Balloon Farm

Summary

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Pod Meets World: "Balloon Farm" (July 7, 2026)

Podcast Theme:
Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong revisit episodes from the beloved '90s sitcom Boy Meets World, offering commentary, behind-the-scenes stories, and nostalgia for TGIF fans.

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Will and guest Sabrina Bryan (standing in for Danielle and Rider) take Magical Rewind listeners back to the 1999 Disney TV movie Balloon Farm. The pod dives deep into the truly bizarre plot, noting its outlandish magical logic, memorable cast, and a level of surrealism that leaves the hosts more bewildered than charmed. From grown balloons to talking balloons, unexplained magical powers, and the FBI showing up, little about this movie follows a conventional or coherent path. The hosts struggle to make sense of the story while highlighting the performances of a star-studded cast. The resulting recap is a hilarious, incredulous, and occasionally exasperated breakdown of a Disney "classic."

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Main Discussion Points & Key Insights

1. Balloon Farm Basics & First Impressions

• Premise: Mysterious Harvey S. Potter arrives in a drought-stricken farm town and grows balloons in his fields, sparking wonder and chaos.
• Airing: Premiered March 29, 1999, on ABC's Wonderful World of Disney series. Adapted (loosely) from the 1994 kids book Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen.
• Not Available on Streaming: The movie is not on streaming services but can be found freely on YouTube.
• Initial Reactions:
  • Will: "This was nuts. I can't even... this was nuts." [02:55]
  • Sabrina: "This movie was bat crazy. The cast is insane. The movie is wild." [07:39]

2. Notable Cast & Crew

• Director: William Dear (Harry and the Hendersons, Angels in the Outfield, Wild America, The Rocketeer)
• Cast Highlights:
  • Rip Torn (Harvey Potter): Known from Men In Black, The Larry Sanders Show, numerous classics.
  • Mara Wilson (Willow Johnson): Iconic '90s child star (Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire).
  • Laurie Metcalf (Casey Johnson): Roseanne, The Big Bang Theory, Toy Story.
  • Frederick Lane, Robert Blossom, Neil McDonough, Ernie Lively, Adam Wylie.
• Hosts' Reaction: "What a waste to have this cast together...Legit one of the best casts we've ever had." - Sabrina [101:26]

3. Plot Progression, Surrealism, & Logical Problems

Introducing the Magic & Setting the Scene

• Opening: Town of Waterton is in a drought. Willow’s family, and neighbors like Weasel and Tom, struggle with farm life.
• Magic Introduction: Harvey appears, and with unexplained “magic,” produces things like pecan pie from thin air, drawing skepticism and awe.
• Inexplicable Logic: Will: "If he can make lemonade without water and coffee from a bean, why can't he just make... a lot of water?" [22:27]
• Hosts quickly note: The magical rules are inconsistent—magic works when convenient: "It's magic for magic's sake. But at least, explain it a bit, right?" - Will [22:08]

The Balloon Phenomenon

• Harvey plants seeds and grows a field of multicolored balloons.
• Town reacts with shock, suspicion, then greedy enthusiasm; townsfolk buy balloons for $10 each despite being broke.
• Sabrina, on the low balloon count: "You're so jaded by people growing balloons. You're like, he only grew like 100 balloons...that's so lame. Show me 10,000 balloons!" [37:02]
• Magic Spreads: Balloons can somehow fix cars, cure arthritis, help people lose weight, and even comfort Willow as a (talking) friend.
• The magical talking balloon motif is highlighted for its strangeness and comedic effect.

Building to Chaos

• Investor Subplot: A sinister corporation plots to buy the drought-ridden land for a toxic dump, adding corporate villainy to small-town tension.
• FBI Absurdity: The FBI eventually arrives in full force, in hazmat suits, to seize the balloon crop, as if the balloons are a national security threat.
  • "And just then, in what might be the craziest DCOM plot twist yet, the FBI crashes through the fence. None of this is fake, people." - Will [80:49]

Final Resolution

• Balloons, once popped, release water and create magical rain, saving the town and forsaking the need to sell to the evil dump corporation.
• Harvey leaves, Willow is hinted to have magic, and order—and hope—are restored.
• Still, Sabrina and Will can't make sense of how or why anything happens. "It's about hope. Hope for what?" - Will [100:49]

4. Reactions, Quotes, and Running Jokes

On the Magic (or Lack Thereof)

• "I want to see the magic. Or else you're just the creepy guy growing balloons somehow." - Will [41:35]
• "If the balloons are magic and they're solving problems, why do you need more than one?" - Will [70:35]

On the Cast

• "Phenomenal cast. Had a great movie. Love them all. No problems with the cast whatsoever...what a waste." - Sabrina [100:10]

On Logical Gaps

• "You just used all the water in the town when you didn't need the water." - Will [76:21]
• "If that's all it takes, then why did he not do that at the beginning?" - Will [77:30]

On the Surreality

• "This movie is so weird. Scenes that just end like this. They just stop." - Will [08:16]
• "Now the balloon's a lock pick! ... the balloon picks the lock ... I literally went, 'Oh my god, now the balloon's a lock pick!'" - Will [75:22]
• "The balloon fixed your car. Let me say that again. The balloon fixed your car." - Will [100:55]

Delightful Banter & Memorable Moments

• "I'm going to send you half a thousand balloons." - Will [43:10]
• "Show me at least a half a thousand." - Sabrina [37:41]
• "I'm three lessons in. I can say my name is Will, where is the bathroom, and can I have another beer? All in balloon." - Will, on learning to speak balloon [42:18]
• "At least show me half a thousand. I don't know where that came from." - Will [37:50]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:55] – Hosts react to the strangeness of Balloon Farm
• [09:57] – Praise for Rip Torn’s career and the rest of the cast
• [22:26] – Hosts debate the nonsensical magical rules
• [37:32] – Sabrina fixates on low balloon count; “Show me half a thousand”
• [41:35] – Debate: “I want to see the magic!”
• [54:05] – Town claims magical benefits from their balloons (arthritis, weight loss)
• [76:21] – Plot contradiction as magical crops now need water
• [80:49] – FBI raiding the balloon farm: peak absurdity
• [100:10]-[102:22] – Final commentary: phenomenal cast, nonsensical story, compare to superior movies like Holes
• [99:59] – Sabrina's final score: "I'm scoring this four hand hose."
• [100:39] – Will's final score: "I'm giving this two hand hose."

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Listener Reviews Segment

• Five-Star Kid Review ([90:09]): "The balloons grew on stalks. She liked it because the girl had a balloon that could talk which was her favorite scene."
• One-Star Review ([90:29]): "Even as a child, I knew this was [bad]..." and referencing Rotten Tomatoes' low rating (37%).

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Prop Talk Game ([91:09] onward)

• Hosts play “High/Low” with fruit and vegetable world records.
• Hilarious exchanges about giant cucumbers, pumpkins, and the ever-present “half a thousand.”

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Sabrina Sees ([95:03])

• Highlights of strange or overlooked scenes (man playing checkers alone, naked man in the tub, "no balloon, no refund", the sheriff’s repeated license demands).
• Critique of cafe argument scene: "That was so brutal." [97:30]

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Final Judgment: Balloon Farm’s Legacy

Sabrina:
"I think the core of it, like what we said, the book. There was a better way to do this book as a movie."
Score: 4 out of 10 hand hoses [99:59]

Will:
"I don't get it. I didn't get anything about this movie. This might be my lowest score ever. I'm giving this two hand hose." [100:39]

Consensus:
A fascinating misfire with an amazing cast wasted on a script that bends logic, sense, and storytelling. A movie so odd not even nostalgia could rescue it—yet perfect for an incredulous group watch.

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Closing Thoughts

If you love dissecting the weirdest corners of Disney’s TV movie history, this episode is a must-listen. The hosts’ exasperation, relentless pursuit of logic, and nostalgia-soaked fondness for Disney’s golden era all come together in a recap that's more entertaining than the film itself.

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Notable Quotes

• "It's about hope. Hope for what?" – Will [100:49]
• "This was just bat crazy to me. It didn't make any sense." – Sabrina [99:38]
• "None of the story made any sense. None of what they were doing made any sense." – Will [101:19]
• "I'm going to send you half a thousand balloons." – Will [43:10]

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Recommended For:
Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) completists, nostalgia buffs, lovers of so-bad-it’s-good cinema, and anyone curious about one of the weirdest oddities in '90s children’s TV.

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Next Episode Tease:
Adam Wylie (cast member and DCOM regular) joins to give behind-the-scenes insight and (hopefully) explain what happened on Balloon Farm.

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Transcript

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[Will]

Have you ever taken really powerful hallucinogenic drugs? Okay, I was just checking. Before we got into our film today, this was nuts. I mean, I don't even know. I. I can't even. This was nuts.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like I was in it for like a good while.

[Will]

Were you?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, I was. I was like, all right, we got magic. Okay. We've got imagination. The hardest part for me, I will say, I guess kind of early thoughts was like if this was a cast of just children, it wouldn't be easy to. Easy to grasp this idea of these adults. This was, this movie was fine. Into this absolute garbage

[Will]

and like, yeah, it's B A N A N A S. Well, you know what? I'm not even gonna hold off anymore. Welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs and your popcorn and go back to a time when all the houses are smart. The wave, tsunamis and the LSD only lasted six hours. I'm Will for Del.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm Sabrina Bryan.

[Will]

Okay, everybody buckle up. Cause here we go. We have hit the balloon movie mark. That's right, the tunnel of the Disney original movies is long. But eventually we were always gonna hit the balloon movie. There's no way around it. So yes, the time has come. Today we recap the 1999 fever dream. Fever dream, LSD trip, meth, induced coma, whatever you wanna call it. Balloon Farm. It premiered on March 29, 1999 on ABC as part of the Wonderful World of Disney series and was based on the 1994 kids book titled Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm. Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by. I think it's Jardine Nolan. I hope I'm saying that right, or Jardine Nolan. Nolan has written a ton of kid and young adult books. One about the life of Toni Morrison, another about the underground railroad, and most recently she co wrote a children's book called the Last Black Unicorn with comedian Tiffany Haddish. Now the book that this movie was based on was much simpler and a very basic kid story. So the film added a bunch of magical elements and just added to the whole plot the talking balloons. I'm gonna say that again, so everybody's with me. The talking balloons and the evil corporation trying to buy land for a toxic dump, those were added for the movie. And like most wonderful World of Disney installments, it originally aired with an introduction from CEO Michael Eisner, who in this case talked about the history of hot air balloons. And that must have been a real barn burner of a segment, especially because there are no hot air balloons in the movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

All right. And I thought that was gonna be such a huge aspect of this. I didn't. My. My thing on YouTube didn't show any of that part, but just with the name being a balloon, like, I was thinking, like this was gonna be a hot air balloon going, wow, that's gotta be really hard to.

[Will]

Yeah, how do you shoot that? I figured the same thing. But nope, it wasn't. It was just a bunch of. Okay, well, we'll get into it. And it would eventually get the DVD Walt Disney Home Video treatment in 2004. And of course, elephant in the room here. Is that. Yes, the main character's name is Harvey Potter. Eerily close to that famous wizard student. Now, some trivia here. The main character in the movie Troll, a 1986 horror movie, is actually named Harry Potter. And that was well before the books existed. I'm not sure what you're gonna do with that trivia, but you have it, so do with it what you will. I'm gonna bet the Bloom Farm on this one. I don't think I even have to ask. Had you heard of this movie before it came out?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Not at all.

[Will]

Before we had button out for our homework.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Me neither. And this would really have been like Mara Wilson. Like, this would have been in my wheelhouse for sure. And I just happened to miss it.

