Most Rewatchable Scene
Jack's house attacking the family: Keaton versus the washing machine, dryer and self-starting vacuum
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- One host's candidates begin with Jack getting fired, where everybody is trying to strangle each other and Jeffrey Tambor and Christopher Lloyd share the scene, which feels very 80s and would not be written that way today; the clip is played.
- Martin Mull, as Terry Garr's creepy boss, makes his first visit to the house and Keaton comes to the door holding a chainsaw, overalls and a backwards Lions trucker hat, the two men sizing each other up over the 220, 221 wiring line; the clip is played, and the other host decides this is where Michael Keaton and Mr. Mom invented the hipster dad seen in Brooklyn and Silver Lake.
- A Grantland interview a friend named Daniel did with Keaton, about 12,000 words long, had him recalling the 220, 221 line as an ad lib he was really proud of, and he is fond of the movie generally.
- The house attacking the family, with the washer and dryer going nuts, the self-starting vacuum chasing the kids and a baby being fed chili, is next; the host who had his kids alone that weekend says being thrown into the fire really is like that, down to a son microwaving three-day-old sushi.
- The improbable, elaborately built obstacle-course race at a work function, with hundreds of people cheering, is a specific 80s thing that would not happen now, built from borrowed playground equipment for grown men; the concept of letting your boss win because it is better for you professionally is enjoyed, and Keaton throws the race at the end.
- The Halloween scene, where Carolyn has two hours' notice to fly to Los Angeles after convincing a man to spend $11 million on her idea, is the only time the film confronts Jack losing the family; one host notes she simply stops being a mom for an hour, while the other finds her lack of guilt refreshing against the constant anxiety of content aimed at thirty-something women, and Keaton dressed as a prisoner is good in it.
- The goofy, abrupt ending, with Angelina (as transcribed) in Jack's room with a drink as he comes out of the shower and Terry Garr arriving, plays like they ran out of film; the other host's pick is the utilities, Keaton versus the washing machine and the vacuum, which leads to the realization that ironing a grilled cheese on the ironing board came from this movie, with Craig asked whether he has done it.
- One host has ironed a grilled cheese and calls it the best way to make one, except that the butter and cheese ruin the iron, so a dedicated grilled cheese iron would be needed, which is argued to be cheaper than a panini grill.