All right, Jim. Yes, sir. You're running into
Walgreens. You're out of your shaving cream,
your body wash, your deodorant. You're just trying
to get in and out. But all of a sudden. You hear
the unmistakable opening notes of Tina Turner's
1993 hit, I Don't Want to Fight. And it dawns
on you that you actually remember these lyrics.
Do you start silently singing along almost in
a whisper? Do you sing along in your head or
are you fully animated and feeling it? Uh, I'm
going to go with option D. I will whistle. I'm
a big whistle along, you know? Um, so yeah, I
hate to immediately throw fire you off your game.
The multiple choice, but yeah, I would probably
whistle. I'm a big fan of home minutes or home
along, but It's more of a whistle thing. I've
noticed that a lot with my job now where I'm
in grocery stores that have basically, I guess
because of rights issues, they can't play more
than like 12 songs. So publics, man, their soundtrack
is a little rough, but I've heard all those songs
way too many times. But yeah, as soon as they
come on, I guess keep them going crazy. I'll
just kind of whistle along to them. Songs like
Sting's Fields of Gold. Duran Duran Come undone
Duran Duran how many the ordinary world Duran
Duran big year 1993 How many of these songs when
they come on does it remind you of? Being shuttled
around as a 13 14 year old to somebody's house
or practice And that's what your mom or your
dad's I don't know if your dad was playing that
but my mom was certainly playing the adult contemporary
radio station or or the rock station but really
folks this episode is number 93 of the day and
time podcast and you guessed it none other than
jim powell is back and since it's episode 93
we're gonna talk a little 1993 and more centered
around the box office hits or maybe some obscure
releases from that year. But how can you not
love some of these songs, whether it's rock,
R &B, soft rock, adult contemporary, or hot ACs,
they used to call it. Maybe they still do. Hot
AC. Oh, adult contemporary. I got you. I got
you. Jim. Whoop. There it is. 1993. That's a
good one. Nice. Love it. Tony, Tony, Tony. One
of my original favorite band's first cassettes
I bought, Tony Tony Tony Anniversary. Really?
Came out that year. Tony Braxton, a big year
for Tony Braxton. The list goes on, but Jim,
how are you doing today? I'm so pleased to have
you back. Thank you, Dan. Well, I'm great. I'm
sorry I keep interrupting you. I'm happy to be
here and honored as always. To be a guest on
damn time my favorite my favorite podcast You're
the Steve Martin of Dan time. Yeah, that's right
I'm still waiting on you to mail me my jacket
so I can wear it when we do these My six -pounders
club or whatever it is Jim how about you talking
about those? I'm sorry good. No, go ahead you
you go ahead No, please. It's your podcast thing
and I should stop interrupting you. I'm going
to stop doing that. So please, you captain this
ship. All right. All right. I insist that I go
ahead now. I was starting to insist that you
go ahead. Now I insist that I go ahead. All right.
Perfect. Jim, I may have asked some version of
this in the past, but let's just say that you're
hitting one of those blind spots at tractor supply
or Lowe's or Publix. You're about to intersect
with some other shopper in their cart. Are you
doing the Whoops, excuse me. I'm gonna pump the
brakes or are you saying hey? It's I'm in the
right away You yield to me buddy. I'm not stopping
Do you take that approach really any direction
you're going or do you try to slow down be courteous?
Well, I mean we've all had the awkwardness of
both people trying to do You know go around each
other at the same time So I think I'm probably
more of us pause and let the other person make
the decision and let them go ahead Because if
you both, you know go full gas and the brakes
you're gonna do the old the time -honored tradition
of the both of you choose the same way and it's
oh Sorry, you know, oh, yeah, sorry. Oh, excuse
me for sure Yeah, I like I like I like I appreciate
it condensed super condensed into like I guess
you could say two syllables. Pre -shay. Pre -shay.
Pre -shay. Yeah. Yeah. Pre -shay. Yeah. Absolutely.
