You Ruined My Life

Summary

Podcast Summary: Pod Meets World – Episode: "You Ruined My Life"

Release Date: May 21, 2025
Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts

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Introduction

In this episode of Pod Meets World, hosts Danielle and Will dive into a nostalgic journey, rewatching and dissecting the 1987 Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) "You Ruined My Life." Along the way, they share personal anecdotes, behind-the-scenes insights, and their critical perspectives on the film's narrative and production elements.

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Hosts' Personal Updates

The episode begins with a light-hearted exchange about both hosts grappling with illnesses, setting a casual and relatable tone.

• Will Friedle remarks humorously about his persistent sinus infection:
  “I sound better. I did not this morning. I'm better now, but I'm not. And so I've taken so many antibiotics that whatever biotics are…” [03:00]

• Honey German shares her exhaustion from a whirlwind of activities, emphasizing their mutual dislike for boredom:
  “I hate being bored, that's for sure. So I'd rather be crazy busy than bored as hell at home.” [03:35]

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Wango Tango Experience

Honey recounts attending the Wango Tango music festival, highlighting memorable interactions and performances.

• She describes meeting Meghan Trainor:
  “She was walking out… It was just such an incredible moment. We hugged. I told her how much I loved, like, her work…” [08:33]

• Will Friedle teases about Meghan crediting his character from Boy Meets World:
  “For the record, Gwen Stefani's a pop star because she saw me as Eric Matthews in Boy Meets World.” [09:27]

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Review of "You Ruined My Life"

Plot Overview

Danielle and Will provide a comprehensive summary of the movie's plot, set against the vibrant backdrop of 1980s Las Vegas.

• Will Friedle introduces the film:
  “The movie opens with a stretch white limo driving into Vegas before sunset... The limo eventually pulls up to one of the hotels that's actually still there, Caesar's Palace.” [10:12]

Character Analysis

The hosts delve into character motivations and relationships, offering critical evaluations of their portrayals.

• Honey German critiques the main characters:
  “Minerva is an orphan… Aunt Hermione is the villain, seems to be the only one looking out for this child's well-being.” [29:55]

• They discuss Dexter, portrayed by Paul Reiser, highlighting his flawed characterization:
  “He stole $50,000 from a bank, then tried to screw a casino with a giant cheating machine.” [32:30]

Actor Performances

The conversation touches on the performances of the cast, noting both strengths and miscasting instances.

• Will Friedle praises Soleil Moon Frye:
  “She’s awesome. She is adorable.” [80:25]

• Honey German expresses admiration for Paul Reiser's versatility despite his questionable fit for the role:
  “I'm a huge Paul Reiser fan, big Soleil Moon Frye fan.” [21:14]

Production Quality

The hosts analyze the film’s production elements, including set design and technological portrayals.

• Honey German appreciates the 80s aesthetic:
  “All of that… The toy room, all that stuff is what I was looking for when I was watching those movies back in the day.” [80:31]

• Will Friedle remarks on the era-specific technology:
  “The giant blackjack stomach computer... It's a very 80s trope.” [33:42]

Overall Impressions

Danielle and Will share their mixed feelings about the movie, balancing nostalgia with critical assessment.

• Will Friedle rates the film a 5.5 out of 10, citing a muddled storyline:
  “The story was very muddled in this movie. Great 80s cast looked cool. Muddled story. 5.5 Dexter's feet.” [80:02]

• Honey German gives it a 6.5 out of 10, appreciating the nostalgia factor:
  “Dexter's feet… Because of that nostalgia aspect. And I think that's really what our podcast is about, is finding that nostalgia.” [80:04]

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Blackjack Game Segment

In a fun interactive segment, the hosts engage in a blackjack game, applying their knowledge to scenarios inspired by the movie’s gambling theme.

• Will Friedle explains a game scenario:
  “You have a king and a eight. The dealer is showing a jack, stand, stay.” [69:37]

• Honey German participates enthusiastically:
  “Yaqui forever.” [57:37]

This segment not only entertains but also ties back to the movie's central gambling motif, enhancing listener engagement.

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Conclusion and Ratings

The episode wraps up with final thoughts and ratings, balancing criticism with appreciation for the film's nostalgic value.

• Will Friedle emphasizes the importance of commercials in enhancing the viewing experience:
  “The commercials were the best part for me.” [80:15]

• Honey German echoes the sentiment, highlighting how nostalgia influenced her rating:
  “If you're looking for kind of a nostalgic night, like, this isn't the best movie, but you definitely still get that really great level of nostalgia.” [79:57]

Both hosts agree that while the movie has its flaws, its nostalgic elements make it a worthwhile watch for fans of the era.

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Notable Quotes

• Will Friedle on Paul's character:
  “A teacher maybe? Was he miscast?” [32:20]

• Honey German on the role of Aunt Hermione:
  “She's like, she should have some structure in her life.” [58:50]

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Final Verdict

"You Ruined My Life" serves as a time capsule of the 1980s Las Vegas scene, enriched by its cast and era-specific details. While the narrative may falter, the hosts commend the film for its nostalgic charm and the authentic portrayal of the period's ambiance.

Ratings:

• Will Friedle: 5.5/10
• Honey German: 6.5/10

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For more nostalgic reviews and behind-the-scenes stories from iconic TV shows and movies, tune into Pod Meets World on iHeartPodcasts.

Transcript

[Will Friedle]

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[Paul Reiser]

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[Will Friedle]

You got that husky kind of old school voice going on today, Sabrina.

[Honey German]

I've had it since the day after we did our last taping. I woke up the next day, like, oh, okay.

[Will Friedle]

Wow.

[Honey German]

And Jordan's been like, he's sick again.

[Will Friedle]

And I'm still sick. I literally am still sick. So they.

[Honey German]

I don't know if my mind must just be laryngitis. Cause I'm not like sneezing or coughing or anything like that. I'm just sounding like a. Well, luckily you don't use your slot machine.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, you don't use your voice for a living. There you go. No, it's good. Well, I hope you feel okay.

[Honey German]

I do, I do. I. I'm totally good. I'm tired. I feel like it's been a little bit of a whirlwind lately. Just one thing after another. Every day is like seven things to do. Like seven events to get to type of thing is what it feels like. So I'm a little exhausted, but Me too. Seize the day. I hate being bored, that's for sure. So I'd rather be.

[Will Friedle]

I love it.

[Honey German]

Crazy busy than bored as hell at home. I can't stand that.

[Will Friedle]

So I agree with you 100%. Well, you know, one thing that's gonna kill.

[Honey German]

Better.

[Will Friedle]

I sound better. I did not this morning. I'm better now, but I'm not. And so I've taken so many antibiotics that whatever biotics are, I don't have any left in my body because they're very antibiotic at this point. So I have no biotics left anywhere. And it's the worst. It's been two months. Two months of a sinus infection. Yeah. So it's been fun.

[Honey German]

Cause you kind of felt better for a bit and then would slip, right?

[Will Friedle]

Well, when I go on to the antibiotics, yeah, I feel okay. And then when the end of when the course is done, I get about 48 hours before it just socks in again. So it's. Yeah, it's something.

[Honey German]

It's something bigger.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it is.

[Honey German]

Glad you're starting to look into it.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, yeah, no, I'm going to yet another doctor to figure it out. So this is, by the way, some of my most fun pre show chatter that we've ever done is just about sinuses and laryngitis and you chain smoking cigarettes while hooked to a slot machine.

[Honey German]

I swear that's what it sounds like.

[Will Friedle]

It does.

[Honey German]

The hard part is when people are like, well, do you have a sore throat? And I'm like, well, yeah, because can you hear how strenuous it is for me to walk right now and imagine I got to go to Wango Tango this last weekend for the first time?

[Will Friedle]

Can you tell me a little bit about it. What did you think?

[Honey German]

Okay, so for the first time now, like, honestly, I feel like Wango Tango over the years. I mean, it's been going on for. It was going on when I was in high school. So you're talking like 20, 25 years at the least, if it wasn't before that. And I remember, especially in high school, one group of girls, and this was when you kind of knew whether you were in with this group or not, went and they spelt out Wango Tango and added one exclamation mark at the end with their shirts. So then when they were in the stands, cause it was at the Angel Stad, you would see them. Okay, I didn't make from the W to the exclamation mark where there was no place for Sabrina. No.

[Will Friedle]

I thought you were gonna be like, I was the N. I know, right?

[Honey German]

I'm like, we can't have like five exclamation marks. I'd be the fifth one. I'd totally be into it. And so, you know, it was such a big deal in high school and for whatever reason, busy school, whatever. And then after that, right after high school is when a lot of my stuff with career picked up. I know it was schedule wise. I've never been to Wango Tango and this. And I listen to Kiss fm, like at ad bid like you do.

[Will Friedle]

You're a big Kiss FM fan. I know.

