All right, can I do my number two, please? My
number two is Boonstone. Oh, sorry Boonstone.
Yeah So, you know like you Like we spoke about
in text RIP Val Kilmer just super sad Another
phenomenal actor who but to me he will always
be Doc Holliday Not Batman or the guy in heat
or sorry can't remember all their names The guy
in Real Genius is super cool, or Iceman. But
yeah, Doc Holliday, his performance is Doc Holliday.
Kurt Russell, all those guys. And this is just
quintessential Western to me. I think Unforgiven,
the Clint Eastwood movie that got so many raves
I've watched recently. And it just doesn't hold
up. I think it's very woodenly active, like a
lot of his movies. I don't know. I don't understand
the love for Unforgiven. And it's crazy to me
again tombstone not in the top ten of the box
office that year if you know if you ask me today
The tombstone and it's just the top ten, you
know in 93. I love to said absolutely Yes, it's
just crazy to me that it didn't but yeah, just
a phenomenal Western and just great movie overall
well -acted and fun and characters and lines
you can quote So yeah tombstone awesome. Awesome
movie and all those guys at the tops of their
careers that were Doc Holliday and the other
guys. Just a who's who. Sam Elliott as Brother
Virgil. Kurt Russell, my favorite from that movie,
as Wyatt Earp. This is one you can watch again
and again. You can watch it and give it a couple
years and then go back and watch it and you'll
wanna You won't get to a point where you're like,
all right, I've seen this already. I'm gonna
turn it off. That was great 10 years ago. But
every time you watch it, it's just that movie.
You wanna watch the whole thing and push everything
aside. Maybe flip the lights off, close the blinds
or whatever and just get immersed in it. It's
just a stunning performance, I would say by Val
Kilmer and almost tragic that he did not. He
wasn't even nominated for an Academy Award for
this movie or any others. He was nominated in
Tombstone for MTV Movie and TV Awards for Tombstone,
but Yeah, RIP to him. Great movie. Loved him
in Maverick. I thought it was great that Tom
Cruise gave him a proper sendoff. Just a horrible,
horrible to lose people that young of an age
man and F cancer. Yeah. just really sad and sucks
but anyways i have a good idea what your number
two or number one would be so what's what's your
number two number two and give me just a second
because i've got like five here that are possible
and okay well while you look let me just read
out some of the other films that came out in
1993 while you're looking okay So in the top
10, we already said Jurassic Park was one, Doubtfire
two, The Fugitive, Schindler's List, and Decent
Proposal, Cliffhanger, Sleepless in Seattle,
Philadelphia, The Throne, The Pelican Grief,
those were all in the top 10. And then you had
Alive, which was a crazy movie, but really good.
I wanna watch it in the theater and had no idea
what I was getting into. Hot Shots, part two,
part two, which was great. Last Action Hero,
a lot of people. points of that is the end of
Arnold Schwarzenegger and the end of Stallone
and Schwarzenegger and all those guys in those
movies from the 80s and late 80s that kind of
dominated, you know, that was the first big flop,
whereas any of those movies those guys came out
with just printed money and were guaranteed to
be big hits. One of the strangest sequels of
all time, Weekend at Bernie's 2, just like, how
do you get a movie made where guys carry around
the corpse of their dead boss for a second weekend.
I think it has something to do with voodoo and
I mean just the most insane bat shit crazy idea
for a movie and obviously the first one made
more money than they were expecting and I think
the second one you know people finally were like
why would I want to go see this dead guy pretend
to dance for a second time. One that I was super
excited for just because I grew up with it, but
totally bombed And it was insane was the Super
Mario Brothers movie. Oh, yeah I don't know if
you're a video game guy, but when they and they
um, you know I've never seen the first trailer
for that and I was like what the heck is this?
You know, I guess they didn't want to do a cartoon
and they didn't have CGI stuff like you know,
we have nowadays the newer Super Mario Brothers
movie But it was just nuts like Dennis Hoppers
was King Koopa Bob Hoskins and John Lo Guazzamo
or Mario and Luigi. It's just so bad. Let's see,
Robin Hood, Men in Tights. It's the first time
I ever saw Dave Chappelle. It's a hilarious one.
True Romance, to me, is like the first Quentin
Tarantino movie, even though he didn't direct
it, he wrote it. So it's just a phenomenal movie.
And one of those that opened my eyes, as we've
said, like in early adolescence, definitely one
of those that didn't fit neatly into any category.
And it just was... so cool and so stylish and
Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette are awesome.
The program, it's a nominal football movie. You
know, obviously a ripoff of FSU, but that was
a great one that we kind of quoted quite a bit.
