Can of Worms

Summary

Pod Meets World: "Can of Worms" (May 26, 2026) — Detailed Summary

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Episode Overview

In this episode of Pod Meets World, hosts Danielle, Will, and Rider (with guest Sabrina Bryan) return to TGIF-era nostalgia with a deep dive into the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) Can of Worms. The hosts rewatch and dissect every strange, goofy, and unexpectedly gross moment, offering behind-the-scenes trivia, DCOM history, and comparisons to their own experiences with the beloved Boy Meets World and '90s pop culture. This rewatch is filled with laughter, confusion, and genuine affection for the peculiarities of DCOMs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Alien Belief Icebreaker

• The hosts discuss whether they believe in aliens, with Will being open to the idea and referencing current UFO news and government "softening up" for possible disclosure.
  • Notable Quote:

  "I believe, I believe ships have actually crashed." — Will Friedle (06:00)

• Sabrina, more skeptical, shares stories of a conspiracy-obsessed ex-boyfriend and jokes about the need to apologize if disclosure ever occurs.

2. "Can of Worms"—The First DCOM with a PG Rating

• Can of Worms stood out for its PG rating, deviating from previous Disney G-rated fare.
  • Will points out the supposed edginess ("Did it feel edgier to you?" 11:28), but the crew concludes it felt more “gross” than mature due to slime, goop, and the actual depiction of child kidnapping.

3. Nostalgia for Gross-Out 90s Puppetry

• Animatronics and puppets by Steve Johnson (of Ghostbusters Slimer fame) feature prominently.
  • Mixed reactions: The hosts agree the effects were good for the era, but the style isn’t Sabrina’s "lane" ("This was not up my alley in any sense." — Sabrina, 13:48).
  • The show questions the lasting effectiveness of low-budget talking animal movies.

4. Plot & Structure: A Beat-by-Beat Recap

• The hosts walk through the movie’s surreal plot, highlighting its campy, sometimes baffling logic and detailed scene breakdowns.

Key Plot Points (Major Timestamps)

• Setting the Scene (27:00–30:00):
  Mike Pillsbury, a "fish out of water" teen, sends an SOS to aliens to save him from Earth—sparking an alien invasion.
• School & Bullying (30:00–35:00):
  Mike is both a computer genius and the target of jock Scott Schreiber's bullying. Sabrina notes the computer “hacking” makes no sense (“Not believable. You do not know what you're doing, sir. That is just going to hit enter.” — 90:20).
• Dance Disaster (41:00–44:00):
  Mike’s tech-fueled dance decorations go haywire (sabotaged by Scott). The scene is both classic DCOM chaos and genuinely destructive, with little consequence.
• Aliens Appear! (45:00–50:00):
  Finally, after almost 30 minutes, aliens begin to crash the party—starting with a talking dog, Barnabas, and escalating to a gross blob lawyer and talent agent puppets.
  • "Talking dog tropes just do not work at DCOM budgets." (47:01)
  • Sabrina laments the gross, slimy puppet: “This did take me back… but it does just remind me of … the late 90s… this isn’t the same as getting slimed on Nickelodeon. This is just, like, disgusting slime.” (49:54)
• Climax on Planet Thoad (63:46–72:00):
  The gang travels to the Thoad’s planet using a portal treehouse, encountering cages, collector story tropes, and escaping thanks to telepathic guidance from another alien.
  • "This is like a famous Superman story, the Collector." (70:55)
  • Uncertainty remains: "Is he an alien?" is a recurring, unresolved question (82:32).
• Resolution & Return to Earth (75:12–79:11):
  The Thoad is defeated, arrested by a lone intergalactic cop (“All it took was one cop.” — 76:38), and Mike ultimately decides Earth is where he belongs, reaffirming DCOM's signature message of embracing your differences.

5. DCOM Trivia & Behind-the-Scenes

• Can of Worms was “shelved” by Disney after its initial run, only resurrected in 2006. It became a cult favorite for its October spooky programming (15:05).
• The convoluted screenwriting credit history: Katie Mackal fought for and won sole screenwriter status after Disney swapped writers multiple times (22:56).
• Cast breakdowns include Broadway backgrounds and voice cameos (22:05), plus the behind-the-scenes DCOM “Paul Daddy” debate over director Paul Schneider’s legacy.

6. Meta Commentary & Pop Culture Connections

• The film contains direct references to Superman stories and the trope of the “alien collector.”
• The hosts note the TV logic fails (e.g., sports position confusion, unexplained parent jobs, missing consequences for highly destructive dance sabotage).
• Notable recurring DCOM quirks: underexplained parents, misused computer tech, and a disregard for continuity or logic.

7. Listener Reviews—Divergent Reactions

• Five-Star Review:
  • "I only saw the last 30 minutes, but I had nightmares for the next two years ... Mike is literally the definition of an incel and does not deserve Caitlin." — Brianna Kraus (83:51)
• One-Star Review:
  • "The first two thirds of this movie are funny, and the final third is downright stupid and remedial. The writing screws up when the boy and his friends team up with the school bully to face an evil zookeeper alien." — Xanatos (84:30)

8. Game Segment: Alien Sightings by State (85:18)

• Hosts play "Location, Location, Location" guessing which US states have the most reported alien sightings.
• Result: California was the top state, trouncing Sabrina and Will’s initial guesses.

9. Sabrina Sees

• Sabrina points out:
  • Mom and dad Letterman jacket tradition ("The moms at football games wearing their kids’ letterman jackets. ... It's something that always makes me giggle." — 89:28)
  • TV and tech anachronisms (“AT&T, what you got for me?” — 90:10)
  • The movie’s loose rules, lack of explanations, and abrupt ending (“We didn't have any rules in this movie at all. I gotta read the book.” — 92:37)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “This was not up my alley in any sense. … This wasn’t what I would have like, leaned towards anyway.” — Sabrina (13:48)
• “The puppetry is not bad. … If you’re gonna have these kind of slimer-esque kind of puppets.” — Will (49:25)
• “I think he really is an alien. … Don't know if the script is even quite sure.” — Will/Sabrina (74:58)
• “That's a total of 12 taints, which is a lot of taints, people. That's a lot of taints.” — Will Friedle (95:13)
• “We are watching 1998’s Coming of Age drama Ruby Bridges. … I have high hopes for this because all these movies that Disney does based on true stories all seem to be really good.” — Sabrina’s Co-host (95:24)

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Final Ratings

• Both Will and Sabrina give “6 taints out of 10”—it’s “not awful,” has some creative effects, but is middling and strange (94:19–95:13).

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Flow & Tone

The episode is casual, irreverent, and nostalgic, combining humor, lighthearted skepticism, and genuine affection for DCOM weirdness. The hosts riff on plot absurdities, relive their own childhoods, and encourage listeners to embrace the oddities of perennially misunderstood ‘90s TV movies. The “can of worms” may have been opened—but the spirit of TGIF and childhood curiosity remains undiminished.

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Episode Timestamps for Key Segments

• Alien Beliefs & Icebreaker: 05:25–09:25
• PG-Rating & Gross-Out Discussion: 11:13–12:54
• Animatronics/Puppetry & Sabrina’s Preferences: 13:41–14:38
• Movie Debut & DCOM Trivia: 15:03–15:32
• Detailed Plot Walkthrough: (Main content) 26:47–79:11
• Listener Reviews: 83:46–85:18
• Game Segment: 85:18–88:44
• Sabrina Sees: 89:07–93:32
• Final Ratings: 94:17–95:13

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For those who haven’t listened: This episode delivers a comprehensive recap, witty commentary, behind-the-scenes tidbits, and all the DCOM oddities any ‘90s kid or Disney nostalgist could desire.

Transcript

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[Will Friedle]

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[Will Friedle]

What was your favorite book growing up

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

when you were little? Little?

[Will Friedle]

Like what did somebody have to read

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

to you over and over again?

[Sabrina]

I loved a lot of the Dr. Seuss books.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Oh, yeah.

[Sabrina]

And I don't know why I now remember this or if it's just because, but my mother in law told me that Jordan's favorite was the Caterpillar one, the Hungry Caterpillar.

[Will Friedle]

Is that a Dr. Seuss or is that a regular Seuss?

[Sabrina]

No, it's a regular book.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay.

[Sabrina]

And I love reading that one to my kids. And I don't, I don't know, I don't have the nostalgia, but just like, I don't know, it's such a good little book. And like, of course, like Ledger's just like a hungry little monster. So it makes me think of him. Like, it's just cute. What about you?

[Will Friedle]

The first book I remember being, you know, that was read to me when I was little.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I then started to read myself when I got older, which is still one of my favorite books of all time, which is the Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reed Banks.

[Sabrina]

Oh, okay. We're not talking about like little books. We're talking about.

[Will Friedle]

No, I don't. So I didn't have a lot of little books when I was growing up. My, my parents told me stories.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I got, I got stories. My mom would sing to me and my dad would tell me story, like cool stories that he made up and he would do voices. My grandfather did the same, so they did more of that stuff. But then when I was in like, you know, kindergarten, first grade, my mom started reading me novels and, and so that was. Yeah, Indian in the Cupboard was one of the first novels.

[Sabrina]

Indiana the Cupboard. I remember that. I loved the Boxcar series.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[Sabrina]

What was that? What would that be? Like second grade, third grade, that kind of thing. I loved that series. And then later on the Goosebumps I get.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah, ElfQuest was big for me too when I was little. So that, all that kind of stuff.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, there's there's some great stuff out

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

there which segues us perfectly into today's movie that we're going to talk about.

[Will Friedle]

But first of all, 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 housers were smart.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The wave, tsunamis and the high school's musical. I'm Will Friedle.

[Sabrina]

And I'm Sabrina Bryan.

[Will Friedle]

Before I start this episode, I want to let everyone out there know that there's three things that I know about

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

this author and writer of this perfectly. The first is she was obviously a big Superman fan. The second is that she really loved

[Will Friedle]

kids and to kind of give them the spooks. And the third is that she was a fan of strong acid.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I could be wrong about the third one, but man, it seemed like it. Cause wow.

[Will Friedle]

This week we look to the skies because we are not alone.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That's right.

[Will Friedle]

We're joined by terrifying puppets and a 1999 sci fi comedy, can of Worms,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

which is our newest dcom. To recap, Sabrina, let's get this out

[Will Friedle]

of the way right now.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Do you believe in aliens? I think we've kind of talked about this, but do you believe in aliens?

[Sabrina]

I believe there's something out there.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Do you believe we've been visited yet?

[Sabrina]

Yeah, but I feel like they probably quickly go away. I think that's what I told you. Like, have no interest. Once they kind of like see us, they're like, oh no, we're pass. Hard pass on the plane.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Interesting. Nice. I think I've told you this. Believe in them 100. That new documentary Age of Disclosure was crazy. And I believe not only in our lifetime, but in the next year or two, a major leader, either our president, the president, another country is going to stand up and say, yes, we have in fact been visited. We have the proof. Here it is. And I think it's going to happen relatively soon.

[Will Friedle]

All this stuff we're seeing on the

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

news about it, they did congressional meetings about it, which are open congressional meetings. These are all ways of softening us up for when the actual announcement comes so it's not a shock.

[Sabrina]

Okay, then what kind of actual. Well, it sounds like you would really take what they give you, but like, I'm trying to think of what it would be. Like, would it be one held captive?

[Will Friedle]

Oh, no, I think. Oh, no. I think we probably.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No.

[Will Friedle]

So here's the thing.

[Sabrina]

What kind of evidence would it be for people to really true. I think it's gonna have to be some like crazy.

[Will Friedle]

I believe, I believe ships have actually crashed.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That we have actual spacecraft and I wouldn't doubt that there were biological entities as well that were probably killed in the spacecrafts crashes.

[Will Friedle]

There are too many high level people

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

now standing up people that have been

[Will Friedle]

pilots for you know, were military pilots for 30 years.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

People that have video proof of. We followed this thing.

[Will Friedle]

It went from zero.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It went from 80,000ft to 20,000ft in half a second.

