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geek caster radio This is episode 46. We are

continuing our top 10 GCR lists. Yes substitute

GCR for AFI or vice versa I am of course Dave

Joe Mike. You just heard Optimus Solo. Hello.

Hello Of course, what the hell kind of crappy

English accent was that? I don't know Okay, this

is gonna be one weird night and also moving revolt

Dan is here. Hello. How's it going? I don't have

an accent. I'm sorry That's what they do in kids

movies. They they they talk with funny accents

and stuff Maybe just George Lopez and you're

a disfigured grunt old head and spy kids three

Or that's that's a random pool. Yeah Anyways,

we're talking about family movies. Yes Episode

46 is our Top 10 Family Movies episode. Just

a fun list. Yeah. How many people have submitted

lists for this one? This is the most I think

that we've had so far. Everybody except for one

that has participated at all in any of these

lists submitted a list. Myself and Steve Megatron

Phillips and TFG1 Mike here, Dan, JT, Mike the

Birdman Dad, and Michael Wilson. Uh huh. So,

everybody that could, with the exception of the

Honeymooner. Yeah, the Honeymooner. He would

have been here tonight if I had asked him, but

he just... The old Michael Powers from Off the

Cuff and formerly XRG and formerly The Lunchroom

and... Whatever else formally you can put after

his name. He recently got married, so congrats

on the nuptials powers. That's awesome. Just

got back from his honeymoon. Hasn't even seen

Iron Man 3 yet, so it's like, ah, avoid the internet.

I know exactly two people right now that if I

wanted to be a huge douchebag, I could spoil

the hell out of Iron Man 3 for them, but I won't

do it. That's never nice to do. Yes. So what

number in the list is this and we've got four

left this is episode 46 so six out of ten Yeah,

so we've done a lot. This is uh Marking the homestretch

here. We got this one and then gangsters and

fantasy and superhero and sci -fi left Well,

I actually reverse those I wasn't putting them

in order Superhero will end Superhero will be

episode 50 Yes, so we're on to our sixth list

go ahead Well, I find it funny that You know

normally like on TV shows it usually takes five

years To reach episode 100 if this TV show even

gets five years let alone three episodes I find

it interesting if you really counted up all the

releases GCR is done. I'm betting we've got over

a hundred thing like a Just as far as there are,

you know, you look in iTunes under Geekcast Radio,

there are X amount of items. I'm betting we have

over, you know, 50 items in there, but I find

it funny that it's taken us nearly five years

to even get to episode 50. Yeah, that's true.

It's another five years to get to episode 100.

I did want to mention that this list... Outside

of, I guess you could put it with the coming

of age that we did in the previous weekend in

the war movies. But I don't think you can put

it like that because we had more people submit

lists. We had seven people submit lists here

and the way we do it is we all pick our top 20.

So that's 140 movies that have been listed amongst

us. After you take people out that have voted

for the same movie, et cetera, et cetera, out

of those 140 votes, we've actually only voted

on 56 movies for this category, which coming

of age, we voted on actually 55, but we had one

less list submitted. War movies we voted on 48

We had two less lists submitted So there was

a lot of crossover when it came to the the family

category More crossover than we've seen and all

the other five lists that we've done so far Honorable

mentions time it is honorable mentions time So

as we do we will react to those movies that have

had votes cast for them But did not have enough

votes cast for them to make our top ten list

Like I said, it's a fairly small list considering

how many people voted I I Mean I'm not gonna

complain at all because I had a good number of

my my movies that were on my top 20 make it into

the top 10 But if you take one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, if you take the eight closest

movies to making our top 10, I voted for seven

of them. There was really only four votes that

I cast that were not close to making it. And

that's because I guess I must have a soft spot

for some of the older family films. I want to

start off here as far as talking about honorable

mentions and get my nostalgic feelings out of

the way. I was the only one that voted for the

original Parent Trap with Hayley Mills. I just

think that is a classic family film. And maybe

I'm just maybe my parents were just older and

old fashioned or whatever. So maybe not everyone

got exposed to that film. But I think that's

a great film. I also think the original Dr. Doolittle

film not The Eddie Murphy version is a great

classic family film. Swiss Family Robinson, another

old school one, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

So I'm dating myself with all four of those,

but the original Dr. Doolittle, the original

Parent Trap, Swiss Family Robinson, and Bedknobs

and Broomsticks I think are just freaking classic

family films. Maybe the time frame that they

came out cost them a little bit when it came

to making this list, but I just wanted to give

those movies a shout out. As far as some of the

other ones that I was kind of surprised here,

I'm surprised at two things. Number one is the

shutout of Robin Williams with both Mrs. Doubtfire

and Jumanji falling a little short. And the shutout

of Julie Andrews with Sound of Music and Mary

Poppins, that's, yeah, Sound of Music and Mary

Poppins both narrowly missing the top 10. one

reason why they did musicals that's all i have

to say i don't think that i think that's part

of some family movies and then we'll have to

wait and see if we have any musical stuff in

our top 10 but i just those are known more so

yes they are family films but those to me are

more like every time i see an ad for sound of

music it's her singing every time i see An ad

for Mary Poppins or when you used to see ads

for that movie, it's her singing. So that to

me, it's those are two movies. It's still a movie

that parents would sit down with their kids and

watch. It's family friendly. I guess the biggest

thing here is when I look at this list, yes,

there's some that I really want to make a case

for. And I really want to make a case for Sound

of Music or Mary Poppins or something like that

being in the top 10. But me being privy to what

has actually made our top 10, I As much as I

want one of these movies to make it into the

top 10, I cannot tell you which one I would take

out. I can't find one that I would take out.

And the last one I want to mention before we

move on to let you guys talk a little bit is

Homeward Bound. I think that's a unique film.

Yes, there were sequels made, et cetera, et cetera.

But when that came out to me, that was completely

different than anything I had seen before. And

I really like and appreciate Homeward Bound and

I'm glad it got as many votes as it did. I'm

not surprised that it didn't make the top 10.

But Mike, what about you? What are some of the

honorable mentions jumping off the page for you?

Homeward Bound, I liked it, but again, it's one

of those movies where back in the day, the networks

would show it all. And I'm not talking cable.

I'm talking just regular. NBC, ABC, CBS, whatever.

I would see that movie all the time on TV, and

when the sequel, Homeward Bound 2, came out,

where they were in San Francisco and all that,

and they got law, I love that sequel. That, to

me, is by far one of the better family film sequels.

I'm not saying that the first film is bad. It's

just, you know, after repetition, you're kind

of sick of something. I do enjoy that film. I'm

surprised at that. I'm really surprised that,

more specifically, the... First gremlins didn't

make the list. I you know new batch. Yeah, I'm

not gonna make a case for that, you know Well,

I will say that we all be more civilized I will

mention though that that gremlins to did get

a high ranking on someone's list and that individual

left gremlins one off of their list and if you

would have flipped If the spot they put gremlins

to you would have inserted gremlins one on their

list. It would have made the top ten Oh, you

bastard! It would have been number ten, but it

would have made it. And again, with family films

too, you do get your share of sequels, your share

of, you know, a series of movies, and like we've

talked about with a couple of the other different

genres, sometimes that can come back to cost

an individual movie when people differ on which

one is their favorite. But yeah, there was one

Gremlins 2 vote out there. I'm surprised that

Muppets Christmas Carol didn't make it. I mean

that movie is that was a good segue because I

just talked about movies that have had multiple

say and you know in Muppets is another one you

know what is your favorite Muppets film and stuff

like that and you know if you're just picking

one on your list or if some people might be putting

more than one I think the most that anyone put

on their list was you you you had three of them

up at films on your list, Mike. And Christmas

Carol, I had Muppet Movie and Great Muppet Caper.

Yeah, so I mean, so it's just one where you got

to kind of decide what your favorite one is.

