Fun Fact: The name Madison became popular in the '80s after this movie came out. Many credit "Splash" as the reason for Madison's popularity. Also, when "Splash" came out it was a HUGE hit, it was talked about a lot. It cemented Tom Hanks as a great comedic actor and cemented Ron Howard as a director to be respected.
I saw this in the theater when it came out. Amazing to see so many little girls named 'Madison' a few years later. Now almost 40 years later, most people forget when this started.
From the lethal killer Pris in Blade Runner, to the adorably innocent Madison in Splash, to another lethal killer in Kill Bill, Daryl Hannah had some wonderfully eclectic roles.
@@ct6852, a prominent thing she did in "Kill Bill" was somewhat of an homage to something she did in "Blade Runner." I don't want to give it away to the others who haven't seen it.
@@scottvanhille5688 Saw someone watching that at a random house in college and it was blowing my mind. I thought it was a German import or something. Have heard of it once that day...and not again until today. Lol.
No overbearing dad like in Disney's The Little Mermaid, but originally, there were deleted scenes involving a sea hag - not an evil being like Ursula, but rather cautious - that gave her the six-day timeline, and in the script, she was to give Madison a smile see-ing her and Allen swimming to her underwater home.
Daryl Hannah absolutely nailed this part. You had to believe both in her innocent tenderness and her absolute and instant love of Tom Hanks. Its a testament to her acting that whenever you hear her say how many days she has left, she's speaking with a little more regret with each passing day. I teared up while watching this, just like I did when I watched it initially. Especially during Freddie's speech.
"Because I love you" totally melted my heart 🥹. I honestly understand Allen's initial shock to find that the woman of his dreams is a mermaid. The way he found out also made things worse. I'd freak out too if I was in his shoes.
I’m still amazed at the special effects in this. Don’t get me wrong, CGI has produced some amazing movies, but there’s something so much more tangible with the classic effects. The movement of the tail, the way it looked and started to degrade when she was depressed. Just fantastic.
I was named after this movie! I first never heard of this movie until my Mom mentioned about it to me, she watched this movie when she was a kid and she says "When I have a daughter, I'm naming it Madison", even though I'm the middle child in the family and I have two other sisters, an older and younger one. So she decides to name the second child w/ that name which is adorable, and people say I have a beautiful name. Even though Madison wasn't a name at first in the 80's until after the movie was released, it became the 3rd most popular baby name in the U.S.!
It's an adorable name - but it wasn't 'invented' by this movie. It was first used as a girl's name after The War of 1812 due to the heroism of First Lady Dolly Madison, but that was 200 years ago, and it was never real popular (probably more common as a middle name). It actually derives from Mathison, (son of Matthew) and was never popular as a boy's first name.
They made Ariel a redhead because Disney didn't want people to think she was Madison. Man, Splash is my childhood! I was SO thrilled when I saw you were going to watch this.
This was part of my childhood as well. But it's also kind of a time capsule for me. I can still remember how I perceived this movie as a child and remember impressions I got of love, getting old, New York and just all of the little references. So, it was interesting to watch it multiple times as I got older and notice how I saw it differently at different ages. Then I recently saw it with subtitles for the first time and that was even more interesting because I got to see ALL the details I was missing.
@@beethovensfidelioDisney owned Touchstone films, so Disney was always the parent company to Splash being made. That is why some story beats match the animated Little Mermaid, from the visit to a sunken ship to the rescue of the human man.
@@alura5376 True, although “Touchstone Pictures” is a pseudonym, not a subsidiary of Disney, therefore Disney isn’t a parent company to “Touchstone”. That’s like saying Stephen King is a parent to Richard Bachmann, even though Richard and Stephen are the same person.
Oh, man! Growing up as a teen in a beachside Atlantic town in the 80s, this was indeed a formative movie for me, and the start of a lifelong infatuation with Daryl Hannah.
I remember seeing this with my mom as a kid in the theater. The scene at the end where Tom Hanks jumps in the water to go to Madison... I remember EVERYONE cheering for them!
For another good romantic comedy from the 80's look into "Innerspace" starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short & Meg Ryan. Also "Romancing the Stone" starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner & Danny Devito, another great 80's Action/comedy/romantic adventure.
@@nivekian Innerspace seems to have been forgotten for some reason. Occasionally you have movies that were popular when they came out but seem to get little air play on rerun tv and people forget about them.
Madison was simply a surname (last name) before this movie came out. But when people saw Splash, an entire generation fell in love with the name, and it arrived on the scene as a new first name for girls in 1985, a year after this was released. By 2001, when kids who grew up loving the movie started their own families, Madison rose to being the 2nd most popular name in the country for newborn girls. And yes, this is based off of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, so most people already had the basics of the story down before going in. I thought everyone in the film had great chemistry and think this is an underrated Romantic Comedy. If you like 80's Rom coms, you should check out Overboard with Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn, Can't Buy Me Love with Patrick Dempsey & Amanda Peterson, Some Kind of Wonderful with Eric Stoltz Mary Stewart Masterson, and Leah Thompson, Arthur with Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli, & Vision Quest with Mathew Modine and Linda Fiorentino. Maybe you can just add some to a future poll?
Fun Fact: The entire reason Ariel ended up having red hair is because of the popularity of this movie! "Splash" came out a few years before Disney's version of "The Little Mermaid" and it was so popular that Disney was really worried about Ariel looking too similar to Madison. So, they decided to give Ariel red hair and a green tail (to easily differentiate her from Madison's blonde hair and red tail) so no one would ever accidentally confuse them with one another. 🧜♀
Funny how the people who cry “gingercide” over Ariel being played by a black woman forget that Ariel would’ve been another BLONDE Disney Princess if it weren’t for “Splash”.
