Halloween is over. The days are growing colder as the nights grow longer. The leaves change and fall and it feels like the winter season is upon before they even hit the ground. The holidays approach and suddenly we’re spending more time at home, bundled up with our loved ones, taking time to reflect on what really matters to us: friendship, charity, art, a pair of cozy socks, a warm cup of coffee. All the little pleasures in life that keep us going. We all have different things we’re grateful for, but there’s one thing in particular that every single human being on this planet can agree matters most of all. It’s a thing that transcends all of our differences, overcomes all cultural barriers, and bridges all political divides. That thing we cherish above all else is, of course…. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks.
November is the month of HANKSGIVING on the Video Monsters Podcast! A joyous occasion in which we celebrate and take comfort in the works of our beloved dad, Tom Hanks. We decided that the best way to give ‘Hanks this season is by highlighting some films in his oeuvre that we feel are underappreciated, underseen, or overshadowed by the canonical classics we all already know and love. Up first, we’re hanging with Hanks in Joe Dante’s THE ‘BURBS (1989). Nathan, Eric, and Dan discuss Tom Hanks’s prowess as a physical comedian, how this film may be a secret sequel to BIG, why the “heroes” of this story might actually be the villains, and how the illusion of safety in the suburbs makes them a perfect front to hide true horrors. So crush those empty beer cans, throw the garbage out in the street, call up the pizza dude, and guard your femur because you never know what kind of lunatics might be lurking in THE ‘BURBS!
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music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons
