TMR 014 – Gremlins & Home Alone - Special Holiday Double Feature

Total Movie Recall

Dec 14, 2015•1 hr 35 min

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Episode description

Christmas Special:

Gremlins (1994)

d. Joe Dante

Starring:
Zach Galligan
Phoebe Cates
Hoyt Axton

Home Alone (1990)

d. Chris Columbus

Starring:
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci
Daniel Stern
Catherine O'Hara

In our Yuletide Christmas Double Feature, Steve & Ryan examine the consequences of neglectful pet ownership & find out child endangerment isn't as hilarious when it happens to the super wealthy. Steve tells us about growing up on Chicago's North Shore and doing menial labor for the 1%, and Ryan shows what an ungrateful brat he is about his privileged childhood.

In Gremlins a boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town, while in Home Alone an 8-year old troublemaker must protect his home from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

Things discussed in the show:

Christmas, Hanukkah & elder gods

Caligula (Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole)

Facets & The Music Box in Chicago

Keye Luke

Autistic people and service animals

Cuba Gooding Jr. - Radio

Powder

Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World"

"Mother's Little Helpers"

Corey Feldman and his weird Angels and the Vice article about his birthday party

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch & Dollywood