Not to mention concept art for Ariel had her resembling Madison in terms of the blonde hair and orange fish tail, but ultimately Disney went with Ariel having red hair and a green fish tail to distinguish her from Madison: th-cam.com/video/XdMMg6OSn1Q/w-d-xo.htmlm15s
@@beethovensfidelio Well depends how racist ya wanna be. Gingercide ain't a thing as some people used to call them both the same racial slur in ages past. How many still do that in secret making these same decisions, we'll never know. Of course there is also the fact that a ginger might be Catholic which would be worse. The commons saying, they don't even have souls. No soul, not a person. Can't 'cide them if they ain't human been said about many types of people.
My favorite Daryl Hannah role was in a movie that the critics (unfortunately) panned. it was called *_Clan of the Cave Bear,_* and she was excellent in it.
"Is this a kids movie?" Well, my sisters and I saw it about a million times. This was required viewing for anyone born in the early '80s. Also, Tom Hanks abd John Candy reunited for "Volunteers" are few years after this was filmed, which was another classic '80s comedy.
@Popcorn In Bed The actor we see talking to grown up Tom Hanks at the very beginning of the movie is Ron Howard's father Rance, and by extension of course Bryce Dallas Howard's grandfather. Minutes later the random stranger Tom yells at about his gf not coming is Ron's brother Clint. Ron frequently puts his family in the movies he directs.
This was Ron Howard's third film. The first was in '77 under Roger Corman to get his feet wet called Grand Theft Auto. But, his first truly acknowledged movie was '82's Night Shift which is like Splash in terms of comedic tone and low budget tenacity and guerilla filmmaking grit. It's also Michael Keaton's film debut and he's a one man wrecking crew putting on a tour de force performance and a comedy masterclass. This and Splash two years later make a crazy impressive one-two punch from the artist formally known as Opie. I love Splash. Romantic, hilarious, masterpiece theatre of the absurd.
This was the first movie of Disney's offshoot non-kid oriented Touchstone Pictures. Up until then, Disney movies were all in the vein of Herbie The Love Bug and that kind of kid oriented ouvre.
@@congoliabTrue, although Disney had made PG rated films long before the creation of “Touchstone Pictures” and the release of “Splash”: *”The Black Hole”, “Midnight Madness”, “Popeye”, “The Watcher in the Woods”, “The Devil and Max Devlin”, “Dragonslayer”, “Condorman”, “Tron”, “Night Crossing”, “Tex”, “Trenchcoat”, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, and “Never Cry Wolf”.*
As always, your personality in the reaction of Splash is what keeps us coming back. Yes Tom Hanks was very young in this one. I think you would really like "Big" another young Tom Hanks movie that was a lot of fun and done very well. Kind of a coming of age comedy. Enjoy!
The film that made Tom Hanks a star and made Ron Howard an A-list director. (Howard's previous film, "Night Shift", had a similar structure and made a star out of Michael Keaton, but it didn't do anywhere near the box office that this one did.)
This is the movie that made Daryl Hannah a star, and Tom Hanks a movie star (he was known at the time for the TV series he was on, "Bosom Buddies"). And it was Ron Howard's first hit as a director. (He was known for his TV roles, first as Opie, then as Richie on "Happy Days". Plus he starred in George Lucas' first big hit, "American Graffiti"). John Candy and Eugene Levy were known from the groundbreaking Canadian TV show "SCTV"....so this movie is very much the triumph of TV people making the big jump to the big screen.....and succeeding. That didn't always happen that often back then. You were either a TV actor, or a movie actor and few made the transition.
Penthouse was a men's magazine like Playboy but raunchier. It was known for the section Letters To Penthouse, with "You won't believe what happened to me..." type letters that mostly sounded like fiction.
FINALLY. John Candy. Eugene Levy. Another grand movie that makes a case for supporting actors as being the best reason to rewatch. The origin of girls named "Madison" all born after 1985...
There are deleted scenes that include a Sea Witch explaining how long she could be out of the water. I think you can find it here on TH-cam. - This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid and all of the innuendo and sexy bits went right over my head.
This is one of the 'big' (no pun) 80's movies that doesn't really get mentioned as much as it should. Possibly because it wasn't aimed at kids. Anyone who remembers '84 will remember it being a very big hit. It made Hanks a star (and made Howard a top-tier director after his initial good but not very successful 'Nightshift' - which more people should react to). Hanks spent the rest of the decade as a comedy actor (on and off) and to this day is how I think of him. For all his Oscars he'll always be the guy from Splash and Bachelor Party to me...
I remember being young and being in awe of the mermaid effects in this. They still hold up really well, imo. Daryl Hannah looked so comfortable in the underwater shots it just really sold the character as living in the ocean.
Directed by Ron Howard. The angry cherry guy in the beginning of the film was played by Ron’s father Rance and one of the wedding guests was played by his brother Clint.
You want to watch The Goonies but find out it hasn't been rewound since your last viewing so you have to press rewind and then wait a minute or two, hoping that the tape doesn't snap because it sounds like it is rewinding at 10,000rpm. Then when it is finally rewound you have 10 seconds of blank screen, then four minutes of movie trailers before you get to the actual movie. Some things about the 80's and 90's I don't miss 🤣 Actually there is more... your tape is out of sync so you have to play with the tracking for 10 minutes to try and get a watchable picture, every time you get close to a clear picture you accidentally go to far and screw it up again so you have to fiddle with the tracking some more. Then there was the 'pause' function. Back in the day pause wasn't used to stop the movie so that you could inspect a scene and google an actor, no, pause was just used so that you could answer the door or go to the toilet because pausing a VHS tape just created a blurry/choppy mess on the screen. Ahhh VHS.
You need to watch COCOON!!! Another Ron Howard movie and one of my faves!! Madison became a popular name because of this movie. Now it’s more common than it used to be back in the 80’s. I remember when it came out, it was a huge hit! It proved that Ron Howard (Ritchie Cunningham from Happy Days fame) could direct movies. Back in my mom’s day, he was known as Little Ronnie Howard. He grew up in front of the camera playing Andy Griffith’s son on The Andy Griffith Show. Tom Hanks was in a sitcom called Bosom Buddies. That show led up to him becoming cast in movies. This movie instantly did that; setting him up to be a much sought after actor. And John Candy, awww. Sweet John Candy. He was famous in Canada but was making a name for himself here in the U.S. Love John Candy. RIP sweet man. Anyway, COCOON is the next to watch!!