So I say a lot of pre -shay and oh, you know,
a big one is sorry. Oh, you're fine. You know,
you're fine. Yeah. A lot of your fines to sorrys
because you know, when somebody says sorry, um,
what are you supposed to say? We're not, we don't
know each other and this isn't the end of a,
you know, you didn't. Scratch my car getting
out or something. We'll just go in the same direction
with our shopping carts and then you say sorry
What's your response to sorry? You're good Jim
I had a moment you can say yes, you are and they
don't want that very much. Yeah, sorry I Had
a moment at the the Little League Park Long long
straight away. No, everybody knows that everybody's
coming And I think it was opening ceremonies,
opening day, and you're walking down a long sidewalk,
but there's a couple of food trucks out there.
There's a Kona Ice and a coffee thing, and maybe
a hot dog hamburger truck. And I'm walking along,
I'm trying to get to the field in the back, and
I've got Wyatt and Vivian. And there's like two
lines that are blocking the straightaway path
because these people are waiting on coffee. They
don't really want to move around. But as from
getting closer, you just think that they'll,
they'll see to maybe a foot or two, they'll just
kind of move up or move back. And none of these
people moved at all. So it's totally incumbent
on you to maneuver around them and find little
gaps. And I had a moment where I'm not, I'm not
afraid to do this and no shame, no apology. Uh,
I'll just put on, get into full on sarcasm and
say, Hey, thanks. Thanks, appreciate it. Thanks.
They're not budging at all, but you're thanking
the absence of courtesy. I think sometimes there's
like a paralysis that grips people in those moments.
They're like, well, I don't want to lose my spot
in line or create some ambiguity about my space
here. So I'm just going to not do anything. Yeah.
Yeah, that's what it is a hundred percent. Everybody's
just terrified that it's they're gonna be that
dumb. You know, let's just person You know, it's
obvious they're trying to walk through the line.
Has anybody ever just walk in and just stop?
No, nobody does that So give them a little room
to walk by nobody's trying to cut the line But
my wife is the all -timer for that She it nothing
makes her more angry though when somebody tries
to cut in line because it's not fair Everything's
gotta be fair for her Yeah, so yeah, she's the
one who she would be one of the ones who does
not move an inch So you can just walk through
with your two young children on the way to the
fields Yeah, people can be inconsiderate like
that but that being said I don't You know, I
don't continue to stew about it. I don't allow
things in traffic to happen and then 30 minutes
later I'm still fuming and talking to who whoever
will listen about that guy who pulled out in
front of me Speaking of that Jim. Let's just
say that I'm trying to get out of a dollar general
parking lot It's very close to another intersection.
So you have that inevitable Situation where you're
traveling east or west on a major highway You're
getting up to a red light. There's about five
cars in front of you and up There's that guy
that's trying to pull out and you're gonna have
to be the one to stop and wave him on in or you
could not do that because Honestly, I think it's
good. I think we've got a little carried away
with letting everybody in every time Sometimes
it's not good for the flow of traffic. So sometimes
I'm the bad guy and I don't I don't let him in
Even really when you're in that When you're kind
of making a tea, they're trying to get in get
in and you're that that guy And are you the guy
that physically blocks his his or her entrance
or do you just think oh the guy about the next
person? Behind me that won't give them room to
let him in are you gonna be you're the T You're
the top of the T's what you're saying you block
them from getting in. Yes. My judgment is based
on the traffic flow Behind me. So if there's
if it's wide open behind me, I'm not stopping
if there's two cars behind me I'm not stopping
if there's a lot if there is a long line behind
me Now I'm I'm accommodating absolutely good
you know you go And then you wave them and they
still hesitate and you have to kind of say, no,
I mean it. Yeah. And you wave again. Yeah. I
love that at the four way stops. We may have
talked about this before, where someone's clearly
reached that stop sign three seconds before your
wheels have stopped and they're just waiting.
They're not sure. Not sure if you're going to
go. So, and then you still have to. Like I'll
kind of look at if it's like the broad daylight.
