him dropping her through just feels natural and
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like I could see that actually happening. How do they
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know the door is not locked to be connected, so
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it all opens a one piece. And then of course
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saying that you're okay, okay, But really, when everyone walks
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away and you're still like, oh Jesus Christ, that really hurt,
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might crack my tailbone kind of thing. So it's really brief,
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but I found it funny because it felt natural. It
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felt real to me. It wasn't like a stage little
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bit which happens throughout the movie.
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I laugh out loud every time it happens, and it
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caught me off guard a little bit on the rewatch,
477
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even though just at the very last millisecond I knew
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it was coming because it just made laugh so much.
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As a kid too, I definitely remember that moment, but
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it just happened so quickly in the film. It's it's
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smartly edited. I feel too. You just you forget that
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They're like, oh, here got and then he just walks
483
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her and drops her, and it's pretty brutal. It's a
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great physical bit. And with the clever line from her afterward,
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and she has some actual good lines in this, it
486
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made me think of a line it happens right after
487
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that when they have to spend the evening in the
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house without any of their belongings because the moving truck
489
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got lost and they're sleeping on the floor, and she
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says something to the effect of, oh, I know why
491
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they call them hardwood floors, because they're hard wood floors,
492
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so there's some good stuff. She has some good stuff,
493
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but that particular moment dropping her over the doors, it's priceless.
494
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Yeah, I agree, What do we have next? I think
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we both are in agreement with this next scene.
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A thousand percent probably the most memorable scene for a
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lot of those of you that have seen this film.
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This is kind of a go to probably remember this.
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It's the lamb fries, that's right. It just so happens
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that it is the Farmer's anniversary and they're going to
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go out on the town for a little bit. So
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they decide to go to the local diner restaurant and
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just cuts to the waitress who's also the cook. As
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it turns out, she's just frying up some land fries
505
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that look like meatballs basically in a pan, and she's
506
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serving them up to Andy Farmer, and they're sitting right
507
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at the actual counter, and they're all dressed to the nines,
508
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looking good, but they're enjoying some of the good local
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fair and the grub and these lamb fries that look
510
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like meatballs. Well, Andy Farmer's just chowing down on these things.
511
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And there's some locals also at the counter, and they're like, wow,51200:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.839
he's going to town on these things, and just well,51300:26:33.920 --> 00:26:38.079
in particular, Elizabeth like, that's your third plate. Pretty impressive,51400:26:38.319 --> 00:26:40.519
and of course she says, yeah, that's your third plate,51500:26:40.640 --> 00:26:44.079
and he's like, well, calling mister lamb Fries. And then51600:26:44.119 --> 00:26:46.519
you have the local that's sitting to the right of Andy,51700:26:46.559 --> 00:26:49.119
I believe, who says, now, that's a man who knows51800:26:49.160 --> 00:26:54.359
when he's got something good in his mouth. And then51900:26:54.400 --> 00:26:59.240
we quickly discover that he's actually this is Andy about52000:26:59.319 --> 00:27:02.359
to break the record for eating the most lamb fries,52100:27:02.400 --> 00:27:06.720
these little meatballs. And there's an actual chalkboard hanging up52200:27:06.839 --> 00:27:09.319
behind the waitress and she's got a piece of chalk52300:27:09.359 --> 00:27:12.799
and she's changing the tally. She's telling up how many52400:27:12.799 --> 00:27:16.039
he's eaten. The record I believe is twenty eight, and52500:27:16.359 --> 00:27:19.119
he's at like twenty six, twenty seven. Then all of52600:27:19.160 --> 00:27:21.880
a sudden, he's, of course, chevy Chase is all proud52700:27:21.920 --> 00:27:25.079
of himself as he downs number twenty nine, breaking the record,52800:27:25.119 --> 00:27:27.240
and she has to change the number on the chalkboard52900:27:27.519 --> 00:27:29.440
and he's like wait, wait, wait, like he's got more53000:27:29.480 --> 00:27:31.799
in him. And then he eats number thirty and I53100:27:31.839 --> 00:27:35.279
believe he goes to eat thirty one, and you just53200:27:35.359 --> 00:27:38.759
hear the line most folks don't seem to have a53300:27:38.799 --> 00:27:43.720
taste for testicles no more. You hear Elizabeth goes testicles,53400:27:44.359 --> 00:27:47.799
and then you hear the again. The locals say, yes,53500:27:47.839 --> 00:27:50.920
ma'am sheep balls. Tell them why yours are so tasty?53600:27:51.079 --> 00:27:53.440
As he's talking to the waitress, and the waitress responds,53700:27:53.519 --> 00:27:56.680
the trick is you gotta clip them off way up high,53800:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.240
and she makes this gesture with like ess like doing53900:27:59.279 --> 00:28:02.839
the fingers like sit and then of course Andy spits54000:28:03.079 --> 00:28:06.440
the lambfry slash sheep ball right out of his mouth54100:28:06.640 --> 00:28:09.960
and makes for the exit as Elizabeth follows him out54200:28:09.960 --> 00:28:13.039
of the diner. It's actually a quick scene. It's memorable.54300:28:13.559 --> 00:28:15.880
You almost kind of see it coming. It's set up54400:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.000
in a certain way, but it's still funny because of54500:28:18.000 --> 00:28:20.839
the performances by both the waitress and the local that's54600:28:20.839 --> 00:28:23.680
sitting next to Chevy Chase. And I also like the54700:28:23.720 --> 00:28:26.200
fact that it's subtle. But you see the waitress then54800:28:26.680 --> 00:28:29.400
erase the thirty one and she puts it back to54900:28:29.480 --> 00:28:32.359
thirty because he spit out the last lambfry, and I,55000:28:32.559 --> 00:28:34.160
for whatever reason, I don't know if this is like55100:28:34.200 --> 00:28:36.640
the Mandela effect, but I thought he was going to55200:28:36.680 --> 00:28:39.680
actually throw up in that she erased the entire board55300:28:39.680 --> 00:28:41.759
and it went back to twenty eight, the prior record.55400:28:42.160 --> 00:28:45.799
But he don't actually see him throw up. So I55500:28:45.880 --> 00:28:47.960
was going to save this for additional questions. But do55600:28:48.039 --> 00:28:52.240
you think he actually throws up or should he retain55700:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.440
the record at thirty?55800:28:55.119 --> 00:28:58.319
I think he should retain the record, Yeah, I say so.55900:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.160
I think so.56000:28:59.480 --> 00:29:01.119
I was going to say, if you missed the thirty56100:29:01.160 --> 00:29:03.119
one to thirty, I was gonna point that out. But56200:29:03.400 --> 00:29:06.960
here again, here they are at the diner, the waitresses56300:29:07.039 --> 00:29:10.000
being nice, the towns focus being nice. When he breaks56400:29:10.000 --> 00:29:13.880
a record, everyone in the restaurant is clapping. So why56500:29:13.960 --> 00:29:16.359
later down the road does there seem to be a56600:29:16.400 --> 00:29:21.200