[Will]

Well, that might not be the worst thing. You can get acquainted with Bloom Farm right now for free on YouTube because like almost all the wonderful world of Disney movies, it is not available on any streaming service. But just search for Balloon Farm and click on the full movie option. Don't pick the half movie or the quarter movie option. Those won't help. But if they do offer the 1 10th version, it's not an awful option. Just avoid the 5/10 version, because that's just another way of saying half. I learned that the hard way. So you can watch it now, watch it later, but again, watch it in full. Or maybe just don't watch it. So let's turn lemons into lemonade and listen closely to our corn. This is the synopsis. When Harvey S. Potter descends upon a drought stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysterious, beautiful crop of balloons. That's it. That's what we got. Sabrina, what did you think? Early thoughts. What did you think of the film?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, this movie was bat crazy Yup. And I had high hopes for it. The cast where I know we're about to get into. Guys, you're not even gonna believe who's in this movie. It's great. The cast is insane. The movie is wild.

[Will]

Yeah. I love how you avoided whether you actually liked it or not. I'm the same exact way. This was not a good movie. I will say it right out.

[Angel]

It is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, I hate being negative. That's somebody's workout.

[Will]

There's nothing to be ne. It's not about being negative.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, it's just.

[Will]

It's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's.

[Will]

This movie is so weird. Scenes that just end like this. They just stop. Scenes where it's. Hey, oh, okay. We're doing something else now, and it's just the strangest. Okay, we'll get into it.

[Enrique Santos]

Yes.

[Will]

The cast is incredible, and we'll get

[Sabrina Bryan]

into all that, but this is just like.

[Will]

It's great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's great. Wow. I mean, I'm to the point where I'm like, wow, Wonderful world of Disney. Like, look at you booking these, like, big names, right?

[Will]

Huge. Huge.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So awesome. I mean, I felt like almost the entire cast was recognizable.

[Will]

Whether you have their name, I feel like, did they read it and go, yeah.

[Enrique Santos]

Oh, I'm in.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right?

[Will]

Because I don't.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Rewrites that made it so strange. Or was the first script.

[Will]

I don't. Was. It was. It brought. Some of the actors seemed like they were acting in a different movie than the other actors were. Like. Like, the. The guy playing the sheriff was doing his whole thing all by himself.

[Angel]

And then the other.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The sheriff was a mate. Was the main character that the movie was actually about.

[Will]

So weird.

[Enrique Santos]

Anyway, okay.

[Will]

It was directed by William Deer, who began his career in TV and music videos working with artists like Cheap trick and Michael McDonald and. And on the movie side, he directed the hit film Harry and the Hendersons, then went on to helm the Richard Greco. Great, awesome Richard Greco movie of Looks Could Kill, as well as two family favorites, Disney's Angels in the Outfield and the JTT vehicle Wild America. He also wrote a classic that really has withstood the test of time, the Rocketeer. So these Wide World films really brought in some directing talent. And speaking of talent, here we go. The movie stars Rip Torn, a comedy legend. He's probably best known to our audience as the supervisor Zed in the Men in Black movies. By the way, we have to put him in the Coleman Reynolds chair because he's just phenomenal.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will]

Yeah. But he also played Arthur in the Larry Sanders show. And Jim Brody in the insane movie with just a horrible title, Freddy got fingered. But his credits go on and on from defending your life, which is arguably the greatest movie ever made, to 30 Rock to Wonder Boys to the voice of Zeus and Hercules to Summer Rental. He was also nominated for best supporting actor in 1984 for the movie Cross Creek. Rip Torn was the best. I mean his career is amazing. And he passed away in 2019 at the age of 88. And then Mara Wilson is Willow Johnson. Mara will forever be known as Matilda in the 1996 film adaptation of the Roald Dahl children's book. But she also starred in Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th street, the remake of that film. Of course, she was a very, very recognizable child star in the 1990s. And the very talented. Another talent after talent after talent, Laurie Metcalfe is Casey Johnson. She is a multi time award win stage and screen actress best known as Jackie on one of the most celebrated sitcoms of all time, Roseanne. She would reprise the role on the Connors reboot and is also the voice of Andy's mom in the Toy Story movies. She appeared in Scream 2 and returned for the recently released Scream 7. So she wasn't killed in any of those movies.

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[Will]

Okay, again, never seen Big Bang Theory but I hear it's great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, she's incredible. She's so funny.

[Will]

We've got Frederick Lane, a veteran character actor with a four decade career in Hollywood. He plays Jake Johnson. He's best known as the yellow eyed demon Azel in Supernatural, but was also in Ordinary People, Zero Dark Thirty, Dr. Death and Mancuso FBI. And beloved cult character actor Robert Blossom plays Weasel Mayfield. Blossom is best known to just about everyone in the world as the misunderstood crank neighbor Old man Marley in Home Alone. Then we've got Neil McDonnell who plays the sheriff. McDonough would go on to become a highly esteemed actor, most notably in HBO's Band of Brothers miniseries. But he also appeared in Captain America, Arrow and Minority Report. And then we've got Ernie Lively as Tom Williams. And I love this dcom connection because Ernie is the dad of Blake Lively and Robin Lively, a former Magical Rewind guest who appeared in A wide world of movie. Just as weird as this one. Fuzzbucket. I don't know which one it should

[Sabrina Bryan]

Be the definition of that is just too much.

[Will]

It's amazing.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I cannot take it.

[Will]

I love it. Lively appeared alongside his daughter Blake in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and was seen on Hill Street Blues, the X Files and Seinfeld. He passed away in 2021 at the age of 74. And another familiar name to magical Rewind listeners, Adam Wiley as Charles. Adam was a guest here on the pod for his work in the first DCOM ever, 1997's Under Wraps, and appeared in the recent Modern Day remake. He also starred in another dcom that was also that crazy can of worms. Just nutsy movie after nutsy movie. So we know this movie sounds weird, but does it run weird? And by that I mean how long is it? We love the target number here on the podcast and that number is 90 minutes. No more, no less. So Balloon Farm rings in at 89 minutes. One off the mark, but in the right direction. So we salute the film. It almost hit the target. Well, we'll salute it for that anyway, because it almost hit the target. And on the writing side, author Gerardine Nolan got her story credit, but writer Stephen Karzynski, I believe is how you say his name was the screenwriter. This was Steven's only writing credit, but I did find an article from 2022 about how he wrote a movie called Vent that was going to be made by acclaimed director Florian Henkel von Donorsmark from the live of others. But maybe that never came to fruition, I don't know because we haven't seen it.

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Oh.

[Will]

We open with our title on the screen. And that's already kind of funny. With our credits, we open on a truck driving by a sign that reads, this is Waterston. Grow with us. Population 256. We're with the Johnson family in the fields outside their home. A young girl named Willow is sitting on a fence with her mom and her dad and they're fixing their tractor. Willow's mom, Casey asks Willow if the trees are pleasing purple, what color would the fields be? Willow responds, the fields are bloomin blue and the sky is yellen yellow. And yes, it's possible that they are also on acid. And this is when my tab started to kick in. Casey now asks, and the people. Willow responds, grassy green. And they share a laugh. Her dad, Jake steps in. I think you're talking about Weasel Mayfield there. Willow clarifies, the green people aren't farmers, Daddy. They're different than us. Jake jokes, they're rich. Then with that, Willow jumps off the fence to find Marcy and Charles now alone. Casey asks her husband, so what do you think? A concerned Jake answers, two, maybe three weeks. If it don't rain by then, the seeds are not going to grow. And yes, I we see the fields are very, very dry. Now, with that in mind, we were at the city water reserve. Tom and Weasel notice that the water level is just about to hit low. It's worse than they all thought. We're now at the local cafe. Maggie, the waitress, is pouring coffee for customers, and the mayor, Gus Boyd, takes his cup. The sheriff is sitting in his booth eating pie, when he sees a truck from earlier driving into town. He opens the blinds and closes them angrily. Ms. Maggie. That'll be an IOU on the pie. And then he rushes out to his car. And he's playing such a weird character.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The truck is so big.

[Will]

It's so big again, it's like he's in a different movie. The truck is passing the city water reserve when the sheriff turns on his sirens. Now on the side of the road. The overzealous sheriff gets out of his car. Just a few feet away. Willow finds Marcy and Charles hiding behind the rock, watching everything go down. Shh. The sheriff caught a crook. The cop approaches the driver's side window. Willow goes further up the hill to get a closer look. And the driver IDs himself as Harvey H. Potter. It's either S. Potter or H. Potter, but it's Harvey Potter. We see that he also spots Willow in the process. The sheriff explains that he's in an unregistered vehicle and will need to impound it. Willow is now standing right outside the other side of the car. And Harvey starts talking about his incredible pecan pie while looking directly at Willow. And with a little, I guess, magic, which we never explain in any of this, which is fine.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No.

[Will]

He turns one pecan into a piping hot pie. Do you say pecan or pecan, Sabrina?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Pecan.

[Will]

Yeah, me too, I think. But I said pecan. I don't know. I hate pecan pie anyway, so I don't care.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Will]

The sheriff, oblivious the whole time, hands over the citation and smells the fresh pecan dessert. Harvey gives the pie to the sheriff, and in turn, since Harvey is new in town, the officer won't impound his car after all. He tells Harvey to have a nice pie.

[Jason]

Huh?

[Will]

And the mystery man speeds off with the sheriff, realizing he's still holding the citation. We're now back in the fields. An impressed Willow, Charles and Marcy chase after Harvey's car. They don't believe Willow about the magical piece. Charles thinks that maybe he isn't human, and Marcy wonders if he's an alien neighbor. Weasel greets Harvey and warns him there's nothing growing on their lands. Harvey still tries to introduce himself, but Weasel doesn't care. He has been in a mad mood ever since the drought. And this guy just always Plays cranky old man Charles fills up a water balloon and dares Willow to throw it at Weasel. Willow accepts the challenge and throws it, but misses horribly. Like, doesn't even come close and just hits Harvey dead center of the chest instead. Weasel yells at the kids and they run off. Weasel tells Harvey he doesn't know what he's doing in town, but it better not involve water. Harvey chuckles and examines the broken water balloon and. And so did that give him the idea? Did he already know what he was going to do? What the.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know. I mean, at this point, it's so early on, you're kind of like, okay, we're going to find that out. But we just don't.

[Will]

Don't. Okay. Sometimes it's like magic for magic sake. But it's like, at least explain it a bit anyway, right?

[Sabrina Bryan]

And it's also like. Like the pecan pie kind of is irrelevant. Like, he's not.

[Will]

Well, he does that with everything. He does lemons. Later, he does it with the coffee thing.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's all kind of just.

[Will]

So why can't. If he can take a lemon and make lemonade without water, and he could take a coffee bean and make coffee without water, and if he can make balloons without anything, why can't he just take a drop of water and make a lot of water?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Why did it have to be this whole big shindig about balloons?

[Will]

Yeah. Right.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

Okay.

[Will]

Well, thank you so much for joining us on this episode of Magical Rewind. You can follow us on because. Yikes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No joke. It's serious.