I'm say you got it Okay, get way off course here
No, no more traffic. It was at the end of traffic
talk already. Are you? Man Jim how about a you
got a garbage time question that you want to
pop out for for me or You want to move on to
the the meat of the episode? and a Well, we have
like seven dollar generals within 15 minutes
of our house Now the early episodes when I would
just really rag on them I Got to say my experience
here locally has been very favorable. I love
the staff I've really always loved the staff
at most dollar generals So I've had some great
experiences. They when I bring the kids in there
Really sweet with the kids and nice, you know,
they they put the your items in that that rotating
You got all the bags and they spin around And
they make sure I got a question for you And by
the way, Dan time is always expect accepting
sponsorship dollars. So anybody out there, you
know, if you're a dollar general or a dollar
general or a dollar tree or a family dollar or
anything that has a dollar in the name, Dan would
happily take some money from you to talk about
how great you are with his kids. So Dan, this
is my garbage time question for you. Do you as
an adult, a grown man, it's hard for me to believe
with us too that We actually have children and
our children ourselves when you go into an establishment
with say a 15 year old boy behind the counter
and you walk up to the counter and you know standard
operating procedure in the business world and
in life is To give some kind of acknowledgement
to the person who's just come into your establishment
But this person behind the counter doesn't say
anything nothing. They just stare at you blankly
Do you this go on with your order without acknowledging
them? Or do you say how are you and see if you
get a response back? I Used to try to engage
but now it's I Wouldn't say it's a battle of
wits, but it's kind of like oh, okay. We're we're
not going to I mean You don't have to say anything
more than hey, how's it going or or? Say nothing,
but make eye contact We're fine. Just wait for
them man. I've had these experiences where There's
no verbal communication and there's also No eye
contact During the entire transaction which may
be like two or three items You know your shampoo
or your dog food or whatever and it's like they
don't even look at you Wouldn't say it's the
norm. It doesn't happen everywhere. But yes,
there are and I'm not I'm not picking on this
generation Cause I think that they've just had
a different experience that we've had. Uh, but
I used to kind of let it bother me now. I'm just
like, all right, well, do you, when you walk
in, do you wait for someone to say something
before you say hi or do you just, if they don't
say anything, they just stare at you blindly
and you just start your order. I usually start
your checkout. I try to say, Hey, how's it going?
Well, customer service. I don't, you know, I
obviously don't. I think any of these people
are beneath me. I basically work in semi -customer
service, so I understand. But Ever and I went
into a unnamed dessert store, and I walk up to
the counter. The guy just stares at me blankly,
does not say a word. So I say, hi. And he says,
hey. And not, what can I get for you or anything?
I say, how are you today? And he says, good.
No, we're super cool. Okay, I guess I'll just
start my order and he just stares at me so I
say we want this Specialty thing that's on your
giant LCD monitor right behind your head flashing
get this today. It's great. It's and he says
oh, we will have the Okay, and then we order
something He turns around to make it and flips
his little screen around. And of course, the
first thing on there is tip. And so I happily
reached across and did zero tip. Because yeah,
I mean, you know, there is a reason why tip is
for above and beyond. It's for exceptional service.
Unless you're, you know, an actual server in
a restaurant and you make only tips. This kid
was making, you know, an hourly wage. So never
got a big kick out of how I... Basically pirouetted
and I was very happy to hit notes in there which
I feel bad about I feel bad as somebody who used
to live off of this But I feel like I was also
much more engaging and knew that you know I had
to be somewhat personable to To get and give
good service to get a good tip a hundred percent.
I Don't you know again it comes back to Then
I don't know if this is the case. Some people
are just They just don't have they never were
going to have Advanced social skills, but you
know Jim you and I worse talking about 1993 today.