Thank you, Miss Cassie, for a RomCom. Every time I see you cry in a sad movie, my heart breaks, and I cry too. And I'm an Old Man in my 70s, who's been in 3 Wars. Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of my/our joy. Movies like 'Return To Me,' 'Roman Holiday, and 'While You Were Sleeping' sometimes help us forget all the ugliness and dark time in this world. Thank you for bringing some happiness and light (along with your beautiful smile and laugh) to so many of us. You're our magic medicine to feel good. Thanks for all the hard work.
When I was a kid, Tom Hanks had still been on tv on a sitcom called Bosom Buddies. He was pretty much considered a comedian and has great comedic timing. This was years before he started doing more dramatic roles and became famous for those.
Fun fact. Splash Mountain the ride was originally going to be called Zip-A-Dee River Run. Eisner wanted to change it to Splash Mountain to try and promote this film
56 year old guy here, and this has always been one of my favorite movies. Hanks, Hannah, Candy and Levy were terrific, and Daryl Hannah looked amazing in the underwater scenes. Also, I wouldn't worry about Madison putting much of a hurt on Allen's credit card...not if he can afford an apartment like that in NYC ;)
5:28 the actor that says “Hey Alan..” is Ron Howard’s younger brother, Clint Howard. I believe he’s in every Ron Howard film over the years at some point, but of fun to look for in Ton Howard films , nostalgia trivia.
Fun fact. The name Madison as a first was extremely rare before 1984. When the mermaid choice the name Madison, it changed something big. After this movie, the name Madison became more common as a first name for women. So in a way this movie change the world. Today Madison as a first name is very common.
So glad you reacted to this. I watched this movie SO many times on VHS as a teen in the 80s. Love it so much. With your love of rom coms, so glad you experienced it, and even though it's not your typical fair, that you enjoyed and appreciated it for what it is. Silly but romantic.
Daryll Hannah is a vegetarian , which made her difficult for the eating lobster scene. They were fake lobsters. They had a trash can next to her so she could keep spitting it out and not be nauseous. She also didn't need a stunt double. She could swim like a mermaid and hold her breath very long.
The most influential movie of all time. Before the movie came out the name Madison was almost exclusively a last name or a male first name. So every woman ever named Madison is because of this movie, even if she doesn't know it.
"the most influential movie of all time", you can't be serious. Love "Splash", but my god, if there was an overstatement, that would be the sentence. You're not actually saying that with a straight face, right?
Not entirely true. Naming girls after surnames, especially presidential ones, has been a practice for a long time. Kennedy Montgomery of MTV and later Fox Business fame has a sister named Reagan. Ironically, Reagan became a democrat and Kennedy is a conservative libertarian. I am pretty confident there are women named Madison before this film.
It’s funny you mentioned Little Mermaid. Ariel was originally going to be blonde but they thought she looked too much like Madison from Splash, so they changed her hair to red.
Did you know, that Sting from the Police, wrote Alien In New York after watching this movie? Also in the beginning church scene, the guy with the mustache Tom screams at, is Ron Howard's little brother, and it's his MOM who gets sprayed with water, by Eugene Levy. I'm glad you had fun watching this. WB
Clint Howard was also the mission control guy in Apollo 13 who warned about the IRS, the little kid sitting next to Barney Fife listening to him chatter while eating a sandwich, and an alien in the first regular weekly episode of Star Trek ever filmed. He's usually in every one of his brother's films but has also been in so much else. Ron Howard's dad, Rance, was the guy screaming about cherries, and the chaplain in Independence Day.
@@shallowgal462 Deliverance is also worth mentioning of his early films, Kind of tough one to watch first go around that's why I recommended Smokey and the Bandit, such a huge movie when it came out. They sold a ton of cars because of that movie.... Cannonball Run, Hooper, Stroker Ace, all worth the watch. Burt was special for sure, he had chemistry with everyone he was on screen with. Jerry Reed, Dom Deluise, Jackie Gleason, Jim Nabors, Sally Field... all of them were good friends and you could tell when they played opposite one another. All those movies had tons of outtakes and bloopers and you could tell they were having a good time.
@@shallowgal462 yeah very true, How about that time he kind of got into it with Marc Summers on The Tonight Show (Leno) that was awkward. Marc was the host of that 80s kids game show on Nick. Uncomfortably awkward moment for sure. its worth the look if you have not seen it.
The old couple at the skating rink have "been going there together for 40 years". Now Alan and Madison are the couple who've been going there (or the underwater equivalent) for 40 years. Time flies.
This is the epitome of the "fish out of water" genre that Hollywood loves to make. it is putting a main character in foreign surroundings and watching them adapt. It includes films like Enchanted, My Cousin Vinny, Witness and Crocodile Dundee, to name but a few. Such a fun film and great reaction.
Just the other day I remembered the line "What a week i'm having!" but could not recall from what movie it was, so glad you left that bit in your reaction or else i'd still be trying to remember! "Bocce balls!" also a memorable quote from the movie.
The part about having legs while dry and fins while wet was not from Hans Christian Anderson, but I definitely remember some other mermaid story mentioning that before this movie. But as far as I know, they made up the part about granting a human the powers of a mermaid, lol.
One of the bits of fun in this movie is that Daryl Hannah is a vegetarian, and so in order to shoot the scene with the lobster the property master constructed a marzipan lobster stuffed with mashed potatoes.
I was 16 when this came out in 1984...very popular movie. Tom also starred in Bachelor Party in 1984. She also had the movie Reckless in 1984. The both have made many movies since Splash.
This is Hanks' second film. His first was a thriller called "He Knows Your Alone". This is technically a Disney film, Touchstone was owned by them and made films that catered tp an older crown then the usual Disney fare.
