In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:06:48Read transcript
- Bracken is the clear choice, identified through Roy Wally and Rookie of the Year, with his earlier stardom acknowledged despite limited familiarity.
Categories & segments
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Approx. transcript time · 01:07:24Read transcript
- Schneider, Buzz and Duncan are considered; the pigeon lady and Curry may have too much screen time.
- Foody’s gangster in the black-and-white video is the favored choice, described as an essential recurring element of Home Alone.
Recasting Couch
Buzz criticized; no replacement selected
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:08:03Read transcript
- Buzz is criticized as an overly obvious unpleasant-brother type, although his room and possessions are more enjoyable in the first film; no replacement actor is chosen.
What Would Tony Romo’s Director’s Commentary for This Movie Sound Like?
Mike Breen; Gus Johnson
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- Breen is chosen for his bang catchphrase over Kevin’s bricks; a planned Scott Hanson answer changes to Johnson’s enthusiastic call of the burning rope.
Half-Assed Internet Research
Development, casting change, Plaza cameo and practical effects
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- Hughes reportedly finished the script inFebruary1991 under a six-film Fox agreement; Kevin’s older sister was recast for the sequel.
- The fictional Ding Dang Dong game show was reportedly filmed on a real Illinois game-show set hosted by Eubanks.
- Trump reportedly conditioned Plaza filming on a cameo and fee; a plan to remove the cameo changed because it played well, reflecting his then-public image as a wealthy celebrity.
- Pesci reportedly suffered head burns filming the burning-hat gag and later told of children wanting him to rob their homes so they could defeat him.
- Promotional partners included American Airlines, Coca-Cola and several restaurant chains; the pigeon attack reportedly used300 real birds, one entering Stern’s mouth.
- Expensive artificial snow was reportedly superseded by a real blizzard; the renovated brownstone address is given as51West95th.
- A medical consultation for Entertainment Weekly reportedly judged the injuries capable of brain damage or death, though hiring an expert to establish cartoon implausibility seems unnecessary.
- Culkin’s father reportedly made participation in The Good Son a condition of agreeing to Home Alone2, seeking a role against type.
Apex Mountain
Macaulay Culkin; pigeon ladies; benevolent Christmas homeless characters; New York holiday setting; Plaza pop-culture status; kerosene ropes; Daniel Stern; Joe Pesci’s1992 run
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Approx. transcript time · 01:15:41Read transcript
- Culkin receives agreement at the peak of consecutive hits before the later decline.
- Pigeon ladies and benevolent homeless Christmas characters receive affirmative answers.
- New York as a holiday setting receives support, with Miracle on34thStreet acknowledged as a competing classic.
- O’Hara’s later Schitt’s Creek and Guest films complicate her peak; Heard’s identification as the Home Alone father gives this period a tentative case alongside other roles.
- The Plaza receives agreement specifically for popular-culture prominence rather than historical importance; lost children are compared with Taken without a firm final choice.
- Kerosene-soaked ropes and Stern receive clear affirmative answers; Pesci’s diverse1992 run after Goodfellas also receives support.
- Fricker’s period around So I Married an Axe Murderer is initially proposed, then her My Left Foot Oscar is named as the actual peak; the toy store’s peak is the piano scene in Big.
- Kevin’s pizza makes a movie-pizza shortlist, alongside Back to the FutureII, Wayne’s World and Iron Man; Loverboy is the explicit favorite, so this pizza is not the apex.
- Along Came Polly and the first Home Alone join the pizza discussion; a thin New York slice looks better on screen than messy Chicago deep dish.
- The fake-movie comparison includes the Home Alone gangster films, Logjammin’, Boogie Nights’ Angels Live in My Town, Simple Jack, Stab and South Park’s Terrance and Phillip film; Cleaver and a Forgetting Sarah Marshall television parody are added without a definitive apex answer.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:25:56Read transcript
Best Race Horse Name from This Movie
Wet Bandits; Sticky Bandits; Angels with Even Filthier Souls; Duncan’s Toy Chest
In the discussion (1)
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- Four names are offered, each jokingly resembling an adult-film title: Wet Bandits, Sticky Bandits, Angels with Even Filthier Souls and Duncan’s Toy Chest.
Is There a Porn Parody of This Movie?
No Home Alone2 parody title selected
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:28:05Read transcript
- A proposed recurring porn-parody-title category is considered; examples include Meat the Parents, Cliff Banger and Forrest Hump rather than a settled title for this film.
- The discussion recalls parody titles following popular movies and a Hamilton example built around pounding fathers.
Picking Nits
Concert laughter; escape and geography; pigeon-lady story; pristine city; TV gunfire; unsecured store
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Approx. transcript time · 01:29:08Read transcript
- The concert crowd laughing is reiterated; the inept burglars escaping a prison riot and reaching New York in a fish truck seems unlikely.
- The airport’s immediate picturesque skyline view is questioned without identifying the exact airport.
- The pigeon lady’s social isolation seems more substantial than her stated fear of heartbreak.
- Nighttime New York and the empty renovation site look implausibly clean, safe and deserted.
- A small hotel television should not convincingly simulate machine-gun fire, unlike the first film’s added firecrackers.
- The toy store lacks a guard, cameras or an alarm despite cash on site; an incapacitated watchman would have improved the sequence.
- Kevin’s supply of traps and tools is questioned, with the renovation crew’s Christmas break offered as the explanation.
- Kevin descending a high rope without safety equipment demands implausible athletic ability for this child.
- Giving the woman who saved him only an ornament seems inadequate compared with inviting her for food, a shower and Christmas company; Planes, Trains and Automobiles provides a more generous contrast.
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Existing sequels acknowledged; no preferred continuation
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:35:50Read transcript
- The later sequels are acknowledged but neither host has watched them; the franchise without Culkin holds no interest.
Is This Movie Better With…?
Samuel L. Jackson as the video gangster; Nell in Central Park
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Approx. transcript time · 01:36:03Read transcript
- Jackson is imagined as the black-and-white gangster, combining period dialogue with Jules from Pulp Fiction.
- Nell is imagined alongside the pigeon lady in Central Park.
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