Waves World 2, another sequel that nobody really
asked for, but still really funny. And the ultimate
one, the one that's probably had the longest
lasting impact, not for me, but culturally. And
then pop culture is the night before Christmas,
nightmare before Christmas. It's just still to
this day as popular as it was back then. I feel
like probably more popular, especially with Halloween
becoming bigger. I mean, you see now that people
decorate their yards for Halloween, 90 % of them,
it seems like these nightmare before Christmas
stuff. So it's one of those that didn't get the
love at the time that has held up. I mean, you
can see just from all those I just read off,
it's a heck of a year for movies. Jim I'm gonna
announce a couple runners up that after I announced
number two, they're obviously not gonna be number
one Already throughout mr. Nanny Robocop three
just not gonna not gonna crack the top five and
let's be honest not gonna crack the top 20 Sister
act two it's another one. I could I could go
back and watch it if if Natalie You know, we
wrap up the episode. She says hey, let's let's
watch Sister Act 2. I got a babysitter I'm all
in But not top five Rudy I've always appreciated
Rudy but for me, it's just doesn't get doesn't
really Get the blood flowing like it is supposed
to for me, but it's a great movie It is dazed
and confused is a very tough one for me to leave
off the list, but I'm not finding room for it
now Maybe I could have scratched rookie of the
year, but But maybe I couldn't because it's it's
the Cubs It belongs there Carlito's Carlito's
way Mmm, and what are you old man grumpy old
man? I'm gonna throw one more out here and then
announce my number two Alive I really really
want to put alive on this list Jim And I could
I could go back and watch it again But it's one
of those where you get a little like faux nauseous
Yeah, thinking about do I want to watch this?
I've seen it. I've watched every Watch the development
of this movie and Don't know if I want to do
that to myself again, but yeah, I Just but I
think it's a remarkable film So coming in for
me at number two is Your number five Groundhog
Day No And part of this is good choice. I think
anything that Bill Murray's in is He's one of
those actors that once he's gone and really this
is Kind of his heyday the 90s. Oh Some but some
people would say the 80s You just don't get too
many Bill Murray's in a generation or two or
three No, and I wonder who was who else was considered
for this role, but he's just absolutely perfect
for it Andy McDowell Chris Elliott Everything
and Ryerson needle knows Ned Because of the charm
of this movie, I remember watching 50 First Dates,
Adam Sandler and... Uh, Barrymore. Drew Barrymore's
in both of those. Drew Barrymore. She's in The
Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates. I think 50
First Dates, it's a really fun movie to watch.
But it all kind of started with Groundhog Day.
It did. Those repeat the days have become pretty
common now, but yeah, it was a good one. You
know widely considered to be definitely from
this decade one of the best and possibly one
of the greatest comedy films ever made And you
need Bill Murray to do that There's a movie that
I listened to bill on a whose podcast it was
this it may have been Mark Mirren And he talks
about a movie that he pretty much ad -libbed
all the way through It was Meatballs, oh Yeah,
he basically said, you know nothing against the
screenwriters Yeah, it was it was written by
kind of a team of writers including a Dan Goldberg
really, but he looked at it and I guess when
it was time to To start shooting these scenes,
you know, he just he just did what he wanted
to do Bill Murray's a class. It's just all -time
or for sure I think somebody said or I read somewhere
one time that he doesn't have an agent He just
has an answering machine so you could Somehow
got the number you could call the answer machine
and leave your pitch for the movie that you wanted
him to be in And he either would call you back
or delete the answer machine message so he yeah,
he's just a character and You know one of the
greatest comedy actors of all time and agreed
on Groundhog Day I don't know who else could
have done that and so thankful they haven't tried
to remake that yet Either that's mainly what
my takeaway from looking back at all these and
I'm so glad they haven't tried to reboot Any
of them yet? So then I got let's just do number
one I imagine it's the same movie if I had to
guess knowing you and knowing me Well, I left
one off Oh No, we might differ on this one. What's
your number one? Well, it's the greatest baseball
movie of all time. It's infinitely quotable It
did not get any love in 1993. I think it made
12 million dollars like we said Jurassic Park
made 914 and Just again infinitely quotable one
of my favorites it's total slice of life like
I said with days and views even though this one
takes place in the 60s I felt every second of
it and lived every one of these days that these
kids had and that is the same a lot That's right
the best movie baseball movie I think ever made
and Maybe one of the as a boy or man one of the
best representations of boyhood That I can remember
on film. It just does not get nearly the credit.