[Will]

It doesn't. Yeah, it doesn't. I mean, there's.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Will]

Okay. We're back at Willow's house. Willow's. Willow finds her mom making a centennial banner for their farm. It's going to be 100 years old in September. She tries to explain to her mom about Harvey and the pie, but her mom obviously doesn't believe her. Meanwhile, Willow's dad is on the phone with Weasel, hearing all about the water balloon incident. Willow tries to explain that Weasel was being a jerk to the new farmer, but her dad says it's no excuse. Next time he puts something other than water in those balloons and don't miss. And it's a nice little moment. Then they're at the gardening store. Harvey buys the best name tool you can, a hand hoe from the cashier. He asks if Harvey is digging up a few weeds, but Harvey explains, no, he's got a lot of plowing to do. The cashier suggests A bigger tool. But Harvey has already walked out. We're now back at that same cafe. Some of the customers note that Harvey, the new farmer, must be stupid. He sure picked the wrong town to move into. The gardening store clerk enters and tells him about the new guy's hand hoe and basically calls him insane. One customer, Crystal, asks Maggie for another slice of pie, and Maggie wonders if she's still on a diet, which is hands down the meanest thing I've ever heard a waitress ever say to a customer ever. Maggie then offers only one last cup of coffee to the customers. Because of the drought, Tom, coming from the reservoir, reveals the town doesn't have more than two or three months of drinking water left. The mayor steps in and tells everybody to tighten their belts more. They have to conserve. And everyone timidly says, sure. Then we go to Earl's house, and Earl stands in a bathroom debating on whether or not to take a bath, especially because his arthritis hurts. We're at Crystal's house. She wants to make iced tea, so she turns on her hose to fill up with the jar without a care in the world. And then at Tom's, he looks around and in maybe the most egregious of all of them, starts to wash his truck. It's like, oh, my God. But we're back at Earl's, and he's soaking in the tub, rubbing his hands. At least he has arthritis. The other girl wants to make something to drink. This guy just wants to wash his truck. It's like, wow, Yikes. Are you a water waster?

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, I think I'm pretty good about not wasting water. I take, like, you know, like, unless I'm like, really, like, washing my hair. I take pretty quick showers. I turn off my water every time. Like when I'm brushing my teeth, I don't keep it running. And I'm not convinced. I do hand wash dishes, and I've been told that it's better to just run your put them in the dishwasher often. I don't believe it. My dishwasher runs for, like, three hours. Yeah, but it's the shortest time I

[Will]

can do it always. You get it uses, like, a certain amount of water. I think you do. I think it's true. You save water by using it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Seems wild. I go back and forth.

[Jason]

I.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Because I'm like, it's still going like this. It irritates me that it takes that long.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, yeah. The hand washing is just super quick. And I do, I do, like, a certain amount of water. Like, I Feel like I do it okay. Trying to convince myself that I'm working.

[Will]

You're doing it better. Gotcha. Gotcha. I used to be a horrible water waster. I used to take really two or three 45 minute showers a day. A day? Yeah, a day. And. And that was years ago. And then when the drought got really bad in la, I was like, I can't do this.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Swimming in mud baths. Why would you need.

[Will]

No, I would sit. I would sit at the bottom and read a book. Have we never talked about my weird shower habits? Do we only talk about this on Pod Meats World? Yeah. So I would literally sit at the bottom of the shower and let it rain down on me and hang out the side and read a book. And I do that a couple times a day. Yeah, I haven't done that in years because I felt. I just got. Felt guilty wasting the water. So. Yeah, I just don't do it anymore.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Thank you.

[Will]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Thank you for allowing.

[Will]

I felt like it was a balance.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I take a shower every once in a while.

[Will]

I felt like it was a balance though, because I have no grass. Like my entire. My whole yard is sustainable plants and rocks. So it's like I wasn't using water there. But my house is also surrounded by water. Like you walk over a pond to get into my house and then the backyard, there's a pool. Like I'm surrounded by water.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will]

So I, I was a water waster for a long time. I've gotten way better. Like those, those things used to come in the mail that are like in the red. Like you're using 10 times the water. Most people you are.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I've never.

[Will]

And so.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh yeah.

[Will]

And so no.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You got notified.

[Will]

Oh, yeah. Oh, everybody does. You don't get to like, where you are, your water usage compared to other houses your size. And now I'm right down the middle, right where I'm supposed to be be. But for years back in like the early 2000s, I was not, I was not a good person with water. So I, I've made sure that now I take like, you know, two 10 minute showers a day. I take one in the morning if I work out and one later I'm like, I don't sit at the bottom anymore. I don't read books in there. Yeah, it was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Did you find somewhere else to read your book?

[Jason]

Dude, I did.

[Will]

It was a big change. Well, also, when you deal with anxiety, you look for the places that, where you're like the most relaxed. And that to me, like sitting in a warm Shower. Or, you know, if I take a hot tub, something like that, that's like. And I don't have a bathtub. If I had a bathtub. I take baths, but I don't have one. So, anyway, we're off on a weird tangent, so.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But you know what's not but yes, the drought. The drought here is serious. Taking a bath is like.

[Will]

Taking a bath is. But washing your truck. Come on.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Washing your truck is just insane.

[Will]

And apparently he was doing it, like, every day. It's crazy. We're back in Harvey's field. The kids are hiding behind a man's truck to see what the new neighbor is up to. Marcy says he's probably planting alien pods. Harvey spots the voyeurs out of the corner of his eye, but just smirks and continues working. Mr. Mayfield asks if he's digging for water, but Harvey says he's plowing. Mayfield is bothered by the weird response and says that he may have to put up a fence. Then he walks away. We're now at Willow's house. Jake tells his wife that he has no idea how they're going to pay the bills. Plus, the mortgage is due. Casey asks if they can get an extension, and Jake says he can talk to the bank. She's skeptical of selling the farm, but Jake says if they get foreclosed, then they have nothing. If they can get the bank to at least buy the land or part of it for half of what it's worth, then at least they can start over somewhere else. The farm has been in their family for 99 years, 8 months and 12 days. They need to work this out, because she's not going to give it up now. Back at Harvey's farm, Charles, Marcy, and Willow are walking alongside his new fence. Charles assumes he's building a fortress, and Marcy thinks he's hiding something. Like, again, alien pods and doesn't like it one bit. Inside, Harvey's putting the finishing touches on his fence, and Mr. Mayfield once again asks what his new neighbor is doing. Harvey says he's installing a fence just like Weasel wanted him to. At the same time, the kids realize Harvey is planning on growing something in the yard.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Do you have any weird neighbors or any.

[Will]

No, I actually get along pretty well.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I have weird neighbors.

[Will]

No, I get along pretty well with my neighbors. Do you?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I have one neighbor. I wouldn't say she's weird or necessarily nosy, but she's very in the know. She is. She knows everything that's going on.

[Will]

Oh, yeah, we have those. Yeah, we have those.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I've got. There's a couple of them. I live in a. A track that has an older demo, and. Yeah, I mean, I love it. She's like. It's like having a. Like a watcher around, you know, Like. Yeah. So if anything weird happens around my house, she's sending me text messages, and I'm like, oh, no. It's like, it's okay.

[Will]

That's fine.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Someone that.

[Will]

We have a very close neighborhood as well. Like, everybody knows everybody. We're all on a text chain, like that kind of thing.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. Yeah.

[Will]

So everyone's in the nose. Everyone's in the know. Not the nose.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That'd be weird.

[Will]

Uh, we're back at Earl's shop. Earl is playing checkers with himself, which is not a euphemism. Harvey enters looking for corn seed. When he finds a bag, he pulls out just one kernel. He takes a long look at it, puts it by his ear and weighs it in his hands. I'll take this one. Earl's confused. You want to buy just one seed? Harvey says no, and then goes through the bag one kernel at a time, separating what he thinks is good from what he thinks is bad. Nosy people are starting to watch through the window. Later, at Harvey's farm, Willow and Marcy are standing on Charles, back to look over the fence. Willow confirms he's getting ready to plant something, and then they all fall down. And when Willow gets up and reclaims her position of espionage, he's already finished. What it's like. Is he a wizard? We don't know, but I will tell you that we also don't ever find out. At Maggie's cafe, Crystal wonders what the seed business was all about yesterday, and Earl says the new guy is a lunatic. And on cue, Harvey walks into the cafe. Maggie's so startled, she overfills Earl's coffee cup. Harvey then orders a black coffee to go with no sugar. Maggie says they don't have to go cups, but if Harvey promises to bring the regular cup back, he can take it. He promises, and then introduces himself. Tom gets right to the point and asks what his plans are. In Waterton, Harvey says to farm, but Tom breaks it to him. That'll be hard because of the drought. Harvey insists he won't be needing any water, and Maggie gives him coffee on the house. Welcome to Waterton. He thanks her, then leaves, and everyone else in the diner immediately starts gossiping. Maggie tells them to shush because she likes him. Then we see quick clips of Maggie, Earl, and Tom all ordering coffee with some food to go for Maggie. No one appears to be taking this water ration seriously at all. Meanwhile, Charles, Marcy, and Willow are walking to Harvey's farm. Willow just wants to figure out how he planted those seeds so fast. Charles and Marcy lift up Willow to look over the fence, and Mayfield immediately shoos them off the property. In the melee, Marcy and Charles fling Willow over the fence, and she lands on Harvey's property, now surrounded by growing stalks. She feverishly crawls to hide, but then lays eyes on Mr. Harvey, who's busy gardening. He just laughs and smiles. Then, of course, Mr. Mayfield knocks on the fence door looking for the little girl. Harvey says she ran out the other side of the fence, but invites Mayfield inside to help with the gardening. But he says, not in this lifetime, and walks away. While still hiding, Willow looks up to see a gaggle of balloons covering the field. Yes, balloons have grown in the field. And you might be asking what? And you'd be right. Willow is shocked and starts spinning amongst the crops, elated. She finds an orange balloon she really likes, then runs through the field, only to see Harvey sitting on his porch, really creepily rubbing a yellow balloon. Again, not euphoria.

[Tab Ramos]

Optimism.

[Will]

What were you thinking by this point?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I was just gonna put a note down of I thought he just, like, tied the balloons on the cornstalk and that this was, like, somehow helping the corn grow. I did not in any way understand him growing balloons. It obviously looks like a cornstalk, so I thought it was like, this is a new way of growing balloons. Like, you put these balloons on it and it helps pull them up. I don't know. But in no way will did I understand, realize, or catch on that he was. I don't know if I'm slow over here.

[Will]

No, I don't think you are.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, literally. I didn't realize he was, like, growing balloons. Yeah, because as it makes sense. Why would you want to do that?

[Will]

Yeah, he's growing balloons. He's. He's grown balloons. Is what. Is. What's happened happening? It's what happened.

[Sabrina Bryan]

What did you think this was?

[Will]

I thought. I thought I. The guy I bought my acid from really undersold it. Like, oh, yeah, this is. This is good. Oh, is what I thought. No, it was cr. I was like, what. What's actually happening? And, like, the scenes are. They're very clipped. You go back and you watch, and then just, like, a scene will end, and you're like, oh, guess that scene's done.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's just.

[Will]

It was really strange. Really strange.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And you didn't mention or ask. You usually ask when there's some type of, like, magical infinite effects thing. But, like, she did. Not in any way. I mean, I don't know if that's just the time, but like, her flying over and landing into the crops, like, didn't look good at all.

[Will]

No, of course not.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was really not great.

[Will]

Of course not. It looked better than it looks later, which we'll get into. But anyway, Willow walks right up and introduces herself. She asks if the balloon is a real plant. Harvey says, yes, but this one needs a little extra care. And.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And this is when I went. Wait, wait, he's.

[Will]

Wait, wait, he's growing.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You're telling me she's. He's growing these.