We we had a long period of our I Mean all of
our childhood adolescence early all of our 20s
essentially where you and we've worked in the
service industry and So you have to have conversation
multiple conversations throughout the day every
day we're going to UAB or whatever we're doing
you got to engage and interact and I The people
I feel bad for are maybe naturally outgoing Gen
Z people who They're ready to engage with their
friends or they really want to have a philosophical
discussion or talk about something at length
and They look around the room and all their friends
are just you know In their phones. Yeah, and
then they don't They don't have it at the at
the ready like we did and we I think we just
had to be more expressive People talk about all
the money that they wasted in bars In their early
20s. Oh, man. I should have invested in this
company right after the crash in 08 I kind of
look at it like maybe some of that experience
was worthwhile. I don't want to my kids to have
the exact experience. Not that I was doing anything
really illicit, but we were just talking all
the time with people and then working at Mellow
Mushroom. It would kind of feel out of place
if you were to approach a table on a Friday or
Saturday night that came to this boutique pizza
restaurant and not be kind of cheerful, energetic
or try to. Just walk up and stare at them. I
Just don't know if like if some people I just
feel like some of these kids I do feel bad for
the ones like I said that Could have had a different
experience if they grew up when we did that they're
just like bored with everyday life Because everything
is so I was listening to yes. Yeah, I was listening
to a podcast last week and talking about the
lack of friction between What you want and how
you can get it when you can get it and all this
friction has gone away It's like the tap of a
finger and you've got what you want So that's
like Anyway, yeah, so I experienced that Sometimes
I get a little miffed about it. And sometimes
I'm like, hmm, that's just too bad that They
haven't been able to. If that guy at the dessert
place had grown up in 93, he'd probably be a
lot more better adjusted if he had seen some
of his movies with me and talked about today.
Yes. How's that for a segue? I love it. 1993,
Jim, this was, I'm still a couple years away
from driving. So when I go to the movie theater,
my mom probably dropped me off there. in fact,
I know she did I mean maybe my dad sometimes
actually my dad would take us to movies and It
was so much fun. I mean, I just I still I don't
know if you do this do you Go to the movie theater
very often. And if you do do you still buy the
same candy that you liked back then? Absolutely.
Yeah, I was telling you we saw the Minecraft
movie yesterday and got ever ever really addicted
to the you know the slushies or frosties or whatever
they didn't really have those back then but so
i still i get my uh large cherry coke and and
large popcorn and slather that stuff down with
butter i've never been a big candy at a movie
theater guy um just i do like it but i my main
thing when i'm going to see a movie is you know
a bucket of popcorn the size of a vw beetle and
uh a gallon of cherry coke Yeah, I don't know
I'm saying that like candy's on how to be that
candy's unhealthy if I'm eating crap like that
Oh, I mean, that's usually popcorn and coke So
I'm the opposite. I'm a candy guy, but I like
I like the the smell of popcorn around me It's
kind of like if someone you know, Natalie likes
the popcorn Warren likes popcorn So somebody
right there has their bucket and they're just
popping away. I like it cuz I it's You know,
the popcorn smell at the movie theater is a big
part of why you go Yeah, I I'm a twizzlers guy
Way back in the day Reese's Reese's Pieces And
um milk duds dots, I think no No junior meds,
um, I I mean I think everything on the candy
rack. I probably would eat it if somebody offered
but um twizzlers is Number one number one. Okay
twizzlers. That's disgusting Dan, but we can't
all share all the same loves or we do some potica.
I can't think you like to eat plastic cherry
flavored plastic straws, but But I do like you
Yeah, but you know, I like going to the movies
you still have all that candy, but you usually
now the the soda varieties It's kind of like
if you go to Certain restaurants. I think firehouse
subs and Wendy's few other places have those
a couple dozen options that you tap around and
Yeah, find the flavor that you want It's like
a it's like ink cartridges basically for coats
Exactly. All right, Jim. Let's get into the the
heart of the discussion here Do it We may not
have time for a top ten, but I think we can touch
on a lot of these movies If you had a narrow
narrow your choices of box office hits and you
feel free to throw in a wild card, but favorite
movies from 93, starting with number five. Okay.
Number five. Sorry. Can you turn that down ever?
Yeah. Sorry, Danimal. Hopefully you can cut that
out or leave it in. That's the life we live.
Um, right. Number five for me it would be one
that did not rake in the top ten of the box office
for that year But it's probably definitely my
rinse repeat movie of all time and that's Groundhog
Day Bill Murray yeah, that was the that sucker
you think about And it's just such a cult classic
now But it didn't make any it didn't make enough
money to make the top ten of the box office that
year so just fantastic movie bill bill Murray
place Gosh, I can't remember his name, but I
know Stephen Kowalski's Ned Ryerson Love that
part. Phil Connors was his name in that movie.
