Episode 38: The Silence Of The Lambs - King Ralph - Nothing But Trouble: Feb. 15, 1991

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02/17/21 • 99 min

“You still wake up sometimes, don't you, Clarice? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs. Or is that just Jason watching ‘Nothing But Trouble’?” This week, the boys travel back to February 15, 1991, and the horrifying (for all sorts of different reasons) triple bill of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, and KING RALPH on Episode 38 of Opening Weekend!

There are certain roles that fit an actor like a nice skin suit made of human flesh: Erudite cannibal, Jewish sailor, scrappy FBI trainee, middle-aged baseball coach, deranged serial killer, drunken ghost... The list goes on and on! But then there are casting announcements like “John Goodman as the King of England” or “Dan Aykroyd as Naked Obese Baby” or “Dan Aykroyd as Penis-Nosed Elderly Man” or “Dan Aykroyd as Film Director” that just... well, they give one pause.

Whether your movie treat of choice is human liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti, a heaping helping of spotted dick, Dan Aykroyd’s gray, wet sausage (don’t ask), or the elusive Mexi Melts of Fred, Dan, and Jason’s Taco Bell-fueled youth (now with 50% less actual man meat!), it’s time to chow down with the least appetizing film trio since two girls met one cup and sink your teeth into Episode 38 of Opening Weekend!

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Episode 37: Fort Apache, The Bronx - The Devil and Max Devlin: February 6, 1981

It’s February 6th, 1981, and both the Bronx AND Bill Cosby are burning. The Bronx will eventually be saved. Cosby? Well...

This week the boys hit the streets and descend into the depths of hell to revisit FORT APACHE, THE BRONX and THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN on Episode 37 of Opening Weekend!

“RUDY! THEO! ELLIOT GOULD!” Ah, remember the good old days when we just thought Bill Cosby was PLAYING the Devil? In 1981, someone at Disney must’ve read the script to “Fort Apache, The Bronx” and thought, “You know what the kids need? Something grittier...something scarier... something more sinister. GET ME THE COS!” Yes, our collective trust with America’s Dad has since been broken, but that’s nothing compared to the trust that was broken between Fred and his 3rd grade teacher when she caught him cheating in math. Oh, the 8 year old shame. But at least she didn’t start singing, “What’s A Mattah You?” at him like a 7 year old Dan would have. While Jason is studying the classics and learning Greek in his 4th grade Gifted & Talented class, Dan gifts us with his favorite K-Tel novelty hits of the 70s/80s and Fred shows off his talent for writing songs about smelling butts. And, finally, the battle for the soul of Sheila comes to a head this week on a very special phone call you DON’T want to miss. Shaddup You Face, it’s an Etsy Ketsy episode of Opening Weekend!

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Episode 39: Office Space - October Sky - Rushmore: Feb. 19, 1999

“Umm, yeah, boys, if you could just head back to February 19th, 1999 and take a look at OFFICE SPACE, OCTOBER SKY, and RUSHMORE, that would be great, mmkay?” You got it, Mr. Lumbergh! Grab your red stapler, throw on your school blazer, and look to the sky, ‘cus it’s Episode 39 of Opening Weekend!

After having to sit through “Nothing But Trouble” last episode, this week’s three movies are just the sweet palate cleansers Jason, Fred, and Dan needed. But not even the pleasant memory of life at Rushmore Academy or of gleefully destroying that Initech copy machine or of staring into Jake Gyllenhaal’s dreamy astronomer’s eyes can erase the horrific memories of “Substitute High School Teacher Dan”. Or “Bennigan’s Server Dan”. Or “Master of Fine Arts Dan.” Or “Dan.” Listen... In February of 1999, Fred had no idea that playing a Shakespearean fool would directly lead to him acting like a fool on this very podcast almost 20 years later. And back then, Jason, much like Ron Livingston’s “Peter Gibbons”, was walking through his office temp job with all the joy of a West Virginian coal-miner getting yelled at by Chris Cooper. Oh, to wear the flair of a Brewster DeVice once again! Ooh La La, it’s time to find YOUR Rushmore with Episode 39 of Opening Weekend.