I think a couple other people had two, but most

of the people just decided on one and put one

out there. And like I said, with with gremlins,

sometimes that can cost maybe one of the other

ones from being a little bit higher than it would

have been if you would have had the caveat of

you can only pick, you know. Before we let Dan

go, I do want to say a couple of things that

I'm glad didn't. I'm very happy they didn't make

the list. Friggin' Nanny McPhee, oh my god, I

hate that movie. I think a lot of people are

gonna call blasphemy on us that Old Yeller didn't

make it. But again, it's one of those things,

like you said, Old Yeller might be, like, I remember

that movie. but i don't i don't have an emotional

connection to it you know the other franchise

i got completely shut out um was uh the two peewee

movies yeah both peewee movies didn't make it

i was surprised at that because i i saw uh peewee's

big adventure i'm like oh no please tell me the

big top peewee didn't make it because i'm sorry

that's a sequel that did not need to to make

it at all i'm really surprised that never ending

story didn't make it Either one of them, or is

it just the first film that didn't? I'm trying

to look here. Well, the sequels that are listed

in Audible Mentions, we got Karate Kid 2, Gremlins

2, Home Alone 2, Karate Kid 3, and Never Ending

Story 2. So those are all the sequels that failed

to make the list, so again, it's part of that

thing. I always liked C for me. I started...

with Never Ending Story 2. I never saw the first

film at the time. I've seen it since then. But

when the second film came out, I was like, ooh.

This is cool. And I always, it's one of those

things where I always liked the sequel better

than the first one. I don't know. What about

you, Dan? What is surprising you on the honorable

mentions list? When it comes to family films,

one thing that is a common thread are animals.

And a lot of the animal movies didn't make it.

You talked about Old Yeller, Beethoven. I remember

that film was... a huge one. We talked about

Homeward Bound. I loved that movie growing up

as a kid that was on my list as well. And Michael

J. Fox, I thought was great with his voice acting

in that. I've watched that movie so many times.

I think even the second film I've watched a lot

just because of how much I love Homeward Bound.

So I'm surprised. Maybe in Free Willy as well,

another animal. Benji and White Fang in a way,

I guess. Yeah, and White Fang too. Two of my

top five didn't make it. I see Sound of Music

and Mary Poppins. They were also my top five,

by the way. To me, when I think family films,

they are the two of the first things I think

of, because yes, they have music in it, but I

think that's part of what makes them such iconic

films. It's like those songs are so, you know,

reminiscent within pop culture, within a lot

of different things. We don't really have musicals

nowadays, but during that time they were far

more prevalent so and I just like To me like

mary poppins is like that fairy tale that real

life fairy tale and I could combine so many different

components You know dick van dyck is amazing

in that movie. It's just it's just sad that that

didn't make the top ten Other things that kind

of pop out to me There isn't a huge amount that

I'm not that surprised. I'm not surprised that

Matilda didn't make the list. I love that book

as a kid or a lion the witch in the wardrobe

Again, two books that I loved as a kid the movies

they're fine, but I don't think they reached

levels the book and I'm not surprised It looks

like I'm the only one that voted for Hugo I Understand

I I this is probably the hardest one I had making

this list because it's so hard to to rank family

films for me because they're so kind of ingrained

into your childhood. It's like ranking bedtime

stories. It's like they all kind of they all

kind of are on the same playing field. But overall,

those are the ones that really stood out to me

that didn't make it. So I'm kind of curious what

what's going to be on that list. And we haven't

mentioned the the film that came closest to making

a list that did not. It's also the only film

that was voted on our panel as somebody's number

one film that did not make the top 10. And that's

Babe. That was number one on Birdman's list and

so he is the only one with his number one not

going to appear on our top ten I just want to

go real quick. How about some Canadian bacon?

Also, I did some stats some little number crunching

before the record here and I have the the movies

that were voted on on four people's lists that

did not make it that would have been Pee Wee's

Big Adventure was on four people's lists Mrs.

Doubtfire, Homeward Bound Babe and Gremlins and

there was one film that was on five of the list

that didn't make it and that was Jumanji Wasn't

ranked super high on any of those lists, but

it was on five different lists. So That is our

honorable mentions Mike All right, let's hear

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we hope you enjoyed those clips and now let's

get to the countdown. Alright, this is our top

10 family films as voted on by the Geekcast Radio

Network. Just a caveat that we didn't put out

there I guess beforehand that we should make

clear to the listening audience, animated films

were not eligible. Yes, we're doing a top 100

animated films list. So those were basically

knocked out of eligibility here So this is non

animated family films, right? This is all live

-action people for the most part. Yeah, I mean

well Puppetry puppetry, but you get what I mean.

It's So just want to get that second if if if

animated films aren't in the running What happened

to my number one then because that's? That's

not an animated film anyway So starting off with

number 10 we're going to 1988 For this fantasy

comedy family film directed by Penny Marshall

and starring Tom Hanks and that is the movie

big Maybe a little different than all the rest

of them that we'll see on the list here, but

big is just a special movie It's so relatable

on so many different levels to so many different

people in different audiences in different ages

It's one of the things that appeals to me I mean

you can't get more iconic or classic scenes than

Tom Hanks on the Whatever you want to call it

bigger than life piano Keys that are on the floor

in the in the store there the walking piano,

I guess is what they call it There's just so

many scenes in that film that just stick with

you, and I'm very glad that it made our top 10,

even if it is number 10. Dan, what did you think

about the movie Big? I know you had it ranked

in your top 10 as well. I did. I love Big. Tom

Hanks is amazing in that role. I think people

forget that he was actually nominated for an

Oscar for Big. It was his first nomination. Deservingly

so, I think. Comedic style is impeccable and

here's some moments that are rather relatively

deep and that movie gets pretty pretty deep at

times It deals with a lot of you know, severe

issues like kidnapping, but it's it's done really

well Mostly I think as a kid that Story really

resonates with with kids because the idea of

getting older being having a job testing toys

I mean even today would that that would be awesome.

It's the ultimate job being able to sit around

play with toys all day But yeah, I love big it's

it's just one of those movies too that you can

watch countless countless times Whatever it's

on just sit there and enjoy it So Mike, what

do you think about movie big? This is a movie

that Well, I agree with everything you guys said

this is a movie that I've only seen scenes from

Like and it's not where I've oh I've looked it

up on YouTube and seen clips. It's not like anything

with the Every time it's come on. I've caught

it like Midway through either at the beginning

at the end or whatever and I'm gonna have to

seek it out. I've seen Pretty much most of it,

but it's been broken up like I've never actually

sat through the entire movie You do need to do

that because then you can get the full effect

and I wanted to mention also that it is the only

Film out of all the films that were voted on

it is the only film to appear on every single

person's list So everyone had a spot somewhere

for big All right moving on to our number nine

film and we are actually just going to move one

year into the future we were at 1988 with big

and we're gonna go to 1989 for our number nine

film and that is Rick Moranis and honey I shrunk

the kids Now we will just ignore all things that

came after this hold on wait Blew up the kid

was good. No, no, no seriously listen after Adam

was born The third child I really did enjoy honey.

I blew up the kid. How about honey? We shrunk

ourselves No, I agree. I love the TV show No

TV show but what I'm saying is honey this the

one sequel honey I blew up the kid was really

really cool because it's basically a reverse

of what happened in the first film Yeah, that's

what happened. Yeah, I mean that was Took a lot

to think up of that one. I don't know I just

think this was at the time again kind of like

some of the other films that we talked about

like Homer Brown in a way This one is just completely

unique. It's something that you I mean, yes,

there's been like the incredible shrinking What

was that the incredible shrinking lady or something?

I don't know. There's been times where movies

have done this before but not like on this full

-scale family style that just, I don't know.

