EPISODE · Apr 23, 2019 · 50 MIN
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
from Ruined Childhoods · host Dan Wiener and Jon Richardson
“April's Fools” month on Ruined Childhoods concludes with a singing bush and a plethora of piñatas - it’s 1986’s ¡Three Amigos! Jon and Dan discuss the more memorable aspects of the movie, assess how the role of Dusty was a stretch for Chevy Chase, and brainstorm options of how they might expand the world of the Three Amigos, with or without the Amigos. Also: Dan journeys into the depths of his cryptic memory to recall specific details around both seeing Three Amigos in the theater and showing it to Jon and Scott on VHS; Dan shocks Jon by unearths his mythical cigar box of ticket stubs; Jon reveals more about Dan's psychotic movie-fandomNext episode: What About Bob? (1991)
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“April's Fools” month on Ruined Childhoods concludes with a singing bush and a plethora of piñatas - it’s 1986’s ¡Three Amigos! Jon and Dan discuss the more memorable aspects of the movie, assess how the role of Dusty was a stretch for Chevy Chase, and brainstorm options of how they might expand the world of the Three Amigos, with or without the Amigos. Also: Dan journeys into the depths of his cryptic memory to recall specific details around both seeing Three Amigos in the theater and showing it to Jon and Scott on VHS; Dan shocks Jon by unearths his mythical cigar box of ticket stubs; Jon reveals more about Dan's psychotic movie-fandomNext episode: What About Bob? (1991)
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