And he was on TV a bunch before that, like the TV movie Mazes and Monsters, which was based on the incident that sparked the 80s "Satanic Panic" over Dungeons and Dragons. He also co-starred in the sitcom Bosom Buddies, and had a recurring role as Uncle Ned on Family Ties.
Daryl Hannah is such an underrated actress not only can she do comedy like splash and Roxanne she can also play menacing characters in movies like Blade Runner and Kill Bill.
Yeah, she deserved bigger success than she got, at the launch of Kill Bill she thanked Tarantino for rebooting her career but it never happened in the end. There are a whole host of great stars that I think never got a true shot at success, her Blade Runner castmate Rutger Hauer was another, he spent most of his career making B-movies, then there's Brad Dourif, Steve Buscemi (though he started to get decent recognition after Boardwalk Empire), Kurtwood Smith - he was electric in Robocop and yet never really attained much fame until That 70's Show. Incredible actors who for one reason or another never got offered any leads in big projects.
@@krashd Back in the Eighties when I saw Young Guns I thought Dermot Mulroney (Who great in that film) would be a big star but then he got stuck playing romantic leads in rom coms opposite actresses like Julia Roberts.
My life is unbelievably stressful. These vids are a lifesaver.Whenever you post a new video I can’t wait to get off work. Seriously, thank you for being you and thank you a million times for posting these videos!
I'm really glad you liked this one. I usually don't care a lot for the rom-com genre, but this one has such a natural charm that I've always liked it. The other one that I really like (for entirely different reasons) is "Love Actually". It's kind of the "non-rom-com" rom-com.
Madison was not a common name back then. My first daughter was born in 1998. Splash was one of my all time favorites, so we named her Madison. 2 years later everyone's daughter was Madison. Lol
Daryl Hannah was and is the "it" girl. The crimped hair, aquamarine dresses, shell jewelry - every girl wanted to look like her. I remember a lot of Barbie's fashions were modeled after her.
When you get to it, there’s a great TH-cam video comparing Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” scene by scene with Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah, and it’s pretty uncanny. 😅
"Like, I don't know if this is a spoof, or just another story, you know?" No, this was released 5 years _before_ the Disney animation renaissance began with The Little Mermaid.
"This ain't California, we don't go for that here!" I have said that more times than I can count. There was a completely recast sequel/TV pilot movie where Alan and Madison return to civilization, buy a house, and Freddy's not in prison. I don't remember too much but the third act was essentially Free Willy with a dolphin. It did not get turned into a series.
Great reaction, I knew you would love Splash! I like the way you reconciled with the ending. It is important to appreciate great movies as they are, with sometimes happy, sad, and even unresolved endings - Entertainment. If you were riveted to the screen, and invested in the characters, the movie did its job.
You’re absolutely right. Sometimes people forget that. They’re expecting a movie that will change the direction of their life and are somehow disappointed when they’re only entertained.
Loved all the Little Mermaid references. Funny John Candy's character goes on about Alan being a Vietnam Vet considering Tom Hanks would go on to star in Forest Gump.
I saw this movie at around 4 years old. This brought back a ton of memories. It reminds me of someone I loved very much! I wish I could tell her about it. Thank you for sharing!
I remember the first time I saw this film airing on the Disney Channel (back when it was just another premium cable station) probably 1985 or so, and they did NOT edit out the various "nude" scenes...on the DISNEY CHANNEL...had to have been the first, and last time, that happened. When the film was broadcast a year or two later on Disney, all those scenes were either cropped out or blurred...I guess they must have gotten an earful from parents haha.
Such a fun movie, him and Daryl Hannah had great chemistry, a modern Little Mermaid classic with a twist. Nice reaction Cassie. Wow, I just noticed a detail I haven't pay attention to: The outside movie playing is The Outsiders, please put that on a poll Cassie, it's such a great classic. Cassie, I just learned this as well: A group of mermaids is called a pod. If they did a sequel, I would imagine Tom going to visit King Triton, her sisters, and the whole kingdom then take out Ursula and then live happily ever after. Another Tom Hanks film: The Man With One Red Shoe.
There’s another Great “TOM HANKS “ movie you would Love = “THE TERMINAL “ Also with Stanley Tucci and Catherine Zeta Jones So sweet Toms character is stuck at the airport and meets a lot of neat characters!!
In 1984 I was 15 and my main source of income was babysitting. I babysat a boy and a girl. One Saturday afternoon the Mom of the kids called me up and asked me out to the movies with her and the kids, she said she was going to pay for the movie for me. I thought it was a little weird, but come to find out, the kids were so fond of me, they asked their mom if I could come with. The movie we saw, was this one, SPLASH. The nudity was a bit awkward in the theater, but it was the 80s, times were a little different. AND... Penthouse was a much rancher Playboy, and the Penthouse Letters section was an actual cultural thing in the 80s.
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Rest in peace, John Candy, he'll be forever missed. Everyone who has ever worked with him has spoken fondly of him, with nary a bad thing to say.
Agreed 🎉
"Uh oh, you fell." That line has stuck with me from the first time I heard it nearly 40 years ago. Still makes me laugh to this day.
Uncle Buck will live forever in our hearts.
RIP John Candy definitely. He was in a lot of humorous films over his career. He was with Tom Hanks in two films. This and Volunteers.
RIP Candy man.
Fun Fact: The name Madison became popular in the '80s after this movie came out. Many credit "Splash" as the reason for Madison's popularity.
Also, when "Splash" came out it was a HUGE hit, it was talked about a lot. It cemented Tom Hanks as a great comedic actor and cemented Ron Howard as a director to be respected.
I heard the same thing about the song Rhiannon. I have never met anyone named Rhiannon. Quite a few Madison's, though.
Thanks for the fun Fact, this is really enlightening!
Big,big movie. Proved Tom Hanks was a leading man and Ron Howard could make movies that made money.
I saw this in the theater when it came out. Amazing to see so many little girls named 'Madison' a few years later. Now almost 40 years later, most people forget when this started.