Yep So some of those, you know, if a movie is
quotable or I still use the quotes for a movie
in my day -to -day life It's definitely a classic
for me. So Groundhog Day would be number five
for me there Man really hard to argue with that
one. That's a movie that if it you know people
Say, if it comes on TV and I'm just channel surfing,
I'll watch it. I would love to be honest about
that. I don't really stop and watch the rest
of the movie. If I say, oh, Groundhog Day is
on, but it's in theory one that I would like
to do that. Yeah. And you especially wake up
every day, you know, it's the same exact day
over again and you get to watch it again. You
just like the movie. This is one of those that
was like, you know TBS TNT in the late 90s You
know that felt like golly every day your chamber
surfing, you know before you could just choose
what you wanted to watch It was one of those
that would pop up and I did Put it on even if
you weren't really watching it watching it was
nice that long in the back room Well, Jim, I'm
gonna go And I've got some movies here that are
actually it's April 6th When this episode is
released There's some very notable movies released
April 7th 93, but I'm gonna I'm gonna factor
in the entire year I'll say my number five for
some obvious reasons here is rookie of the year
And I like I might have to flood the zone with
baseball movies If you're familiar with another
huge movie that was released that year, but I'll
get to it in a minute Pretty pretty wacky baseball
movie the best baseball movie a Little spoiler
there. Yeah, go ahead about the year I'm sure
we're talking about the same movie rookie of
the year. This is 1993 probably not probably
definitely the The peak or it I mean this is
on a sharp incline of the Cubs fandom years now
wish it had coincided with Just a division title,
but it didn't. It was, it was going to get worse
before it got better, but 1993 watched a lot
of Cubs games. Steve Stone, Harry Carey. This
is when you're just, you know, you're living
and dying. Yeah. Baseball was everything for
us in, you know, 88 to 93, 94. I mean, it was
baseball is everything in this country. I think
we've talked about that in the past. It's evident
by just the amount of baseball movies that have
come out and that's people say it's easier to
make a baseball movie Then say football or basketball
just because the stories you can tell and but
yeah rookie of the year Being a Cubs fan great
things just wacky. I mean Daniels Daniels turn
is awesome. So yeah, it's great movie It's a
ridiculous plot But I think Gary Busey's involvement
in this movie Basically, huh? Doesn't Daniel
Stern get locked in a closet for a day or so?
Yeah, he's over stuffing his mouth with sunflower
seeds. Usually spray it, but I think Daniel Stern
makes the movie for me. And his mom's boyfriend
tries to tries to sell his contract. Yep. That's
one of the mom. You know who the mom is, I think.
The mom and rookie of the year is Pete Crow Armstrong,
the current center fielder for the Cubs. Oh,
that's right. His mom. That's right. Mm -hmm.
Yeah, so it's pretty awesome that Pete Crow Armstrong
ended up a Cub and his mom was the mother of
a Chicago Cub and rookie of the year. Yeah, you've
got Thomasine Nicholas, Gary Busey, Amy Morton.
So I just, one of those movies that you... 1993.
I don't think a movie like this would be written
for today's audiences, but, uh, would actually
like to try this out with one of my kids, maybe
next year, see if they're into it. Oh yeah. I
bet Warren would love it. 41 % rating on Rotten
Tomatoes, six, about a six out of 10 on IMDb.
Just garbage. Don't, don't trust the ratings
people. Rookie of the year's five and five stars
and 10 out of 10. All right, who you got at number
four, Jim? Number four, I'm going to go with
Dazed and Confused. Again, a lot of minor do
not fit into the top 10 box office, but they
just stick with me and were a big part of my
adolescence and especially my, you know, my mid
-teens. I didn't see Dazed and Confused in the
theater, but I watched it like... a million times,
you know, when we were juniors and seniors in
high school. So a few years after the theatrical
release. But golly, that soundtrack was just
a banger. And all the actors that were in it
and who come out of it. And again, the quotability
and party at the Moon Tower and the whole lot
cooler. I get older and they stayed the same
age. I mean, you know, McConaughey, Ben Affleck.