[Sabrina]

Do you think the characters of what we have as far as what a quote unquote spaceship would be are going to add up or are they going to look like planes? That's my.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No, it's going to.

[Sabrina]

No, it's going to look like us.

[Will Friedle]

Well I think they'll probably.

[Sabrina]

Yes. I don't think it's going to be as like you know what the caricature is like the, the green little people. Like I don't think it's going to be like that.

[Will Friedle]

They won't be planes because planes. The, the, the planes are designed to

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

fly in our atmosphere which. So the wings that, the wings that we have catch the air. It's all, it's all very much done this way where it looks like the spacecraft that they have pictures of move four dimensionally. You know they, they can go from underwater to air. They go immediately from a pressure underwater pressurized zone to outer space which is a whole different type of pressure. So I think there's going to be. It's going to be a whole type

[Will Friedle]

of energy and I wouldn't doubt that there will.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

They will announce proof that certain things we have cell phones and things like that are all reverse engineered from things that were found in a crash.

[Sabrina]

Oh wow.

[Will Friedle]

And I'm not an. I'm not a weird conspiracy guy like at all. I just think that it's.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

We, we be so egotistical of people which human beings are anyway to think we're the only people out there.

[Sabrina]

No, that's what I'm saying. I don't think that. I just don't know how much it's actually possible for us to be going in and out of the different places. Do you know what I mean?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Well I bet you and I hope

[Sabrina]

24 months God that you're not right only because then I would have to personally call an ex boyfriend of mine and apologize because he was as conspiracy crazed. He's from El Paso, Texas. So like you know they've got, they've had sure. Supposedly a lot of sightings there.

[Will Friedle]

Sure.

[Sabrina]

And he would go so deep into this world and I just could not roll my eyes big enough. I wanted him to always stop talking when he would say. And he always thought the government was in on it. And so if this is all true and I have to call him and

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

apologize, I think you're gonna have to. Yes, my guess is you're going to have to.

[Will Friedle]

Have you noticed that there's more of it in the news. There's more people talking, UAPs and all stuff.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

This is, that's typical of major governments softening people up to then announce a major thing.

[Sabrina]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

And, and say what you want about

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

the president we have now. I could say plenty. Most people could say plenty. But this man likes to put his name on things. If aliens are ever announced, he's going to be, want to be the person that does it. So before he leaves office, my guess

[Sabrina]

is he's going to announce, is going

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

to announce that, that we, what that means, hey, have we shook hands and we have, we have a, you know, a treaty with Rigel 7. No, it's not going to be any of that stuff, but it's going to be, yeah, we found something from somewhere. We don't know what it is. It's going to be that kind of thing.

[Sabrina]

That's my, it's just hard. I, I, I wonder what it will be for me personally. Like, I don't know what it's going to be like, what kind of hard evidence it's going to be that's going to make me go, okay, all right,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I think, I think you have to see, you'll have to see.

[Will Friedle]

We'll have to see.

[Sabrina]

We'll have to see.

[Will Friedle]

Either way.

[Sabrina]

That's scary.

[Will Friedle]

It's scary. But you know, it could also be a wonderful thing for a number of reasons.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

First of all, you know, it could lead to massive technological advances, it could lead to massive health advantages.

[Sabrina]

But yeah, I'm thinking health stuff.

[Will Friedle]

Nothing brings us together as a species

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

as, and I don't want to use the word enemy enemy, but a common antagonist. So when, you know, if there is something else out there, it might bring our planet together closer than it ever has been. Because now we realize we're actually all on the same team, which we are anyway, but no one seems to get we're tribal. I mean, human beings are tribal by nature. And if our tribe can be Earth, that would be a good tribe to be a part of. Cause it would just bring us all together.

[Will Friedle]

So I'm looking for that. But anyway, what does that have to do with today's movie.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Well, we'll get into it because can

[Will Friedle]

of worms, my friend. The movie originally aired on Disney Channel April 10, 1999. It was based on a novel of the same name written by Katie mackle. Or it's McKell, but I think it's Mackellar. The book was a young Reader's Choice nominee in 2022. And the bigger feat here, this was the first dcom.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And I want to talk about this

[Will Friedle]

because I don't get it to be rated TV pg. So they're all G up till this point, rated for everybody. This is pg, which means the parental guidance is suggested. And I have to wonder, did it feel edgier to you than some of the others? Because it didn't to me.

[Sabrina]

It felt grosser.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay.

[Sabrina]

Like a little bit more like, like, you know, over the edge of like, you know, the slime and the goop and the things splattering and things like that. And I would say we have to think this was done in 1999. This was definitely a little bit more scary in the sense of like kids getting kidnapped. Right. Do you think that's what it was?

[Will Friedle]

Like, the kidnapping thing?

[Sabrina]

Yeah. Kids getting kidnapped and there were no parents to. Now the parents. The parents on the parents, like so quick.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I know.

[Sabrina]

And so. Yeah, I mean, I think in that sense the, the idea of kidnapping, we've never really come across, like kids getting kidnapped. Well, the luck of the Irish did.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He was just Irish.

[Sabrina]

No, the. Yeah, no, the. He was just Irish. No, I'm trying to think of like, what. How they followed the guy into.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Right.

[Sabrina]

They were following.

[Will Friedle]

But I was.

[Sabrina]

I mean, they were kidnapped.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The. The dad getting kidnapped and dad.

[Sabrina]

Dad napped.

[Will Friedle]

But. Yeah, but.

[Sabrina]

So, I mean, again, an adult getting kidnapped. Not that it's scary. A kid actually getting kidnapped is kind of.

[Will Friedle]

No, but maybe that's what it is because there wasn't harsher language.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

There wasn't anything weird sexual. There wasn't any innuendos, there wasn't any

[Will Friedle]

drinking, there wasn't any smoking.

[Sabrina]

No.

[Will Friedle]

So it was. I was kind of like, huh, weird.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

But anyway, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Author Katie Mackle wrote a lot of

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

kids books, but on the film side,

[Will Friedle]

she might be best known as the screenwriter of Kirk Cameron's Christian Apocalyp apocalyptic thriller from 2000. Left Behind.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The Movie.

[Will Friedle]

The movie was shot in good old Vancouver and it does include both animatronics and prosthetics, a combo you don't see much in DCOMs. They were all handled by the world renowned Steve Johnson. Who is the man behind Slimer in

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Ghostbusters, awesome Doc Ock, Arms in Spider

[Will Friedle]

Man 2, and much, much more. So you're talking about creepy.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Let's talk about the puppets because there's no way to avoid them.

[Will Friedle]

Did you. Did you kind of dig the puppets in the puppetry? Was it weird?

[Sabrina]

We're gonna then have to just shoot to first thoughts. This was not up my alley in any sense. This was not my lane that I like to stay in. And that's okay because God knows we have had a lot of dcoms that are girl driven, you know, girl topics, things like that. This wasn't it at all for me.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina]

I just.

[Will Friedle]

I.

[Sabrina]

And I didn't like that these kinds of shows or anything when I was younger. Like, this wasn't what I would have like, leaned towards anyway.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, this did lean towards more of a boy.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Kind of almost like Men in Blackie.

[Sabrina]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Kind of slimer from.

[Sabrina]

From Love the music of Men in Black. Didn't love the movie. Like parts of it was funny, but that I just. Just not my thing. It's not. I get it.

[Will Friedle]

Now here's the thing which is surprising

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

after what Sabrina said, because I don't

[Will Friedle]

wholly disagree with her in any way, shape or form. So we haven't talked about the best

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

lists in a minute, but can of

[Will Friedle]

Worms did find itself on some of those prestigious articles. Entertainment really had it number 25 on their top 30. And Collider placed it at number 38, which I.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That's amazing to me, frankly.

[Will Friedle]

And this was for a long time

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

a quote unquote unseen dcom.

[Will Friedle]

It was shelled for years at the Disney Channel, finally resurrected in 2006 for their Hot Tober Fest programming. Woo.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Say that five times fast.

[Will Friedle]

Flat. I can even say fast five times flat. You know what, people? Let's just go to the ratings. What did you give can of Worms.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Oh, God.

[Will Friedle]

And then it was used pretty consistently

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

in October through 2016 when it also

[Will Friedle]

appeared in the Hundred dcom Celebration. So they played it there as well. Did you know this movie existed before we did it?

[Sabrina]

No.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No, me neither.

[Will Friedle]

Well, you. And by you, I mean the royal you pointing right at your. People can watch the movie right now thanks to its return on Disney, where it will always be available to stream. I suggest you watch it while completely submerged in water. No scuba gear either, you cheater. I know this will complicate your breathing. I get it. But I do trust you put your safety first. Good luck. We're all counting on you.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Now hold your breath.

[Will Friedle]

Let's not waste any more time.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It's time to open the portal to the synopsis.

[Will Friedle]

Mike. A lonely teenager sends a message into space, hoping aliens will rescue him from his miserable life. But instead he accidentally summons bizarre intergalactic problem solvers that unleash chaos on his town. So we know what you thought.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Here's what I think.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, it was okay. It wasn't my favorite tcom. It wasn't my least favorite.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It's a brilliant idea. Like, I really like to read this book.

[Will Friedle]

The idea that a kid feels like

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

an alien that he hasn't.

[Will Friedle]

Doesn't feel like he belongs and sends

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

just in a moment of. Of anger, sends a message into space

[Will Friedle]

that is then intercepted by a whole

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

bunch of weird aliens that come to

[Will Friedle]

either rescue him or sign him as an agent or that.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Really clever. Yes, very clever idea.

[Will Friedle]

The execution at times wasn't the best,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

but I sat there going like, this is a great idea for a children's book. I mean, just a great idea for a children's book.

[Sabrina]

And too, we've got to think, too, we're back in 1999, right? So it felt very aged as we were watching it in general. So then in that sense, for me, I don't. That doesn't take Marks away from the movie with me. It gives it marks a little bit more like, I'm thinking of like, Honey, I shrunk the kids and like that. When we were looking at those, like, anatomics and things like that, like, it wasn't great. But then also it's very clever and it works for that time.

[Will Friedle]

So can of Worms was directed by Paul Schneider. We've dealt with Paul before on the

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

DCOM podcast here with the Lucky Dog.

[Sabrina]

He's the decom daddy.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He's not a decom daddy.

[Sabrina]

He's not the decom daddy.

[Will Friedle]

Paul.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

There's one Paul Dcom daddy.

[Will Friedle]

We bow before only one Paul on the show. And as much as we like Schneider,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

it is not Paul Schneider.

[Will Friedle]

He did you Lucky Dog, which we didn't like, and the Wonderful world of Disney orphan picture the Leftovers, which we did like. But Schneider was mostly a TV director

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

for shows like Beverly Hills 90210, Baywatch

[Will Friedle]

and LA Law, and a ton of TV movies like the Unauthorized Biography of Roseanne Barr and the 1989 cult favorite Babycakes.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

His last credit was in the early Aughts.

[Will Friedle]

And the star of can of Worms is a recognizable face to most of my generation, even if they think it's somebody else's face. That's actress Erica Christensen. She plays Caitlin Sandman.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Erika was was in the award winning film Traffic. She was brilliant and also starred in movies like Swim Fan, the perfect score and Disney's 2022's cheaper by the Dozen,

[Will Friedle]

but has done most of her work on tv. She played Julia on Parenthood and most

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

recently was one of the stars of

[Will Friedle]

the show Will Trent.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And yes, she looks a lot like Julia Stiles. And she does, but two different people.

[Will Friedle]

Michael Schuman is Mike Pillsbury. Schuman was a young child star in Broadway's Les Mis and Stephen Somhyd Stephen Sondheim's Assassins.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And I have to say that showed I just I'm not bashing anybody's performance. He was great, but he was very big in this. And when I then learned that he's

[Will Friedle]

a Broadway and stage actor, it made

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

perfect sense to me. Yeah, because it's you're always playing to the back of the house in Broadway

[Will Friedle]

and on film sometimes that reads is very big.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And I thought a lot of his choices were very big.