To me, when I saw this and I was probably eight,

nine years old or something like that, it had

definitely been something I had never seen before

and it was so cool to see what kind of things

as these fourth of an inch individuals. What

kind of things they would get into and what was

it? What was the perspective from that? size

on our world and there was a lot of cool things

that they could do with that so I Really enjoyed

this movie. And again, I can't argue with this

being in the top ten. I Love it as well. Um,

yeah, what'd you say? It's going 89, right? Yeah

So, let's see and they well you're looking at

of the only person not to vote for honey I shrunk

the kids would have been JT. Otherwise it was

on everybody else's list He's Canadian. There's

an excuse right there. Six years after this came

out, I was 15, I went to Walt Disney World in

Florida, and they had an attraction there. Still,

six years after this film came out, had an attraction

at Disney World, honey, I shrunk the audience.

This is what completely turned me off to 3D.

Because the whole thing with the mice running

around they they did something to the rug to

make it Feel like there was mice running or you

know bugs or mice or whatever running under our

feet At the end of it when the dog sneezes They

basically sprayed the audience with it. It was

the worst gimmicky 3D I have ever been to, and

that's one of the reasons why I hate 3D films

today. Even though 3D today is not that gimmicky,

but that was my main deterrent. But no, this

film in general is absolutely awesome. I love

every bit of this film. Rick Moranis is more

than just, you know, Louis. Think what's great

about honey. I shrunk the kids to it's like it's

almost like an animated story that is placed

in live -action and Just with what they're able

to do with like the practical special effects

the use of You know huge Set pieces and stuff

like that It just it was one of those worlds

as a kid that like I would love to go on that

adventure as a kid I think that's a big part

of family films is Trying being able to take

part in the story that's taking place and there's

often like you talked about Disney World And

this to me is like a theme park ride that you

would beg to go on You know flying on the bees

and all this different stuff like swimming and

cereal. This is these crazy different things

And that's what I love about that movie. It's

it's just a really like fun time and it's just

crazy world that's awesome and really well handled

and the special effects, yes they're dated but

there's something like charming about how what

they look like today. The special effects in

the movie are fine. They're they're fine It's

just when disney tried to bring it into the real

world with the with the with the attraction at

the park. It was like No, I mean i'm saying if

you see it today there, you know, you have that

stop -motion animation So some people you know

if you never watched this like if you didn't

grow up and you're watching this movie as a kid

You're kind of be like, well that looks so fake.

But yes it there is With stop -motion there is

kind of you do kind of have this suspend belief,

but to me I love I love effects like that. That's

why this movie appeals to me and Mike you'll

appreciate this Honey, I Shrunk the Kids opened

at number two on opening night back in 1989 and

they were behind Batman Everything was behind

Batman because Basically Well, no basically Batman

had the campaign of the last great movie of the

decade because 1980 to 1989 that's ten years.

That's how decades are counted The point is that

it was marketed as the last great film of the

decade, like no other film could beat Batman.

And I'm not surprised that Honey -Eye -Tronic

the Kids was number two behind Batman in 89.

Alrighty then. Moving on then to our number eight

film. So we've been at 1988 and then we went

to 1989. Now we're going back a little bit to

1984. And that is Karate Kid. It's not what I

thought it was going to be. A little martial

arts, a little drama, a little family stuff.

It's all about Ralph Macchio. And it's been a

long, long time since I've seen this movie. Just

turn on oxygen one of these weekends. They show

it constantly They show all three of them constantly

and obviously there has been sequels and even

a more recent one But that's not a sequel. That's

a half -ass reboot with Jackie Chan Anyway, yeah,

the original one is kind of holds a special spot

for I think that anyone that's that kind of grew

up at that time Mr. Miyagi is just a classic

character Like I said, it's been a long time

since I've seen it. So I'm gonna let you guys

speak to this a little bit I did Remember it

finally and I voted it on my list just very low

because I hadn't seen it in so long Mike you

had it very high Dan you had it kind of lower.

So let's let Mike start. Well, what's your love

of karate kid? Although you had karate kid to

rated higher Simply because of Peter's terror.

I did have karate kid three on your list as well.

Yes No, because all three of them I don't think

we counted My Cousin Viddie as a family film,

you know, with the two Utes and all that. But

no, all three of these films, regardless of,

you know, people saying that the third one wasn't

that great, blah blah blah, I enjoyed the third

one. I thought between all three of them, the

story progressed nicely. The only thing that

never happened... in these movies is he never

and I'm stealing a line from our our partner

show Punish Your Body Count Jake I'm stealing

your line he never got more of a badass as the

movies went through and I explained this to Jacob

well movies of that time and movies like Karate

Kid the whole message of Karate Kid was don't

fight unless you have to and but I see Jake's

point where like As the movies progressed, you're

supposed to see Daniel get better and better

and better and better. And sure, he breaks the

ice in the second one. Sure, he takes care of

the bonsai tree in the third one. The first one

was just so good, though. The first one introduced

you to the characters. Basically two people from

two very different worlds trying to get along

between Mr. Miyagi and Daniel and. I just, I

really love all of them. I even, I'm not ashamed

to say this simply because Michael Ironside is

in it. I even like the next Karate Kid. I was

going to ask you why you didn't vote for the

next Karate Kid. There were more important things

to get on that list. Okay. And just some other

rating. Roger Ebert gave it 4 out of 4 stars.

A lot of good... reception from this film, especially

later on, years after it came out, people really

appreciated it. And what I kind of like about

it most is that the relationships that is really,

really dissected and that whole pupil and teacher

type thing, they did a real good job with something

that not a lot of movies had that... that same

dynamic that Karate Kid was able to capture.

Dan, what do you think? Well, it's kind of interesting

that we've been, what, three films in so far,

and they've all come out in the 80s, kind of

shows you, you know, maybe a little bit biased

there. But I love Karate Kid. I think, got a

little bit of a family film that can have a middle

-aged Asian man beat up a bunch of high school

kids, and he's the moral center of the film.

That's always found interesting. It's like, you

can just kick the crap out of these teenagers

and nothing happens. They deserve they rightfully

deserved it. So I guess it's okay. Um, but yeah

that relationship is key like between mr. Miyagi

and daniel Um that that's a nice little father,

you know father son dynamic and pat marita is

amazing in that movie He is that role. It's kind

of the role that unfortunately defined his career

But I love him in that and it is it's it's that

like mike said it has that message it's it's

there are some cheesy moments, I mean, but Every

time I hear someone say, sweep the leg, can't

help but think of, you know, Karate Kid. And

it was voted on by all but one of us. And that

would be Steve. No love for Karate Kid. Well,

in Steve's defense, he was two years removed

from being around when this came out. We still

love you, Steve. All right. So that was our number

eight film. And going into our number seventh

film, guess what? We're staying in the 80s. Staying

in 1984, to be exact. And this is the epic fantasy

slash family film. We somewhat talked about it

a little bit earlier on, and that is The Neverending

Story, part one, the original. Still I still

haven't seen it to this day two people did not

vote for it. That would be Mike and Steve I Voted

for it in I actually had it number two on my

list As the second best because there is just

something about this film that I absolutely freaking

love Actually, there's a bunch of different things.

I love Barrett Oliver as Bastion. I just think

he played that role perfectly. Yeah, he didn't

really get to do much post -neverending story,

but I just really fell in love with his character

in this film, as well as Atreyu. I think Bastion

and Entree were just perfect. The Childlike Empress

was cool. Alan Oppenheimer as the voice of Falkor

and multiple other people including the narrator.

He did a fantastic job. Falkor was awesome. The

Rockbiter guy. There was just a lot of cool things

here and I always appreciate an interwoven story

between reality and fantasy, etc. Just I don't

know. I saw this movie first in school I don't

know if it was like around Christmas time or

something, but seem like every year around Christmas

time when we were in our earlier elementary grades

that you'd get this time where they'd put a movie

on and they'd combine classes for us. I mean,

I kind of went to a small school so they'd put

like all the, whatever, all the fourth graders

together in one room and they'd show a movie

or whatever. And this was one of the films that

one of the years they showed and that was the

first time I saw it and I just like freaking

fell in love with it. I made sure that I saw

the second one as soon as it came out. I really

liked this franchise when I was a kid. So I'm

very glad that it is in our top 10. They never

made the third one, did they? Or did they? I

don't remember if they did or not. The Never

Ending Story Part 3 is... Yeah, they made that...

