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18th Jun 2025

National Lampoon's Vacation | S2E10

This is your Summer Kickoff episode covering a very apt Hughes-written screwball road trip comedy that spawned 5 sequels - National Lampoon’s Vacation from 1983!

Returning to the show are Jim & Kevin from the Pool Scene Podcast - You can find Kevin & Jim on: Facebook. Instagram. TikTok. They also cover movies infused with music, pop culture and nostalgia.

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Transcript
Katie:

Hello.

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Hello, I'm Katie and

welcome back to Retro Made.

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You Are Pop Culture Rewind.

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Consider this your summer kickoff

episode where we will be covering a very

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APT Hughes written screwball road trip

comedy that spawned five sequels National

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Lampoons vacation way back in 1983.

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I'm very happy to have returning

guests to the show with me, Jim and

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Kevin from the Pool Scene podcast.

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I always have a blast podcasting

with these guys and listening to

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their show, so you should too.

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Welcome back guys.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Hey now.

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Hey Katie.

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How's it going?

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Hey,

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Katie: I have my, I have my

pool scene podcast t-shirt on.

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Pool Scene Podcast: great.

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Repping it perfectly.

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Thank you.

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Appreciate it.

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Katie: yeah, thank you for the t-shirt.

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I

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Pool Scene Podcast: course.

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Katie: to, so if listeners

forgot, Jim and Kevin and I did a

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crossover last season for Escape

From New York and Escape from la.

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we do another one?

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Maybe I can't remember,

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Pool Scene Podcast: I think we,

we cover, I think we had New

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York on yours and LA on ours.

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I think that's how we did it.

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Katie: or vice versa.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Or vice versa.

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Katie: Uhhuh.

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So, you're back for the John Hughes

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yes, we are.

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Katie: so if people forgot, go

back and listen to those episodes.

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But remind us, what's the

story with Pool Scene podcast?

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You guys?

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Pool Scene Podcast: Well, we've actually

today, Katie, as we're recording this,

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it is officially our fifth anniversary.

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So we've been doing this for five years

now, and this coming episode coming

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up, which will be, so I married an Acts

murderer, will be episode number 250.

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Katie: Ooh, good one.

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Pool Scene Podcast: so we're about

ready to pump that out as we're

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on the journey to 300 and, you

know, we started as movies Yeah.

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And music videos.

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And have definitely morphed way

into, we have pop culture more

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pop culture, nostalgia, you

know, a little bit of everything.

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And currently we're in the

midst of banger season two.

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Yep.

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Where we're doing sort of like heavy

hitters that we've missed along

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the journey that we're like, we got

it, we're gonna do a miss season.

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And then we've now started

release episodes every two weeks.

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Approximately.

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Give or take nothing weekly.

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Yeah.

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Life is kind of, we were pumping

'em out every week and then it just,

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when you start losing the excitement,

it's like, I gotta pump, I gotta

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pump one out, I gotta pump one out.

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That sounded inappropriate.

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I didn't mean for it to

come across that way,

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Katie: But yeah, once a week is a lot.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

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Katie: job, you've got

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

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Katie: shit to do.

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Pool Scene Podcast: It's like, yeah.

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Katie: every two weeks is perfect.

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That's

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Pool Scene Podcast:

Yeah, it's it, it worked.

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It works out perfect.

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It gives us time to recharge, do what

we need to do in our own lives, and then

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we come back here and just do our thing.

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It's act.

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If anything, it's kind of helped

elongate things even more too.

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So it's like we're not just gonna be

episode 303 weeks where it's gonna be a

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season and a half, maybe two to get there.

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But yeah, we're excited for

coming up on Season 19 too, so,

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Katie: Wow.

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Pool Scene Podcast: yep.

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Katie: anniversary.

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That's

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Pool Scene Podcast: Thank you.

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Katie: That's most podcasts

do not make it that long.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

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Katie: close.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Born

out of the pandemic.

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And I can truly say we do it for fun.

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Yeah.

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I mean, we love doing it.

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Mm-hmm.

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We enjoy it.

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We would do it regardless.

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Yeah.

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You know, no listeners,

it's just what we do.

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It's our hobby, it's

our joy and our passion.

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It's two best friends doing something

that figured years and years of

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useless shit stored in your head.

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And both of us grew up making

like our own radio shows.

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We did.

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I, I, on cassette.

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I did mine on my talk boy,

when I was little kid.

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So we were, I mean, we

were early to podcasting.

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I mean like, yes, yes, yes.

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We were cassette podcasters, 1994.

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1995 podcasts.

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Yes.

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The best ones.

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Katie: Well, so your show, I, I retro

made listeners, if you're not subscribed

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to the pool scene podcast, you have to

this and go do that right now because

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I feel like we mesh really well.

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We cover similar topics.

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So if you like Retro Made, you're

gonna like pool scene podcast.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Thank

you very much, Katie.

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And, and as always, it's

awesome to do this with you.

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Once again.

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It's, it's awesome in the podcast

space to end up collaborating with

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somebody who has similar interests.

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We could bounce back and forth off

one another and not miss the beat.

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So it's, it's

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Katie: Mm-hmm.

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Pool Scene Podcast: that it's rare,

but when you have a connection

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with somebody like that in this

kind of space, it's, it's awesome.

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Katie: It really is.

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That's been my favorite part about

starting my podcast is meeting other

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really awesome podcasters like you guys.

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So shall we get into the

time capsule from:

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Pool Scene Podcast: Can't wait.

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Katie: even born yet.

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Were you born yet?

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Kevin?

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Pool Scene Podcast: I was born in 1983.

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I was born in 1981, so I was two.

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Katie: Yeah, Jim and I

are about the same, like

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

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Katie: the same age.

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I think so.

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well, what I'm gonna do this

season, you guys, we have the wheel

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Pool Scene Podcast: Ooh,

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Katie: for the

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Pool Scene Podcast: e.

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Katie: capsule

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so there's a bunch of categories.

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spin on your behalf and ask

you some trivia questions to

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test your knowledge about 1983.

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Pop culture stuff.

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We

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Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

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Katie: prime time.

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Rewind is your

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Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, all right.

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Katie: All right.

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These are the top on prime time for 1983.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

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Katie: All right, number one, which

CBS News magazine program known for

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its investigative journalism and

distinctive ticking stopwatch topped the

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Nielsen ratings in the 19 82 83 season.

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Pool Scene Podcast: 20, 20, 60 minutes.

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Katie: 60 minutes.

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It's the ticking time clock.

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Come

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Pool Scene Podcast: It's 2020, right?

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That's a B, C.

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Katie: Oh

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Pool Scene Podcast: There's only

like three, three shows to pick from.

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I mean, back Yeah.

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In 83 with network television.

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That's true.

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There's three channels.

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Yeah.

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But yeah, Jim got it.

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60 Minutes.

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Katie: two soap opera set on a

Texas cattle ranch became a cultural

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phenomenon with its, a specific

cliffhanger that I'm not gonna

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mention 'cause it'll give it away.

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But do you know what it is?

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Pool Scene Podcast: Dallas

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Katie: Yes.

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And the cliffhanger was

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Pool Scene Podcast: who shot Jr.

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Katie: Yes.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Also

Parroted by the Simpsons.

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Katie: Mm.

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Okay.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

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Katie: Ooh, this one, which Action

Adventure Series featured a group of

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X US Army Special Forces personnel

working as soldiers of Fortune

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known for their catchphrase.

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I love it when a plan comes together.

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Pool Scene Podcast: A team.

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Mm-hmm.

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Katie: Yes.

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A team.

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God, you guys are good so far.

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Let's see.

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Number four.

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This is very soap opera driven

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Pool Scene Podcast: Oh,

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Katie: in 83,

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Pool Scene Podcast: okay.

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Katie: Is set in a luxurious world of

oil rich Carrington, family portrayal

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of wealth and power struggles.

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What was this show?

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Pool Scene Podcast: was it Dynasty.

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Katie: was Dynasty.

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Pool Scene Podcast: I remember getting

stuck watching that on our Magnavox

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console TV with three networks.

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In order for me to get to like Dukes

of Hazard or something, I had to sit

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through my grandmother's enjoyment

of Dynasty and Falcons Crest.

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Katie: Mm-hmm.

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Pool Scene Podcast: So yeah,

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Katie: a 19 inch tv?

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And that was like the

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Pool Scene Podcast: I.

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Katie: tv.

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Pool Scene Podcast: It literally was.

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It was one thing.

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It weighed about 500 pounds.

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Nice.

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Wood cabinet.

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Oh yeah.

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Katie: Oh yeah.

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The last one, which detective series

followed Two brothers running a

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private investigation agency in San

Diego, known for its blend of action.

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And who Humor.

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This is a tough one.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Oh,

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Katie: seen it.

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Pool Scene Podcast: a brother Brothers.

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Katie: Two brothers.

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Running a private

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Pool Scene Podcast: I think I,

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Katie: agency.

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Pool Scene Podcast: is it Simon?

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And Simon?

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Katie: Yes.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

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Katie: that.

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Have you seen it?

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Pool Scene Podcast: I

remember that as a kid.

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Any type of adjacent television show

that had some sort of cool vehicle in it.

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I watch it 'cause I

remember they had a truck.

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'cause it was almost, I wanna say it was

almost like a truck, like the fall guy.

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I could be wrong, but I can

remember watching Simon and Simon

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because this is how nerdy I am.

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That came on after Knots Landing.

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Katie: Do you have a photographic memory?

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How do you like, remember which

network things we're on and everything?

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Pool Scene Podcast: It's just one

of those things where it just, I

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watched it and I just had to, you

know, stuff that I ended up loving.

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I was like, okay, I have

to sit through Dynasty.

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I have to sit through Knots Landing.

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So I would just remember, because

we had no VCR, we had no Betamax.

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So it's like you have to watch it

and remember it because there's no

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other way to revisit it back then.

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Katie: True, true.

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All

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

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Katie: you guys did very good.

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Let's do another category.

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Pool Scene Podcast: righty.

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Katie: Totally tasty.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Ooh.

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Katie: Okay.

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In 1983, the food and beverage

landscape was rich with products that

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have since become iconic it's a snack

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Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

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Katie: in 1983.

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Fruit flavored snacks quickly

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Pool Scene Podcast: I.

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Katie: a favorite among children,

offering a sweet, chewy treat

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in a convenient, portable form.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Fruit rollup.

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Katie: Yes.

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Oh

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Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

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Was it?

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Yeah.

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Katie: Fruit rollups.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Pulled that right up.

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I thought that was, yeah, I thought

that was like 10 years too soon.

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But yeah.

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Boy, 83.

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That's nuts.

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Katie: Fruit Rollups.

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Yep.

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Pool Scene Podcast:

Anything harmful in them.

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Back in, not at all.

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That built it.

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Build character.

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We're fine.

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Katie: Launched by Frito-Lay in 1980.

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This chip gained significant

popularity by:

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the company's top selling brands.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Doritos?

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No.

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Ooh.

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Katie: I don't know if

that's, is that Frito-Lay?

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I don't know.

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Fritos.

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Is it Fritos?

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Katie: It's Tostitos

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Pool Scene Podcast: Ah,

I, it was, it was close.

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I was almost adjacent.

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Somewhat.

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Yeah.

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Katie: very

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Pool Scene Podcast: Totinos are basically

Doritos without the junk on them.

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Katie: You're

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Pool Scene Podcast:

without that nuclear junk.

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Katie: Alright.

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Last one.

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In this category known as the original

American Energy drink, drink was popular

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in the eighties for its high caffeine

content after a period of dormancy.

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It's making a comeback with

updated branding and formulations.

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What is this?

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Pool Scene Podcast: It's

gotta be Jolt Cola, right?

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Katie: Very,

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

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Katie: Cola.

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Pool Scene Podcast: There we go.

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Katie: All right.

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All right.

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Let's do one more category.

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Maybe.

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Return to tune time

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Pool Scene Podcast: Ooh.

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Interesting.

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Katie: okay.

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Which popular from 1983 involved

an albino star and a group of alien

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heroes on a quest to defeat the evil

forces of a warlord named Skeletor?

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Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

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Masters of the Universe,

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Katie: Well, so

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Pool Scene Podcast: well,

as Heman and masters of,

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Katie: the answer.

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I think it's the same world technically.

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The answer that I have

here is Sherah Princess of

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No, you're right.

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It's the same universe,

but that's right though.

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It's, yeah.

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Well, the, yeah.

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Oh, Shirah Princess of Power.

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Pool Scene Podcast: girlfriend

is gonna be so pissed.

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So she also, Shera also battled Skeletor.

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I did not know that.

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Katie: I that, I don't know, maybe

I, God, I haven't seen it in so long.

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Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Anyone out there, I might have to find

a way to watch some episodes of Sherah.

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Pool Scene Podcast: It is weird.

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I never really got into

watching MOTU as a kid.

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It was like when it came to

animated stuff, it was like GI Joe.

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I love the whole story of Masters of the

Universe that it was like, 'cause back

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then it could be the toys first, and then

they're like, well, the toys are popular.

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Better followed it up with a cartoon

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Katie: Yep.

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Pool Scene Podcast: or it

came from an obscure comic.

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Yeah, whatever.

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But I love the stories

of the old cartoons.

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Katie: I do two.

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Here's another one for you.

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What cartoon followed the exploits of

an early eighties punk rock group led by

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a female with colorful hair who fought

against a villainous corporate tycoon.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Is it?

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It's Jim.

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Is it Jim?

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Katie: Yes.

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And, and the,

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Pool Scene Podcast: Holograms.

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Katie: and the holograms.

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She's truly outrageous.

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Mm-hmm.

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Katie: Yes, she is.

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One more.

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Which animated series showcased a

tiny group of creatures that lived

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inside human homes and caused mischief

while trying to avoid discovery?

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Pool Scene Podcast: Oh,

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I don't know.

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Trying to avoid discovery.

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I feel like I remember it, but I don't,

I'm gonna throw, I can't face it.

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I'm gonna throw a flyer.

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Is it Frale Rock?

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Katie: No.

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I show that it's being the wls.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Oh.

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Oh.

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My girlfriend is gonna torch me for

this because she collects buz toys.

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Oh.

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Katie: Are those the ones where

they're like a mixed animal

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

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It's like a, like a combination,

I think of two or three

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different animals into one.

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Katie: Okay.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah,

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Katie: The hint should

have included that part.

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I feel like.

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Pool Scene Podcast: that's our, I mean,

we were almost, well, the hint should

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have been Jim's girlfriend collects those

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Katie: Yes.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Care Bear Wuz.

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Shirt, tails.

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You name it the good Lord.

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Shirt, tails.

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Oh yeah.

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Shirt tails.

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Katie: tails.

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I'm gonna see if we can

get one more category.

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Boombox Bangers.

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Pool Scene Podcast: now we're talking.

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That's great.

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Banger season, man.

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All right.

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Let's do it.

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Katie: These are for

the whole year of:

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The Top Billboards songs.

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Okay.

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I'm just gonna say the artist,

and you'll probably get it.

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Michael Jackson,

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Pool Scene Podcast: There's multiples.

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I'm gonna Billy Jean?

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Billy Jean Or Thriller.

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Katie: It's Billie Jean.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

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Katie: Jean.

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The police, one of their biggest hits

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Pool Scene Podcast: breath you take

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Katie: Yep, yep.

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Futuristic production.

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Infectious Beat was very successful.

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The song was by David Bowie?

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Pool Scene Podcast: it was

just David Bowie, right?

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Katie: I think so.

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Pool Scene Podcast: So it's not, it's

not gonna be under pressure then.

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Let's dance

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Katie: Pressure.

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Nope.

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It's not.

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It's just David Bowie.

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Pool Scene Podcast: is it?

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Let's dance.

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Katie: It is, it

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Pool Scene Podcast: There it is.

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Katie: Yeah.

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You're, you're pretty good at just

pulling the songs out of nowhere.

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Pool Scene Podcast: I had

to think for a second.

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Katie: new Wave Era Culture Club.

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Pool Scene Podcast: Karma Chameleon,

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Katie: Yes.

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right.

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The last one, Bonnie Tyler.

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Pool Scene Podcast: What's

the name of the song?

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Total Eclipse of the Heart.

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Katie: Such a

469

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Pool Scene Podcast: come up with a title.

470

:

Katie: Good, good,

471

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Turn around.

472

:

Katie: that's like her

only song, isn't it?

473

:

Pool Scene Podcast: And don't you

remember during the, the total

474

:

eclipse last year, you couldn't

avoid that song for two weeks out.

475

:

Everybody had to play it.

476

:

I love the music video.

477

:

Yeah, I remember the music video.

478

:

Yeah.

479

:

You know, the drafty home and the Shadows.

480

:

Oh God.

481

:

Run through mansion's, right?

482

:

Yeah.

483

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Katie: do not remember the music video

484

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Pool Scene Podcast: God, I

love those old music videos.

485

:

They were so great.

486

:

Katie: Alright.

487

:

You guys did phenomenal

488

:

Pool Scene Podcast: you.

489

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Katie: with the time capsule here.

490

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Having all this crap

in my, in our heads helps out a lot.

491

:

Go figure.

492

:

Katie: useless Information does come

in handy for nostalgic pup culture

493

:

Pool Scene Podcast: It does.

494

:

It's gonna pay off one of these days.

495

:

Katie: you know, I don't know.

496

:

There's no prize for you here

other than bragging rights,

497

:

Pool Scene Podcast: There we go.

498

:

Katie: all right, you guys, so I'm

not gonna ask you about Kurt or

499

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Patrick this time, but I am gonna

ask you what your familiarity

500

:

or fandom, or of John Hughes is.

501

:

He's our, he's our

502

:

Pool Scene Podcast: We've,

503

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Katie: season.

504

:

Pool Scene Podcast: covered I

think three John Hughes movies.

505

:

We've done the Breakfast Club.

506

:

Mm-hmm.

507

:

What other ones have we done?

508

:

Did plane strains and automobiles.

509

:

Yep.

510

:

I mean, obviously very familiar.

511

:

Yeah.

512

:

I mean, with John Hughes, by far,

you know, started writing movies.

513

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I think he directed eight movies.

514

:

Katie: Mm-hmm.

515

:

Pool Scene Podcast: thing about John

Hughes to me was his late stage career

516

:

Katie: Yeah.

517

:

Pool Scene Podcast: and when it was all

just like writing and producing credits

518

:

and he was starting to get, I don't

wanna say like experimental, but he was

519

:

doing much different things because he

obviously, you know, was in his wheelhouse

520

:

in the eighties with this type of film.

521

:

And then he moved into the was it Miracle

on 34th Street and start curly Sue.

522

:

He was his last

523

:

Katie: movies,

524

:

Pool Scene Podcast:

Forgot about Curly Sue.

525

:

Yeah.

526

:

Kid movies.

527

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Katie: The Menace,

528

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

529

:

Katie: that.

530

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

531

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And then I think right at the

end he was like, all right, I'm

532

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gonna get a little weird and do

some, a couple different credits.

533

:

So yeah.

534

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Very familiar with John Lewis.

535

:

Oh yeah.

536

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Shermer High, his whole universe.

537

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Katie: All right.

538

:

Awesome.

539

:

Did you guys realize it as a kid

that like the connection, like

540

:

the whole Schirmer high thing,

541

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Pool Scene Podcast: As a kid, not really.

542

:

I didn't, it, it didn't start really

hitting until probably around 10 or

543

:

11 years old where I'm like, wait a

minute, this is the same high school.

544

:

And of course back then you don't think

of sh like Shared Universe theory Now

545

:

when I listen to your 16 candles episode

and like in 16 Candles, you're talking

546

:

about the confusion between, I do the

same thing, 16 candles, pretty and pink.

547

:

I always swap those movies and I always

think one's from one and one's from the

548

:

other, and I kind of get my wires crossed.

549

:

And I think that was the moment when I was

younger when I realized these, like you

550

:

don't know directors as a 10-year-old no.

551

:

Or whatever, but you're like,

these movies are very alike.

552

:

They feel like they're

the same thing, the same

553

:

Katie: there's

554

:

Pool Scene Podcast: plus.

555

:

Katie: that with very similar,

it's like we've, I'm starting to

556

:

realize he has just kind of a,

let's just move these things around.

557

:

Here's my template.

558

:

We'll take this from this, this from this.

559

:

And bing bang, boom, here's your movie.

560

:

Pool Scene Podcast: We do have some

similarities too with Anthony Michael

561

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Hall, when it comes to him being

in European vacation, why there was

562

:

a conflict as to why he wasn't in

that and he decided to go off and

563

:

do, I believe it was 16 candles.

564

:

'cause they wanted to recap, you

know, have the same kids, but

565

:

I think there was a conflict.

566

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He decided to go do that.

567

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Then they'd said, well,

we'll have Dana Baron.

568

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But then at the last moment they

decided, no, we'll recast, both

569

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kids have two different kids.

570

:

Then European vacation was a thing.

571

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Funny.

572

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But I don't know if they needed

European vacation, but they didn't.

573

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No, not in my opinion.

574

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No, it's

575

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Katie: Let's get into National

Lampoon's vacation, you guys.

576

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It was released July 29th, 1983,

which we were talking about.

577

:

You know, the, a lot of these

questions we covered with Mr.

578

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Mom.

579

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Well, this movie was released

within a couple of weeks of Mr.

580

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Mom and both were scripted by Hughes

based on actual events in his real life.

581

:

So, that's

582

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Which like same

with plane trains and automobiles.

583

:

I mean, a lot of his stories were

like inspired by real events.

584

:

And I know this is John Hughes season,

but we gotta mention Harold Ramis,

585

:

who directed this Har Harold Ramis.