[Will Friedle]

Not bad, but big.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

But he also won a Daytime Emmy

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

for his role in the 1996 TV

[Will Friedle]

movie someone had to be Benny. Gonna say that again because it's a great title. Someone had to be Benny.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No idea what that is, but oh my God, do I want to watch it.

[Will Friedle]

He also appeared on Party of Five, Law and Order in the movie Little Man Tate. Great movie, but his last credit was back in 2013.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Also, he reminds me a lot of a young rider, strong, although Ryder underplayed

[Sabrina]

everything, whereas Michael, he looked very familiar to me and I thought he was someone from like Pirates of the Caribbean. I felt like there was like or no, I've tried there's where he has. Where's Shrubs? I don't know. I tried to figure out who this kid was the whole time without IMDb and then I looked up his IMDb and it was nothing of what I thought. So.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And it wasn't the guy I thought

[Sabrina]

at all in any sense.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I was wrong anyway.

[Sabrina]

I was wrong 100%.

[Will Friedle]

And then our pal and friend of the podcast, Adam Wiley plays Nick. We interviewed Adam because of his role

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

in his first E Comm ever, the

[Will Friedle]

first E Comm ever under wraps.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He was also the star of the

[Will Friedle]

TV show Picket Fences and appeared on

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

other shows like Gilmore Girls, Castle and Boy Meets World. He is an always working voiceover actor

[Will Friedle]

these days and made a cameo in the recent DCOM reboot of Under Wraps. Garrett M. Brown plays Dana Pillsbury. He's A recognizable character actor best known for the movies Uncle Buck, Kick Ass and Gridiron Gang. But he also appeared on TV shows like the O.C. roswell and most recently, Good Trouble. And another character actor, Lee Garlington, plays Pamela Pillsbury, a name I will now check into hotels under because it's great. Garlington has hundreds of credits, even just this past year appearing on the Disney show Electric Bloom.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

But she's been in so much stuff,

[Will Friedle]

from Field of Dreams to the West Wing to Everwood to the Sum of All Fears.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

She also received a 2018 Emmy nomination

[Will Friedle]

for the series Broken.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

But she will always be the Crazy killer lady from the Crazy Killer gang in Sylvester Stallone's Cobra. You're the disease and I'm the cure. Great movie in a way, in that it's an awful movie, but a great movie.

[Will Friedle]

And I'm gonna put this person in the Dabney Reynolds chair, although we're kind of skating by, but we're gonna do

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

it even though he's barely in this.

[Will Friedle]

It's Malcolm McDowell as the voice of Barnabas. The British actor has had a five decade long career but is best known as the star of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. How many times have I said A

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Clockwork Orange on this thing? You've gotta watch it. You'll freak out. It's crazy.

[Will Friedle]

Other highlights include Time After Time, Caligula.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That is one that maybe you shouldn't watch with your kids.

[Will Friedle]

Cat people, have you heard of Caligula?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So Caligula was a. He was an emperor in Rome and he was famous for his debauchery. You know, like he made his horse one of the senators. He would sleep with all the senators wives and sometimes with the men. And so they made a movie called Caligula, which at the time I think was put out by either Penthouse or Playboy, which they shot scenes that were basically porn, but they had real actors doing it. So, I mean, Caligula. Google Caligula when you're in a dark.

[Sabrina]

Not around.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah, exactly.

[Will Friedle]

And then cat people and Star Trek generations, along with TV roles in Entourage

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

and Franklin and Bash.

[Will Friedle]

His iconic turn as Alex in Clockwork

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Orange, however, will forever be an example of legendary cinema. And it is.

[Will Friedle]

And we have a very talented voice cast around him playing the aliens. Some names include Bruce lenoyl, Wally Wingert, David Coburn, and my good friend Tara Strong. But as we know by this point in the podcast, none of this will mean anything if for some reason they decided to make the movie longer than 90 minutes. Because we here at Magical Rewind believe all stories can be told in exactly 90 minutes. Hit the target or go home, people. So, can of worms, let's see. It comes in at 83 minutes. Okay. It's not on target, but it's the right side of history. Yep.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So there we go. And we know when it comes to aliens, leave them wanting more. Although Sabrina texted me in the middle

[Will Friedle]

of watching this movie saying, why couldn't

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

we have had seven minutes more of puppets? Didn't actually happen.

[Will Friedle]

Now, on the writer's side, I mentioned

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

that the movie was based on a

[Will Friedle]

book by author Katie Mackal. Well, she also wrote the movie, but not without protest. It seems that after her first rewrite on the script, Mackle was replaced by a new writer who did three rewrites. However, Disney was not impressed with that script and rehired Mackle, although very few of her suggestions were ultimately used. In the end, Mackle subsequently contested to get sole screenwriting credit and won through the Writers Guild arbitration process. So she was the only named credit. But it wasn't without a fight.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So, yes, very, very strange.

[Angel]

All right, quick question. You trying to make your ride last longer or what?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Loki.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I just want it to run smooth. No stress.

[Diego]

Just turn the key and go. Sin royos.

[Angel]

Bet. Seafoam Motor Treatment.

[Diego]

Oh, yeah, I've seen that.

[Angel]

Pour it in your gas tank. Yakedo. Then you just drive and let it do its thing.

[Diego]

No tools. Easy.

[Will Friedle]

I like that.

[Angel]

Exactly. EC Foam Helps your engine run smoother and last longer.

[Diego]

And it works on whatever you drive. Car, Troca, tractor, gas, or diesel.

[Will Friedle]

If it's got an engine, Seafoam's got you.

[Diego]

That's actually fire.

[Angel]

Millions of people use it every day to keep their engine running strong.

[Seafoam Ad Speaker (Spanish)]

Pick up a can today at your

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

favorite auto parts store.

[Will Friedle]

Sea foam.

[Diego]

Pour it in and power on.

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[Will Friedle]

So, guys, here we go. Get your cages and let's feed the thoad. It's time for can of Worms. It kicks off with some real stress and tension. There's a storm, and a boy in a weathered tuxedo, Mike Pillsbury, rushes to a satellite dish in his backyard. He starts feverishly plugging things in and setting up a computer to the contraption. He puts on a headset and announces, fellow citizens of the galaxy, I do not belong on this planet. I am one of you. I'm being held against my will. He then begs to be saved so he can realize his happy and fulfilled life away from planet Earth. With that, he sends the message, causing the satellite dish to move. We see electricity shoot through the wires and he screams, yes, come and get me. Then lightning strikes the satellite dish and the screen goes black. We then return to Mike's house. We find out it is two weeks earlier. The weather's now clear, and Mike is with two other boys, Nick and Jay, in the backyard treehouse. We see the satellite dish is fully intact.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Weird.

[Will Friedle]

Random question. When is it too old to have a tree house?

[Sabrina]

I. I think your tree house kind of just morphs.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I agree. Like you should be smoking weed in it by this age.

[Sabrina]

Yes. Some kids would do such things. Yeah, I had a dollhouse. Like I had a big. We've talked about this before. I had a big dollhouse that I played house in and I had a kitchenette and all that stuff. But like by the time it was like nine or ten, it was more created into like I had stuff on top of the roof and I was like hanging on the roof of it. Right. Like. Right. It kind of changes because it's a big thing. I don't think your parents are gonna take it down.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina]

Like it kind of just morphs into like. I get it, you know, But I think at least by. I would think by high school.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Sabrina]

You're not really hanging out in it unless you're doing. Yeah. Unless you're doing things away from the house that you don't want your parents to see.

[Will Friedle]

And I think then you skip a time, you skip a couple decades, and then you come back.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Like there's a. There's a big show that I watch occasionally. It's just a guilty pleasure show where it's all these adults that have these amazing tree houses built and it's like

[Will Friedle]

a bar or, or like speakeasy something.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And they have these all. And I'm like, oh my God, I want one of these tree houses. So I'm back in the treehouse land, by the way.

[Sabrina]

Okay. Perfect for you. Just for the record, you don't have that done. By the time I finally get to come see where you live, I'm gonna be pretty disappointed.

[Will Friedle]

Well, I can't have it here. I'll have it when I move to

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Montana or something like that. I'm gonna have a kick ass treehouse. It's gonna be great.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway, Mike is telling them a story about another planet with two moons and a purple sun and a race called the Hansels. It was a perfect place until the Jongs attacked and the aliens were overrun. And this is where I was like,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

okay, the story he's telling, he thinks he's Clark Kent. So it was very Superman based. And then later we'll get into more Superman. So it starts Superman and continues Superman. This is why I was like, she's a fan.

[Sabrina]

Of probably because I'm not. I'm not, not a fan of Superman. I'm just not a giant fan of it to where I didn't catch on to any of this.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I'm not either, but I know enough to know a lot of the story. So anyway, young Jay is super into the story, asking a bunch of questions focused on the youngest baby Hansel.

[Will Friedle]

Mike tells him that the baby Hansel was put in a space pod to Earth to be raised as an earthling

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

again, like Clark Kent.

[Will Friedle]

But he'll never really feel at home

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

like he belongs again, like Clark Kent.

[Will Friedle]

And with that, Mike gets very sad because he seems to think that Mike

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

is actually maybe the alien and talking about himself.

[Will Friedle]

And we think that too, but again, it's Superman. Nick thinks Jay should just accept the fact that he's a normal human being like everybody else. Then Mike's dad comes out to get him. They need to get to the field by four.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Oh, we got a sports dad people

[Will Friedle]

now on the football field mid game. This is where I started going, wait, what position is he actually playing? It's raining, and we see Mike get slammed to the muddy ground. His teammate Scott Schreiber picks him up, sarcastically yelling, great defensive work, Pillsbury. Yet he's wearing number 11, and they keep calling him a halfback. So he's playing defense, but he's wearing an offensive number and being called an offensive player.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So none of that made sense.

[Sabrina]

Right over my head. I have no idea still.

[Will Friedle]

So the numbers, the numbers that the football players wear actually determine where they are on the field.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

There's a reason why all quarterbacks are

[Will Friedle]

11 and are 12 and under.

[Sabrina]

Right?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

You know, there's that kind of thing.

[Will Friedle]

And that, you know, linemen are in

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

the 70s and 80s are usually your, your,

[Will Friedle]

your tight ends. And then you've got running backs and halfbacks. That's offense. They've got him on defense, but they're calling him a fullback or a halfback,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

which is an offensive player.

[Will Friedle]

But he's catching interception.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

None of it made any sense from a football standpoint.

[Will Friedle]

So, though embarrassed, Mike looks over to see the cheerleaders and is obviously crushing on the head. Captain Schreiber tells him it's a lost cause and drags him back to the game. The very next play, Mike finds himself perfectly placed to catch a misguided pass. Even though he's supposed to be on offense. He intercepts it and the crowd goes wild. He runs with it, completely out of control and being hounded by a dozen players from the Other team. His dad is so excited in the stands that he even weaves in and out, even then turning around and going the wrong way for a bit. Eventually, Mike gets tackled to the ground, then hallucinates an alien creature in an astronaut suit. He asks what planet this creature is from, but instead of an answer, the being just reaches out with a slimy little hand. Mike screams, don't let him get me. They want my brain. Is it seems like this that made it pg, you think?

[Sabrina]

No, No, I don't think so.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina]

No.

[Will Friedle]

There is a sudden flash of light and Mike returns to reality. His coach and parents are looking over him and his sister asks if he's dead. She wants a CD collection. So they're standing over him on the field, right? His mom says she's proud of him. His dad says he'll never claim a varsity jacket by trying to score touchdowns for their team. They say they love him and leave him on the ground to take.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yes. They don't try to pick him up or anything.

[Will Friedle]

Now in the backyard, Mike is repositioning a satellite to new coordinates when his mom calls out for help. So he's in the kitchen. Mike makes himself a bowl of cereal while his mom is fixing the TV reception and on the phone speaking German. It is worth noting why she speaks German is never once again referenced. Ever, ever.

[Sabrina]

Don't have a clue what she does. Don't have a clue.