I don't think I ever saw it, though. It was 1994.

Yeah, it would have been too long. Yeah, I did

not see this one. Jack Black was in the third

one, by the way. Anyway, uh -huh Dan you had

this one on your list obviously not as high as

I did but what are your thoughts on the never

-ending story? I'm similar to you and a karate

kid. It's been a very long time since I've seen

it, but I remember loving it as a kid I remember

actually first when I seen it when I first saw

it being really freaked out by all the different

creatures Just because they were I mean they're

I think about the 80s like so many of the family

films like the creatures are Very disturbing

looking in some way, especially in the fantasy

movies like dark crystal and things like that

So I remember being a kid first thing and being

like completely freaked out But as I grew older

I grew to appreciate it and just the the world

it created and how all Just the craziness of

it and again the the message of it But honestly,

it's been years since I've seen it. So I don't

really have a huge much to say I just remember

loving it going up. I don't think I'm unlike

Mike I think I've actually only seen the first

film and I don't remember ever seeing the other

two Yeah. There's a lot of quotes from this movie

that have been used. It has 86 % Rotten Tomatoes.

So it's pretty good for a film like that to have

that high of a rating. But yeah, I just love

this film. Mike, anything to say about Never

Ending Story, the first one? Nope. Just because

you only voted for the second one? No, it's not

even about that. I've never seen the first one.

I came into the second one, and the second one

was kind of like, oh. That's kind of cool. I

wonder what happened in the first one, but I've

just never gotten around to seeing it. All right.

Enough then. Let's get to our number six film.

And we will actually leave the decade of the

80s for our number six film, but not by much

because we're only going to the year 1990. And

that is for the family comedy film. It's all

about Christmas time here with Macaulay Culkin

in Home Alone. This was, to me, phenomenal when

I was a kid and saw this. I remember seeing it

in the theater. We didn't go to many movies,

so it was probably a special occasion to actually

go see this, but this was all the rave. I mean,

everybody was talking about Home Alone when it

came out. Everybody was going to see it. Daniel

Stern and Joe Pesci are freaking amazing. This

is Macaulay Culkin before all kinds of bad things

happened in his life that kind of drove him off

the edge for a little while. And this was just

a fantastic film. I know, Mike, you are a big

fan because you voted for both Home Alone and

Home Alone 2. So go ahead and speak to your love

of Home Alone. It was just it was one of those

movies where you could see yourself in their

world it really really was like you look at the

McAllister family I Guarantee you every single

person has an uncle Frank has if you have siblings

you have an older brother like like buzz You

have all these crazy cousins and all this and

the whole thing with traveling and getting ready

like That's that's essentially what my life was

when I was younger is just all that kind of like

the holiday mess of Getting you know, whether

you're traveling whether you're going here there

whatever even if you're staying, you know Even

if you're not flying anywhere, but just going

to your family's homes and stuff especially with

Christmas And it's just it's just one of those

things where it's just amazing. Everybody wanted

to be left home alone I think everybody did and

this movie was like a way for us to kind of live

vicariously through the Kevin McAllister character.

I think one of the things that Home Alone does

well that sometimes I don't know maybe gets overlooked

a little bit. To me it is a movie that comes

out in the 90s here that still somehow captures

the feel that you would have gotten when you

watched Earlier comedies with Chevy Chase or

with Steve Martin or with John Candy or some

of those guys This is a John Hughes film, right?

But I'm just saying it does a good job of capturing

that feel that that That kind of older style

comedy as far as when it came to you know, Joe

Pesci and Daniel Stern, etc but to be new enough

and modern enough that it was more relatable

to that generation of kids that were watching

movies and growing up at that time. And yeah,

like you said, everybody wanted to be left home

alone. It sounds like such a great thing. Obviously,

it doesn't turn out to be super great at times,

but it's all about all, to me what made this

movie lovable was all the different hijinks,

all the little different traps that... Macaulay

Culkin sets up as well as he has a cool first

name his character does And it was just it was

just fun There were so many iconic scenes like

the the scene where the pizza is about to be

delivered and he's got the Audio playing on the

TV and the gunshots. I mean, that's just a great

scene angels with filthier souls uh... who's

so awesome and that's what makes the sequel sold

nicely better but that's what makes the sequel

so great is because it again takes place at christmas

time and you have the sequel to angels with filthier

souls with angels with even filthier souls and

that's where we have the classic line of merry

christmas and a happy new year you filthy animal

you know it's just it's just so great Dan, what

are your thoughts on Home Alone? Oh, Home Alone.

It's hard to do physical comedy and do it well,

but it works. And a lot of it is because of,

you know, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. They're

fantastic. They're comedic timing. They work

so well as those bumbling criminals. And Collie

Culkin, too, is fantastic. You know, kid acting,

kid actors can go either way. And he's relatively

charming. And the fact that he's carrying most

of this movie, it works really well. And as a

kid, I wore this VHS out. You just watch it all

the time. Even if it's not Christmas, you're

not, you know, you're still watching it. And

then when it is Christmas, it's like the perfect

movie to watch because it is it is that family

film that you need because it hits all the different

quadrants. It's kids can watch it. Adults can

get enjoyment. of it, which I think is the key

component to a really great family film. It doesn't

just appeal to kids, it appeals to everyone.

And even as I've grown older, I think my appreciation

for Home Alone is only grown. And the only people

not to vote for Home Alone would be JT and Mr.

Wilson. I'm surprised that Michael Wilson didn't

vote for this. I'm not surprised at anything

that JT doesn't vote on because well, he's Canadian,

but Every day makes so many fans in Canada The

thing about both Home Alone and it's one good

sequel Specifically to the McAllister family

is that you take Home Alone you take the physical

comedy with Pesci and Stern, and you essentially

double it in Home Alone 2 with Tim Curry. Like,

there's nothing more hilarious than Tim Curry

on his knees in a hotel room begging for mercy.

That's true. And yeah. What's next on the list?

Alright, so that's our first five. on the list

here. We've gone through 10, 9, 8, 7, and 6.

So at number 5, enough of that 90s stuff. Let's

get back to the 80s. And that is 1988's, I guess

you can call it, this is how it's described in

some places, a fantasy crime comedy film, directed

by Robert Zemeckis, who framed Roger Rabbit.

What? Number 5? What the hell is wrong with you

people? Before Mike goes crazy, It was on five

of the seven people's lists the only people not

to vote for who framed Roger Rabbit would have

been Steve and myself Both of you, but everybody

else voted for who framed Roger Rabbit. Nobody

voted for it higher though then TFG one Mike

who had a number one on his list So you besides

Dodd with they've not even making the top ten

This you are the first one to see your top ten

or your top film go by the wayside here, so go

ahead, speak. I don't understand why people would

not rank this at least a little bit higher. I'm

not saying everyone has to have it at number

one like I did, but this film combines a lot

of things. First of all, it's essentially a 40s

whodunit. You know, murder mystery, whatever

you want to call it. It combines animation, not

only new characters, but classic characters.

It's the first time ever before or since that

Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny have been on screen

together. It's just an amazing, amazing film.

How do you really feel? Just is. I mean, I like

I like Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Apparently not.

I just thought there was 20 films that were better

than it. I think it is a unique film. It does

do kind of some groundbreaking things. To me

the reason I didn't vote for it is because not

being able to look at its importance as far as

a film goes and how it affected certain things

and what kind of impact it had. I was trying

to more so view this through the eyes of a kid,

and Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a film that actually

kind of disturbed me as a kid. It kind of freaked

me out. I didn't like some of the things they

did, especially with the whole end scene. I will

agree to the end scene that was a little creepy,

but the rest of it, come on. It just wasn't my

cup of tea. But there were two people, JT and

Dan almost hit it right on the nose. They both

had it ranked sixth, and it came in at fifth.

