Ever wonder what it would be like if your dad was kind of the worst ever, and left dangerous equipment lying around the house that almost kills you? Kids in 1989 explored that dark fantasy with Joe Johnston’s Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. It was a big hit movie at the time, and has since become ingrained in the collective pop-cultural consciousness, but how does it hold-up now? Does Rick Moranis’ science make sense? What kind of name is Anty for an ant? “French Class”, what does that mean? Is there such a thing as a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids fetish? (Follow-up comment: Ewww).
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Episode 95- HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS
WARNING: the podcast contains strong language and immature subject matter, please be advised.
Have you ever played a board game that’s tried to kill you? Well that’s just what happens to Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst (and to a lesser extent Bonnie Hunt and some other kid) in 1995′s family adventure film Jumanji. Directed by Joe Johnston, who gave us other classic family fare such as The Rocketeer and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, it was a box office smash, spawning a TV cartoon series, and a real-life board game that supposedly doesn’t try to kill you. Does the movie still entertain almost 20 years later? Is this Robin Williams’ hairiest role? Who is awesomer David Allen Grier or LeVar Burton? We answer these questions and more (the answer to C is LeVar Burton) on this week’s Rewatchability!