586

:

He came out of the Gate Animal House

Meatballs, caddy Shacks, stripes,

587

:

vacation, Ghostbusters, back to school.

588

:

Those were his first seven

movies, which is crazy.

589

:

That's a hell of a run.

590

:

That's like a legendary,

there's no misses.

591

:

It's seven straight great movies.

592

:

Yeah.

593

:

Katie: And he acted.

594

:

So he's a man of many talents.

595

:

You're right.

596

:

So John Hughes wrote this,

but he did not direct it.

597

:

Harold Ramis did, to your point, Kevin.

598

:

And so he's an actor and a director.

599

:

And he was also like, he was a

regular performer with Eugene

600

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm-hmm.

601

:

Oh, yeah.

602

:

Katie: Candy in SCTV.

603

:

So there was a connection there.

604

:

yeah.

605

:

And he also directed Analyze this

Ground, Hugg Day, caddy Shack, and

606

:

a couple of episodes of the office.

607

:

Pool Scene Podcast: I didn't know why.

608

:

I forgot he did that.

609

:

Yeah, he did.

610

:

He did a couple.

611

:

That's cool.

612

:

I feel like Harold Ramis never, I

mean, he was appreciated, but not as

613

:

much as I think he should have been.

614

:

One of my favorite.

615

:

Oh, we've talked about it on our art

podcast before, but Harold Ramis talking

616

:

about the difference between Ghostbusters

one and two, because for most people.

617

:

Ghostbusters one is this beloved movie,

and then Ghostbusters two, everybody's

618

:

kind of like, eh, it's kind of crappy.

619

:

Yeah.

620

:

But Harold Ramis says he thinks the

reason for that is because Ghostbusters

621

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one is not about Ghostbusters.

622

:

It's about a bunch of friends who

start a job together, and that's

623

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what makes it such a great movie.

624

:

Whereas in Ghostbusters two, they

started leaning into they got egos about

625

:

how many toys is this gonna sell, and

licensing and the studio getting involved.

626

:

It's no longer just about

some buddies who start a job,

627

:

Katie: That

628

:

Pool Scene Podcast: so,

629

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Katie: sequel of things.

630

:

Mm-hmm.

631

:

This is rated r.

632

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yeah.

633

:

Katie: but it was before it

was either P it was gonna e

634

:

it had to either be PG or r.

635

:

At this time, PG 13 did not

yet exist, so there's a fair

636

:

number of F-bombs and boobs,

637

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, well

there's the F-bomb scene.

638

:

Oh, the absolute great.

639

:

One of the greatest of all time.

640

:

And then there's yeah.

641

:

Obviously boobs.

642

:

So Beverly DeAngelo's boobs, who a

lot of people like to talk about.

643

:

Man, Stiller's mom might've been like

the ultimate movie type, milf archetype.

644

:

Beverly DeAngelo.

645

:

Man, let me tell you, I'll

argue that these boobs Wow.

646

:

Are on par sort of with

the Captain Ron Boobs.

647

:

Yes.

648

:

In the completely unnecessary category.

649

:

You don't need 'em.

650

:

There was no reason for Bev Beverly

DeAngelo to do nudity in this movie.

651

:

Not once, but twice.

652

:

Twice, yeah.

653

:

And then they wanted Kristy Brinkley

to do nudity in this, and she declined.

654

:

And I guess they really pressured her

for it, but good for her for saying no.

655

:

Yeah.

656

:

Say no because again,

it doesn't add anything.

657

:

It wasn't you know, porkies or No, like

animal house or something like that.

658

:

It's a literally, it's a vacation.

659

:

It's a family vacation movie.

660

:

Yeah.

661

:

There's really no, it didn't

need to compete with movies

662

:

that were showing boobs.

663

:

It didn't need to at all.

664

:

So completely unnecessary nude scene.

665

:

Katie: But she's a gorgeous woman,

666

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, absolutely.

667

:

Drop dead.

668

:

No, wasn't bad.

669

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Oh yeah.

670

:

She was hotty.

671

:

Katie: Yeah.

672

:

And did you guys know that she and Al

Pacino had a, a long time relationship

673

:

and they have twins together?

674

:

Pool Scene Podcast: No,

675

:

Katie: Did

676

:

Pool Scene Podcast: I had to do it.

677

:

I, I know She ended up marrying,

like an Italian prince or something.

678

:

Something like that.

679

:

Yeah.

680

:

Some obscure stuff.

681

:

Katie: it was after they

got divorced though.

682

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah, it was,

683

:

Katie: she and Pacino got together.

684

:

Pool Scene Podcast: man, what, a couple.

685

:

So weird.

686

:

Yeah.

687

:

Katie: Yep.

688

:

So yeah, this movie has a 7.3

689

:

on IMDB, which is really high

690

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

691

:

It's good.

692

:

Yeah.

693

:

Katie: and written by John Hughes.

694

:

And the whole National Lampoons thing

comes from, it was a magazine that he

695

:

wrote for, and it, this screenplay was

inspired by an article that he wrote

696

:

based on his real family's ill-fated

trip to Disneyland when he was little.

697

:

And so he wrote a short story

and it was called Vacation 58.

698

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

699

:

Katie: yeah.

700

:

Yeah.

701

:

Yeah.

702

:

So you guys, if it has

been, let's see,:

703

:

Wow.

704

:

That is well over 40.

705

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

706

:

Katie: 40 years ago.

707

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Been 42, 2 years.

708

:

Katie: so if you, so if it's been

40 years since you've seen this

709

:

or a while, or if you haven't

seen it and you live under a rock.

710

:

Vacation is about having it all planned.

711

:

Down to the last detail, well-meaning

Clark Griswold and his supportive

712

:

wife Ellen take their two teenagers,

rusty and Audrey, on a cross country

713

:

trip from the suburbs of Chicago

all the way to Sunny California's

714

:

Wally world, a K Disneyland park.

715

:

However, anything that could go

wrong does, and before long, Ellen's

716

:

cousin Catherine and her husband

Eddie, enter the picture and Clark

717

:

is on the verge of blowing a gasket.

718

:

Roy Wally's wonderful park seems farther

and farther away, and although the

719

:

prospect of a clandestine meeting with

e alluring blonde in the fast:

720

:

Ferrari sounds tempting, Clark must do the

right thing and find the promised land.

721

:

How hard can it be to

have the perfect vacation?

722

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Very difficult.

723

:

Apparently, yes.

724

:

Katie: So we have Chevy Chase,

Clark Griswold, we talked about

725

:

Ellen, his wife, Beverly DeAngelo.

726

:

Rusty is Michael Anthony Hall, and

Audrey is played by Dana Baron, who I

727

:

really didn't know her from anything.

728

:

Did you

729

:

Pool Scene Podcast: She kind of

ca, she kind of came outta nowhere.

730

:

I can't remember her from anything else.

731

:

It was You are, okay.

732

:

You are Audrey Griswold.

733

:

That's who you are.

734

:

Katie: I did look her up.

735

:

She was a series regular in a

TV series in the late eighties.

736

:

It was like an action

series called Crossbow

737

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Wow.

738

:

Not familiar with Crossbow.

739

:

Katie: not either, but it, she

was in like 50 something episodes

740

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, man.

741

:

Wow.

742

:

Katie: And then there was a character on

oh in:

743

:

Nikki Witt, and she was in nine episodes.

744

:

She played Nikki

745

:

Pool Scene Podcast: How bad.

746

:

Katie: episodes.

747

:

Pool Scene Podcast: referenced

9 0 2 1 oh quite a bit.

748

:

Especially Jamie Walters' character, Ray

Pruitt, who I still will to this day.

749

:

Jamie Walters got such a bra, a bad rap.

750

:

The dude could sing, he can act, but the

fact that his career got screwed because

751

:

he played a character who threw Donna

down a flight of stairs and nobody seemed

752

:

to understand it was a role character.

753

:

He was an, it's to the

point he left Hollywood.

754

:

I'm pretty sure he's still a

firefighter in Los Angeles, I think.

755

:

Katie: Well

756

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

757

:

Katie: that, the Heights

758

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes, he,

how do you talk to an angel?

759

:

Yeah.

760

:

How do I talk to an angel?

761

:

Went to number one on the billboard.

762

:

Hot 100.

763

:

It's like, that dude was

awesome, but man, he got,

764

:

Katie: a TV show

765

:

Pool Scene Podcast: it was, I

think it only lasted 10 episodes

766

:

on Fox and it didn't get picked up.

767

:

Katie: Hmm.

768

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Such a good dude.

769

:

But man, I should have

known that about Dana Baron.

770

:

'cause I used to love 9 0 2 1.

771

:

Oh yeah.

772

:

I have no recollection of, yeah.

773

:

Katie: yeah, I can't recall

that character, but yeah.

774

:

And then we have Aunt Edna

played by Imogene Coca.

775

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, what a legend.

776

:

Katie: Yeah.

777

:

Goes way back.

778

:

The only character, like she has a

familiar face and if anybody remembers

779

:

watching the Brady Bunch after

school reruns the mat, there's an

780

:

episode where Jan's being Jan and is

upset 'cause she thinks she's ugly.

781

:

And

782

:

Pool Scene Podcast: God.

783

:

Katie: Aunt Jenny is, is

her unattractive twin aunt.

784

:

She looks like Aunt Jenny and,

785

:

Pool Scene Podcast: my God.

786

:

Katie: plays Aunt Jenny in

787

:

Pool Scene Podcast: She's the

ultimate like aunt looking like

788

:

grandmother looking archetype.

789

:

I feel like she was a forever aunt by far.

790

:

Katie: Yep, definitely.

791

:

What do you guys think of Cousin Eddie?

792

:

Played by Randy Quaid?

793

:

Pool Scene Podcast: What do we

think about the character or the

794

:

man who he became the real question?

795

:

Katie: yeah.

796

:

So the lesser attractive Quaid brother.

797

:

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

798

:

He is awesome.

799

:

He is in this role, like he has cousin

Eddie down to a fine tooth comb.

800

:

Katie: Yes.

801

:

Pool Scene Podcast:

He's such a good moron.

802

:

Well, this the scene where they're hinting

that Eddie needs to borrow money and I.

803

:

Yeah.

804

:

He like pulls out his wallet and he's

like, he's just gonna kill done 20 bucks.

805

:

You know what, what You need Eddie?

806

:

And he's like about 52,000.

807

:

52,000.

808

:

$52,000.

809

:

Which we find out later it

was, he gave him 500 bucks.

810

:

Yeah.

811

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Which in 1983, he knows

what that's adjusted.

812

:

$2,000, something like that.

813

:

I also love the fact that during

that whole scene when they're in

814

:

Kansas, it is implied that he taught

his daughter how to French kiss.

815

:

Katie: Oh my God.

816

:

So gross.

817

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

818

:

Jen Kakowski, who, who played Vicki,

his daughter in the movie when she's on

819

:

the teeter totter and she's literally

looking at Audrey and go, I go steady and

820

:

I French kiss, but everybody does that.

821

:

But daddy says I'm the best at it.

822

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It's like, oh my God, man.

823

:

Which there's consistency.

824

:

I mean, I know John Hughes wrote this.

825

:

There's cons he has, there's

like little moments like that

826

:

throughout most John Hughes movies.

827

:

Oh yeah.

828

:

These like uncomfortable throw away lunch.

829

:

Did he anymore?

830

:

Yeah.

831

:

Yeah.

832

:

Katie: go there.

833

:

Pool Scene Podcast: then obvious.

834

:

And then Eddie's son obviously has

the huge stack of stack of porn.

835

:

Yeah.

836

:

And the fact that he tell he

Rusty wants to buy his porn.

837

:

Yeah.

838

:

And he goes, I use magazines.

839

:

How do you use a magazine?

840

:

He is like, my friend taught

me something really cool.

841

:

I, there it is again.

842

:

Did he tell you or did he teach

you, show you did he show you,

843

:

did he show her or a teller?

844

:

Yeah.

845

:

What are we doing?

846

:

I believe the specific words

were bopping his baloney.

847

:

That was the term.

848

:

Yeah.

849

:

Katie: Mm-hmm.

850

:

Mm-hmm.

851

:

We, so this is Jane Khaki's film day

852

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

853

:

Katie: as cousin Vicki.

854

:

But that line.

855

:

Then there's a, there's like later

when the sister is like telling

856

:

on her brother, she's like, rusty

wore his underpants last night.

857

:

What was that?

858

:

I didn't under, I a did

not understand what, what,

859

:

Pool Scene Podcast: As opposed.

860

:

Katie: to what?

861

:

Pool Scene Podcast: As opposed to mom,

dad, Rusty's sleeping naked again.

862

:

Well, I have, yeah, I have concerns.

863

:

'cause maybe their parents tell them

they have to sleep without underwear.

864

:

Listen, they seem like a very open Yeah.

865

:

Pajama.

866

:

Yeah.

867

:

They seem like a very open

mom and dad relationship.

868

:

Like how many times did this movie,

they've caught that, like just walking in,

869

:

having sex or when they were gonna fool

around in the car, their head got trapped.

870

:

They just seem oblivious.

871

:

This happens all the time.

872

:

Yeah,

873

:

Katie: Super weird.

874

:

Yeah.

875

:

He's trying to get his wife to go

down on him with, with the kids

876

:

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah,

877

:

Katie: the backseat.

878

:

But yeah, some super weird lines.

879

:

Yeah.

880

:

Yeah.

881

:

So, yeah.

882

:

Did you guys know that Randy Quaid,

got an Oscar nomination in:

883

:

Pool Scene Podcast: For what movie?

884

:

Katie: Best actor in a supporting

role for the last detail?

885

:

Pool Scene Podcast: I've never

heard of that movie at all.

886

:

Familiar with that?

887

:

Katie: I haven't either.

888

:

And you guys just covered Kingpin,

889

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

890

:

Katie: he played

891

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm-hmm.

892

:

Yeah.

893

:

Good old ish.

894

:

Ishmael Borg.

895

:

What a great movie.

896

:

That was his best role.

897

:

I mean, it's probably Cousin

Eddie, but Independence Day.

898

:

Oh, he's the best.

899

:

It's just right.

900

:

That role was like written

for him in Independence Day.

901

:

'cause he is like a kooky Yeah.

902

:

He was abducted by Aliens and

Theory who was abducted by aliens.

903

:

I told you they were gonna come back.

904

:

Yeah.

905

:

And then he ended up totally

redeeming himself in movies.

906

:

Not in real life.

907

:

Not in real life.

908

:

No.

909

:

In real life.

910

:

He's screwed.

911

:

But they'll still bring him into Steel

City Con in Pittsburgh every year and

912

:

pretend like he's done nothing wrong.

913

:

Katie: is he from there

914

:

Pool Scene Podcast: No, he steel City

Con is now starting to pull this move.

915

:

It's amazing.

916

:

Like they'll bring all these people in

Pop culture festival, like big, big names.

917

:

This last one they had a couple

months ago outta nowhere.

918

:

They're like, oh, we're

bringing Kevin Spacey in.

919

:

Yeah.

920

:

And everybody's like, what

the hell are you doing?

921

:

Katie: Yeah.

922

:

Pool Scene Podcast:

listen, he was acquitted.

923

:

It's you know, he is found not guilty.

924

:

It's like, yeah, I'm not going.

925

:

There's some consistency

there with that type of guest.

926

:

I mean, we're like a couple cons away

from it being like a bunch of them at one.

927

:

Yeah, pretty much.

928

:

So we got Diddy and Kevin

Spacey and they're all coming.

929

:

Enjoy.

930

:

They're all coming.

931

:

Hey, whatever.

932

:

Katie: Predator Con.

933

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

934

:

There you go.

935

:

Pretty much.

936

:

Yeah.

937

:

There you go.

938

:

Katie: Wow, wow.

939

:

Yeah.

940

:

So we also get some John Candy in this,

941

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

942

:

Katie: par for the course

with with John Hughes.

943

:

He plays the security

guard at Wally World.

944

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, so good.

945

:

Katie: he was paid a million

946

:

Pool Scene Podcast: It's un

947

:

Katie: brief

948

:

Pool Scene Podcast: so mind blowing.

949

:

Unbelievable.

950

:

And this is this,

951

:

Katie: In

952

:

Pool Scene Podcast:

this is 80, this is 83.

953

:

John Candy, who hasn't

really hit big at all yet.

954

:

Yeah.

955

:

He's coming off CTV.

956

:

But nobody really knows

John Candy that well.

957

:

And for a role that he was

probably on screen for how long?

958

:

About 10 minutes, eight

minutes If if Yeah.

959

:

Russ Lasky.

960

:

But great lines though, you know?

961

:

Yeah.

962

:

Ah, Mr.

963

:

Walling.

964

:

I mentioned the company

Christmas party last year.

965

:

I saw a BB Gun Clark.

966

:

I like, he has some really great

lines have been a favor from, had

967

:

to have been John Hughes and from

Harold Ramis to put him in the movie

968

:

and not just put him in the movie.

969

:

Pay him a million dollars.

970

:

Katie: I think so, because the ending

that we have with John Candy was

971

:

not the original ending, so I think

they scrambled, which we'll get into

972

:

that, but I think it was, you know,

like four months later, they were

973

:

like, shit, we need a new ending.

974

:

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

975

:

Katie: they came up with

this and yeah, you're

976

:

Pool Scene Podcast: So

977

:

Katie: had to have been a

978

:

Pool Scene Podcast: on our,

and you could tell by Anthony

979

:

Michael Hall's growth spurt.

980

:

Yeah.

981

:

He's taller than Beverly

DeAngelo at points and Yep.

982

:

And not as tall as her at other points.

983

:

Mm-hmm.

984

:

We just, so we did, so I married an ax

murderer and John Candy was supposed

985

:

to be in that because Mike Meyers,

grew up idolizing John Candy because.

986

:

In Canada, SCTV and John Candy was

supposed to play the police captain in.

987

:

So I married an ax murder and then

it'd be an Alan Arkin instead.

988

:

But there were a number of movies like

where John Candy pops up for just a

989

:

little bit home alone, just a little

lunch, uh uh, A little Shop of Horrors.

990

:

Yep.

991

:

It's so good.

992

:

He just pops up for a couple

minutes and then Yeah.

993

:

Shows you how great he was.

994

:

Where I truly think John Candy

was like a future Oscar winner.

995

:

'cause I think he had the

range to play serious roles.

996

:

I mean, look at the soliloquy and playing

strains and automobiles at the end.

997

:

I mean, look at Robin Williams.

998

:

Yeah.

999

:

I mean, right there.

:

00:34:45,304 --> 00:34:47,914

Nothing but a comedy guy

ends up doing dramatic roles.

:

00:34:47,964 --> 00:34:50,813

His dramatic roles, I mean,

goodwill hunting, but even like

:

00:34:50,813 --> 00:34:54,654

the creepy ones, one hour photo,

final cut, like some of these.

:

00:34:54,849 --> 00:34:55,179

Katie: that one.

:

00:34:55,373 --> 00:34:56,364

Pool Scene Podcast: So good.

:

00:34:56,364 --> 00:34:59,604

And I think you're right, John Candy

would've found that dramatic role

:

00:34:59,604 --> 00:35:01,854

probably in the later nineties.

:

00:35:01,854 --> 00:35:01,914

Yeah.

:

00:35:02,034 --> 00:35:04,134

Where I think he would've been an Oscar.

:

00:35:04,134 --> 00:35:04,734

No doubt.

:

00:35:05,004 --> 00:35:08,774

Katie: Because he has that heartwarming

I, I'm a big, I'm a way bigger fan of

:

00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:10,394

John Candy than I am of Robin Williams.

:

00:35:10,394 --> 00:35:10,634

I don't know.

:

00:35:10,634 --> 00:35:12,554

He just has this like likability about him

:

00:35:12,554 --> 00:35:12,974

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm.

:

00:35:13,124 --> 00:35:16,844

Katie: was in I just covered career

opportunities and he was in that

:

00:35:16,844 --> 00:35:18,314

for about five minutes as well.

:

00:35:18,549 --> 00:35:18,839

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah,

:

00:35:18,914 --> 00:35:21,434

Katie: maybe two minutes as

the manager of the target.

:

00:35:21,794 --> 00:35:22,514

So it's,

:

00:35:22,664 --> 00:35:23,414

Pool Scene Podcast: the, I mean,

:

00:35:23,564 --> 00:35:23,804

Katie: up.

:

00:35:24,014 --> 00:35:27,044

Pool Scene Podcast: wouldn't it be a

dream to be that type of character?

:

00:35:27,194 --> 00:35:30,254

Oh, who gets to show up on

set for one day or two days?

:

00:35:30,314 --> 00:35:32,624

But you could also tell

he doesn't half-ass it.

:

00:35:32,684 --> 00:35:34,364

Like he puts everything into it.

:

00:35:34,364 --> 00:35:34,874

Exactly.

:

00:35:34,874 --> 00:35:38,114

You get paid a mass sum of money and you

go home and you move on to the next thing.

:

00:35:38,174 --> 00:35:38,324

Yeah.

:

00:35:38,324 --> 00:35:38,954

That's awesome.

:

00:35:38,954 --> 00:35:40,424

That's a heck of a career.

:

00:35:41,834 --> 00:35:45,584

Katie: Now, Christie Brinkley is in

this as the beautiful girl driving the

:

00:35:45,584 --> 00:35:48,134

Ferrari and I had that Ferrari, you guys,

:

00:35:48,644 --> 00:35:49,364

Pool Scene Podcast: Wait a minute.

:

00:35:50,684 --> 00:35:51,044

Oh yeah.

:

00:35:51,884 --> 00:35:54,224

Oh, you, I was about ready.

:

00:35:54,224 --> 00:35:55,424

My mouth was starting to water.

