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.