[Will]

Oh, it's a balloon farm, Sabrina. It's a balloon farm. He needs to replant this one and ask if Willow wants to help. Now, out in the field, Willow admits it's the strangest thing she's ever seen. It puts Mrs. Mayfield's 200 pound watermelon to shame. Especially since nothing really grows around Waterton anymore. Then she just asks him, are you an alien? He laughs and says no. So she asks if he's magic. He insists he's just a farmer. But Willow still doesn't get it. How did he grow balloons? Harvey says sometimes you just have to use what you have and then everything starts out as a seed. But the stuff he talks about where he's like. Like that tree. Well, yeah. The tree started as a seed. A balloon does not. Yeah, so it was a weird analogy. It's like everything starts as a seed. Well, not balloons. They don't start as seeds.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Everything but the list.

[Will]

Seriously?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will]

She never thought of herself as a seed before. But it's true. She's grown like a plant. Well, of course. With that, Willow says goodbye to Harvey and asks what he's gonna do with all those balloons. And he holds up a sign that reads, balloon sale tomorrow. Moments later, at Maggie's Cafe, Willow runs inside shouting the good news. I saw all the colors of the rainbow. At the new farmer's place. She has no idea how he did it without water. Tom's confused. He grew a new crop overnight without water? Yes, he grew balloons. Everyone laughs and she runs out in embarrassment. At Willow's house, she tells her mom and dad all about what's at Harvey's. Her dad jokes that he should bring his magic wand over to their field because if he can grow balloons, plain corn should be no problem. Willow says he can see it for himself tomorrow. At the balloon sale. The next day at Maggie's Cafe, Willow runs in to tell everyone about the balloon sale. She doesn't care if they believe her because if they don't go, they'll miss out. Eventually, everyone leaves to go check it out. And now we're at the balloon farm sale. Willow arrives at the fence and Harvey lets everyone from the town inside. They're all flabbergasted by the field of balloons. Willow's dad admits his crops look like the county fair. The kids all are having a blast walking through the field. But Charles isn't sold. He thinks Harvey could have stayed up all night tying these balloons to the socks.

[Diego]

Uh huh.

[Will]

That's right. Marcy still thinks he could be an alien and that these are pods. Willow spots an orange balloon and exclaims, orange ray sun. My favorite color. Tom notices that the leaves of the balloon are real. The sheriff even apologizes for pulling him over, then asks for another pecan pie. Everyone wants to know how much the balloons cost. Nobody's talking about like, hey, did you grow balloons? No one asks, how'd you grow balloons? What's happening?

[Sabrina Bryan]

They're acting like they, they're. The awe that they have about this is acting like there's like what, what do you think that number would be? Like maybe like 100 balloons. You think it's like 100 out there?

[Will]

Yeah. 150 balloons.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Maybe this like to. I mean just in general. Balloons in general. Like it would take like hundreds of thousands of balloons.

[Will]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh my. This is like, oh my. There's so many. There really was. The like crop really wasn't that big.

[Will]

No, but it was balloons. Sabrina. Was like, I think more of the point than how many there are.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know, but I'm just sitting there going like this is like there's nothing that happened.

[Will]

You're so jaded by how people growing balloons. You're like, he only grew like a hundred balloons.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He only grew like 100 balloons.

[Will]

Like that's so lame. Show me something when you, when you grow up.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Show me something I can't do from the ground.

[Will]

Exactly. Wow. We, we have officially broken Sabrina for movies. Which is like. Yeah, no, it's call me when you grow like 10,000 balloons. This is easy. Easy. Seriously.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Don't you think as far as the set goes though, they should have had more balloons.

[Will]

I was pretty impressed with the number of balloons they had. Sabrina

[Sabrina Bryan]

did elevated.

[Will]

I needed more.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Show me at least a half a thousand. At least five. 500 balloons for you to get some real reactions of I'd also like to

[Will]

point out I've never, ever heard of it. The 500 called half a thousand before. At least show me half a thousand. I don't know where that came from. Show me 3/4 of a thousand and then we'll talk.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So flabbergasted.

[Will]

Over here, I think you are. It's crazy. It's half a thousand. Everyone, of course, wants to know how much the balloons cost, because why not? And Harvey says $10 each, which everyone thinks is expensive, but Willow's mom still wants one, even though money is tight. This is one of the most amazing things she's ever seen. $10 for this type of magic is a good deal. And then others start to purchase balloons, too. Earl buys one and the Mayor buys three. Weasel Mayfield judges everyone, telling families they can't be throwing their money away, and then grabs a balloon and pops it. The balloon deflates, flying through the air and eventually knocking off Weasel's hat. Harvey says that'll be $10, but Weasel says he'll have to sue him and walks out. The Mayor announces he just got a call from a firm that sending a rep to Waterton tomorrow. They'll need to meet at the church at noon.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

That night.

[Will]

We're in Willow's bedroom. Willow's playing with her balloon while her mother puts away some clothes. Her dad says it's time to go to bed, but Willow's still confused about today. Her parents admit they don't know how the balloons grew there either, but let's buy them. As Willow falls asleep and her dad moves the balloon to the other side of the room, her mom says she still thinks it means Waterton is a very special place. Moments later, Willow's dad says these balloons don't make him feel special. They make him feel suspicious. Fair. Her mom argues that it's not every day that balloons grow, but brings her back down to earth by reminding her, casey, balloons don't grow. And he said it right when I did. She's like, it's not every day they grow. And I'm like, no, they don't grow at all. And he said it right when. Right when I said the same thing. And they're, like, justifying it, like, this is special. No, it's impossible and weird. And it's weird.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's weird and it's weird, and it's

[Will]

weird and it's weird. Back in Willow's bed, that's. He's the guy that people go, don't go to old man. Whatever. Harvey's Farm. Like, don't let the kids anywhere near the balloon farmer. That's. You know, and the idea that everyone's like, it's really special what he's doing. It was like, what.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But see, watching him, though, in the way that he was, like, portraying this character, he was very likable. He wasn't really creepy.

[Tab Ramos]

No.

[Will]

He's supposed to be, like, mythical or something.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. He wasn't. It wasn't creepy. It's just.

[Will]

It was a little creepy.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, it was a little creepy. It is in 2026, but in the 90s. I'm sorry, 1999.

[Will]

It was still a little creepy for

[Sabrina Bryan]

him to just be a nice. Like. Like, he. He wasn't mean to the kid, and they're running onto his property, staring at

[Will]

him, but, like, staring at her in the beginning while he, like, invents a pie. He's like, let me talk to you about my pecan pie. And then, like, the pecan pie appears, and it's just. I don't know. There's a creepy factor of the whole thing. I don't know. I didn't. You know what it is? Most of these movies, I can buy into the magical elements. Like, I can buy into the. The mythos, where it's like, oh, my God, this is incredible. What's happening. And. And this one, I was like, nope, don't buy it. Weird. I just. I didn't. It didn't grab me. Very.

[Enrique Santos]

Yeah.

[Will]

Very strange all the way around.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Well, because it never became magic. I think if it's gonna be magic, you need to see. See him. Like, not the magic pecan pie. Like, it needs to be like, yeah, like, we know there's something about him. Like, that he is magic.

[Will]

They try to cover it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He's.

[Will]

They try to cover it by him constantly. The. The line he says a couple times, which is, it's not what you see, it's what you believe. So they're trying to have their cake and eat it, too, where it's like, we don't want you to see the magic. We want you to believe in the magic so we don't have to show you the magic. And it's like, I want to see the magic.

[Tab Ramos]

Magic.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

Magic.

[Will]

Yeah. Yeah, I want to see the magic. Or else you're just the creepy guy growing balloons somehow, and it's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, I need. It doesn't make sense.

[Angel]

Show me the magic.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's too weird. It's too weird.

[Will]

Yes. But what's not weird is Willow is sleeping. When the balloon makes its way to Willow's Bed. Waking her up. She asks the balloon what's going on and how it got there. She assumes it was cold in the corner. And then the balloon nods and quietly mumbles. She's shocked. Did the balloon understand her? Then it nods again. She knows they have to keep it a secret. So she tucks the balloon under the covers in bed with her and falls to sleep with her balloon.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So the balloon is. I can't. A balloon is now becoming like a comfort toy, a comfort companion. Like a dog.

[Will]

Yeah. And is in bed with her. And I will say this. I downloaded that new Duolingo app to speak balloon because I'd like to know what they're saying. And so far, I'm getting there. I'm pretty happy. I'm three lessons in. I can say my name is Will. Where is the bathroom? And can I have another beer? All in balloon.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Now I'm pretty happy. I mean, I do think kids probably do stuff, like, weird, like, you know what I mean? With certain objects, a balloon is just really far out.

[Will]

Yeah, it is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

My kids love balloons. I hate balloons.

[Will]

Who doesn't? You don't like balloons?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. With my kids, I've never. I will as soon as someone gives my. Like, if it's only if they're only giving them one. I'm really irritated because now they're gonna fight. If they get two balloons, then it's like, it's only a matter of time. That ledger pops his, and he goes for Monroe's, and then they're gonna fight. I hate balloons.

[Will]

I can't wait to get balloons. I'm have a whole bunch of balloons sent to your house. I'm gonna have half a thousand sent to your house.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, and he is crazy with them. It is just, like, bouncing. He hits him so, so hard, and essentially he pops it. And then he goes from. And as soon as he does, you just see Monroe's face drop. Like, that's my boy. He's gonna come for mine again.

[Will]

That's why I'm gonna send you half a thousand. It's gonna.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You're gonna have plenty.

[Will]

You're gonna get it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Well, that's the only way I'm gonna be impressed.

[Will]

Exactly. There's half a thousand. The next morning at Weasel's house, He's looking out the window at the balloon farm. He wonders, who does he think he is? Some fancy schmancy farmer getting people all stirred up like fools? So he decides to call the FBI. They need to send somebody down to investigate. On the other side of the phone, the operator Whispers to her co workers how he's calling again. He tries to explain there's a new farmer growing things with no water. When he reveals it's balloons, the operator hangs up.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

You know what I love the most about football? It's not just the game, it's the whole vibe around it. Like in Mikasa, match day is a full on event. The TV loud. El Famil arguing over every call like they're the coach. Alien and La Cocina whipping up the snacks. Los Chamaquitos running around in jerseys two sizes too big. Icala King repping their team. Even when things look rough, you still show up for your team. Like State Farm showing up when it matters most. Because it's not just 90 minutes in LA Canca y Chao. It's tradicion, it's familia. It's generations connecting over the same moments and still talking about that last minute goal. Years later. Las cazuelas are banging the car horns, going off the block. Celebrando. That football flow brings all the feels. That really means something, mi gente. That's why your familion also includes your State Farm agent para los momentos that are bigger than the game. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[Angel]

What's up, everyone? I'm Angel.

[Jason]

I'm Diego y Jason from Agusto.

[Diego]

Papa.

[Angel]

Okay, real talk. If we're in a new era, why are we still in our old ride?

[Diego]

Because upgrading sounds complicado and nothing simple.

[Jason]

Complicado, bro.

[Angel]

Exactly. We're building, we're moving. We don't have time to be guessing.

[Jason]

I see.

[Angel]

Yes.

[Jason]

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[Angel]

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[Diego]

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[Jason]

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[Angel]

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[Diego]

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[Diego]

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[Jason]

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[Angel]

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[Diego]

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[Jason]

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[Angel]

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[Diego]

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[Jason]

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[Angel]

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[Enrique Santos]

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[Diego]

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[Angel]

Yo, big match. We going out or just pulling up?

[Jason]

Here, here. Easy.

[Diego]

Yeah. Nah. Home every time.

[Angel]

Why though? Be honest.

[Jason]

Because at home, I got control, screen, volume, food, everything set. No lines, no missing plays.

[Diego]

And you can actually turn up like your team scores. You're not holding it in facts.