:

00:35:55,424 --> 00:35:56,264

I'm like, oh my God.

:

00:35:56,264 --> 00:35:57,134

You had the Ferrari?

:

00:35:57,299 --> 00:36:00,389

Katie: I had that, I had the

Barbie Ferrari that is like that.

:

00:36:00,389 --> 00:36:01,349

It was that model.

:

00:36:01,349 --> 00:36:01,439

It

:

00:36:01,514 --> 00:36:02,024

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:36:02,159 --> 00:36:02,789

Katie: that one.

:

00:36:02,849 --> 00:36:03,899

Oh, so cool.

:

00:36:03,959 --> 00:36:04,439

Such a

:

00:36:04,499 --> 00:36:04,619

Pool Scene Podcast: Uh,

:

00:36:04,649 --> 00:36:04,949

Katie: Car.

:

00:36:04,949 --> 00:36:06,059

But Kristy Brinkley Beau

:

00:36:06,179 --> 00:36:07,769

Pool Scene Podcast:

this is just, oh my God.

:

00:36:07,769 --> 00:36:09,389

Gorgeous spitballing.

:

00:36:09,389 --> 00:36:12,689

Here is Kristy Brinkley in the Ferrari.

:

00:36:12,689 --> 00:36:13,409

Imaginary.

:

00:36:14,279 --> 00:36:17,609

You think it's con Well, no, because

everybody , at the hotel saw them.

:

00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:22,529

There's a beautiful woman, but as Clark

is watching the beautiful woman in the

:

00:36:22,529 --> 00:36:25,559

Ferrari, he's daydreaming of scenarios.

:

00:36:25,619 --> 00:36:25,949

Okay.

:

00:36:25,949 --> 00:36:28,949

Does that Ferrari and the woman

in the Ferrari actually exist?

:

00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:30,809

Hmm.

:

00:36:30,914 --> 00:36:33,239

Katie: This is a really,

really good question, Kevin.

:

00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:37,569

I will say because I know what

the original ending was and she

:

00:36:37,569 --> 00:36:40,659

was in it, she is a real person.

:

00:36:40,749 --> 00:36:43,209

But given the cut we have now, she

:

00:36:43,209 --> 00:36:43,569

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:36:43,569 --> 00:36:44,259

Katie: imaginary.

:

00:36:44,259 --> 00:36:44,289

I.

:

00:36:44,859 --> 00:36:47,319

Pool Scene Podcast: The, the

woman, I mean, he obviously has

:

00:36:47,319 --> 00:36:49,329

the, the, I don't know which one.

:

00:36:49,329 --> 00:36:52,989

Call the splash at the hotel he

does with this beautiful woman.

:

00:36:53,454 --> 00:36:56,574

But you know, every time he

sees the woman in the Ferrari,

:

00:36:56,574 --> 00:36:58,374

he seems to be the only person.

:

00:36:58,374 --> 00:36:58,434

Yeah.

:

00:36:58,674 --> 00:36:59,454

I mean, other than the,

:

00:37:00,399 --> 00:37:04,709

Katie: Oh, but the rusty and

Audrey are talking to each

:

00:37:04,709 --> 00:37:06,329

other about, what about mom?

:

00:37:06,329 --> 00:37:07,619

Are they gonna get a divorce?

:

00:37:07,619 --> 00:37:08,369

So they

:

00:37:08,474 --> 00:37:08,924

Pool Scene Podcast: okay,

:

00:37:09,209 --> 00:37:10,439

Katie: him with someone in the pool,

:

00:37:10,874 --> 00:37:11,504

Pool Scene Podcast: it's in the pool.

:

00:37:11,534 --> 00:37:11,804

Yeah.

:

00:37:11,924 --> 00:37:15,674

I mean it's that whole, that whole

scene at the hotel, it's like, all

:

00:37:15,674 --> 00:37:19,754

right, Clark's finally just, he's

had it, he's had his and Edna's dead.

:

00:37:19,754 --> 00:37:22,034

He's lived, they literally were

just trying to get cross country.

:

00:37:22,034 --> 00:37:25,904

And then there's this woman nearly

it was, here's the real question.

:

00:37:26,564 --> 00:37:31,244

If she wouldn't have yelled in the pool

and woke up everybody, including Alan,

:

00:37:31,754 --> 00:37:33,254

would he have gone through with it?

:

00:37:34,484 --> 00:37:35,564

I think he would have.

:

00:37:35,624 --> 00:37:37,604

Do you think he would've had

to have gotten another room

:

00:37:37,604 --> 00:37:39,224

or her room or whatever?

:

00:37:39,614 --> 00:37:40,904

Because she doesn't buy the,

:

00:37:41,039 --> 00:37:41,344

Katie: I don't

:

00:37:41,384 --> 00:37:44,804

Pool Scene Podcast: she doesn't buy the

bullshit story that he owns the hotel

:

00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:47,114

and his family's a cover for his brother.

:

00:37:47,114 --> 00:37:50,774

And it's also interesting that

Ellen's reaction to catching him

:

00:37:50,774 --> 00:37:52,034

in the pool with another woman.

:

00:37:52,424 --> 00:37:56,384

Is to then wanna play the

role of the woman in pool.

:

00:37:56,384 --> 00:37:58,394

And she, and she gets topless

and jumps in the pool with him.

:

00:37:58,394 --> 00:37:59,354

Yeah, I want to have fun.

:

00:37:59,354 --> 00:38:01,214

She's like weird.

:

00:38:01,874 --> 00:38:06,554

Katie: she's mad for like

seconds and then she's like down.

:

00:38:06,614 --> 00:38:08,384

I, dude, I would be

:

00:38:08,744 --> 00:38:09,404

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

:

00:38:09,644 --> 00:38:14,234

And it's the most quiet mad too,

because she's just seems to be somewhat

:

00:38:14,234 --> 00:38:19,514

conciliatory to the fact that he

had this like fantasy and he kind of

:

00:38:19,514 --> 00:38:22,244

lived it, but he says, oh, she's ugly.

:

00:38:22,244 --> 00:38:22,904

I didn't like her.

:

00:38:22,904 --> 00:38:26,384

And she's like, okay, I can

be exciting too in the pool.

:

00:38:26,414 --> 00:38:28,244

It's just like, what are you doing?

:

00:38:28,244 --> 00:38:30,614

Why aren't you trying to beat

the shit out of this guy?

:

00:38:30,779 --> 00:38:34,844

Katie: that or it's meant to

make us feel like she's so.

:

00:38:35,654 --> 00:38:40,244

Comfortable and trusting of their

relationship that she doesn't believe

:

00:38:40,244 --> 00:38:42,404

that anything could have ever happened.

:

00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:43,214

Pool Scene Podcast: That's true.

:

00:38:43,244 --> 00:38:44,084

That's a good point.

:

00:38:44,294 --> 00:38:50,354

Katie: don't know, but I don't, I can

trust, you know that you wouldn't,

:

00:38:50,354 --> 00:38:52,789

but you're naked with another

:

00:38:52,934 --> 00:38:53,534

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah,

:

00:38:53,749 --> 00:38:53,869

Katie: the

:

00:38:54,014 --> 00:38:57,914

Pool Scene Podcast: I mean, full on naked,

like everything, my reaction to catching

:

00:38:57,914 --> 00:39:03,704

my partner in something isn't for me to be

like, I will take the role of that person.

:

00:39:03,704 --> 00:39:04,754

That's a great idea.

:

00:39:04,754 --> 00:39:05,894

I'm gonna do that too.

:

00:39:06,164 --> 00:39:08,144

Meanwhile, the kids are

just like, eh, whatever.

:

00:39:08,144 --> 00:39:08,984

And I do love that.

:

00:39:08,984 --> 00:39:12,614

In the eighties there was this

magical thing where, you know,

:

00:39:12,614 --> 00:39:15,404

somebody like Christie Braley could

get cast as the woman in the red

:

00:39:15,404 --> 00:39:17,834

Ferrari, and it's just a career maker.

:

00:39:18,224 --> 00:39:18,464

Yeah.

:

00:39:18,464 --> 00:39:19,574

And she didn't even have a name.

:

00:39:19,574 --> 00:39:19,994

No.

:

00:39:19,994 --> 00:39:21,589

It's just like's, just a

girl of Ferrari sets roles.

:

00:39:21,589 --> 00:39:25,034

Like you just pop up in a commercial,

you pop up in a movie, and then all of

:

00:39:25,034 --> 00:39:26,324

a sudden you're just like a superstar.

:

00:39:26,324 --> 00:39:27,794

And then you're married

to David Copperfield.

:

00:39:27,854 --> 00:39:28,184

Yeah.

:

00:39:28,304 --> 00:39:28,634

Yeah.

:

00:39:28,634 --> 00:39:29,054

Poof.

:

00:39:29,219 --> 00:39:29,509

Katie: wait.

:

00:39:29,509 --> 00:39:30,109

She married David

:

00:39:30,524 --> 00:39:30,854

Pool Scene Podcast: Didn't,

:

00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:31,994

Katie: that was Claudia Schiffer.

:

00:39:32,054 --> 00:39:33,254

Pool Scene Podcast: oh wait,

is it Claudia Schiffer?

:

00:39:33,284 --> 00:39:34,184

Oh, I might have been wrong.

:

00:39:34,184 --> 00:39:35,354

I confused the models

:

00:39:35,444 --> 00:39:36,764

Katie: was, Brinkley was

:

00:39:36,884 --> 00:39:37,184

Pool Scene Podcast: who

:

00:39:37,514 --> 00:39:39,514

Katie: married in the,

who's the ugliest singer?

:

00:39:39,679 --> 00:39:39,799

Pool Scene Podcast: I.

:

00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:40,354

Katie: man guy.

:

00:39:40,354 --> 00:39:41,224

What's his name?

:

00:39:41,284 --> 00:39:42,004

Pool Scene Podcast: Billy Joel.

:

00:39:42,004 --> 00:39:42,574

Oh, that's right.

:

00:39:42,574 --> 00:39:43,114

Was it Billy?

:

00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:44,584

It was Billy Joel, that's right.

:

00:39:44,584 --> 00:39:45,574

Your favorite, Kevin.

:

00:39:45,604 --> 00:39:45,964

Oh yeah.

:

00:39:46,024 --> 00:39:47,224

Kevin's favorite of all time.

:

00:39:47,974 --> 00:39:49,324

Katie: She was an uptown girl.

:

00:39:49,324 --> 00:39:49,834

Pool Scene Podcast: That's right.

:

00:39:49,834 --> 00:39:50,734

I confused him.

:

00:39:50,794 --> 00:39:51,604

That's my bad.

:

00:39:51,694 --> 00:39:52,294

Sorry, Kevin.

:

00:39:52,294 --> 00:39:53,524

We referenced Billy Joel.

:

00:39:53,529 --> 00:39:56,344

Somehow I thought we'd get

away from it on this podcast.

:

00:39:56,344 --> 00:39:56,824

I tried.

:

00:39:57,209 --> 00:39:58,294

Katie: Or you, yay or nay.

:

00:39:58,294 --> 00:39:58,564

Billy

:

00:39:58,654 --> 00:39:59,974

Pool Scene Podcast: Nay Billy Joel.

:

00:39:59,974 --> 00:40:03,904

I mean, with the, with the fire of 10,000

Sons, this one cannot stand Billy Joel.

:

00:40:03,904 --> 00:40:05,524

Meanwhile, I adore Billy Joel.

:

00:40:05,524 --> 00:40:08,074

I think it's because of in

the middle of the night, Billy

:

00:40:08,074 --> 00:40:09,934

Joel, like early nineties.

:

00:40:09,934 --> 00:40:13,894

Billy Joel, I think really

soured his entire career for me.

:

00:40:14,404 --> 00:40:14,944

Katie: Okay.

:

00:40:15,064 --> 00:40:15,544

All right.

:

00:40:17,464 --> 00:40:24,124

also speaking of Christie Brinkley buying,

like, she's super into him for some reason

:

00:40:24,214 --> 00:40:24,634

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah,

:

00:40:24,874 --> 00:40:25,834

Katie: also.

:

00:40:26,104 --> 00:40:26,374

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah,

:

00:40:26,434 --> 00:40:27,154

Katie: Ellen El.

:

00:40:27,184 --> 00:40:27,604

They're both.

:

00:40:29,014 --> 00:40:30,454

Crazy hot and

:

00:40:30,514 --> 00:40:31,024

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

00:40:31,054 --> 00:40:32,314

Katie: mediocre at best,

:

00:40:32,434 --> 00:40:32,884

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

:

00:40:33,004 --> 00:40:34,894

Katie: seems to be a thing at

:

00:40:35,044 --> 00:40:39,154

Pool Scene Podcast: He, he is the

common man with dopey elements to him.

:

00:40:39,274 --> 00:40:43,354

Like he can easily be persuaded,

like the, the car for instance, he

:

00:40:43,354 --> 00:40:45,214

didn't even order the right car.

:

00:40:45,214 --> 00:40:45,274

Yeah.

:

00:40:45,634 --> 00:40:48,724

First there's a whole logic issue

with the whole, the car thing.

:

00:40:48,724 --> 00:40:52,984

Just because you trade in your car,

they automatically go demolish it.

:

00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:56,844

He orders a blue metallic

blue super sports wagon.

:

00:40:57,144 --> 00:40:59,004

They give him metallic p truckster.

:

00:40:59,394 --> 00:41:00,324

He's like, I'm over this.

:

00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:03,744

They flatten his car, comes back to

Ellen and said, no, that you didn't want.

:

00:41:03,744 --> 00:41:04,914

That car was much too small.

:

00:41:04,914 --> 00:41:05,544

This is much better.

:

00:41:05,544 --> 00:41:11,904

So he's so easily persuaded to accept dumb

shit even though it's completely wrong.

:

00:41:12,319 --> 00:41:13,704

Katie: Dopey is a good word for it.

:

00:41:13,734 --> 00:41:18,054

Pool Scene Podcast: Is Noby Chevy

Chase 39 playing in this movie.

:

00:41:18,144 --> 00:41:18,834

That's insanity.

:

00:41:18,834 --> 00:41:19,464

He was 39.

:

00:41:19,464 --> 00:41:22,644

One of my favorite things in old

movies is trying to figure out how old

:

00:41:22,974 --> 00:41:24,414

people were when they played this role.

:

00:41:24,414 --> 00:41:27,654

I mean 'cause he looked

this way for quite a while.

:

00:41:27,684 --> 00:41:28,074

Yeah.

:

00:41:28,074 --> 00:41:31,494

But now if you look at him and

Chevy Chase got 82 I think.

:

00:41:31,794 --> 00:41:34,884

Like he hit this age barrier where

all of a sudden it's like boom.

:

00:41:34,884 --> 00:41:35,814

It's like Tom Cruise now.

:

00:41:35,814 --> 00:41:36,384

It's like okay.

:

00:41:36,384 --> 00:41:36,774

Age.

:

00:41:36,774 --> 00:41:38,634

Finally has got Tom Cruise.

:

00:41:38,634 --> 00:41:38,904

Little bit.

:

00:41:38,949 --> 00:41:39,149

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

00:41:39,174 --> 00:41:39,804

Pool Scene Podcast: Sort of.

:

00:41:39,804 --> 00:41:39,984

Sort of,

:

00:41:40,134 --> 00:41:41,244

Katie: Yeah, I know a few.

:

00:41:41,274 --> 00:41:42,624

He, it did it.

:

00:41:42,834 --> 00:41:43,164

Age.

:

00:41:43,194 --> 00:41:44,034

Got him finally.

:

00:41:44,064 --> 00:41:44,364

Yep.

:

00:41:44,424 --> 00:41:44,784

Yep.

:

00:41:45,834 --> 00:41:47,394

some other super fun characters here.

:

00:41:47,394 --> 00:41:48,444

Eugene Levy,

:

00:41:48,909 --> 00:41:49,129

Pool Scene Podcast: Ah,

:

00:41:49,584 --> 00:41:51,234

Katie: as the car salesman.

:

00:41:51,384 --> 00:41:52,009

Pool Scene Podcast: so great.

:

00:41:52,494 --> 00:41:56,394

He goes up to, introduces himself to

Clark and he goes to Shake Rusty's hand.

:

00:41:56,394 --> 00:41:58,584

He is like, Hey Ruben, right Rusty.

:

00:41:58,584 --> 00:41:58,854

Yeah.

:

00:41:58,854 --> 00:41:59,454

Whatever.

:

00:41:59,454 --> 00:42:00,844

It's I love Eugene Levy.

:

00:42:00,844 --> 00:42:01,684

He's the best.

:

00:42:01,894 --> 00:42:02,914

Katie: I really do.

:

00:42:03,364 --> 00:42:06,304

One of my favorite movies, I

gotta find a, a way to incorporate

:

00:42:06,304 --> 00:42:07,864

it into a season is Splash.

:

00:42:08,224 --> 00:42:09,484

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yes.

:

00:42:09,634 --> 00:42:10,534

Katie: John Candy too.

:

00:42:10,624 --> 00:42:11,734

Also in that one,

:

00:42:11,809 --> 00:42:15,349

Pool Scene Podcast: Weirdly enough, this

past weekend I showed my girlfriend for

:

00:42:15,349 --> 00:42:20,449

the first time Armed to Dangerous, which

is John Candy and Eugene Levy, which is,

:

00:42:20,554 --> 00:42:20,644

Katie: that.

:

00:42:21,259 --> 00:42:22,789

Pool Scene Podcast: it's an amazing movie.

:

00:42:23,149 --> 00:42:25,819

Eugene Levy plays a

lawyer who loses his job.

:

00:42:25,819 --> 00:42:28,969

John Candy plays a cop who loses his

job, and they all become security

:

00:42:28,969 --> 00:42:33,199

guards, and they end up getting involved

in this whole racketeering thing.

:

00:42:33,199 --> 00:42:33,949

It's a comedy.

:

00:42:33,949 --> 00:42:35,299

It is so good.

:

00:42:35,299 --> 00:42:37,729

Zeus, who is a tiny lister.

:

00:42:37,729 --> 00:42:37,789

Yeah.

:

00:42:37,849 --> 00:42:38,929

He's in it too.

:

00:42:39,199 --> 00:42:40,639

Robert LO's in it.

:

00:42:40,699 --> 00:42:41,239

It's a,

:

00:42:41,674 --> 00:42:42,034

Katie: how have I.

:

00:42:42,949 --> 00:42:44,449

Pool Scene Podcast: it's from:

:

00:42:44,449 --> 00:42:45,679

It's really good.

:

00:42:45,679 --> 00:42:45,680

Mm-hmm.

:

00:42:45,979 --> 00:42:46,189

Yeah.

:

00:42:46,189 --> 00:42:47,234

Mark Lester directs it.

:

00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:48,889

It's really good movie.

:

00:42:49,219 --> 00:42:50,659

Katie: I'm totally gonna find it

:

00:42:50,899 --> 00:42:51,439

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

:

00:42:52,229 --> 00:42:55,589

Katie: So we already talked about

cousin Eddie, but his wife Catherine is

:

00:42:55,649 --> 00:42:56,129

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:42:56,429 --> 00:42:57,059

Katie: Flynn,

:

00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:57,569

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

:

00:42:57,779 --> 00:42:58,529

Katie: was also in Mr.

:

00:42:58,529 --> 00:42:58,859

Mom.

:

00:42:58,949 --> 00:43:00,149

She played Annette and Mr.

:

00:43:00,149 --> 00:43:00,539

Mom

:

00:43:00,869 --> 00:43:01,139

Pool Scene Podcast: Mr.

:

00:43:01,139 --> 00:43:01,919

Mom is so good.

:

00:43:02,129 --> 00:43:03,149

Katie: Oh, is so

:

00:43:03,419 --> 00:43:04,679

Pool Scene Podcast: It's beyond so good.

:

00:43:05,219 --> 00:43:08,669

Katie: Reprises her cousin

Catherine role in Vegas vacation

:

00:43:08,759 --> 00:43:12,629

in 97, so like years later.

:

00:43:12,959 --> 00:43:17,699

And then I didn't know, but she

is the voice of Ma in Babe, the

:

00:43:17,919 --> 00:43:18,619

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, really?

:

00:43:18,624 --> 00:43:18,974

Okay.

:

00:43:19,394 --> 00:43:20,234

Oh, okay.

:

00:43:20,375 --> 00:43:20,624

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

00:43:21,044 --> 00:43:23,384

Pool Scene Podcast: I've only ever

seen just like Vegas vacation.

:

00:43:23,384 --> 00:43:24,344

I've only seen it once.

:

00:43:24,344 --> 00:43:25,529

I've never, I've only seen vape once.

:

00:43:25,529 --> 00:43:26,385

You've seen Vegas vacation Once.

:

00:43:26,390 --> 00:43:27,614

I've seen, because I didn't, I didn't.

:

00:43:27,614 --> 00:43:28,814

I don't know if this is gonna come up.

:

00:43:28,814 --> 00:43:29,834

All right, Jim.

:

00:43:29,834 --> 00:43:30,524

Gun to your head.

:

00:43:30,524 --> 00:43:31,064

Here we go.

:

00:43:31,844 --> 00:43:33,074

Rank the vacation movies.

:

00:43:33,464 --> 00:43:34,094

First one.

:

00:43:34,094 --> 00:43:34,844

Vacation.

:

00:43:35,354 --> 00:43:36,674

Chris, are we just in what?

:

00:43:36,674 --> 00:43:37,934

How many are we counting here?

:

00:43:38,054 --> 00:43:39,404

We're doing the The prime?

:

00:43:39,404 --> 00:43:39,704

Yeah.

:

00:43:40,154 --> 00:43:40,964

Vacation.