[Honey German]

I mean, before Ryan Seacrest was on it, I was listening to it. I've always loved it and I still do. That's the number one station I listen to and hashtag I heart. So I literally, I synergy. So this was so exciting to go to. However, I had my daughter's little dance party tea party before, and it was so, so hot. I was already melting trying to get myself ready for it. It just wasn't the dream day. But when we got down to Huntington, it was cool because this was the first time they've done it, you know, in Huntington on the beach. Really, no one that worked for iheart really knew what to expect for everyone. You know, they were kind of going, okay, this is the, you know, there was a gifting suite. There was such great products there. It was so fun, Very chill, very, very O.C. beach life, living right on the ocean. They had a gorgeous room at Pasea for us. Then we walked down to the red carpet and Tara, our producer, I got to hang out with her on our way there, and she was telling me, you know, Megan Trainor, I've heard from her publicist that she's actually a pretty big Cheetah Girl fan. And I'm like, oh, my gosh. I love Meghan Trainor. She's a mom. She is killing it. She looks awesome. Amazing. And she's literally one of the best songwriters. She's so awesome. It's like, that's so awesome. She's like, yeah, that's what she told me. She's a pretty big Cheetah Girl fan. I'm like, wow. She. As we're walking into the tent where the red carpet is, Megan's walking out, Will. She notices me right away. And it was just this most amazing moment. It's been so long since I've gone on a red carpet. And, like, people are excited really to, like, see see me. Like, you know, they'll do the nostalgic thing with the Cheetah Girls. But it was like the. It was just such an incredible moment. We hugged. I told her how much I loved, like, her work and everything, and she goes, oh, my gosh. You don't understand. I was always Dorinda from the Cheetah Girls. Like, that was me. All my friends knew I was Dorinda, and I was like, she has no idea. Like, I'm trying to hold it together. I'm like, inside, like, freaking out. And then she. I go, well. And then she goes, and I always wore orange. And I'm like, thank you. Because that's my biggest thing. People can't find orange velour suits, so they go yellow. And that's okay because it's hard. But the fact that she found herself a orange velour suit really makes me feel like she's, like, a die hard.

[Will Friedle]

So you had fun, at least?

[Honey German]

I'm telling me yes. Then at the last bit, she said, oh, my gosh, I love you. You're the reason why I'm a pop star.

[Will Friedle]

What?

[Honey German]

What? She's giant, Will. She is giant. And either her songs. She's also written so many songs for other artists. Like, she's so incredible. That was, like the most biggest takeaway moment. Then I got to watch her on stage. Cause she was performing. Then my girl Gwen Stefani performed. I mean, the night just kept getting better.

[Will Friedle]

Cool.

[Honey German]

The only thing that was horrible was I hate sand. So I had to walk into sand a few times. And, you know, I didn't let that get me down. But it was an amazing show. It was so fun.

[Will Friedle]

That's great. Well, I'm glad you had fun.

[Honey German]

It was a great date night. Great date night for Jordan and I to get out without the kids. And it was good for you.

[Will Friedle]

I'm glad you had a good time.

[Honey German]

Thank you, Wango Tango. Love you lots.

[Will Friedle]

Hope to see you next year. For the record, Gwen Stefani's a pop star because she saw me as Eric Matthews in Boy Meets World. Thank you very much. None of that's accurate.

[Honey German]

Of course not.

[Will Friedle]

Why would that have anything to do with anything?

[Honey German]

I bet she did.

[Will Friedle]

I bet you she didn't.

[Honey German]

I bet you she didn't. I bet you she is a Disney.

[Will Friedle]

Well, if we've got a Disney fan, I say we have Meghan Trainor on the. On the show.

[Honey German]

Then I asked her on the pod. She'd love to come. So perfect.

[Will Friedle]

We'll have her.

[Honey German]

Tara's on it.

[Will Friedle]

We'll have her pick her favorite. Maybe Cheetah Girls. Maybe like we had Danielle on for Zombies. Maybe we'll do a Cheetah Girls with. With her.

[Honey German]

Told her the exact thing. She said, I would love to. And I said, even if we can't get it together for this Cheetah Girls, maybe the next one. Or if you have a different dcom. She goes, I loved all of them. That's great. This is great. So.

[Will Friedle]

So yeah, we'll figure it out.

[Honey German]

We'll find something. Megan, fangirling for life over here. Fangirling for life.

[Will Friedle]

That's awesome. Well, welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs and your popcorn and go back to a time when all the houses were smart, the wave tsunamis, and Megan Trainor was doe. I'm Will Friedle.

[Honey German]

And I'm Sabrina Bryant.

[Will Friedle]

Speaking of gambling and Sabrina hooked to machines, it's time to hit on soft 16 and bet on black. Because we're winning big with this week's 1987 Magical World of Disney. Let me say that again, people. You heard that right. 1987 Magical World of Disney TV movie. Again. Magical World of Disney Movie. Not even Wonderful World yet. And the movie title. You ruined my life. And of course I have to say it like that because it has an exclamation point. The movie debuted February 1, 1987, on ABC, the network for these films at the time. And once you know what the plot of the movie's about, you'll know why. But the movie is shot in Las Vegas.

[Honey German]

We own a place we haven't seen yet in the world.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, we have to talk.

[Honey German]

I don't get that at all yet.

[Will Friedle]

But that is right. It is a brand new location. Utah and Canada. Eat your hearts out. Sabrina, what's your favorite Vegas movie ever?

[Honey German]

Oh, gosh, I really liked the Hangover. I, I, I couldn't rewatch that on repeat. It's just so funny. Um, I think that's one I'm gonna, I do like any movie because I love the Man. Any movie that goes ahead and gets a cameo with Wayne Newton.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Honey German]

I will also be watching because all of them are pretty, pretty amazing.

[Will Friedle]

No, that's fair enough. I'm gonna go with I loved for different reasons. Casino. Brilliant movie. Leaving Las Vegas. Brilliant movie, the oceans. Movies I thought were a fun way to look at Las Vegas, which I'd never seen before.

[Honey German]

Didn't even think of the oceans.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. And then for a whole showgirls. So how about all time Vegas Casino? You say you love Vegas. Where do you go? Where do you stay when you're there?

[Honey German]

Geez. Well, I got to perform with Dancing with the Stars live in Las Vegas at the Tropicana and I got to live there, so that was rad. It's no longer there.

[Will Friedle]

It is not Tropicanta.

[Honey German]

It was awesome to be on that stage just because of the history legacy of people that had performed on that. And it was all, it felt very old school. It was just awesome. And even though I was in like a newer tower, just felt like an older hotel. But it was amazing. Um, and then I think, gosh, we, well, we probably been, we kind of jump around, but we've gone to the Aria quite a bit. Um, but I'm, I'm interested in seeing the new ones that are out there right now.

[Will Friedle]

Well, that's what I was just gonna say. So we just did two in a row. Well, we just did two, two Vegas things in a row. We were just there last weekend for Danielle's birthday. We saw Dead and Company at the Sphere, which was unreal.

[Honey German]

Oh, I haven't been to the Sphere yet.

[Will Friedle]

Both times we, we stayed now at the new Fontainebleau. And it, it's incredible. It's great. It's, it's huge and massive and clean and the food's incredible and it's quiet. It's great. So.

[Honey German]

Yeah. Is that farther down?

[Will Friedle]

I think so. I don't like Las Vegas or know it particularly well, so I think it's on the Strip, farther down. But I am, I don't. Anyway, we know that the ABC movies were able to get a little bit riskier with their subject matter, but do you think that modern day Disney would make a movie with kids about gambling? You think this would happen?

[Honey German]

I think they would do something possibly, like, within a casino. I don't know if it would be. I don't know if this movie was really around gambling. It was more. I mean, yeah, he had to pay off his debt, but it was more about, like, the teaching aspect I saw it as, you know, that was kind of just like the pre. Up into what the strange. It was a strange balance, but it would not be there. Would not be, you know, the level of how much it was very. I guess.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

Yeah, I guess. You're right. You're right, you're right, you're right.

[Will Friedle]

So in addition to this movie airing on abc, this one did make its way to home video. Kids home video. You used to go to the store and actually pick up a video, making for a popular rental back in its day. Do you gamble?

[Honey German]

I do.

[Will Friedle]

What's your game?

[Honey German]

I like craps.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. We. We killed it that one night. It was so much fun. We'll. We'll hold the craps table one night.

[Honey German]

Yeah, it's so fun. I can't do blackjack. I. I get nervous when people are around me, and I'm, like, having to add. And I know I, like, have the rules. Jordan's taught me it, but I can't move that fast.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

No, the crafts dealers, especially in Vegas, are so fast.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

Very quick at the blackjack table.

[Will Friedle]

So quick. They're just pumping it out. Yeah. I'm not much of a gambler, but it was fun that one night. Yeah. Now, since this is not an actual dcom, this one is not viewable on Disney, but It's on the YouTubes, so you can go watch it right now for free or watch it after listening to our opinions. I would never tell you what to do. But let's put it this way. Even if you turn this podcast off right now, I'm gonna keep talking, and then you're never gonna know what we're saying. We're committed to this thing, and we're gonna see it through with or without your help. Sabrina, did you know anything about ruined my life? You ruined my life before its inclusion.

[Honey German]

On magically about it on the last episode. No idea. And honestly, nothing about this title really gives you an idea of what this is gonna be.

[Will Friedle]

No, there's nothing. This is. Put this up there with the 13th year.

[Honey German]

I had no idea who was in it. Nothing.

[Will Friedle]

I'm not even to say 13th year, because at least that they explained why it was called the thirteenth year. You figured it out during the movie this One. I didn't actually get it. Who's ruining whose life? Why? Why is the exclamation point necessary? There's a lot. Okay, call room service, everybody, because it's time for the official synopsis. Minerva, a mischievous and privileged young girl, is sent to live with her Uncle Howie, who runs a Las Vegas hotel. And when a down on his luck teacher finds himself in a gambling debt. And he must form an unlikely bond with the girl to help her get accepted at a prestigious boarding school to clear his financial crisis. Taking a deep breath now, because yikes. That synopsis is as long and confusing as this film was to me. I mean, it's just like adding in, it's like, prestigious boarding school, this financial crisis to the airplane. It was like. Wait, what?

[Honey German]

Even the first, like, scene with them, him. In what room were they in? Where were they? What kind of was that?

[Will Friedle]

I don't know what happened.

[Honey German]

I had no idea he was a teacher in the school. I was like, what is going on?

[Will Friedle]

It was. It was. The whole thing is.