[Angel]

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[Jason]

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[Diego]

Low key. Just building it out with the Home Depot's help. Grill, string, lights, make it feel right.

[Angel]

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[Jason]

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[Diego]

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[Angel]

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[Jason]

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[Diego]

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[Angel]

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[Jason]

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[Diego]

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[Angel]

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[Will]

it's meeting time now at the church. The townspeople have arrived, and the mayor introduces Mr. Kindley, which again, if you read it, is Mr. Kindly. And it's like, huh? A representative for a firm interested in purchasing their land. Kindly says that they can offer very competitive prices close to the original purchase value. But they need their decision by the end of the week. He leaves his business card so anyone can contact him. Now, outside the church, everyone's wondering how much they can get for their properties. Some think they're lucky to get anything. Casey reminds them balloons don't just grow. And yet they grow. In Waterton, that's a sign of things that are about to change.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, Casey, sell your land. Get out. Guys, get out now.

[Tab Ramos]

Get out.

[Will]

At Earl's shop, Harvey is going through the kernels again, deciding which ones are good and which ones are bad. Will is watching the process and asks how he knows the difference. Harvey says he can just feel it when he finds good kernels. As he leaves, Maggie hands him a to go cup of coffee. It's still on the house. With that, he returns the original coffee cup and she thanks him with a kiss on the cheek.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Harvey on the cheek, Will, was it on the cheek?

[Will]

She give him a little kid. It was it like it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It looked to me. And I rewound it going, what? We're like kissing now? Like, that's so weird. Like they got in a relationship. Like it looked like it did not look like it.

[Will]

Okay?

[Sabrina Bryan]

It looked like a smooch.

[Will]

You know, that leads to balloon jobs. Gotta be careful. I'm telling you. Don't get me started. Harvey leaves and everyone's now treating him like a celebrity. We're at Harvey's house. Willow asks if there's anything she can do to help. He says it's getting pretty late and she should head home. She's mad he won't let her help plant the seeds. But he explains again what I was saying. It's not about what you see, but what you believe. Which is a nice way of saying we're not going to let you see any of the magic. You just have to imagine it.

[Angel]

It.

[Will]

Show me the magic. Later, at Willow's house, her and her family are eating dinner. Willow reveals that Harvey kicked her off the farm today. And her dad says he's probably just pulling a trick on everyone. Willow says it's not a trick, but her dad has already had it with this Potter guy. He wishes he would just take his balloons and go away.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She.

[Will]

He says it's stupid. And then Willow grabs her balloon and runs outside. Her dad follows her to the porch and says, look, he's sorry. The balloon isn't stupid. He's stupid. He asks for her forgiveness and she asks if he can keep a secret. She reveals that her balloon is alive. It can fly around the room. It understands her when she talks. She asks her dad if he believes her and he says, yeah, of course I believe. Would you believe your kids if they said they had a talking balloon?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I would say, oh, wow.

[Will]

Okay, fair enough. That's amazing. And then be like, no, I don't believe.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No. Like at the age right now of Monroe told me her balloon, Mara is a little old.

[Will]

Yeah, she's like 12.

[Sabrina Bryan]

12?

[Will]

Don't you think?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think she's 12. How old do you think she is? Nine.

[Will]

Really?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will]

You think she's supposed to be nine or 10? Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, but like a little old to be like, okay, your balloon's talking. But if like Monroe said that right now I'd be like, what women rolls? What year? She's five.

[Will]

Oh, five. Okay, that's fine.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like she's five. So it's like I would be like, what? Wait, I can't understand how. Of course you learn how to do balloon talks. Like, I would like to do that in it. But like, like if she was the age of. Of Mara, it'd be like, no.

[Will]

Be like, yeah, we gotta call somebody. We gotta like.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Or no, I would just be like, okay.

[Enrique Santos]

Yeah.

[Will]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

All righty.

[Will]

Go. Go to your room. Later in the parents bedroom, Jake is pacing around. He can't believe Potter is telling Willow that the balloon is alive. He thinks it's time he had a little talk with the balloon farmer. The next day at the farm, Harvey hears knocking just as he drops a full lemon in a jar. And we hear a magical ring. He opens the gate and it's actually Casey, not Jake. She says she and her husband are concerned about what he's been telling Willow about the balloon being alive. He offers her a taste of the sweetest, most tangy lemonade and they walk inside. She takes a sip and agrees. It's incredible. Casey thanks him for all he's done to lift their spirits and give them some hope. They cheers and he tells her to bring Jake next time, but she says he's more of a coffee man. Casey tells Jake all about the really good lemonade. He says we'll see about that and heads to Harvey's himself. Moments later, back at the balloon farm, we see Harvey now drops a single coffee bean into a jar just as Jake is about to knock on the gate. So obviously the guy's magical. We just don't ever learn how. Harvey beats him to it and says hi. Jake's not quite sure what Harvey's up to, but he can't tell Willow that balloons are alive. But oh wait, what's that smell? Jake is intrigued by the aroma. They sit down to have some of the great smelling coffee. And Harvey reveals it just takes one special bean. That's when Jake admits it's the best cup of coffee that he's ever had. We're now at Earl's house. He's in the bathroom again, contemplating a bath, still in arthritic pain. He sure could use a soak. And that's when the yellow balloon pops up and touches his hand. And suddenly he feels better. So the balloons also cure diseases?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yep.

[Will]

Apparently. We're now at Crystal's house. She's trying to turn on her faucet, but the balloon keeps getting in the way. Crystal gets mad and follows it around the house, unable to catch it. The cat mouse game becomes really fun and physical for Crystal. Is she ever gonna catch it? And she's just chasing it around the house. We're now at Tom Williams house. His blue balloon floats right in front of his truck as he pulls into the driveway. When his wife greets him, she notices, oh, you fixed your truck. But Tom says he didn't. He's confused. The balloon also can do mechanics. He's a mechanic. The balloon as well. The old we're now at Mr. Mayfield's. The old neighbor is looking at Harvey's balloon farm and calls the FBI again. The operator jokes that the FBI is no longer handling balloon farm cases. He should call the CIA. He said he's already called the CIA. She says goodbye and hangs up. So Weasel decides he'll handle it himself. It's a Bloom farm. It's now night, Harvey sleeping and snoring in a chair on his porch. Mayfield removes a piece of fence and sneaks onto the property. He tries to grab something from Harvey's shirt pocket, but Harvey smacks him away, yet continues to snore. Mr. Mayfield tries again and grabs a corn kernel, but this time Harvey opens one eye. Opens one eye and sees the intruder. We hear a magical sound and the balloons all start attacking Mayfield, pushing him back to the side of the fence. Once he's forced onto his property, he has no idea what just happens, but he still has a corn kernel in his hand. Why not grow puppies? I don't know. At Maggie's cafe, Maggie is forced to limit everyone to two cups of coffee, while Jake wonders what everyone is thinking about the investor's offer. But everyone's still just thinking about the balloons. Earl says his balloon brushed against his knuckles and cured his arthritis. He hasn't felt this good in 15.

[Sabrina Bryan]

15 years.

[Will]

Crystal says she's lost five pounds in two days and her balloon is the reason. Tom says his balloon fixed his car. And Maggie says she's a new woman who wants to party, which is quite a change. Then Mr. Mayfield enters with bandages all over his face. He says he was attacked by the balloons and everyone laughs. Assuming he grew more balloons, everyone rushes out to get to Harvey's. Mr. Mayfield thinks everyone is dumber than a bucket of mud, but no one cares about his opinion. Okay, so here's Another question.

[Sabrina Bryan]

If.

[Will]

If one of your balloons can fix your car, your arthritis, everything, why do you need to go buy more balloons? Your balloon is still magic and doing everything you need. Why do you need to spend more money on balloons?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I. I don't know. I don't. I. I'm so confused at this point.

[Will]

I'm confused by this movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I. Yeah. I don't know.

[Will]

I don't either. I don't either. So we're back at the balloon farm. Everyone's buying more balloons, clearing out his crops again. Why do you need more? Crystal gets two dozen at $10 a pop. And then a mysterious person pops up and takes a Polaroid from behind the fence. We're now outside the cafe. The mayor is standing on a podium next to Harvey. He presents the new local with a key to the city and thanks him for bringing joy and happiness back to Waterton. Everyone celebrates. We're now at Willow's house. Willow's balloon is longingly watching Willow from the window. She says, bye, See you later. Goodbye. And this is becoming a really strange relationship and waves to her helium Peter before running off

[Sabrina Bryan]

her helium pet. That's so good.

[Will]

It just. It's.

[Tab Ramos]

This is.

[Will]

Okay, so the balloon. I'm just trying to get through it, people. I'm trying to get through it like I was when I watched the movie. I'll be honest with you. You know that I'm not normally this openly negative, but this one was just weird.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was. It was.

[Will]

Yeah. Now, alone, the balloon flies downstairs undetected just as Jake and Casey enter through the front door. Jake says Casey is putting her silly thoughts in other people's heads just so she can achieve the house centennial birthday. And that's just selfish. See? She says she's not. Try saying this line, people. She says she's not selfish. And maybe it's a little crazy, but isn't that what hope is when Jake. Hope of what? Hope of what?

[Sabrina Bryan]

She.

[Will]

Hope of what?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know. I'm not sure. Like, she. Why the balloons become so important to her. I don't. I don't really know.

[Will]

Hope that something can grow because he's growing balloons. Hope that it's going to bring back water.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She's not talking about the balloons bringing back water in any sense. Like, she's literally talking about just the balloons. And it's like, that's not. Still not going to help your farm and.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

No.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Pay your bills.

[Will]

And they're not doing. It's not like they're.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The.

[Will]

The other farmers are looking what he's done. And that's given the idea to try to use their land for other things. And now they're growing other stuff and wow, the town's booming. No, it's just. It's giving us hope. Hope for what? That what's gonna happen or the rain.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's hope for the rain. Hope for the war.

[Will]

Which is never mentioned.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, it's just not.

[Will]

No, it's hope for what? I didn't get what the hope is. Jake then opens the fridge and the balloon sneaks into the refrigerator. And when he reopens it, it then sneaks out. Must have wanted a snack. Cause it didn't do anything. Jake then leaves the house and the balloon is secretly following him. But the balloon's stem gets stuck on the door. When he tries to pull away, the door makes a noise and Jake turns around, but the balloon just avoids detection. Jake's confused, but walks away, only for the balloon to come out from a bush and float around to the back of the house. We're now at Harvey's house. We see an empty pitcher now with a new lemon in it on the. On the table. Harvey's inside on the phone while Willow peeks through the window, listening in. Harvey is talking to somebody about the upcoming foreclosure. So Willow gets upset and walks away. We see that the pitcher is now filled with lemonade. We also see that Willow's escaped orange balloon is flying over an empty, empty field. We're outside a neighbor's house now with. And the investor is promising a fair offer to a family, but he keeps getting nudged by a blue balloon. He eventually walks away and tells his partner that by the end of the week, everyone is going to be selling. The partner hopes so, because the waste companies won't wait forever to build their toxic garbage dumps. And then as they try to drive away, Willow's orange balloon blocks the car from leaving. What person stops their car because a balloon is in front of it?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think if a balloon came out of nowhere, it would maybe make me stop my car. Just because, like, that's.

[Will]

You'd stop for a balloon, Really?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I wouldn't, like, stop, but if it. If I was driving and maybe like, looking over to the side or looking to possibly turn in, like a balloon, I would maybe, like, it might drop

[Will]

because you thought it was a person or something.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm not gonna be like, yes, exactly. I would think it was like a bird or something.