:

00:43:41,294 --> 00:43:42,524

Christmas vacation.

:

00:43:42,554 --> 00:43:43,904

European vacation.

:

00:43:43,904 --> 00:43:44,924

Vegas vacation.

:

00:43:45,314 --> 00:43:45,734

Okay.

:

00:43:46,184 --> 00:43:47,534

Katie, have you seen 'em all?

:

00:43:48,194 --> 00:43:49,304

She hasn't seen European.

:

00:43:49,454 --> 00:43:49,814

Okay.

:

00:43:49,889 --> 00:43:50,069

Katie: I

:

00:43:50,444 --> 00:43:51,164

Pool Scene Podcast: Put it last.

:

00:43:51,254 --> 00:43:51,704

Oh

:

00:43:52,019 --> 00:43:56,149

Katie: I, I would say yeah, one in,

I would say vacation and Christmas

:

00:43:56,149 --> 00:43:58,039

vacation are pretty close for me.

:

00:43:58,474 --> 00:43:58,774

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

00:43:59,029 --> 00:43:59,179

Katie: And

:

00:43:59,284 --> 00:43:59,734

Pool Scene Podcast: I probably.

:

00:43:59,809 --> 00:44:02,269

Katie: I, I have vague memories,

like I have to rewatch them to

:

00:44:02,464 --> 00:44:03,964

Pool Scene Podcast: I'd

probably go Christmas.

:

00:44:03,964 --> 00:44:05,734

Original Vegas.

:

00:44:05,824 --> 00:44:06,424

European.

:

00:44:06,514 --> 00:44:06,754

Yeah.

:

00:44:06,754 --> 00:44:07,294

European.

:

00:44:07,294 --> 00:44:09,514

I just don't, I don't know why.

:

00:44:09,784 --> 00:44:11,494

That's just an anomaly type movie.

:

00:44:11,584 --> 00:44:16,354

And you know, fascinating thing about

vacation is I think originally they

:

00:44:16,354 --> 00:44:20,764

tried to pitch it to Paramount and

Paramount basically was like, it's

:

00:44:21,019 --> 00:44:21,199

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

00:44:21,334 --> 00:44:21,574

Pool Scene Podcast: there.

:

00:44:21,574 --> 00:44:23,584

It's just a bunch of like stops.

:

00:44:23,584 --> 00:44:24,484

They're just driving.

:

00:44:24,484 --> 00:44:24,544

Yeah.

:

00:44:24,544 --> 00:44:25,894

They stop a place, they do something.

:

00:44:25,894 --> 00:44:28,594

There's no like linear storytelling,

:

00:44:28,639 --> 00:44:28,849

Katie: trip

:

00:44:29,074 --> 00:44:29,974

Pool Scene Podcast: which is true.

:

00:44:29,974 --> 00:44:33,724

And Road trip movie is probably

like maybe my favorite genre movie.

:

00:44:33,724 --> 00:44:34,234

Oh, by far.

:

00:44:34,234 --> 00:44:35,464

I love road trip movies.

:

00:44:35,464 --> 00:44:36,034

Magic Mike.

:

00:44:36,164 --> 00:44:36,434

Magic Mike.

:

00:44:36,434 --> 00:44:38,714

XXL is like maybe my favorite movie.

:

00:44:38,744 --> 00:44:38,954

Yep.

:

00:44:39,014 --> 00:44:40,064

It's like the ultimate.

:

00:44:40,334 --> 00:44:40,934

I love it.

:

00:44:40,934 --> 00:44:41,179

It's a great movie.

:

00:44:41,179 --> 00:44:42,554

It's the ultimate road trip movie.

:

00:44:42,554 --> 00:44:42,614

Yeah.

:

00:44:43,454 --> 00:44:45,434

And I love road trip movies, but.

:

00:44:46,124 --> 00:44:50,264

What Paramount said about vacation,

I feel, to me that's sort of like

:

00:44:50,264 --> 00:44:52,364

what I feel about European vacation.

:

00:44:52,394 --> 00:44:52,754

Okay.

:

00:44:52,754 --> 00:44:54,374

As like linear storytelling.

:

00:44:54,434 --> 00:44:56,384

It's, it's just not, it's so disjoint.

:

00:44:56,434 --> 00:44:59,284

Did the Griswolds need to

go on a European vacation?

:

00:44:59,344 --> 00:44:59,704

Not at all.

:

00:44:59,704 --> 00:45:02,404

They were on a game show that they

won and they won this vacation.

:

00:45:02,404 --> 00:45:03,274

It's like, who cares?

:

00:45:03,574 --> 00:45:03,754

Yeah.

:

00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,289

Katie: Well, you gotta

capitalize on the popularity

:

00:45:06,424 --> 00:45:06,904

Pool Scene Podcast: You know what?

:

00:45:06,904 --> 00:45:09,844

I think the, I think the

biggest disconnect was the kids

:

00:45:09,844 --> 00:45:11,194

not being the same character.

:

00:45:11,194 --> 00:45:13,354

So it's like, I don't care about

these other, but there's like

:

00:45:13,354 --> 00:45:15,004

a parody to do that though.

:

00:45:15,094 --> 00:45:15,694

Yeah.

:

00:45:15,694 --> 00:45:17,209

I mean it's like, that's the bit, yeah.

:

00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:17,584

Yeah.

:

00:45:17,584 --> 00:45:20,584

I agree that I'm glad

their ages always changed.

:

00:45:20,584 --> 00:45:23,404

They never were the same, but it's

just ah, for me it's a dumb thing.

:

00:45:23,404 --> 00:45:26,404

But not seeing Anthony Michael

Hall or Dana Baron in European

:

00:45:26,404 --> 00:45:28,114

vacation even made it worse for me.

:

00:45:29,034 --> 00:45:29,324

Katie: Okay.

:

00:45:30,054 --> 00:45:30,674

That's fair.

:

00:45:31,174 --> 00:45:31,594

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:45:32,134 --> 00:45:36,604

Katie: A few other smaller characters

that I just like the motorcycle cop

:

00:45:37,024 --> 00:45:42,294

that the scene by that scene where we

find out that Clark killed the dog.

:

00:45:42,399 --> 00:45:44,589

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah, you tied it

to the bumper and just went off with it.

:

00:45:44,589 --> 00:45:45,009

Yeah.

:

00:45:45,234 --> 00:45:46,674

Katie: not remember that.

:

00:45:46,869 --> 00:45:47,289

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:45:47,424 --> 00:45:48,264

Katie: horrified.

:

00:45:48,624 --> 00:45:49,374

I I was not.

:

00:45:49,374 --> 00:45:50,664

That's dark.

:

00:45:50,949 --> 00:45:51,489

Pool Scene Podcast: dark.

:

00:45:51,894 --> 00:45:52,794

Katie: the dog to death.

:

00:45:53,589 --> 00:45:54,099

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:45:54,309 --> 00:46:01,449

I thank God you don't hear any like

squealing, but when and Edna does the

:

00:46:01,449 --> 00:46:06,189

line, it will always and forever be stuck

in your head when you hear her yell.

:

00:46:06,189 --> 00:46:09,159

When they stop to get food, Don kill her.

:

00:46:09,519 --> 00:46:12,369

It's one of the best delivered lines.

:

00:46:12,519 --> 00:46:12,969

But

:

00:46:13,129 --> 00:46:13,419

Katie: Yeah.

:

00:46:13,509 --> 00:46:16,359

Pool Scene Podcast: I always thought

that cop if, 'cause I remember he

:

00:46:16,359 --> 00:46:19,589

was in the movie moving violations

with bill Murray's brother John.

:

00:46:19,819 --> 00:46:20,109

Katie: okay.

:

00:46:20,129 --> 00:46:22,289

Pool Scene Podcast: You put a mustache

on him like he did in that movie.

:

00:46:22,289 --> 00:46:25,469

He kind of looks like Thomas

Lennon a a Lieutenant Jim Dangle.

:

00:46:25,469 --> 00:46:25,529

Yeah.

:

00:46:25,709 --> 00:46:26,729

Katie: dangle.

:

00:46:26,729 --> 00:46:27,119

Yeah.

:

00:46:27,269 --> 00:46:27,899

Yeah.

:

00:46:28,199 --> 00:46:29,399

He does look like dangle

:

00:46:29,634 --> 00:46:31,254

the actor's name is James Keach,

:

00:46:31,554 --> 00:46:31,914

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

:

00:46:32,334 --> 00:46:36,504

Katie: he also played Jesse James

in the:

:

00:46:36,504 --> 00:46:38,424

and the warden and Walk the Line.

:

00:46:38,829 --> 00:46:42,489

Pool Scene Podcast: I wonder if

he's related to Stacey Keach.

:

00:46:42,534 --> 00:46:43,104

Katie: wondered that.

:

00:46:43,104 --> 00:46:44,244

I should have looked it up, but

:

00:46:44,319 --> 00:46:46,839

Pool Scene Podcast: Hey, I, I could

see like physical similarities.

:

00:46:46,839 --> 00:46:48,729

I would assume it's probably his brother.

:

00:46:48,939 --> 00:46:49,659

Makes sense.

:

00:46:50,244 --> 00:46:50,754

Katie: Some relation.

:

00:46:50,754 --> 00:46:51,804

What were you gonna say, Kevin?

:

00:46:51,819 --> 00:46:53,919

Pool Scene Podcast: was just gonna

say, I like Edna's line where

:

00:46:53,919 --> 00:46:56,109

it's like, it smells in this room.

:

00:46:56,589 --> 00:46:57,609

This is your room.

:

00:46:58,569 --> 00:46:59,229

Whatever it is.

:

00:46:59,319 --> 00:47:00,459

I love that part.

:

00:47:00,459 --> 00:47:01,929

I, I love and Edna.

:

00:47:02,064 --> 00:47:02,154

Katie: the

:

00:47:02,349 --> 00:47:03,489

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, yeah,

:

00:47:03,954 --> 00:47:05,694

Katie: and then Clark is

like, this will be Edna's

:

00:47:05,949 --> 00:47:06,849

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah, that's right.

:

00:47:06,969 --> 00:47:07,569

I'm sorry.

:

00:47:08,554 --> 00:47:12,934

Katie: I love when Frank McCrae pops up

in a movie because I'm a big rocky nerd.

:

00:47:13,129 --> 00:47:13,729

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:47:13,749 --> 00:47:17,224

Katie: he, he plays Grover, a

security guard at Wally World also.

:

00:47:17,359 --> 00:47:17,659

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep,

:

00:47:18,244 --> 00:47:21,544

Katie: we talked about him last

season because he was the teacher

:

00:47:21,544 --> 00:47:23,344

in the first scene of Red Dawn,

:

00:47:23,779 --> 00:47:24,289

Pool Scene Podcast: that's right.

:

00:47:24,289 --> 00:47:24,859

He was,

:

00:47:25,654 --> 00:47:26,494

Katie: He gets killed right away.

:

00:47:27,004 --> 00:47:27,294

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

00:47:27,334 --> 00:47:31,594

Katie: then he was in a ton of movies

with Sylvester Sloan, including Rocky too.

:

00:47:31,819 --> 00:47:32,659

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes, he was

:

00:47:32,704 --> 00:47:35,284

Katie: was his boss who fires

him from the meat, meat plant.

:

00:47:36,499 --> 00:47:38,479

Pool Scene Podcast: what could have been,

he could have been employed a month at

:

00:47:38,479 --> 00:47:42,289

a meat factory and then his whole life

could have changed and never fought Creed.

:

00:47:42,379 --> 00:47:45,559

Katie: he, yeah, boy,

it would've been better.

:

00:47:45,589 --> 00:47:46,279

No, I'm just kidding.

:

00:47:46,729 --> 00:47:50,569

And then we have Roy Wally,

the owner of Wally World,

:

00:47:50,634 --> 00:47:50,794

Pool Scene Podcast: good.

:

00:47:51,499 --> 00:47:54,889

Katie: he goes back to the

thirties with his roles.

:

00:47:55,279 --> 00:47:57,919

He's most known for a lot

of movies from the forties.

:

00:47:58,189 --> 00:47:59,569

Forties, excuse me.

:

00:47:59,929 --> 00:48:03,409

And I recognized him because

I'm a big Golden Girls

:

00:48:03,744 --> 00:48:04,034

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:48:04,069 --> 00:48:07,909

Katie: he plays Buzz in one

of the episodes of Golden

:

00:48:07,909 --> 00:48:10,279

Girls as Rose's Love Interest.

:

00:48:10,559 --> 00:48:10,739

And then

:

00:48:10,784 --> 00:48:10,904

Pool Scene Podcast: I,

:

00:48:11,189 --> 00:48:12,059

Katie: in home loan too.

:

00:48:12,269 --> 00:48:12,959

He's like the

:

00:48:12,984 --> 00:48:13,574

Pool Scene Podcast: He's Mr.

:

00:48:13,574 --> 00:48:13,874

Duncan.

:

00:48:13,934 --> 00:48:14,284

Mr.

:

00:48:14,284 --> 00:48:14,634

Duncan.

:

00:48:14,974 --> 00:48:15,284

Mr.

:

00:48:15,284 --> 00:48:15,714

Duncan, who?

:

00:48:15,714 --> 00:48:16,314

Turtle dust.

:

00:48:16,374 --> 00:48:17,774

We, we, we had thoughts about Mr.

:

00:48:17,774 --> 00:48:19,354

Duncan when we covered home alone two.

:

00:48:19,854 --> 00:48:21,924

Eddie Bracken is so good.

:

00:48:22,044 --> 00:48:23,404

I love the fact I.

:

00:48:23,484 --> 00:48:25,944

They made him look like

Roy Disney in this movie.

:

00:48:26,154 --> 00:48:26,364

Yeah.

:

00:48:26,364 --> 00:48:26,365

Yep.

:

00:48:26,529 --> 00:48:27,164

Katie: Oh, exactly.

:

00:48:27,984 --> 00:48:30,144

Pool Scene Podcast:

The mustache, the hair.

:

00:48:30,534 --> 00:48:34,194

I can, I mean, I think the original

script, literally it was supposed to be

:

00:48:34,194 --> 00:48:36,174

Disneyland and they're just like, there's,

:

00:48:36,444 --> 00:48:37,734

Katie: Disneyland, said, no.

:

00:48:37,944 --> 00:48:38,364

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

00:48:38,364 --> 00:48:39,804

Which, okay, I can understand.

:

00:48:39,804 --> 00:48:43,044

'cause the boobs and everything, they're

like, listen, we can't have boobs in a

:

00:48:43,044 --> 00:48:45,024

Disney product and now look at Disney.

:

00:48:45,084 --> 00:48:46,044

So it's changed.

:

00:48:46,254 --> 00:48:46,644

But yeah.

:

00:48:46,884 --> 00:48:47,664

Eddie Bracken.

:

00:48:47,994 --> 00:48:48,324

Excellent.

:

00:48:48,354 --> 00:48:50,754

There's a, there's a great movie, I

believe it's called Escape From Tomorrow,

:

00:48:51,144 --> 00:48:53,784

that was illegally filmed in Disneyland.

:

00:48:54,414 --> 00:48:55,404

Some, yeah.

:

00:48:55,404 --> 00:48:58,794

Independent filmmakers snuck some

camera equipment inside of Disney.

:

00:48:58,854 --> 00:49:02,814

Disney knew about it, but Disney

actually didn't do anything because they

:

00:49:02,814 --> 00:49:08,364

thought by suing or raising a stink, it

would put more eyeballs on the movie.

:

00:49:08,814 --> 00:49:12,714

And the fact that these people

were able to sneak all this film

:

00:49:12,714 --> 00:49:14,364

equipment into Disney, kudos to them.

:

00:49:14,364 --> 00:49:17,004

It's basically about a father

who's unraveling after a

:

00:49:17,004 --> 00:49:18,264

couple of days at Disney.

:

00:49:20,544 --> 00:49:23,064

Katie: I've never been, and

there's a reason I've never been.

:

00:49:23,484 --> 00:49:23,874

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:49:23,934 --> 00:49:25,494

Katie: and also unravel, I think.

:

00:49:25,499 --> 00:49:25,659

Yeah.

:

00:49:25,704 --> 00:49:25,944

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:49:25,944 --> 00:49:27,804

It takes a, a special breed for sure.

:

00:49:28,074 --> 00:49:29,814

Having been there multiple times.

:

00:49:30,519 --> 00:49:31,659

Katie: And with kids

:

00:49:31,824 --> 00:49:32,424

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

:

00:49:32,439 --> 00:49:33,009

Katie: only imagine.

:

00:49:33,009 --> 00:49:36,609

I, I can't actually, like there's,

I would never even attempt it.

:

00:49:36,609 --> 00:49:37,809

I, I would be the worst.

:

00:49:38,244 --> 00:49:38,754

Pool Scene Podcast: So that's,

:

00:49:38,799 --> 00:49:39,549

Katie: children would get

:

00:49:39,954 --> 00:49:42,774

Pool Scene Podcast: it does make you,

you know, just segue back to this

:

00:49:42,894 --> 00:49:47,994

question, Clark's just like sanity

overall, not only to take his family

:

00:49:47,994 --> 00:49:51,534

of all places, you get your vacation,

you're gonna go to Wally World, but

:

00:49:51,534 --> 00:49:54,624

on top of it, we're gonna drive, yeah.

:

00:49:54,624 --> 00:49:55,194

Cross country.

:

00:49:55,194 --> 00:49:58,134

From Chicago to Los

Angeles to Los Angeles.

:

00:49:58,134 --> 00:49:59,094

We're gonna drive it.

:

00:49:59,094 --> 00:50:01,374

And they said, well, don't

people fly to their vacation?

:

00:50:01,404 --> 00:50:04,014

Well, she even says in the very

beginning, when they're a kitchen

:

00:50:04,014 --> 00:50:07,164

Clark, we have 10 weeks, we have

the whole summer to plan this.

:

00:50:07,164 --> 00:50:08,094

We don't have to leave.

:

00:50:08,094 --> 00:50:11,454

And the fact that he wants to

stop at the world's biggest house

:

00:50:11,454 --> 00:50:15,774

of mud, he stops in Dodge shitty

Kansas, like all this weird shit.

:

00:50:17,004 --> 00:50:17,604

I understand.

:

00:50:17,604 --> 00:50:19,404

Like he even says, and

it's really heartwarming.

:

00:50:19,404 --> 00:50:22,284

He is like, listen, Ellen, you

basically, and I'm paraphrasing, you

:

00:50:22,284 --> 00:50:23,544

get to see the kids all the time.

:

00:50:23,544 --> 00:50:26,574

I see 'em an hour a night

here, an hour a day here.

:

00:50:26,574 --> 00:50:30,654

This is my chance to be with our

kids for a whole extended time.

:

00:50:30,654 --> 00:50:31,944

And I appreciate that.

:

00:50:32,394 --> 00:50:36,354

'cause quite frankly, a lot of

parents anymore, not every parent

:

00:50:36,834 --> 00:50:38,244

just doesn't wanna be bothered.

:

00:50:38,244 --> 00:50:40,404

It's like, I have these

kids just leave me alone.

:

00:50:40,404 --> 00:50:41,244

Let me go do my own thing.

:

00:50:41,244 --> 00:50:45,084

But the fact that you have a guy who,

like I said, dopey as hell, but he's

:

00:50:45,084 --> 00:50:49,824

willing to do whatever it takes to

take this whole, even buy the wrong

:

00:50:49,824 --> 00:50:52,524

damn car and go cross country with it.

:

00:50:52,614 --> 00:50:54,804

I mean, Clark Griswold, I

mean, come, that's the best.

:

00:50:54,969 --> 00:50:56,589

Katie: was more into

going to Wally world than

:

00:50:56,754 --> 00:50:57,684

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah, he was.

:

00:50:58,134 --> 00:50:59,004

He was.

:

00:50:59,409 --> 00:51:02,259

Katie: I think it wasn't just

about Wally, that was the ultimate

:

00:51:02,259 --> 00:51:04,749

destination, but it was about the journey

:

00:51:04,794 --> 00:51:05,514

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

:

00:51:05,919 --> 00:51:07,059

Katie: time, like you said.

:

00:51:07,059 --> 00:51:10,959

And they saw other things and

they saw a cousin, Eddie and, and

:

00:51:11,009 --> 00:51:13,379

cousin Vicki played by Jane Kowski.

:

00:51:13,709 --> 00:51:14,159

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:51:14,489 --> 00:51:18,959

Don't you like when your punch is stirred

with just a person's hand, just mix it.

:

00:51:19,484 --> 00:51:21,494

Katie: And oh, and I

like Hamburger Helper.

:

00:51:21,494 --> 00:51:22,814

It's way better than Tuna Helper.

:

00:51:22,814 --> 00:51:24,104

And it's, it's good on its own.

:

00:51:24,104 --> 00:51:25,874

You don't even need to

add hamburger to it.

:

00:51:26,969 --> 00:51:28,979

Pool Scene Podcast: That, that

whole, I always found it weird too,

:

00:51:28,979 --> 00:51:32,159

and this is one thing, like when I

watch it, I've seen this:

:

00:51:32,819 --> 00:51:37,259

So Eddie and Kathryn's last name

I believe are Johnson or Jackson

:

00:51:37,259 --> 00:51:38,489

according to what it's build.

:

00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:38,939

Katie: Mm

:

00:51:38,999 --> 00:51:41,579

Pool Scene Podcast: I remember

houses back then, the screen door

:

00:51:41,579 --> 00:51:44,999

holder would have the initial

of the last name of the family.

:

00:51:44,999 --> 00:51:45,059

Yeah.