[Honey German]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

It's also worth stating up top here. The title you Ruined My Life, as we talked about, is never actually said or referenced in dialogue in any way, shape or form. It's kind of a random title, if we're being honest. That makes no sense. Whose life is ruined? Is it her life that's ruined? Is it his life? Is everybody's life ruined? We just don't know. Either way, you Ruined My Life is directed by David Ashwell. Ashwell was a successful commercial director, but this is his only credit in movies. Yes, his only one. No more movies, no more TV. This was it at all. In 2001, he appeared to have turned his focus to painting full time, where he mostly recreates Malibu landscapes and lives back in England. That's how I like to pronounce it. The movie stars Soleil Moonfry as Minerva. Sort of unrelated. Have you ever heard of the name Minerva before? Sabrina?

[Honey German]

That was one of my very first Sabrina Sees. Once we figured out what her name. What in the good God is that name? I cannot.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, so Minerva is a Greek God. But I'm gonna go one more with you, I think, because we had Minerva and Hermione in this one, who were both huge characters in Harry Potter. And this is Minerva McGarnicle. Was. Was Mrs. McGarnicle's name. And Hermione Granger is Harry's name. Then we have Howie. That sounds like Harry. And this was 1987. So I'm guessing J.K. rowling was actually A fan of this movie. And she took a number of the names from this movie to make her.

[Honey German]

Oh, you. I thought you were gonna say the. The books. I thought you were gonna do the opposite of it.

[Will Friedle]

No, this is 1987. This came out well before any of the books or anything.

[Honey German]

I do not know that. Well, we've been over this many times. I have no idea. Those books could be out for 150 years.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, yeah. No, no, no. This is. No, this is. This was all pre Harry Potter. As I'm getting one Harry Potter name after another, I'm going like, Howie sounds like Harry. Minerva Hermione. It's like, wow, we've got a bunch.

[Honey German]

Oh, wow.

[Will Friedle]

Minerva Minerva McGonagall. Anyway, Soleil is, of course, best known as the iconic character Punky Brewster, a show she starred in as a child that ran for four seasons in the 80s. She was a pop culture juggernaut. Soleil would also go on to play Roxy on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and appeared in the Rider Strong vehicle Summertime Switch, which, of course, we recapped on Pod Meets World. She has since transitioned into directing documentaries, her first 2 being kid 90, the story of her journey through Hollywood and the young adult she met along the way. And now the Carters, Hurts to Love youe, the story of a family torn apart by fame, addiction, and mental illness. Soleil is also somebody who is very, very nice, and I thought everybody should know that. Were you too young for Bunky Brewster?

[Honey German]

I was when they were airing, I think. But I definitely watched a lot of the reruns.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Honey German]

Whether they were back on ABC or they were. If they. I don't know if they ever transitioned into Disney Channel, but I don't think.

[Will Friedle]

It was Disney Channel, but they showed them somewhere.

[Honey German]

Man, she was just so cute. And I just, like. I absolutely loved watching. Anytime I got a chance to watch that, I told.

[Will Friedle]

I told Soleil she was. She's on the list for me of reasons why I became an actor. Because Punky Brewster, that's right in my age, right in my range. And. And you watched this girl who was my age at the time, 6 or 7, when she started starring on TV. And it was like, that. I need to do that. I've said that to a bunch of people, but she's on that list.

[Honey German]

I swear, it popped in my head so many times. If Monroe got a chance to see this little girl, she would be.

[Will Friedle]

She'd love it.

[Honey German]

She'd be hooked. Because there's just so much of that personality that Monroe has. I was like, oh no, she would just. That would be it. Moment.

[Will Friedle]

I'm punky.

[Honey German]

I need to be punky.

[Will Friedle]

We've also got the great Paul Reiser as Dexter Bunch. Great name. Reiser began his career as a stand up comedian in New York but would appear in amazing movies like just this, this list. Diner, Aliens, Beverly Hills Cop and Whiplash. We'll just stop there. But is best known as the Emmy winning star and co creator of the TV show Mad about yout. We are big Paul Reiser fans in this family over here. Incredible. And then we have Mimi Rogers. She plays Charlotte. Rogers has appeared in movies like Gung Ho, the Rapture and Austin Powers and TV shows like Two and a Half Men, Bosch and Mad Men. But she is probably best known as Tom Cruise's wife from 1987 to 1990. She's also a very accomplished poker player, even serving on the board of directors for the World Poker Tour. Crazy. And a recognizable face. A real. Oh, that guy. Actor Alan Garfield plays Howie Harry Garfield appeared in Beverly Hills COP2, the Conversation, Nashville and Woody Allen's Bananas. Great movie. A great character actor who's also just superb in this. He passed away unfortunately in 2020 from COVID complications and he was put at high risk after suffering a stroke back in 2002. And I'm sad to report that even if we think we have a winning hand with this movie, this movie is 100 minutes long, 10 minutes off target, which is without hyperbole. Disgusting people. So as a result, I will say this movie is. Say it with me, Sabrina.

[Paul Reiser]

Too long.

[Honey German]

Plus if you watch it on YouTube they have all of the commercials. So it made it much longer. But the commercials were awesome.

[Will Friedle]

But.

[Honey German]

But it made it that much longer. And it made me think, well, I'll go, I'll do that at seas. Because it really was like I had to pause a quick moment, went, wow, okay.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. I did not skip a single commercial though. These commercials brought me right back to my childhood. I knew all of the. I knew all of the songs. I knew the Juicy Fruit jingle. I knew all the Snickers.

[Honey German]

One killed me Knickers.

[Will Friedle]

The little sticklets. Sticklets, Gum. I remember that. Where they're like for some reason they thought thinner gum and more pieces. Nine slim sticks instead of seven wide ones. What the. Yeah, so I didn't go out. I watched it all. And the writer is Robin Sweecord. I hope I'm saying that right. Or Swicord. Now let's talk about humble beginnings. This was only her second movie, but she went on to write. This list is staggering. 1994's Little Women, 1996's Matilda cult hit Practical Magic, Memoirs of a Geisha and the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A script that got her nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Some huge credits for Swi Cord or Sweet Cord, I hope. I'm saying I think it's Swy chord. A much more impressive list than what we're used to for actual Disney Channel movies. They get great writers on decoms. Absolutely. Not saying they don't, but it is a different caliber of writer when you're going on to then win Academy Awards and Golden Globes and nominated for all this different kind of stuff.

[Honey German]

So yeah, very they just announced Practical Magic 2 is possibly in the works. Both of the actress Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman have confirmed there's one in the works. I wonder if she's back on for the second this that movie was. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, that movie was so good.

[Will Friedle]

Well, she's got the banger after banger, this woman.

[Honey German]

Oh wow.

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[Will Friedle]

All right, so let's get this line of credit and start you ruined my life. The movie opens with a stretch white limo driving into Vegas before sunset. We see the magical 1980s skyline of the Strip, eventually giving us some shots of hotels that are just memories in 2025 the Dunes, Oasis, Stardust, Frontier, Imperial Pa. All since demolished and replaced. The limo eventually pulls up to one of the hotels that's actually still there, Caesar's Palace. Two hotel employees congregate to announce she's coming back. Even though she was just here, she's coming back. Apparently, things are gonna liven up soon. But inside the hotel, a cashier isn't as happy. He wants her kept away from his bank. A security guard even gets on the loudspeaker. It's a Minerva alert. One cocktail waitress is thrilled with the news, and Jake the bartender hides his cherries. That sounded strange, but that's what happens. Inside his large office, a big wig named Howie can't believe she's coming back after only four Weeks. His receptionist Charlotte eventually brings him a milk, which obviously would have been alcohol if it wasn't Disney, but, you know, they gotta give him a little stomach problem, so they're giving him milk instead. Howie instructs Charlotte to buy Minerva a present and fill out a loving card and mark it from Uncle Howie. Also, he says if Aunt Hermione Harry Potter calls, say nothing. I assume it's because she's at a wizarding school again and he's scared of her powers. But it's too late. Anyway, Charlotte breaks the news. Hermione already knows. The limo finally pulls up to Caesar's right in front of the sign advertising cool. And the gang performing soon, which is awesome. The valet guy helps Minerva out of the limo and we see she's dressed in a schoolgirl outfit, roller skates, long red gloves, and a red feather boa. She skates off, leaving a piece of chocolate as a tip. Now, in the hotel, Minerva screams out, hey, everybody, I'm back. And is instantly embraced by Lorraine, the cocktail waitress who catches her up on her recent soap opera storylines. Minerva then visits Jake, the bartender who lovingly sprays them all with water. Minerva immediately notices that the cherries are gone. Yep, still sounds weird. Sabrina, have your kids ever been to Vegas? Do you ever take them there? Or is it just like this? Is this is just for my husband and I?

[Honey German]

No, they have not been to Vegas. Jordan and I, actually, that's where we kind of said we fell in love. Because I met him really close to when I actually had to be there for four months. He and I have been in Vegas. That's a really awesome place. We ended up getting married there. But you got married in Vegas? Yeah, we got. We got married at Wayne Newton's house.

[Will Friedle]

Like, was Wayne Newton there?

[Honey German]

Yeah, him and I were on the Dancing with the Stars show the first time I was on together, and we went on tour. So I've been close with his family for a long time. And when he met Jordan, he's the one. He opened a business we went into opening. He met Jordan that night and said, this guy's the one. This is the one right here. And then when he found out we got engaged, he's like, I'd love to host you guys at our house. Would be amazing.

[Will Friedle]

Like, okay, dude, you got married at Wade. I would argue, and this is a tough argument to make, but I could argue Wayne Newton is even better than Fig Newton's. And I know that's tough, but I think it's true, because Fig Newtons are great.

[Honey German]

Definitely better than Fig Newton.