[Will Friedle]

No. I kind of maybe think I know what it is, but none of it makes any sense. Anyway, his little sister Jill asked what a bio service routine is and he gives a very, very computer heav description and she is sure he is in fact from another planet.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Oh my God. Little sister alert.

[Sabrina]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Now we're in the parents bedroom. To start his day, Mike's dad sits

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

at his computer to check on his

[Will Friedle]

stocks when out of nowhere, a giant oinking pig pops up on the screen. His dad yells for Mike, what's going on? Apparently Mike needed some extra RAM for a programming project. His dad is creeped out by how nerdy his son is and suggests he needs more fresh air. They can even, you know, practice football. But Mike's worried that football isn't for him. His dad thinks he could do anything he puts his mind to and won't take no for an answer.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And that's when I was like, okay,

[Will Friedle]

this is can't, can't push your kid into sports. If your kid likes sports, your kid likes sports. He's obviously a computer genius. And in 1999, a guy who sits there looks at his stocks already on his computer and is obviously concerned about making money. You would think he'd be like, oh

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

my God, become a computer genius.

[Will Friedle]

Go invent Amazon.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Or what the next thing is.

[Sabrina]

Exactly. I had to pause and like write all of that noting down like this makes zero sense. You are a stock guy who knows that computers are like the up and coming here in this day and age of where you're living. And like how are you not stoked? Like become a coder. Like I mean like make money, son.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, you and your friends go start

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Google too or whatever the hell it is.

[Sabrina]

Seriously.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it's. So you're a genius in this field. That's going to be the next cutting

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

edge thing for the next 50 years.

[Sabrina]

Go play.

[Will Friedle]

I watch you playing where there's a

[Sabrina]

million kids that are trying to be pro football stars.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah, it doesn't make any sense, but

[Will Friedle]

we're in a computer class and this is where Shrivener from the football team bullies Mike by hitting him over the head with a pen. And the cute cheerleader from the game, Caitlin, walks into class. Shrivener offers her the seat next to him, but she says no and instead sits sits next to a shocked Mike. And I was like, oh, we might have a cool girl here.

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Shrivener looks angry by this chain of events and slides a disk into his computer. By the way, kids, disks were thing you would put into your computer that held a lot of information. Sometimes they were floppy, sometimes they were a little harder like that, but they were disks, my friend. So he puts it in his computer and makes Mike's screen read. I've got your brain but I'll give it back.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And this is not how computers work

[Will Friedle]

in any way, shape or form. But still decent bullying on his part. Schreibner sends a second virus. It's an overflowing trash can that says don't let a good mind go to waste for revenge. Mike puts a disc in his computer and we hear you've got mail. Which I still hear every time I turn on my computer. Cause I'm aol. Ride or die.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Always will be.

[Will Friedle]

Thank you very much. Just me and my mom. It's the easiest way to find us. So yeah, he puts it in his computer and we hear you've got mail. But from the teacher's desk she opens the email that reads, I think of you day and night. Come see me. Your principal, Mr. Haynes. P.S.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

you can call me Doug.

[Will Friedle]

She's shocked, but intrigued. She tells the class she must attend to something in the office and excuses herself. And my favorite part of the storyline, floozy teacher, everybody. She's a floozy teacher teacher. But then how they bring this back throughout the entire movie to where she. Nope, never hear about this ever in any way, shape or form. That's it.

[Sabrina]

We don't even meet the principal of any sort.

[Will Friedle]

No, I think she walks into the dance with him, but that's about it.

[Sabrina]

Oh really?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I think, I think they do. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway, Mike then sends a graphic of a pig rolling in the mud to every student screen. And the pig's face turns around and it's the. It's Scott the bully. The entire class laughs and Scott's embarrassed. Cute. Caitlyn seems impressed. And my favorite is one of the

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

extras goes looks at him and goes,

[Will Friedle]

hey Scott, it's your face. As if we didn't get that. It's like we need one of the background to just say hey, good for

[Sabrina]

that background, you know. He was stoked to book that.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Sabrina]

And hopefully he's showing up to set that day.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I hope he got his sack card because he.

[Sabrina]

I hope so too. Good for him.

[Will Friedle]

Scott, it's your face. We are now back in Mike's weed smoking girl hooking up treehouse.

[Sabrina]

He's telling about the weed or the girls.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I know, I know. Still just a treehouse.

[Will Friedle]

He's telling more alien stories to a very interested Jay, now wearing a helmet wrapped in tinfoil.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So he's probably smoking some weed.

[Will Friedle]

Mid story, Mike's sister Jill appears. He has a visitor, someone named Caitlin. He doesn't believe her.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

As if Caitlin Sandman would come over to his house and wait in his room.

[Will Friedle]

Paul Lees. But Jay isn't so sure. He thinks Mike is an interesting person. What if she really is there waiting for one of his stories? With that, Mike sprints down the ladder and into his house. We're now inside and lo and behold,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Kaitlin is in his bedroom.

[Will Friedle]

She's impressed by his little Frankenstein lab and asks what one of his transmitters does. He explains it sends data to the farthest reaches of the universe.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He hasn't perfected it yet though.

[Will Friedle]

Mike looks out the window to see Nick and Jay spying with binoculars.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He signals for them to go away.

[Will Friedle]

Caitlin says the prank Mike pulled in class was brilliant and she's in charge of the Halloween dance decorations and wants help on something new, high tech and creative. He's her man and he is thrilled.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Of course he'll do it.

[Will Friedle]

Now we're in the school gym. We got a montage. Love me A montage of Mike and Caitlin. Well, I'm gonna have a new montage

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

song every time we do it.

[Sabrina]

Yes.

[Castro]

Yes.

[Sabrina]

I love it.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

You should, because I'm obviously a brilliant singer.

[Will Friedle]

I could have been a cheetah girl. I could have been the bad cheetah

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

that they needed to put down. Exactly. Walking and smoking. What are we doing today, ladies?

[Sabrina]

We had a drink of champagne.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah, we gotta put this cheetah down.

[Will Friedle]

No, no. Does that not work? We get the montage, which I just

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

did, my song of.

[Will Friedle]

Of Mike and Caitlin working on the dance floor, gathering lights, decoration streamers and scary masks, all while becoming unlikely pals and making pretty cool stuff. Caitlin says they make a great team. Mike calls the duo. Surprising. She's the head cheerleader and he's just Mike Pillsbury. She smiles and says, for being such

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

a genius, he sure is an idiot. Which I like.

[Will Friedle]

She's like, she likes you, bro. Also, she's heard he tells great stories.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So when is he gonna tell her one?

[Will Friedle]

Now who's talking about him being a

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

good storyteller in high school? I'm curious. It's like, oh, dude, that guy gives great stories, right?

[Sabrina]

I. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. Because she doesn't spend any time with, like, his friends at that point.

[Will Friedle]

No.

[Sabrina]

To know. And the way his character is put through this movie is that he's, like, an outcast of some sort. Right? Like, so no one really 100% knows him.

[Will Friedle]

Maybe he's, like, a writer and they, like, know that he, you know, does stories for creative writing or something like that.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And most people think it's weird, but

[Will Friedle]

she's like, I hear you actually tell pretty great stories.

[Sabrina]

Maybe.

[Will Friedle]

But with the invitation, he sits her down and starts to tell her one

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

of his beloved alien yarns.

[Will Friedle]

But right at the beginning, Schreibner that barges in, he's been looking all over for Caitlyn. The team is going out to eat and wants her to join. See? She says, sure, and ask Mike if he's hungry. But Shrivener says he didn't invite Mike. This turns into a war of words between the brainiac and the jock. But just as it gets serious, Caitlyn speaks up. She's not going to eat. She's staying with Mike. Happy with her decision, Mike is now strangely hungry. And they decide to go and eat on their own. I also. I thought it was interesting because they had to do this for later. They had to make Schreibner also a computer genius.

[Sabrina]

Yes.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Because he needed to Be able to screw with the stuff there. I was like, oh, so he's the

[Will Friedle]

football jock and the computer genius. So he's actually pretty awesome.

[Sabrina]

Yes, he can do both. He's, like, a brainiac. And athletic.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah, he got it all.

[Will Friedle]

We're now outside the gym that night. We see two nefarious students sneak back in. One of them is, of course, the jerk Scott Schreibner. To get back at Mike and his new friendship with Caitlin, he starts messing with his laptop, sabotaging the decorations that

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

they just made for the dance.

[Will Friedle]

And we're now back at Mike's house that day. He's in a tux, getting ready for the big school event, soldering some wires and attaching lights to his cummerbund, which

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

is the only way a cummerbund should be worn.

[Will Friedle]

His parents realized that they never taught him how to dance, so his mom pulls out a VHS tape with 10 easy lessons and starts dancing around the kitchen. And again, it's worth noting that the VHS tape or the dancing is never once mentioned again. And I think she says, like, I sold this tape or tapes like this to a cruise ship. So she sells tapes to crew. It was. They're trying to explain what she does,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

but it made no sense.

[Sabrina]

It didn't. It was hard to follow.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Like, it was.

[Sabrina]

Yeah, it really. Because it is she a dance instructor. But then, like, why would they make her.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I don't.

[Sabrina]

At the beginning, I don't know.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It didn't make any sense because it

[Sabrina]

wasn't like Latin dancing, where it is, you know, big in the, like, European countries, But I don't know. It just didn't make sense.

[Will Friedle]

It didn't. Nothing.

[Sabrina]

I was having a hard time.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Me, too.

[Will Friedle]

But either way, we're now at the dance, and we're outside the gym. Caitlin meets up with Mike to go inside together, and they start up the decorations. They seem to be getting really closer, getting along very, very well. They also are throwing a dance for at least 30 people. She even makes sure they can dance together at some point in the night. And this is where I was like,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

ooh, this is one of the lost decoms where they still don't have the money. Where it's not like High School Musical where it's. There's 500 background actors. It's like, this is the 30 people that could get on the.

[Sabrina]

Keep moving them around the room.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yep. It's like redressing them. And that's what you have to do when you're. You're working on a budget.

[Sabrina]

People Yep, yep.

[Will Friedle]

Mike tests out the mic.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Say that three times fast.

[Will Friedle]

And starts the equipment. But we see that that idiot Shrivener spying on them from behind the curtains. Mike presses start and welcomes everyone to the dance, doubling as the emcee detailing this evening's presentation. He even performs a magic trick with flowers for Caitlin. Again, apparently also a magician never seen before or since. And with that, everyone starts dancing. Bats and zombies fly around and an odd rotating decoration he built in the middle of the gym spins effortlessly. But then. Oh, that jerk Scott presses his own button. Everything stops and when it does eventually start back up, the decorations go crazy. Mike doesn't know how to stop it.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The flying zombie knocks down some students

[Will Friedle]

and watches everything catch fire, causing the entire spinning display to go up in flames. It's like he set a bomb essentially in the middle of this school.

[Sabrina]

This guy is committing arson.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I know, I know.

[Will Friedle]

At least it comes back at the end and he apologizes for sabotaging everything.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

People find out it was a sabotage.

[Will Friedle]

Nope. Never comes back in any way, shape or form.

[Sabrina]

No repercussions, including, including Mike and Caitlyn. Like they're not in trouble of any sort for this craziness.

[Will Friedle]

Like, it did lead to my favorite

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

moment of the film though, that we'll talk about. That's coming up. Which is awesome. But yeah, so it's literally on fire.

[Will Friedle]

Their teacher, Mrs. Nickerson, puts out the blaze with an extinguisher, eventually spraying Mike by accident as well, covering his beautiful tuxedo. Caitlin and Nick try to comfort him, but the entire school is laughing.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Mike grabs his computer and runs out of the dance.

[Will Friedle]

Scott and his friends watch on from behind the curtain and high five each other like the that they are.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And I'm going to keep saying that word. It's one of my faves.

[Will Friedle]

Back at Mike's house. Yeah, you like twerp.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The twerps that they are the twerps. Bunch of twerps.