disconnect between them and the townsfolk. It's not showcased in56700:29:21.279 --> 00:29:24.480
this scene. It would make more sense if the record56800:29:24.559 --> 00:29:26.720
was sacred in the fact that Andy broke it, that56900:29:26.799 --> 00:29:30.240
people are pissed, and then well you're eating land testicles.57000:29:30.640 --> 00:29:32.480
But it's a funny, memorable scene.57100:29:32.559 --> 00:29:34.640
I have nothing that you make a really good point57200:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.880
that they all are getting along, because I'm starting to57300:29:36.920 --> 00:29:40.079
think of the other scenes where there was real, like57400:29:40.160 --> 00:29:44.240
an antagonistic nature between them and the townsfolk. Elizabeth doesn't57500:29:44.279 --> 00:29:48.519
really have any negative run ins with anyone that go awry.57600:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.759
It's just Chevy Chase and that boat scene with Brock57700:29:50.759 --> 00:29:53.279
and the other guy that goes and they're fishing and57800:29:53.319 --> 00:29:55.200
it goes all to hell. And then we have the57900:29:55.240 --> 00:29:58.079
crazed mailman, but we don't even know the man, like58000:29:58.160 --> 00:30:00.599
Andy doesn't have a relationship to the man man except58100:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.920
that he just keeps blowing by the mailbox, throwing the58200:30:02.920 --> 00:30:04.720
mail out the window. We don't even see his face.58300:30:05.119 --> 00:30:08.119
We don't know why, if or why the mailman would58400:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.839
hate Andy. We know why Andy doesn't like him. But58500:30:11.200 --> 00:30:13.440
as for the other townsfolk, they seem to all be58600:30:13.480 --> 00:30:16.240
getting along. It doesn't so why do they feel they58700:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.880
all hate them? At the end, I don't know anyway,58800:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.759
going off on a tangent.58900:30:19.720 --> 00:30:23.799
That's okay. So for my next well, it's a big59000:30:23.839 --> 00:30:26.559
scene because it's almost a third act of the movie,59100:30:27.039 --> 00:30:30.000
but I do like the premise of it. Unfortunately, it's59200:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.319
gotten to the point where Andy and Elizabeth are talking59300:30:33.319 --> 00:30:36.240
about getting a divorce so they have to sell the house,59400:30:36.799 --> 00:30:39.559
and in their mind order to sell the house. The59500:30:39.599 --> 00:30:43.240
townsfolk need to help because they think the townsfolk are59600:30:43.279 --> 00:30:45.640
part of the problem of why they're getting divorced. So59700:30:46.000 --> 00:30:49.960
they speak at the local town hall meeting and they59800:30:50.000 --> 00:30:53.839
want the town to mimic basically Norman Rockwell paintings. So59900:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.799
when prospective buyers come to look at the house, still60000:30:56.839 --> 00:30:59.759
think this is the most beautiful place in the world60100:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.480
to be is in Rosebud.60200:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.920
I like that, you said, Rosebud. That's great, little slip there,60300:31:05.000 --> 00:31:09.599
little citizen Kane slip Rosemud. So yeah, so Redbud.60400:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.839
And we do have a couple that's coming to look60500:31:11.880 --> 00:31:14.079
at the house, and it just happens to be during60600:31:14.519 --> 00:31:20.079
the holidays, and the townfolk go all out, Yeah, Christmas,60700:31:20.119 --> 00:31:24.000
Carol's in the backyard. They take this couple downtown. They60800:31:24.039 --> 00:31:27.039
have this huge tree. Everybody, of course, is coming up60900:31:27.039 --> 00:31:31.000
and being super nice. The police chief, who can't drive61000:31:31.039 --> 00:31:33.720
all of a sudden, pulls up in a car and61100:31:33.799 --> 00:31:37.160
comes out and says, hell, he makes sure he sees61200:31:37.240 --> 00:31:40.200
the farmer house twice a day and checks the neighborhood61300:31:40.359 --> 00:31:43.640
whilst car drives off and runs over a tree. What's61400:31:43.680 --> 00:31:46.200
funny about this because when they have the town hall meeting.61500:31:46.720 --> 00:31:49.279
The farmers do say, hey, if we sell the house,61600:31:49.319 --> 00:31:52.799
we're going to donate x amount of money to Redbud,61700:31:53.160 --> 00:31:56.960
and if anyone does a active kindness in front of us,61800:31:57.039 --> 00:32:00.440
we'll give them fifty bucks. So the townsfolk are all61900:32:00.720 --> 00:32:03.160
going out, so just a factor walk across town. Everyone's62000:32:03.160 --> 00:32:05.759
coming up, Hey, Andy, hey, lisbit that kind of stuff.62100:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.680
And then they give their names so they know they62200:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.880
owe fifty bucks. And it gets to the point where62300:32:09.920 --> 00:32:13.279
they go back to the house, their house, and basically62400:32:13.279 --> 00:32:17.920
the whole town is outside. Kids are making snowballs, snowball fights.62500:32:18.039 --> 00:32:20.599
You know, we got the singers again. Andy invites them62600:32:20.599 --> 00:32:24.759
into the house and they're sharing eggnog. So they're going62700:32:24.839 --> 00:32:27.240
all out, and it's just funny because they're all doing62800:32:27.279 --> 00:32:30.319
this just to get fifty bucks per act of kindness,62900:32:30.359 --> 00:32:33.119
and plus with the money that the town is getting63000:32:33.319 --> 00:32:35.640
for them to sell the house. I just find it63100:32:35.720 --> 00:32:38.079
very amusing. I kind of forgot that there is a63200:32:38.079 --> 00:32:40.559
whole Christmas setting to this, and the third act it63300:32:40.599 --> 00:32:42.799
does kind of remind you like, oh, if I lived63400:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.960
in a small town, this is exactly how I would63500:32:45.000 --> 00:32:47.000
like it to be during the Christmas time. I did63600:32:47.079 --> 00:32:49.039
enjoy it, just I did like that third act, how63700:32:49.079 --> 00:32:51.880
it kind of plays out, and how even Andy and63800:32:51.880 --> 00:32:55.480
Elizabeth have to keep up this front. They really love63900:32:55.480 --> 00:32:59.319
it here. They love each other, but unfortunately, due to circumstances,64000:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.960
they have to move.64100:33:00.400 --> 00:33:04.279
Yeah. Absolutely, you know, I'm glad you just covered the64200:33:04.440 --> 00:33:06.920
entire third act that now it's interesting. I'm going to64300:33:07.000 --> 00:33:10.000
jump to a complaint here again, mister complaints here. Sorry, folks,64400:33:10.039 --> 00:33:13.880
that's okay. This entire sequence doesn't actually really kick off64500:33:13.960 --> 00:33:17.920
until an hour and twenty one minutes into the film.64600:33:18.240 --> 00:33:22.359
There's only twenty minutes remaining in the entire movie, and64700:33:22.519 --> 00:33:25.519
this is my favorite part. It feels like this is64800:33:25.519 --> 00:33:28.359
when the movie really starts to kick into high gear.64900:33:28.720 --> 00:33:32.039
All the high jinks that ensued prior to this were65000:33:32.119 --> 00:33:34.440
fun and light and I get it, and it creates65100:33:34.480 --> 00:33:39.400
tension and causes obstacles for our protagonists. But because of65200:33:39.440 --> 00:33:42.240
the lack of kind of relationship development, either between the65300:33:42.240 --> 00:33:45.160
farmers or with the townsfolk, it was just high jinks.65400:33:45.240 --> 00:33:48.759
But now this is like an interesting problem where they65500:33:48.839 --> 00:33:51.559
do have to directly deal with all of the townsfolk,65600:33:51.599 --> 00:33:54.880
almost all at once. Where they're doing this performative bit65700:33:55.319 --> 00:34:00.640
embracing this Norman Rockwell lifestyle, and it's wonderful. I love65800:34:01.279 --> 00:34:05.200
the holiday spirit, the Christmas spirit, the feel of this65900:34:05.599 --> 00:34:07.440
whole thing. Because I grew up in a small town.66000:34:07.519 --> 00:34:09.320
I always wanted it to be that way. It did66100:34:09.400 --> 00:34:12.800
feel that way in moments, for sure, and I fall66200:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.760
in love with it. And every time I think of66300:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.599
this particular film, Funny Farm, I will think of the66400:34:17.639 --> 00:34:21.559
lamb fry scene, and I will think of this entire ending,66500:34:21.840 --> 00:34:24.119
and I always feel like it's a bigger part of66600:34:24.119 --> 00:34:27.039
the movie, and it really isn't. It's the very end,66700:34:27.400 --> 00:34:30.960
but it's so great, and it's very funny because all66800:34:31.000 --> 00:34:34.119
these townsfolk, they just want the farmer's money. They're just66900:34:34.199 --> 00:34:37.519
doing it for the extra fifty bucks. One scene in67000:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.679
particular I want to call out has to do with67100:34:39.880 --> 00:34:43.599
our crazed alcoholic mailman. I assume he's an alcoholic. The67200:34:43.679 --> 00:34:47.280
sheriff led better. He does mention that the reason why67300:34:47.880 --> 00:34:50.519
the mailman is so angry by the time he reaches67400:34:51.119 --> 00:34:53.679
