Episodes

Feb. 10, 2021

Episode #340: "Dishes Are Done" | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dea…

Sue Ellen doesn't really like her mom very much. She doesn't like her siblings. She doesn't like much of anything. When her mom heads to Australia with her new boyfriend for a couple of months, the babysitter abruptly dies and Sue Ellen takes the opportu...

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Feb. 3, 2021

Episode #339: "George Banks is saying NO!" | Father of the Bride (199…

George and Nina Bonks... sorry, Banks... are prepping for their daughter's wedding. George may be struggling with the concept a little more than your average dad. Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and Martin Short star in Father of the Bride. Trailer:

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Jan. 27, 2021

Episode #338: "The Missing Link!" | TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze (1…

The Turtles return to battle evil once again when the Shredder, who they believed to be dead, shows up and has a couple of mutant monsters of his own. Paige Turco, David Warner, and Michelan Sisti star in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of th...

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Jan. 20, 2021

Episode #337: "It's A Living Thing" | Backdraft (1991)

Steven and Brian are brothers, but they don't always get along. This would be pretty normal for brothers, but when you're firefighters serving in the same company, you kinda need to be able to trust your partners. When a series of mysterious fires begins...

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Jan. 13, 2021

Episode #336: "Go Back to Disneyland" | Double Impact (1991)

Chad and Alex were separated as babies and grew up not knowing they each had a twin brother, but when Chad travels to Hong Kong and accidentally meets Alex they have to work together to avenge their parents' deaths and try not to kill each other in the p...

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Jan. 6, 2021

Episode #335: "The Rocka-Who??" | The Rocketeer (1991)

Welcome to 1991! Our first episode rockets into your podcast app of choice as Cliff Secord finds a mysterious jetpack and is soon catapulted into a conflict between the feds, the mob, and the Nazis... oh my! Billy Campbell, Timothy Dalton, Jennifer Conne...

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Dec. 25, 2020

Episode #334: "Minds Were Evaporated" | Star Wars Holiday Special (19…

There are two questions you always say "yes" to: When someone asks if you're a god, or if the hosts of the Surely You Can't Be Serious Podcast call you up and ask you to join them for a discussion of the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. If you're strong e...

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Dec. 23, 2020

Episode #333: "I Love Being A Turtle!" | TMNT (1990)

Ever wanted to see Leonard, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Raphael beat the crap out of a bunch of evil ninjas? Well, until I can fully finance that Kung-Fu Renaissance screenplay I've been working on, you'll have to settle for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...

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Dec. 16, 2020

Episode #332: "Talk Hard" | Pump Up The Volume (1990)

Mark Hunter moved away from everything he knew into a dysfunctional high school in the middle of nowhere. What else is a kid to do but start a pirate radio station and rile up the other teenagers? Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis star in Pump Up The ...

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Dec. 9, 2020

Episode #331: "Stark Raving Sane" | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are De…

Something's rotten in the state of Denmark... but Rosencrantz and Guildenstern can't quite put their finger on what it is.  Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, and Richard Dreyfuss star in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.

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Dec. 2, 2020

Episode #330: "I am not complete" | Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Edward is an unfinished boy left to fend for himself when his "father" died. When the outside world finds him and makes him their Avon spokesmodel, he has to learn what it means to be a real boy, just without the pesky donkey ears and whales.  Johnny Dep...

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Nov. 25, 2020

Episode #329: "Pizza Power" | Coming Out of Their Shells Tour (1990)

In the fall of 1990, Ninja Turtle mania was at a fever pitch. The cartoon and merchandising had exploded. The movie was a success. What else is there left to do but to create a musical concert experience for the throngs of children who were demanding to ...

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Nov. 18, 2020

Episode #328: "Golf clap?" | Men At Work (1990)

Carl and James are two garbage men pining for a life of surf and sun, but when they discover a dead body on their route, it drags them into a corporate cover-up, a little Weekend-At-Bernie's action, and some good-natured pranking that escalate from explo...

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Nov. 14, 2020

Empire Strikes Back - Patreon Exclusive Preview

Check out a preview of our Patreon exclusive episode on the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. It was a three and a half hour marathon show, so this is just a taste to try to entice you. We would be honored if you would join us at patreon.com/3...

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Nov. 11, 2020

Episode #327: "Well done, mate" | Rescuers Down Under (1990)

In the late 80s, Disney was reeling from a lackluster box office. It wasn't until 1989 and The Little Mermaid that they started to regain their footing. One film, released in that buffer zone between the gloom of the 80s and the boom of the 90s was Rescu...

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Nov. 4, 2020

Episode #326: "Let's Experiment" | Quigley Down Under (1990)

Matthew Quigley answered a wanted ad to take a job in Australia that needed a sharpshooter. Unfortunately, he finds out too late that his targets would be native aborigines. His new employer, the ruthless Elliot Marston, tries to kill Quigley and Crazy C...

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Oct. 31, 2020

Episode #325: "I'm your number one fan" | Misery (1990)

Paul has just finished his latest novel but ends up in a car accident that leaves him incapacitated and bedridden. His "rescuer" Annie also happens to be a huge fan of his book series. Unfortunately, this fan doesn't agree with the fate of her favorite c...

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Oct. 21, 2020

Episode #324: "Broke into the Wrong Rec Room" | Tremors (1990)

Valentine and Earl are looking to get out of Perfection as fast as they can. They probably should have left one day earlier, though, when giant underground eel creatures start killing residents. With a little ingenuity and some residual boulders, they mi...

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Oct. 17, 2020

Episode #323: "Of course you can trust me" | Internal Affairs (1990)

For our second "Patreon Listener's Choice" episode, our newest Co-Executive Producer (the title bestowed upon our Patreon supporters) Jason Colvin chose Internal Affairs. Richard Gere plays Dennis Peck, a smooth but sociopathic dirty cop to Andy Garcia's...

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Oct. 14, 2020

Episode #322: "Step by Step, Rung by Rung" | Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Jacob Singer was intensely affected by his time in Vietnam, but until he begins to have vivid hallucinations he doesn't realize just how much. Is he on an extended drug trip or halfway between heaven and hell? Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, and Danny Aiell...

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Oct. 10, 2020

Episode #321: "Call the mud guy" | Mr. Destiny (1990)

Larry feels like there could have been more to his life than just building model cars in an unfinished house in the suburbs. His job is fine, but not great. The boss's wife seems more appealing than his own. Then one night, after getting fired from his j...

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Oct. 7, 2020

Episode #320: "You'll Float Too!" | Stephen King's IT (1990)

It's the classic tale of boy meets girl, girl has abusive father, boy has weight issues, other boy has mommy issues, other boy stutters and has dead brother issues... and so on. Then there's a killer shapeshifting alien clown. You know... the usual. Harr...

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Oct. 1, 2020

Episode #319: "Cruelty to Children" | The Witches (1990)

When Luke's parents die in an accident, he travels with an elderly mentor and is pursued by an evil black-clad villain with a penchant for cutting off appendages. I just realized this movie is a copy of Star Wars! Not really... but it is the film adapta...

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Sept. 23, 2020

Episode #318: "Houston, we have a problem" | Problem Child (1990)

Ben Healy is a nice guy. It's hard to imagine how he ended up that way with the father who raised him or why he ever married Flo... basically everyone else around him are horrible people. When Ben and Flo adopt Junior, they think a gap has been filled in...

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