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Do I Still Love It?
by The Grown-Up Big Kids
Every episode, Marshall & Laura (and a special guest) revisit some bit of pop culture from their childhood to determine if their younger selves had good taste...or would simply watch anything put in front of them.
Episodes
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EP 045: The Waterboy (1998)
We continue with part 3 of our very scientific survey "Was Adam Sandler actually funny?" and watch his second sports comedy with Michael Chau of Heckler Films. We ask the tough questions like "Is Bobby Bouché supposed to be mentally stunted, emotionally stunted, or both?" and "What is the purpose...
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EP 044: Happy Gilmore (1996)
Part 2 of our Totally Scientific Study - Was Adam Sandler Funny? We all remember him being funny and loving his early work but then it all seemed to go downhill. We are asking “was there ever a top of the hill to go down from?” This week we are joined by funny lady Sara Goldsmith to watch Happy...
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EP 043: Billy Madison (1995)
Director/Stop-Motion Animator Eriq Wities stops by to help us figure out if Adam Sandler was ever funny or if his sense of humor is truly that of a 12-year-old (like we once were.) Join us as we try to figure out whether this film is a celebration or condemnation of the lazy capitalist class (or...
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EP 042: D3: The Might Ducks (1996)
Paul Dupree has loved hockey for as long as he can remember, due in no small part to the Mighty Ducks film franchise. After joining Marshall and Laura for a revisit of the first two films, he is back to round out the trilogy. Will the movie disappoint? Will the kids have new character arcs? How...
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EP 041: Surf Ninjas (1993)
Ben Tibbels is back on the show with another ninja flick, 1993's Surf Ninjas. More Rob Schneider, a surprise Leslie Nielsen, a confusing number of Ernie Reyeses (Reyi?) All this and more as the guys try to figure out if they still love it!
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EP 040: Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
We're back for Season 2! Youtuber and video game designer Brent Black is on the show to see if Macaulay Culkin can do it again. As we revisit Home Alone 2, we ask ourselves "how many times can the McCallisters get away with child neglect?" "Are Harry and Marv supernatural beings?" and "Is Tim…
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EP 039: Home Alone (1990)
Writer/director Diana Wright returns to review this a Christmas entry into her apparent favorite genre: young scamps getting into mischief. The gang begins to wonder how plausible it can be to abandon a child by accident at home as well as how stupid two burglars can be to offer themselves up to...
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EP 038: D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) w/ Paul Dupree
Paul Dupree is back to revisit his favorite hockey movie, D2: The Mighty Ducks! (1994) Paul is confident he will still love this middle installment of his favorite kids-playing-hockey franchise. Marshall and Laura invite him over and together they try to determine which Mighty Duck they would…
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EP 037: Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Celery Jones returns to the show to revisit a sci-fi kids flick that has more than it's share of truly mindbendy moments. The gang are forced to consider how traumatic such an occurrence would be on a family, whether this movie instilled in us a great distrust of our government, and why no one...
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EP 036: The Neverending Story (1984)
…Comedy-actor couple Kevin Stafford and Natalie D’Alacio put the 1984 classic “The Neverending Story” under the microscope in this week’s podcast. Marshall is giddy with excitement for puppets; Laura is leery about the fate of Artax the horse. Kevin wonders “are we ALL in the Neverending Story...
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EP 035: Practical Magic (1998)
Writer/Director Yulin Kuang wants to know if Practical Magic still holds up. She's a fan of the romantic cinema but can't really remember if this Sandra Bullock/Nicole Kidman flick was technically a rom-com, but it definitely has something to with witches and love spells and curses, so that's...
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EP 034: Blade Runner (1982)
Michael Chau is back, but is he a replicant?! The gang revisits the original Blade Runner, just in time to go see the new sequel. Does the "greatest sci-fi of all time" hold up? Who is the villain in this film? Are they all villains? Is Deckard the least likable character Harrison Ford ever…
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EP 033: An American Tail (1986)
We're back for season 2! Becca Cousineau joins us to review the immigrant story "An American Tail" (1986)! This story of Jewish mice coming to the United States manages to pack a lot of allegory into it's messaging, causing Becca to wonder if this movie needs an immediate rerelease to theaters.…
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EP 032: Hot Shots! (1991)
Fan favorite Ariana Kaiser returns to the show bringing with her a much-loved favorite from her youth: Top Gun parody Hot Shots! We last heard from Ariana during the episode on Willow wherein she couldn't remember which of these two movies she spent an entire summer at the theaters watching....