It was funny to see Cassie’s reaction to her name but yeah… pretty sure that’s where Madison came from so cool to realize that.
From the lethal killer Pris in Blade Runner, to the adorably innocent Madison in Splash, to another lethal killer in Kill Bill, Daryl Hannah had some wonderfully eclectic roles.
Not to mention Steel Magnolias!
Oh...she was the eye patched one in Kill Bill. Forgot about that. Also she was in Wallstreet.
@@ct6852, a prominent thing she did in "Kill Bill" was somewhat of an homage to something she did in "Blade Runner." I don't want to give it away to the others who haven't seen it.
The Clan Of The Cave Bear (1986) lol.
@@scottvanhille5688 Saw someone watching that at a random house in college and it was blowing my mind. I thought it was a German import or something. Have heard of it once that day...and not again until today. Lol.
"Cocoon" is another golden 80's comedy fantasy flick.
Also directed by Ron Howard.
_Cocoon_ is a sciFi with excellent dramatic elements, but a comedy per se… NO.
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“Is that a dealbreaker for a mermaid?”
“Does she have a weirdly buff, overbearing Dad?”
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I love watching movies with you so much!
No overbearing dad like in Disney's The Little Mermaid, but originally, there were deleted scenes involving a sea hag - not an evil being like Ursula, but rather cautious - that gave her the six-day timeline, and in the script, she was to give Madison a smile see-ing her and Allen swimming to her underwater home.
Um, this movie came out five years before Disney's adaption of *The Little Mermaid*
Daryl Hannah absolutely nailed this part. You had to believe both in her innocent tenderness and her absolute and instant love of Tom Hanks. Its a testament to her acting that whenever you hear her say how many days she has left, she's speaking with a little more regret with each passing day.
I teared up while watching this, just like I did when I watched it initially. Especially during Freddie's speech.
"Because I love you" totally melted my heart 🥹.
I honestly understand Allen's initial shock to find that the woman of his dreams is a mermaid. The way he found out also made things worse. I'd freak out too if I was in his shoes.
I’m still amazed at the special effects in this. Don’t get me wrong, CGI has produced some amazing movies, but there’s something so much more tangible with the classic effects. The movement of the tail, the way it looked and started to degrade when she was depressed. Just fantastic.
I was named after this movie! I first never heard of this movie until my Mom mentioned about it to me, she watched this movie when she was a kid and she says "When I have a daughter, I'm naming it Madison", even though I'm the middle child in the family and I have two other sisters, an older and younger one. So she decides to name the second child w/ that name which is adorable, and people say I have a beautiful name. Even though Madison wasn't a name at first in the 80's until after the movie was released, it became the 3rd most popular baby name in the U.S.!
Your name is Splash ? Hmm. Whimsical.
@@tempsitch5632 Very funny
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It's an adorable name - but it wasn't 'invented' by this movie. It was first used as a girl's name after The War of 1812 due to the heroism of First Lady Dolly Madison, but that was 200 years ago, and it was never real popular (probably more common as a middle name). It actually derives from Mathison, (son of Matthew) and was never popular as a boy's first name.
That's fantastic, and what a great story.
For years my sister's favorite joke of all time was "The little boat?!?" Thank you, Splash for the memories.
My favorite is, "we're not twins."
I had forgotten how funny "'The little boat?!'" was.
They made Ariel a redhead because Disney didn't want people to think she was Madison. Man, Splash is my childhood! I was SO thrilled when I saw you were going to watch this.
Yet there’s actual concept art of Ariel with blonde hair, and a orange tail.
@@TwilightLink77 Just like Madison!
Coincidence? I think NOT! 😂
This was part of my childhood as well. But it's also kind of a time capsule for me. I can still remember how I perceived this movie as a child and remember impressions I got of love, getting old, New York and just all of the little references. So, it was interesting to watch it multiple times as I got older and notice how I saw it differently at different ages. Then I recently saw it with subtitles for the first time and that was even more interesting because I got to see ALL the details I was missing.
@@beethovensfidelioDisney owned Touchstone films, so Disney was always the parent company to Splash being made. That is why some story beats match the animated Little Mermaid, from the visit to a sunken ship to the rescue of the human man.
@@alura5376 True, although “Touchstone Pictures” is a pseudonym, not a subsidiary of Disney, therefore Disney isn’t a parent company to “Touchstone”.
That’s like saying Stephen King is a parent to Richard Bachmann, even though Richard and Stephen are the same person.
Oh, man! Growing up as a teen in a beachside Atlantic town in the 80s, this was indeed a formative movie for me, and the start of a lifelong infatuation with Daryl Hannah.
I remember seeing this with my mom as a kid in the theater. The scene at the end where Tom Hanks jumps in the water to go to Madison... I remember EVERYONE cheering for them!
Either he join her or he was about to go to jail.
For another good romantic comedy from the 80's look into "Innerspace" starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short & Meg Ryan. Also "Romancing the Stone" starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner & Danny Devito, another great 80's Action/comedy/romantic adventure.
I'd also recommend Innerspace, along with other 80's Joe Dante directed & Spielberg produced stuff, like Gremlins & Explorers.
I was just thinking about Innerspace earlier today. I think Cassie would like it. Gremlins should be one of her next Christmas movies.
@@puckarine Innerspace = Jack Quaid. That in itself is great, given it lead to a real like romance & marriage to Meg Ryan & Dennis Quaid.
You guys actually think she’ll like Gremlins ?
@@nivekian Innerspace seems to have been forgotten for some reason. Occasionally you have movies that were popular when they came out but seem to get little air play on rerun tv and people forget about them.