the kid who touches his nose a thousand times
in that one scene. And I mean, you know, just
as a great, even though it was set in the 70s,
it's still, and I'm sure schools today still
have clicks. And you know, it just felt so familiar
to me at that age, you know. We weren't the jocks,
but we also weren't the nerds or the geeks. And
you know, just kind of the... The other kids
on the fringe who likes a party. So yeah dazing
confused For sure will be my number four just
because of its rewatchability and it's just a
great movie to great actors and Script and everything.
Yeah, I like that movie Like you said, you can
kind of find a place for everybody and figure
out where you fit in the mix I honestly don't
think that they I don't think they had a place
for For me and what I was putting out there back
then. I don't know if I even knew Where I should
be placed it was I was I sometimes you know,
you just You know you needed to get involved
in something to maybe light a spark and if you
didn't do that Well, then hate some of that's
on you. So looking back, maybe there's some things
I could have you know club I could have joined
and and this or that but whatever I just think
it was it's it's an odd time for a lot of kids
And anybody listen I don't know if I've got listeners
who are still in high school, but if you are
It's not the end -all be -all If you had kind
of a forgettable experience or a bad experience
Just wait it gets better it's a big wide world
out there and But yeah, I love that movie. I
think that you can see some of your friends and
I liked how it was a mixed bag. Yeah. I think
it's Richard Linklater who directed it, who is
one of my favorite directors and has just done.
He did another great one. I don't know if you
saw this about, I think it's a community college
baseball team in the eighties. It just came out
a few years ago. I'll have to find the name.
I'll text it to you. I think you'd really like
it too, just because it's very similar. It's
almost like a sequel to Bazing Abuse. none of
the same characters or anything, but it feels
really similar in its vibe and you know, because
it's set in an earlier decade and I don't know.
It's just a really good, everybody wants some
is what it's called. Everybody go check that
out if you haven't seen it before and you're
like basically confused. So great. And that's
Glenn Powell who's in everything now. He was
like his first big role, but it was great. So
yeah, what's your number four date of all? Jim,
this is an impossible year to. Pick a top, a
top five. Oh my gosh. This is nuts. Um, I gotta
go with mr. Nanny, you know, I'm going to, no,
I'm just kidding. You've kind of really played
that up. I wouldn't believe it. All right. Ernest
rides again. Oh, no. Oh no. Really? Okay. I can't
do that one. I know that's your guy. I would
like to do an episode only on Ernest because
I think he's tragically overlooked, maybe even
forgotten. It just does not come up very much
on reels or what, maybe I'm missing it, but Jim
Varney. He was a, yeah, he was a special place
in time that just, you know, yeah, once he was,
once he passed away, there's never been another
attempt at Ernest, thank goodness. Hopefully
we don't see a reboot of Ernest anytime soon.
He was so incredibly talented. I'm going to throw
this out there, Jim. I don't, I wouldn't say
I've watched this in 20 years, but this is one
speaking about my kids. I couldn't, I can't wait
to watch it with them when they're going to get
some laughs out of it. I'm going to put Mrs.
Doubtfire at number four. Great one. Yeah. I
think this is a role that who are you going to
see in 2025? That can do What Robin Williams
did with this role in 1993? Yeah, nobody Just
a remarkable performance and I'm not even familiar
right off the top of my head of the accolades
the awards But mrs. Doubtfire 25 million dollar
budget. I Think it grossed Maybe this is the
year to date four hundred and forty one point
three million And that's the year worldwide gross
440 something now what I saw And just the ultimate,
you know, miss doubtfire is yeah, like you said
Robin Williams performance just a fantastic movie
for the family and as Miss doubtfire is the all
-timer for being in the TV that's on mute and
your doctors or dentist office or DMV or wherever
there's a TV that's on you Miss doubtfire will
be on that TV Somewhere Because you can laugh
at it without even Yeah, you you know it you
yeah, you don't have to hear anything and just
man comes at the heartstrings and Spoiler, you
know, it doesn't have The happiest ending or
what you would expect, you know, they don't get
back together, which is kind of a curveball But
you know Robin Williams is still just a great
dad and it shows at the time, you know divorce
wasn't was still kind of a rarity back then are
more rare than it is nowadays. And so it was
good to see him be a good dad and, you know,
stay in his kid's life. And it was a cool move
by the filmmakers not to put him and Sally Field,
put him and Sally Field back together. So right.