It should an infinitely entertaining and Quotable
and just such a great movie. Let me smile my
favorites. Yeah, you're killing the smalls for
So, yeah, just Yeah, not only one of the best
movie of 93, but probably one of my top Five
or six movies of all time. I just love the Sandlot
Yeah, that's not your number one. I'm gonna be
shocked then I thought that was what we're leading
up to I have to put it at number one I'm in total
agreement with you and I have to for the record
put tombstone at number six because I just cannot
Have it be assumed that that's so far down the
list. Yeah You know ask me next week and maybe
tombstone is has now replaced doubt fire maybe
but Man for the pelican brief. Did you just pull
that? I don't believe that's I feel like you
got stuck and you didn't do a show research here
animal Maybe pelican brief. Maybe we put tombstone
in there There you go. I think it's like go ahead
and flip -flop this But yeah the number three
the sandlot, you know, usually guys our age we
celebrate it You there's very few of us that
would say I don't know what you're talking about.
I never saw it, but we all saw it but How many
of us are actively? It's hard. It is hard to
individually try to create this environment for
your kids, but Just the idea of sandlot baseball
Free -roaming free -playing in the summertime.
Everything is so Bicycles frickin structured
now. It's like let these kids have some moments
where they just wander off without your Supervision
and your your helicoptering For four to five
hours on a summer day Yeah, I feel like that's
That's gone but depending on where you live or
what your Little enclave your your family is
a part of her But man, we I used to go we I don't
know if you did home run derby But we'd go take
a tennis balls or baseballs and oh, yeah. Yeah
Home run dirt. We wander around the neighborhood
Sometimes it nights. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely It
doesn't yeah, we did not have a sand lock that
we would go play ball at we didn't even play
Baseball that much but for sure home run derby,
but just uh, you know riding bikes having your
best friends Running around the neighborhood
experiment with tobacco that you should you know,
like I remember the first time My buddy brought
one of his mom's cigarettes down and we smoked
it. That was just we thought we were so cool,
but we're you know Basically won the bar. It's
just like the end of the fair with the tobacco.
I mean, it's just like everything it's like I
wrote that um doesn't get nearly enough credit
because it really encapsulates boyhood um and
i'm sure females have similar instances but just
you know crushing on the lifeguard go to the
community pool i mean you know play with your
friends going out after dark like you said it's
just such a great encapsulation of that time
in our lives even though we weren't in the 60s
there's some value and i hope that i can because
right now we've got a little little gang of kids
it's not very large but and they're general in
the neighborhood and they're generally good boys
uh that come around and they play with Warren
and Wyatt so that all of a sudden there'll be
like five of them and on our our little street
here I don't now two years ago I didn't let them
shoot out but uh Vivian you kind of got to watch
her but it won't be very long before I let them
go play and You guys know where you're going
and where you don't you're not supposed to go
but there's just a little I think I don't know
if it's all paranoia about Where your kids are
going? Are they gonna get abducted? I don't know
if that's a big part of it I think we just feel
like we have to build in all these activities
For our kids and just keep them busy keep them
locked in and they'll stay out of trouble that
way Let them get into some stuff and kids Should
have like I said those It didn't have to be four
or five hours, but how about just an hour or
an hour and a half? Where there's no there's
not an adult around and they're in the neighborhood
and it's it's safe All right, you know depending
on where you live. It's safe enough. Just let
them go. Let them go explore and I think they
I think this generation talking about the guy
at the counter at the ice cream store wherever
that's so lacking in any kind of expression or
interest Social skills maybe didn't get that
Yeah, and we might have been that way when we
were four to fifteen, but I feel like I still
would say hi What can I get for you? But yes
exactly and we're always gonna be Better than
the generation that comes after us and it's been
like that since caveman, you know, but man I
hope that I doubt it will happen. But I hope
that that guy or his kids that age can Soon see
a movie that reminds them how great it is to
be young and have that freedom and have that
fun and have that group of friends and buddies
that you know You just can't live without and
Yeah, it's just such a great movie in such a
good time. And yeah, I can't say much more about
it Besides what I already have I like the kids.
Oh, yeah the dog, you know With the ball rolls.
Yeah that's another another example of I think
it's pretty healthy for kids to run into a scenario
that's a little scary maybe not life -threatening
but between the four or five or six of them you
know let's just say it's a group that's aged
seven to nine and they got to figure it out amongst
themselves there's no adult around and they're
not like a mile away from their parents but just
stuff like that in the neighborhood How are we
going to tackle this? How are we going to figure
this out? Oh, yeah. The Sandlot won the Young
Artist Award for Outstanding Youth Ensemble.
An emotion picture was also nominated for Family
Film Award for Best Iconic Family Film in twenty
twenty four. Took a long time. Wow. Well deserved.