[Will Friedle]

All right. I love that. Then a security guard named Mustache, without any explanation outside of him having one, gives her a bear hug and carries her to see, quote, unquote, the boss. Uncle Howie. Now we're in his office. Howie's upset with Minerva. Ten schools in five years is a disaster. He loves his niece, but this is embarrassing. He'll get her anything if she just stays in school. Minerva apologizes. She is not made for school. She wants to stay at the hotel and talk about Lorraine's divorce. This kid. Right on cue, Aunt Hermione storms in. She can't believe Minerva was kicked out of yet another school. She's demanding full custody to get her away from the shady Vegas crowd. Minerva says she wants to live with Howie, but Aunt Hermione says she's too young to make her own decisions. And with that, Minerva falls off of her roller skates, taking some drapes down along the way. She's okay, but she is way too young to be making her own decision. She should not be at that hotel, she should not be in that situation. And she should be at a school with a loving family. Right away, I was like, nope, she's wrong. The uncle's wrong. And Aunt Hermione, who's the villain, seems to be the only one looking out for this child's well being.

[Honey German]

Absolutely.

[Will Friedle]

So, yeah. We then cut to EIT, or the Eastern Institute of Technology in Boston, which is supposed to be mit, but just in another part of town, we see a group of police. They're entering the lab, and inside is a pretty active scene. Men are lined up, standing in front of computers, which I'm putting computers in quotes because this was computers in 1987. So these were still kind of new. While a professor named Dexter walks up and down the line taking bets. It's blackjack, and there's a different game on every screen. But just as the hands are dealt, in walks the cops and the dean. It's Raid. Dexter tries to say it's a top secret research project, but he's deemed a disgrace to the institution. The next day, Dexter's at the bank talking to his friend, one of the branch's employees. Dexter says he doesn't care if he gets reprimanded. He doesn't want to teach anymore. He's going to take a year sabbatical and then write a book in Fiji. But first, he's stopping in Vegas for a little financial help. He reveals a box with flickering lights strapped to his stomach. Now 9 out of 10 people in a Bank would have assumed this was a bomb. So not good planning, bud. It's also the most giant computer thing I've seen in my life, just strapped to a thing. But Dexter calls it the ultimate blackjack system. It'll count cards and tell him what to do through his watch. He just needs a line of credit from the bank, but he only has $50 as collateral. So Dexter spills some of his soda on his friend, forcing him to run to the bathroom. While he's gone, Dexter decides to creep onto the computer and change his $50 balance to 50,000. You know, just some casual, enormous bank frog. Yeah. I mean, yikes. Now, did you have any concerns about Dexter at this point?

[Honey German]

Yeah, he was very strange to me. Again, like I said, I. I don't feel like it was set up enough to know that he was a teacher. You really had to pay attention, I felt, to, like, the dialogue that he was talking about. Then he was just like. He had everything planned out. This, like you said, it looked like a bomb. He had just a little bit. He was a little, like, kind of shady. Sketchy. Sketchy to me, you know?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I agree. They were trying to. It was weird. It was almost like, for the first part of the movie, they almost had to rewrite his character because Paul Reiser doesn't come off as a bank robber gonna rob a casino guy, but comes off as a great teacher. So it was like he. Was he miscast? Was he properly cast? I don't know. It was. It was strange to me what they were going. Cause I love Paul Reiser, but I was like, I don't buy him as bank robber guy. I'm sorry. I just don't.

[Honey German]

He wasn't doing a bank robber. He was.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, he stole $50,000 from a bank, then tried to screw a casino with a giant cheating machine.

[Honey German]

Seeing things like this, though, like, I'm like, is that. Could it have really, honestly been that easy to do stuff like this back then? Like, I don't like.

[Will Friedle]

No. Although the one they show in Casino. Have you seen that? Where it's like, there's. It takes two guys, and one of them, like, taps on his leg, and then there's. The other one has, like, a thing on his leg where a pencil taps him, and it's like Morse code and all that kind of stuff. So they can get into some pretty involved stuff to rob these players.

[Honey German]

This was literally like, Let me fake a. A. A glass of. Of Coke or a Diet Coke.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it was little Macaulay Culkin esque.

[Honey German]

And it was literally like, let me just reach over and click the zero a few times. I'm like, is that like, were bank tellers just like. I get it.

[Will Friedle]

So maybe when computers were new. I don't know either. But anyway, now back at the hotel, Minerva orders carts and carts and carts of room service. Because kids love room service. Obviously. It's such a treat. Although when I was just there, I got two bagels. My. My wife and I got. This is not a joke. We were at the hotel. My wife And I got two bagels, two orange juices, and two coffees. And it was $123. It's. It's robbery. It's insane. It's absolutely insane. We were laughing like, this can't be right. Yeah.

[Honey German]

When I go on vacation, my favorite thing. I love to go to brunch. I don't really eat breakfast a ton in real life. I love to go to brunch and I love to have room service. But yeah, I just.

[Will Friedle]

It's crazy.

[Honey German]

Especially in Vegas.

[Will Friedle]

I just can't do it because it's. We were at the, at the gift shop at the. Waiting for our car. We were at the gift shops. I only drive to Vegas. I hate that flight. It's too bumpy.

[Honey German]

Oh, my gosh. I can't handle that drive.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, I love the drive. So we're there and on May 27th is my 11 year anniversary without smoking a cigarette. So it's been a very long time that I haven't smoked. And we're sitting down there and I look behind the cashier and I see packs of cigarettes. And I said, you know, it's been so long. And we're in Vegas. I said, it's been so long. I'm just curious, how much is a pack of cigarettes? And the woman, dead straight said, $27. What? It was to the point where the other four people in the store had. Exactly. Or people we hadn't even talked to. Turn around, like, what did you just say? $27.

[Honey German]

How much do you remember?

[Will Friedle]

It was when I started smoking. It was a $90.

[Honey German]

Well, that seems crazy too.

[Will Friedle]

$27 a pack. Isn't that insane? So if you're a pack a day smoker, which I was. It's $30 a day.

[Honey German]

Especially though now I don't. You don't see people smoking actual cigarettes anymore?

[Will Friedle]

No. Thank God. It's got. It's going away, it's going away, it's going away. But $27 a pack. Yep. There you go.

[Honey German]

Expensive. How much would a carton be like $100.

[Will Friedle]

You'd have to call Zurich and move some money around. It'd be crazy. There is now a knock at the door, and it's another kid named Yaki. He's celebrating his birthday and wearing a leather jacket. It's a bomber jacket. That's how you know he's a badass. He invites Minerva onto a boat ride, and she immediately accepts. We cut to the fountains. He does a little baby badass. We cut to the fountains in front of Caesar's palace, where Yaqui and Minerva are rowing in a boat. Yes, it's a nice little rowboat wearing pirate and sailing hats. Just as Uncle Howie drives by and he can't believe what he sees, but apparently does nothing about it, Just keeps on driving. Minerva decides to make Yaqui's birthday cake in the casino kitchen. So now the two kids try their hardest to mimic a nearby chef and his beautiful cake making. But Minerva adds gumballs to their concoction. An odd decision for pastry. The kids leave their creation to find more frosting. And while they're gone, a waiter accidentally picks up the cake for the dining room. When Minerva and Yaqui return, they realize what's happened and they run off. And we never find anything about this. Nobody takes a cut of the cake. No one sees a piece. No one bites into it. It just. That's it. There was a lot of things in this movie were just scenes that meant nothing, that went nowhere. There's a couple more coming up where I was like, why did they have that?

[Honey German]

Didn't this cut straight to her getting in trouble?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. No. Later he mentions no in passing how he's like, oh, and then the cake with the gumballs.

[Honey German]

It's like they didn't get in trouble just yet. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Elsewhere in the hotel, Howie and receptionist Charlotte are talking about her job. She wants to work in PR and build a spa to attract a younger crowd. But Howie says she's a good secretary and needs to stay that way. Little, little misogyny in 1987. That's just how it was. And that's when we see his niece Minerva laying out by the pool, being served a drink by Lorraine. Howie begs Minerva to go back to her room because people don't like seeing kids at the pool. It makes them feel guilty about their families back home. She follows his order, and Uncle Howie wonders if Hermione was right. Maybe she should be in a big home with rules, a bedtime, and a loving family. Of course she should. Howie. Howie says she doesn't want her to end up being like him. He just runs around, stressed, trying to keep his heart and ulcer in check. He professes his love for her, but they must work out this behavior before Hermione returns. Now it's nighttime, and Dexter's checking into the hotel. His blackjack stomach computer. His giant blackjack stomach computer is already beeping for some reason. Why? You'd build this machine yourself that's supposed to be a secret Vegas thing and yet make it beep the loudest and most loudest. It's like you would have gone to what was called Radio Shack back in the day, kids, and asked for a loud beeping machine. Yikes. He asked for a line of credit from the cashier. When Charlotte pops up, she's doing a survey for the hotel and offers help if he has any questions. Dexter is obviously very attracted to this receptionist. And the banker returns to give him a line of credit for that 50 grand. Remember, this figure is based on the earlier bank fraud changing his life savings while his friend was away. Now, committing a crime or not, Dexter's room is massive and very 1980s. It has stairs and a Jacuzzi overlooking the entire strip. He laughs to himself and dances onto a leather sofa. Probably because he's got all this for just taking out a line of credit. After a quick rest, he puts on his nicest suit and readies the giant blackjack stomach machine. He's very confident he'll make oodles and oodles of cash. Giving himself a pep talk and singing around the room, Dexter wastes no time and walks down to the casino floor to scout the situation and test the massive blinking loud box under his jacket. He eventually decides at a blackjack table and puts down his first bet. His hand is a dismal 5 and a 10 or a 15. His watch then tells him to hit, and boom. He gets a 20. Great hand. How would the computer know what card is next if he just sat down? How would that be possible?