the farmer's household in Red Bud is that he's been67500:34:53.760 --> 00:34:57.280
drinking during his whole the mail route, and that he's67600:34:57.320 --> 00:34:59.280
good and saucy by the time he gets there and67700:34:59.400 --> 00:35:02.119
just honre and so he doesn't even stop to deliver67800:35:02.159 --> 00:35:03.880
the mail. He just throws the mail out of the67900:35:03.920 --> 00:35:06.880
truck window and keeps driving off, and you kind of68000:35:06.920 --> 00:35:10.480
hear his cackle fading off in the distance. And thus68100:35:10.679 --> 00:35:13.039
you have Andy standing there next to the mailbox, just68200:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.920
left to pick up the mail off the ground. So68300:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.360
that's a stick that runs throughout the movie. It's a68400:35:17.440 --> 00:35:21.199
runner throughout the movie and now here because they've made68500:35:21.199 --> 00:35:23.639
this proposal. They're going to pay everyone fifty bucks if68600:35:23.639 --> 00:35:26.199
they make an extra effort to be a traditional small town,68700:35:26.559 --> 00:35:30.760
the perfect small town in this setting of the Christmas68800:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.360
and feeling all the holidays here while the farmers are68900:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.760
entertaining these prospective buyers of their house and they're all69000:35:37.800 --> 00:35:40.800
sitting inside. You see this is great because you see69100:35:40.800 --> 00:35:45.159
Andy hear the backfire from the truck approaching the mailman's truck,69200:35:45.159 --> 00:35:47.599
and he recognizes it right away and he's like, oh no,69300:35:48.199 --> 00:35:50.360
this is going to ruin the whole ruse. If the69400:35:50.400 --> 00:35:53.559
mailman comes in or just drives by and is rude69500:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.760
and throwing the mail out the window, it's just going69600:35:55.840 --> 00:35:58.639
to show a crack in this whole idea, and he69700:35:58.679 --> 00:36:01.480
doesn't want these buyers to see this. But then knock69800:36:01.559 --> 00:36:04.119
on the door, ring the door, and Anni Farmer goes69900:36:04.119 --> 00:36:08.599
to the door, and there's the mailman, crumb Petree, looking70000:36:08.920 --> 00:36:11.719
pretty good, cleaned up. He's wearing his coat, his scarf,70100:36:11.760 --> 00:36:14.039
his hat. I think he's got even like a mailman70200:36:14.119 --> 00:36:18.000
insigny on his coat. And he's personally brought the mail70300:36:18.320 --> 00:36:20.840
to the farmers and steps in and he says, oh,70400:36:20.920 --> 00:36:24.039
and by the way, missus Farmer, Missus Petrie, my wife70500:36:24.400 --> 00:36:27.280
wanted to give you this. This is her traditional rumnut70600:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.760
plum raisin cake of the season. And then he's introduced70700:36:30.920 --> 00:36:34.039
to I think it's the Culbertsons who are these prospective buyers.70800:36:34.159 --> 00:36:38.199
By the way, there's recognizable character actors throughout this, and70900:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.360
I think it's Gilpin is his name. I can't remember71000:36:40.440 --> 00:36:42.480
that his first name is one of the culbert sins here,71100:36:42.519 --> 00:36:46.480
but another recognizable actor in this, and the crumb Peatree71200:36:46.559 --> 00:36:49.239
is introduced to them, and now he's all put together71300:36:49.320 --> 00:36:52.199
and he seems to be the nicest guy ever and71400:36:52.360 --> 00:36:55.360
sober on top of it, and mentions, oh, he's going71500:36:55.400 --> 00:36:57.679
to be really sorry to see the farmers go, and71600:36:57.719 --> 00:37:00.280
as immediately as he says that, oh, it'll be really71700:37:00.320 --> 00:37:03.159
sorry to see the farmers go, he lets out the71800:37:03.199 --> 00:37:07.159
most amazing cackle and I won't even try to impersonate it,71900:37:07.320 --> 00:37:09.239
but I want to give a shout out to Kevin Conway,72000:37:09.280 --> 00:37:12.559
who plays Crumb Petrieck, because I love that cackle. And72100:37:12.559 --> 00:37:15.639
then he even pours on a little bit extra here72200:37:15.679 --> 00:37:17.400
and says, oh, you know what, later on, I'm just72300:37:17.400 --> 00:37:19.440
going to go do some ice fishing, you know. By72400:37:19.480 --> 00:37:22.519
the way he's looking at the buyers, he says, you know,72500:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.719
I'm gonna pull out some nice sized pike out there72600:37:24.800 --> 00:37:27.920
ice fishing, pouring it on thick, just portraying this as72700:37:28.000 --> 00:37:31.360
the perfect small town, and then ends up leaving and72800:37:31.360 --> 00:37:33.760
to make sure to look at Andy and say, hey,72900:37:33.760 --> 00:37:35.639
you're going to be paying me a little extra, you know.73000:37:36.159 --> 00:37:38.880
And so I love that because one of the funny73100:37:38.880 --> 00:37:41.679
things throughout it is that runner with the mailman blazing73200:37:41.719 --> 00:37:44.079
by the mailbox and throwing the mail out, and now73300:37:44.119 --> 00:37:47.000
we see him all put together, but he still does73400:37:47.039 --> 00:37:48.920
the cackle, and we see him do it in person.73500:37:48.960 --> 00:37:52.039
It's great. So I found that very amusing. Also, yeah,73600:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.840
I just wanted to back you up on the fact73700:37:53.880 --> 00:37:57.280
that when all the krollers go inside the house and73800:37:57.320 --> 00:38:00.440
they're all still singing, that they all make that point73900:38:00.599 --> 00:38:03.599
to say their full names one by one as they're74000:38:03.599 --> 00:38:07.480
exiting to Andy, to make sure he remembers that they74100:38:07.880 --> 00:38:11.079
are all individually owed fifty dollars. It's great.74200:38:11.519 --> 00:38:14.000
Yeah, I would say of all the characters, the mailman74300:38:14.239 --> 00:38:17.760
does pay off for me because you are interested. In74400:38:17.760 --> 00:38:20.800
the beginning, you never see him. You just see the74500:38:20.840 --> 00:38:23.039
cars go all by, and you just see the mail74600:38:23.119 --> 00:38:27.360
fly and a cackle, and and he becomes obsessed with74700:38:27.519 --> 00:38:29.880
trying to get him to stop. At one point tries74800:38:29.920 --> 00:38:33.199
to roll a boulder into his mail truck. So then74900:38:33.239 --> 00:38:38.280
when he finally comes, there's that comedic tension because you're like, oh,75000:38:38.519 --> 00:38:41.039
is he going to screw this up just because he75100:38:41.159 --> 00:38:42.960
hates the farmers or we don't even know if he75200:38:43.000 --> 00:38:44.920
hates the farmers, he just hates the fact he's got75300:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.840
to drive out there for the mail, so you don't75400:38:46.840 --> 00:38:50.320
know what's going to happen. The fact that he's so kind,75500:38:50.960 --> 00:38:54.320
you're like, oh, okay, but he has to say something75600:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.360
at the end, like I'm only doing this for the75700:38:56.400 --> 00:39:00.000
fifty bucks. The son of a Bitch. I'm out, Yeah,75800:39:00.239 --> 00:39:02.199
it does work for me. I think it's the one75900:39:02.679 --> 00:39:06.760
character outside of Andrew Elizabeth that you kind of get to.76000:39:07.960 --> 00:39:09.920
I wouldn't say no a little bit, but I think76100:39:09.960 --> 00:39:11.480
the character overall pays off.76200:39:11.679 --> 00:39:14.000
I agree you see at least there's a change in76300:39:14.039 --> 00:39:16.880
the character. He almost has a mini arc, if you will,76400:39:16.960 --> 00:39:20.880
like a mini mini mini arc. But still it's something.76500:39:21.400 --> 00:39:24.519
So I'm glad you highlighted the whole third act, if76600:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.480
you will, because it's a lot of fun and that's76700:39:26.559 --> 00:39:29.159
really the highlight of the movie for me. There is76800:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.719
some fun in this. I don't want to be mister76900:39:30.719 --> 00:39:33.519
Debbie Dunner either. There is definitely a movie that maybe77000:39:33.559 --> 00:39:35.800
you just look back on and it's funnier when you77100:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.599
quote it, almost funnier than when you're watching it.77200:39:42.239 --> 00:39:45.880
Okay, So that takes us to Swiss Cheese and Complaints Apartment,77300:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.760
and what don't we call it.77400:39:46.679 --> 00:39:50.360
Swiss Cheese because although this movie is delicious, it does77500:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.320
have burnt manuscript holes.77600:39:52.639 --> 00:39:55.400
Yes, and if it doesn't have those burnt manuscript holes,77700:39:55.440 --> 00:39:58.159
we just file the complaint with the Complaints Apartment. So, Jason,77800:39:58.159 --> 00:40:00.000
do you have anything left for Swiss cheese or complaint.77900:40:00.320 --> 00:40:03.039
I know, right, Well, let's go back to you briefly78000:40:03.119 --> 00:40:05.840
touched on this the title itself. How do we feel78100:40:05.840 --> 00:40:09.400
about the title? Funny farm? Terrible, not great? No, it78200:40:09.440 --> 00:40:13.639
implies either they're actually living on a farm with crazy78300:40:13.679 --> 00:40:18.199
things happening, which is not true, or that it's a78400:40:18.239 --> 00:40:21.679