I mean, it's absolutely if you're a parent with
young kids. Want her struggling to find things
to watch in the family that you haven't seen
that yet pop it in or pull it up on whatever
streaming services on and watch it I don't make
them like that anymore for sure. I Actually wish
I'm coaching t -ball this year, but I wish that
there was a sandlot type league where you It's
kind of it's it's better visualized than maybe
actualized but we just let the kids play and
you have You let them figure out the structure
of it. Yeah Well, you can you should be the leader
of that man. Just get you already have a coach
you already Tell them I'm taking Warren, you
know once the seasons over I'm gonna take Warren
up to this field at 1 o 'clock on Saturday Bring
everybody in their gloves, you know, and if it's
not an actual little league field that you can
Get on the books for rent. Just go to a dang
open grassy field of the park, you know They're
not gonna be hitting 300 foot bombs So, yeah,
just you facilitate that. It's unfortunate that
that's probably what has to happen because kids
don't want to socially do something like that
on their own, but you can totally do that if
you start it up. Hmm. Jim, that sounded like
quite a yes. Yes, animal. I'm looking at something
here. Oh, so I Googled, can you, can you have
a sandlot type league and AI? I have my thoughts
on AI, but. Sometimes it'll spit out stuff on
Google that's like. It looks like it's all true,
but then you see that they actually miss some
stuff. Yes, you can. You can absolutely have
a Sandlot type league focusing on fun, community
and low stakes baseball rather than intense competition.
These leagues are often characterized by unstructured
play. pick up games and a welcoming environment
for all players of all skill levels. Perfect.
I like most of that. I like, I like the, I like
the competition. Don't get me wrong. Uh, maybe
not intense. I see stuff. It's not just unique
to our community here, but sometimes it feels
like the dads are competing with each other,
the different coaches. Sure. Um, Jim, you got
time. You got time for a. A few Dan time, maybe
rapid fire garbage time questions. Yes, sir.
Super rapid fire. I gotta take the baller to
eat. So rapid me up. All right. On your laptop,
whether this is personal work, are you a mouse
guy or a finger pad guy? Whatever you call that
thing. Finger pad. Finger pad guy. How? How do
I use my finger on a finger pad on the laptop?
No, how do you? I cannot stand not having a mouse.
Oh, you need to have a mount. What if you're
what if you're using it as an actual laptop?
You're using it in your lap like on the couch.
You have a mouse Yeah, then I put my mouse on
the nearest armrest or I put a book out or something
Okay. Well, that's very different from what I
do. I just put it in my lap and use the always
gonna have a pillow there You don't want that
radiation so close to your Important parts, but
yeah, I don't use a mouse on I use a mouse when
it's sitting on a desk Jim Yes, I know you're
well past this But whenever was little did she
Say dad or daddy to preface every question which
then forced you to say yes Yes, and then they
ask the question, but they won't just say Why
is this guy blue or can I play with this or can
you get me some some apple juice? It's always
Dad dad first. Did you go through that? Yeah.
Oh, absolutely. Yeah And sometimes she would
say dad and I'll say yes and she'd say can I
ask you a question? Mal is the fewest thing in
the history of cute. I wish we still did that,
but at the time it was kind of, it could be frustrating
sometimes. But man, you gotta relish those times
while you have them, because it's funny to think
back on now. But yeah, she's definitely done
that. Speaking of being a girl dad, what is it
like now, April 2025, does Ever like you to be
involved? Does she want to go places with you?
Does she want to tell you about what's happening?
Or does she want you to just leave her the hell
alone? If I didn't pry things out of her she
probably would want me to leave her the hell
alone, but sometimes she voluntarily gives up
information about her day But it is a lot of
you know jaws of life to get any kind of answer
out of there You know because but who likes being
asked another day. You know when Kelly says how
was your day? I don't go through a list of every
single thing that happened. You know I just say
it was good or bad So I can understand why everyone
would get frustrated getting asked the same question
every day. So You got to ask more open -ended
ones, you know, you know that as a podcast host
Yes, you just yes or no, it's gonna be a yes
or no. So but yeah, it's kind of it's yes She
ages and definitely gets tougher to get information
out of her How would you rate your? satisfaction
level with Bruce Pearl post Final Four and let
me kind of Paint some color or I remember the
2015 Cubs, for example, and we lost to the Mets
in the NLCS and I was a couple hours later. I
was alright because it was so thrilling to see
them get that far and You saw the team. I know
college basketball is different, but I thought
man We're gonna be right back here next year
But how do you feel? I don't want to say like
how was the game? Obviously it didn't work out
well, but How do you like Bruce Pearl Auburn
basketball or your thoughts? Oh, I'm I'm thrilled
with him and with the progression. I've always
been a basketball fan. I know that's easy for
people to say when their teams good, but I really
have always enjoyed college basketball on Auburn
basketball, even when they were. In their darkest
of days, so I think they should have built him
a statue after they made the first Final Four.