[Will]

But this is a guy who's like, damn, balloon, get out of my way.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And it's like, just drive the gas, bro. If you drive it your windshield and go over your car, like, the balloon made any sense to me. I do get being startled because.

[Will]

But then he's, like, sitting there and they're, like, trying to get out of the way. It's a balloon, dude.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Just drive.

[Will]

Just hit the gas. Yeah. So the investor wonders what's up with the balloon and eventually finally runs it over. But the balloon doesn't pop. It just rolls underneath the car, then flies back to Willow's house, where she's just entered her bedroom. She sees the orange balloon now with a tire mark on it. She asks what happened? And then we see her playfully washing it in a bucket like it's a shaggy dog. We're back at the cafe. Willow, Charles, and Macy are playing with the gumball machine when Mayfield walks in and places a pot on the table. There it is. Take a good look. I got the seed off Potter himself. He says he planted it a few days ago and there have been no balloons. Potter's a fake. Maggie tells him not to spread nasty rumors in the cafe, but Mayfield thinks he's figured it out. Potter is scamming them in a dire time. Meanwhile, Willow reveals to Charles and Marcy that they heard Harvey on the phone with the bank saying something about a foreclosure. That's when Weasel overhears this and feels vindicated. I knew it. I knew it. Earl and Tom leave for an explanation. The noise in Tom's car appears again as he drives off, and Willow thinks this is all her fault. Then we see Earl, Crystal, and Maggie releasing and popping all of their balloons because the balloons didn't solve the problem of the town. We're now at Willow's. Her dad tries to get rid of the orange balloon, but it just won't leave. It keeps coming back, but eventually it just flies off into the sky. And he's going like, go on, get out of here. I mean, they're all treating them like dogs. They're balloons, people. Outside Maggie's cafe, Charles tells Marcy and Willow he's going to pop all the balloons, But Willow says she won't and runs home. And when she gets to her bedroom, she realizes her balloon is gone and yells, no. At the balloon farm, Harvey opens the gate to see all the neighbors have arrived. He informs them that he's sold out. Earl says they want their money back. Harvey says they can get a full refund, but they have to bring the balloons back. Todd tells them they don't have the balloons, and Harvey sticks to his policy, no balloons, no refunds. The sheriff says he'll take care of this, but Harvey just shuts the gate in his face. We're now at Willow's house. Casey tells Jake he didn't have to get rid of the balloon, but he thinks there are more pressing matters. You think like the offer they just got from the investor? They have no choice but to sell. She reminds him that her name is on the deed, so he doesn't have much of a say. He says he's focused on feeding his family. All the while, Willow is listening at the top of the stairs, but she's heard enough and runs to her room. She's laying on the bed when her dad enters. He's sorry about the balloon, but he didn't have a choice. What Mr. Potter did was wrong. Willow asks if he still loves Mama and he says of course. They just haven't been seeing eye to eye lately. Willow knows that they can make it as a family no matter where they are and what happens. And her father wishes her sweet dreams. We see Harvey driving through Waterton and the sheriff pulls him over again. Again, the sheriff is in a completely different movie. The officer pulls out a sign and places it in front of Mr. Potter's truck. It reads road closed. He asks to see Potter's driver's license and notice that he still hasn't fixed his license plates. And Mr. Potter admits he doesn't have a driver's license and asks if the sheriff wants a pie. But the sheriff just wants the balloon farmer to leave and go far, far away. He claims no one wants him there and if they could throw him in jail, he would. Mr. Potter takes the citation and says thank you. Back at the diner, Maggie marks another X on the calendar. There's only two days left. I know, I know. We're getting there. I wish I had my emotional support balloon to help me. Oh man, that'd be so great. And I got into a fight because I couldn't bring my emotional support balloon on the plane. And it was a whole thing. I didn't have the right vest.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

You know what I love the most about football? It's not just the game, it's the whole vibe around it. Like in mi casa, match day is a full on event. The TV loud. El Familion arguing over every call like they're the coach. Alien and La Cocina whipping up the snacks. Los Chamaquitos running around in jerseys two sizes too big. I calaquie repping their team. Even when things look rough, you still show up. For your team. Like State Farm showing up when it matters most. Because it's not just 90 minutes in LA cancha y chow. It's tradicion, it's familia. It's generations connecting over the same moments and still talking about that last minute goal. Years later. Las cazuelas are banging the car horns, going off the block. Celebrando. That football flow brings all the feels. That really means something, mi gente. That's why your familion also includes your State Farm agent. Para los momentos that are bigger than the game. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[Angel]

What's up, everyone? I'm Angel.

[Jason]

I'm Diego e Jason from Agusto Papa.

[Angel]

Okay, real talk. If we're in a new era, why are we still in our old rides?

[Diego]

Because upgrading sounds complicado.

[Jason]

And note complicado, bro.

[Angel]

Exactly. We're building, we're moving. We don't have time to be guessing.

[Jason]

I see.

[Angel]

Yes.

[Jason]

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[Angel]

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[Diego]

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[Angel]

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[Jason]

Depends. You got the grill going or just talking for real?

[Diego]

Not just the grill. I'm talking carne asada. The smoke hits the block before kickoff. That's how people know where to pull up.

[Angel]

Dang, that first sizzle. Yeah, that's it right there.

[Jason]

And don't invite me. If the propane tank's empty, that's a red card.

[Diego]

Facts before the first whistle, better head to the Home Depot for extra propane or charcoal if you grow old school because people show up hungry.

[Angel]

Hungry for me, it's the setup. Backyard on point, outdoor lights, patio seating for everybody. Big screen. Nobody's missing a play.

[Jason]

And no chaos at halftime either. Everything set, tongues in hand, playlist going. We locked in.

[Diego]

That's when it feels like home though. The smoke, the food, your crew. That's match day.

[Angel]

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[Diego]

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[Will]

yeah, so Earl asks for another cup of coffee, but Maggie says he's already had his too. This turns into a bickering about how much water everyone's using, and Maggie warns them to stop fighting or get out. Willow, Charles and Marcy sit outside watching as everyone leaves, still fighting. Charles blames Potter. He ruined everything and it's time they do something about it. Charles and Marcy run off and Marcy has no idea what the plan is because what's the plan? Minutes later, at the balloon farm, Charles is painting the word cheat on Mr. Potter's fence. It pans over to show the other kids writing other mean words like crook and thief and throwing tomatoes. Charles spots Potter's truck and yells, it's him. The kids start throwing tomatoes at his car, so Charles and Marcy give Willow a tomato to Throw. She's about to hurl it. Then she puts it down. She insists Harvey's balloons are real, but now. Okay, is she also the only one that can talk to the balloons? Is everyone else also talking to their balloons? No, because if they were, then why would they pop them?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right? So May. I don't know. They. Nobody. It seems like people feel like the balloons are helping their lives, like, with the weight loss and my arthritis and all this stuff. But they're. Because I guess they're adults. They're the only ones talking. We never see. Do we ever see Charles and her other friend?

[Tab Ramos]

No.

[Sabrina Bryan]

With a balloon?

[Will]

No, I don't think so.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So it's just her that we get to see As a child, the adults don't have the talking thing. But, like, as a child, maybe, you know, adults aren't as attuned to, like, childlike things, like realizing something like that.

[Will]

I also think they're setting it up to where she's him, because then.

[Angel]

Well, because.

[Will]

Meaning. Meaning she has the same powers that he does.

[Tab Ramos]

The. The.

[Will]

Because at the end, she talks about she has one lemon, and she can make lemonade. And so maybe she has kind of the same power he does. The power of being confused.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You know what? We skipped it. Then we talked about it, but went right over it. When she goes to his window and hears him talking before she goes there on her way, she. She's the one that bumps the lemon into the pitcher, and then it makes lemon.

[Will]

Yeah. So she's also got this weird magic.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will]

Is what it is. Which is why she can talk to the balloon.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She needs to find the magic, though, apparently.

[Will]

I don't. I don't know. But it's all about hope, Sabrina. It's about hope. How do you not know that it's about hope?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Because I don't know what's going on.

[Will]

I have no idea what's happening either. I have no idea what's happening. And now my acid's starting to really kick in, and I'm seeing, like, different colors, and. And I'm just dripping balls at this point. So. Yeah. Charles realizes that she's on his side, the side of the old farmer, and he turns around and leaves her. Harvey walks into his house, and then Willow leaves, defeated. At sue and Tom Johnson's house, Casey arrives and asks what happened. Sue points to a foreclosure sign. They took everything. Sue blames Casey for being selfish about her centennial and telling people to spend their savings on balloons. How many balloons at $10 a piece did this family buy? To lose their farm.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That's exactly what I was. And I. I didn't know if I saw them buy more, like, when other people were getting more or whatever. But, like, you're talking. I mean, not. Listen, these people are going through a lot. They're.

[Will]

$10 is a lot is a lot when you're. When you're strapped. Understood.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Totally. But, like, to blame someone else for the fact that you, as an adult, decided to buy these balloons knowing your own budget. Why the hell are you mad at Casey?

[Will]

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The most ridiculous. I was almost screaming at my.

[Will]

I mean, because, like, $10,000 worth of balloons. Did you buy half a thousand balloons?

[Sabrina Bryan]

And then it's crazy amount. Or even if you bought, you know, 20 balloons and you really only have 500 in the bank right now. What are you doing? What are you doing? Doing this. Like, and.

[Will]

And if the balloons are magic and they're solving problems, why do you need more than one that fixes your car and fix it. And it's like, I don't get it. And they weren't. They didn't show them doing anything with the balloons where it's like, oh, I tie. It's the funniest thing. I tied one out front to our mailbox, and I got a letter from my sister I haven't heard of in three years. You know, that, like, used.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They just talk about it, but they don't.

[Will]

They didn't do anything with them.

[Enrique Santos]

They.

[Will]

They did nothing with the balloons except these three. It was like, what is happening?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will]

So Casey gets back into the car, upset, and Harvey walks up to ask if she's okay. She says she's not fine and asks why he did this to them. He says he just wanted to help, but she thinks he robbed them blind. Harvey asks if she really believes that, and she says, yes, he robbed them blind, and now they have nothing. She drives away, and Harvey says, no, you just don't realize what you got. And again, why can't this guy take one quarter and put it in a thing? And now he's got a ton of money? Because he takes one thing and make a ton of things, and that would actually help the people. Jake and Casey are arguing again. Casey tells him to call the investors they're going to sell. Jake insists she'll thank him later. We're now at FBI headquarters. The operator that Mayfield keeps calling receives an envelope with Polaroids of the balloon farm and even a popped balloon, which, again, why would the FBI care about this in any way, shape or form. She looks at it like, oh, my God, we found him. Or we've been looking for him. Or the balloon guy's back. Or it's full of cocaine again. Yes, it's. Oh, it's the balloon bandits back. He's robbering another farm. It's like, what the hell's happening? The FBI is involved. By the way. Apparently, all of this was added for the movie. Like, this is not. Not on the writer who probably wrote a very nice little children's book about a guy who farms balloons. Yeah, it's like, hey, it's like they took Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and involved the CIA, you know, it's like, well, there's 10 meatballs there. My God, that's Jason Bourne. Like, what the hell are you doing? Yeah. So again, don't blame. I'm sure you read the children's book and it's a probably a very nice,

[Sabrina Bryan]

very basic probably get the answers and

[Will]

you turn the page and it's like. And then Harvey planted balloons and the little kid was able to fly with them. And the kids clap and go to sleep at night. But no, now it's like that we're gonna lose our farm. And. Oh, my God.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right? Right.