[Will Friedle]

Back at Mike's house, we're thrown into a familiar scene. He's back in that stormy yard in the tux from the opening credits. He puts on the headset and tells the aliens just to come and get him. Lightning strikes the satellite and Mike is once again thrown to the ground. I'd like to point out at this point in the film, we're about almost a half hour in of an 80 to. We're 30 minutes in of like an 82 minute movie.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No aliens yet.

[Sabrina]

Nothing.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Nope, no aliens yet.

[Will Friedle]

And I know they got to set

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

it up, but no aliens yet that's

[Will Friedle]

when we cut to the next morning, and the satellite is burnt to a crisp in the kitchen. Mike's parents tell him to look at the positive. The insurance company will cover the destroyed satellite, and no one at school was hurt. Mike doesn't want to face anyone, but his dad encourages him to get back on the horse and go to school.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That varsity jacket awaits, and I think his dad is missing the point.

[Will Friedle]

So we're back at school, and this was my favorite part of the.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Of the thing.

[Will Friedle]

Mike walks the halls, and everyone's staring at him and they're laughing at him, including the teacher. There's A shot of Mrs. Nickerson, who

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

walks by and looks at him like, you.

[Will Friedle]

You ruined my dance.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It was.

[Sabrina]

I know. She. She. And it's so noticeable because it popped out at me as well, like, oh, the teacher's pissed, and you sprayed him

[Will Friedle]

with a thing like. Like, my God. Hey, it was an accident. Hey, anything could happen.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No, you ruined my. You little. Like, oh, my God.

[Sabrina]

That's what she was gonna get down with the principal that night. Just like, you suck.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Exactly. She was about to get her some Doug, but. Unbelievable. Oh, my God. Who doesn't want some Doug? Nothing like a good old piece of Doug.

[Will Friedle]

His nightmares come true. He can't handle it. Even Caitlyn is acting weird to him

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

because, you know, obvi.

[Will Friedle]

Then after school, we're back in the treehouse. Mike is still very upset, defeated. He lays on a beanbag and closes his eyes. And then, just as he dozes off, a bright light shines through the window, and the treehouse starts to shake. Mike awakens to find a dog with a large electronic collar sitting in the treehouse. And that's where I went.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay. My weed just kicked in.

[Will Friedle]

When he asked the dog where he came from, the dog answers in English. The voice is coming from a translating device on his collar. It's in the shape of lips that move and light up when the dog is talking. The dog says, please don't touch me. My people are a superior race, and we abhor casual contact with primitives. And that's when I was like, is this a. Is it a talking dog movie? Did this become a talking dog movie?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

What's happening? Were you.

[Will Friedle]

Were you confused at this point as well?

[Sabrina]

Yes.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay.

[Sabrina]

Because it wasn't an alien. It was a dog. And of course, I've never seen this movie, so I'm like, oh, okay. I wasn't expecting this. But all right, then. I was also. Then quickly, I've got to go through it, instead of doing it. Sabrina sees the different kinds of talking animals that we've now had. How many we've had? Yeah, Ones that you just like, assume you see what they're saying with like the Kurt. Kurt Cameron.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina]

Ones where their lips are moving and that doesn't like, work. Now we've got like a dog that like just looks at you and shakes his head.

[Will Friedle]

And like horses that talk in your head. That's another one, right?

[Sabrina]

Yep. And then now we've got him with this like giant lips.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The big old lips that are right there.

[Will Friedle]

Wow. It was.

[Sabrina]

Which one is worse? I think I hate them.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I know.

[Will Friedle]

I think we just stay away from

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

talking talking dog tropes.

[Sabrina]

I just.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It's not my jam.

[Sabrina]

I'm just finding that it doesn't work.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah, I agree.

[Will Friedle]

I agree. Talking dogs are weird. Unless you go super high budget, like

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

a Dr. Doolittle where it's like, yes, the animation is impeccable kind of thing.

[Sabrina]

Right. But we have not seen that. So I think just like on the dcom level, like the talking dog does not work.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

We need low budget animal movies are not working well. Agree.

[Will Friedle]

Shut it down, people.

[Sabrina]

Shut it down.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Shut it down.

[Will Friedle]

If there's a dog in a decom, it needs to be in a hole

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

being sung to to be saved. Everybody knows that.

[Sabrina]

Another failed attempt at a dogging dog. I'm quitting.

[Will Friedle]

I'm done.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I'm done. I love it.

[Will Friedle]

Mike, by the way, like us, thinks he's finally snapped. But the dog assures him he's sane and gifted with intelligence. Otherwise he wouldn't have been able to open the stargate, which I actually checked in.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The movie Stargate actually came out in 1997.

[Will Friedle]

So they're using Stargate. Mike spots a doghouse shaped portal that quickly disappears. The dog says his name is Barnabas from the star system Puppys.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

He represents a Galactarian disaster relief and. Right. Organization. Nonprofit, of course. Mike wants to lie down, but Barnabas says that's impossible. They must leave the planet at once. Mike tells Barnabas he appreciates him coming all this way, but now he has to go. Mike climbs down the treehouse to escape, but Barnabas magically appears on the ground, reminding Mike that he's the one who begged to leave. The dog warns him that others from all over the galaxy are traveling through the gate now and they won't have

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

his best interests at heart.

[Will Friedle]

Mike runs back into the house as Barnabas tells him to trust only him and be ready to leave the next time. They meet.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Mike is now completely freaking out.

[Will Friedle]

He thinks he's totally delirious or maybe just hungry.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He checks to see if he has a fever. He runs off to his bedroom, now much calmer, reading a book and holding

[Will Friedle]

a plate of food. He sits and turns on his computer just as globs of green slime fall from the ceiling and land onto his plate without him noticing. He reaches for his burger and just before taking a bite, notices the smelly goo. He looks up to see a huge pipe on his ceiling with an open portal leaking green slime.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

A blob covered in slime with eyes, nose, and human teeth pops out his

[Will Friedle]

head and says, I am Bomb, your new best friend again. Kind of scary. Very gross. They're gross. It's kind of the best puppetry we've

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

had in a dcom, though, especially for this time.

[Will Friedle]

It's like, if you're gonna have these kind of slimer esque kind of puppets.

[Sabrina]

This did take me back. I'm not nostalgic about it, but it does just remind me of, like, the kinds of shows that were on the air during, like, the 90s and the. The late 90s of these kinds of puppetry. So made sense. It just was not in my lane. I went, oh, this is what I was afraid of. Here we go, right? The goop, the gross. Ugh. This isn't the same as getting slimed on Nickelodeon. This is just, like, disgusting slime.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I know, it's. It's very interesting, but the.

[Will Friedle]

But the puppetry is not bad.

[Sabrina]

No, it's actually pretty, like. It's actually pretty good.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yep, I agree.

[Will Friedle]

Bomb tells Mike he's arrived to handle his case, and he can get him millions in galactic credits. Then Mike's phone rings. It's Caitlin. She apologizes for everything. What happened wasn't his fault, and she thinks maybe someone sabotaged him. Oh, that's coming back.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Nope, never again.

[Will Friedle]

And while Mike's on the phone, Bomb steals Mike's burger and disgustingly scarfs it down. Though distracted, Caitlyn tells Mike he's a great guy and wants to get past this to try again. Then, perfectly timed, Bomb lets out a loud burp and releases a stinky fart again.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Kids movie.

[Will Friedle]

Caitlyn wonders what's going on, and Mike blames it on the plumber. He lies and says that the bathroom's all backed up. She says gross, but admits that she misses him and hopes there's some other way they can be friends again.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

But just when you think things have

[Will Friedle]

calmed down, Bomb is now eating a corn in the cob and turns it into popcorn, distracting Mike with the snacks

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

firing at him from every direction. Sensing something's wrong. Caitlyn doesn't feel like he's even paying

[Will Friedle]

attention to her and says, forget it. Just forget I called and hangs up the phone. Mike is furious. The alien wrecked the phone call.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

But Bomb doesn't care.

[Will Friedle]

He's actually a lawyer. He reveals that Mike has an open and shut lawsuit. He can sue the pants off planet Earth.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And again, this is one of those typical movie TV tropes that the lawyer is obviously slimy.

[Will Friedle]

And as the son of two very talented and amazing lawyers who just wanted

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

to help people, I hate these things. But that's just. Yes, it is just what it is.

[Sabrina]

Triggered triggereed.

[Will Friedle]

He can sue the pants off of planet Earth. Mike doesn't want to sue anyone. He apologizes. He never thought the aliens would actually come. Bomb warns him if he thinks he's sorry now, wait till he sues Mike for wasting his time. Then he disappears back into the pipe portal.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Then Nick enters shock at what he sees.

[Will Friedle]

The room is a mess. Mike tries to explain the portal and the pipe and the blob, but Nick assumes he's making up a story to

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

cover for Bob barfing everywhere.

[Will Friedle]

Of course, Mike promises he's telling the truth. But now Nick is worried that his friend can't tell the difference between real and imagination. We're now outside. A little bit later, Mike is walking the neighborhood when he sees Caitlyn across the street. She says goodbye to some friends, and when she looks up, she sees Mike hiding behind a tree. Which isn't creepy at all.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

But she just turns and walks away.

[Will Friedle]

Before Mike can even pout about it, Barnabas appears. He informs Mike that they really need to go. Mike says he can't just leave for a distant planet. He couldn't even make it to the sleepaway camp. Barnabas begs him to understand, but Mike has seen too much between a talking dog and a slime bucket alien lawyer. He has no idea how this happened. Barnabas tells Mike that he has opened a can of worms. It's the movie title, people. Barnabas explains that when Mike sent out

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

his sos, it signaled to the universe

[Will Friedle]

that his planet has advanced to a new technological level. This development means Earth no longer falls under the intergalactic protection for primitive life. Mike swears this whole thing was just an accident. He doesn't even know how it really worked. Barnabas assures Mike that he can take him to a planet where he can be himself. And be by himself. And again, this is where I was like, ah, this isn't my favorite movie. But the premise is great.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And it really, really is great.

[Will Friedle]

Mike does actually like the sound of that, but he just wants to say

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

goodbye to somebody before they leave.

[Will Friedle]

His mom? His dad?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

His sister?

[Will Friedle]

No, the girl he finally talked to once.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So Barnabas says he'll return soon. And Mike runs off.

[Will Friedle]

Over at Caitlin's house now, Mike calls for her at her bedroom window. And luckily she's just pacing back and forth in front of it like you do. She says she tried to make this right, but he was rude and disgusting on the phone.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Mike says he's sorry, he just wants a second chance. She says fine, she'll come downstairs, but

[Will Friedle]

this is his last chance. So as Mike approaches her front steps, something is right behind him. It's a new alien with periscope eyes who eventually rushes off to the brush undetected. So as Mike patiently waits for his crush at the door, the alien zaps him with gold glitter, which forces him to the ground. The alien, who has a bright orange body and is covered in blue stripes, comes out of hiding. He has an almost tropical or poisonous creature look. His body is short, but he has very long eyes with a large permanent smile with again, large human like teeth like I again thought of. Slimer. He's also wearing socks and loafers and

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

it is really another great puppet.

[Will Friedle]

He tells Mike that he would like to represent him as a talent agent. Just then, Kaitlin opens the door and the alien freezes her with even more glitter. He suggests they go somewhere private, so he transports them across the street. Now alone, Mike, who still can't move, begs to be let go. But the alien has a pitch. He wants to make Mike's life story into a fish out of water weekly TV series. But Mike tells him to shut up and aggressively grabs his weird tentacle eyes. They wrestle until the alien finally gets out of the hold and disappears. Caitlin, now on the porch across the street, is confused. She doesn't see Mike, so she just goes back inside. Mike yells for her, but it's just too late. And this is when I realized this

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

movie has a real fuzz bucket kind of feel. And it does this break.

[Will Friedle]

Did this hearken you to fuzzbucket at all where you bucketed back a little bit? A tiny bit, yep.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Of like a little twitch in the. In the eye, like, oh, God, what's going on?

[Sabrina]

Oh, my gosh.

[Will Friedle]

It's a strange one.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It is a strange one.