So, Dan, are you pleased? Yeah, I think it's

it's right where it should be if you know it

what I love about who frame Roger Rabbit is How

like Mike mentioned it combines a lot of different

elements it combines. It's like this new or noir

comment commentary on classic tropes of that

of that genre and like how it incorporates that

within an animated film and comments on Animated

films as well. There's like a lot going on and

it could be a complete mess, but it really works

Well, plus Bob Hopkins in this is amazing. He

is he makes it work and this on a technical side

just what they're able to accomplish is is is

outstanding. It does get dark at times, especially

near the end when you have all these characters

literally laughing themselves to death. It gets

really dark. Just the stuff that happens with

Christopher Lloyd and his character. That did

freak me out as a kid as well. I think I had

some twisted ways that I enjoyed. Family films

I can get a little darker in moments. But yeah,

I think that's what I really love because I'm

a I love crime It's one of my favorite genres

and for them to be able to kind of do a crime

story within a family film and Put it within

an animated world is just to me incredible and

I and I still love that movie to this day So

and it the special effects still to this day

hold up really well Even you know, what is it

nearly 30 years over 20 years later? So yeah

It did win a Kids' Choice Award once for favorite

movie, 98 % on Rotten Tomatoes. So I'm not saying

it's a bad film. It just, for me personally,

it wouldn't be one of my picks. But I totally

agree that it belongs in the top 10. One final

thing I'll say before we move on is that it's

one of those films that appeals to everybody.

It appeals to parents with some of the more adult

humor. You know, it appeals to teenagers with

Jessica Rabbit, obviously. Uh, you know, it appeals

to little kids because every little kid wanted

to be a cartoon. You know, a cartoon character,

so it appeals to that. Yes, I do agree that there

are some dark points in it. But they clearly

state, like, you knew. You didn't know how, because

it was funny as hell when it happened, but you

knew. that at some point the weasels were going

to laugh themselves to death because they said

it in the first part of the freaking movie. And,

you know, Eddie's whole song and dance, that's

just... They take the limits of back then. What

was this rated PG originally? I don't... This

was before PG -13, right? Yeah, it was before

PG -13 because PG -13 didn't come out until after

the Edina Jones Temple of Doom. Yeah, it basically

took the Basically took the whole Roger, you

know, it took the whole PG -13 thing of How far

do you take it without going too far? You know

and the whole sex thing with Jessica the whole

killing that it just I think the most gruesome

almost gruesome death more gruesome than what

What Doom was at the end was when Benny got hit

by the acid. I did want to mention a little trivia

bit here because there was three theatrical short

cartoons that Disney produced to go along with

Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was the first time

they'd done that since 1965 and the trivia bit

here is the first of those. These characters

basically show up is in tell me trouble which

played in front of honey. I shrunk the kids Mm

-hmm. Yeah, so that's kind of interesting because

both of those movies are on the list Any other

thoughts on who frame Roger Rabbit before we

move on to our number four film? I think what's

kind of funny too if you read like when they

got the Warner Brothers characters and Disney

characters like all the parameters both of those

companies put in place like they had to have

like specific time like Bugs Bunny couldn't have

any more time on screen than Mickey Mouse and

like all these different Regulations that they

gave the movie It's kind of just ridiculous that

you realize how these companies can be and like

as if Mickey Mouse had a minute more screen time

as if it would hurt Pugs Bunny in some way but

the fact that they were actually able to get

through all that legality and put everything

on screen is You can understand why no one's

really attempted anything since then close to

what they did back Do you like the whole Daffy

and Donald Duck thing? That is the most classic,

like that is the, outside of Mickey and Bugs

being on screen, Daffy versus Donald at the piano

bar. That's absolutely awesome. Did we honestly

almost just go through that whole spiel about

Who Framed Roger Rabbit without? Without mentioning

it, yes. No, without mentioning Jessica Rabbit.

No, I mentioned her. Oh, okay. I said, you know,

for teenagers there was Jessica Rabbit, whatever

else. No, I, oh, trust me. I'll mention Jessica

Rabbit anytime. Thank God that no one has come

to their senses or thank God that they have come

to their senses and no one has tried to do the

sequel. There was rumors a few years back that

they were going to do like a prequel movie or

something and thank God it has not happened.

Thank God. I'm pretty sure it's going to happen

though. Not according to what I'm looking at

according to Zemeckis who is the person that

Has been involved with a lot of it that it's

saying it's still possible It's still possible

that a script for the Sequel has already been

sent to Disney for approval Right, but it's that

like there's nothing There's nothing in the wiki

article that says That's why you don't go to

wiki anyway, we will see I can see it happening

very soon moving on to our number For film and

let's just keep the trend continuing. Let's stay

in the 80s Apparently the 80s were good for family

films and we're going to 1985 for a Film that

I actually just watched about a month ago with

my mom again from randomly and that is the Goonies

As our number fourth film the only two people

not to vote for the Goonies there's a trend here

Steve and Mike Yes, um you guys can just take

this I have I've never had an interest in the

goonies once in it Yes as a kid. I saw it. I

never after I saw it. I was like, yeah, I'll

never watch that again Well, I loved it as a

kid. I just watched it as an adult with my mom

There's no kids even in the room and we both

loved it again. I mean Sean Astin Corey Feldman

Josh Brolin Good lord all as kids and the fun

thing about this really is all the different

little hijinks that happen. I don't know of many

kids from our generation that don't quote at

some point some of the lines from Sloth just

because it's fun to do. This is a great movie.

When I think of a family movie or kids movie,

this is one of the first ones that pops into

my mind just because this is a film that you

show a group of kids they're gonna like it and

you don't have to be born in the 80s you don't

have to be you know growing up in the 80s this

is a kind of like a timeless film here and i

can't say enough good things about it i am very

glad that it is in the top 10 regardless of how

how horrific some people may feel it is I mean,

I'm right with with you kid. I love Goonies again.

I I grew up with it as a kid as well The you

talked about coach that hey you guys goonies

never die Yeah, I mean those have been set on

a nauseam I know people who have all those different

Goonies shirts and you see this everywhere still

today I still think it holds like a high standard

with a lot of people because it is and I think

like With films that come alone and other movies

it makes, you know the kids into the heroes They're

the there is the ones who never give up their

their hope is is internal and it keeps going

and it allows them to save the day and to it

just as to it's that Placing them into another

adventure that you as a kid would love to be

on and there's some danger within it as well

because you have literally Literally criminals

chasing them with guns, but they you know They

get the best of them and have some great comedy

some great drama Great kids performances and

also just love the set design like the cave work

and all that it's really really intricate and

just in to the the story of when i'd willy and

like I just I love it and I remember it's the

one movie that like we talked about sequel is

not happening for who framed roger rabbit I remember

always wanting that goony sequel and there is

a video game, but we never actually got that

movie Maybe that's better in the long run, but

still to this day I would I would love to see

a goony sequel. I think there was even a script

written but it just never happened yeah and Sean

Astin was all about it um but yeah i guess what's

happening right now is is they're trying to do

a broadway version of something to do with this

franchise um according to Richard Donner so we

will see what happens with that but he has definitely

been trying to do something with a sequel or

some type of adaptation or whatever of this film.

But yeah, it's one of those classic films as

far as highlighting people early on in their

career, too. You know, Sean Astin is incredible

in this film. You know, Corey Feldman, like I

said, Josh Brolin, it's just weird seeing these.

That was kind of one of the weird things about

watching it now is seeing all these guys, you

know, in their younger selves. And like you said,

the set. And the adventure that they go on, it's

like Indiana Jones for kids. For a much younger

audience, and I can't say enough good things

about it. JT had this ranked as his number one

film overall. I just wanted to highlight it as

we get to people's number one. So that leaves

Birdman's had his number one. Mike, you've had

your number one and JT has had his number one.

