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November 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Next week: THE ’BURBS (1989)
Nosy neighbors, suspicious basements, and suburban paranoia taken to hilarious extremes. 🏡💀
Watch it, send us your takes, and you might make it on the show.

With special guest: @stampercinema.bsky.social

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November 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
October 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Day 18: The ‘Burbs (1989)
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October 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Tom Hanks improvised the scene where he picks up the gurney and puts himself into the ambulance.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:16 AM
In the Klopek basement, there is a sled with the name Rosebud - a reference to Citizen Kane (1941).
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October 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Walter's toy poodle Queenie was played by the same dog that played Precious in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), PeeWee's Playhouse, The first Tim Burton Batman
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October 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Good evening #FFBMovieNight Krewe!!! Happy Friday!! Is everyone ready for #TheBurbs??? Dinner tonight is a chicken bacon club with fries and a "You have one of my skulls" Monster Manhattan!! This is one of my all time fav movies!!! @ffbmovienight.bsky.social
October 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
There's a shadow of a noose on the wall over Uncle Reuben's right shoulder when the neighbors first visit the Klopeks' house.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Courtney Gains was hired immediately after meeting with director Joe Dante for the part of Hans Klopek, without having to audition for it.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Tom Hanks, along with Carrie Fisher and Joe Dante, pitched in and rented Raging Waters Amusement Park out and had everybody's family come and enjoy the amusement park as a wrap party.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The events that take place in the film during Tom Hanks' "alleged" one week vacation are Monday through Friday with Hanks going for his "second" vacation the following day.
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October 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Oddly enough, when Art falls off of the telephone pole and onto the shed, the sound effect that plays is that of a bowling ball knocking a strike.
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October 17, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Tom Hanks advocated for Carrie Fisher to play Carol, and he wanted her over any other actresses considered simply because of his love for the Star Wars movies.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The Klopeks' house address is 669. When Ray and Art use the heavy door knocker on their door the 9 slides down changing the Klopeks' house number to 666 which is considered the 'mark of the beast' in biblical terms.
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October 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Screenwriter Dana Olsen was inspired by a family in his own neighborhood who were hardly seen and never took care of their lawn.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The Klopeks' painting, of which Rumsfield can't seem to understand the orientation, is a depiction of surgery from the point of view of the patient.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Carrie Fisher actually wore a wig that was pretty similar to her own hair do - in between takes she would take it off and the cast couldn't tell the difference.
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October 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The plot of the bone furnace is similar to one of Brother Theodore Gottlieb's comedy routines, about his parents starting to make their "Dog Oil" from Human Corpses.
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October 17, 2026 at 2:07 AM