Madison was simply a surname (last name) before this movie came out. But when people saw Splash, an entire generation fell in love with the name, and it arrived on the scene as a new first name for girls in 1985, a year after this was released. By 2001, when kids who grew up loving the movie started their own families, Madison rose to being the 2nd most popular name in the country for newborn girls. And yes, this is based off of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, so most people already had the basics of the story down before going in. I thought everyone in the film had great chemistry and think this is an underrated Romantic Comedy. If you like 80's Rom coms, you should check out Overboard with Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn, Can't Buy Me Love with Patrick Dempsey & Amanda Peterson, Some Kind of Wonderful with Eric Stoltz Mary Stewart Masterson, and Leah Thompson, Arthur with Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli, & Vision Quest with Mathew Modine and Linda Fiorentino. Maybe you can just add some to a future poll?
One of my cousins has a cousin named Madison who was born a few years after this movie was made. I didn't make the connection until fairly recently.
Fun Fact: The entire reason Ariel ended up having red hair is because of the popularity of this movie! "Splash" came out a few years before Disney's version of "The Little Mermaid" and it was so popular that Disney was really worried about Ariel looking too similar to Madison. So, they decided to give Ariel red hair and a green tail (to easily differentiate her from Madison's blonde hair and red tail) so no one would ever accidentally confuse them with one another. 🧜♀
Funny how the people who cry “gingercide” over Ariel being played by a black woman forget that Ariel would’ve been another BLONDE Disney Princess if it weren’t for “Splash”.
Not to mention concept art for Ariel had her resembling Madison in terms of the blonde hair and orange fish tail, but ultimately Disney went with Ariel having red hair and a green fish tail to distinguish her from Madison: th-cam.com/video/XdMMg6OSn1Q/w-d-xo.htmlm15s
At least Ariel’s sister Arista would have blonde hair and a red fish tail.
@@beethovensfidelio Well depends how racist ya wanna be. Gingercide ain't a thing as some people used to call them both the same racial slur in ages past. How many still do that in secret making these same decisions, we'll never know. Of course there is also the fact that a ginger might be Catholic which would be worse. The commons saying, they don't even have souls. No soul, not a person.
Can't 'cide them if they ain't human been said about many types of people.
@@FuhqEwe Jokes on you, but black people can have red hair in real life like Malcolm X.
Oh my goodness! Splash! I love this movie! Also, fun fact! It introduced the name Madison as a girl's name.
My favorite Daryl Hannah role was in a movie that the critics (unfortunately) panned. it was called *_Clan of the Cave Bear,_* and she was excellent in it.
John Candy is still one of my favorite actors. I highly recommend his underrated film "Only the Lonely" (1991).
Ally Sheedy is very cute in that one!
I liked him as Wilbur in The Rescuers Down Under.
Another underrated John Candy movie is a little known film called Going Beserk.
That movie was basically Marty (1955), but more comedic. Would definitely check that own out too.
Under rated for sure. Great film!
I forgot how funny John Candy was in this movie. RIP.
"Is this a kids movie?" Well, my sisters and I saw it about a million times. This was required viewing for anyone born in the early '80s. Also, Tom Hanks abd John Candy reunited for "Volunteers" are few years after this was filmed, which was another classic '80s comedy.
@Popcorn In Bed The actor we see talking to grown up Tom Hanks at the very beginning of the movie is Ron Howard's father Rance, and by extension of course Bryce Dallas Howard's grandfather. Minutes later the random stranger Tom yells at about his gf not coming is Ron's brother Clint. Ron frequently puts his family in the movies he directs.
Also the redheaded woman trying to get her camera to work at the wedding is his wife, Cheryl.
This was Ron Howard's third film. The first was in '77 under Roger Corman to get his feet wet called Grand Theft Auto. But, his first truly acknowledged movie was '82's Night Shift which is like Splash in terms of comedic tone and low budget tenacity and guerilla filmmaking grit. It's also Michael Keaton's film debut and he's a one man wrecking crew putting on a tour de force performance and a comedy masterclass. This and Splash two years later make a crazy impressive one-two punch from the artist formally known as Opie. I love Splash. Romantic, hilarious, masterpiece theatre of the absurd.
This was the first movie of Disney's offshoot non-kid oriented Touchstone Pictures. Up until then, Disney movies were all in the vein of Herbie The Love Bug and that kind of kid oriented ouvre.
@@congoliab When Disney and Spielberg worked together back then, they did peak media.
@@congoliabTrue, although Disney had made PG rated films long before the creation of “Touchstone Pictures” and the release of “Splash”:
*”The Black Hole”, “Midnight Madness”, “Popeye”, “The Watcher in the Woods”, “The Devil and Max Devlin”, “Dragonslayer”, “Condorman”, “Tron”, “Night Crossing”, “Tex”, “Trenchcoat”, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, and “Never Cry Wolf”.*
As always, your personality in the reaction of Splash is what keeps us coming back. Yes Tom Hanks was very young in this one. I think you would really like "Big" another young Tom Hanks movie that was a lot of fun and done very well. Kind of a coming of age comedy. Enjoy!
Seen this movie so many times. RIP John Candy, truly one of the funniest people ever! Great reaction!
The film that made Tom Hanks a star and made Ron Howard an A-list director. (Howard's previous film, "Night Shift", had a similar structure and made a star out of Michael Keaton, but it didn't do anywhere near the box office that this one did.)
Tom Hanks 1988 comedy "Big" is a favorite of mine.
“I have a deep fear of fish” Cassie is one of a kind 😂
I want to hear details
Wouldn't eating them be the Ultimate REVENGE?
God I miss John Candy. He was SOOOO good in this movie.
This is the movie that made Daryl Hannah a star, and Tom Hanks a movie star (he was known at the time for the TV series he was on, "Bosom Buddies"). And it was Ron Howard's first hit as a director. (He was known for his TV roles, first as Opie, then as Richie on "Happy Days". Plus he starred in George Lucas' first big hit, "American Graffiti"). John Candy and Eugene Levy were known from the groundbreaking Canadian TV show "SCTV"....so this movie is very much the triumph of TV people making the big jump to the big screen.....and succeeding. That didn't always happen that often back then. You were either a TV actor, or a movie actor and few made the transition.