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Imagine never having to buy gas again. Sounds like a dream. Except it's real. That's everyday life with an electric vehicle. No long lines at the pump. Just plug in at home and go. EVs are as easy to charge as your phone and built for real life. Most Americans drive about 40 miles a day, and most EVs go 200 to 400 miles on a single charge. And with fewer moving parts, you've got fewer repairs and style. There are hundreds of new and used EV models to choose from an EV to fit every lifestyle and every budget. Learn [e-mail] Hola.

[Chiquis]

Que tal te saluda chiquis y entre podcasts, shows y mivida personal ideas que aprenas tengo tiempo parami mucho menos paramis plantas pero creolos milagros porreso entras amicas a y todos ebe verde vivo hermoso comosioto vieira la vida bajo control Pero aquintre nos no tanto peromis plantas si gracias a miracle gro conel indoor potting mix the miracle grow para plantas interior que le damis plantas nutrientes. Es el primer dia para ser mas fuertes sin complicarte la vida porquevamos qui despues de treinta dias empioso con miracle grow indoor plant food para quesigan cresciendo fuerte Salud. Con Miracle Grow as mucho con poquito es un milagro es Miracle Grow. Visita Miracle grow punto com empsa tu propio camino decrecimento.

[Freddie Prinze Jr.]

Hey, I'm Freddie Prinze Jr. And I talk a lot about twists, turns and the unexpected moments that happened inside the ring on Wrestling with Freddie. But the one thing I've learned, never turn your back on your opponents in the ring unless you have your tag partner with you. It helps to have backup, like real life backup, the kind you can call when life throws you something unexpected. That's when I recommend you reach out to your State Farm agent. They can help you choose the coverage you need before anything happens, and they're ready to help you file a claim when it does. When it's something out of the ordinary or just part of everyday life, it's good to know someone's in your corner. Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there. And thanks to State Farm's support of Michael Tura Podcast Network, you can catch new episodes of Wrestling with Freddie wherever you listen to podcasts.

[Will Friedle]

It's now dinner time at Mike's house. He's worried that he was adopted. His parents promise him he wasn't, but his sister insists he's from another planet, and a plastic surgeon removed his antennae. Mike wonders if he was switched at

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

birth then, so they offer to show him his birth certificate and assume he's going through some separation anxiety about growing up now.

[Will Friedle]

Outside, Mike is walking down the street and he runs into Nick. Mike says it's been hard to sleep with everything going on with the aliens. Nick gets it. His Uncle Luther was convinced that a Martian took up residence in the tank of his toilet. Mike promises he's not crazy and Nick

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

suggests he needs a vacation.

[Will Friedle]

So they climb into the weed treehouse, still chatting about the possibility of aliens. And then a burst of green light appears, leaving a handful of aliens behind, all trying to convince Mike to leave with them. We get some new puppets here, including a floating fish head lady, and frankly, I kind of loved all of them.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I liked the puppets in this movie. I really did.

[Will Friedle]

Nick's mind is blown. What the hell is going on here? The aliens are pitching their individual services with floating fish lady, asking him out on a date.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

These aliens are just salesmen and I think the fish lady is terror strong.

[Sabrina]

He was born, I think so.

[Will Friedle]

Amongst the bickering and pleas to leave Earth, Mike and Nick escape the treehouse. Mike wonders where Barnabas is and returns to his house, leaving the maniac aliens in the tree that night in Mike's bedroom, he's packing his stuff while Nick begs him not to leave. But Mike thinks the aliens were right. He was never meant to live on this planet. They head downstairs and when Mike goes to leave, Kaitlin is at the door returning his jacket. He tells her he'll be leaving for another planet like you do. And she correctly responds by saying he

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

is just too much.

[Will Friedle]

Mike insists there's a group of pushy aliens in his backyard waiting. And Nick actually vouches for him. Mike apologizes to Caitlyn about the dance, especially because she gave him a feeling no one else ever did. That feeling that he belonged here. Oh, did you get a little awe there?

[Sabrina]

I did. I liked the two of them. They were.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I did too, actually.

[Will Friedle]

She's great. She was by far the best one in the movie. And I say that being a big Adam Wiley fan. She was great in this movie. He says his goodbyes and heads to the backyard. The aliens are still screaming at each other, so Mike demands they work it out. He's thrown a contract by the tentacle eyed alien, but everyone is still in full pitch mode, including one idea for something called a Jarmonica. We also find out here the floating fish lady is very horny. It's true. Mike begs them to get along. And then Barnabas the dog shows up. He reiterates how important the decision is. He will have to live with it for the rest of his life. Now Caitlyn walks outside just as there's a big explosion of bright light in the treehouse. Floating fish head lady screams about a thoad and runs for the hill. She screams about a thoad and tells everyone to run for the hills. The aliens all jump into their own portals and escape. Caitlyn can't believe what she just saw. Barnabas then says a thoad is the worst worm to crawl out of the can. He opened again. Movie title people. A thoad will find the choicest specimens and snatch them up. Then he'll tell his friends and more

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

and more Thoads will arrive.

[Will Friedle]

Mike can't help but blame himself. He never thought his satellite would actually work. Barnabas says that if the beam from the satellite was actually just an accident, they could appeal the case. But there's another treehouse.

[Angel]

Boom.

[Will Friedle]

As they sprint for the house. Jay arrives. He thinks everything looks so cool and starts to climb up the treehouse. No one stops him. For some reason, Mike yells at him to come down, but the thoad growls and Jay flies right through the portal. Which was actually a pretty cool Effect for a dcom.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And they like latch onto him and

[Will Friedle]

pull him up this thing. Maybe that's the pg. I think you're right.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Maybe it is like snatching kids.

[Sabrina]

Yes.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Is what turned out to be now

[Sabrina]

that like the more we're going through it too. Now I'm seeing that more.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah. Or maybe it's just the principal one. You know, the woman wanted to hop on a dug.

[Sabrina]

Maybe they're getting some Doug.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Say one time for me, Sabrina. Hop on a Doug. Kiss some Doug.

[Will Friedle]

A frantic Mike climbs into the treehouse after Jay and sees a new giant portal quickly disappear. Mike wants to call the police, but it's too late.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

There's nothing they can do.

[Will Friedle]

Barnabas says that Jay is completely safe as long as he never leaves his homeworld. The bigger issue now is that the Thoad will return, but this time with friends. And they'll take human after human until

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

they find the perfect specimen. So they're not going to stop till they come to Will's house. Boom. That was for me.

[Will Friedle]

And with that, Mike has a plan.

[Sabrina]

Nope, it's Scott.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Exactly.

[Will Friedle]

Thanks, Sabrina.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No, it's Scott. The good looking football player who's also a genius with computer.

[Will Friedle]

We're in Scott Shrivener's bedroom and Scott is sleeping. Nick, who's wearing an alien costume and pig mask. Okay. Puts his hand over Scott's mouth, abruptly waking the jock up. Nick immediately reveals himself and says that Mike sent him to seek revenge for sabotaging the dance. So apparently they figured out it was him that sabotaged the dance. But we never get into that. Scott says he's gotta be kidding. But they head to Mike's house anyway and once they arrive, Barnabas is waiting

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

for them on the lawn.

[Will Friedle]

The dog tells Shrivener that he should prepare for the task that lies ahead. He's about to see things that will be difficult for his earthly mind to comprehend. Scott can't believe a dog is talking

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

and thinks they're playing some sort of trick on him. Fair.

[Will Friedle]

Caitlyn and Mike reveal themselves and promise they're not joking. They actually need Shrivener's help to get through the Stargate to the Thoad's planet. And Jay. They need him as bait. Shrivener doesn't understand what's going on, but

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

he doesn't love this idea and wonders why he should help them at all.

[Will Friedle]

Mike pushes him to be a hero,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

but also wonders if he's just too scared to do it.

[Sabrina]

Oh.

[Will Friedle]

With that Scott says no sweat and they head to the backyard.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Scott sees what's happening and is stunned. Aliens do exist.

[Will Friedle]

They enter the treehouse and the dog tells Shrivener. The thoad senses his presence. And then the thoad's tongue shoots out from the portal and snatches Scott. He's pulled right into the hole. And they all jump in after just

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

as the portal closes.

[Will Friedle]

So I think I get the logic. They needed somebody to be snatched because that person will go directly into the zoo.

[Sabrina]

But they don't know that. Even when they get in there, they don't know I know what's going on. And the dog's not really explaining it. So. No, they just kind of put this guy up for bait, but then go right into it. I don't know. I was going, okay, I think. So I literally took a break right here.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I know.

[Sabrina]

I also realized we have 25 minutes and we are just now getting into, like, the thick of, like, what's actually happening. So it's about to go. Really.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The third act is going to be.

[Sabrina]

Third act is going to be fast because we're just getting into, like, the thick of.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I agree.

[Sabrina]

So.

[Will Friedle]

But I think what it was from a logic standpoint, I think whoever gets snatched by the actual tentacle goes into the zoo, but as they're pulling it in, it leaves the portal open long

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

enough for other people to jump in after.

[Sabrina]

But we don't know that it's not.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No, not at all.

[Sabrina]

Figure it out as you're going in after this. This part. But it is not explained. Like, correct. Dog could have even. At least. We need to find someone who we can. Not just bait, but, like, do something. Need.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

And also who can do something to help. It's like you're gonna go in one

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

side of the thumb thing and do a thing, and we're gonna go the other side and do a thing, and then we'll meet up and do a thing. But that none of that happened.

[Sabrina]

Nothing. No, it's just like, bait. Okay. And they go.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

So now we are on planet Taint, which is with the Thoads.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No, it's Planet Thode.

[Will Friedle]

Whatever it is, it has a dark and scary forest vibe. Almost like where Yoda lives in Star wars, which, of course is Empire Strikes Back. Sabrina.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And the planet system that Yoda is

[Will Friedle]

from is called Yodaville. Yodaville.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

God. Sometimes with you.

[Sabrina]

Why are you. Do you know that I don't know anything about Star Wars?

[Will Friedle]

Zoom. You've watched it since then?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Jordan, I have to have a serious talk.

[Will Friedle]

Is he a Star wars fan?

[Sabrina]

No.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Oh, my.

[Sabrina]

No.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Oh, my.

[Sabrina]

God, honestly, I go to Disneyland all the time, and I. If I go through that Star wars land, it is to just walk through. And there is a coffee thing that I'd like to try there. It. That is. I don't.

[Will Friedle]

Is that. Oh, my God.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay, yes, it's.

[Sabrina]

I might stop in that cantina if there's availability. But, like, other than that, I'm not hanging out in Star wars land.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I don't understand anything in there so, so much.

[Will Friedle]

Yoda was in the Dagobah system. For the record, Sabrina, he was in the Dagobah system.

[Sabrina]

Dagobah system. Okay, let me write that down.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

You there you will go train with

[Sabrina]

Yoda the Jedi not called Yodaville.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

There you go. You're confusing it with Margaritaville, which is a much different place.

[Sabrina]

That sounds like a lot more fun.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

There you go.

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[Podcast Announcer]

Imagine never having to buy gas again. Sounds like a dream. Except it's real. That's everyday life with an electric vehicle. No long lines at the pump. Just plug in at home and go. EVs are as easy to charge as your phone. And built for real life. Most Americans drive about 40 miles a day. And most EVs go 200 to 400 miles on a single charge. And with fewer moving parts, you've got fewer repairs and style. There are hundreds of new and used EV models to choose from. An EV to fit every lifestyle and every budget. Learn [e-mail] Hola.

[Chiquis]

Que tal te saluda chiquis y entre podcasts shows imivida personal ideas que apenas tengo tiempo para mi Mucho menos paramis plantas pero cre nos milagros porres vivo hermoso. Gracias a Miracle gro conel indoor potting mix the Miracle gro para plantas interior que le damis plantas nutrientes es del primer dia para crecer mas fuertes sin complicarte la vida Por que vamos quiento ides de treintadillas en pies alimentar las con Miracle grow indoor plant food para quesiga cresciendo 4 fuertes eludables y bien bonitas mis plantas hablan por me decentralotro ella siempre verdes con Miracle Grow ases mucho con poquito es un milagro es Miracle Grow Visita Miracle Grow Punto com empsa tu propio Camino decrecimento.