It's a good message in a great movie. That's
a good, good number four. And Robin Williams,
character's name in that movie, Daniel Hillard.
There's a real reason that's your number four.
the freelance voice actor. But again, Jim, coming
back to the absurd, despite, I mean, quite an
effort, more than commendable effort to disguise
himself, how in the world is his wife not deeply
familiar with the jawline, the eyes, the build?
I mean, it's just. It just doesn't pass the smell
test, but it doesn't have to. Some of these movies
in 93, you're a willing participant and a farce.
You're like, take me for a ride. I'm going to
suspend belief and I'm all in. And this is one
of those movies where it's just a blast to suspend
belief. It is, absolutely. Yeah. You got to wonder
what maybe Sally Field needed her. Glasses prescription
check that you couldn't tell that was having
news and arrested development. I don't know if
you're familiar that show they had David Cross
was on there and They did a great send -up of
that and exactly what you're saying how dumb
it was that nobody could notice They had David
Cross's character try to get back into good graces
with his wife and kid by the opportunity to be
Mrs. Featherbottom He couldn't really shave his
mustache, but just put on cake on makeup and
totally believed because everybody pretended
like they didn't that they knew it was him and
he just totally thought he was fooling everybody
because he was this amazing actor but It's another
great one to check out This is feather bottom
on the rest of the development if you haven't
seen that one Okay, Jim number three. We're moving
along at a pretty good clip here Who's your number
three or what what not who? Well number three
is not only one off of the top ten films of that
year And it's the biggest one and it's you know
still to this day One of the most jaw -dropping
experiences in a movie theater, and that's Jurassic
Park the original It's I think you have the grosses
there But it basically made double what the stout
fire did which is the second highest grossing
movie that you're me that just people walk To
see Jurassic Park and for good reason I mean
For me like when I watch it still to this day
on TV. I feel like the it's hard to believe this
is over 30 over 30 years ago and the the CGI
dinosaurs and stuff just look amazing still and
Just you know so awesome with suspense and my
action and cast is just badass and it's just
one of those that you know click Big blockbuster
movies. It's up there for me in my all -time
top ten blockbuster movies and for sure in the
year of 1993 would be my number, I guess number
three choice. So just awesome, awesome movie.
I remember seeing that. I think that's one that
maybe my mom took us to see and watched it with
us. And at the time you really had not been presented
with something like that as a kid in a movie
theater. It was so realistic as much as small
children love dinosaurs. It was probably terrifying.
Yeah, but just rad, you know, when you're 14,
you grew, you know, it's a little different.
Yeah, probably eight year olds and something
would have been a little too much. But yeah,
we were 14, you know, boys. We basically played
with army men, construction equipment and dinosaurs.
And usually you would kind of gravitate towards
one of those three to be your biggest, most favorite
of the boys. And so I think dinosaurs were mining.
Yeah, before Jurassic Park, they had movies with
dinosaurs, but they were either stop -motion,
you know, like claymation where, you know, that
just looks totally cheesy or they were puppets.
So they couldn't be on the scale of what he does,
you know, with that movie. And I still remember,
like, you know, I think it's Sam Neal, and I
can't remember the actress's name, but when they
first show up, you know, it's a meme now where
he takes his sunglasses off because he sees these
brontosaurus, you know, the brontosaurus grazing.
I mean, That was our reaction in the theater,
man. It was like, holy crap, that looks really
cool and really real. So, you know, way before
CGI became what it is today, where it's in Dollar
Tree commercials, it was a very special technique
and they spent beaucoup of time working on it.
And man, just the action, the set pieces, the...
Kitchen with the Velociraptors hunting the kids.
