Cabin Boy (1994 Jason’s Pick)

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1994 features Jason’s personal pick, the Chris Elliott comedy Cabin Boy. Written and directed by Adam Resnick and starring Elliott, Ritch Brinkley, Melora Walters, Brian Doyle-Murray, Brion James and an uncredited David Letterman, Cabin Boy was a commercial and critical failure upon release but has since built a cult following.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Brian Lowry in Variety (https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/cabin-boy-1200435352/), David Mills in the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/cabinboypg13mills_a09e2c.htm), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly https://ew.com/article/1994/01/21/cabin-boy-3/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at https://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1994 installment featuring the Grand Jury Prize winner from the Sundance Film Festival, Tom Noonan’s What Happened Was.