mental asylum with crazy people running around. And yeah, we78500:40:21.760 --> 00:40:26.400
have some goofy townspeople, but it's not a mental asylum,78600:40:26.760 --> 00:40:29.559
and we get that. Of course, their last names are78700:40:29.559 --> 00:40:34.440
they're the farmers, are protagonists, are protagonist couple, But still78800:40:34.559 --> 00:40:36.920
it just doesn't ring true the title.78900:40:37.400 --> 00:40:40.360
No, And even if you look at either of the posters,79000:40:40.440 --> 00:40:43.320
there's the one poster where Chivi Chase has an egg79100:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.679
on his head, nothing like that happens in the movie,79200:40:45.760 --> 00:40:48.239
and the other one he's in a tractor with the dog.79300:40:48.599 --> 00:40:51.119
At least we have a dog at some point, very briefly.79400:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.920
The first one he buys runs off, which is kind79500:40:52.920 --> 00:40:55.519
of funny, but it's very misleading. I don't know what79600:40:55.559 --> 00:40:57.440
I would call it, because I'm always terrible when it79700:40:57.480 --> 00:41:00.119
comes to titles, but I definitely would not have come79800:41:00.199 --> 00:41:00.880
up with plenty farm.79900:41:01.519 --> 00:41:03.599
Yeah, yeah, what do you have.80000:41:04.079 --> 00:41:09.440
Oh yeah, my complaint is Andy's treatment of the movers. Okay,80100:41:09.840 --> 00:41:12.239
Andy gives them a map of how to get to80200:41:12.559 --> 00:41:16.639
the house, so they get lost. So Andy and Elizabeth80300:41:16.719 --> 00:41:19.199
have to sleep on the floor one night. Sound like80400:41:19.239 --> 00:41:21.880
it's been a couple of days. It's literally one day.80500:41:22.119 --> 00:41:24.440
Like my wife and I moved out to California, we80600:41:24.440 --> 00:41:26.639
didn't have furniture for four days, but we knew that80700:41:26.880 --> 00:41:29.679
going in. Yeah, so I'm like, sleep on the floor80800:41:29.760 --> 00:41:32.320
for one night is not going to kill you. And80900:41:32.840 --> 00:41:36.679
when they show up, Andy is laying into them hard.81000:41:37.119 --> 00:41:40.440
Oh yeah, refund blah blah blah blah, And I'm like, dude,81100:41:40.679 --> 00:41:44.199
at least your stuff is there. I'm sure there's tons81200:41:44.199 --> 00:41:47.840
of horror stories about movers, and I've read a lot81300:41:47.880 --> 00:41:50.760
about it, Like when you're moving and you're researching, that81400:41:50.880 --> 00:41:53.400
is a scary thing. There's so many times where you81500:41:53.480 --> 00:41:56.920
hear stories about movers who will bring your stuff and say, well,81600:41:56.960 --> 00:41:58.679
now you have to pay this charge in order to81700:41:58.719 --> 00:42:01.719
get for us to start on loading your stuff. So81800:42:01.800 --> 00:42:04.719
the fact that they showed up and started unloading right away,81900:42:04.840 --> 00:42:07.400
granted it was going into the lake out back.82000:42:07.480 --> 00:42:10.840
I was going to say, another actual fun moment, let's82100:42:10.840 --> 00:42:14.679
give credit to that is. I love that moment when82200:42:15.239 --> 00:42:18.440
that character one of the movers, is like, immediately they're82300:42:18.519 --> 00:42:22.239
unloading the truck after you have Andy like running alongside82400:42:22.280 --> 00:42:25.000
the truck as it's pulling in, berating them, and he82500:42:25.119 --> 00:42:30.239
just goes straight for like the office chair walks right82600:42:30.239 --> 00:42:32.719
and Andy's like, okay, finally you're unloading. You're gonna move82700:42:32.760 --> 00:42:34.960
this stuff into our house. And the guy just walks82800:42:35.159 --> 00:42:38.239
right by Andy with the chair in hand and throws82900:42:38.239 --> 00:42:40.360
it directly into the lake. Really funny.83000:42:40.679 --> 00:42:42.960
You're just excited that they showed up and just be like,83100:42:43.039 --> 00:42:45.719
oh right, I'd be more curious, like you know what happened?83200:42:45.760 --> 00:42:46.000
Are you?83300:42:46.079 --> 00:42:48.400
Okay? Yeah, what happened to you? Yeah?83400:42:48.440 --> 00:42:50.840
Yeah, So the way he came into them, like, no,83500:42:51.119 --> 00:42:54.079
I felt the movers did the right thing. I think83600:42:54.119 --> 00:42:55.639
I would have threw his chair in the lake too.83700:42:55.880 --> 00:42:57.440
I would give a crap at that point.83800:42:57.679 --> 00:43:00.880
Yeah, yeah, it's funny. There's a funny line earlier than that,83900:43:00.920 --> 00:43:03.480
when you see the movers are stuck in the truck overnight.84000:43:03.599 --> 00:43:06.679
They have to basically sleep outside. They're in the truck technically,84100:43:06.719 --> 00:43:08.880
but one of them says to the other is something84200:43:08.920 --> 00:43:12.159
about you need to hold onto that map because I'm84300:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.199
gonna need it as evidence as to a murder or84400:43:15.239 --> 00:43:17.199
something along the way. He's like, yeah, why, He's like,84500:43:17.199 --> 00:43:18.519
because I'm going to kill the son of a bitch84600:43:18.639 --> 00:43:22.400
true that map. It's pretty fun anyway, I have some84700:43:22.599 --> 00:43:26.880
character issues, motivation issues. There's a couple scenes maybe that'll84800:43:26.920 --> 00:43:31.159
explain this. The anniversary evening for the farmers. We know84900:43:31.199 --> 00:43:34.440
the lampfry scene right, very amusing, very funny, memorable. But85000:43:34.480 --> 00:43:38.119
then they move on to a bungalow where they're going85100:43:38.159 --> 00:43:41.039
to spend the evening in just a romantic little bungalow,85200:43:41.280 --> 00:43:45.079
and the fireplace is there. It's a beautiful setting here.85300:43:45.119 --> 00:43:49.920
And then this is where Andy just turns extremely selfish.85400:43:49.960 --> 00:43:53.000
It's the evening of their anniversary, and his gift to85500:43:53.039 --> 00:43:55.840
Elizabeth is the fact that he finally finished the first85600:43:55.920 --> 00:43:58.679
draft this manuscript of his great novel, which I think85700:43:58.760 --> 00:44:00.800
is it called The Big Heist. It sounds right, it85800:44:00.880 --> 00:44:03.199
was something like that he called it. It's basically The85900:44:03.320 --> 00:44:08.199
Ocean's Eleven Ideas, and he forces Elizabeth to read the86000:44:08.400 --> 00:44:12.159
entire draft there that night in front of him, and86100:44:12.199 --> 00:44:14.280
it's just kind of like what are you doing? Man?86200:44:14.320 --> 00:44:17.400
And I get there's supposed to be some comedy to this, right,86300:44:17.440 --> 00:44:20.360
it's a funny thing. But he's just so oblivious to86400:44:20.840 --> 00:44:23.760
taking care of It's their anniversary, he should be taking86500:44:23.800 --> 00:44:26.280
care of her and thinking about her needs. But he86600:44:26.320 --> 00:44:28.639
forces her to read the draft and then that goes86700:44:28.679 --> 00:44:31.280
to hell because she hates it, and then he throws86800:44:31.280 --> 00:44:33.679
it into the fireplace and then has to try to86900:44:33.719 --> 00:44:38.159
save it anyway. After this, then, of course she is87000:44:38.280 --> 00:44:42.119
It's revealed that she's been working on her own book,87100:44:42.159 --> 00:44:45.519
a children's book, and has completed it, has turned it87200:44:45.559 --> 00:44:48.199
into a publisher, and has received five thousand dollars in87300:44:48.239 --> 00:44:50.360
a contract to have it published, all these things, and87400:44:50.440 --> 00:44:54.800
this sets Andy off. He becomes a jealous jerk, and87500:44:54.840 --> 00:44:58.119
he turns into a drunk and then ends up betraying87600:44:58.159 --> 00:45:00.480
her and stealing her manuscript and handing it over to87700:45:00.599 --> 00:45:04.199
his publisher as if it were his own. And it's87800:45:04.239 --> 00:45:07.000
like he really turns into a prick, and that makes87900:45:07.079 --> 00:45:09.880
him very unlikable. And what I don't understand Bill, then88000:45:10.000 --> 00:45:12.639
is at the end, when we have our beautiful scenic88100:45:12.760 --> 00:45:17.960
Christmas seasonal third act, she seems to make a quick88200:45:18.039 --> 00:45:22.559
turnaround and I don't understand why he treated her very poorly.88300:45:23.199 --> 00:45:25.320
She wants a divorce. They're going to the lawyer, they're88400:45:25.320 --> 00:45:27.920
trying to get a divorce, and they're selling the house.88500:45:28.199 --> 00:45:32.400
But now because everything looks on the surface so perfect,88600:45:32.519 --> 00:45:36.280
because they've paid off the townsfolk, it kind of gives88700:45:36.360 --> 00:45:40.559
them this feeling of, oh, now we realize we're in88800:45:40.639 --> 00:45:43.280
the right place, we made the right move. This is88900:45:43.320 --> 00:45:46.119
so beautiful here and the people are so great. And89000:45:46.159 --> 00:45:49.719
now she's back in love with Andy. She's forgiven him.89100:45:50.039 --> 00:45:52.239
It seems real quick to me, And I had a big,89200:45:52.280 --> 00:45:54.400
big complaint with that. It just made no sense to me.89300:45:54.920 --> 00:45:59.239
Yeah, I really didn't like Andy's jealousy towards Elizabeth with89400:45:59.360 --> 00:46:02.360
the children's book, and when he says to her, you89500:46:02.440 --> 00:46:05.159
know nothing about writing, but then says she's an English teacher.89600:46:05.639 --> 00:46:09.599
She seems pretty qualified. Just with that alone, right, And89700:46:10.440 --> 00:46:16.159