Penthouse was a men's magazine like Playboy but raunchier. It was known for the section Letters To Penthouse, with "You won't believe what happened to me..." type letters that mostly sounded like fiction.
Bob Guccione, the publisher, also produced Caligula starring Malcolm McDowell, if I'm not mistaken.
FINALLY. John Candy. Eugene Levy. Another grand movie that makes a case for supporting actors as being the best reason to rewatch. The origin of girls named "Madison" all born after 1985...
There are deleted scenes that include a Sea Witch explaining how long she could be out of the water. I think you can find it here on TH-cam. - This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid and all of the innuendo and sexy bits went right over my head.
This is one of the 'big' (no pun) 80's movies that doesn't really get mentioned as much as it should. Possibly because it wasn't aimed at kids. Anyone who remembers '84 will remember it being a very big hit. It made Hanks a star (and made Howard a top-tier director after his initial good but not very successful 'Nightshift' - which more people should react to). Hanks spent the rest of the decade as a comedy actor (on and off) and to this day is how I think of him. For all his Oscars he'll always be the guy from Splash and Bachelor Party to me...
@@jcastromex Me too! Michael Keaton will always be Billy Blaze to me!
Night Shift was a riot! “Hello - This is Chuck to remind Bill to shut-UP!!”
LOVE Night Shift. Michael Keatons first film as a lead.
I love Night Shift!
note to self, call starkist
this is chuck telling bill to Shut UP
I remember being young and being in awe of the mermaid effects in this. They still hold up really well, imo. Daryl Hannah looked so comfortable in the underwater shots it just really sold the character as living in the ocean.
Directed by Ron Howard. The angry cherry guy in the beginning of the film was played by Ron’s father Rance and one of the wedding guests was played by his brother Clint.
I watched this movie so many times as a child that I wore out 3 copies of the VHS!
I like you already! 😀
You want to watch The Goonies but find out it hasn't been rewound since your last viewing so you have to press rewind and then wait a minute or two, hoping that the tape doesn't snap because it sounds like it is rewinding at 10,000rpm. Then when it is finally rewound you have 10 seconds of blank screen, then four minutes of movie trailers before you get to the actual movie. Some things about the 80's and 90's I don't miss 🤣
Actually there is more... your tape is out of sync so you have to play with the tracking for 10 minutes to try and get a watchable picture, every time you get close to a clear picture you accidentally go to far and screw it up again so you have to fiddle with the tracking some more. Then there was the 'pause' function. Back in the day pause wasn't used to stop the movie so that you could inspect a scene and google an actor, no, pause was just used so that you could answer the door or go to the toilet because pausing a VHS tape just created a blurry/choppy mess on the screen.
Ahhh VHS.
You need to watch COCOON!!! Another Ron Howard movie and one of my faves!! Madison became a popular name because of this movie. Now it’s more common than it used to be back in the 80’s. I remember when it came out, it was a huge hit! It proved that Ron Howard (Ritchie Cunningham from Happy Days fame) could direct movies. Back in my mom’s day, he was known as Little Ronnie Howard. He grew up in front of the camera playing Andy Griffith’s son on The Andy Griffith Show. Tom Hanks was in a sitcom called Bosom Buddies. That show led up to him becoming cast in movies. This movie instantly did that; setting him up to be a much sought after actor. And John Candy, awww. Sweet John Candy. He was famous in Canada but was making a name for himself here in the U.S. Love John Candy. RIP sweet man. Anyway, COCOON is the next to watch!!
Ron Howard came of age in American Graffiti, a great movie Cassie should react to... it features a very young Harrison Ford as well!
Two thumbs way up for Cocoon. It’s the most gentle movie that I own. Love the James Horner music as well.
Thank you, Miss Cassie, for a RomCom. Every time I see you cry in a sad movie, my heart breaks, and I cry too. And I'm an Old Man in my 70s, who's been in 3 Wars. Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of my/our joy. Movies like
'Return To Me,' 'Roman Holiday, and 'While You Were Sleeping' sometimes help us forget all the ugliness and dark time in this world. Thank you for bringing some happiness and light (along with your beautiful smile and laugh) to so many of us. You're our magic medicine to feel good. Thanks for all the hard work.
You would love Hanks and Candy together in Volunteers! Also the movie where Tom Hanks met his wife.
When I was a kid, Tom Hanks had still been on tv on a sitcom called Bosom Buddies. He was pretty much considered a comedian and has great comedic timing. This was years before he started doing more dramatic roles and became famous for those.
Was Philadelphia his first drama?
"Bosom Buddies" was AWESOME. The original title song was from Billy Joel... "My Life."
I remember when he had a guest stint on Family Ties in the early '80s playing an alcoholic. That helped to move him towards more dramatic roles.
@@rbaldino Didn't Leo DiCaprio get his start on that too?
@@ct6852Without looking it up, it’s certainly the first one I remember him doing.
I always loved the song at the end of the film. "Love came for me" sung by Rita Coolidge ❤❤❤
The person Tom Hanks screams at in the church is Clint Howard, Ron's brother, who was given short roles in many of his films.
And the guy screaming about cherries is Ron's father Red.
Fun fact. Splash Mountain the ride was originally going to be called Zip-A-Dee River Run. Eisner wanted to change it to Splash Mountain to try and promote this film
Daryl Hannah was also in Steel Magnolias.
And she did good hair.
56 year old guy here, and this has always been one of my favorite movies. Hanks, Hannah, Candy and Levy were terrific, and Daryl Hannah looked amazing in the underwater scenes. Also, I wouldn't worry about Madison putting much of a hurt on Allen's credit card...not if he can afford an apartment like that in NYC ;)
5:28 the actor that says “Hey Alan..” is Ron Howard’s younger brother, Clint Howard.
I believe he’s in every Ron Howard film over the years at some point, but of fun to look for in Ton Howard films , nostalgia trivia.