:

00:51:45,509 --> 00:51:50,099

In this movie it has the initial H

and I can't wrap my head around as

:

00:51:50,099 --> 00:51:53,789

to why it has the initial H that it

just come with the house, which I'm

:

00:51:53,789 --> 00:51:55,049

assuming it came with the house.

:

00:51:55,079 --> 00:51:55,199

Yeah.

:

00:51:55,409 --> 00:51:58,799

Just Eddie doesn't know any better and

he is not gonna go buy a door when he is

:

00:51:58,799 --> 00:52:00,389

teaching his daughter how to French kiss

:

00:52:00,614 --> 00:52:01,064

Katie: Yeah.

:

00:52:01,514 --> 00:52:02,324

And they don't have,

:

00:52:03,539 --> 00:52:03,929

Pool Scene Podcast: money.

:

00:52:04,214 --> 00:52:07,364

Katie: how many, like six kids or

five and one on the way or something.

:

00:52:07,409 --> 00:52:09,809

Pool Scene Podcast: They have

a ton of kids, a ton of kids.

:

00:52:09,944 --> 00:52:10,604

Katie: of kids.

:

00:52:10,799 --> 00:52:12,569

Pool Scene Podcast: Hey, but at

least Eddie, let Catherine get

:

00:52:12,569 --> 00:52:13,799

rid of one of her night jobs.

:

00:52:13,829 --> 00:52:15,239

So good on, good on him.

:

00:52:15,584 --> 00:52:16,544

Katie: when the baby comes,

:

00:52:17,039 --> 00:52:17,189

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:52:17,384 --> 00:52:17,954

Katie: Oh my God.

:

00:52:17,954 --> 00:52:20,144

And then he can afford

to buy, hi, buy those.

:

00:52:20,714 --> 00:52:20,984

I don't

:

00:52:20,999 --> 00:52:21,359

Pool Scene Podcast: Pat,

:

00:52:21,374 --> 00:52:23,264

Katie: It looked like

those expensive shoes

:

00:52:23,489 --> 00:52:25,649

Pool Scene Podcast: patent

and white leather shoes.

:

00:52:25,739 --> 00:52:27,269

Oh my god, they're awful.

:

00:52:27,314 --> 00:52:27,704

Katie: I don't know.

:

00:52:27,704 --> 00:52:29,504

I kind of dug 'em actually,

:

00:52:29,609 --> 00:52:31,799

Pool Scene Podcast: Maybe they

helped seal the deal in the pool

:

00:52:31,799 --> 00:52:33,029

because that's when he got pissed.

:

00:52:33,029 --> 00:52:34,559

Ellen, he broke the shoes down.

:

00:52:34,559 --> 00:52:37,049

He is like, watch this honey boom.

:

00:52:37,604 --> 00:52:41,924

Katie: however, he does strip down

naked to get in the pool, except his

:

00:52:41,924 --> 00:52:44,174

socks that he keeps on for some reason.

:

00:52:44,174 --> 00:52:44,834

Why is that?

:

00:52:44,834 --> 00:52:45,404

I wonder.

:

00:52:45,569 --> 00:52:45,994

Pool Scene Podcast: I don't know.

:

00:52:46,139 --> 00:52:49,499

But here's, that's what I, once again,

we're, we're talking about Chevy Chase

:

00:52:49,499 --> 00:52:51,689

getting naked, so let's just go all in.

:

00:52:52,139 --> 00:52:56,499

So he gets completely naked twig

and berries with Christy Brinkley.

:

00:52:56,499 --> 00:53:00,519

But when his wife says, I can do that

too, she doesn't get completely naked.

:

00:53:00,519 --> 00:53:01,989

He doesn't get completely naked.

:

00:53:01,989 --> 00:53:04,329

He keeps his box of brief on and socks.

:

00:53:04,869 --> 00:53:09,699

So why do you not get to not totally

naked with your own wife at that rate?

:

00:53:09,939 --> 00:53:12,909

Everybody at the hotel knows what

you look like, so it doesn't matter.

:

00:53:12,924 --> 00:53:13,494

Katie: point.

:

00:53:13,749 --> 00:53:14,199

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:53:14,304 --> 00:53:14,754

Katie: point.

:

00:53:15,114 --> 00:53:15,744

Great point.

:

00:53:16,714 --> 00:53:21,784

The music here was done by Ralph

Burns, who won an Oscar for his

:

00:53:21,784 --> 00:53:24,364

work on:

:

00:53:24,454 --> 00:53:24,674

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep,

:

00:53:24,784 --> 00:53:24,904

Katie: And

:

00:53:24,949 --> 00:53:25,219

Pool Scene Podcast: yep.

:

00:53:25,429 --> 00:53:28,444

Katie: compo composed music

for all that jazz, which also

:

00:53:28,444 --> 00:53:30,724

won an Oscar Urban Cowboy.

:

00:53:31,459 --> 00:53:32,059

Pool Scene Podcast: Excellent.

:

00:53:32,254 --> 00:53:33,604

Katie: Manhattan

:

00:53:34,129 --> 00:53:34,249

Pool Scene Podcast: Awesome.

:

00:53:34,684 --> 00:53:37,264

Katie: and All Dogs Go to Heaven, which

:

00:53:37,399 --> 00:53:38,899

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yeah, yeah.

:

00:53:38,929 --> 00:53:39,289

Yep.

:

00:53:39,619 --> 00:53:40,369

Car face.

:

00:53:40,399 --> 00:53:40,549

Yeah.

:

00:53:40,549 --> 00:53:41,299

All hits.

:

00:53:41,329 --> 00:53:42,139

Those are all great.

:

00:53:42,144 --> 00:53:42,314

Yeah.

:

00:53:42,634 --> 00:53:43,624

Katie: Ralph Burns.

:

00:53:43,909 --> 00:53:45,379

Pool Scene Podcast: This

soundtrack is so good.

:

00:53:45,439 --> 00:53:48,409

I mean, right when off the bat, you

hear Holiday Road by Lindsay Buckingham

:

00:53:48,659 --> 00:53:48,779

Katie: Hmm.

:

00:53:48,979 --> 00:53:50,629

Pool Scene Podcast: and the fact

that, that that song's only two

:

00:53:50,629 --> 00:53:52,069

minutes and 30 seconds long.

:

00:53:52,519 --> 00:53:57,679

It's one of those iconic songs that any

vacation you ever go on, no matter what,

:

00:53:57,979 --> 00:54:00,589

that's the first thing you play when

you leave the house is Holiday Road.

:

00:54:02,269 --> 00:54:06,769

Katie: I feel like people who grew up in

our generation, it's that, what's that?

:

00:54:06,769 --> 00:54:08,149

Life is a highway song.

:

00:54:08,194 --> 00:54:09,454

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, by Tom Cochran.

:

00:54:09,514 --> 00:54:10,129

Katie: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

:

00:54:10,384 --> 00:54:12,544

Pool Scene Podcast: It's a

great song, but a lot of people,

:

00:54:12,649 --> 00:54:12,889

Katie: song.

:

00:54:13,234 --> 00:54:14,854

Pool Scene Podcast: a lot of people

forget that Lindsay Buckingham

:

00:54:14,854 --> 00:54:18,634

also did the end credit song with

dancing across the USA, which is

:

00:54:18,794 --> 00:54:19,214

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

00:54:19,384 --> 00:54:20,344

Pool Scene Podcast: so good.

:

00:54:20,344 --> 00:54:24,454

Like it's, nobody talks about

that song, but it's, it's so good.

:

00:54:24,574 --> 00:54:29,764

So while the end credits came up, I

didn't notice this for a very long time.

:

00:54:29,764 --> 00:54:32,554

Having seen this movie like You,

several times, they Flew Home.

:

00:54:33,274 --> 00:54:35,164

That's part of the alternate ending.

:

00:54:35,169 --> 00:54:35,299

Yeah.

:

00:54:35,304 --> 00:54:38,914

That last scene in the credits

is part of the, the actual ending

:

00:54:39,304 --> 00:54:42,934

that Chevy Chase is the only one to

own the copy of that final ending.

:

00:54:43,024 --> 00:54:43,264

Yeah.

:

00:54:43,504 --> 00:54:44,809

Katie: They did fly home.

:

00:54:45,034 --> 00:54:45,364

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

:

00:54:45,484 --> 00:54:48,274

I, I just have so many questions

logistically about that because

:

00:54:48,274 --> 00:54:50,449

one, how did they repair

the car in the first place?

:

00:54:50,449 --> 00:54:50,809

They did.

:

00:54:50,809 --> 00:54:52,054

That's, first off, we need to

:

00:54:52,094 --> 00:54:52,454

Katie: flew home.

:

00:54:52,804 --> 00:54:57,454

Pool Scene Podcast: that the, but the

Wagon Queen family Truckster might be the

:

00:54:57,484 --> 00:55:01,504

most unreliable, reliable car in history.

:

00:55:01,504 --> 00:55:03,064

They've jumped it, it's been.

:

00:55:03,379 --> 00:55:08,029

It's been spray painted Somehow when

they jumped it and it got repaired, they

:

00:55:08,029 --> 00:55:10,249

never put all four wheels on properly.

:

00:55:10,249 --> 00:55:10,459

Yeah, yeah.

:

00:55:10,459 --> 00:55:12,439

They still went dead in a straight line.

:

00:55:12,649 --> 00:55:12,679

Uhhuh.

:

00:55:12,829 --> 00:55:15,649

Most of the front of the car was

completely gone, so, but where did

:

00:55:15,649 --> 00:55:16,849

the car go when they flew home?

:

00:55:16,879 --> 00:55:17,479

Abandoned it.

:

00:55:17,479 --> 00:55:18,499

He bought a new car.

:

00:55:18,499 --> 00:55:21,529

He probably pulled right up to

the terminal and said, keep it.

:

00:55:21,529 --> 00:55:21,739

Back.

:

00:55:21,739 --> 00:55:23,569

Then it was probably $2,000, you know?

:

00:55:23,704 --> 00:55:23,984

Yeah,

:

00:55:24,034 --> 00:55:25,564

Katie: worth anything by the end of

:

00:55:25,579 --> 00:55:26,419

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah, right.

:

00:55:26,419 --> 00:55:26,959

That's true.

:

00:55:26,964 --> 00:55:27,414

Crashed.

:

00:55:27,874 --> 00:55:29,674

Katie: so yeah, fly

home, buy, get the car.

:

00:55:29,674 --> 00:55:31,204

He actually did order,

:

00:55:31,274 --> 00:55:31,564

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:55:32,564 --> 00:55:34,754

Katie: Because this, this

movie is set in Chicago.

:

00:55:34,904 --> 00:55:37,094

That's one of the, I think that's,

I think I brought it up before,

:

00:55:37,094 --> 00:55:39,794

but I think subconsciously that's

why I like all these movies.

:

00:55:39,794 --> 00:55:41,804

'cause I love, or that's

why I love Chicago is

:

00:55:41,804 --> 00:55:42,094

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:55:42,164 --> 00:55:44,314

Katie: up watching all of

these Chicago based movies.

:

00:55:45,304 --> 00:55:50,134

So this movie also was, I'm kind

of surprised given it's a road

:

00:55:50,134 --> 00:55:52,204

trip movie and they did actually.

:

00:55:52,939 --> 00:55:59,959

Shoot some things in locations, but it was

made for $15 million and it grossed 61.4

:

00:55:59,989 --> 00:56:00,649

worldwide.

:

00:56:00,934 --> 00:56:01,624

Pool Scene Podcast: Really good.

:

00:56:01,819 --> 00:56:03,019

Katie: thus the sequels.

:

00:56:03,304 --> 00:56:03,574

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

:

00:56:04,714 --> 00:56:09,624

I also like as a video game nerd that

Kevin and I are, I love the fact that

:

00:56:09,624 --> 00:56:12,054

they plan the family vacation on a ballet.

:

00:56:12,054 --> 00:56:13,044

Astro Cade.

:

00:56:13,134 --> 00:56:13,374

Yeah.

:

00:56:13,434 --> 00:56:16,434

The Clark's ballet Astro Cade

that connects to the Yes.

:

00:56:16,554 --> 00:56:20,874

Connects to the tv, the 12 inch family tv

Ella come in, we're talking about day one.

:

00:56:20,874 --> 00:56:26,124

It's literally three bits inter in an

interactive map that also becomes a video

:

00:56:26,124 --> 00:56:27,774

game that also becomes a video game.

:

00:56:27,774 --> 00:56:30,954

And you have Rusty and Audrey taking

shots at one another in the game.

:

00:56:31,014 --> 00:56:31,164

Yeah.

:

00:56:31,254 --> 00:56:34,269

Katie: wait, what did you, I

wondered if it was a Commodore 64.

:

00:56:34,269 --> 00:56:35,559

What was the computer?

:

00:56:36,129 --> 00:56:37,959

Pool Scene Podcast: It was

called a Bally Astro Cade.

:

00:56:37,959 --> 00:56:42,639

'cause the one thing that sticks out, the

keyboard he's typing on is an Apple two.

:

00:56:42,999 --> 00:56:46,209

But the actual video game

system is a bally Astro Cade.

:

00:56:46,209 --> 00:56:49,539

The reason it stands out,

it's the one hand controller

:

00:56:49,539 --> 00:56:51,009

with the knob on the very top.

:

00:56:51,249 --> 00:56:51,339

Mm-hmm.

:

00:56:51,579 --> 00:56:54,609

'cause a lot of people thought it was

one of the first video game systems.

:

00:56:54,609 --> 00:56:55,959

And I'm, I'm going down a rabbit hole.

:

00:56:56,049 --> 00:56:59,589

It was called The Fair Channel, the

Fairchild Channel F, which was the first

:

00:56:59,589 --> 00:57:01,659

video game system that used cartridges.

:

00:57:02,319 --> 00:57:03,849

This was the second one after that.

:

00:57:03,849 --> 00:57:04,989

The Bally Astro Cade.

:

00:57:05,364 --> 00:57:06,384

Katie: Okay.

:

00:57:06,444 --> 00:57:07,044

Okay.

:

00:57:07,734 --> 00:57:11,394

Because the Commodore 64

uses used cartridges too,

:

00:57:11,439 --> 00:57:12,909

Pool Scene Podcast: uses

cartridges and floppies.

:

00:57:12,939 --> 00:57:17,019

'cause I, I, I still have my

Commodore 64 as a kid, so,

:

00:57:17,214 --> 00:57:17,934

Katie: have ours.

:

00:57:18,219 --> 00:57:19,449

Pool Scene Podcast: oh, I love my comedy.

:

00:57:19,449 --> 00:57:20,829

You Great thing about that.

:

00:57:20,829 --> 00:57:21,579

Load a game.

:

00:57:21,609 --> 00:57:22,509

Go cook dinner.

:

00:57:22,569 --> 00:57:23,289

Eat dinner.

:

00:57:23,289 --> 00:57:23,409

Yep.

:

00:57:23,409 --> 00:57:25,749

And then when you go back

upstairs, the game's ready to go.

:

00:57:26,559 --> 00:57:27,042

It might be ready to go.

:

00:57:27,639 --> 00:57:27,852

It might be ready to go.

:

00:57:27,872 --> 00:57:30,212

Katie: We haven't turned

it on in 30 years,

:

00:57:30,332 --> 00:57:33,182

Pool Scene Podcast: Clark obviously was

getting his Christmas bonus back then.

:

00:57:33,182 --> 00:57:33,242

Yeah.

:

00:57:33,242 --> 00:57:34,592

Before the Jelly of the Month Club.

:

00:57:34,592 --> 00:57:35,222

Because that's true.

:

00:57:35,582 --> 00:57:38,372

You know those home systems

like that were not cheap.

:

00:57:38,402 --> 00:57:38,552

No.

:

00:57:39,102 --> 00:57:42,672

If you adjust that valley for

inflation, I wanna say that'd be

:

00:57:42,672 --> 00:57:45,012

like a 15 or $1,600 system now.

:

00:57:45,012 --> 00:57:46,212

Yeah, yeah.

:

00:57:46,392 --> 00:57:47,742

Katie: they live in an upscale

:

00:57:47,832 --> 00:57:48,192

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:57:48,432 --> 00:57:50,382

Katie: suburbs, so I think

they're, they're fine.

:

00:57:50,472 --> 00:57:51,192

Pool Scene Podcast: They got the money.

:

00:57:52,062 --> 00:57:53,232

Katie: Yeah, for sure.

:

00:57:55,552 --> 00:57:58,882

I hadn't seen this, you guys, it sounds

like, have seen this multiple times.

:

00:57:58,882 --> 00:57:59,032

I

:

00:57:59,182 --> 00:57:59,602

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, we are.

:

00:57:59,632 --> 00:58:02,692

Katie: seen it, but

maybe a couple of times.

:

00:58:03,562 --> 00:58:06,712

Pool Scene Podcast: It wasn't

until, it wasn't until I texted you

:

00:58:06,712 --> 00:58:10,162

recently where I stumbled across

the alternate ending to this movie.

:

00:58:10,162 --> 00:58:17,482

Like I never knew about it until recently

and it's 45 minutes of additional shock

:

00:58:17,902 --> 00:58:23,992

that I am stunned that the original

movie never ended in Wally World or

:

00:58:23,992 --> 00:58:26,062

it, it was 'cause they had to refilm.

:

00:58:26,557 --> 00:58:29,597

All the ending Wally world shots

because you can tell Anthony Michael

:

00:58:29,597 --> 00:58:31,987

Hall a he hit a growth spurt.

:

00:58:32,087 --> 00:58:32,507

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

00:58:32,977 --> 00:58:35,437

Pool Scene Podcast: So he gets the BB gun.

:

00:58:36,097 --> 00:58:40,087

But instead of going back to Wally

world, he goes to Roy Wally's house,

:

00:58:40,387 --> 00:58:44,047

holds him at gunpoint and says,

you are gonna entertain my family.

:

00:58:44,257 --> 00:58:45,697

We drove all the way out here.

:

00:58:45,697 --> 00:58:46,777

We lost an ant.

:

00:58:47,497 --> 00:58:50,407

We need some official

Roy Wally Entertainment.

:

00:58:50,407 --> 00:58:53,617

So that's how the movie

was initially screened.

:

00:58:53,617 --> 00:58:54,967

And it's like Jesus.

:

00:58:55,297 --> 00:58:58,477

Katie: the girl, Christie

Brinkley was his daughter.

:

00:58:58,477 --> 00:58:58,837

So she

:

00:58:59,017 --> 00:58:59,317

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:58:59,737 --> 00:59:00,727

Yeah.

:

00:59:01,327 --> 00:59:02,317

Katie: her dad.

:

00:59:02,677 --> 00:59:05,197

She's the one that kind of

convinced him you know, not

:

00:59:05,197 --> 00:59:06,547

to press charges or whatever.

:

00:59:06,697 --> 00:59:08,707

Pool Scene Podcast: Katie, they

did end up in the park then, right?

:

00:59:08,707 --> 00:59:11,167

It just ended at their, his, his house.

:

00:59:11,167 --> 00:59:11,617

Right.

:

00:59:12,127 --> 00:59:14,647

Katie: I, I don't, I'm

not entirely certain.

:

00:59:14,707 --> 00:59:18,187

Pool Scene Podcast: Loosely this ending

became Christmas vacations ending.

:

00:59:18,847 --> 00:59:19,117

Katie: it

:

00:59:19,267 --> 00:59:19,927

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

00:59:19,957 --> 00:59:21,127

Where you Yeah.

:

00:59:21,217 --> 00:59:23,077

It's a kidnapping in the home.

:

00:59:23,077 --> 00:59:23,167

Yeah.

:

00:59:23,167 --> 00:59:25,957

You know the whole, and then

the last scene of the credits

:

00:59:25,957 --> 00:59:27,367

where you see them on the plane.

:

00:59:27,367 --> 00:59:29,977

That was the actual end of

the original cut of the movie.

:

00:59:29,977 --> 00:59:30,157

Yeah.

:

00:59:30,577 --> 00:59:33,547

Katie: Oh, I did read something

about the plane ride home.

:

00:59:33,547 --> 00:59:35,377

The Griswolds realized that they're on.

:

00:59:36,367 --> 00:59:37,417

The wrong flight

:

00:59:37,897 --> 00:59:38,677

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh God,

:

00:59:39,247 --> 00:59:40,717

Katie: and hijacks the plane,

:

00:59:40,837 --> 00:59:42,397

Pool Scene Podcast: what

the hell was happening?

:

00:59:42,487 --> 00:59:47,167

You have him holding a guy at his house

at gunpoint and he's hijacking planes.

:

00:59:47,257 --> 00:59:50,947

Katie: this ending did not go

over well with test audiences.

:

00:59:51,037 --> 00:59:56,647

Thus the switch to the amusement park

with John Candy and ever the SWAT team

:

00:59:56,647 --> 01:00:01,477

and the police them almost getting

arrested and then at the end, everybody

:

01:00:01,477 --> 01:00:04,807

including the police officers and

everybody's writing rights together.

:

01:00:04,837 --> 01:00:05,527

All happy.

:

01:00:05,952 --> 01:00:08,857

Pool Scene Podcast: Do you think,

and I doubt that he does this, but

:

01:00:08,887 --> 01:00:13,687

when the day does come to Chevy,

chase passes a do you think?

:

01:00:14,317 --> 01:00:16,657

Do you think he still knows

that he has this cut still?

:

01:00:16,657 --> 01:00:21,337

Or B, who is gonna get this has

gotta come out eventually, right?

:

01:00:22,237 --> 01:00:26,077

You wonder what like

version it's in though.

:

01:00:26,197 --> 01:00:26,497

Yeah.

:

01:00:26,497 --> 01:00:31,267

I mean, it could be just completely, like

if it's raw footage or is it an edited,

:

01:00:31,267 --> 01:00:33,157

I don't know, ready to be released?