So that leaves the rest of us in there. It's

only three films left. Aren't somebody's gonna

be pissed. No, but we're all gonna have our number

one actually in these top three some of us had

multiple the same number one and Our number three

film. Don't worry folks. We're gonna leave the

80s But just like Home Alone where we just went

to 1990 this time. We're just going to 1979 and

that is the Muppet movie We talked a little bit

about the Muppet franchise and how many different

Muppet films got votes on. The 2012 version got

a couple different people to vote on it. The

Muppet Christmas Carol had a couple different

people vote on it. The Great Muppet Caper received

votes. So it was one where it could have been

split a little bit depending on who was voting

for which Muppet film, but five of us. found

a place somewhere on our list for this version,

1979's The Muppet Movie. The only ones that did

not were Mike the Birdman Dodd, who voted on

Christmas Carol instead, and Steve, who voted

on the 2012 version instead. Mike, why don't

you start with The Muppet Movie. One I haven't

I remember saying this and it was just so awesome,

but I haven't seen it in years and I Well, I

I hadn't seen it in years. I should say I saw

it recently This is the one where they're graduating

college, right? This is the one with the The

rainbow I'm graduating college though, correct

or Kermit's on stage at a college giving some

sort of speech, correct? If it is, I don't remember

that part of it. I remember a lot of other parts

of it, but I don't remember that specific part.

Which... maybe it was... Oh no, it's Manha...

it's Manhattan. Yeah, I was gonna say that doesn't

sound familiar with this film. Ah, shit. Because

Manhattan has one of the craziest lines ever.

In the beginning of that one, they're giving

a speech at a college or graduation or whatever.

And all the Muppets are up there except for animal

and you see this woman's craving animals running

chasing around. Oh man Okay, so apparently I

Remember it wrong. Um, I haven't seen this in

years, but I remember it being really really

awesome. I A couple things that really stood

out for this film for me Kermit and the swamp

doing rainbow connection uh that part was just

freaking cool um seeing all the different cameos

obviously that's a staple of them up at films

but when i was little and just seeing this film

for the first time i didn't necessarily know

that um so just seeing some of the people um

that i recognized from other things like dom

del uiz or bob hope um Steve Martin, Richard

Pryor, Telly Savalas, Orson Welles. I mean, there's

just multiple people that show up that make this

film just like cool to watch as a kid. The music

in this one, to me, this is kind of the one that

set the stage, obviously, for everything. And

I just like, I like all of the Muffet films.

There's not one that I don't like, but. If I

have to narrow it down to just one, it's going

to be this one. I had this actually ranked as

my number one family film, as did Mr. Wilson.

Dan, you had this in your top five. What do you

think about the Muppet movie? If you don't like

the Muppets, I think you're dead inside. because

they i mean it is there i love their sense i

always thought that's the sense of humor of the

bumpets because it's so genuine and it's never

cynical uh and it's just really clever and they

i love their use of puns and they're kind of

uh they're meta humor in a way because like a

lot of their humor in some ways is kind of ahead

of its time because the world today is very meta

but at moments have always been that way and

how they would comment on things and Within the

movie and they you know, they would break that

third wall at times which which I loved It when

choosing which one which one movie to pick because

I knew I was gonna pick one. I didn't want to

crack Crowned my list with Muppet films, but

you easily could I think I went with this one

because I think it's the one that stood out to

me the most as a kid Just the road trips trip

aspect of the film again the rainbow connection

song. I think it's that I love that song to this

day That's a great song. It's just for anything

And to like you mentioned just like the cavalcade

of all these different stars that were in there

from Mel Brooks from Millboro Burtonboro No,

geez Bob Hope just in how well they were in place

into the film and how they were the different

ways They were used and how they really bought

into this to this idea and seeing you know The

Muppets transition from this TV show to this

live -action film and how well that went but

yeah, I just I love the Muppets It's they have

so many great movies and I think you can argue

which one's the best but I think for me This

is one that kind of so it stands a little bit

taller than the rest Yeah, and you know I'm super

glad that we that one of the Muppet films at

least got enough votes to be in the top 10 I

was worried that we would have just a massive

split since there's been so many good ones But

I'm glad that enough of us agreed on one of them

in particular to make it especially this high

on the list at number three Mike what else you

got to say about the Muppet movie? It was just

an awesome thing, you know, just kind of looking

it up and looking back on it. I do remember it,

and it was very, very unique, and I'm glad all

of us agreed that no one voted for Muppets in

Space. I'm sorry, Gonzo is a side character.

Gonzo is a comedy character that you see in situations

during the Muppet Showers. Gonzo did not desert,

like, For me, that movie was just, why are you

giving Gonzo... They're essentially turning Gonzo

into Alf, is what they did, and I didn't care

for that. But no, the Muppet movie itself was

just absolutely amazing. I think the only two

I don't really care for is Muppets in Space and

Muppet Family Christmas. That was weird. Just

was. I like them all, in one way or shape or

form. All right, moving on to our number... two

film on the list i guess mike you can sit out

the rest of the countdown because you did not

vote for this one and you did not vote for our

number one film um you're the only one that did

not vote for either of these two films and we'll

start with number two here um and we're going

to stay in the 80s 1982 for the family science

fiction film directed by stephen spielberg and

that is et I just got so sick of it after a while.

It was everywhere throughout the 80s, throughout

my childhood, and I had seen it so many damn

times. I just got sick of it. This is one of

those films that I always remember, because whenever

we had Christmas with the one side of my family

and whenever we ended up at, I think it was my

uncle's house. This would somehow come on and

they always actually had like the little Reese's

Pieces and in like a candy dish somewhere That

I just connected this film because of that one

scene and it was one of my favorite candy as

a kid But no, I just think this one's cool. I

love Henry Thomas's Elliot in this obviously

And to me I think this is one of those films

along with Star Wars obviously that just forever

made me fall in love with science fiction films.

Obviously I did not see this when it came out

because I would have been one year old. But I

saw this very shortly after and I've again seen

it a bunch of times. I actually did not rank

this as high as most people did. Well I shouldn't

say most people. Steve had this as number three,

JT had this as number three, Dan will get to

you since you had it at your number one. Birdman

and Wilson both voted for it. I had it like right

around nine, eight or nine. I was expecting it

obviously to be at this high because I think

it is, you know, just that film that people look

at as a masterpiece of a film. But for me...

Individually there was a few films that I thought

captured the genre a little bit better But I

am super glad that we have this and I'm super

glad it's in our top five. Dan. What do you think

about ET? Obviously, I love it because it was

my number one I just recently rewatched ET not

too long ago and I made the mistake of watching

the special edition that came out in like 2005

which no one should ever see because it is absolutely

horrible they you know, they enhance they do

the Lucas up the film through CGI enhancements

of ET and all these other things that really

unnecessarily take away the guns and give them

walkie -talkies and Which is ridiculous, but

don't ever watch that version of it. The actual

ET itself I think is fantastic. You know you

have one of John Williams best scores combined

with just Spielberg's awesome direction and no

one can get quality child performances like Spielberg.

What's interesting about ET, it's actually was

shot in sequence. I think that really played

a key role into that final, you know, goodbye

at the end because those kids were literally

saying goodbye to this experience. I think that

made that their reaction and their acting actually

feel legitimately real compared to like if they

were just trying to make those feelings artificial

because I think they were literally, you know,

this is huge part of their life because they

were how old they were. And but I think that's

a key report. key reason this movie works really

well. And two, I love the humor in this. It's

really great seeing ET just walk around, just

his bumbling self, and watching him get hit by

doors, seeing him get wasted, and the connection

with Elliot. And I love how the connection with

Elliot and him is never spelled out for you.

