Zookeeper
12/30/24 • 68 min
We're finishing out the year with a look at the romance of the 2011 Kevin James comedy Zookeeper!
Join in as we discuss celebrity voice roles, gorilla prison, the movie's ever-shifting release date, and a standout performance by Rosario Dawson.
Plus: Did this movie kill an elephant? What about a giraffe? Why was Leslie Bibb invited to that wedding? Why wasn't Shane fired for beating animals? And, most importantly, is there any job more revolting than being a zookeeper?
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Next week: Big Fat Liar (2002) and our 2024 Top Ten lists
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Key links and sources for this episode:
- Roger Ebert's three-star review of Zookeeper
- Hollywood Reporter piece on the bidding war for the Zookeeper spec script
- EW report on the film's floating release date
- 2011 report on alleged abuse of animals in Water for Elephants
- Huffington Post report on animal-rights protests at the Zookeeper premiere
- 2013 Hollywood Reporter investigation into animal abuse on sets
- 2022 Indiewire interview with Richard Schiff on his motion-capture performance in God of War Ragnarok
We're finishing out the year with a look at the romance of the 2011 Kevin James comedy Zookeeper!
Join in as we discuss celebrity voice roles, gorilla prison, the movie's ever-shifting release date, and a standout performance by Rosario Dawson.
Plus: Did this movie kill an elephant? What about a giraffe? Why was Leslie Bibb invited to that wedding? Why wasn't Shane fired for beating animals? And, most importantly, is there any job more revolting than being a zookeeper?
Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: Big Fat Liar (2002) and our 2024 Top Ten lists
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Key links and sources for this episode:
- Roger Ebert's three-star review of Zookeeper
- Hollywood Reporter piece on the bidding war for the Zookeeper spec script
- EW report on the film's floating release date
- 2011 report on alleged abuse of animals in Water for Elephants
- Huffington Post report on animal-rights protests at the Zookeeper premiere
- 2013 Hollywood Reporter investigation into animal abuse on sets
- 2022 Indiewire interview with Richard Schiff on his motion-capture performance in God of War Ragnarok
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Next week: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
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Key links and sources for this episode:
- Spiders Georg
- "Average Familiarity" from XKCD
- People don't know what The Odyssey is
- Roger Ebert's three-star review of Big Fat Liar
- 2020 Forbes oral history of Big Fat Liar
- Shawn Levy's pitch for a Big Fat Liar sequel
- Paul Giamatti's Chinwag podcast
- Fact-checking Jodi Comer's accent in The Bikeriders
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