You know, the T -Rex, the T -Rex stomping up
and the water glass shaking. I mean, that's just
phenomenal, phenomenal stuff. That's, you know,
Steven Spielberg at the height of his game right
there for me. Give me that way over some of his
more recent stuff. I'm, you know, and this is
pretty close here, but Jim, I'm going to go with
the Pelican brief. Oh, really? Why? I love Denzel
Washington, Julia Roberts, some of these pairings
that you just missed. It was what made 1990s
cinema so captivating and electric. You had the
stuff in 95, 96, 97, the Pacino and De Niro movies.
I think Heat was 95. Michael Douglas and Demi
Moore, Woody Harrelson. It was, we didn't know
how good we had it. Yeah, agreed. But the Pelican
Brief, because in my, I think when I started
to revisit books and maybe trying to just challenge
myself to read a book again at my twenties, Travis
recommended, he said, John Grisham. He said,
I know he's like pretty mainstream. But just
check out one of the book. I think he gave me
one. I read bleachers The last juror and the
pelican brief is based on the 1992 novel by gresham
But did you see this one when it came out or
are you familiar with? With the plot, you know,
I am NOT dan. This is one that I actually I might
have seen but I literally don't remember seeing
it. So I I mean I remember commercials for it
now that you say denzel julia roberts, but no,
what's it? What's it? Give us a quick synopsis.
So it's centered around the assassinations of
two Supreme Court justices. And a law student
who's played by Julie Roberts, she then writes
a brief trying to lay out the motive for these
killings. Is that Denzel? A suspense? Kind of
action? Suspense? Thriller because she writes
this brief now she's she's been targeted by the
killers the The assassins and they're the ones
that set that that car bomb for her professor
so then she goes on the run and another journalist
is trying to assist her and And then they together
try to unravel the conspiracy Okay, I won't be
a conspiracy thriller so this was you know 93
we're Forget the release date because if it's
in the spring, we're in eighth grade if it's
in the fall We're in ninth grade. You just you're
just starting to get I hate to say bandwidth,
but you're You're trying you're starting to be
able to process some of these plots at the movie
theater. You're not You're not 11 or 12 anymore
you're either about to be in high school or in
or close and So this kind of reminds me of that
time period where stuff like the Pelican brief
or a time to kill Which I think was a couple
years later Kiss the girls Sling blade, I think
sling blade was Maybe the year we graduated but
just represents that type of That type of movie.
It was getting past the action comedy More of
a thinking and talking people talking movie.
Yeah, then once you know what you like Prior
to your teens probably and and honestly some
of these movies when we get to number one, it
will be Not so much. Oh, I saw it in 1993 when
I was 14 and I was Enamored with it immediately.
It was some of these are it came out in 93. I
did see it and over time now I see that It's
such a transformative piece of art. Yeah, I'll
agree. How do you feel about Julia Roberts in
some of her more serious roles? Geez Dan, I don't
really think I think a lot about Julia Roberts.
Are you a Julia Roberts guy? No, no. I think
she's a great actress, but I'm not going to go
rush up to see something just because she's in
it. or I wouldn't have 20 years ago. She doesn't
seem to be making a whole lot of movies anymore.
I think she's a great actress though. Pretty
Woman was good. Can't really think of anything
else she's been in that I'm a huge fan of. You
didn't like Pretty Woman? Yeah, I just said I
like Pretty Woman, but I can't think of another
movie. Notting Hill, Aaron Brockovich. How about
Gem, My Best Friend's Wedding? Surely you saw
that one. No, I did not. Runaway Bride. She reunites
with Richard... Richard Greer. Richard Gear?
Richard Greer? Or Greer? Is it Richard Greer?
He hasn't been in anything in a long time either.
Richard Greer. Good ol' Richard Greer. Richard
Greer. I think Richard Greer was our electronics
teacher in high school. I always liked Richard
Greer. Yeah. I know he kind of got that romantic
comedy... supporting actor tag kind of a heartthrob
maybe at the time but I like some Richard Gere
Richard Gere oh Primal Fear that's one of the
movies I love Richard Gere