[Freddie Prinze Jr.]

Hey, I'm Freddie Prinze Jr. And I talk a lot about twists, turns and the unexpected moments that happened inside the ring on wrestling with Freddie. But the one thing I've learned Never turn your back on your opponents in the ring unless you have your tag partner with you. It helps to have backup, like real life backup, the kind you can call when life throws you something unexpected. That's when I recommend you reach out to your State Farm agent. They can help you choose the coverage you need before anything happens, and they're ready to help you file a claim when it does. When it's something out of the ordinary or just part of everyday life life. It's good to know someone's in your corner. Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there, and thanks to State Farm's support of Michael Tura Podcast Network, you can catch new episodes of Wrestling with Freddy wherever you listen to podcasts.

[Will Friedle]

So he's in there on this new planet.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It doesn't explain why there's dinosaur skeletons there at all. I don't know if they're, but I

[Will Friedle]

guess if they're trying to okay, so this is also.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Very. Well, I'll get into it in a bit.

[Will Friedle]

Barnabas thinks they should keep moving, so they quickly run off to Mike's backyard. It's now light out. Is it? The next morning, it feels weird. Shrivener's lying flat on the ground. He wakes up assuming it's still just a prank because nothing's happened. But then we see Jay on the treehouse ladder. He tells Scott not To worry Mike will get them out of here. And points off to the distance where we see a looming steel wall with a round window. Scott runs over and looks inside, only to see the Thoad forest. He knocks in the glass. But where are they? Back in the forest, Mike, Caitlyn, Nick and Barnabas have stumbled onto a bubbling swamp. They find a stand with a bunch of red crystals inside and Barnabas says it's a master control. Caitlyn's still wandering around, noticing more dinosaur bones, and calls the guys over to check out the large window. It looks like a cage. Inside, there's a flame with a large piece of molten rock floating around. They press a button and the rock develops eyes and a mouth. These are the Zgonarks, native to the solar system.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Betelgeists.

[Will Friedle]

They shift to another cage with a new type of flesh. Alien. The Hansels from Pegasi. Mike recognizes them from the stories he tells. He feels a connection. He longly puts his hand up to the glass. He assumes Jay and Scott are in a cage just like this. So they head out to find it. And this is where I was like,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

okay, so she's obviously a Superman fan

[Will Friedle]

because there was a very famous Superman

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

story from the comics they've also made into movies and animated series called the Collector, who goes around and collects the best specimens, usually the last of their kind from all around. And one of the people she brings in is the last. Or he brings in is the last Kryptonian. He captures Superman, puts Superman in the cage. Superman obviously escapes, beats the crap out of the thing. So this is like a famous Superman story, the Collector.

[Sabrina]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

And so coupled by itself, maybe it wouldn't be Superman, but coupled at the beginning with the story of.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Then he's telling of the one last

[Will Friedle]

child put in the pod, sent away, growing up on Earth.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I was like, oh, so this person is a big Superman fan.

[Sabrina]

But this is like a big question that I was going to ask during. So is he an alien?

[Will Friedle]

That's. I don't know. Is he telling the true story of being an alien? I like.

[Sabrina]

How does he know about this specific.

[Will Friedle]

Correct.

[Sabrina]

Hansel species?

[Wilmer Valderrama]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

And the Hansels have been fighting the Gretels for centuries.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

No, it's. I agree with you 100%. I didn't know either.

[Sabrina]

He is one of them. Okay.

[Will Friedle]

I was like, is. But then I was hoping he would have. They'd give him some power or.

[Sabrina]

Yes. I thought there was gonna be some kind of power that was happening.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Nope. Nope. But maybe he's an alien. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know.

[Sabrina]

I've felt a loss.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I agree with you. I agree with you.

[Will Friedle]

I agree with you.

[Sabrina]

A lost opportunity here.

[Will Friedle]

I agree with you. I didn't know what was going on.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Nope. I was a little lost at this point.

[Will Friedle]

But we're back in the cage version of Mike's backyard. Scott says this is his worst nightmare, being stuck at the Pillsbury's forever. By the way, if it's a Pillsbury bakery, that's not.

[Sabrina]

I'm in. I am in.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

By the way, if you press me right. Here I go.

[Will Friedle]

Hehe. Jay tells him not to worry. Mike will find a way to get them out. Back inside the forest, the gang do find Jay and Scott's cage and start yelling. But the boys can't hear them. They need to figure out how to open it. Barnabas says a thoad would have a key. And that's when the thoad arrives. It's just a dude with a glowing necklace. That's it. That's a thoad. He looks like a used car salesman and is looking to tend to his specimens. The thoad says the boys will be taken care of and their lifespans will be longer than on dangerous old Earth. This is a sanctuary, not a prison. He thanks them for becoming part of his collection. Barnabas is now his very first Puppian. And with that, his voice deepens to evil and he reaches for Caitlyn with his long tongue.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

But oh, Mike's tongue got there first. No, I'm. I'm sorry.

[Will Friedle]

But they just run away. In time, the human car salesman quickly

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

transforms into a terrifying toad alien bursting out of his linen jacket. Which again, is the same exact story for the Collector. The Collector looks like this frail old little floating guy, and then breaks into this huge alien to fight Superman. This is all wow.

[Sabrina]

Whoa.

[Will Friedle]

Mike doesn't have a plan, so the gang decides to hide behind some rocks. But when the thoad arrives, Mike just comes right out and asks if they could discuss this, which frankly, seems like a horrible plan.

[Sabrina]

Terrible.

[Will Friedle]

The thoad ignores his request and jumps through the air, landing right in front of him. But just when it looks like there's no escape, Mike reveals that Caitlyn and Nick are right behind the alien.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And they drop a cage on the thoad, capturing them.

[Will Friedle]

They celebrate, but Barnabas warns it won't hold him for long. With the thoad now captive, Caitlyn gets his key and runs off. Mike stops at the Hansel's cage to help free him. And then the Hansel comes up, closes his eyes. Puts his hand up. And so telepathically teaches Mike how to

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

use the crystal to open. Use the key, which is the crystal to open the cage.

[Sabrina]

Yes. So then I'm like, okay, so he is a Hansel.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina]

Some sort or a mix of a Hansel and a human or something, I think, Is he.

[Will Friedle]

And everyone keeps telling him he's an alien. He thinks he's an alien. He feels like an alien. He's telling stories about really alien plants, I think.

[Sabrina]

And now he can, like, alien. Now he can.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Telepathically speak with them. Maybe he is an alien. That's what they're getting at. I don't know. Maybe it's just about kids always feeling like they're an alien.

[Sabrina]

Right. Which I get that too. I get that. That version. But I.

[Will Friedle]

But I think he really is an alien.

[Sabrina]

Don't know if the script is even quite sure.

[Will Friedle]

No, exactly.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I don't understand what's going on.

[Sabrina]

There's a lot of question marks.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah. So, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

He then opens the Hansels cage.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Now, because he had the information of how to do it somehow knowing what to do from the stories.

[Will Friedle]

Next up, they open Scott and Jay's cage and Nick and his brother reunite. Now, Barnabas explains that they need to go back through the Thoad gate. But Mike stops at the red crystals first. There's one more thing that he has to do. He unlocks all the cages. And with that, the kids jump into the portal and end up back in Mike's real backyard. But then they don't get why the Stargate isn't closing. Barnabas says you can't close a Stargate if someone or something is traveling inside of it. Barnabas needs to contact the intergalactic police,

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

maybe do that earlier.

[Will Friedle]

But the line is busy. Okay.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And that's also an issue, frankly, we have here on Earth.

[Will Friedle]

Then the Thoad appears, now an angry alien frog, mad as hell that Mike has freed his entire collection.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He's ready to make the boy pay.

[Will Friedle]

Mike tries to talk him down, but the Thoad is too mad for reasoning. He tongues Mike's leg. Say that one more time. He tongues Mike's leg and then drags him through the portal. The gang jumps to action, holding Mike back on Earth. And that's when the intergalactic policeman arrives. One guy.

[Sabrina]

One guy. And his portal shuts right behind him.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yep.

[Sabrina]

Like, it's just. Portal just shuts.

[Will Friedle]

And you're, like, so strange.

[Sabrina]

Where are you gonna take this guy? Where do you take him? Your portal just left.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, he's but it's just one guy with a laser. He says there's hundreds of warrants against the thoad. He takes the creature away. There's no cuffing, there's no get your hands up.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

He's just, Hey, I got you, you scoundrel.

[Will Friedle]

And all it took was one cop.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Sabrina]

Oh man, here I come.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, yeah. I, I don't. It just took one cop. It was so weirdly easy.

[Sabrina]

It was so. But the cops makeup and like this like the, all of the stuff that they have on him was pretty good.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, at the top it was good. But send two or three of them.

[Sabrina]

But like, yeah, that was the budget will.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah, I know.

[Will Friedle]

Then hold up your ray gun and like capture them with your ray gun as opposed to like Ah yes, scoundrel. Like that was it like do something. They literally did nothing.

[Sabrina]

Well, that's I guess why Barnaby part of me didn't call him earlier because they knew he'd only send one.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I know, exactly. So it was weird. So they arrest him and the cop takes him away. Caitlyn then tells Mike they really do make a great team. It seems like they might hook up after all. He says, come into my treehouse and let me show you my.

[Will Friedle]

With the phone in custody, the thoad's now in custody. The officer shifts his attention to the kids. He wants an explanation and it better be good. That's when we cut to the big football game. He's still playing football. Mike is sitting on the far end of the bench. While the game rages on, Barnabas stops to tell Mike that his initial satellite communication has been deemed accidental and Earth

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

is once again classified as a protected planet.

[Will Friedle]

The Thoad has also been sentenced to

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

serve two eons in a penitentiary, which we all know on another planet is

[Will Friedle]

actually only six months with time served. And all the hostage specimens, including the Hansel, have been returned to their home planet. Planet Mike thanks Barnabas for everything. But Barnabas says they have unfinished business. It's not too late for Mike to go with him. Mike says Earth is his home, even though it doesn't always feel like it, it's where he belongs. And Barnabas gives Mike permission to scratch him behind the ears, which as we

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

all know, is a big deal for their species.

[Will Friedle]

The dog says farewell and Mike promises he will never forget him, which seems like a pretty small ask when dealing

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

with a talking dog.

[Will Friedle]

With that, Mike's coach puts him in the game and he's tackled almost immediately, which again, he's on defense.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So why is he taking tackled.

[Will Friedle]

Scott doesn't get it. Why does Mike even play on the team? Fair question. Mike is of course on phase. It's where he belongs and he'll prove it to him one day. Shrivener isn't sold. He smiles and tells him to dream on, something Mike is more willing, more than willing to do, though. Flat like a pancake. Caitlyn and the cheerleaders root Mike on. He's earned everyone's respect. And with that, Shriner helps him up, puts his arm around him and gets him back into the huddle.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And that is our movie.

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[Will Friedle]

Do you think he's an alien?

[Sabrina]

I don't know.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I don't know either.

[Sabrina]

I don't. The thing I think could have happened is if he did get his special power that it. And he goes back to Earth, right? He still goes back to Earth, but that you see some little remnants of, like if it was something that he could throw, you know, like some kind of idea that he now is a. A human, but has found his actual power.

[Will Friedle]

Something. Yeah.

[Sabrina]

I mean, that makes it make all sense why he feels different. Why? You know what I mean?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Like, I didn't understand.

[Will Friedle]

I think you might be 100 right, by the way. And maybe again, this is why books

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

are always better than. Than the movies.

[Sabrina]

Yes.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

At least 99.9% of the time, the books are better than the movies.

[Will Friedle]

Maybe the book gets more into it and.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

And you. You really come away with an idea of whether or not.