[Honey German]

I imagine it was like he's counting cards, right?

[Will Friedle]

But he just sat down. So he hasn't counted anything yet.

[Honey German]

That is true.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. There's nothing to count. He just. And again, you need the computer to tell you to stand on 15. Come on. It all depends on what the. Anyway. Anyway, Dexter wins the first hand and goes on a massive streak thanks to his computer. And watch. This guy cannot lose. Upstairs, Minerva is in a cocktail dress in pearls, giving herself a full face of makeup and perfume. She looks like she's about to perform in a New Year's Eve Vegas show. Meanwhile, Dexter's constant blackjack wins have amassed a crowd and also the attention of casino security. The quote eye in the sky watches on, noticing he's been looking at his watch every hand. They think he's counting cards. So mustache again, mustache wants to see it firsthand. At the table, Lorraine takes Dexter's drink order and thinks Dexter is really cute. She calls him the brainy type. But in reality, Dexter is really stupid. So stupid that he decides to put all of his winnings in for one hand. Mustache watches on as Dexter is dealt another crappy 15. Lorraine returns with the champagne and an onlooker accidentally pushes Dexter's hand into the ice bucket. Oh, it shorted out the watch. Dexter doesn't know what to do. He asks for a break and a suspicious mustache tells him to take his time. Which seems insane to me that literally there's cards on the table and they just let him walk away in the middle of the hand, it seems.

[Honey German]

No, it didn't seem real or happen.

[Will Friedle]

No, it didn't seem.

[Honey German]

No.

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[Will Friedle]

Meanwhile, Minerva's having a candlelit dinner by herself. It seems like we should have been getting the idea that maybe this she didn't really love this lifestyle. She's lonely. She's that stuff. But no, she's digging it. She's watching a Chorus Line of girls rehearse for Howie and all of Howie's creepy friends. Dexter is now in the bathroom. He's trying to dry off his watch, begging it to work. He eventually makes his way back to the table after again a loud beeping exchange where he's in the toilet and the thing's beeping and janitor. The janitor's there and you didn't need that scene at all. Another scene where it was like, well, does anything happen? No, he just runs by the janitor and the beeping has stopped, so why even do it? But he makes his way back to the table. He has no confidence in his invention now, and when he returns his cards, the dealer, the other players, they're all just waiting for him mid hand. That seems like fun. And then at the same time, the cashier gets a call. It's about Dexter and his 50 grand. It looks like the jig is up. Dexter, now without the help of his magical large, huge counting machine, decides to stand on 15. And then the dealer hits on her 15 and gets a six. She has 21. Dexter's lost everything. He crawls away with his tail between his legs. We're now back at the chorus line. Minerva has now joined the girls dancing. When Yaqui runs in, he wants to show her something. It's a computer at the front desk that also won't stop beeping. Apparently, in the mid to late 80s, there was just a lot of beeping computers. Yocchi jumps over the counter, which I'm sure is not a safe thing to do at a Vegas casino. The two kids start pounding on the keyboard, making everything beep more. Meanwhile, two ladies are having trouble opening their room door. It appears the kids playing on the computer have stripped the key cards of access, causing a major security issue. No one can get into their rooms. And if that wasn't enough, Mustache confronts a pouting Dexter at the bar. We're now in Howie's office. Minerva and Yocky are getting an earful about their little computer gag. Yacki gets banned from the hotel, and Minerva is being sent to her aunt Hermione's house. It's about time. And just as the kids are taken away, Mustache walks in with a handcuffed Dexter. Howie reveals he knows all about Dexter's scam, and even though he lost it all, he still stole from the casino to even play in the first place. Dexter tries to talk his way out of it, but Howie wants the original 50k back, and Dexter has no money to pay it off. Mustache also exposes the enormous blackjack computer. And now Howie swears he'll get that $50,000 even if he has to sell Dexter's teeth fillings. Dexter suggests he works it off in the casino, maybe by washing dishes, but Howie points out that'll take 50 to 60 years. But Howie then says, and this is where I was like, okay, I get where they're going. But really. Howie then says he does have an idea for the teacher. Soon after, Dexter is moved to his new, much smaller room under the garage and near the boiler room. He's then walked to meet his new student, Minerva. Yes, to pay off his debt, he has to become her teacher. Okay, she's blasting music, swinging in a room which is filled with stuffed animals in a jukebox. It's a real Tom Hanks and big vibe. It was a very 80s trope. It was.

[Honey German]

I loved it, Rich.

[Will Friedle]

It was what Silver spoons did this. Big did this. The toy did this. It was all just.

[Honey German]

Was Richie Rich.

[Will Friedle]

Richie Rich, sure. That was the 80s. In the 80s, but no, but it was an 80s cartoon. I think the movie was in the early 90s, but it was an 80s Cartoon. So, yes, the kid with the awesome stuff in his room was a total 80s trope. But what did you feel about gambler guy who steals from casino having to pay it off by teaching the girl girl?

[Honey German]

Because he did not come off. Like, truly didn't. Like you said, like, just who he is as an actor is so hot. Like, just girl guy next door type thing. He wasn't like. So it was a little bit easier. But when you think about it, it's like, okay, Uncle. All right, fine. You find a teacher, you're not gonna have anyone else supervising this stranger who.

[Will Friedle]

You just got cheated.

[Honey German]

Who you. Yeah. Who you already know has somewhat of a questionable situation and is in a questionable predicament of why he's there. Gambling and cheating. You're gonna have no supervision with this adorable kid.

[Will Friedle]

Dexter introduces himself, and she doesn't seem to be interested, but still sits down to gauge her level of education. It becomes very obvious that she's way behind where she should be with entire subjects completely missed. All she knows is what she's learned from the hotel. Knowing what kind of work is ahead of him, Dexter talks to mid mass Uncle Howie. Dexter explains her education, or lack thereof, can't be fixed quickly, which is true, but Howie doesn't care. He wants Minerva to be like Princess Di and ready for a new boarding school in the fall. Dexter's job is to get her ready for the exam in a few weeks, where she'll need to score 80% or better to get accepted. And they really set it up where this girl didn't know anything. Dexter says he's a teacher, not a magician. But if he can get her to pass, his debt will be erased. We're now back in Minerva's room. Dexter immediately gets to work, but she's not listening. She's jumping on a trampoline and ordering room service. And once the food gets there, Yaqui was hiding in one of the carts to hang out. Yaqui forever. Meanwhile, once day one is finished, Charlotte checks in with Dexter on his boiler room. She notices he's packing his bags and reminds him how he will find him no matter where he goes. Dexter admits gambling was stupid, but he's a human being, not someone here to reform someone else's kid. But Charlotte grew up on the strip Too, without parents and feels bad for Minerva. Dexter calls the kid unteachable. But also, Charlotte tells Dexter she likes his feet. That wasn't. That wasn't. I didn't skip anything there, dear listeners. That's basically what happens. He says it's the girl's unteachable. It's like, well, maybe she's not unteachable. And she looks down. She's like, you've got nice toes, or whatever. And it was like, what? And so the flirting between these two heats up and they set up a time to get a drink together. Dexter also says he will try again with Minerva tomorrow. Sabrina, feet, yes or no?

[Honey German]

Oh, no.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, me too. However, the next day, when he arrives to Minerva's room, she's gone. She's left a note behind that reads, no lesson today, had to work. And thankfully, all the words were spelled correctly. Dexter finds Minerva down at the bar getting her soap opera update from Lorraine. Dexter acts casual with her. He knows he can't force her to learn. But if she knows everything about the hotel, why can't she do that with her schoolwork? So this is where I was like, okay. I wonder how, like, he's gonna incorporate. How he's gonna Mr. Miyagi her. Like, incorporate the whatever to get her to learn. And this is what we see.

[Honey German]

Does know the stuff she's interested in getting her to learn.

[Will Friedle]

Talk to her on her level. So he starts teaching her about former presidents by using money to point out their portraits. And it works. She seems excited. But that night, when he tries to drop off some textbooks to her room she's focused on Beauty Hour with Lorraine and some of the other hotel employees. She doesn't intend to study and tells Dexter to get lost. In turn, he admits his situation to the girl. He owes her Uncle Howie 50 grand, and this is how he'll survive the predicament. If not for the debt, he'd be out the door. But he's desperate. She seems open to help, so she leaves for his date with Charlotte. And it was very discombobulated by this point.

[Honey German]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Now, alone, Minerva meets up with Yaqui. Because, you know, hashtag Yaqui forever. She tells him she's looking to raise 50 grand to get Dexter out of debt and out of her life. She'll even sell her famous nail polish collection and trumpets, which all kids love.

[Honey German]

Trumpets and famous nail ball. Nobody's.

[Will Friedle]

Hey, everybody. Did you just didn't know what 1987 was like?

[Honey German]

You wouldn't know, but I need to know if a nail polish Collection huge in the 80s was a thing to where you could actually take it to a pawn shop. Money?

[Will Friedle]

Of course not. No. Even I know that didn't happen. That was just. No, I know. But that. That didn't happen. Never happened. I promise you that. Promise you that wasn't a thing. Over at his fancy date, Dexter tells Charlotte that he'd won at blackjack. He would have bought a boat for Fiji. And says that they both have a lot in common. They're both anxious to change their lives, and they both feel trapped. Then Howie arrives. He's happy to hear things went well with Minerva today and abruptly joins them for dinner without the invite. Downstairs, Minerva calls for her limo. She says she has to help Yaqui Yaki forever get home. They trust her, but the limo actually takes takes the two kids to a nearby sketchy pawn shop. The terrifying owner tries to hide some illegal business taking place in the back and laughs when Minerva asks for $50,000, minus $300 that she's already collected. And that's when we hear sirens. Cops have surrounded the shop, and we get our second raid of the film. The sketchy pawn shop guys try to hide the money, but the police eventually detain everyone, even the kids. And this was another weird scene that just didn't seem necessary.