just because she doesn't like it doesn't mean it's finished, right, Yeah, absolutely,89800:46:16.239 --> 00:46:19.320
it's just the first draft. Yeah, so just ask what's89900:46:19.360 --> 00:46:23.079
wrong and see what he needs to fix. But he90000:46:23.159 --> 00:46:25.360
just goes on this whole ti rate. And then with90100:46:25.440 --> 00:46:29.079
the children's book, he gets super upset about that that90200:46:29.119 --> 00:46:32.519
didn't work for me. I think at least he comes90300:46:32.559 --> 00:46:36.119
to realize he made that mistake. I think with a90400:46:36.599 --> 00:46:41.719
Elizabeth because that she didn't like living out there, but90500:46:41.760 --> 00:46:45.760
then it inspired her to write that book and maybe90600:46:45.760 --> 00:46:51.199
many books in the future. She learns to forgive Andy90700:46:51.239 --> 00:46:53.280
for it. But yeah, we don't see it. It just90800:46:53.280 --> 00:46:56.039
seems very abrupt because it almost sounds like they don't90900:46:56.039 --> 00:46:57.679
want to get divorced because I had to wait till91000:46:57.719 --> 00:47:00.920
July and it costs a lot of money because they91100:47:00.960 --> 00:47:04.880
don't love each other. And Andy realizes what a dumbass91200:47:04.920 --> 00:47:06.559
he was, which he kind of emits at one point,91300:47:06.559 --> 00:47:09.719
at least when he has to sleep on the floor91400:47:09.800 --> 00:47:12.320
and he says, I basically fuck everything up, right.91500:47:12.480 --> 00:47:13.639
That's there's a moment.91600:47:13.760 --> 00:47:17.159
And I think that's why people actually like Chase's performance91700:47:17.199 --> 00:47:19.880
in this because it's the one time he almost humanizes91800:47:19.960 --> 00:47:20.840
himself a little bit.91900:47:21.119 --> 00:47:24.280
I see that, Okay, I like that. I like that. Now.92000:47:24.360 --> 00:47:26.800
Just going back I think to the overall complaint is92100:47:26.840 --> 00:47:30.440
the fact that this entire holiday scene, this Christmas scene,92200:47:30.599 --> 00:47:32.920
doesn't start until an hour and twenty minutes into the film,92300:47:33.000 --> 00:47:35.280
and it's only an hour and forty minutes forty one92400:47:35.320 --> 00:47:38.239
minutes long, so I do appreciate the run time. By92500:47:38.239 --> 00:47:42.559
the way, However, structurally I would have liked to see92600:47:42.960 --> 00:47:44.719
and I don't mean to rewrite the movie, but I92700:47:44.800 --> 00:47:47.440
just would have appreciated less high jinks in the beginning,92800:47:48.000 --> 00:47:51.079
maybe only twenty minutes or so, let's get to really92900:47:51.119 --> 00:47:54.239
meet some of these townsfolk. But it's very interesting to93000:47:54.239 --> 00:47:56.840
me the idea of going to a town where then93100:47:56.960 --> 00:48:00.239
all the people that live there are faking it, like93200:48:00.239 --> 00:48:04.119
they're really putting on a show, so everything so I93300:48:04.360 --> 00:48:07.599
like that idea. There's something about pretending and that everything93400:48:07.639 --> 00:48:10.239
being on the surface level everything looks great, but then93500:48:10.440 --> 00:48:13.400
finding out that there's more underneath, and that could relate93600:48:13.440 --> 00:48:16.960
to also the farmer's relationship when they're moving out there,93700:48:16.960 --> 00:48:20.960
pretending as if now we've changed locations and we're in93800:48:20.960 --> 00:48:23.639
this beautiful place, everything's going to be great. I will93900:48:23.679 --> 00:48:26.639
be inspired to write the perfect book, and she's going94000:48:26.679 --> 00:48:28.320
to be the perfect wife, and we're going to have94100:48:28.719 --> 00:48:31.639
the most romantic build a family out here, when that's94200:48:31.880 --> 00:48:34.760
just not the reality. The reality is life is hard94300:48:34.800 --> 00:48:38.320
no matter where you are, and people are quirky and94400:48:38.400 --> 00:48:43.360
weird and goofy, and shit happens and we all have94500:48:43.400 --> 00:48:46.639
to find a way to get along and prosper together. Right,94600:48:46.760 --> 00:48:48.360
So I would have liked to kind of seen that94700:48:48.440 --> 00:48:51.760
theme play out, not just in the last twenty minutes,94800:48:51.800 --> 00:48:53.800
but throughout three quarters of the movie.94900:48:54.159 --> 00:48:56.360
Yeah, it would be kind of funny if the town95000:48:56.519 --> 00:49:00.760
really portrayed this ideal setting and the longer they live95100:49:00.800 --> 00:49:03.159
there they start seeing the cracks and just tell everybody95200:49:03.280 --> 00:49:04.320
is weird and quirky.95300:49:04.679 --> 00:49:07.599
Yeah, Yeah, for sure. The scene that plays out on95400:49:07.679 --> 00:49:10.480
the boat with the fish hook in the neck and95500:49:10.599 --> 00:49:13.079
pulling it just was really over the top for me.95600:49:13.440 --> 00:49:16.360
It gets like really gaggy, and it's just kind of95700:49:17.000 --> 00:49:18.719
I didn't care for that scene that jumped.95800:49:18.800 --> 00:49:21.079
That was a little cringe for me. Yeah, that whole95900:49:21.079 --> 00:49:21.880
scene doesn't work.96000:49:22.079 --> 00:49:24.400
When he's fishing in his own lake behind their beautiful96100:49:24.400 --> 00:49:27.559
home and he pulls that giant water snake out, that's96200:49:27.840 --> 00:49:29.920
goofy and silly because you can tell it's like a96300:49:29.920 --> 00:49:32.599
giant rubber thing that probably comes fright out, but it's96400:49:32.599 --> 00:49:34.599
still a little bit of a surprise, And it's kind96500:49:34.599 --> 00:49:36.679
of funny because he's a great physical comedian in the96600:49:36.679 --> 00:49:40.079
way he reacts to it. It works in that scenario.96700:49:40.480 --> 00:49:42.360
But the boat, You're right.96800:49:42.559 --> 00:49:45.440
That's the thing. The snake scenario is plausible. You're fishing96900:49:45.440 --> 00:49:49.039
in the lake. There's sometimes snakes and lakes. Yeah, But97000:49:49.679 --> 00:49:53.719
here it is. You go downtown with your wife. These97100:49:53.800 --> 00:49:55.679
guys ask you to go on a fishing trip. It's97200:49:55.679 --> 00:49:57.920
not a twenty minute trip. Your wife's going to come97300:49:57.960 --> 00:49:59.639
back from the store and go where the hell's my97400:49:59.719 --> 00:50:02.360
husband and he's gonna be fishing for the next three97500:50:02.360 --> 00:50:04.679
hours or two hours? Why would you agree to go97600:50:04.719 --> 00:50:05.119
on the boat?97700:50:05.440 --> 00:50:05.840
Mm hmm.97800:50:06.000 --> 00:50:08.440
It's just an unplausible scenario. So the rest of it97900:50:08.519 --> 00:50:10.840
just doesn't work for Maison Fountain to find it very funny.98000:50:11.119 --> 00:50:12.199
All right, I'm gonna stop there.98100:50:12.559 --> 00:50:16.480
Time to move on to Hey, it's that actor? All right?98200:50:16.599 --> 00:50:19.400
So this segment we spotlight a character actor you have98300:50:19.480 --> 00:50:22.519
seen in many other films, an actor making their big98400:50:22.559 --> 00:50:25.440
screen debut, or an actor that makes an un ready98500:50:25.519 --> 00:50:28.400
to cameo. It's Hey, it's an actor. So who do98600:50:28.440 --> 00:50:30.679
we choose this week? Because there are a lot of98700:50:30.800 --> 00:50:33.400
choices in this one. I was surprised, Yeah, no kidding.98800:50:33.639 --> 00:50:35.920
Every other actor in this is a Hey it's that98900:50:36.000 --> 00:50:39.280
actor that's recognizable you're like, Wow, who is he or99000:50:39.320 --> 00:50:39.880
she from?99100:50:39.920 --> 00:50:40.079
What?99200:50:40.079 --> 00:50:42.440
What is that movie that they were in? It's great?99300:50:42.519 --> 00:50:46.119
So this week we've chosen for our Hey, it's that actor,99400:50:46.719 --> 00:50:50.559
Mike Star, Mike Starr. He plays one of the movers,99500:50:50.840 --> 00:50:53.880
and funny enough, the other mover actor actually is a99600:50:53.920 --> 00:50:56.280
hey it's that actor too. As soon as I saw him, like, hey,99700:50:56.440 --> 00:50:58.719
isn't he the guy driving the black Jack war and speed?99800:50:59.159 --> 00:50:59.800
Isn't that that guy?99900:51:00.039 --> 00:51:00.599
Yeah? It is?100000:51:01.119 --> 00:51:05.159
Yes, Goodwe totally so. But Mike Starr is great, immediately100100:51:05.199 --> 00:51:09.639
recognizable American character actor from New York City, standing tall100200:51:09.679 --> 00:51:13.519
at six three and a half. Known for playing bullying characters,100300:51:13.800 --> 00:51:17.159
he worked as a bouncer and bartender before landing a100400:51:17.199 --> 00:51:21.679
small part in the film Cruising in nineteen eighty. As100500:51:21.719 --> 00:51:23.519
it goes back to nineteen eighty, he's got two hundred100600:51:23.519 --> 00:51:27.559
and forty five credits on IMDb. So yes, Mike Starr100700:51:27.719 --> 00:51:29.719
was in Cruising in nineteen eighty. Then he was in100800:51:29.760 --> 00:51:32.159
the Natural in eighty four. He's in the Money Pit100900:51:32.280 --> 00:51:34.719
in eighty six, looking forward to doing that on this podcast.101000:51:35.079 --> 00:51:36.760
He was in a couple episodes of Crime Story in101100:51:36.800 --> 00:51:39.480
eighty seven. The film Who's That Girl? With Madonna in101200:51:39.519 --> 00:51:42.559
eighty seven, Funny Farm in eighty eight, and Punchline in101300:51:42.599 --> 00:51:45.840
eighty eight, Lean On Me in eighty nine, Uncle Buck101400:51:46.159 --> 00:51:50.199
as a character called Pooter the Clown in eighty nine,101500:51:50.519 --> 00:51:52.840
and then he is briefly featured in Born on the101600:51:52.840 --> 00:51:55.360