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EP 031: Pretty Woman (1990)
Mary Hamilton and her pup Pompom are a couple of pretty women trying to figure out if they still love Pretty Woman (1990). They join Marshall and Laura to revisit the film that made prostitution seem romantic to determine why they were allowed to watch this as children, and a lot of other things...
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EP 030: Newsies (1992)
Darcy Kendall, musician and songwriter, waxes poetic about the first musical she ever saw, Disney's 1992 flop-turned-cult-hit-turned-Broadway-musical "Newsies!" This musical concerning the real 1899 newsboy strike takes center stage as Darcy joins Marshall and Laura in discussing the papes trade,...
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EP 029: The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
Writer Paul Bianchi loved The Chipmunk Adventure when he was a kid, but will he still love it now that he's grown up? He drops by Marshall and Laura's place and this rock-n-roll movie raises lots of questions about the simple visions of foreign countries that were fed to us 80's and 90's kids.…
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EP 028: Masters of the Universe (1987)
Comedian Raul Garcia joins Marshall and special guest host Sean George to see if they have the POWER!! While Laura's away it's guys night at "Do I Still Love It?" and they've got a movie so manly that the main character is named HE-MAN. Will these grown men reconnect with their toy-loving former...
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EP 027: The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Writer/Comedian/Hockey fanatic Paul Dupree can't wait to revisit "The Mighty Ducks" with Marshall and Laura. This classic underdog story goes under the microscope so the gang can examine the importance of representation, the insanity of Coach Bombay's privilege, and the viability of the flying V…
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EP 026: Strike Up the Band (1940)
Australian theatermaker Joanne Hartstone Is in town for LA Fringe and decides to revisit this Mickey & Judy classic. Laura and Jo coo over Hollywood's most shippable couple and the gang ponders things like abbreviated modern attention spans, cannibalistic fruit orchestras, and boy encounters was...
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EP 025: A Goofy Movie
Rama Vallury returns to rewatch another part of the Disney Afternoon movies, A Goofy Movie! Laura and Marshall welcome him over to watch what is definitely one of the heavier flicks in the animated Disney arsenal, bringing up such questions as: Is Mickey Mouse famous WITHIN the world of the…
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EP 024: 3 Ninjas (1992)
AY-YAH, dude! Ben Tibbels is excited to revisit a childhood favorite that really kicks some butts, 3 Ninjas! Marshall and Laura complete the trio and questions arise: has the FBI ever faced off with real ninjas? Is revenue from martial arts studios considered blood money? Is this what you get…
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EP 023: Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Artist Celery Jones drops by Marshall and Laura's place to discuss the movie that taught her to love weird boys: Edward Scissorhands! Will Tim Burton's opus about being a weirdo in vanilla suburbia still resonate with these grown-up big kids now that they've escaped suburban life? Will the…
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EP 022: Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Comedian Katie Reed stops by with their favorite imaginary friend movie "Drop Dead Fred." Marshall, Laura, and Katie take a trip into the memory banks to recall their own imaginary playthings, delve into gross-out humor as a medium, and ponder on how much sex and violence really makes a movie...
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EP 021: Blank Check (1994)
Finally a movie that let you fantasize about what you'd do as an 11-year-old with a million dollars: buy a castle and easily several million dollars worth of props! Comedian John Clavier joins Laura and Marshall to watch the film that combined Macaulay Culkin's characters from Home Alone and…
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EP 020: The Sandlot (1993)
Comedy Writer/Director Diana Wright puts on the fuzzy sepia-colored glasses to revisit "The Sandlot." prompting some deep childhood reckoning in Marshall and Laura. Was this the childhood everyone wanted? What music plays during your own personal coming-of-age movie? What boyhood best friend did...
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EP 019: Spaceballs (1987)
Music agent Dan Koplowitz throws it into Ludicrous Speed when he joins Marshall and Laura to find out if the Schwartz is with him, along with answers to the questions "Is 'Schwartz' Yiddish for 'penis?'" "Did they ever make Spaceballs the sheet?" "What sight could turn Laura off pizza forever?"…
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EP 018: Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Actor/writer/activist/comedian Petey Gibson stops by to watch a tale as old as time. Just in time for a live-action remake, Petey, Laura, and Marshall wrestle with such conundrums as "Does Petey know the words to this movie by heart?" and "Why did that witch punish a whole castle filled with...
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EP 017: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
Writer/director Leta Tremblay joins Laura in cooing over a movie Marshall has never seen when they watch Disney's "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken." This period piece about horse-diving and inappropriate romance was very formative to Laura and Leta as wee children, will it hold up to scrutiny in a...
