Show Notes
Nosey neighbors, pointless ponytails, and Excellent Adventures! It’s February 17, 1989 and the boys are hopping in their time traveling phone booth to revisit THE ‘BURBS, TRUE BELIEVER, and BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. Episode 70 of Opening Weekend? EXCELLENT!
February 17th, 1989: An opening weekend bursting with so much misguided mediocrity, not even one of James Woods’ scrunchies can contain it.
While Mr. Woods is chewing up the scenery, Dan, Jason, and Fred are chewing on everything Burger King had to offer. If only Bill and Ted could travel back in time and say, “Dan! Dude! Put down the Chicken Royale! Try this excellent salad!”
Or maybe, “Fred, dude! No need to join a band with a 30-something psychopath you met through a personal ad! Wyld Stallyns needs a drummer!”
Or “Jason, dude! What’s with the bad review of our movie in your high school paper? Not coo…Oh, wait…actually….you’re right. NOT EXCELLENT!!!” (Cue air-guitar)
What’s creepier? Tom Hanks’ new neighbors, the Clopecks or James Woods’ head’s new neighbor, the ponytail?
And did we mention James Woods has a ponytail? And then James Woods’ ponytail comes to James Woods’ ponytail while Dan, Jason, and Fred all James Woods’ ponytail because James Woods’ ponytail! And holy sh*t, James Woods’ ponytail!
All this and more James Woods’ ponytail on Episode 70 of Opening James Woods’ Ponytail 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.