[Will]

So at Willow's house, the investors at the house talking to Jake about the upcoming offer. Casey watches from the window and Willow encourages her mom not to give up and remembers what she said. Balloons just don't grow in any old place. They're special. Balloons don't grow at all. They don't grow?

[Sabrina Bryan]

No.

[Will]

Willow asks. You don't believe them anymore, do you? Her mom doesn't say anything. She just gives her a hug. In Willow's bedroom now, she's woken by a noise at her window. It's the orange balloon. He's obviously been out partying. He's tied one on. He had to Uber back to the house and is tapping on her window like, dude, let me in. She's so happy it's back and gives it a hug, but lets it know they have some big problems now. Downs. Thank God the balloon's back to salvage for the problems downstairs. Her mom is on the porch and her dad's watching tv. Willow asks what Harvey would do. She decides he would make lemonade or pie or grow something. The balloon. And again, I didn't get this either. The balloon makes a weird noise and Willow understands it. She yells, that's it. And kisses the balloon. So she's flew in a balloon by this point. Now we're At Earl's shop, Willow is outside with the balloon doing a little B and E. That's right. The balloon and her are breaking and entering and hoping they're doing the right thing. Little B and E, little sneak and peek. We see Earl leaves, and they sneak in. Before the door shuts, Willow struggles, dragging a bag of kernels out of the shop. It's too heavy. They're never gonna make it. That's when the balloon helps by wrapping its stem around the bag and dragging the bag along for her. They make it all the way to the field and realize they lost the seeds along the way. They only have one left. She asks what Harvey would do with only one seed. She decides to use a hose, and the balloon unlocks the water to make it work. So the. The balloon also is a lock pick. So it uses its stem to. And I literally went. I. I'm. I'm by myself watching. So when I watch YouTube, I watch on my computer because I don't watch on a screen. I watch on. Because it's just dark in here, and I can watch it. And sue was in the other room, and she just heard from the other room, oh, my God. Now the balloon's a lock pick. And she's like, what. What are you doing? It was. I was like, so, yes, the balloon picks the lock and then wraps its stem around and. And turns on the sprinklers. So now they need water to grow. Because before they didn't need water to grow. That was the point. And now they do. None of this makes any sense. I mean, it's. I'm.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You've lost me. I am so far gone. I am just looking at the timer. How much longer I know. And I will hear this painful experience.

[Will]

I will accept that the older I get. When I've read some comments. I don't read a lot of comments, but I've read some that are like, why. Why are they bashing old Disney movies? They're just supposed to be fun. Come at me all you want for this movie. If you have any leg to stand on without. Any of this makes sense. I would love to hear it. Because none of it does. It just doesn't.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Well, they. I mean, again, now. Now we're at a rule. Now, we've already seen. They've. They've established this rule that Harvey is able to grow something without water. That's a big aspect of the whole thing. The whole thing of him and his magic is to grow stuff without water, to just believe, and it grows on its own. But now they're using water. That's not what this is.

[Will]

No, exactly. You just used all the water in the town when you didn't need the water.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And especially since this character has now shown a few times that she also has the magic. So why couldn't she make it grow and do however Harvey did it without growing, using water?

[Will]

And why couldn't we? Yeah, but the balloons are filled with water this time. But that doesn't make any sense. But then why not grow water balloons originally? To help everybody.

[Sabrina Bryan]

To help everybody.

[Will]

If that's the thing. Again, that was producer Mikayla.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, Mikayla.

[Will]

Jump on. Mikayla, if you want to defend it, don't just leave a comment.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Jump on Broadway. But I'm just like. That's the only thing I can think

[Will]

of why they need water this time,

[Sabrina Bryan]

where you're struggling just as much as we are. Yes, She's. She's reaching. She's reaching as far as she can.

[Will]

You don't get to just drop a comment, walk out, come and defend this movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. That's what everyone. That's the whole point of the Internet. I'm gonna drop this comment, and then I'm gonna let you be. I'm gonna let you fester in it. I'm gonna drop it right there and leave it.

[Will]

But if that's all it takes, then why did he not do that at the beginning and. And make everybody. Because they had to find it on their own.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know.

[Will]

I don't know.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, we gotta just keep going.

[Angel]

I have.

[Will]

You know what's funny is I. After I watched this movie, I watched the new Mortal Kombat 2, which is not great, but it was like Citizen Kane compared to.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Of this movie.

[Will]

I was like, oh, my God, this is the best film I've ever seen in my life. Yeah. So we're in Earl's shop now. The sheriff sees that the door is open. So he goes inside with a bunch of corn kernels on the floor, and he goes, Potter in Mr. Mayfield's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Now.

[Will]

He's looking out the window with his binoculars and sees the sprinklers shutting off now. So he decides to call the sheriff because he's a little snitch.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He's just so nosy.

[Will]

He's awful. And now we're in Crystal's house, thanks to Willow's hose. She turns on the water, but nothing comes out. And we're at Willow's now. Jake realizes that they also don't have any water. When he's brushing his teeth just in Time. Willow runs downstairs with her balloon, celebrating its return. Her mom and dad both look very disappointed, especially after they got a call that someone drained the reservoir. Willow tells her it's not what you think and start to explain when there's a knock at the door. It's the investor. All they have left to do is sign on the dotted line. So Casey signs, and Jake tells Willow

[Diego]

to go to her room.

[Will]

She yells no. Grabs the paperwork and runs away. Jake gets in his truck and tells Casey to hop in. They are chasing after their daughter and maybe to try to run her over, which at the end, I'd be like, hey, it's something to do. The sheriff joins in on the chase in what we're now going to call ET with balloons. Willow is then lifted into the air by the balloon in one of the worst effects I've seen in a dcom and carried over the field. She's, like, standing straight with a big smile on her face. It is the craziest scene in the midst of. Of crazy.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, at this point, it's like the balloon has since within the last 10 minutes or so, right, the balloon has been able to carry a big bag of corn. Now, I've never held a big bag of corn, but I'm sure it's very heavy, strong balloon, right? And a balloon, a single balloon, has done that. It has picked a lock and now has picked up a child and flown

[Will]

her in the air after, by the way, telling her what to do, because it spoke to her and told her what to do. So this was like. This is what I was like, all right, okay, maybe this is the greatest film I've ever seen. Now, this might have just become the best movie. This is a 10. However, we're going to rate it 10 out of 10. It was like, what is going on? She sees a bunch of balloons have now congregated and she lands in a field of balloons. Realizing that whatever she did last night worked, she sees Harvey and runs to him just as everyone from the town breaks through the gate. Mayfield points to Harvey. There's the crook. The sheriff places Potter under arrest for a legal use of water and tells Willow she has some explaining to do. Willow says Harvey's done nothing wrong. She was the one who drained the reservoir. She swears the balloons are what they've been waiting for. And just then, and what might be the craziest decom plot twist yet, The FBI crashes through the fence. None of this is fake, people. If you haven't seen this movie, here comes the FBI for what For a balloon farm. What is happening?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Because if they got a picture of the balloon farm like this Polaroid. What does that mean?

[Will]

What's the crime?

[Sabrina Bryan]

What's the crime?

[Will]

What is the. The Federal Bureau of Investigation with multiple teams and cars and hazmat suits. Do they think it's an alien? Is that what it is? That what we're supposed to get is that they think it's otherworldly? It's so weird.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They.

[Will]

Yeah. They get out of the cars and announce they're gonna take all the balloons from her. People in hazmat suits begun wrapping caution tape around the balloon field. And everyone's confused, including all the viewers of the movie. Willow's seen enough. She breaks through the tape and runs into the field and mercifully, the FBI shoots her dead. They roll credits. End of movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, no, no.

[Will]

That's not what happens.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, it's not.

[Will]

It's not the FBI tell. So she breaks the tape and runs it in the field.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It does.

[Will]

It is worse. Releasing all the balloons into the air. Harvey loves what he sees. The FBI tell Willow to hand over her orange balloon. It belongs to them now. She hands it to an agent who lifts him into the air for a second before popping, causing all the balloons to float away, then exploding and start leaking water. The broken balloons have created rain. Everyone's cheering and Marcy finally acknowledges they weren't pods after all. Jake apologizes to Casey and they hug and kiss. Willow rubs it in everyone's face. She knew all along these balloons were special. The investor has Casey signature and just needs Jake to have a deal. But he's changed his mind. Mr. Potter looks at the contract and the rain has ruined the signature and turned into a big smudge. So Jake sarcastically says sorry and the investor freaks out. He has 20 different waste companies breathing down his neck. And just like that, the FBI takes the investors away for questioning. They're arresting somebody.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They are not leaving this farm empty handed.

[Will]

I am arresting something.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's got to go. Someone with me. Everybody line up. I'm going to pick out of the. You don't look cool. Get in.

[Will]

You're pretty cool. Mr. Mayfield realizes it's not raining on his field and it's upset. Maybe he should have believed too and not just been a. Mr. Potter tells him to look up and it starts raining on his side too. And the old man is grateful and happy.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Happy.

[Will]

It's now nighttime and Potter announces he's leaving. It's time for him to move on. They don't need their balloons anymore. And that's when Willow announces she's pregnant with the balloon's child. They have their farms back, and they also have each other. He tells Willow he's counting on her to keep things right around here. And she says she's gonna miss him. Harvey hands Casey a piece of paper. It's for their friends, the Williams. He bought the farm back with the balloon money, and that's why he was on the phone with the bank. Then why charge them for the balloons and drain all their savings so they can't make their payments just to go back and make their payments and get the farm back?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Because you have to believe Hope, Sabrina.

[Angel]

Hope.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You have to believe, and you have to, have to have hope.

[Will]

She asks why he didn't just tell them, but Willow remembers. Because sometimes it's not what you see, it's what you believe. They all wave and say goodbye to Harvey. We see the water reserve is finally refilling. Thanks to the magic balloon rain, though, Williams House is where we are now. The family's car is stuck in the mud in front of their house when Casey and Jake show up. Casey hands them the paper. Just a little something from everybody, but really it was Harvey, so it feels like a bit of stolen valor.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, you kind of. Yeah, you kind of trumped all over him.

[Will]

I mean, I guess. Okay, I'm trying to justify.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Didn't do anything. No, no.

[Will]

I. I guess to justify it. What it was was he took a little bit of money from everybody to buy their farm for them. But now they still don't have money, but now that it's raining, they'll be able to grow crops. Weird. Okay, credits, please. I know. Yeah, it finally stopped raining. We're at the Johnsons. We see a sign that says, john Family Farm Centennial Celebration. 1898-1998. 100 years. Everyone is there to celebrate. And Willow, Charles, and Marcy are out by a corn stalk. Charles asks Willow if she's finally going to tell them how to grow a balloon, but Willow reveals she just uses what she has. She's just holding one lemon, though, and asks if they want lemonade. Charles says, sure, but that's going to take more than one lemon. But Willow says, not the way she makes it, and runs off. So she's magic, too? Apparently. Somehow, all the kids follow her inside. And the camera rises over the house, where we see a massive field of balloons. So, apparently, we still need balloons. They've returned. And that's our movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Roll credits.

[Will]

Roll credits. Exhausted.

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[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, I will take that from a six year old.

[Will]

That fine, that's fine, that's fine, that's fine. I believe the 6 year old was watching a different movie because even a six year old would be like, no,

[Sabrina Bryan]

but there's no way Monroe would have gotten through that whole movie. She would have been out probably a good 20 minutes. Maybe. Maybe gave it 20 minutes.

[Will]

There we go.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I've got the one star here. It's our friend Unamid.

[Will]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Who is today on Rotten Tomatoes where it sits at 37%.

[Will]

How 37% of people thought this was good. I will never understand.