Fourth of July, also in eighty nine. So here's some101700:51:55.440 --> 00:51:58.800
highlights of his After the eighties. He was in Blue Steel,101800:51:59.079 --> 00:52:03.800
good Fellas as character Frenchy Miller's crossing Billy Bathgate, free101900:52:03.880 --> 00:52:07.800
Jack the Bodyguard, the Hotsucker Proxy, and he has a102000:52:07.800 --> 00:52:11.239
great role in ed Wood. That's one film you definitely102100:52:11.280 --> 00:52:15.480
would recognize him from. But the film I always associate102200:52:15.559 --> 00:52:19.360
him with is Dumb and Dumber. That's what I think of. First,102300:52:19.440 --> 00:52:22.960
he plays the character Joe Medalino, and I believe the102400:52:23.280 --> 00:52:26.559
big scene with him and Jim Carrey when he's choking102500:52:26.599 --> 00:52:30.159
on the hot peppers initially when they're at the diner restaurant,102600:52:30.880 --> 00:52:35.360
and then Carrie accidentally feeds him the poison pills as102700:52:35.400 --> 00:52:37.800
that's what happens, and then he's like foaming at the mouth.102800:52:38.480 --> 00:52:42.800
Mike Stars, Oh, I remember the together the most annoying102900:52:42.840 --> 00:52:43.519
sound in the world.103000:52:43.639 --> 00:52:48.400
Yeah, of course. Yeah, So Mike Starr great, done it.103100:52:48.639 --> 00:52:52.400
He does a ton of TV episodes, makes appearances on103200:52:52.480 --> 00:52:55.599
a variety of soap opera's Funny Enough and still working.103300:52:55.840 --> 00:52:58.880
Has some upcoming projects. Love Mike stars, great character actor.103400:52:59.199 --> 00:53:01.840
Yeah, it's funny. When you were listing off his credits,103500:53:01.960 --> 00:53:03.800
I was like, oh, yep, I remember what seeing he said,103600:53:03.800 --> 00:53:06.679
Oh yep, I could see it as clear as today.103700:53:06.840 --> 00:53:09.400
If you asked me before to name I'm like, I103800:53:09.440 --> 00:53:11.519
can't name anything outside Dumb and Dumber. But as soon103900:53:11.519 --> 00:53:12.960
as you're saying the credits, I'm like, oh, yeah, I104000:53:13.000 --> 00:53:15.239
remember what's seen yous in that movie. So yeah, definitely104100:53:15.280 --> 00:53:17.400
an excellent choice for Hey, it's that actor.104200:53:17.639 --> 00:53:19.199
Just gonna give it a couple of shout outs to104300:53:19.239 --> 00:53:21.159
some other Hey it's that actors, because I was trying104400:53:21.159 --> 00:53:23.719
to remember this gentleman's name. He plays one of the Culbertson's,104500:53:23.800 --> 00:53:26.719
the prospective buyers of the Farmer's house. That was Jack Gilpin,104600:53:27.119 --> 00:53:31.880
very recognizable. I believe it's Alice Drummond who plays Ethel104700:53:32.199 --> 00:53:38.039
Dingis or Dingus who has the antique store. She's very recognizable. Yep,104800:53:38.079 --> 00:53:41.320
there you go. There's more that I'm missing here. Oh104900:53:41.360 --> 00:53:43.400
who is it that plays the lawyer. He was very105000:53:43.440 --> 00:53:44.800
recognizable to Michael.105100:53:45.039 --> 00:53:48.760
Oh no, it's thinking of the publisher guy, Michael Sinclair.105200:53:49.039 --> 00:53:52.840
Oh yeah he too, Yeah sure, yeah, anyway, he watched105300:53:52.840 --> 00:53:55.519
the movie a lot of recognizable faces. So I apologize105400:53:55.559 --> 00:53:57.960
for not naming all the actors here, but we got105500:53:58.000 --> 00:53:58.599
to move along.105600:53:59.000 --> 00:54:01.400
Yep, many, many all right, Time to move on to105700:54:01.480 --> 00:54:03.920
facts and trivia. What are some facts of trivia we105800:54:03.960 --> 00:54:05.599
have about Funny Farm.105900:54:06.639 --> 00:54:11.480
The film was mostly shot in southeastern Vermont, including the106000:54:11.519 --> 00:54:15.360
towns of Windsor, Vermont and Townshend, Vermont, and they were106100:54:15.440 --> 00:54:19.079
using locals as extras. This is from IMDb. By the way,106200:54:19.320 --> 00:54:23.880
the Townshend Common, the Townshend Common area today has an106300:54:23.960 --> 00:54:27.719
unusual souvenir from the production of Funny Farm, because to106400:54:27.800 --> 00:54:30.519
make the trees on the common look as if it106500:54:31.119 --> 00:54:34.639
was mid autumn, the film crew dyed the leaves, which106600:54:34.760 --> 00:54:37.960
killed all the trees except for one in the middle106700:54:38.000 --> 00:54:41.599
of the common. Today, the ring of newly planted trees106800:54:41.639 --> 00:54:44.639
around the edge of the common are significantly shorter than106900:54:44.679 --> 00:54:47.960
the much larger one that survived the filming of Funny Farm.107000:54:48.119 --> 00:54:53.559
Whoops, yeah right, oops, see so this was interesting. You know,107100:54:53.559 --> 00:54:56.039
who is supposed to be in this movie. Jason tell107200:54:56.039 --> 00:55:00.639
me Bill band Sarah Michelle Geller was he supposed to107300:55:00.679 --> 00:55:04.639
play one of Elizabeth's students in an early scene in107400:55:04.679 --> 00:55:05.119
the movie.107500:55:05.679 --> 00:55:08.159
Oh okay, Well that would make sense because I'm like107600:55:08.280 --> 00:55:10.960
she had been very young at that time. Yea.107700:55:11.119 --> 00:55:13.840
So unfortunately that scene was to lead it and I107800:55:13.880 --> 00:55:16.719
couldn't find it anywhere. M Yeah, I think that would107900:55:16.719 --> 00:55:18.000
have been one of her first credits.108000:55:18.320 --> 00:55:19.000
Yeah, no kidding.108100:55:19.159 --> 00:55:21.639
Things turned out okay for her, she did.108200:55:21.840 --> 00:55:22.320
Okay.108300:55:22.760 --> 00:55:28.159
So Ivy's Cafe where Andy eats lamb fries was not108400:55:28.239 --> 00:55:31.159
in fact an actual restaurant. It was a set built108500:55:31.199 --> 00:55:34.920
in Townsend, Vermont, specifically for the film, and was destroyed108600:55:34.960 --> 00:55:37.239
after filming goes over. The site of the set is108700:55:37.320 --> 00:55:40.960
now occupied by residential homes which are across the street108800:55:41.000 --> 00:55:44.159
from the gazebo in Townshend where Andy is seen running108900:55:44.199 --> 00:55:47.519
to the softball game while Elizabeth goes antique shopping.109000:55:48.239 --> 00:55:51.280
This Funny Farm was the first of three consecutive movie109100:55:51.320 --> 00:55:55.239
adaptations of Jay Cronley novels in three consecutive years. The109200:55:55.400 --> 00:56:00.320
subsequent adaptations were Let It Ride in eighty nine, one109300:56:00.320 --> 00:56:04.360
of my cult favorites, and another cult favorite quick Change109400:56:04.679 --> 00:56:07.400
in nineteen ninety. We'll have to save that one for109500:56:07.440 --> 00:56:11.320
the All Nineties Movies podcast. Yes, love both those movies.109600:56:11.440 --> 00:56:12.840
I'm a big fan of Let It Rite.109700:56:13.079 --> 00:56:14.639
Yes, we know that one for sure.109800:56:15.440 --> 00:56:18.559
It was a rough year at the box office for109900:56:18.679 --> 00:56:21.599
mister Chevy Chase. So yeah, this was one of two110000:56:21.679 --> 00:56:25.360
nineteen eighty eight movies starring Chase. The other was Caddyshack two.110100:56:25.800 --> 00:56:28.239
I guess they're saying, well, Funny Farm was a minor hit. Well,110200:56:28.400 --> 00:56:32.039
Caddyshak two was a box office bomb, but Chase also110300:56:32.159 --> 00:56:35.880
cameoed in the box office bomb The Couch Trip of110400:56:35.960 --> 00:56:37.519
the same year in eighty eight.110500:56:38.079 --> 00:56:41.599
Ooh, yeah, tough year for him. So the kid who110600:56:41.599 --> 00:56:44.000
steals the street sign at the beginning of the movie110700:56:44.159 --> 00:56:47.320
was an extra from Windsor High School, where a fair110800:56:47.320 --> 00:56:49.880
amount of the filming takes place. He had not becoming110900:56:49.880 --> 00:56:50.599
a local cop.111000:56:51.000 --> 00:56:55.639
Yeah, I had that too, that's funny. Last one I111100:56:55.679 --> 00:56:59.360
got here real quick bill is the four thousand dollars111200:56:59.360 --> 00:57:04.599
bill for Claude Musselman's funeral. That's the the casket with111300:57:04.639 --> 00:57:07.400
the bones that was dug up in the farmer's backyard.111400:57:08.000 --> 00:57:10.800
That was claud Musselman in there. The four thousand dollars111500:57:10.800 --> 00:57:13.440
bill for Claude Musselman's funeral would equate to a little111600:57:13.480 --> 00:57:18.599
over eleven thousand dollars in twenty twenty five. Ouch, yeah,111700:57:19.320 --> 00:57:21.159
chuck a change, all right.111800:57:21.199 --> 00:57:24.280
Moving on to box office, so, Funny Farm was released111900:57:24.320 --> 00:57:27.320
on June third, nineteen eighty eight, in one thousand, five112000:57:27.400 --> 00:57:30.440
hundred and fifty seven theaters with an estimated budget of112100:57:30.599 --> 00:57:33.559
nineteen million. Bunny Farm pulled in twenty five point five112200:57:33.599 --> 00:57:37.840
million domestically. The film debuted number four at the box office,112300:57:37.840 --> 00:57:41.440
behind Big, which also opened that week in less theaters,112400:57:41.760 --> 00:57:44.719
and Funny Farm would only last another three weeks in112500:57:44.800 --> 00:57:47.760
the top ten and would be the thirty ninth highest112600:57:47.800 --> 00:57:51.320
grossing movie of nineteen eighty eight, just ahead of Alien Nation,112700:57:51.679 --> 00:57:54.000
which we covered back in season four.112800:57:54.639 --> 00:57:56.559
Yeah going against Big, that's tough.112900:57:57.039 --> 00:58:00.840
Yeah, who knew, right? Moving on to reviews. When growing113000:58:00.920 --> 00:58:03.159