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EP 016: The Mask (1994)
It’s time for a smokin’ new episode and this time we have actor/comedian Ryan Miller on the show to discuss the ‘90s preeminent physical comedy actor, Jim Carrey. Will the antics of the man with the rubber face hold up after two decades? Is a terrier actually the best actor in this movie? Between...
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EP 015: Mother Goose Rock-n-Rhyme (1990
Actress and comedian Rukhmani K. Desai dusts off the obscure Shelley Duvall kid's flick "Mother Goose Rock-n-Rhyme," prompting Marshall to wonder if he still loves it and Laura to wonder why she never even heard of it. Is it a warm fairy tale hodge-podge or a Sisyphean task akin to Dante's…
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EP 014: Mary Poppins (1964)
It’s time to revisit a film that glorified service sector over the banking industry! Marshall and Laura are joined by British-American husband-and-wife comedy duo Nick Afka Thomas and Sarah Ann Masse of “We Are Thomasse” to explore, among other things: the mysterious origin of Mary Poppins’…
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EP 013: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Actor/writer Sean Wright stops by Marshall and Laura's place to revisit "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." This Ron Howard family comedy challenges our hosts to ponder such indomitable questions as "How does science work?", "How bleakly obvious is Russell Sr.'s favoritism of Russell Jr.'s over his…
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EP 012: Willow (1988)
Actress Ariana Kaiser stops by for movie night bringing with her Ron Howard's 1988 fantasy "Willow" starring Warwick Davis and mega-hunk Val Kilmer. Will we still love it? How badly did Ron Howard just want to make Lord of the Rings? What made Ariana exclaim "It looks like a cross between…
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EP 011: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1st Season, TV Show)
It's morphin' time! Marshall and Laura are joined by game designer and podcast host Alex Kessler to revisit the original season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! For the inaugural tv show review episode, the Grown-Up Big Kids decide to tackle the cultural phenomenon that was/is the Power Rangers…
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EP 010: Legend (1985)
Get ready for a story for the ages as Laura and Marshall are joined by returning guests Michael Chau and Sean George, creators of the Heckler Films series "Schlock Tank!" The gang sit down to watch Ridley Scott's faerie tale tribute "Legend" and as usual, they have many questions, such as "Can...
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EP 009: Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
80s kids Marshall and Laura are joined by filmmaker Liz Manashil to review "Adventures in Babysitting" and ponder the questions: is the big city really that scary?
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EP 008: DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
80s kids Marshall and Laura realize that there are a ton of movies and tv shows that they loved as kids, but were those movies really good or were they just easily-duped children? Comedian and actor Rama Vallury joins them as they rewatch Disney's DuckTales movie. Hot on the tales of Aladdin, did...
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EP 006: Hocus Pocus (1993) w/ Callista Mei
This Halloween, DISLI? is getting to the bottom of some spooky questions: Does Bette Middler believe herself to forever be in a stage musical? Does "all the world's a stage" apply to lousy, abstinance-shaming kid flicks? Laura and Marshall are joined by Callista Mei to determine if "Hocus Pocus"...
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EP 005: Super Marios Bros. (1993) w/ Michael Chau
We invite you to come with us into a parallel universe where the Super Mario video game franchise was all about intelligent dinosaurs lorded over by a handsomer, arguably less-evolved Dino Trump. Laura and Marshall are joined by his somewhat adopted brother-in-plumbing Michael Chau to divine if…
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EP 004: Labyrinth (1986) w/ Andraé Vigil-Romero
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the David Bowie classic, Marshall and Laura review the thin white duke's muppet-filled adventure, "Labyrinth." They're joined by Andraé Vigil-Romero to try and figure out if Jennifer Connelly will ever learn to rescue herself and whether any of the musical...
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EP 003: The Land Before Time (1988) w/ Erin Tylski-Williams
On this episode, Marshall & Laura and guest Erin Williams re-watch Don Bluth's animated classic "The Land Before TIme." They discuss its heavy messages about parental death, faith in the unseen, and overcoming racial prejudices. After all these years, do I still Love it?
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EP 002: The Little Mermaid (1989) w/ Zoë Rose Moacanin
Marshall and Laura invite special guest Zoë Rose Moacanin to be part of their world and discuss following your dreams, the merits of dating a mute, and whether this movie sends a good message to young people.
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EP 001: The Goonies (1985) w/ Sean George
1980's kids Laura Wiese, Marshall James, and Sean George sit down to discuss what they remember loving about 1984's "The Goonies" before rewatching it with their critical grown-up eyes. Will age and wisdom dull their enjoyment? Or will this childhood favorite hold up as a classic?
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