I mean, Auburn traditionally historically is
the second worst program in history of the SEC.
in front of maybe only Mississippi State. And,
you know, to make two final fours now in the
past six years is just, it's amazing. And he
did it this year and both years with rosters
that are made up of, and you as an Alabama football
fan know, stars make a big difference. And this
roster was just, there was no four star players
on this roster. It was all guys that were unranked
and guys that had played in division two and
in AIA. It's just crazy what he was able to do
with the guys that he got. on the team, and so
he's just a phenomenal coach. I think he's one
of the best coaches in the history of basketball.
I wouldn't be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed
when we lost last night, but for me, the champion
in basketball is always going to be the champion,
but just to make it to the Final Four is a big,
big deal, almost as big as the championship,
because it's a single -elimination tournament,
you know, and anything can happen on any day.
There's another super long answer here for question,
but I love me some Bruce Pearl. I hope he stays
until he's 100 years old He's a great coach.
I love speaking of old guy. I love seeing Patino
back in the tournament maybe people have different
thoughts on him, but All right. We got to wrap
up Jim. I want to throw in a Real garbage time
question. I mean folks if you're driving and
you got your kids in the car Just pause it um
wait till you drop them off because i'm gonna
i'm gonna reward the dantime listeners who actually
make it 54 minutes into an episode deep into
part two they're they're they listen to everything
and they love it and they're so i'm gonna let
you guys have it here jim how what are your thoughts
as we're starting to approach that alabama swamp
ass season uh in a few weeks I mean we're it's
already yesterday was like 80 With the heat index
87 or something. How do you prepare yourself
for? for just that Man, I before I leave the
house This it's double check. Yeah Yeah, well
in first year the stock up on tp Uh, make sure
you got plenty of loofahs bought or you get your
your heartiest of hearty, uh, you know body wash
And just be prepared for that one tiny drip of
sweat that starts at the base of your neck and
works all the way down to the top of the crack
and just slowly slides down there. And just double
check. Don't think one or two or three, like
a tootsie roll, one swipe is enough. Go back
in there and make sure. If you got room in your
console and your glove box for some baby wipes
or some flexible wipes put them in there Um,
there's no way this is you're gonna keep us in
the podcast. I hope man. I hope you got all themselves
Jim do you ever so the damn dime was brought
to you by dude wipes Do you ever just you're
pulled up to that raceway or in your case maybe
hampton in and You've got the wipes in the car.
Do you? Pull three or four and just tuck them
into the pocket So no one knows what you know
because they're wet then you'll have no then
you'll have a big old wet spot You keep a pack.
You know, they have to go packs at grocery stores
So you can they're slim enough that I can fit
in your back pocket. Nobody's none. None's the
wiser Because you're out there you're calling
on customers. They don't need they need the freshest
version Of gem that they possibly get and they
just quite frankly they deserve it. I mean they're
giving you their business The least you can do
is is be dry and presentable. Yeah, exactly.
Well, on that note and hygienic. Absolutely.
Well, all good things must come to an end. And
so it goes here. Probably the sixth or seventh
episode with Jim number 93. Jim was was episode
number one. Yeah. So as you can see, as long
as Dan time is living and breathing, Jim Powell
will always be back on the show. And you said
something a long time ago that it's just taken
me a while to accept, but you said Dan time from
your perspective is time with Dan. Yeah. So i'm
okay with that at first. I wasn't now i'm, all
right with it because I there's going to be a
shift here as we get past episode number 100
Yes, there will still be dan's that I talked
to and daniel's and everything in between but
You're just going to start seeing some more uh
different types of people that are really just
like an extension of What i'm interested in or
what I think you might as a listener be interested
to hear so That's right. Thank you, Dan, for
having me. That's it, folks. Remember, we've
hit on the high points of the 1993 box office
hits. There's plenty more that we didn't cover,
but if you're looking, if you've never, you've
heard about these movies or haven't seen them
in 10 or 20 years, hopefully we've set up your
next Friday night date night at home. There you
go, you guys have a terrific productive week
and Jim I'll let you Sing us out Jim, will you
sing us out with anything you remember from...
How about this little ditty from Jurassic Park
when Timmy has been electrocuted by the electric
fence, and Sam Neill is trying to perform CPR
on him to bring him back to life. He goes, Tim,
oh Tim. That's the animal damn fine. Thank y
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