[Honey German]

But she was so cute.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

When they're standing there, all she's standing there, she was.

[Will Friedle]

They were both just arrested. Adorable. The cast, the kids, they. And just like that mustache is marching Dexter right back to Howie's office, where Aunt Hermione has also returned. Howie can't believe the trouble his niece gotten into. And he's blamed her new teacher. Why he's blaming the teacher, I don't know. Dexter will need to watch over her 247 if that's what's needed. Because, of course, he's a stranger. Because if she doesn't pass the test, she'll become the property of Aunt Hermione, who then would take her and raise her properly and have her study, and then she'd actually be able to test.

[Honey German]

Take more showers and things like that as well.

[Will Friedle]

Yep, exactly. The next day, Dexter arrives early to Minerva's room to start, quote, spring cleaning. He says a cluttered room can create a cluttered mind. He's now very motivated to help her, and he's decided to change his approach. They start all over using blackjack, a game she knows well to learn numbers. And later, Dexter takes Minerva to a truck stop to get her out of the hotel and around other people. He's trying to teach her about etiquette. But this place doesn't even have soup spoons or clean forks. So they agree to leave, and the scene did absolutely nothing to further the movie. Not only that, but then it ends with two other guys who aren't in the movie at all doing this little side of after you, John.

[Honey German]

Are we getting a sidebar story?

[Will Friedle]

Are they gonna rob her? Yeah, I thought the same thing.

[Honey German]

Is she a trust fund baby? Is she the one that actually owns the hotel? Like, I started going into all these different.

[Will Friedle]

Yep. And you know what? That what actually happened was not a thing is what actually happened at the end of the day. Back at the hotel, Dexter runs into Charlotte, who's been too busy to see him lately. She invites him to a party, but says it's not really an invite, it's a demand. Per Howie's orders, Dexter must take Minerva to the benefit to prove her progress, which is an awful lot of pressure. That night, Dexter reads a sad book to Minerva, and things seem to be getting better. Especially when Dexter explains the history of France in World War I in a fun, captivating way. As a history buff, I liked the way he talked about all Sauce Lorraine. I thought that was very interesting. So again, Mr. Miyagi kind of teaching. So as a break, Dexter takes her out to the desert for a picnic she's wanted to go on. And they're finally bonding, even holding hands and learning about Cinderella by wearing costumes and dancing to music. And again, this man has just given this girl over to a complete and total stranger.

[Honey German]

And now it's time in the sand dunes.

[Will Friedle]

It's now in the middle of the desert.

[Honey German]

Yep.

[Will Friedle]

Now in the middle of the desert in the middle of Nevada. Nothing. Nothing weird about that at all. And it's like, this is where I buried my last three people.

[Honey German]

Like Jesus, that he got a car from the hotel to take her.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, man, it's. The whole thing is weird.

[Honey German]

We're wild now.

[Will Friedle]

We are. It was. It's kind of going a little nuts now. Now it's time for that famous benefit event. Dexter, Minerva walk in together, both a little intimidated and nervous. She won't remember the etiquette lessons. They take their seats for dinner, and Minerva is doing great, talking to the adults. She's really learned a lot, impressing Howie and Hermione until she starts eating her food with her hands like an animal. In all fairness, she does that because nobody can cut the food that's in front of her. Instead of reacting negatively, Dexter and Charlotte decide to join her. The Cornish game hen was Tough. Anyway. And then the whole table joins in. She had a very good idea. Minerva eventually retreats to the kitchen to pretend hyperventilating into a bag. Dexter finds her and announces that he's very proud of her, she's doing a great job, and even Uncle Howie is impressed. In response, he gave Dexter his plane ticket back to him. And now Minerva wants to celebrate. She even tells Dexter she loves him. Eventually, Charlotte tracks him down. Howie wants to talk to Dexter again. So Howie and Dexter share a drink, celebrating what they saw from Minerva tonight. But Howie reminds the teacher Minerva not only has to get accepted into the school, she also has to want to be there. If she drops out, the debt stands. But either way, the test is tomorrow, so buckle up. Later that night, Charlotte and Dexter decide to share a drink before he leaves. And when Minerva comes down to the boiler room with surprise for Dexter, he's not there. And when Minerva does find the couple, she sees them kiss. Minerva's shocked, maybe even hurt, but she goes undetected. When the new couple walks outside for some air. Was she. Did she like Dexter?

[Honey German]

Okay, but you gotta back up, because when she wanted to celebrate, did she feel like she made plans with him? And now he canceled the plan, Right?

[Will Friedle]

Is that what they're talking about?

[Honey German]

He canceled the plans and went with Charlotte and that's why she was so hurt. Now I'm like, she had just said that she loved him. Did that line mean she was in love with him?

[Will Friedle]

And they didn't really cancel plans. They didn't have any plans for sure.

[Honey German]

Yeah, it was. It was.

[Will Friedle]

And what is she doing by herself in the boiler room at like 11 o' clock at night?

[Honey German]

Yeah, it was.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, I guess she's supposed to kind of have run of the hotel, but she's.

[Honey German]

Yeah, runs amok. But, like, I mean, I know it was. It was. At this point again, I'm still stuck on. Who are those other two guys?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, who are the guys? The two guys in the diner they were in. No reason for.

[Honey German]

Yeah, they're coming down the hallway any minute. I know it. This is when they're gonna kidnap her.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yeah. There's gonna be another storyline and then they have to save her. No.

[Honey German]

And then we had like four or five different commercial breaks in between all.

[Will Friedle]

Which were the best. Oh, I love them.

[Honey German]

Like, we gotta get back because I'm confused.

[Will Friedle]

Juicy Fruit is gonna move ya it's you so soft it gets right through ya Juicy Fruit the taste, the taste, the taste is gonna move ya Juicy fruit hell yes. 1987 baby now walking together. Charlotte tells Dexter she's inspired by what he's done with Minerva. Charlotte feels like she needs to do something with her life, too. They both wish he wasn't leaving. And so they kiss again. Luckily, no kid was watching this time. She's back in a room. Actually, Minerva is devastated. She decides to call Yaqui, which is also exactly what I do call the one man party. Yaqui forever. Unfortunately, Yaki's been grounded since the pawn shop incident because he has. What are those called? Parents that care about him. She had no. She got into no trouble for getting arrested at a pawn shop. Minerva says she feels like she's running away, so Yaqui invites her over. Take this one. Say it with me, Sabrina. Yaqui forever. Say it with me. Yaqui forever.

[Honey German]

Yaqui forever.

[Will Friedle]

That's right. Yaqui forever. She writes down his address with a comically large pencil and leaves for his place. She arrives at Yaqui's, but it's DEFCON 5. Back at the hotel, everyone's freaking out that Minerva is missing. And they're involving the police now, which I thought was a quick jump. She's been gone like 20 minutes. Anyway, Howie is screaming about kidnapping and blaming Dexter. But Dexter finally fights back. He says that Howie pretends that the kid is his life, but the hotel and his business deals, that's actually his life life. As they argue how he begs everyone not to tell Hermione. But guess what? Just like good old Hermione Granger using the Time Turner she already knows now defeated, Dexter walks into Minerva's bedroom, scoping out all of their study materials. You can tell he feels like it all meant nothing now. But then he notices something. It's a red flag poked onto their map. Right on Boston. He rushes to Howie. He knows where she is. He wants to go get her himself. No police. No sire sirens. Dexter says if he's wrong, he'll come back and face the music. But he cares about Minerva, and he's got to find her before Hermione does. Everyone is treating this Hermione like she's the worst person in the world. The only person who's like, you know what I would love for her to do is have a family, have some structure, go to school. And everyone's like she's the evil stepmother. Like it should have been.

[Honey German]

It doesn't seem like she's very kind.

[Will Friedle]

No, but who cares at that point? You've got a child who is completely uneducated, spoiled, running amok all over the place.

[Honey German]

Yeah. Eating everything inside, backstory she has. She has no parents. Where do they go?

[Will Friedle]

Well, we know she's an orphan. We said. They said that she's an orphan. I get the trauma.

[Honey German]

Kind of trauma.

[Will Friedle]

No one's trying to deal with that. No, they should have. I'm sorry. I know the shoulda, woulda, coulda game is never good, but they. They should have. It should have been something like. We saw that in the one movie. What was it where they were like, oh, my God, she's literally talking about killing her. Killing the nephew. You remember the. The. Was it ghost of Buxley Hall? I forget which one it was. Don't you remember? There was one where it was like they were trying to control the kids money. And so if they got control. I think it was ghosts of Buxley Hall. I think if they got control of the kid and they were like, well, then we'll just kill the kid. I thought if they added something like, hermione only wants you because then you get control of the trust fund your parents left you. Yes, something like that. Where it's like they literally. Yes, yes. She's a curmudgeon. Living at Aunt Hermione's is going to suck, but you're going to actually grow up and learn something. It's like the equivalent of going to military school, which this girl needed. So it was like. To me, it was like, make her actually evil. Make it to where she does. She's going to control the money. She's going to. Something's going to happen. Not just. I'm going to make you learn where it's like, okay, that's. Jeez, it's. This girl needs some structure in her life. Anyway. This from the guy who doesn't have kids and will never have to deal with it himself. Thank you. Eventually, Howie agrees, giving Dexter permission to leave for a temporary task. Finally leaving Las Vegas. Ooh, leaving Las Vegas. Good name for a movie. I gotta jot it down. And getting another great look at 80s Vegas. Dexter eventually just appears in Boston. We see him drive to the airport. It says. It says Vegas airport, but he's just there now all of a sudden. We also kind of don't really get how she got there. Even the guy says to her, she came with $300. She came with three $100 bills. She had me change one. I just thought maybe she'd want to get something at the gift shop at the airport. So did he know she was going to the airport? The guy that works at the casino? I was now going like, wait, what the hell's going on?