[Sabrina Bryan]

37% will on rotten Tomatoes, which I think is a pretty good place to engage, like, you know, Right?

[Will]

Yep, yep.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Even as a child, I knew this was. And I think our producer Michaela basically gave that same review before we started recording.

[Will]

Yep, sure did. All right, well, now we're gonna get to Sabrina's favorite portion. I don't even know what we're doing here. Oh, it's prop talk. With the success of balloons for farmers, we figured we could play another game of high low. We will be given a fruit or vegetable and a weight. We have to guess if the number is higher or lower than the actual official world record for that food size. 3 out of 5 wins. Who are we playing with today? Is it Mikayla?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Today it is. Mikayla.

[Will]

Yay. Our balloon farm champion. All right, here we go. First up, the pumpkin. Higher or lower than 16? 50. £50.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It has to be lower.

[Will]

I'm gonna say higher.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Really?

[Will]

Those things can get pretty. Pretty damn big like that to be brought in with forklifts and stuff. Have you ever been to a county fair? You never had a pie over there at the county fair?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I've never seen a pumpkin that isn't more than just like.

[Will]

Okay, well, no, it's correct. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

£2,819.

[Enrique Santos]

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[Will]

Almost £3,000 for a pumpkin that is wild and that nuts.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Whoa.

[Will]

Number two, watermelon.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Look that up.

[Will]

You should. Number two is a watermelon. 450.5 pounds.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'd say higher. What? What did she say their county one was? 200.

[Will]

Yeah, I'm going to say.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm going to say higher.

[Will]

I mean. 450.5. That's almost half a thousand. I'm gonna say lower.

[Sabrina Bryan]

God, I hope you forget that. Will is correct. It's lower. What is it? 350.5 pounds.

[Will]

Wow. So they.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Not even close to half a thousand.

[Will]

Not even close to half a thousand. That's like a third of a thousand. Cucumber. 17.6 pounds.

[Sabrina Bryan]

A cucumber. Doesn't it become something else at that point? What is that?

[Will]

No, it's still a cucumber. It's just a big old cucumber. I'm gonna. I'll go first here. I think that's low. I think. I think the number is higher than 17.6.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my gosh. I can't even fathom this. I just can't. I mean, I pick. Which one do you want? I'm sorry. That pumpkin really threw you that pumpkin threw me. I guess I'll go higher then. Cause okay, yeah, it's higher. 29 and a half pounds.

[Will]

A 30 pound cucumber. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh my gosh. Yeah.

[Will]

So I already won, by the way. I will kill it with crop top number four. Jackfruit 43.1. Jackfruit is like that big one you see at the supermarket. It's like spiny and it smells.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, that's jackfruit. Okay.

[Will]

43.1 pounds. No, it's gonna.

[Tab Ramos]

There's.

[Will]

There's a bigger jackfruit.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, there's a bigger one than that. Yes, correct. Higher. 76.3 pounds.

[Will]

Wow. And finally a strawberry. That's how I like to say it. Strawberry. 18 pounds.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That seems crazy. If it's 18 and we got 29 of a cucumber.

[Will]

You're taking this so seriously.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Carry the one.

[Will]

I'm gonna say.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I would just say lower. I'm gonna say you can't have an 18 pounds. Drop it.

[Will]

I'm guessing there it's bigger. It's gonna be like £26 or something.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, Will is wrong. Sabrina is correct. It's lower.

[Will]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

10.19 pounds.

[Will]

Wow. Okay, wow. Did you win? I won. I think it doesn't matter. Can we do a Sabrina Seas please and just get over this episode and let everyone get on with their day?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay. Let me say we things that we didn't. You really didn't. The scenes of the naked man in the tub, you really didn't mention.

[Will]

Oh my God. I. I was just like, are you kidding me?

[Sabrina Bryan]

To me it happened to us twice. Like once is. Once is too many. Twice it happened in a dcom, like in a decomposition. That was crazy. The checkers by yourself as more of a question. Did you ever do that when you were little? I played checkers by myself.

[Will]

No, I had friends.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I guess I did it.

[Will]

I had friends. I would play to like play checkers with.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I would play to like kind of practice. I think of like what I would do with this and changing like my, my what is it? Strategy. So that just made me think, I wonder if anyone else did that because it looked weird on camera.

[Will]

Oh, it makes no sense.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It doesn'. The I told you about the kissing. I had already done that. I felt like the no balloon, no refund. They were so up. Just called by. It was like, of course if you broke something, you don't get to like and. Or, or something happens. Malfunctions. Any kind of product. You don't get to just say go to the Person and say, I want my refund. Like, okay, fine. If it's a malfunctioning product, bring me it, and I will give you your refund. They were so. That was so dumb. That was just, like, a thing. You did mention this. The. The cop towards the end says, you know, he goes, license and registration or whatever. And he goes, you know, I don't have a license.

[Will]

Yeah. Did he not, I think at the beginning he said, I don't have a license, didn't he?

[Sabrina Bryan]

You cannot drive without a license.

[Will]

You can in that town, apparently.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And the guy acting like, you know, I don't have one. I don't need a license. Yes, you do.

[Will]

Yes. Yes, you do.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, you do. I. I talked about the. The savings, like, thing was like, how much. How many balloons did these people get for it to just, like, absolutely just drain their savings account. Last thing was. And we didn't. We. We just brushed over it. But that fight that happens before the waitress kicks everyone out of the diner, Some of the things they were saying, like, the woman that was eats ca. And the guy's like, oh, and you have all that. You need all that lemonade to wash down your cake.

[Will]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sir. Oh, my gosh, that was so brutal.

[Will]

It was brutal.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, hard times make you a jerk. I understand, but damn. That's it. That's all I got. We covered all the other crazy.

[Will]

Now it's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Now it's time to score. Say goodbye to this movie.

[Will]

Now it's time to score our movie. We still have to score it. We're gonna. I'm not even gonna make a joke. One to ten. One's the worst. Do we even need to talk about 10? The options this week. One to 10. Hot air balloons, which aren't a thing. Guys named Weasel. 1 out of 10 hand hose. 1 out of 10. Shaming people about their diets. 1 out of 10 solo checkers. 1 out of 10 alien pods. FBI plot twists, really good lemonade. Fence tomatoes. Or 1 out of 10 trucks to run over your daughter.

[Tab Ramos]

Which one?

[Will]

You can go.

[Jason]

You can pick.

[Will]

I'm over this.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm going with the hand hose.

[Will]

You're going with the hand hose?

[Enrique Santos]

Yeah.

[Will]

Oh, my God.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Because I didn't.

[Will]

Mikayla wrote will would rather watch Double teamed over this on a loop. I'd rather watch to have Double Team on a loop just over and over and over again. Be like, this is the 19th time I'm watching Double Team today.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my gosh.

[Will]

Who's rating first?

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's me.

[Will]

Go for it. What do you got.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Listen, I think it's easy enough to say this was around that fuzzbucket world in the sense of just. And just. I'm okay to go into that magical land and like go there. I think for me. And I talked about it briefly in the beginning. If this was a movie with children and these children, like a child was, was growing these balloons and the kids were buying it. If you changed the whole cast to just kids, I think I would have been okay.

[Will]

I don't disagree.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think I would have been fine. The fact that these were. It was a predominantly adult cast with just one child who believed and one man who was making this. I couldn't, I just couldn't get myself to go there. It was too wild, too crazy. But again, I think if it was kids, I would have been fine. I would have not had as many notes in any way. But it wasn't. It was adults.

[Will]

It was adults.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And therefore this was just bat crazy to me. It didn't make any sense there. I think there if I think the core of it, like what we said, the book. There was a better way to do this book as a movie. And I, I, you know, wait. I just, I'm gonna leave it there and I'm scoring this four hand hose. Wow.

[Will]

Okay. Four hand hoses. That's generous. I've made, I've made no secret of fact that I did not like this movie. This movie is super weird. It makes no sense. Phenomenal cast.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Phenomenal. I was just thinking to myself, like, what a waste to have this cast together.

[Will]

Yep.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And phenomenal cast. Had a great movie. Yep.

[Will]

Love them all. No problems with the cast whatsoever.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Nothing. Like it was.

[Will]

Everyone did a great job.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Did their job. Yep. But they all did their job.

[Will]

I don't get it. I didn't get anything about this movie. This might be my lowest score ever. I'm giving this two hand hose. This was not. I didn't, I didn't get anything about this movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I feel bad.

[Will]

I didn't get anything about this movie. I, I don't understand it. I, I didn't, I, I don't, I don't get it like any part of

[Sabrina Bryan]

it to break it down.

[Will]

It's about hope. Hope for what? What are they hoping the balloons are gonna do?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will]

In what way? It wasn't, it was making their lives better. In that. Yes. It fixed your. The balloon fixed your car. Let me say that again. The balloon fixed your car. But what, what's happening? What's going. I didn't understand this movie. I don't understand how this got the green light to be made. How this was the script. They went, okay, we got it. Let's start shooting. Like, I don't. I don't get it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's unfortunate, like I said, because I was so hope, like, so excited to watch these actors.

[Will]

Oh, the cast is phenomenal.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Is one of the most adorable young actresses that was out there.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Will]

This is one of the best casts

[Sabrina Bryan]

we've had on a loop. Legit. One of the best casts we've had.

[Will]

This is one of the best casts we've ever had in a movie. And this is what they use them for. And I was just like, I didn't get. And it could be. Somebody could write us and be like, you guys are so wrong. This movie was about. Blah, blah, blah. It was based on the. And maybe we missed it as just a movie where you sit down and you watch it. This was crap. I mean, this is really bad. None of the story made any sense. None of what they were doing made any sense. It was just. And you know what? It. It kind of tried to be like. And I don't know which one came first. I think. I think this probably came first. But there is, like, one of my favorite movies, which is geared towards young people, which, again, has an amazing cast, which we have to do on this because it's. It's a Disney movie. Is holes with Shia LaBeouf. Oh, that movie.

[Angel]

The.

[Will]

The magic in that. The whimsy in that. That. It's about rain, you know, that hasn't rained in the desert in forever, and it rains again, and they're cutting back. That movie is amazing. Like a 10 out of 10. Every time I see that movie, I'm like, wow, kids movie done right. The adults are great. There's this whimsy to it. It's magic. It was incredible. Then you do something like this, and it's like, what? Yeah, what is this? And this week, Ooh, we're gonna have to have a frank talk with this man, but he's a friend of mine, so I'll be able to talk to him as a friend. Returning guest from Balloon Farm. Adam Wiley himself is going to come on and tell us what the hell happened. Did you know? He can hopefully help and hopefully do some magic. Magic tricks for us, too, because we love seeing that, so we're very excited. So make sure to check out Adam's return on the show. You're going to hear more stuff like this. We shot it all on Kings Ranch. We did not shoot in Canada at all. I moved down the street from there during the pandemic, so I go there still often because they have the pumpkin carving there now. The Knights of the Jack every single year. So I get to revisit the set of Balloon Farm every single year if I want to, which is super cool. I drive by it all the time. There you go. He was awesome. And you can also check out our older Park Hopper bonus episodes, stuff like that. Exclusively on our dedicated Magical Rewind feed. Just search for us wherever you get your podcast and make sure to subscribe so you never miss another episode. Oh, go have the rest of your day now because. Yikes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Drink some lemonade, drink some tea, enjoy

[Will]

the day and enjoy yourself. Balloon Farm.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We made it, Will.

[Will]

We did it. Bye, everybody.

[State Farm Spanish Voice]

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[Sabrina Bryan]

And Amazon.

[Enrique Santos]

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