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Dan: On this episode we discuss Andy the Talking Hedgehog. Stuart: A Talking Hedgehog!?!
Official Show Notes[]
America’s foremost hedgehog expert, Jamelle Bouie, returns to usher in Smalltember (vember) 2021, with our discussion of the make-work project for Dean Cain and Tara Reid, Andy the Talking Hedgehog.
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Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
After a girl's wish for all animals to have the ability to speak comes true, local robbers try to capture her talking hedgehog.
Final Judgments[]
“There's something weirdly grim about it. Like, there's a sadness about this movie.”
— Bad-Bad Movie (Dan) @1:08:00
“I had a fun time watching this dumb movie. ”
—Good-Bad Movie (Stuart) @1:09:10
“It wants to tell the simplest story [...] and yet it somehow fails every single scene to accomplish telling that story in new ways that I did not predict were gonna happen. And I found that very fun to watch.”
—Good-Bad Movie (Elliott) @1:09:38
“It looks bad in a way that's inexplicable to me. [...] Don't watch this by yourself; it will make you feel bad.”
—Good-Bad Movie (Jamelle) @1:11:26
Worse Than[]
- Lawrence of the Hedgehog, "the 4-hour epic about the hedgehog that helped defeat the Ottomans." -Jamelle @1:06:30
Episode Highlights[]
Tangents[]
- Hedgehog issues today, in America @1:26
- Elliott, the Hair Fairy @14:06
- Reading the Movie as Post-Apocalyptic @15:50
- Wish/Ticket Quotas @18:53
- Ladderphilia @21:28
- Cat Karaoke @28:41
- You Can't Assume The Mom Isn't Trapped in the Kitchen @34:40
- Dean Cain v. Potato Chips @37:10
- Andy Serkis @43:00
- Kids Love To Be Obedient @46:52
- Freddy Krueger at the Science Fair @48:36
- Stuart talks F BOY Island @51:25
- Pep Boy Island
- Elliott is Boxing People (In) @54:25
- Elliott's Prop Cookies @57:40
- The New Adventures of Christine, the Haunted Car @1:00:46
- Spunky Airlines @1:02:53
- Getting a Refund at the Cinema @1:13:22
- Help-My-Bathroom-Is-A-Magic-Fairy-Land-Portal.com @1:16:30
- Flop House and Chill @1:21:20
- The Flop House House Cat @1:29:20
- Hellraiser Body Goals @1:32:04
Movie Pitches[]
- Fredo the Talking Camel
- "the sequel" (Elliott) @46:00
- Andy Once Again Is A Talking Hedgehog. Didn't See That Coming, Did You? Part II: Andy's Talking Again
- (Elliott) @1:10:23
- A Nightmare on Elm Street: Ultimate Nightmare
- "I had to go back to school, and now the teens I'm used to killing are killing me socially. They just won't let me be part of the group." (Elliott) @48:36
- The Nude Adventures of Old Christine
- "Again, it's a car, it doesn't wear clothes anyways" (Elliott) @1:01:53
- The Hitch-hog
- "The sequel to Hitch" (Jamelle, to Stuart, to Elliott)
Quotes[]
“I spent so much time yelling at my children that I just—I can't—I'm all out of Loud”
—Elliott @0:50
“He's a classic Portmanteau. That's a portly bald man who has toes”
— Elliott @23:21
Elliott: Jamelle, make your case. Why should Andy have let Whiskers get hit by that car? Jamelle: I mean that cat kinda sucks, let's be real.
- — @56:19
“Christine, being a haunted car, can only do so much”
—Elliott @1:01:12
Elliott: Do you think Squarespace would be able to help me put up a website like that? Dan: Yeah, you know what, I really do and I look forward to listening back to this episode and hearing what you said rather than zoning out like I just did.
- — @1:18:54
Sponsors[]
- Squarespace @1:15:50
- Storyblocks @1:19:18
Listener Mail[]
Mailbag Song[]
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Letters[]
- Theme Song Origins @1:25:10
- How Will The Flop House Jump The Shark Next? from Lena "Dunham" @1:27:22
Recommendations[]
- The Night House (2021) by David Bruckner (Dan) @1:32:55
- Superhost (2021) by Brandon Christensen (Stuart) @1:35:00
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) by Rupert Wyatt (Elliott) @1:35:53
- The Last Seduction (1994) by John Dahl (Jamelle) @1:38:41
Stinger[]
Elliott: Jamelle, you know I'm gonna be asking you about hedgehogs in America today, so you get that shit ready. Jamelle: Okay, alright. I'll work—I'll get into it. Stuart: You gotta prime that pump, baby. Elliott: Yeah, c'mon! Jamelle: Okay. I'm Ready. Okay.
Mentioned In[]
- Episode 352: Black Easter @4:45, @1:27:40: "both movies have really good voice-overs" (Stuart); "both feel like they're being narrated by someone who is recording over a phone line" (Elliott)