[Honey German]

Well, it's the same thing as the limo driver taking her to a pawn shop. Like, how is. How is this 11 year old talking adults into getting her places that she should not be by herself?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, but it's also just the whole. The whole. It's like. So did they know she hopped a plane, this girl? Obviously, she was in Vegas, so she hopped a plane.

[Honey German]

Gift shop. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, but the guy knew he was.

[Honey German]

Who would do that?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I don't know. It's very strange.

[Honey German]

Like.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, yeah. Anyway. Yeah. So we now see Dexter arriving at the boarding school she's set to attend and roams around the campus trying to find Minerva. But instead he stumbles on an attractive lady that flirts with him for absolutely no reason whatsoever. It's like, this is another one of those. Why? Why did they even film that? What. What was the point of this random lady just coming up and flirting with this guy?

[Honey German]

Every. Dexter was like a hot commodity in this movie. Remember we've got the, the, the waitress at the beginning who thinks he's so. Who's so handsome.

[Will Friedle]

And then we got Charlotte, and then.

[Honey German]

Charlotte and now this guy. And it's like. I'm not saying he's not a good looking guy. Oh, but come on, this is not. First of all, it just doesn't need to be anything like, he's not using it to get anything for himself.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, he's Player Riser. He ain't Paul Reiser. It's crazy. But yeah. What's going on? He's just. You're right. But it was just such a weird scene. It was like, what? Why is this here? Yeah. Eventually he does find Minerva, though. She's in a classroom taking the entrance exam. He smiles to himself and calls Howie. He found her. And she's okay. She's taking the test. Eventually she completes the exam. And Minerva is so excited to see Dexter jumping into his arms and completely forgetting that he's straight up all after Charlotte, but also that she was supposed to be mad at him.

[Honey German]

Yeah, she was pissed at him, but because he showed up. Because he's an adult that actually shows up for her. Her uncle doesn't. Her uncle doesn't handles things like after the fact. Like, I get the.

[Will Friedle]

I guess then. But why didn't she not want him there? Anyway, we're back at the hotel now. Howie congratulates his niece over the phone. He says he knew she could do it. Meanwhile, Charlotte finally gets the confidence to quit. She's been poached by another hotel's pr department. But when Howie offers her a similar job at Caesars, it looks like maybe she'll stay and think it over. So what kind of lesson was that? We are now back at the boarding school. Dexter wants to know why Minerva ran away. It was the wrong thing to do. Valid question. She explains that she wanted to do this alone, all by herself, which again, doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. And it seems like she's already making friends at her new school. Dexter lets her know he lives only 20 minutes from the school, and they decide he'll visit her sometimes. She suggests he looks into teaching again. He says it's crossed his mind. She begs him for a picnic, and they hold hands and walk together. He explains he knows a perfect spot for Swan Lake. In the end, it appears they both rediscovered their purpose in life. And that's our movie.

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[Will Friedle]

Okay, real reviews. I think I have the five star review this week. I do. And this five star is from Cassidy G. And it reads as thus. This is totally cute. And I loved everything between Paul Reiser and the kid. But I watched this on YouTube with the original commercials and let me just say how startling it was when all of a sudden a news bulletin cut in about an escaped serial rapist. I thought the same thing, if I'm totally honest with you. It was. It was like Magical World of Disney Serial rapists on the loose. I was like, whoa. Yeah. All right, Sabrina, you've got the one star review. What do you got?

[Honey German]

I got a one star from Frankie P. Should we be teaching kids about that?

[Will Friedle]

Okay, I'm sorry, I have to stop just the way you said Frankie P. Is my new favorite. Frankie P. It was my new favorite thing ever. I apologize for interrupting. I just. Frankie P. Made me laugh the way you said it.

[Honey German]

Anyway, Frankie P. Frankie P. Frankie P. All right. Should we be teaching kids about gambling? Get with it, Disney.

[Will Friedle]

One star. All right, One star. We now are approaching something that, of course, is Sabrina's favorite part of the podcast.

[I]

She's gonna love today's even more, I think.

[Will Friedle]

Well, it's blackjack, so is what we're doing. And she Just told us how she gets scared a little bit. What we've done, though, to make the game a little easier is I'm gonna have 11 strangers come into your house right now and surround you as you are playing blackjack. No. Okay. So our feature is called blackjack. Of course. Producer Jensen put this together for. I like to say us, but it's really for Sabrina. You ruined My Life is obviously set in Las Vegas and the casinos that the city is known for. But as far as gambling, we only see Dexter's obsession with beating blackjack. So to find out how much we actually know about the movie's favorite table game, we will be given a scenario out of a hand. And we have to decide if we should hit, stand, double down, or split 3 out of 5. Correct answers as dictated by the book of blackjack odds, wins. So here we go firsthand.

[I]

And also, you don't have a ton of time. I'm going to give you about 10 seconds each.

[Will Friedle]

Each.

[Honey German]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, great. You have. Okay, wait. So. Yeah, hit, stand, double dinner, split. So the first hand we have is a king and a four and the dealer showing a nine. I'm going to say. Oh, a 14. The dealer's got a nine. You have to hit.

[Honey German]

Yeah, you have to.

[I]

Okay, that's the first one, right? I mean, I also think, like, maybe you should count to three and then both say it at the same time, but.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, okay, that's fair. That's fair. Okay, first one, good. Okay, first one. Good. We have a five and a four. The dealer is showing a seven, right?

[Honey German]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

One, two, three. Hit.

[I]

All right. I would have also accepted double.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. Yeah.

[I]

Also accept the double. Great. Two for two.

[Honey German]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

You have a king and an eight. The dealer is showing a jack, stand, stay.

[I]

All right, we are already in the lead. That's it.

[Will Friedle]

That's.

[I]

You won.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[I]

Now you just have two for fun. Look at Sabrina saying she doesn't like to gamble. She's probably an athlete.

[Honey German]

I know, but my heart is beating so hard over here and my palms are sweaty.

[Will Friedle]

I love that. That's the best. And it's like, I just want to see a random waitress walk by and like, you want a drink, hun? You have two eights. The dealer is showing a four. One, two, three, split.

[I]

Wow. I mean, you guys both know this game very well. Is this going to be a double five for five. This would be our first double.

[Honey German]

Five for five. Easy, easy. These are easier.

[I]

Let's see.

[Will Friedle]

Here we go. You have an ace and a six. The dealer has an Eight. One, two, three, hit. Wow.

[I]

Five for five. Our first ever. Please enter. Like, a party sound effect here.

[Honey German]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. Cha ching, cha ching, cha ching.

[I]

Little did we know this would be the one.

[Will Friedle]

That's the best. Oh, thank you.

[Honey German]

By the way, like, never get these hands. I get, like a. Like a. Like a two and like a six.

[I]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

You did it, though.

[Honey German]

I never get good hands.

[Will Friedle]

We did it. We got five for five. Yes. Thank you, producer Jensen. I'm sorry to do that to you today.

[Honey German]

We go to Vegas ASAP.

[Will Friedle]

Now can we do some Sabrina Cs?

[Honey German]

So there's obviously, there's so many things to say about the commercials, but we. That's not about the movie. I got to stay focused. But before we did mention that, we got another one. And I can't remember if we've gotten them on all of them or if it's just been one, but of the, Like, Michael Eisner with, like, the cast, like, like, a whole intro.

[Will Friedle]

Fuzzbucket, I think, was the only other one we had.

[Honey German]

Fuzz bucket, was it? Oh, I saw her. She was at Wago Tango.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway, did you say hi?

[Honey German]

Yes, I did. Oh, good. And her husband was there, too, so it was really nice to see them.

[Will Friedle]

Cool.

[Honey German]

So Fuzzbucket was the last time, so I was like, oh, I was, like, super excited to see this. However, we got the same or similar Mickey voice.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

Like, in no way sounds like Mickey. I just was like, oh, gosh, Will's gonna have to say something. I can't believe you didn't say anything. And then I actually kind of liked the crazy inventions. I. It was a giant thing to me. It was so big. 80s. It was so big. So was everything. Like, I know the computers are big. Like, everything was just like, like, so giant back.

[Will Friedle]

It was.

[Honey German]

Right, so he's like, his little, like, contraption. But I also loved the fact that we got another look into some future actual things that we have nowadays, like a smartwatch.

[Will Friedle]

Yep, I saw that too.

[Honey German]

I mean, I don't know if this key card thing was already happening or whatever, but I liked the key cards, and then I liked the idea of how they malfunctioned because they always seem sketchy. And the first time, like, I really thought about a key card going, how do I know that the person before me didn't have this same card? Like, how do you really.

[Will Friedle]

They might have.

[Honey German]

They might have, right? So anyway, it just made me kind of think, like, oh, wow. I guess they were made at this time in the 80s. Moving back a Little bit. Did it throw you off at all? Why? He had a solo cup in the bank while he was banking.

[Will Friedle]

Like, oh, I didn't even notice it. It's because he had, he had to spill it.

[Honey German]

Well, he had to spill it, but.

[Will Friedle]

I think he knew he was going to do that.

[Honey German]

He have this yellow solo cup. Like it's like a full blown.

[Will Friedle]

Like he just came from a fraternity party. Right.

[Honey German]

Brian? Giant, big old bright solo cup. And then, then he spills it. And I went, oh, I guess that was. Yeah, that was it.