up in the eighties, we would watch at the movies113100:58:03.519 --> 00:58:05.840
with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to hear the reviews113200:58:05.880 --> 00:58:08.960
and watch clips of upcoming movies. Their review of Funny113300:58:08.960 --> 00:58:13.519
Farm was unanimous two thumbs up. Ebert described the film113400:58:13.679 --> 00:58:17.480
as one of the year's Funniest Movies, while Ciskel called113500:58:17.480 --> 00:58:22.119
it the best chase film his made. Together, Ciskel and113600:58:22.159 --> 00:58:24.960
Ebert praised the film for its abundance of laugh out113700:58:24.960 --> 00:58:31.400
loud moments, sharp direction, striking cinematography, and precise editing to113800:58:31.480 --> 00:58:34.639
consistently end scenes at the perfect moment.113900:58:35.679 --> 00:58:39.559
Wow, no kidding, You know it's funny Bilt because I114000:58:39.719 --> 00:58:42.440
left out one piece of trivia here and I'll just114100:58:42.519 --> 00:58:46.480
put it appropriately in this segment. Gene Siskel said he114200:58:46.559 --> 00:58:50.199
received the most complaints from Ciskel and Ebert viewers for114300:58:50.320 --> 00:58:55.960
recommending this film. So the viewers the audience did not114400:58:56.039 --> 00:58:59.360
agree with Ciskel and Ebert's very positive outlook on this film.114500:59:01.079 --> 00:59:04.320
So Rotten Tomatoes gives it a Tomato Meter score of114600:59:04.400 --> 00:59:07.400
sixty four percent, with the Popcorn Meter score of fifty114700:59:07.400 --> 00:59:10.519
one percent, and also has an IMDb rating of six114800:59:10.599 --> 00:59:14.679
point two. So that takes us to additional thoughts and questions.114900:59:14.719 --> 00:59:16.920
What are some additional thoughts and questions you have about115000:59:16.920 --> 00:59:17.559
Funny Farm?115100:59:18.159 --> 00:59:20.079
Did you have a question right off the.115200:59:20.039 --> 00:59:23.039
Top, Jason, what is the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?115300:59:26.480 --> 00:59:27.639
That is great?115400:59:27.800 --> 00:59:30.920
Oh gosh, I wish I could remember I was on115500:59:30.960 --> 00:59:33.719
a cruise ship and we went to a restaurer was115600:59:33.760 --> 00:59:37.000
a great like themed restaurant. I want to say. It115700:59:37.079 --> 00:59:40.159
had an Alison Wonderland theme. And there were some really115800:59:40.239 --> 00:59:43.880
strange dishes they were serving and I can't think of them.115900:59:44.280 --> 00:59:46.719
It was just interesting recipes and you wouldn't think to116000:59:46.760 --> 00:59:49.280
put this with that, but it paired nicely and it116100:59:49.320 --> 00:59:51.119
was very tasty. And now I can't think of any116200:59:51.159 --> 00:59:54.079
of those items. I just I can tell you this much.116300:59:54.119 --> 00:59:57.199
I'll never forget the first time I tried octopus a116400:59:57.239 --> 01:00:00.360
sushi restaurant. I know that's not weird for a lot116501:00:00.400 --> 01:00:01.960
of people, but it was for me because I had116601:00:02.000 --> 01:00:04.159
never had sushi and this was my first time ever.116701:00:04.199 --> 01:00:06.000
And this was in Miami, and I remember Craig Rose116801:00:06.039 --> 01:00:08.199
being there and he's like, oh, yeah, I try this116901:00:08.239 --> 01:00:10.880
octopus and I'm chewing on a tentacle with the suckers117001:00:10.880 --> 01:00:12.199
on it, and I'm like, this is not for me.117101:00:12.760 --> 01:00:15.000
This is definitely not for me. I wasn't going to117201:00:15.039 --> 01:00:19.920
break any record eating the most amount of octopus in117301:00:19.960 --> 01:00:23.960
one sitting. However, Yeah, I'll have to think about that117401:00:24.000 --> 01:00:25.400
and see if I can come up with something else.117501:00:25.440 --> 01:00:29.800
But the weirdest strangest thing I've ever eaten. What do117601:00:29.840 --> 01:00:30.360
you have for this?117701:00:31.239 --> 01:00:33.079
I think my number one would be jellyfish?117801:00:33.760 --> 01:00:35.920
Okay, wow, just because the.117901:00:35.880 --> 01:00:39.039
Connotation of jellyfish is stinging and stuff like that. Where118001:00:39.039 --> 01:00:42.119
did you have jellyfish in Hong Kong? Okay?118101:00:42.719 --> 01:00:43.199
Yeah?118201:00:43.639 --> 01:00:48.880
And it's very chewy and not much flavor to be honest,118301:00:49.039 --> 01:00:52.119
so I don't think you have to try. But yeah,118401:00:52.159 --> 01:00:54.400
when they put it at our table, I was the118501:00:54.440 --> 01:00:56.519
only one that would try it. I'm like, what's the118601:00:56.559 --> 01:00:57.400
worst it going to happen?118701:00:59.519 --> 01:01:01.079
That just makes me think of when you hear the118801:01:01.159 --> 01:01:03.880
nightmare stories about is it puffer fish? Oh?118901:01:03.960 --> 01:01:04.480
Yeah, the.119001:01:06.079 --> 01:01:09.079
Very poisonous if you get the wrong Yeah.119101:01:09.199 --> 01:01:12.360
Just looks like a giant piece of gelatine. Just but yeah,119201:01:12.400 --> 01:01:16.920
I was super chewy. Second, I would go with cow's tongue. Okay,119301:01:17.199 --> 01:01:19.719
I can't remember where I had that at, but we119401:01:19.719 --> 01:01:21.119
were at there was a bunch of us and we119501:01:21.119 --> 01:01:23.599
were at a deli and they were serving it and119601:01:23.840 --> 01:01:25.840
everyone was daring each other to try it, and I'm like,119701:01:25.880 --> 01:01:26.559
I'll try it.119801:01:26.559 --> 01:01:30.599
Actually wasn't bad. There you go, tastes like chicken. Just kidding.119901:01:30.800 --> 01:01:33.760
No, Well, the third thing people say taste like chicken120001:01:33.840 --> 01:01:38.920
A lot alligator of course. H down in South Florida,120101:01:38.920 --> 01:01:42.559
I would say that's very close to chicken. So maybe120201:01:42.559 --> 01:01:44.679
people would be like, no, dude, you actually ate chicken.120301:01:44.719 --> 01:01:46.760
They just said it was alligator, But no, I think120401:01:46.800 --> 01:01:47.480
it was alligator.120501:01:47.519 --> 01:01:50.039
This was my mom. That would be my big three120601:01:50.199 --> 01:01:54.840
Great stuff. Man, Bill Bant, you're a writer. Sometimes I'm120701:01:54.840 --> 01:01:58.719
gonna ask maybe a few questions regarding this, and you're120801:01:58.880 --> 01:02:03.400
you're writing relationship with your wife, Hillary the Lovely Hillary Band.120901:02:03.760 --> 01:02:06.840
Have you ever had her read something of yours to121001:02:06.880 --> 01:02:10.320
give you feedback and how have you reacted to this feedback?121101:02:10.440 --> 01:02:14.039
Have you ever had to react to perhaps negative feedback121201:02:14.079 --> 01:02:18.280
as Andy Farmer has to deal with from Elizabeth in121301:02:18.320 --> 01:02:18.840
this film.121401:02:19.000 --> 01:02:21.719
Oh, that's a good question. There's definitely some things I've121501:02:21.760 --> 01:02:25.119
given her to read. I don't think she's ever given121601:02:25.679 --> 01:02:29.519
like pure negative feedback like Elizabeth did. But yeah, sometimes121701:02:29.559 --> 01:02:35.800
she'll have questions and I'll have to answer or constructive criticism,121801:02:35.800 --> 01:02:39.199
which I think most of the times warned because maybe121901:02:39.239 --> 01:02:42.079
something's not explained correctly, so I have to go back122001:02:42.079 --> 01:02:42.639
and fix it.122101:02:42.920 --> 01:02:45.360
So you do share your writing with her when it122201:02:45.400 --> 01:02:49.280
comes to your Yeah, on occasion like screenplays. Yeah, yeah,122301:02:49.760 --> 01:02:52.000
not talking novels here, of course, we're taking more like122401:02:52.159 --> 01:02:56.480
writreen writing. Yeah, okay, okay, Because I was just going122501:02:56.559 --> 01:02:59.599
to ask, then, what how would you feel if Hillary122601:02:59.679 --> 01:03:03.599
wrote a screenplay and managed selling it for a million dollars?122701:03:04.039 --> 01:03:04.639
I wouldn't care.122801:03:05.119 --> 01:03:09.239
Yeah, you'd love it? Yeah, exactly, you are. Bill Bant122901:03:09.280 --> 01:03:11.239
doesn't get jealous for.123001:03:11.199 --> 01:03:12.599
A million dollars. I'm not gonna tell.123101:03:12.519 --> 01:03:16.920
You be like, way to be Hillary, keep writing?123201:03:17.039 --> 01:03:19.960
Yeah, god, one thousand dollars, I'd be excited.123301:03:20.239 --> 01:03:22.360
I'm just going to keep rolling with this writing theme123401:03:22.400 --> 01:03:24.360
that I just was in my head about, just because123501:03:24.360 --> 01:03:26.840
I always I am curious with other writers, you know,123601:03:26.880 --> 01:03:30.480
as to their process. Right. So Andy and Elizabeth they123701:03:30.559 --> 01:03:34.239
move out to this beautiful country and Vermont, and that's123801:03:34.280 --> 01:03:37.519
where he feels he will find his inspiration, find the123901:03:37.519 --> 01:03:41.159
the space and the time to pursue his novel. What's124001:03:41.280 --> 01:03:45.039
your great What's what's your preferred creative space? Bill Bant124101:03:45.119 --> 01:03:47.599
is a writer, what's your ideal space to work in?124201:03:47.920 --> 01:03:52.119
I don't think I have it right now? Pretty much124301:03:52.119 --> 01:03:55.039
whatever the house I can find. Yeah, yeah, so if124401:03:55.079 --> 01:03:57.000
I had the perfect setting, it would be like a124501:03:57.039 --> 01:04:00.199
house over looking the beach. Yeah, that would be it.124601:04:00.760 --> 01:04:03.320
I mean the countryside's cute with the bird out there.124701:04:03.400 --> 01:04:07.480
But I always thought about it if I had the money,124801:04:07.519 --> 01:04:11.559