[Will Friedle]

Or maybe they even at least set it up to where you're not supposed to know this. They don't even really kind of address the possibility. It's weird.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

It's like we don't know. So you don't know. As opposed to is he or isn't he?

[Will Friedle]

Which they don't really do.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Is he or isn't he in this book? They just are in the movie where in the book. Maybe they do. I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway, let's do some real reviews. And I have the five star this week. I'm very happy. Yay. This is a five star.

[Sabrina]

I feel like you don't get the five star.

[Will Friedle]

I don't. I feel like I get the one

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

stars a lot and I'm glad to get a five star review.

[Will Friedle]

This is from Brianna Kraus. When I was a child, only at the age of eight, I woke up in a cold sweat while this movie was playing. Traumatic, if I do say so. I only saw the last 30 minutes, but I had nightmares for the next two years. Fast forward 10 years, I've not stopped thinking about this movie. My every waking moment. Every time someone brings up the Critters franchise, I have to relish in the fact that it's not the movie that has been haunting my thoughts for 12 years. Also, Mike is literally the definition of an incel and does not deserve Caitlin. Ooh. Well, that's about five stars. Okay, well, that threw the. You took us on a ride there, Brianna. Then er took a left right at the last second.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay, gotcha.

[Will Friedle]

What do we got for the one star, Sabrina?

[Sabrina]

Okay, this is our one star from Xanatos. Or Xanatos. We'll see. Did the writer die before they finished it? The first two thirds of this movie are funny, and the final third is downright stupid and remedial. Wow. The writing screws up when the boy and his friends team up with the school bully to face an evil zookeeper alien. This bully befriending and the cliche evil alien makes me really wonder if we changed writers within the movie. He's not wrong.

[Will Friedle]

No, he was right. He did change writers. Xenatos was right.

[Sabrina]

I honestly, when the bully becomes part of the group, I kind of raised my eyebrow to that too. Like, really? Ugh. All right.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

100%.

[Sabrina]

All right.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, so we are now at, you

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

know, well, not mine, but Sabrina's certainly favorite part of the program.

[Will Friedle]

That is, of course, our feature game. And this week we're playing a game called Location, location, location. Our movie this week deals with some of the weirdest alien sightings ever captured on film. So to honor its unique take on extraterrestrials, we're gonna out which US States have the highest total of alien sightings. We'll be given five states, and we must place them in order from Most sightings to least. We'll work together and if we can get them all right, then we win.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

So here we go. The states are these. So again we got to be. We got to place them in order

[Will Friedle]

from most sightings to least. Texas, Florida, New York, California, Washington.

[Sabrina]

I would say Texas and Florida. Florida would be like the most. So they'd be. What would they be up top or would they be down below? Like one to five?

[Will Friedle]

We gotta be, we gotta, we gotta

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

go from most to least. Who are we playing with, by the way?

[Sabrina]

Oh, you get Lisa.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yay.

[Will Friedle]

We got producer Lisa today.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay, so I would.

[Sabrina]

Wouldn't you think, would it be Florida or Texas would be one. Will.

[Will Friedle]

I think Texas would be one.

[Sabrina]

I think so too.

[Will Friedle]

Here's how I would do it. I'm going to. I'm going to throw something crazy out

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

at you from somebody who believes in all this alien stuff.

[Sabrina]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

I think the states that are going

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

to have the most sightings are the states with the most military bases.

[Sabrina]

Oh, well, I don't really know that either.

[Will Friedle]

Well, I think it's go. I think it would go something like

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Texas, then maybe California.

[Sabrina]

Oh really?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Then I think so.

[Will Friedle]

My. And you could tell me from. I would say Texas, California, Florida, Washington, New York.

[Sabrina]

Okay, I'll agree with that. Yeah. The only thing I would. The only thing that I would not know, for some reason in my head I have this, lots of alien activity, you know, being seen or whatever. Supposed. I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

In Texas.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

You said in.

[Sabrina]

No. Yes, in Texas. I definitely think Texas is one. The ones I'm flipping back and forth would be Florida and California.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Okay, let's, let's.

[Will Friedle]

So, so what do you want to say? Texas. Do you want to say Texas, Florida, California.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That's what that will be yours.

[Podcast Announcer]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

And I say Texas, California, Florida.

[Sabrina]

Okay.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

New York, Washington then.

[Sabrina]

I think you're right with New York, Washington.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I'm going to say mine is going to be Texas, California, Florida, Washington, New York.

[Sabrina]

Okay. And Sabrina, I'm going to do Texas, California or no? Texas, Florida, California, Washington, New York. I will say only you got one.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina]

And that was Sabrina with Florida at number two.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

What are they?

[Sabrina]

So I have. Going from the bottom up. So least up we have Washington, then New York, Texas in the middle, Florida and then California with almost double what Florida has reported.

[Will Friedle]

Wow. So California.

[Sabrina]

Sabrina at least got one.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, Sabrina got one. Man, aliens are never going to abduct

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

me if I don't know this answer.

[Sabrina]

California is the most. That's so crazy to Me, because, I mean, I feel like there's many parts of Texas that I have heard, you know, sightings being done at. That's. Wow. All right. And if you need an alien movie to watch, go watch Project Hail Mary. Okay, bye.

[Will Friedle]

I liked Project Hail Mary. I thought the Martian was better. I'm one of the few people I thought, that's all the same guy. Same guy.

[Sabrina]

Same guy.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

And I thought the Martian was better than Project Hail Mary, but I really

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

enjoyed Project Hail Mary Mary, but I like the Martian better.

[Sabrina]

I think I'm good with keeping at the can of worms. Thanks, though.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, exactly. Can we do some Sabrina Sees?

[Sabrina]

Yes. All right. So right away, obviously, very quick one. The dad in the, like, varsity looking jacket always kills me. It still happens today. The moms at football games wearing their kids, you know, letterman jackets. They even wear our, our. Some of our cheer and song moms even still wear their girls letterman jackets.

[Will Friedle]

It's.

[Sabrina]

It's something that just always makes me giggle, I think, when it gets to my time. If, if Ledger's on a team and he lets me wear his liniment jacket, I probably will. But it's going to make me laugh at myself at that point.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Oh, you know, you're going to wear it. Of course you are.

[Will Friedle]

Of course.

[Sabrina]

Okay. One thing you started to go into but didn't 100% lean into Schreibner Art Ganoush. Okay. Did you notice, though, they tried to make him like this, you know, techie kind of, you know, genius kind of guy. However, every time he does anything, it's literally one button that he does. He doesn't like, click literally, like one button.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yep.

[Sabrina]

And then he, like, does it again in the classroom. And then when he's at the. The dance, one button, like, it's just enter.

[Will Friedle]

That's. I noticed that too. It's like I'm just gonna hit enter.

[Sabrina]

Not believable. You do not know what you're doing, sir. That is just going to hit enter. Yes. Yep. One thing too. The dad said, which I thought kind of twinged. When he logs on to look at his, like, data or whatever, he says, AT&T, what you got for me? Or something like that. And he, he like shouted out at&t, which I thought was different. We don't hear any company names.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That's true. Disney likes to avoid the company names.

[Sabrina]

Avoid at all costs. The note that I wrote down while we were speaking when you got me with other stuff was, why is Caitlyn in his room? That is, you know, that's such a thing for me. Like you've been. You've been invited to the house. Why is anyone wandering? Or his little sister allowing her knowing that she can't have boys in her room? Caitlyn should not be in his room. I agree in inappropriate. Don't like it. Then Caitlyn has. We talked about the magic flowers. He became a magician for one hot second and then that never again. And then I thought the. I don't know if it was done differently or weirdly, but hurt. Caitlyn's line of what when she sees him in the hallway threw me off. I did. Because it wasn't done. Like, she was being like a.

[Will Friedle]

She wasn't being me trying to ignore

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

him in front of her friends. Yeah, it's supposed to be.

[Sabrina]

But she didn't seem really embarrassed. She just. It was like. I don't know. I was like reading. It was a weird situation. I didn't understand what that was. I didn't like the. My grossest part. I was typing down the ones that, you know, the. The grossness of this movie was not up my alley and I did not love that. The gross one, though, was the guy being birthed from the pipe.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

The first monster we see.

[Sabrina]

The slimy guy that made me like. Like, I hated slimer.

[Will Friedle]

Slimer.

[Sabrina]

I talked about us being 50, 25 minutes left, and we've not even really hit third act yet. So I knew we were gonna fly by. Which is one of the things that I think happened at the end. That they had time.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Yeah.

[Sabrina]

They could have made things, talked about things, explained, explain things. We didn't have any rules in this movie at all.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I gotta read the book.

[Sabrina]

We gotta get the book. And then that leads me to where the hell did this cage come from? Why was it there? How did they know how to use it? How did they know how to read into, like the. The portals going into the like prison cages? Like, how did they know how to push the button that they did. How did he honestly understand how to use the rock that he was using?

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That was mind control. That was the Hansel. The Hansel's the one who taught him that.

[Sabrina]

How did he know that? I had to go twitch, twitch.

[Will Friedle]

Because the Hansel told him that.

[Sabrina]

And that was it. And then I will leave you with this. And it made sense. The next movie that Disney tried to force me to watch again and I said, no, thank you was stepsister from planet you.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Me too. So there you go. They're trying. They're trying to foist it on us. And it's not gonna work.

[Sabrina]

Nope.

[Will Friedle]

Well, thank you. And it is now, of course, time for us to rate our film. We're gonna do one out of ten. We're gonna make ten. The best, one, the worst. Here are options for the week. One out of ten. Kirk Cameron Christian Apocalyptic thrillers. Scott Pig Faces. Globs of Green Slime. One out of ten Human teeth. One out of ten Socks and Loafers. Fuzzbucket Vibes. Floating Fish Head ladies.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Jarmonicas are 1 out of 10 car salesman thoads. And I'm gonna do 1 out of 10 taints too. Which would you like to pick, Sabrina?

[Will Friedle]

Your pick, your pick.

[Sabrina]

I know you love this, so I'm gonna do one out of. What was it?

[Will Friedle]

One out of ten Taints.

[Sabrina]

Taints. Just keep it simple.

[Will Friedle]

Keep it simple.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Always keep your taint simple.

[Will Friedle]

I think I go first this time.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Look, I didn't know what this movie was.

[Will Friedle]

It's not awful. The puppetry was good.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

This, the story's strange. It's fast at least. But yes, first story, it's very strange.

[Will Friedle]

And I think I'm, I think I'm

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

being generous when I give this six taints.

[Sabrina]

Yes, I agree.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

I think that's fair.

[Sabrina]

I, I same thing. This was not up my alley. I honestly, because it's, it's just so out of my realm. I really, I just watched it for what it was. It was, some parts were very, like I said, creative. The monsters were really good. I liked the voiceover work that they did. I thought that the realms going in and out of it were actually very impressive. Thinking that we're in the, you know, 1999 realm of decoms. So it was what it was for me. It was just kind of a middle liner and I'm gonna meet your six taints.

[Will Friedle]

I think that's fair.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

That's a total of 12 taints, which is a lot of taints, people. That's a lot of taints.

[Will Friedle]

Well, our next movie is going to

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

be significantly less funny than can of Worms, but we hear it's a good one.

[Will Friedle]

We are watching 1998's Coming of Age drama Ruby Bridges. A true story about a six year old girl who was chosen to be the first African American student to integrate into her New Orleans elementary school in 1960. It's currently available right now on Disney Plus. So please go watch it before we

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

do if you want to. I have high hopes for this because all these movies that they, that Disney does based on true stories all seem to be really good.

[Sabrina]

I'm really excited for this one.

[Sabrina's Co-host (possibly Will's co-host)]

Me too.

[Will Friedle]

And as always, we have a litany of interviews and DCOM recaps available right now on Apple Podcasts, the iHeartRadio app, and wherever you get your podcast, just make sure you are subscribed to the dedicated Magical Rewind podcast feed. By searching for it and just locking it in. Become a rewinder. You'll thank us for it. Bye everybody.

[Sabrina]

Bye.

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