You just kind of see how it works through. The

film and the action of it. It doesn't tell you

exactly what's going on, but you can kind of

figure it out as it goes That's and I again you

have a lot of iconic moments like the the moment

with the bike going across the moon Which became

the the logo for Spielberg's company for a very

long time So I think they're all these different

elements is why I think I made it my number one

kiss first and foremost It's an amazingly crafted

film. It's a film that does hit every Pete Even

without it's a great fantasy film or great times

fiction film and a great Family film. So I think

that's why it made my number one I want to go

over a whole bunch of stuff So bear with me because

there's a lot because this is just like a laundry

list of things here, but this just shows how

much of a impact this film had here. And since

we are kind of copying an AFI's list, I'll start

with AFI. According to AFI, it's been voted the

24th greatest film of all time. That's across

genres, 24th greatest film of all time. The 44th

most heart -pounding, the sixth most inspiring,

the 14th greatest music score, the third greatest

science fiction film. The Lion ET Phone Home

was ranked 15th on their 100 years, 100 movie

quotes list. Premier had it as 48th on their

quote list. Character Elliot was nominated for

one of the 50 Greatest Heroes. Channel four did

a poll, it was 100 greatest family films. Time,

one of the 100 best films ever made. Entertainment

Weekly, eighth most tear -jerking. Seventh greatest

work of science fiction media in the past 25

years. Ninth favorite alien in a film. It's on

list across, you know. all kinds of different

things. So I just think that it definitely deserves

a spot and I'm glad it is on our list and I have

no problems with it being number two. Mike, any

last comments before we unveil our number one

film? We're sorry, your call cannot be. Connected

is dialed or whatever it is. No, not not really

All right We will move on then to the number

one family film has voted on by geek cast radio

network And like I said once again the mic you

are the only one that did not vote for this Um,

but we will Although we've been in the 80s for

the entire thing Although we had one 1990 and

one 1979 film. Our number one film is not in

the 80s It is 1971's Cringe Mike, it's a musical

somewhat and it's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate

Factory Before I shut up here, I just have to

say really quickly in school I Remember them

showing this to us at what like you were saying

at Christmas time is for us, too Right. I remember

this but I also remember reading the follow -up

book Charlie and the great glass elevator Preferred

that over this nonsense I'm just saying I preferred

the story in that book versus the story of Willy

Wonka and Whatever. All right, Steve had this

at number one. I had this at number three Dan

had this at number three JT was in his top 20

but a little bit lower Birdman had it. I think

I'm number six. I'm like Wilson had it number

five Yeah, I was first introduced to this in

school just like never -ending story and a couple

other films I had never seen it before first

of all Gene Wilder is Freaking genius. He's one

of the best actors of all time. I think actually

especially when it comes to this type of thing

comedies and or This the role he gets here, which

is mostly a comedy role but to me this is so

cool because it's basically puts you into this

world, into this thing that's like every kid's

fantasy. It's almost like what we talked about

with Big and being a toy tester. Going into this

place that creates. all of the candy and chocolate

and different stuff and being a part of the process

and seeing all these magical things happen and

then just the whole thing about watching one

by one as everyone makes a mistake and what it's

teaching you about yourself and about personality

traits and about how you want to carry yourself

and kind of everyone's little tragic flaw as

they mess up and fall to the wayside. Jack Albertson

is as amazing as grandpa Joe Just a great character

There's just so many cool scenes in this and

I still to this day will just be going through

my day like just randomly I think it happened

last week once when I was at work where I just

randomly bust out into I want a golden ticket

Or the Candyman can I mean the songs are great

This is just like when I think fantasy movie

or family film. This is definitely one that comes

to my mind right away You know, I had it up there

with the Muppet movie never ending story sound

of music and Mary Poppins I have absolutely no

problem with this being this high on our list.

Dan. What do you think about Willy Wonka? I Again,

I love Willy Wonka was number three for me Hey,

you talked about like it is that child fantasy

but I also like how it takes that fantasy and

kind of turns it on its head and Kind of it we

talked about Family films that get dark and it

doesn't get dark in a total like a tone sense

But just what happens to the kids like they get

you know kind of incinerated and they you know

blow up into gigantic balls But and I love how

there's a message there, but it's never heavy

-handed There's always like a wink and there's

also like a creepiness to it in a way Like the

all the grandparents that share same bed the

Oompa Loompas there I mean when you're trying

to get the ticket from him and then also the

the scene where They're going in the boat down

the I think it's the chocolate river or whatever.

That's a creepy like psychedelic scene. Yes,

it's very very 70s Influence for sure. Um, but

and again, you talked about jean wilder and he

is fantastic as uh, you know willy wonka in that

role He makes that movie in his there's like

a sense of mystery to that character Um, and

I couldn't imagine anyone else doing that wall.

Yes, johnny dead Did it but it was a completely

different type of uh, really walka I'm kind of

glad this made the list and not the other other

timber and charlie and chocolate factory Um,

though I guess that one's technically closer

to the book than uh really walka Maybe that's

why mike's not a fan of it because it doesn't

really follow the book all that much Um, but

two again the songs like you mentioned there's

I always love the you know, the closing song

it just just Gene Wilder like singing who's maybe

not the greatest singer in the world but it just

works and I just love the world they created

and all the different components of it and There's

so many memorable scenes like once they get into

that factory. It's just every scene is great

every single Event every single like different

candy they create It's just an awesome moment

and it's just that can be a movie within itself

Even if you didn't have the rest of the film

as well all that build up and going more so with

the music too I mean I mentioned a few of them

but candy man can even cheer up Charlie to me

still holds like I can Can probably recite on

most of the lines of that song pure imagination

Who doesn't know? Oh, and I've got a golden ticket

But who doesn't know the Oompa Loompa song like

who you could say that to just about anybody

and they'll know exactly what you're talking

about That's how much this movie resonates like

you can just say Oompa Loompa and people know

what movie you're talking about And I just think

it's fun watching the and learning and seeing

how each person messes up and the fact that even

Charlie messes up But is able to overcome that

in a way all the different kinds of like you

said the different types of candy whether it

be the what is the taste of vision or smell of

vision the wallpaper you know, there's just obviously

the the one that goes through all the different

the five course or three course meal or whatever

it is. So there's a lot of cool things and then

as a kid you you know you could go out and you

could get you know an everlasting Gobstopper

or this or that from your candy store. So I mean

it made it almost seem real to you and I'm sure

they at times did different promotions with actual

having you know golden tickets or this or that

in their candy or whatever. I don't remember

any of that stuff but this movie just It's a

great movie. It's a great film. It does have

its creepy parts. It does have its funny parts

It does have its teaching moments, but all in

all it's woven together into a fantastic family

film Can we at least all agree that the team

Tim Burton crap is? Just utter shit. I've never

seen it. I don't think it's Horrible, I mean

it has some moments. I don't I don't think it's

the worst thing in the world. It's compared.

It's unnecessary I don't think it really needed

to be remade. I think this maybe holds up on

its own. It's such a weird paradox for me because

I can't force myself to say anything bad about

Johnny Depp, but I can't force myself to say

anything good about Tim Burton. They're so connected.

I'm just so sick of the two of them, honestly.

Outside of the Batman movies, every Burton movie

has Johnny Depp in it. One thing, too, I liked

about Willy Wonka is just how it represents how

the The effect of the parent on the child and

you see that like the spoiled kids have the horrible

parents with the neglectful parents and how it

does that and I would shows like that and how

important that relationship is and Yes, maybe

it's a little it's obvious for adults. But I

think for kids you can kind of it's You can kind

of see it without even realizing what's going

on and you can connect the dots Without it kind

of making it too obvious and I think that's a

key component because every character in that

movie is rememberable in some way Absolutely.

Alright, so there you have our top 10 family

films. Breaking it down one more time, we went

with The Big, then Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The

Karate Kid, Never Ending Story, Home Alone, Who

Framed Roger Rabbit, The Goonies, The Muppet

Movie, E .T., and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate

Factory. Looking over the list, what are your

thoughts over all, Dan? I guess the first thing

people are going to say, it is very 80s heavy.