:

01:00:33,337 --> 01:00:35,167

I mean, they, they showed it apparently.

:

01:00:35,167 --> 01:00:37,747

It didn't go over, it didn't,

definitely didn't go over well,

:

01:00:37,747 --> 01:00:41,527

but, 'cause I think I remember, I

don't remember which movie it was.

:

01:00:41,527 --> 01:00:46,957

Maybe it's when we did Ferris

Bueller that John Hughes had

:

01:00:46,957 --> 01:00:49,957

a lot of this sort of thing.

:

01:00:49,957 --> 01:00:54,097

Versions of things, unwritten things

like sort of like prince's vault Oh yeah.

:

01:00:54,097 --> 01:00:57,607

Where it's this vault of information,

music and footage and all this stuff.

:

01:00:58,207 --> 01:00:59,677

But unfortunately, yeah.

:

01:00:59,677 --> 01:01:01,057

You know, John Hughes passed away.

:

01:01:01,207 --> 01:01:01,567

Yeah.

:

01:01:02,017 --> 01:01:02,287

So,

:

01:01:02,991 --> 01:01:06,141

Katie: Yeah, I feel like there was

like a three hour cut of it and

:

01:01:06,141 --> 01:01:07,881

there was so much that, that got cut.

:

01:01:07,971 --> 01:01:08,301

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

01:01:08,661 --> 01:01:09,141

Katie: yeah.

:

01:01:09,591 --> 01:01:16,341

One thing that I noted when I was

watching this was the Lacoste brand polo

:

01:01:16,566 --> 01:01:16,836

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm-hmm.

:

01:01:17,061 --> 01:01:17,241

Katie: Were

:

01:01:17,406 --> 01:01:17,916

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

01:01:18,051 --> 01:01:22,191

Katie: a sponsor of this movie or,

or, or is that just so eighties?

:

01:01:22,266 --> 01:01:23,406

Pool Scene Podcast: I

think that was so 80.

:

01:01:23,406 --> 01:01:24,006

That was so 80.

:

01:01:24,006 --> 01:01:24,066

Yeah.

:

01:01:24,066 --> 01:01:29,556

The alligator lacoss has tried to make a

comeback, but it hasn't really like stuck.

:

01:01:30,096 --> 01:01:30,546

I don't know.

:

01:01:30,546 --> 01:01:32,256

But yeah, Lacoste was everywhere.

:

01:01:32,256 --> 01:01:35,526

I think I might have had three or four of

those in my arsenal at that age, though.

:

01:01:36,186 --> 01:01:39,636

Katie: But they, like every, everybody

in the whole family was wearing those

:

01:01:39,636 --> 01:01:40,026

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

:

01:01:40,476 --> 01:01:41,316

Lacoste brand.

:

01:01:41,496 --> 01:01:41,676

Katie: yeah.

:

01:01:43,176 --> 01:01:48,996

I tell you what now here's a scene

that, so I looked up trivia after

:

01:01:48,996 --> 01:01:51,456

I watched the movie, and a lot

of times I do it beforehand and

:

01:01:51,456 --> 01:01:52,446

I would've been looking for it.

:

01:01:52,446 --> 01:01:56,496

But here, I did note this last night

when I watched the movie the night

:

01:01:56,496 --> 01:02:00,636

before They go, when they go on

vacation, they're in the kitchen.

:

01:02:00,636 --> 01:02:02,776

Clark and Ellen are like doing dishes.

:

01:02:03,016 --> 01:02:09,316

Did you notice that Ellen scrapes food

off of the dishes, hands Clark the plate?

:

01:02:09,316 --> 01:02:12,016

And he just puts that back

in the ca the cabinet.

:

01:02:12,346 --> 01:02:13,276

Pool Scene Podcast:

That sounds fine to me.

:

01:02:13,276 --> 01:02:13,816

There's another one.

:

01:02:13,816 --> 01:02:14,266

It's clean.

:

01:02:14,566 --> 01:02:14,956

We're good.

:

01:02:15,226 --> 01:02:16,336

I just, there's no remnant that

:

01:02:16,606 --> 01:02:19,581

Katie: Well, there was a there's a joke.

:

01:02:19,581 --> 01:02:21,891

'cause he says, oh, I never

wash, I never washed the dishes.

:

01:02:21,891 --> 01:02:24,411

He just kind of like goes like

this with a towel and puts it

:

01:02:24,471 --> 01:02:26,091

back in the ca in the cabinet.

:

01:02:26,241 --> 01:02:27,321

Pool Scene Podcast: he's saving water.

:

01:02:27,321 --> 01:02:28,611

God bless that man.

:

01:02:28,761 --> 01:02:29,331

Katie: noticed it.

:

01:02:29,331 --> 01:02:30,861

I'm like, well, what the hell?

:

01:02:31,251 --> 01:02:35,391

But you know, I, I later then later

read in the trivia that Chevy Chase

:

01:02:35,391 --> 01:02:37,311

doesn't think that anyone notices it.

:

01:02:37,791 --> 01:02:40,011

And I, I did,

:

01:02:40,071 --> 01:02:40,611

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:02:40,791 --> 01:02:41,931

Katie: that a lot of people may

:

01:02:41,966 --> 01:02:42,256

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:02:42,336 --> 01:02:43,376

I did not know this.

:

01:02:43,376 --> 01:02:43,656

Yeah,

:

01:02:45,386 --> 01:02:45,676

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:02:45,771 --> 01:02:49,971

Pool Scene Podcast: just, it's, you

always hear these things like later on

:

01:02:49,971 --> 01:02:53,961

in life, and we've talked about this on

our show, where, you know, they always

:

01:02:53,961 --> 01:02:55,611

say, you know, don't meet your heroes.

:

01:02:55,641 --> 01:02:57,591

'cause they might, you

know, disappoint you.

:

01:02:58,101 --> 01:03:03,351

Chevy Chase definitely seems like that one

where you hear like all like the stories

:

01:03:03,351 --> 01:03:09,111

of on on the set of community, how he

was so damn difficult to work with and

:

01:03:09,201 --> 01:03:09,381

Katie: He's

:

01:03:09,441 --> 01:03:10,311

Pool Scene Podcast: you him on moot.

:

01:03:10,311 --> 01:03:11,091

Katie: difficult.

:

01:03:11,251 --> 01:03:11,781

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:03:11,781 --> 01:03:15,501

And it's like we found out listen,

like after Val Kilmer died, he said,

:

01:03:15,501 --> 01:03:18,591

you know, one of his biggest regrets

is he was progressing, you know,

:

01:03:18,591 --> 01:03:22,191

near the end of his life was, I wish

I wasn't so damn difficult on set.

:

01:03:22,221 --> 01:03:24,561

'cause I never really got to

enjoy the movies I used to

:

01:03:24,561 --> 01:03:26,541

do 'cause I was an asshole.

:

01:03:26,721 --> 01:03:27,202

Yeah, yeah.

:

01:03:27,801 --> 01:03:31,521

So it's like, I don't know if Chevy

Chase will ever have that type of regret

:

01:03:31,521 --> 01:03:35,331

as he's getting older and older, but

it's like, man, it's such a shame.

:

01:03:35,331 --> 01:03:37,791

'cause Chevy Chase would've been one

of those guys where I'd be like, oh my

:

01:03:37,791 --> 01:03:39,771

God, it'd be such an honor to meet you.

:

01:03:39,771 --> 01:03:44,501

But Chevy Chase pretty

much steadily worked.

:

01:03:44,651 --> 01:03:45,551

He did forever.

:

01:03:45,551 --> 01:03:49,011

And that's what, if I were a

director, producer, anything.

:

01:03:49,936 --> 01:03:51,016

I'm not wired that way.

:

01:03:51,016 --> 01:03:52,456

I would not deal with assholes.

:

01:03:52,576 --> 01:03:52,786

Yeah.

:

01:03:52,791 --> 01:03:56,566

I just, I couldn't, if you're

gonna be difficult like your value.

:

01:03:56,596 --> 01:03:56,896

Yeah.

:

01:03:58,006 --> 01:04:01,516

There's no actor that's maybe

Daniel Day Lewis or something.

:

01:04:01,696 --> 01:04:01,756

Yeah.

:

01:04:01,756 --> 01:04:02,236

Method.

:

01:04:02,296 --> 01:04:05,356

There's no one that's so good

that you can't be replaced.

:

01:04:05,356 --> 01:04:05,656

Exactly.

:

01:04:05,656 --> 01:04:06,586

It's gotta be you.

:

01:04:06,646 --> 01:04:06,976

Yeah.

:

01:04:07,036 --> 01:04:10,966

But like Val Kilmer and Chevy Chase

and a number of others who were

:

01:04:10,966 --> 01:04:12,466

difficult, they continued to work.

:

01:04:12,466 --> 01:04:13,456

So did somebody

:

01:04:13,936 --> 01:04:14,386

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:04:14,536 --> 01:04:17,746

Pool Scene Podcast: was willing to, you

know, money train was still coming in.

:

01:04:17,746 --> 01:04:18,226

Yeah,

:

01:04:18,676 --> 01:04:23,776

Katie: I feel like for that to happen,

it has to, don't know, I may be speaking

:

01:04:23,776 --> 01:04:29,506

out of turn, but like a director who

well known, like he's trying to cut his

:

01:04:29,506 --> 01:04:30,526

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah, yeah.

:

01:04:30,556 --> 01:04:32,926

Katie: something, and so he,

he has to put up with it,

:

01:04:32,956 --> 01:04:34,576

Pool Scene Podcast: Well, perfect example.

:

01:04:34,576 --> 01:04:35,416

Mike Myers.

:

01:04:35,416 --> 01:04:35,716

Yeah.

:

01:04:35,776 --> 01:04:36,436

Mike Myers.

:

01:04:36,436 --> 01:04:41,506

Famously very difficult and when

they did so he married an ax murderer

:

01:04:41,656 --> 01:04:45,166

that was, that guy's, I think only

directing movie directing credit ever.

:

01:04:45,676 --> 01:04:46,456

And.

:

01:04:46,996 --> 01:04:50,746

He, like the tabloids leaked how

difficult Mike Myers was being on set.

:

01:04:50,746 --> 01:04:52,996

'cause it's coming off Wayne's

World a massive success.

:

01:04:52,996 --> 01:04:53,741

He's a big, big star.

:

01:04:53,741 --> 01:04:53,743

Big head.

:

01:04:54,016 --> 01:04:54,376

Yeah.

:

01:04:54,556 --> 01:05:00,226

And the director even said,

yes, he all, it's all true.

:

01:05:00,226 --> 01:05:01,156

He was very difficult.

:

01:05:01,156 --> 01:05:05,266

However, he's like, he didn't

bury him and, and talk about

:

01:05:05,266 --> 01:05:06,136

what an asshole he was.

:

01:05:06,136 --> 01:05:11,086

He said, well, you have to understand

this is very out of the box for him.

:

01:05:11,086 --> 01:05:13,006

He's playing a much different role.

:

01:05:13,216 --> 01:05:14,746

It had to be difficult.

:

01:05:14,746 --> 01:05:18,136

Like he was basically

feigning sympathy to him.

:

01:05:18,286 --> 01:05:18,446

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

01:05:19,006 --> 01:05:21,406

Pool Scene Podcast: So yeah, I

I think your point, you know, in

:

01:05:21,406 --> 01:05:23,206

a roundabout sort of way Yeah.

:

01:05:23,336 --> 01:05:26,846

From what I said, but like your

point is that yeah, it's, I think

:

01:05:26,846 --> 01:05:31,106

directors would be lucky to say,

I got Chevy Chase in my movie.

:

01:05:31,106 --> 01:05:32,516

I got Val Kilmer in my movie.

:

01:05:32,516 --> 01:05:34,736

And the truth is because

nobody else wants him anymore.

:

01:05:35,076 --> 01:05:35,496

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

01:05:36,026 --> 01:05:36,506

Pool Scene Podcast: So.

:

01:05:36,581 --> 01:05:37,781

Katie: builds your credibility.

:

01:05:37,781 --> 01:05:39,971

And then you can go on to

work with easier actors.

:

01:05:40,031 --> 01:05:40,151

You

:

01:05:40,196 --> 01:05:40,526

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:05:40,671 --> 01:05:41,246

It's true.

:

01:05:41,441 --> 01:05:41,891

Katie: yourself.

:

01:05:41,991 --> 01:05:44,901

I, I, again, like there were a

lot of things I didn't remember,

:

01:05:44,901 --> 01:05:47,001

including them leaving a dead person

:

01:05:47,721 --> 01:05:47,991

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:05:48,291 --> 01:05:49,341

Katie: on a back porch.

:

01:05:49,791 --> 01:05:52,571

Pool Scene Podcast: I mean, you can't

let you can't let it ruin a whole.

:

01:05:52,571 --> 01:05:53,651

You've driven that far.

:

01:05:53,651 --> 01:05:54,851

What are you gonna do with her?

:

01:05:54,851 --> 01:05:56,981

That's, she fit perfectly on the roof.

:

01:05:57,041 --> 01:05:59,021

I mean, too, that's really dark humor.

:

01:05:59,051 --> 01:05:59,801

It's really dark.

:

01:05:59,801 --> 01:06:00,161

Katie: of dark

:

01:06:00,281 --> 01:06:02,861

Pool Scene Podcast: The, the dog,

the dog's gotta be the worst thing.

:

01:06:02,861 --> 01:06:02,951

And

:

01:06:03,011 --> 01:06:03,551

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:06:03,641 --> 01:06:05,366

Pool Scene Podcast: dog's

worst than Aunt Edna, by far,

:

01:06:05,471 --> 01:06:06,011

Katie: yes.

:

01:06:06,851 --> 01:06:09,671

Pool Scene Podcast: But it,

he left a note on her body, so

:

01:06:10,271 --> 01:06:11,471

he left it for Cousin Normie.

:

01:06:12,026 --> 01:06:13,826

Katie: So who is her son?

:

01:06:14,051 --> 01:06:14,411

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:06:14,486 --> 01:06:18,716

Katie: even imagine coming home

from wherever the hell he was?

:

01:06:18,881 --> 01:06:20,591

Pool Scene Podcast: Who's

this wrapped in this bag?

:

01:06:21,191 --> 01:06:21,941

This mom?

:

01:06:22,376 --> 01:06:26,396

Katie: after, you know, in, in Arizona,

in this is Phoenix, so the next

:

01:06:26,396 --> 01:06:27,956

day it's probably gonna be hot and

:

01:06:28,271 --> 01:06:28,721

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yeah.

:

01:06:28,796 --> 01:06:29,516

Katie: a dead person

:

01:06:29,801 --> 01:06:30,251

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:06:30,731 --> 01:06:37,091

But after that, he delivers

the best series of lines.

:

01:06:37,121 --> 01:06:39,461

It's where we get our

only fuck in the movie.

:

01:06:39,896 --> 01:06:40,076

Katie: There's

:

01:06:40,091 --> 01:06:41,141

Pool Scene Podcast: crest for fun.

:

01:06:41,801 --> 01:06:42,431

So good.

:

01:06:42,656 --> 01:06:43,481

Katie: for fucking fun.

:

01:06:43,736 --> 01:06:44,036

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:06:44,036 --> 01:06:44,456

What?

:

01:06:44,486 --> 01:06:44,936

What do you think?

:

01:06:44,936 --> 01:06:45,386

What do you think?

:

01:06:45,446 --> 01:06:46,736

I think you're all fucked in the head.

:

01:06:46,856 --> 01:06:50,096

We're 10 hours from the fucking fun

park, and you all wanna bail out for me.

:

01:06:50,396 --> 01:06:51,836

This is no longer a vacation.

:

01:06:51,956 --> 01:06:52,706

It's a quest.

:

01:06:52,886 --> 01:06:53,816

A quest for fun.

:

01:06:54,086 --> 01:06:56,246

I'm gonna have fun and

you're gonna have fun.

:

01:06:56,426 --> 01:06:59,696

We're all gonna have so much fucking

fun because surgeon, to remove

:

01:06:59,696 --> 01:07:02,516

her goddamn smiles, it's so good.

:

01:07:02,546 --> 01:07:03,296

Oh my god.

:

01:07:03,296 --> 01:07:04,196

He breaks.

:

01:07:04,766 --> 01:07:06,236

Katie: It's really, really good.

:

01:07:06,496 --> 01:07:07,666

Some trivia about that.

:

01:07:07,776 --> 01:07:09,966

There was profanity in the

film, there was, there was like

:

01:07:09,966 --> 01:07:11,196

five in a row in that scene.

:

01:07:11,196 --> 01:07:11,496

And then there

:

01:07:11,561 --> 01:07:12,181

Pool Scene Podcast: oh tons

:

01:07:12,396 --> 01:07:17,046

Katie: I noticed it, that they actually

had to film it two different ways

:

01:07:17,886 --> 01:07:20,076

preparing for this to be shown on tv.

:

01:07:20,081 --> 01:07:20,301

Pool Scene Podcast: tv.

:

01:07:20,826 --> 01:07:21,306

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:07:21,636 --> 01:07:25,896

And they, they let him Chevy

Chase that was just him, just like

:

01:07:26,061 --> 01:07:26,541

Pool Scene Podcast: Riffing.

:

01:07:26,736 --> 01:07:27,216

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:07:27,291 --> 01:07:28,821

Pool Scene Podcast: it's good

they kind of brought that back.

:

01:07:28,911 --> 01:07:31,371

'cause I don't remember he doing

that in European vacation, but he

:

01:07:31,371 --> 01:07:35,481

did that in a rant and Christmas

vacation, which is another epic rant.

:

01:07:35,511 --> 01:07:38,601

But a little bit of a John Hughes

thing too, because in plane insurance

:

01:07:38,601 --> 01:07:40,096

and automobile with Edie Edie Mcclar.

:

01:07:40,431 --> 01:07:40,791

Yeah.

:

01:07:40,791 --> 01:07:41,631

It was Edie McClaren.

:

01:07:41,631 --> 01:07:41,991

Yeah.

:

01:07:42,321 --> 01:07:46,251

The whole, yeah, the

whole car rental fiasco.

:

01:07:46,251 --> 01:07:46,311

Yeah.

:

01:07:46,311 --> 01:07:51,833

And something about TV edits

though are tremendously great.

:

01:07:51,833 --> 01:07:54,173

It's Kevin and I recite this a lot.

:

01:07:54,563 --> 01:08:01,913

The diehard two TBS Super Station edit

of yippy ca motherfucker is yippy ca Mr.

:

01:08:01,913 --> 01:08:02,663

Falcon.

:

01:08:02,753 --> 01:08:03,653

It's like, ah.

:

01:08:03,743 --> 01:08:04,763

Big Lebowski.

:

01:08:04,973 --> 01:08:05,453

Yeah.

:

01:08:05,458 --> 01:08:09,413

Big, big Lebowski is, this is what happens

when you fuck a stranger in the ass.

:

01:08:09,473 --> 01:08:10,403

Yeah, that's that one.

:

01:08:10,463 --> 01:08:13,313

And they change it for television

to, this is what happens when

:

01:08:13,313 --> 01:08:15,053

you find a stranger in the Alps,

:

01:08:15,543 --> 01:08:15,833

Katie: what?

:

01:08:16,553 --> 01:08:17,962

Pool Scene Podcast: it's like between Mr.

:

01:08:17,962 --> 01:08:19,223

Falcon and the Alps.

:

01:08:19,223 --> 01:08:19,313

Yeah.

:

01:08:19,313 --> 01:08:21,563

It's just like, ah, I always.

:

01:08:21,877 --> 01:08:25,718

Katie: I grew up watching an edited

for TV version of the Breakfast Club,

:

01:08:25,913 --> 01:08:26,813

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yeah,

:

01:08:26,948 --> 01:08:27,577

Katie: tv.

:

01:08:29,468 --> 01:08:34,148

when Bender says really

loud what, what's his face?

:

01:08:34,148 --> 01:08:35,018

The principal guy

:

01:08:35,363 --> 01:08:35,663

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

01:08:35,663 --> 01:08:36,263

Oh,

:

01:08:36,278 --> 01:08:37,207

Katie: fuck you

:

01:08:37,327 --> 01:08:37,978

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah, yeah,

:

01:08:38,077 --> 01:08:40,538

Katie: it like reverberates

through the hallway.

:

01:08:40,837 --> 01:08:44,587

The edited version is filled you.

:

01:08:45,233 --> 01:08:47,183

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, it's

a different connotation.

:

01:08:47,528 --> 01:08:49,538

Katie: as a 5-year-old, I'm

like, what does that mean?

:

01:08:49,538 --> 01:08:49,808

I dunno.

:

01:08:50,122 --> 01:08:53,633

Pool Scene Podcast: I, I really like

Major League is an all timer major.

:

01:08:53,633 --> 01:08:54,233

League is great.

:

01:08:54,233 --> 01:08:56,393

League consistently, you

know, curses throughout.

:

01:08:56,693 --> 01:09:00,228

And there's the part where Dorn wa

walks onto the mound to Ricky and he

:

01:09:00,228 --> 01:09:02,872

says, strike this motherfucker out.

:

01:09:03,023 --> 01:09:03,173

Yep.

:

01:09:03,202 --> 01:09:04,223

And it's on tv.

:

01:09:04,223 --> 01:09:05,483

It's like, strike this.

:

01:09:05,962 --> 01:09:07,313

Guy out.

:

01:09:08,153 --> 01:09:08,752

It's like

:

01:09:09,038 --> 01:09:09,337

Katie: long

:

01:09:09,473 --> 01:09:11,752

Pool Scene Podcast: filled

motherfucker with Guy.

