The Karate Kid features one of the most beloved movie mentors of all time in Mr. Miyagi, who teaches young Daniel valuable lessons about patience (taking time to breathe), efficiency (putting the whole body’s strength into a single punch), and achievement (if you can catch a fly with chopsticks, you can accomplish pretty much anything).
Read More “Don’t Forget To Breathe” (#119)Following Big from a few episodes back, The Karate Kid is another beloved 80s movie I thought I might’ve seen — until I watched it.
Read More “Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy” (#118)Do you feel that chill in the air? This holiday season, When We Were Young’s listeners will be visited by three all-knowing spirits who serve as guides through the past, present, and future of all things Muppet.
Read More “A Blue Furry Charles Dickens Who Hangs Out With A Rat?” (#117)It’s When We Were Young’s most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational episode yet! Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Fozzy, and friends may be best known for kid-focused fare these days, but Jim Henson’s world-famous puppets originally had roots in more grownup entertainment, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the first season of Saturday Night Live, and a […]
Read More “Music To Hug Frogs By” (#116)Big is one of a handful of 80s movies it felt as if everyone but me had seen. One of those movies you mention having missed out on, and someone’s jaw always drops open.
Read More “I Wish I Were Big” (#114)Kathy Bates’ portrayal of Annie Wilkes in Misery is one of those rare turns that rolls actor, character, and performance all into one. There’s no Misery without Kathy Bates. It’s inconceivable. That’s not to slight any other aspect of the film — James Caan’s miserable turn as the victim, Rob Reiner’s nimble direction, William Goldman’s […]
Read More “I’m Your Number One Fan” (#113)Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the 90s, an elite team of podcasters has been selected to journey deep into the jungle, dive deep into the ocean, and dig deep underground to locate some of the deadliest predators ever known to moviedom. Two of cinema’s greatest auteurs made creature features […]
Read More “Put ‘Em On The Endangered Species List” (#111)If you thought we had just one bun in the oven for our lineup of Arnold Schwarzenegger comedies about birth and child-rearing — surprise! This topic is actually twins! In our previous episode, we cooed over 1988’s Twins, in which Schwarzenegger popped his cherry as a humorous leading man and wowed us with his lack […]
Read More “Who Is Your Daddy And What Does He Do?” (#110)Arnold Schwarzenegger became world famous in the 80s as the jacked up star of macho blockbusters like Conan The Barbarian, Predator, Commando, and The Terminator. But in the late 80s and early 90s, he teamed up with Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman for a trio of family-friendly comedies, starting with 1988’s Twins. Schwarzenegger’s comic chemistry with […]
Read More “The Most Fully Developed Human The World Has Ever Seen” (#109)The Midnight Society must be a lot more approving than I am. Clarissa, you have some explaining to do…
Read More “The Big Orange Couch Is In Place, So Hop On!” (#108)You know the score. You know the quotes. You know the poster. Forty years ago, a wrinkly alien with a magic touch waddled into moviegoers’ hearts and made E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial one of the most beloved family films ever made. Steven Spielberg’s alien opus surpassed Star Wars as the #1 film of all time and […]
Read More “I’ll Be Right Here” (#107)Kids don’t always have the greatest taste in entertainment. Some of what we gravitate toward as children ends up aging gracefully and becoming a classic. Take Back To The Future or Beauty And The Beast or E.T., for example. But for every E.T., there are a dozen not-so-classic titles we watched and rewatched with equal […]
Read More “Reality Is Very Disappointing” (#102)
REAL NOBODY 