I was going to ask a question about that. Based

on our list, before you continue that thought,

can we conclude that the 80s had the best family

films or are we completely biased because most

of us grew up in the 80s? I think it's a combination

of a little bit of both. I think the family films

in the 80s were far better than most of the family

films today. I think a lot of the family films

today tend to be geared towards kids or kids

movies, not necessarily family films. When I

think of the ones today, I just can't take them.

They're too kiddy for me. And I know it's maybe

because I'm an adult now, but I mean, there is

a few that I've enjoyed. but they just don't

capture it like they do. I do think that there

are some classic ones, but they're a whole different

vein, a lot more musical. You know, we mentioned

Sound and Music. We mentioned Mary Poppins. I

mentioned, you know, Parent Trap, Dr. Doolittle,

Bedknobs and Broomsticks. You had like your Swiss

Family Robinson and some of those films. So they

did have some prior that maybe should have got

more of a vote, but continue your thought. That's

what I was going to say. I think I mean, there

are probably stuff out there. Honestly, I'm not

really Watching a lot of the family films today,

but the ones that are tend to get the most attention

are ones I really don't have any interest in

but I think they're more animated nowadays Yeah,

it is especially because animation is relatively

cheap to do nowadays compared to you know when

it was had to be hand -drawn so it's easier and

you tend to get a water wider audience with an

animated film than a live -action and you pay

the actors a whole lot less and it's easier to

make sequels and if it has kids you can easily

replace them because you know animated. And I

think this the 80s might have been the right

time for live action family films because I think

and I'm totally guessing here but I think when

we get to our top 100 animated films the 80s

is actually probably going to be one of the least

represented decades because for a while you know

you were just getting your you know your Disney

film maybe each year or something like that whereas

these live action films, it was kind of their

heyday was, you know, in the late seventies into

the eighties, you know, before animation really

took over. And now it just seems like a majority

of the films are animated. And then the ones

that aren't are just way over the top. But I

keep interrupting you. So I apologize. That's

all right. And I do think there are even prior

to these a lot. You talked about a lot of them

that do I do think belong on here. I mean, I

don't necessarily think there's any egregious

choice for me. And I think all of them you can

legitimately place On this list like I talked

about when I was making lists It's hard to rate

certain family films because this gets so ingrained

into your childhood that it's there It's like

ranking bedtime stories because they're all you

know on the same level, but I do think there's

a Probably some of the family films of the 70s

to 60s and 50s. We know the bigger ones I'm sure

there's some that we aren't aware of but I do

think like, you know sign of music we talked

about Mary Poppins old yeller and I think Because

they're those films really depended upon, you

know, are your parents or your sisters and brothers?

Are they gonna seek those out because necessarily

you're not gonna do it as a kid like we talked

a lot of these movies that we have on the list

we Saw because we saw them in school or because

we were part of the you know when it came out

and was such a hoopla so that that's probably

why they stick out a lot more than something

like Old Yeller because Unless it's a movie that

you watch with your family. You're probably not

gonna see it unlike something like ET, which

is so huge and impossible to miss. So I think

that's maybe why it's so heavy within that decade.

But I think everything we at least chose rightfully

belongs on the list in some way. Well, that's

one of the first things I did. The first thing

I did when I was coming up and doing all the

math and whatnot, before I looked at our top

10, I was scrolling from the bottom up and I

was looking at the honorable mentions and I'm

like, are you kidding me? I'm like, Sound of

Music has to be in there, Mary Poppins has to

be in there, I would think Mrs. Doubtfire would,

Homeward Bound, Gremlins, how are these not in

here? And then I got to the actual top 10 and

I'm searching for one I would take out and I

can't find it. I can't find one film in our top

10 that I would take out. I don't know if I would

flip any of the orders. I don't know, but I can't

find one that I would actually say doesn't belong.

When we've been doing this list, maybe try to

find one that we thought, well, that might not

really belong. And I can't find it in this list.

And just to give a little bit more of the numbers

I was breaking down here, we were in mostly agreement

here. Dan, all 10 films in our top 10 were in

your list. So congratulations on that. All ten

of the films were in your top 20. Nine of them

were in mine, nine of them were in Michael Wilson's,

nine of them were in Birdman Dodd's, eight of

them were in JT's, six of them were in Mike's,

and five of them were on Steve's list. So apparently

we all have different tastes than Steve and Mike

do. But I don't know, I'm very happy with the

list. What about you, Mike? Very happy with it.

I think there's maybe One that I would have put

in there This is where you're gonna say Home

Alone 3 No, I don't know. I like that movie,

but it it's alright. I think it should have been

titled something else That's not no no not at

all hook. I think hook needed to be in there

somewhere even if it was just at number 10 hook

is For someone who grew up in a divorced family

And I only saw my dad like once or twice a week

and then obviously once he moved away I didn't

see him at all for a while so I think hook really

kind of speaks to me in the whole father -son

thing and I think that could have Found a place

somewhere on here if people had voted for it

more And I mean come on Dustin Hoffman you get

Somehow you were the only one that voted. I mean,

I think it is a good family film and that definitely

deserves a mention, which we hadn't given it

up to this point, but somehow you were the only

person who voted for it out of all 140 films

that were listed. And how did it get 19 points?

Because I put it at number two. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

No, Hook is, again, Robin Williams, you know,

I just. I don't understand why people would not

lay, and it's a Spielberg joke. I told you Robin

Williams was shut out. I know. It's like people

just don't care. What the hell is wrong with

you people? Maybe they'll get some redemption

with Aladdin later on in the year. Nah. Overall

I'm happy with the list. Even with my own personal

gripes of Roger Rabbit should be higher, but

I'm pretty happy and what I find absolutely funny

is Even though I don't care for Willy Wonka.

I have seen it multiple times and I had seen

it again number of years ago right before Phineas

and Ferb started and when Phineas and Ferb I

believe it's Season one or season two they had

an episode called toy to the world Take over

this toy factory and in the process of remodeling

the toy factory they find this chocolate river

So no, it's it's hilarious. It is hilarious and

it will be it will be somewhere in this episode

And kind of going overall on all these votes

that we've been getting as far as top vote getting

movie so far Willy Wonka will come in fourth

so far Die Hard got 104 total votes when we did

action and when we did coming of age Ferris Bueller

got 98 and Breakfast Club got 116 Willy Wonka

got 93, so definitely got a lot of votes in there.

All right, so what do we got coming up? Go ahead.

So let me ask you this. Let me run this by you

while we're on air, and I'm basically throwing

you into the bus here. At the end of all of this,

are you going to add up all of the top voted

on movies and then make a top list from those

movies, whatever they are? I don't know if I'd

do that because people weren't. That would be

an interesting blog post. It would honestly be

an interesting written post. It'd be interesting

to see which ones got the most support within

their genre and stuff like that for sure. I always

like to see when there's a big landslide. There

isn't a huge landslide in this. Willy Wonka was

only 10 points ahead of ET. And I think that

is because so many of these films were on so

many different people's lists. So it was a lot

closer amongst the 10 films compared to somewhere

that's just been a massive blowout. Die Hard

won by 44 points. That was by far the biggest.

Span between a number one and a number two film

on our list So I'll get I'll get some tidbits

of interesting information and kind of sum up

our journey through all these genres But which

genre do we have coming up in next year? Next

time on GeekCaster radio. We will be counting

down the GCR ends top ten gangster movies. Yeah,

see Big boss and yeah, we are I'm basically going

to make Dan write out the intro and the outro,

and Dan's going to host that episode, so we're

throwing him under the bus for his first hosting

gig. It's going to be interesting, because there

are a lot of iconic gangster films, so I'm interested

to see how people vote in this one. Yeah. I'll

say right now, there are certain gangster movies

that everyone holds in very high regard that

I've seen recently that I just don't care. I

don't see it with some of them. But anyway, we

might have some debates here coming up next time.

Very strongly about some of the films I'm going

to vote on. Yes, there's going to be a lot of

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