:

01:09:12,202 --> 01:09:14,633

You gotta love when they, you

can obviously tell, listen,

:

01:09:14,633 --> 01:09:15,473

we're near the end of this movie.

:

01:09:15,473 --> 01:09:16,702

I'm not writing anymore.

:

01:09:16,973 --> 01:09:18,053

But to me, Mr.

:

01:09:18,053 --> 01:09:20,122

Falcon, it's from motherfucker.

:

01:09:20,122 --> 01:09:20,962

You get Mr.

:

01:09:20,962 --> 01:09:23,093

Falcon just because

there's an eminent F in it.

:

01:09:23,153 --> 01:09:23,962

Well, tremendous.

:

01:09:23,962 --> 01:09:26,663

Phoebe Bridger's named an album

after Stranger in the Alps.

:

01:09:26,663 --> 01:09:27,053

Really?

:

01:09:27,263 --> 01:09:27,443

Awesome.

:

01:09:27,443 --> 01:09:27,923

Yeah, because

:

01:09:27,968 --> 01:09:28,568

Katie: Really?

:

01:09:28,733 --> 01:09:29,183

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:09:29,663 --> 01:09:29,962

Yeah.

:

01:09:30,082 --> 01:09:32,033

Stranger in the Alps because yeah.

:

01:09:32,033 --> 01:09:34,462

This is what happens when you

find a stranger in the Alps.

:

01:09:34,928 --> 01:09:35,648

Katie: Oh my god,

:

01:09:35,872 --> 01:09:38,542

Pool Scene Podcast: I now, if I had

that job, if they're like, Hey, you

:

01:09:38,542 --> 01:09:40,853

gotta edit this for tv, bring it on.

:

01:09:41,033 --> 01:09:44,962

That's like my dream job is to

like, write the alternative version.

:

01:09:45,023 --> 01:09:45,323

Yeah.

:

01:09:46,233 --> 01:09:46,773

Fill you,

:

01:09:47,298 --> 01:09:49,108

Katie: Phil, Phil de I mean, I

:

01:09:49,153 --> 01:09:51,763

Pool Scene Podcast: we, you should just

yell that randomly at somebody and see

:

01:09:51,763 --> 01:09:54,823

what the reaction is just for shit.

:

01:09:55,003 --> 01:09:56,233

You Phil, you

:

01:09:57,518 --> 01:09:58,173

Katie: What'd you say?

:

01:09:58,463 --> 01:10:00,293

Pool Scene Podcast: like, what

the fuck is wrong with this guy?

:

01:10:00,833 --> 01:10:01,013

What?

:

01:10:01,013 --> 01:10:01,913

The fill is wrong with me.

:

01:10:01,913 --> 01:10:02,213

That's right.

:

01:10:02,213 --> 01:10:02,363

What?

:

01:10:02,363 --> 01:10:03,413

The fill is wrong with me.

:

01:10:03,608 --> 01:10:04,688

Katie: the field is wrong with you.

:

01:10:05,858 --> 01:10:06,368

yeah.

:

01:10:06,368 --> 01:10:10,808

Chubby Chase known to be difficult,

but I did find this very sweet

:

01:10:11,348 --> 01:10:13,628

apparently, and I want this to be true.

:

01:10:13,958 --> 01:10:17,528

He adopted dinky the dog

after filming was completed.

:

01:10:17,558 --> 01:10:18,577

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, okay.

:

01:10:18,577 --> 01:10:20,438

See, you don't expect that to happen.

:

01:10:20,768 --> 01:10:21,338

That's cool.

:

01:10:21,338 --> 01:10:22,508

Katie: why he didn't have a home.

:

01:10:22,508 --> 01:10:24,638

My, I don't know what

the story was there, but,

:

01:10:25,928 --> 01:10:27,093

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah, go figure.

:

01:10:27,218 --> 01:10:27,938

He had a heart.

:

01:10:29,268 --> 01:10:31,728

Katie: And the poster I

always wondered about.

:

01:10:32,148 --> 01:10:33,018

Pool Scene Podcast: It's something.

:

01:10:33,303 --> 01:10:33,603

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:10:33,603 --> 01:10:33,753

Did

:

01:10:33,798 --> 01:10:35,268

Pool Scene Podcast: No,

don't know the story.

:

01:10:35,883 --> 01:10:38,873

Katie: Well, I mean, it's not really a

story, but I guess it was it was done by

:

01:10:38,873 --> 01:10:46,943

this fantasy illustrator, Boris Viejo,

it's a parody from Conan the Barbarian in

:

01:10:47,048 --> 01:10:48,668

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah, I

can see where he got that from.

:

01:10:48,878 --> 01:10:49,658

Definitely.

:

01:10:50,018 --> 01:10:50,738

It's so good.

:

01:10:50,738 --> 01:10:54,638

It, when you look at Nash, when you

think of a vacation road trip movie,

:

01:10:54,638 --> 01:10:56,198

you look at that cover, you're like it.

:

01:10:56,198 --> 01:10:56,708

It's this.

:

01:10:56,708 --> 01:10:59,888

This literally is a quest at this

rate, the way that looks like a fantasy

:

01:10:59,888 --> 01:11:01,478

movie, like Master of the Universe type.

:

01:11:02,553 --> 01:11:04,653

Katie: Very much masters

of the universe type.

:

01:11:04,658 --> 01:11:04,863

Yeah.

:

01:11:05,033 --> 01:11:05,433

Pool Scene Podcast: Yes.

:

01:11:05,433 --> 01:11:06,873

Katie: guess Conan the

Barbarian, but yeah.

:

01:11:07,233 --> 01:11:10,833

Now how would you guys rate

this among comedy films

:

01:11:12,543 --> 01:11:13,773

Pool Scene Podcast: Like what?

:

01:11:13,773 --> 01:11:14,823

Like in a,

:

01:11:14,888 --> 01:11:17,643

Katie: in, in your top X number,

:

01:11:17,883 --> 01:11:20,643

Pool Scene Podcast: if I'm just do,

if I'm doing just like straight,

:

01:11:20,643 --> 01:11:25,053

like comedies, I would definitely

probably put this in a top 25.

:

01:11:25,143 --> 01:11:27,452

I would say top 20, top 25.

:

01:11:27,452 --> 01:11:28,443

That's probably where I'd put it.

:

01:11:29,133 --> 01:11:34,413

Yeah, I can, I can definitely

understand its importance in shaping

:

01:11:34,473 --> 01:11:36,723

like what was to come for comedy.

:

01:11:36,873 --> 01:11:41,823

I think it opened a lot of comedy doors,

but yeah, it's not, I mean, I did watch

:

01:11:41,823 --> 01:11:45,633

it a lot like in the past growing up,

but it's not something that I'm like,

:

01:11:46,083 --> 01:11:49,803

gotta go back and watch vacation,

like high rewatch ability again.

:

01:11:49,803 --> 01:11:54,063

I think more so I can understand it's

like, it's like cultural relevance.

:

01:11:54,063 --> 01:11:54,663

Yes, exactly.

:

01:11:54,663 --> 01:11:56,553

Insignificance, if anything.

:

01:11:57,243 --> 01:12:02,763

There is a case to be made if you, that

Christmas vacation would go way higher

:

01:12:02,763 --> 01:12:06,633

than this one Now, Christmas vacation's

interesting though because how many

:

01:12:06,633 --> 01:12:08,283

people watch it Because of Christmas.

:

01:12:08,283 --> 01:12:08,913

Christmas, yeah.

:

01:12:08,913 --> 01:12:10,023

And the tradition of it.

:

01:12:10,023 --> 01:12:10,353

Yeah.

:

01:12:10,563 --> 01:12:14,193

Because would it be watched the

same way if it wasn't, you know,

:

01:12:14,193 --> 01:12:16,533

associated with, well, we're almost

coming up on the Christmas in

:

01:12:16,533 --> 01:12:18,933

July phenomenon, so we can start.

:

01:12:18,963 --> 01:12:20,013

Watch it in Christmas.

:

01:12:20,283 --> 01:12:23,313

Katie: you know, people could, it's not

a thing, but we could make it a thing.

:

01:12:23,388 --> 01:12:24,138

Pool Scene Podcast: That's exactly,

:

01:12:24,228 --> 01:12:25,248

Katie: summer kickoff movie.

:

01:12:25,248 --> 01:12:27,018

This is our summer kickoff episode.

:

01:12:27,258 --> 01:12:27,888

Pool Scene Podcast: there we go.

:

01:12:28,073 --> 01:12:32,543

Katie: we're gonna bring back, inside

during summer and watching movies.

:

01:12:33,018 --> 01:12:33,768

Pool Scene Podcast: Here we go again.

:

01:12:33,768 --> 01:12:35,448

Just five years ago for us.

:

01:12:36,348 --> 01:12:39,948

Now, you know, we were talking about that

earlier, like with, you know, I was a

:

01:12:39,948 --> 01:12:44,968

big like cable baby for sure and watched

so many movies growing up because it's

:

01:12:44,968 --> 01:12:50,668

what they played on HBO and Cinemax and

TBS and, and what I'd watch on TV now.

:

01:12:50,668 --> 01:12:54,023

They would consistently play

European vacation all the time.

:

01:12:54,268 --> 01:12:54,838

All the time.

:

01:12:54,838 --> 01:12:55,783

Especially on tbs.

:

01:12:55,783 --> 01:12:58,018

Your European was always on, always.

:

01:12:58,138 --> 01:13:01,048

And original 83 vacation was not, no.

:

01:13:01,048 --> 01:13:03,208

Not the same way that

European vacation was.

:

01:13:03,208 --> 01:13:03,568

No.

:

01:13:03,623 --> 01:13:06,202

Katie: The rights with those

things are kind of funny too.

:

01:13:06,313 --> 01:13:06,603

Yeah.

:

01:13:06,603 --> 01:13:10,678

Like they'd, there'd be rocky marathons,

but it would, they'd miss one, it would

:

01:13:10,888 --> 01:13:11,368

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:13:11,428 --> 01:13:13,048

They sure play a lot of five.

:

01:13:13,138 --> 01:13:14,818

They played five way too much.

:

01:13:15,088 --> 01:13:16,258

They play a lot of five too.

:

01:13:16,618 --> 01:13:17,128

Katie: yeah.

:

01:13:17,158 --> 01:13:20,918

What you guys, I also am on a

podcast called One More Round,

:

01:13:20,918 --> 01:13:24,458

the Rocky Series podcast, and

we just finished up season five,

:

01:13:24,728 --> 01:13:25,058

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

:

01:13:26,093 --> 01:13:27,023

Katie: So, yeah.

:

01:13:27,173 --> 01:13:27,413

Pool Scene Podcast: Five.

:

01:13:27,413 --> 01:13:28,313

Soundtrack that song.

:

01:13:28,313 --> 01:13:29,003

Go for it.

:

01:13:29,068 --> 01:13:32,063

It, I believe that song

slaps that song is so good.

:

01:13:32,063 --> 01:13:33,263

I think it's by Mc Light.

:

01:13:33,263 --> 01:13:35,573

It's so damn good said Touch man.

:

01:13:35,573 --> 01:13:36,893

Al Sue, touch man.

:

01:13:36,893 --> 01:13:37,643

Al Sue.

:

01:13:37,853 --> 01:13:38,663

Katie: that's so funny.

:

01:13:38,663 --> 01:13:40,853

I'm gonna totally bring

that up in our next episode,

:

01:13:40,973 --> 01:13:41,423

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:13:41,723 --> 01:13:45,683

Katie: we make fun of the horrible

early nineties rap in that,

:

01:13:46,188 --> 01:13:51,533

Pool Scene Podcast: It, it is the

ultimate form of early nineties rap.

:

01:13:52,013 --> 01:13:55,253

It's like the influence is

heavy by hammer on that one.

:

01:13:55,403 --> 01:13:55,883

Katie: Yep.

:

01:13:56,513 --> 01:13:57,293

Indeed.

:

01:13:57,623 --> 01:14:01,763

Well, the reason I asked you guys

about your ranking is because in,

:

01:14:01,763 --> 01:14:06,623

there are a couple of like lists

that this movie is on in:

:

01:14:06,623 --> 01:14:08,663

of total film, whatever that is.

:

01:14:08,943 --> 01:14:12,693

Voted at the 46th greatest

comedy film of all time

:

01:14:13,128 --> 01:14:13,348

Pool Scene Podcast: Ooh.

:

01:14:14,613 --> 01:14:19,323

Katie: and pre premier voted this movie

as one of the 50 greatest comedies

:

01:14:19,323 --> 01:14:21,483

of all time, and that was in:

:

01:14:21,698 --> 01:14:21,988

Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

:

01:14:22,893 --> 01:14:27,043

Katie: I, yeah, I don't I mean maybe

in the, in the top 50, I think I agree

:

01:14:27,043 --> 01:14:32,233

with you guys about, its like relevance

culturally and, and like what it spawned.

:

01:14:33,193 --> 01:14:35,233

and maybe it's just the 83 of it all

:

01:14:35,263 --> 01:14:35,473

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah,

:

01:14:35,863 --> 01:14:38,773

Katie: you know, but I very much enjoy it.

:

01:14:39,553 --> 01:14:41,263

and I'm gonna probably rewatch it more

:

01:14:41,623 --> 01:14:41,983

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah,

:

01:14:42,613 --> 01:14:46,663

Katie: Maybe it'll be my new

summer kickoff, tradition.

:

01:14:46,873 --> 01:14:47,053

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

01:14:47,053 --> 01:14:47,653

There you go.

:

01:14:48,383 --> 01:14:50,933

Katie: There's a couple of casting

what ifs before we finish up.

:

01:14:50,933 --> 01:14:51,083

You

:

01:14:51,293 --> 01:14:51,683

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, wonder.

:

01:14:51,683 --> 01:14:52,403

Here we go.

:

01:14:52,403 --> 01:14:53,933

I love this.

:

01:14:54,533 --> 01:14:56,452

Katie: Actually one other piece of trivia.

:

01:14:57,263 --> 01:14:58,043

did you, okay.

:

01:14:58,073 --> 01:15:01,583

So when Ellen wakes up when when

Clark is like looking at Christie

:

01:15:01,583 --> 01:15:05,663

Brinkley, 'cause he is like trying to

speed to ke to keep up with her and

:

01:15:05,798 --> 01:15:06,088

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:15:06,653 --> 01:15:09,202

Katie: Ellen is like, you're

going 80 miles an hour, slow

:

01:15:09,202 --> 01:15:12,563

down 80 80 is like normal,

:

01:15:12,618 --> 01:15:13,038

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm-hmm.

:

01:15:13,118 --> 01:15:13,318

Yeah.

:

01:15:13,583 --> 01:15:16,702

Katie: that time, I guess

55 was the interstate

:

01:15:16,958 --> 01:15:17,498

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:15:18,038 --> 01:15:20,888

Is that, can you imagine getting

that wagon up to 80 miles an hour?

:

01:15:20,888 --> 01:15:22,298

And I think probably shaking.

:

01:15:22,358 --> 01:15:23,918

I can't, can drive 55.

:

01:15:24,188 --> 01:15:24,728

Oh nice.

:

01:15:24,728 --> 01:15:26,077

Sammy Hagar reference there.

:

01:15:26,378 --> 01:15:27,308

Katie: slow.

:

01:15:27,728 --> 01:15:28,088

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:15:28,118 --> 01:15:31,058

Katie: Although I was just recently

in Costa Rica, and they don't

:

01:15:31,058 --> 01:15:32,258

have like interstates like we

:

01:15:32,263 --> 01:15:32,553

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:15:32,678 --> 01:15:34,988

Katie: more just like highways

and they're, I think it's

:

01:15:34,988 --> 01:15:36,103

55 is their speed limit,

:

01:15:36,728 --> 01:15:37,327

Pool Scene Podcast: That's crazy.

:

01:15:37,808 --> 01:15:39,818

I just got a camera

ticket a couple weeks ago.

:

01:15:39,848 --> 01:15:41,108

'cause we've got a lot of camera.

:

01:15:41,438 --> 01:15:42,488

Oh gosh.

:

01:15:42,488 --> 01:15:43,958

I, last time I got one, I never paid it.

:

01:15:44,018 --> 01:15:44,678

You didn't pay it?

:

01:15:44,738 --> 01:15:45,158

Oh no.

:

01:15:45,188 --> 01:15:49,478

'cause it was, 'cause it was, well

we have a town bias in Gerard, Ohio.

:

01:15:49,778 --> 01:15:53,168

So the problem was they were

using a third party company

:

01:15:53,528 --> 01:15:55,238

to get these speeding cameras.

:

01:15:55,568 --> 01:15:59,678

So there was like a lawsuit that came

down, said if it was issued by a third

:

01:15:59,678 --> 01:16:04,058

party company, it's not abiding to the

city in which that ticket was issued.

:

01:16:04,088 --> 01:16:04,208

Yeah.

:

01:16:04,568 --> 01:16:06,128

So I never paid it.

:

01:16:06,128 --> 01:16:07,568

It never hit anything.

:

01:16:07,868 --> 01:16:09,128

And that happened to a lot of people.

:

01:16:09,128 --> 01:16:10,598

Then I think after that came out.

:

01:16:10,943 --> 01:16:12,923

Gerard found a way to

loophole to get back in.

:

01:16:12,923 --> 01:16:16,613

So if you get hit by their camera, well,

you have to pay directly to the city.

:

01:16:16,853 --> 01:16:20,303

They can only give you a camera

ticket if a cop is present.

:

01:16:20,333 --> 01:16:20,843

Yeah.

:

01:16:21,173 --> 01:16:23,153

So he doesn't have to do anything.

:

01:16:23,153 --> 01:16:27,202

But if he just sit, if there's a

cop in the area, you know, and then

:

01:16:27,202 --> 01:16:30,113

if you wanna battle him and say,

there was no cop there, I mean Yeah.

:

01:16:30,113 --> 01:16:32,633

Then it's your word against

theirs, you'll lose every time.

:

01:16:32,633 --> 01:16:33,503

Yeah, yeah,

:

01:16:33,683 --> 01:16:35,483

Katie: have a lot of certain areas here.

:

01:16:35,483 --> 01:16:37,853

Like I'm in Denver, but in

every, every time I go to

:

01:16:37,853 --> 01:16:40,403

Boulder, I get a camera ticket.

:

01:16:40,403 --> 01:16:40,523

You

:

01:16:40,613 --> 01:16:40,913

Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

:

01:16:41,093 --> 01:16:42,202

Katie: has to be, it's just cameras

:

01:16:42,503 --> 01:16:42,863

Pool Scene Podcast: Ugh.

:

01:16:42,983 --> 01:16:43,433

Yeah.

:

01:16:43,463 --> 01:16:44,898

Katie: I almost always, I,

:

01:16:44,903 --> 01:16:47,423

Pool Scene Podcast: I, I'm just like,

they've gotta be made because No, like

:

01:16:47,423 --> 01:16:52,093

you said, to your point 55, like no

one, no I don't think they get you

:

01:16:52,093 --> 01:16:55,653

until you're like 10 or more over,

but they've gotta be clearing, I

:

01:16:55,653 --> 01:16:57,753

don't know, three, $4 billion a day.

:

01:16:57,753 --> 01:16:58,323

Tons, tons.

:

01:16:58,323 --> 01:16:59,793

Like on all these cars.

:

01:16:59,793 --> 01:17:02,313

Katie: this was, these are

more like the stoplight ones.

:

01:17:02,433 --> 01:17:02,553

The

:

01:17:02,643 --> 01:17:03,093

Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

:

01:17:03,543 --> 01:17:03,993

Okay.

:

01:17:04,053 --> 01:17:04,443

Katie: always

:

01:17:04,608 --> 01:17:07,818

Pool Scene Podcast: Speed limit

should be minimum 70 to 75.

:

01:17:07,818 --> 01:17:09,032

Now by far Auto?

:

01:17:09,273 --> 01:17:09,473

I think so.

:

01:17:09,473 --> 01:17:09,528

Auto bond.

:

01:17:09,528 --> 01:17:10,098

Everywhere.

:

01:17:10,157 --> 01:17:12,228

Auto, I'm auto bonded up, man.

:

01:17:12,423 --> 01:17:14,298

It's, it's not the speed

that will kill you.

:

01:17:14,298 --> 01:17:15,498

It's the sudden stop.

:

01:17:15,558 --> 01:17:16,008

That will,

:

01:17:16,593 --> 01:17:17,493

Katie: Yeah, you're right.

:

01:17:17,923 --> 01:17:24,163

Okay, so Clark Griswold potential,

I mean, I can't, we can't

:

01:17:24,163 --> 01:17:25,843

picture anybody else being Clark

:

01:17:26,098 --> 01:17:26,608

Pool Scene Podcast: no.

:

01:17:26,653 --> 01:17:28,153

Katie: he's Chevy Chase to us.

:

01:17:28,493 --> 01:17:31,673

But some people who were considered,

not surprisingly Bill Murray,

:

01:17:32,348 --> 01:17:32,738

Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

:

01:17:32,738 --> 01:17:32,739

Okay.

:

01:17:33,263 --> 01:17:38,633

Katie: but very surprisingly to

me, Robert Klein and Richard Belzer

:

01:17:38,918 --> 01:17:39,998

Pool Scene Podcast: Whoa.

:

01:17:40,358 --> 01:17:42,488

Belzer as Clark Griswold.

:

01:17:42,788 --> 01:17:48,157

Now Robert Klein now, now he has that

kind of, I wouldn't say Chevy Chase

:

01:17:48,157 --> 01:17:50,528

look, but he's Chevy Chase adjacent.

:

01:17:51,077 --> 01:17:53,358

'Cause I remember seeing

him in Burt Reynolds' movie.