[Will Friedle]

But that's how, that's all bank fraud took in the, in the 80s was just a solo cup full of Diet Coke.

[Honey German]

And then just the last one. Oh, how did he get the room? How did he get that giant suite? Was it, I think back.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Back in the day. Especially if you went in, I'm sure you'd get a good room now. But if you went in back in the day and you got a fifty thousand dollar line of credit, they probably would have put you in a pretty fast.

[I]

But I've thought of this too, Sabrina.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[I]

So he only has $50,000 basically because they've seen the bank number.

[Honey German]

So like how much would that room be? Like that room was giant.

[I]

Yeah. So you're telling me that if someone proved they had $50,000, they got the baller suite. That's weird.

[Honey German]

It was.

[Will Friedle]

What would $50,000 in the 80s would be what, like 120 grand now?

[I]

Maybe a lot, but. But at the same time, I mean.

[Will Friedle]

It'S a lot to drop at a casino. Right. If I walked in with one hundred twenty thousand thousand dollar line of credit, they probably put me in a nice room with that.

[I]

But you're weird because they see you have that number and they're just willing to just give it all to you.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, that's true.

[Honey German]

I guess I don't understand the line of credit. I've never gone in with like and gotten a line of credit. I mean it's like you give them, you pull out your passion, you get cash.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Do they still do lines of credit or is that an old school Vegas thing?

[I]

We were just in Vegas and I saw it happen a lot.

[Will Friedle]

Really? Okay.

[Honey German]

Had no idea what that was. I've never done Vegas that way. It's like you just more so get, get, you know, pay $30 to get your money out of the ATM.

[Will Friedle]

It was 9.99 for me to get money out of the ATM. It cost me $10 to get my money.

[Honey German]

Exactly. And then the last thing was We. We. You did mention one. The foot thing.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

They had a really weird way of flirting, these two. Yes, they did. When they're out by the pool and she sits down, he then weirdly says, like, oh, I thought you were so much taller than that.

[Will Friedle]

And I can eat spaghetti off your head.

[Honey German]

Yeah, that's because I'm sitting down. He goes, oh, yeah, well, from here I could eat spaghetti off your head. And she goes, I guess that's what you.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it's like, what?

[I]

Can I tell you my thoughts on that? I actually have kind of a hot take.

[Will Friedle]

Do you? Wait, how can you have a hot take on that?

[I]

All right, here's my hot take. Paul Reiser, big star, you know.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[I]

Getting a bunch of offers, is told that he's going to be working across from Tom Cruise's ex wife, Mimi Rogers, who's absolutely stunning.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[I]

He says no one's going to believe it. And so they add in all these things about women just randomly talking to him and making sure that we know he's very attractive.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, maybe that's it.

[I]

He was given a bunch of, like, flirty things to prove that he would actually get Mimi Raj Rogers.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, God. That makes sense. Actually, this wasn't Tom Cruise's ex wife. This at the time, in 1987. Wife. Current wife. She was married to Tom Cruise at the time. Yeah. That's okay. Interesting. That's totally interesting. Yeah, that definitely could be it because it was weird.

[Honey German]

It was. The flirting was so weird. The. The eating the spaghetti off her head.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

And she's kind of like. If that's what you.

[Will Friedle]

Well, that was really. You did. You never heard that was really sexy in the 80s spaghetti eating. Oh, my God.

[Honey German]

No, you're not getting me on this.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, there's nothing.

[I]

Isn't there a thing for that? Will, Come on. Movie history. Isn't Nine and a half have food stuff in it?

[Will Friedle]

Nine and a half weeks. Had a big. Had a huge food thing. Yeah. That was like their thing.

[Honey German]

The only thing I've ever seen with spaghetti and adorable cuteness is from lady and the Tramp with the kid with the two dogs. Like, other than that, spaghetti's not sexy.

[Will Friedle]

It's because. It's because you ain't eating it. Right, Sabrina? That's all I gotta say.

[Honey German]

I don't want it. I don't want it.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway, it is now, of course, time to rate our film. I think you're going first this time. So I think I went first last time or. No, no, I think yell went. Yell went first and then you went second? I think so. I go first. I go first. Our options for this week. Again, let's do 1 out of 10. No, let's do 1 out of 15. But we're going to make 10 the highest is what we're going to do. Do we Want to do 1 out of 10? Las Vegas Wizarding Students. 1 out of 10. Cool in the gang performances. Giant blackjack, stomach computers. Casual bank frauds. 1 out of 10 useless diner scenes. 1 out of 10 Howie's creepy friends. 1 out of 10 tough Cornish game hen. 1 out of 10 Dexter's feet or 1 out of 10 forever yockies. I think I'm gonna pick this time.

[Honey German]

You go, you go.

[Will Friedle]

It's my turn, right? Because I want to hear you say it. We're gonna do one out of ten. Dexter's Feet is what we're coming up with.

[Honey German]

Forever Yockies.

[Will Friedle]

No, we're gonna do Dexter's Feet because it's creepy and weird. Let me tell you something. Yaki's so cool, he doesn't need our help. So if I'm rating first, then. This was a strange movie for me. Again, great cast, especially in its day. Looks cool because you're in Vegas. You get to see vegas of the 80s. But the story to me made very little sense. I found the relationship to be a little bit creepy. I thought the bad lady was frankly the lady that anybody should have given this child to. A huge Paul Reiser fan, big Soleil moonfry fan. So, you know, I can't go more than 5.5 Dexter's feet for this movie. Again, not. Not an awful movie. Watching it with the commercials from the 80s made it like kind of an all around experience, which made it cooler. Without those, it probably wouldn't have been a 5.5. I think the 0.5 came from just being able to watch the commercials. But this was just. The story was very muddled in this movie. Great 80s cast looked cool. Muddled story. 5.5 Dexter's feet. What do you got?

[Honey German]

I'm right around that as well. I thought there was a lot of holes, a lot of questions. Not sure where we were going. Like we've said, unnecessary scenes altogether. Like we said, we didn't hit the 90 minute mark. We could have cut those scenes, gotten a little bit closer.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Honey German]

But in all honesty, I really love watching movies from this, like, era. And truly the commercials just, it made it worth the watch for me.

[Will Friedle]

It did.

[Honey German]

I remembered a few of them. Didn't remember a lot of them. But, like, it was definitely. If you're looking for kind of a nostalgic night, like, this isn't the best movie, but you definitely still get that really great level of nostalgia. And that, I think is something everyone's wanting. And they made me like the movie more. Made me kind of forget, made me push back because I was thinking about being in that era and, you know, their relationship. Didn't I. Because I allowed myself to go there. It didn't bother me. If that was a Movie now in 2025, that would drive the hell, like, be crazy. I would just. It would just. I would hate it.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Honey German]

So it bumped mine up a little bit. I'm going with 6.5.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Honey German]

Dexter's feet.

[Will Friedle]

There you go.

[Honey German]

Because of that nostalgia aspect. And I think that's really what our podcast is about, is finding, like, that nostalgia. And truly, it's weird to say, but the commercials held its own.

[Will Friedle]

That's. I agree. The commercials were the best part for me.

[Honey German]

And it really was. It was fun. And of course, I mean, watching Soleil, she's awesome. She's just. Just absolutely adorable.

[Will Friedle]

And she is adorable. She was an icon. She was.

[Honey German]

She has.

[Will Friedle]

She certainly has an energy when she's on screen.

[Honey German]

Absolutely. She. She's just so cute. And I did love the little bit of over the top Disney. The. The boat in the fountain, the ice, the cake that they made. Like, all that. The. Her bedroom, all that stuff is what I was looking for when I was watching those movies back in the day. Still do today. So I'm going with that same 6.5.

[Will Friedle]

Well, there you go, everybody. I think it's fair. You Ruined My Life is again available on the YouTubes if you want to go and check it out. And our next movie. Sabrina, it's time.

[Honey German]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

We're taking on Cheetah Girls 2. And I couldn't be more excited. We are going to Cheetah Chatter all about it so you can watch it on Disney for a little research if you want. And this week on the dedicated Magical Rewind feed, we've got a Hall of fame guest back on the show. It's one of our dcom daddies. UV Sounds strange even when I say it. Writer Stu Krieger is coming back. That's right. He penned basically every movie we love. Going to the Mat Smart House, Xenon, True Confessions, the poof point. Gotta kick it up. Cowbells, Freaky Friday. I've run out of breath because the man has done so many things. The list goes on and on. Let's Take a listen to what you can expect from our return rendezvous with a Disney Channel legend. Here's how it would play out as a series. And the idea was gonna be that Xenon was sent down to Earth to run a space camp to train the kids who were gonna be going to space. Okay. And part of that was so it was much more sustainable on a series budget to not have to go to space all the time and do it all. We're on Earth. Yeah. Yeah. So we sold that. That's what they bought. That's what we were doing. Come in Friday morning for a production meeting. Before I ever got to the production meeting, I got a call that said the series has been canceled. Oh, it was so much fun. He is full of stories and anecdotes, and honestly, he's just a real og. So don't miss our new long with them, available this week on the Magical Rewind podcast feed. And for more info, you can follow us at the Magical Rewind pod on the Instagram machine now. Cheetah Girls 2. I'm so excited. You have no idea how excited I am to see.

[Honey German]

This is my favorite.

[Will Friedle]

I know. And, like, this is all your dancing stuff. Like you. Oh, I'm. Oh, I'm so excited for this. I have not been this excited for a movie in a while. That we've been watching zombies 2, all that stuff. I'm really looking forward to that. But seeing you kicking it, forget it. I can't wait. So please join us next time. Bye, everybody.

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[Sabrina Bryan]

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[Honey German]

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[Will Friedle]

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