“Bah Humbug!” “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” “Merry Christmas ya old Building and Loans!” “Yippe Kay Yay, Motherf***er!” ALL the holiday staples are covered as the boys jump back to November 23, 1988 to revisit the Bill Murray holiday comedy SCROOGED as well as their TOP TEN HOLIDAY MOVIES. Put a little love in your heart with Episode 65 of OPENING WEEKEND!
Show Notes
“Bah Humbug!” “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” “Merry Christmas ya old Building and Loans!” “Yippe Kay Yay, Motherf***er!” ALL the holiday staples are covered as the boys jump back to November 23, 1988 to revisit the Bill Murray holiday comedy SCROOGED as well as their TOP TEN HOLIDAY MOVIES. Put a little love in your heart with Episode 65 of OPENING WEEKEND!
November, 1988: the boys are working off their Thanksgiving dinners and working on their Christmas and Hanukkah lists: “Gremlins” VHS tape for Jason - CHECK. Knock-off Cavarrici pants and gold chain for Dan - CHECK. Penis-shaped pencils from Spencer Gifts and a Wells Fargo Wagon full of Seattle-brewed Semen for Fred - CHECK and CHECK! And don’t worry, Dan, Santa’s leaving plenty of sweet street-level crack in your stocking this year! (Listen…it’ll all make sense. Sort of)
Bill Murray may have been the biggest Scrooge of 1988, but he’s Tiny Tim compared to Dan being forced to endure Mariah Carey singing holiday classics. And speaking of holiday classics: The boys list off their Top Ten Holiday Movie list - Fred reads his list, confusion ensues. “All I Want For Christmas Is…Jew?”
Quick, turn off that episode of “Kate & Allie”, it’s time for Episode 65 of Opening Weekend!
What is Opening Weekend?
In a world where cinemas have closed their doors (at least for the time being), "Opening Weekend" celebrates one of the many things we’d all love to be doing right now - going to the movies on a Friday night with our friends... Every week, Jason O'Connell, Fred Berman, and Dan Matisa (best friends, professional actors, and self-professed movie geeks) look back at a different opening weekend from the last 40 years, and bask in the warm, nostalgic, popcorn-buttery glow of going to the movies.