:

01:17:53,358 --> 01:17:55,998

Hooper Guy used to be a

huge Burt Reynolds guy.

:

01:17:56,478 --> 01:18:00,378

But belzer these, and these

are such huge what ifs because.

:

01:18:01,083 --> 01:18:04,653

I can't picture anybody but Chevy

Chase in this, but if somebody else

:

01:18:04,653 --> 01:18:07,383

was in it, do the other movies happen?

:

01:18:07,383 --> 01:18:07,593

I don't think so.

:

01:18:07,593 --> 01:18:10,083

Christmas vacation ever

happened with Bill Murray.

:

01:18:10,503 --> 01:18:11,583

No, I don't think it does.

:

01:18:11,613 --> 01:18:11,853

Yeah.

:

01:18:11,853 --> 01:18:13,023

That's interesting.

:

01:18:13,068 --> 01:18:13,848

Katie: of hard to work with,

:

01:18:14,088 --> 01:18:14,378

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:18:14,383 --> 01:18:14,733

Yeah.

:

01:18:14,758 --> 01:18:15,138

He is.

:

01:18:15,138 --> 01:18:15,483

He is.

:

01:18:15,933 --> 01:18:19,053

Well, for the longest time he

wanted nothing more to do with

:

01:18:19,053 --> 01:18:20,493

the Ghostbusters franchise.

:

01:18:20,493 --> 01:18:24,213

And then I think it was one of those

things where it's like Dan said he would

:

01:18:24,213 --> 01:18:27,543

come back and then Ernie said he would

come back and that's when he came back and

:

01:18:27,543 --> 01:18:32,163

they did the the newer Ghostbusters Plus

he probably saw the money on the check too

:

01:18:32,163 --> 01:18:34,233

and went, wait a minute, I wanna do that.

:

01:18:34,248 --> 01:18:36,368

Katie: need a new beach house or whatnot.

:

01:18:36,773 --> 01:18:37,043

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

:

01:18:37,848 --> 01:18:44,448

Katie: Ellen Griswold, apparently

Kim was the original choice.

:

01:18:44,883 --> 01:18:45,573

Pool Scene Podcast: Ooh, eighties.

:

01:18:45,573 --> 01:18:46,593

She would've been young.

:

01:18:46,593 --> 01:18:48,123

She would've been real young, right?

:

01:18:48,123 --> 01:18:48,183

I

:

01:18:48,678 --> 01:18:48,858

Katie: Well,

:

01:18:48,993 --> 01:18:49,353

Pool Scene Podcast: so.

:

01:18:49,698 --> 01:18:54,148

Katie: isn't I was reading that she

was only like 15 years older than Dana

:

01:18:54,898 --> 01:18:55,768

Pool Scene Podcast: Whoa.

:

01:18:56,068 --> 01:18:56,608

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:18:56,698 --> 01:18:59,728

Pool Scene Podcast: know what, Kim

Catrell, you think, you know, if

:

01:18:59,728 --> 01:19:02,907

she would've been casted here four

years later would've been mannequin.

:

01:19:03,058 --> 01:19:03,268

Yeah.

:

01:19:03,448 --> 01:19:07,077

And Kim Catrell was like, well,

I also, Kim Catrell was in

:

01:19:07,077 --> 01:19:10,288

Police Academy the first one a

year after this movie came out.

:

01:19:10,288 --> 01:19:14,698

So I could, now that I'm thinking

about it, I could see Kim RA's.

:

01:19:14,728 --> 01:19:14,907

Yeah.

:

01:19:14,968 --> 01:19:15,388

Ellen.

:

01:19:15,388 --> 01:19:15,778

Yeah,

:

01:19:16,032 --> 01:19:17,782

Katie: She, and they

kind of have a similar

:

01:19:17,888 --> 01:19:18,728

Pool Scene Podcast: sure they do.

:

01:19:19,883 --> 01:19:25,282

Katie: motherly, but sexiness to them

also, Maureen McCormick was considered

:

01:19:25,568 --> 01:19:26,558

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, Marsha, Marsha.

:

01:19:26,558 --> 01:19:27,398

Marsha.

:

01:19:27,593 --> 01:19:28,073

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:19:28,763 --> 01:19:29,693

That would've been interesting.

:

01:19:29,913 --> 01:19:30,333

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm-hmm.

:

01:19:30,743 --> 01:19:32,333

Katie: poor, poor Maureen.

:

01:19:32,333 --> 01:19:33,833

Once you play Marsha Brady, you,

:

01:19:34,028 --> 01:19:34,568

Pool Scene Podcast: You're done.

:

01:19:34,657 --> 01:19:34,928

Yeah.

:

01:19:35,888 --> 01:19:39,758

But do you like There was a

very short lived, they attempted

:

01:19:39,758 --> 01:19:41,018

to bring the Bradys back.

:

01:19:41,018 --> 01:19:42,188

It was:

:

01:19:42,548 --> 01:19:46,478

They did that very Brady Christmas movie,

which every year I watch, like me and

:

01:19:46,478 --> 01:19:47,858

my girlfriend, like in a tradition.

:

01:19:48,443 --> 01:19:49,973

So they brought back the Brady's.

:

01:19:49,973 --> 01:19:51,233

It lasted six episodes.

:

01:19:51,233 --> 01:19:52,373

The only one didn't come back.

:

01:19:52,403 --> 01:19:54,623

Marie McCormick said, I'm out.

:

01:19:54,623 --> 01:19:56,273

I I don't wanna be Marsha anymore.

:

01:19:56,273 --> 01:19:57,473

I'm, I'm done with this.

:

01:19:57,863 --> 01:20:02,393

Because they ended up making, I think, the

character of Marsha in that movie play.

:

01:20:02,393 --> 01:20:04,913

I can't, I don't remember who ended

up playing her, like a recovering,

:

01:20:04,913 --> 01:20:06,923

like alcoholic and stuff like that.

:

01:20:07,133 --> 01:20:10,673

So she's like, wait, you're gonna make me

a recovery, like alcohol and drug addict?

:

01:20:10,943 --> 01:20:15,113

No, I'm, I'm out, but look, can you

name, I can't name her in anything

:

01:20:15,113 --> 01:20:16,253

else off the top of my head.

:

01:20:16,313 --> 01:20:19,933

Katie: Well, I can only because

this was Patrick Swayze's first

:

01:20:19,933 --> 01:20:23,243

movie,:

:

01:20:24,293 --> 01:20:24,952

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, that's right.

:

01:20:25,013 --> 01:20:27,323

Katie: McCormick was in

that, as was Scott Mayo.

:

01:20:27,383 --> 01:20:30,532

There was like a number of like

people from back in the day that,

:

01:20:30,683 --> 01:20:31,073

Pool Scene Podcast: Yep.

:

01:20:31,433 --> 01:20:31,733

Katie: Yep.

:

01:20:31,823 --> 01:20:32,243

Pool Scene Podcast: Okay.

:

01:20:32,693 --> 01:20:35,333

Katie: But, but, but

that's really obscure, like

:

01:20:35,873 --> 01:20:36,383

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yeah.

:

01:20:36,473 --> 01:20:36,952

Katie: know that.

:

01:20:37,293 --> 01:20:41,583

And then Cousin Eddie, I don't

know who Kenneth Mars is,

:

01:20:42,393 --> 01:20:43,893

Pool Scene Podcast: Name

sounds very familiar.

:

01:20:44,373 --> 01:20:48,093

Katie: and so was Robin Williams.

:

01:20:48,093 --> 01:20:50,913

Pool Scene Podcast: That would've

been, that's like off Mor and Mindy.

:

01:20:50,913 --> 01:20:52,388

Yeah, pretty much.

:

01:20:52,563 --> 01:20:53,493

Katie: play goofy.

:

01:20:53,508 --> 01:20:53,928

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm-hmm.

:

01:20:54,013 --> 01:20:54,333

Yeah.

:

01:20:55,563 --> 01:20:55,803

Yeah.

:

01:20:55,803 --> 01:20:59,103

It would've been a totally different vibe,

but I could still see him as cousin a, I

:

01:20:59,103 --> 01:21:00,573

could see Robin Williams pulling it off.

:

01:21:00,573 --> 01:21:00,993

Yeah.

:

01:21:01,698 --> 01:21:02,268

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

01:21:03,048 --> 01:21:04,818

you guys, this has been a blast.

:

01:21:04,918 --> 01:21:05,398

Pool Scene Podcast: It as always.

:

01:21:06,157 --> 01:21:06,278

I,

:

01:21:06,288 --> 01:21:10,398

Katie: please tell us if you have any

closing thoughts on National Lampoon's

:

01:21:10,458 --> 01:21:14,238

vacation, and then where can we find you?

:

01:21:14,943 --> 01:21:18,063

Pool Scene Podcast: well, I know like

for this movie, this could have been

:

01:21:18,063 --> 01:21:23,433

like one of my earliest memories of

like amusement parks as a kid, because

:

01:21:23,568 --> 01:21:23,628

Katie: Mm.

:

01:21:24,032 --> 01:21:26,313

Pool Scene Podcast: in my local, well

actually I should say our local park

:

01:21:26,313 --> 01:21:29,943

at the time we went to all the time

was Jaga Lake, which was in Aurora,

:

01:21:29,943 --> 01:21:34,343

Ohio, which is a suburb of God's about

10, 15 minutes outside of Cleveland.

:

01:21:34,628 --> 01:21:35,077

Katie: Okay.

:

01:21:35,407 --> 01:21:37,748

Pool Scene Podcast: we were, I

was there almost growing up all

:

01:21:37,748 --> 01:21:39,518

the time, so that was our thing.

:

01:21:39,728 --> 01:21:42,818

We actually had an amusement park in

the Youngstown, Ohio region called

:

01:21:42,818 --> 01:21:44,378

I Dora Park, but I, it burned down.

:

01:21:44,438 --> 01:21:45,518

It burned down.

:

01:21:45,518 --> 01:21:46,448

We had that.

:

01:21:46,898 --> 01:21:49,958

But this might've been one of my earliest

memories of seeing an amusement park.

:

01:21:50,438 --> 01:21:51,818

And for me, that stuck out.

:

01:21:51,818 --> 01:21:56,208

And I grew up in a single, like

before my, my dad legally adopted

:

01:21:56,208 --> 01:21:57,198

me and my parents got married.

:

01:21:57,198 --> 01:21:59,688

I was raised by a mom, a

grandmother, and a grandfather.

:

01:22:00,228 --> 01:22:02,178

And we just didn't have

the money to do road trips.

:

01:22:02,238 --> 01:22:02,657

Katie: Mm-hmm.

:

01:22:03,348 --> 01:22:05,448

Pool Scene Podcast: when I was old

enough where my mom was like, okay,

:

01:22:05,448 --> 01:22:07,818

you couldn't watch it, but I'm gonna

sit and watch it with you, you know,

:

01:22:07,818 --> 01:22:09,288

that kind of supervision thing.

:

01:22:09,948 --> 01:22:12,498

It was nice to live vicariously

through a movie like this.

:

01:22:12,498 --> 01:22:16,188

Oh look, this a, a, a dad, I didn't

have a dad, and you got to go

:

01:22:16,188 --> 01:22:17,898

on a, a cross country road trip.

:

01:22:17,898 --> 01:22:19,998

Something that I always

wanted to do and dream of.

:

01:22:20,448 --> 01:22:27,678

So for me, vacation was a very, a

very like, sentimental type, hoping

:

01:22:28,128 --> 01:22:30,198

what could be one day type movie.

:

01:22:30,198 --> 01:22:31,368

And that's like watching it.

:

01:22:31,968 --> 01:22:34,788

I've seen this movie

probably 50, 60 times.

:

01:22:34,788 --> 01:22:36,168

So it holds a lot of weight to me.

:

01:22:36,288 --> 01:22:39,618

I mean, I can remember watching this

movie growing up as a, as pretty small

:

01:22:39,618 --> 01:22:42,888

child, sort of like you, but rather than

being like, oh my God, this is so great.

:

01:22:42,888 --> 01:22:45,288

I remember having like

logic issue questions.

:

01:22:45,827 --> 01:22:45,888

Yeah.

:

01:22:45,888 --> 01:22:48,048

There's a lot where like when

they pull into the parking lot and

:

01:22:48,048 --> 01:22:50,628

they're the only car there, I'm

like, how do they know it's not out?

:

01:22:50,628 --> 01:22:53,838

Like how can't they realize

it's, isn't there a newspaper

:

01:22:53,838 --> 01:22:55,038

or you and Clark's and Clark?

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01:22:55,188 --> 01:22:57,198

Katie: a kid, were like,

the thing is closed, it's

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

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Katie: Right?

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Pool Scene Podcast: So they park and

I, and I, and I still to this day,

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like Kevin and I have done this.

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We'll park the farthest away because

then you could be the first one out.

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That's what Clark says.

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Clark's like first in, first out.

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Yeah.

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That's the, that's the best thing.

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But the fact that you play

Chariots of Fire and you're running

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through this massive parking lot.

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01:23:15,378 --> 01:23:15,379

Yeah.

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And nothing occurs to you until

you see, sorry folks Parks closed.

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Well and it's funny 'cause in that shot,

that's the Wally world is a painting.

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01:23:21,948 --> 01:23:22,308

Yeah.

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And it's like some raceway, it is

Santa Anita or something like that.

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And then, but also who operates the rides.

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01:23:28,838 --> 01:23:29,678

Apparently he does.

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They know how to operate rides.

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They, they,

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Katie: apparently

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Pool Scene Podcast: yeah.

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But he's on the ride though too.

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Yeah.

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01:23:34,608 --> 01:23:34,657

Yeah.

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At the end maybe they said it to Otto.

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01:23:36,532 --> 01:23:38,423

Katie: Frank McCrae maybe was doing it

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Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah, yeah,

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01:23:39,202 --> 01:23:40,553

Katie: the other security guard.

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01:23:40,748 --> 01:23:42,488

Pool Scene Podcast: He treated

him me like a dog miss while

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01:23:42,488 --> 01:23:43,958

him Crushed by human dignity.

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01:23:44,588 --> 01:23:45,128

Yeah,

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01:23:45,188 --> 01:23:47,258

Katie: right, I logic

issues when you're a kid.

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Also, the, when he falls asleep

and he kills a bunch of people

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01:23:51,548 --> 01:23:52,718

and then parks perfectly at the

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Pool Scene Podcast: yeah, yeah.

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01:23:53,528 --> 01:23:54,218

Perfect ride.

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01:23:54,218 --> 01:23:58,148

And we also gotta give a shout

out to when they, they go off the

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01:23:58,148 --> 01:23:59,588

wrong exit and they end up in St.

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01:23:59,588 --> 01:24:05,378

Louis for somehow, some way they

don't hear the hubcaps getting

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01:24:05,378 --> 01:24:09,278

stolen and somebody's spray

painting on the side of the car.

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01:24:09,308 --> 01:24:09,458

Yeah.

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01:24:09,818 --> 01:24:15,278

I mean, you don't hear that, that,

that one of those, that scene is like.

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01:24:15,713 --> 01:24:18,773

I don't know if I, it's, I don't know if

you could do a scene like that anymore.

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01:24:18,773 --> 01:24:22,613

'cause it's very kind of, I, I think

you definitely, if you haven't seen

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01:24:22,613 --> 01:24:24,202

it, any listeners who haven't seen it.

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01:24:24,202 --> 01:24:24,263

Yeah.

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01:24:24,503 --> 01:24:25,403

You gotta watch it.

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01:24:25,403 --> 01:24:31,613

Just understand like stuff like The

Hangover wouldn't exist without vacation.

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01:24:31,613 --> 01:24:35,303

So many comedy movies would

not exist without Vacation.

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01:24:35,303 --> 01:24:36,773

Magic Mic XXL Exactly.

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01:24:36,773 --> 01:24:38,093

Does not exist without this.

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01:24:38,093 --> 01:24:38,153

Yeah.

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01:24:39,278 --> 01:24:40,448

Katie: I mean, it's a screwball.

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01:24:40,448 --> 01:24:41,768

It's very much of its time.

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01:24:42,058 --> 01:24:42,558

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yeah.

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01:24:42,698 --> 01:24:43,088

Katie: sure.

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01:24:43,253 --> 01:24:47,993

Pool Scene Podcast: And the, the

franchise, so it spawned National

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01:24:47,993 --> 01:24:50,123

Lampoons as a film franchise.

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01:24:50,153 --> 01:24:51,473

Well, animal House was first.

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01:24:51,503 --> 01:24:52,463

Well, animal House.

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01:24:52,643 --> 01:24:52,763

Yeah.

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01:24:53,003 --> 01:24:54,233

Vacation units.

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01:24:54,293 --> 01:24:55,343

Success of these movies.

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01:24:55,403 --> 01:24:56,813

We covered National Lampoon.

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01:24:56,813 --> 01:24:57,683

Senior Trip.

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01:24:57,683 --> 01:24:58,343

Senior Trip, I love it.

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01:24:58,343 --> 01:24:59,753

Which is also a road trip movie.

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01:24:59,753 --> 01:24:59,813

Yeah.

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01:25:00,263 --> 01:25:04,663

But then, yeah, some of these you know,

xeroxed like versions, copy paste of

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01:25:04,663 --> 01:25:10,213

these video stores, control C, control V,

national Lampoon, whatever is so funny.

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01:25:10,213 --> 01:25:12,763

And they all exist because

of the success of this, of.

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01:25:13,032 --> 01:25:14,653

Animal house and vacation.

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01:25:14,653 --> 01:25:17,863

And it is weird being that this is,

you know, as part of your John Hughes

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01:25:17,863 --> 01:25:23,023

season, this like barely feels like John.

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01:25:23,023 --> 01:25:25,813

There are things obviously discussed

in the last, you know, hour or

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01:25:25,813 --> 01:25:31,543

whatever where there are John Hughes

trademarks, but this is the, if you

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01:25:31,543 --> 01:25:33,853

were to say, okay, John Hughes movies.

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01:25:33,853 --> 01:25:37,213

Go Breakfast Club

Vacation's, probably 10th.

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01:25:37,603 --> 01:25:38,803

It's down there.

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01:25:39,073 --> 01:25:40,183

It's probably 10th.

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01:25:40,183 --> 01:25:40,243

Yeah.

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01:25:40,873 --> 01:25:44,393

Katie: There were things that I

noticed just because I've been doing

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01:25:44,398 --> 01:25:47,093

all these John Hughes movies and we

already covered the Great Outdoors,

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01:25:47,303 --> 01:25:48,443

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh, love that movie.

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01:25:48,623 --> 01:25:49,523

Katie: similarities.

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01:25:49,523 --> 01:25:53,963

I'm, I can see that John, like I said,

like he has like a movie template

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01:25:54,563 --> 01:25:54,863

Pool Scene Podcast: Yeah.

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01:25:54,983 --> 01:26:00,443

Katie: of picks things from certain movies

and combos them up into, into a movie.

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01:26:00,443 --> 01:26:03,473

And so there, there were a lot of

things from this, like real similar

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01:26:03,473 --> 01:26:05,123

beats in, in the great outdoors.

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01:26:05,748 --> 01:26:06,168

Pool Scene Podcast: Mm-hmm.

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01:26:06,233 --> 01:26:06,532

Katie: thought.

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01:26:06,833 --> 01:26:07,583

Pool Scene Podcast: Oh yeah, I agree.

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01:26:08,963 --> 01:26:12,563

Katie: So where can we find

you and the Stein podcast?

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01:26:12,833 --> 01:26:16,003

Pool Scene Podcast: Well, we're coming up

like I said earlier soy Mary Berg is gonna

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01:26:16,003 --> 01:26:21,403

be coming out next week, which will be

episode number 250 as of recording today.

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01:26:21,403 --> 01:26:23,293

This is our fifth year anniversary.

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01:26:23,963 --> 01:26:26,063

You can find us any, anywhere

you can find podcasts, anywhere.

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01:26:26,063 --> 01:26:27,083

Our podcasts are found.

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01:26:27,083 --> 01:26:27,863

You can find us.

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01:26:27,863 --> 01:26:29,603

That's where we're, we're everywhere.

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01:26:29,993 --> 01:26:30,563

Katie: awesome.

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01:26:30,563 --> 01:26:33,233

And it sounds like you have some super

fun episodes coming up with your banger

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01:26:33,593 --> 01:26:35,483

Pool Scene Podcast: We, we

got some stuff coming up.

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01:26:35,483 --> 01:26:37,823

We still got a let little bit

left to do in this season.

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01:26:37,823 --> 01:26:39,083

Then we're on to 19.

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01:26:39,083 --> 01:26:39,473

Yep.

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01:26:39,743 --> 01:26:40,403

Katie: awesome.

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01:26:40,403 --> 01:26:41,183

Awesome.

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01:26:41,483 --> 01:26:44,933

Well, I think that's a wrap you

guys on this road trip with the

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01:26:44,933 --> 01:26:49,253

Griswolds car troubles, moose

themed disappointment and all.

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01:26:49,643 --> 01:26:53,813

And in the meantime though, if you do

like this episode, please follow the

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show, leave a review or shoot me an email.

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01:26:56,333 --> 01:27:01,133

It does help other retro movie lovers

find the show and I'd love to hear

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what you remember about these classics.

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Until next time, be kind, rewind.

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Welcome to the Retromade Podcast, where we take a nostalgic trip down memory lane and explore the best of the 80s and 90s pop culture.

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But it’s not just about the big names and big moments. We’ll also dive deep into the lesser-known corners of 80s and 90s culture, from cult classic movies like The Breakfast Club and Big Trouble in Little China to underground bands that never quite made it big. And of course, we can’t forget the deliciously retro snacks & cereals that were a staple of our childhoods.

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