if I was really successful, I'd want some beachfront property124901:04:12.079 --> 01:04:15.480
and I'd be sitting by a huge window overlooking the beach.125001:04:15.960 --> 01:04:18.280
There you go. Yeah, it's similar. I mean it's similar125101:04:18.320 --> 01:04:20.960
to this film. Similar to you, I would I'd be125201:04:21.039 --> 01:04:22.920
up in the mountains. I'd have a cabin in the mountains.125301:04:23.079 --> 01:04:26.840
I'd like the rural setting. I'd like that type of scenery. Also,125401:04:27.800 --> 01:04:32.639
I really love my quiet. I need the quiet, which125501:04:32.679 --> 01:04:35.039
is interesting. It's changed over the years where I used125601:04:35.079 --> 01:04:38.480
to always be listening to music, and I still very125701:04:38.559 --> 01:04:42.159
very much thousand percent need music as inspiration. I have125801:04:42.199 --> 01:04:44.239
to have my music. But I used to listen to125901:04:44.320 --> 01:04:47.800
music a lot while I was writing, versus now I126001:04:47.800 --> 01:04:50.480
think I really just treasure the silence.126101:04:51.079 --> 01:04:53.280
So it's funny you brought this up about the money126201:04:53.320 --> 01:04:55.840
with the equivalent nowadays. But I wanted to know how126301:04:55.880 --> 01:04:58.719
much it was going to cost Andy and Elizabeth today126401:04:58.920 --> 01:05:01.559
if they tried that with the thifty dollars. Oh yeah,126501:05:01.559 --> 01:05:03.880
so yeah, that equiveland today would be one hundred and126601:05:03.880 --> 01:05:06.519
thirty six rounded up one hundred and thirty seven dollars126701:05:06.559 --> 01:05:10.400
they would have to give each townfolk for kindness today's dollars.126801:05:10.719 --> 01:05:14.599
I also was wondering just guestimating how many townsfolk there were?126901:05:14.679 --> 01:05:18.599
How many people? I mean, what was the population of Redbud? Like, right,127001:05:18.920 --> 01:05:21.199
you think they probably had to pay like fifty people,127101:05:21.440 --> 01:05:22.719
seventy five more?127201:05:22.800 --> 01:05:24.039
Oh, I would say over one hundred.127301:05:24.440 --> 01:05:27.280
Yeah, there was a lot, a lot of people participating,127401:05:27.320 --> 01:05:27.920
that's for sure.127501:05:28.199 --> 01:05:29.880
Yeah. I think I would have started around the ten127601:05:29.920 --> 01:05:34.639
dollars mark, Yeah, start low. Last thing for me, I127701:05:34.639 --> 01:05:37.840
found this very interesting and it certainly made a lot127801:05:37.880 --> 01:05:41.320
of Smith sense. So Madeline Smith was actually the first127901:05:41.440 --> 01:05:45.840
choice to replace Shelley Longlan cheers no kidding. Yeah, but128001:05:46.320 --> 01:05:50.119
supposedly she has health issues which kind of prevented her128101:05:50.199 --> 01:05:53.599
from taking the role. Huh when you think about it,128201:05:53.719 --> 01:05:57.039
you know, then they picked uh Cursty Allie. Yeah. I128301:05:57.039 --> 01:05:58.679
wanted to make sure I said it right. Christi Ali,128401:05:58.719 --> 01:06:01.320
I'm like, oh, it makes sense. They look almost alike.128501:06:01.679 --> 01:06:05.320
Oh, Bill, this is great. I could totally see Madeline128601:06:05.360 --> 01:06:10.000
Smith in that part. Yes, thousand, absolutely, she would have128701:06:10.000 --> 01:06:13.280
been great. Yeah, yeah, she would have been excellent on cheers.128801:06:13.599 --> 01:06:17.480
I think I think she had some comedic chops in128901:06:17.519 --> 01:06:21.039
this movie. She's pretty funny in her delivery. I thought129001:06:21.480 --> 01:06:24.719
I thought she was good. Yeah, I said serviceable earlier,129101:06:24.800 --> 01:06:27.880
and that sounds as though it's a ding, but it's129201:06:27.920 --> 01:06:31.119
not really. I think she was good in this agreed. Well,129301:06:31.199 --> 01:06:33.519
I didn't really have anything else for thoughts or questions,129401:06:33.599 --> 01:06:34.239
not as of now.129501:06:34.679 --> 01:06:37.039
Let's move on to rating then. All right, all right,129601:06:37.079 --> 01:06:38.880
so here we go on a scale of one to129701:06:39.039 --> 01:06:42.440
five lamb Fries. What do you give funny Farm?129801:06:42.880 --> 01:06:45.599
So I'm going to surprise our listeners here a little bit.129901:06:45.599 --> 01:06:49.880
I'm kind of in a because of the I do130001:06:49.960 --> 01:06:52.960
love the ending, and I do have a nostalgic attachment130101:06:52.960 --> 01:06:56.480
to this film, and I do still look upon it130201:06:56.960 --> 01:07:01.719
overall fondly. I I'm going to give it three lamb Fries.130301:07:01.920 --> 01:07:06.119
I may begrudgingly maybe have to downgrade it to two130401:07:06.159 --> 01:07:09.159
point five that was my initial lamb Fry rating, but130501:07:09.159 --> 01:07:11.400
I'm going to give it three because I'm feeling positive130601:07:11.480 --> 01:07:13.960
and upbeat today. I have to say it's a little130701:07:14.000 --> 01:07:16.360
wild to think that the director of Butch Casside and130801:07:16.400 --> 01:07:19.000
The Sun Dance Kid made this movie and went safe130901:07:19.000 --> 01:07:22.679
with it doing this version because the book was not131001:07:23.000 --> 01:07:25.719
as safe, and that's what Jeffery Bowe wanted to do.131101:07:25.800 --> 01:07:29.360
But anyway, this is George broy Hill's vision of it,131201:07:29.440 --> 01:07:32.800
so it was, yeah, I agree with you, Bill, fine safe.131301:07:33.239 --> 01:07:36.840
I just felt like the development, especially at the end131401:07:36.880 --> 01:07:39.639
of the relationship between Andy and Elizabeth, wasn't fully fleshed out.131501:07:40.039 --> 01:07:43.920
I wished the obstacles with it of their relationship, the131601:07:43.960 --> 01:07:47.159
writing and the betrayal and stuff had happened sooner and131701:07:47.199 --> 01:07:49.679
that we could have gotten to the good stuff this131801:07:49.760 --> 01:07:53.199
Norman Rockwell Christmas painting of Red Bud. I wished all131901:07:53.239 --> 01:07:55.480
that had happened sooner in the films because that was132001:07:55.559 --> 01:07:59.119
the most fun. But chevy Chase, he's fun to watch.132101:07:59.159 --> 01:08:01.280
He might you know why chevy Chase. He reminds me132201:08:01.320 --> 01:08:03.719
of my dad. And I'm not you know, I'm not132301:08:03.880 --> 01:08:07.440
at all talking about chevy Chase is off screen persona132401:08:07.679 --> 01:08:12.199
or the things that say this is strictly the chevy132501:08:12.280 --> 01:08:17.479
Chase characters that he portrays, particularly Clark Griswold and National Lampoons.132601:08:17.560 --> 01:08:20.039
Just the always like kind of a gentle giant, tall,132701:08:20.159 --> 01:08:23.680
handsome guy that's always positive, always has an idea of132801:08:23.880 --> 01:08:27.039
things to do in itinerary, a plan and goals and132901:08:27.079 --> 01:08:30.720
things like that, and just wants to enjoy the outdoors133001:08:30.760 --> 01:08:33.039
and travel and all these things. That's my dad. And133101:08:33.079 --> 01:08:35.159
he's goofy and he's silly too, and he has silly133201:08:35.239 --> 01:08:38.960
jokes and things. So I do appreciate Chevy Chase characters133301:08:38.960 --> 01:08:41.439
for that because those characters he portrays remind me of133401:08:41.439 --> 01:08:45.039
my dad in the best possible way. So he's good133501:08:45.039 --> 01:08:47.880
in this. I didn't think. This is not Fletch, it's133601:08:47.920 --> 01:08:51.239
not National Lampoon, it's not Candy Shack. But he's good.133701:08:51.520 --> 01:08:53.960
I found the chemistry between him and Madeline Smith fine133801:08:54.000 --> 01:08:58.800
and good, and yeah, I would still. I think you133901:08:58.840 --> 01:09:01.359
said this earlier too, Bill, so to reiterate, if you134001:09:01.640 --> 01:09:04.800
come across this, give it a watch, give it a watch.134101:09:05.079 --> 01:09:07.239
It's feel good at the end. So I'm gonna give134201:09:07.239 --> 01:09:08.239
it three lamp fries.134301:09:08.680 --> 01:09:11.520
Yeah, I'm with you. I originally wrote three, and then134401:09:11.600 --> 01:09:13.600
we're going through the podcast, I'm like, do I need134501:09:13.640 --> 01:09:17.000
to knock this down to two right that half? But no,134601:09:17.039 --> 01:09:20.439
I think I'm gonna keep it at three because I134701:09:20.479 --> 01:09:23.560
do laugh. It does make me smile. But when you, yeah,134801:09:23.640 --> 01:09:27.720
break it down, there's a lot of flaws. It's just134901:09:27.760 --> 01:09:30.159
a weird thing. It's like, if you never see the movie,135001:09:30.399 --> 01:09:32.640
you'll be okay. But I think if you watch it,135101:09:32.720 --> 01:09:35.680
you'll enjoy it. It's not a must watch if you're135201:09:35.680 --> 01:09:38.560
gonna watch Chevy Chase movies. Yeah, this is probably the135301:09:38.600 --> 01:09:41.319
fifth or sixth to one I'm gonna list. Oh yeah,135401:09:41.520 --> 01:09:46.439
you're not missing anything, but it won't hurt to watch it.135501:09:46.720 --> 01:09:49.039
And uh yeah, I've watched a ton of times. I135601:09:49.119 --> 01:09:52.399
was still enjoying it. It goes by quick. Yeah, but yeah,135701:09:52.399 --> 01:09:54.680
you're right. That ending scene, Yeah, I wish that did135801:09:54.760 --> 01:09:57.840
play a little bit longer, well said. Okay, that about135901:09:57.920 --> 01:10:01.520
wraps up for this episode. As always, we appreciate you136001:10:01.560 --> 01:10:03.760
tuning in. Don't forget to follow us on your favorite136101:10:03.800 --> 01:10:07.119
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