You're no fun anymore

Come to school on a Saturday and take in what might be the nicest library ever disrespected by teenagers as we find the root of our early dating trauma in John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club. Is Judd Nelson the ultimate beautiful bad boy, or an assault charge waiting to happen? Did no one tell these brats not to climb on the rare Henry Moore sculpture? And can we all just generally agree that teenagers suck? What we found out is that some of us have to come to terms with our horrible taste in movie men. Does that answer your question?

Pick the perfect color-coordinated outfit and make sure you totally pause at that stop sign, as we cruise into Amy Heckerling’s 1995 teen romp Clueless. Has a movie ever spoken as directly to young women of a certain generation as this movie does to the ladies on this podcast? Where does Paud Rudd keep his enchanted portrait that allows him to stay as boyishly good looking as he does? And was there ever a time when it took 20 minutes to get anywhere in LA? You expect us to give you all the answers before you even listen to the episode? As if. 

Swish your flappy capes and check your weight as we swing into Tim Burton’s 1989 comic book classic Batman. Forget the best Batman debate, is Michael Keaton the best Bruce Wayne? Who decided it’s ok for a grown woman to pretend she weighs just 108 pounds? Is this Nicholson at his silliest? And what did we do to deserve Prince and his soundtrack genius? We’ll give you all the answers after we dance with the devil in the pale moonlight. 

Episode 76: Stand By Me, or The Long Walk To See a Body – You're No Fun Anymore

Pack for a long hike but inexplicably don’t bring any water as we trek off to see Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me. Did anyone else mentally block out the blueberry pie scene? Does thinking of this movie as Wesley Crusher on a holodeck adventure make it better? And we know parental oversight was negligible in the 80s, but were kids in the 60s just completely feral? No time to answer, we’ve got to outrun this train! 

1. Episode 76: Stand By Me, or The Long Walk To See a Body 01:07:02
2. YNFA 075: Hook, or Peter Pandering 01:10:04
3. YNFA 074: The First Wives Club, or Divorces of Nature 01:35:54
4. YNFA 073: The Good Son, or We Need to Talk About Kevin McCallister 01:13:20
5. YNFA 72: Adventures in Babysitting, or Desperately Seeking Shue 01:22:28

Jump on the family dog like it’s Shai-Hulud and avoid near death experiences at far too young an age as we fall into 1989’s family movie night classic Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Does anyone else have extremely strong feelings about Little Debbie’s Oatmeal Creme Pies? Why were oversized obstacle courses such a pop culture touchstone of the late 80s/early 90s? Do we need to start a website to let moviegoers know if the ant dies too? And did anyone else spot Buffy’s mom and get very excited? We’ll answer all your questions after we finish this giant turkey that probably tastes gross.