The guy angrily threatening to end Alan's career if he didn't get his cherries was Ron's father, Rance, as well.
wow , I have not seen this in ages ! I forgot how ...amazing Daryl Hannah was and still is
Fun fact. The name Madison as a first was extremely rare before 1984. When the mermaid choice the name Madison, it changed something big. After this movie, the name Madison became more common as a first name for women. So in a way this movie change the world. Today Madison as a first name is very common.
I live on Cape Cod. You should come visit. We got mermaids all over the damn place
Mermaids?! Woohoo!!❤❤❤
I miss John! Such a classic comedy actor! He was great in every movie and TV show he was in.👍
So glad you reacted to this. I watched this movie SO many times on VHS as a teen in the 80s. Love it so much. With your love of rom coms, so glad you experienced it, and even though it's not your typical fair, that you enjoyed and appreciated it for what it is. Silly but romantic.
I saw this in the theaters and when John Candy laid out the "Hey Baby! I have a 12 inch p***s. The entire theater broke out laughing.
Daryll Hannah is a vegetarian , which made her difficult for the eating lobster scene. They were fake lobsters. They had a trash can next to her so she could keep spitting it out and not be nauseous. She also didn't need a stunt double. She could swim like a mermaid and hold her breath very long.
The most influential movie of all time. Before the movie came out the name Madison was almost exclusively a last name or a male first name. So every woman ever named Madison is because of this movie, even if she doesn't know it.
This is true, speaking as someone who saw and loved this movie from first run and never met a female Madison till after this movie.
"the most influential movie of all time", you can't be serious. Love "Splash", but my god, if there was an overstatement, that would be the sentence. You're not actually saying that with a straight face, right?
Not entirely true. Naming girls after surnames, especially presidential ones, has been a practice for a long time. Kennedy Montgomery of MTV and later Fox Business fame has a sister named Reagan. Ironically, Reagan became a democrat and Kennedy is a conservative libertarian. I am pretty confident there are women named Madison before this film.
@@tristramcoffin926 Stripper stage names don't count, we're talking real given names.
@@tristramcoffin926 Using surnames as given names is a Scots-Irish tradition, and is particularly common in the American southeast.
"Don't go to Crazy Eddie's." Truer words were never spoken.
This movie is the reason why Ariel's hair is red. In first, Ariel was blonde.
It’s funny you mentioned Little Mermaid. Ariel was originally going to be blonde but they thought she looked too much like Madison from Splash, so they changed her hair to red.
In 1984 i was 15 and she was absolutely my celebrity crush🥰
Did you know, that Sting from the Police,
wrote Alien In New York after watching this movie?
Also in the beginning church scene, the guy with the mustache Tom screams at,
is Ron Howard's little brother, and it's his MOM who gets
sprayed with water, by Eugene Levy.
I'm glad you had fun watching this.
WB
Clint Howard was also the mission control guy in Apollo 13 who warned about the IRS, the little kid sitting next to Barney Fife listening to him chatter while eating a sandwich, and an alien in the first regular weekly episode of Star Trek ever filmed. He's usually in every one of his brother's films but has also been in so much else.
Ron Howard's dad, Rance, was the guy screaming about cherries, and the chaplain in Independence Day.
WHERE ARE MY CHERRIES!!!?
It's so great that you reacted to this. This is one of my wife's favorite movies, she loves Daryl Hannah. I really enjoy all the actors in this.
Ron Howard has directed 82 films in his long and most successful career and plenty of those films are some of the best films ever put to reel.
That can't be true. Maybe produced? I don't think anyone in cinema history has directed that many...
He's directed 27 movies. I think you got your credits mixed up.
@@ct6852 Perhaps its a combo deal!
Crocodile Dundee is another 80s romcom about a mythical creature coming to New York City.
Just remember this came out 7 years before Little Mermaid and fun fact Daryl’s blonde hair is the reason Ariel was given red hair
Smokey and the Bandit is the proper Burt Reynolds introduction and is a classic must see, Burt and Sally Field one of the great Hollywood romances.
He first gained fame from Gunsmoke, then Dan August, but it was The Longest Yard that made him a star.
I would recommend DELIVERANCE to introduce Burt, but I am a sadist.
@@shallowgal462 Deliverance is also worth mentioning of his early films, Kind of tough one to watch first go around that's why I recommended Smokey and the Bandit, such a huge movie when it came out. They sold a ton of cars because of that movie.... Cannonball Run, Hooper, Stroker Ace, all worth the watch. Burt was special for sure, he had chemistry with everyone he was on screen with. Jerry Reed, Dom Deluise, Jackie Gleason, Jim Nabors, Sally Field... all of them were good friends and you could tell when they played opposite one another. All those movies had tons of outtakes and bloopers and you could tell they were having a good time.
@@chancellor2755 Although Reynolds making fun of Deluise by ripping off his toupe was more than ironic.
@@shallowgal462 yeah very true, How about that time he kind of got into it with Marc Summers on The Tonight Show (Leno) that was awkward. Marc was the host of that 80s kids game show on Nick. Uncomfortably awkward moment for sure. its worth the look if you have not seen it.
Penthouse was like Playboy's hornier step-brother, and Hustler was their raunchy cousin.
"Three Fugitives" - Wonderful sentimental comedy from 80s with Martin Short. I guarantee it - you'll love it!
I hope she gets round to that one day
Crazy Eddie! His commercials were always on back then. I had forgotten all about that. He always had his big Christmas sale in August.
The old couple at the skating rink have "been going there together for 40 years". Now Alan and Madison are the couple who've been going there (or the underwater equivalent) for 40 years. Time flies.
I forgot John Candy was in this even though I used to quote him from this movie, all the time.
13:39 Crazy Eddie! Man I miss those ads. I remember a friend having a Crazy Eddie's t-shirt.
This is the epitome of the "fish out of water" genre that Hollywood loves to make. it is putting a main character in foreign surroundings and watching them adapt. It includes films like Enchanted, My Cousin Vinny, Witness and Crocodile Dundee, to name but a few. Such a fun film and great reaction.
Just the other day I remembered the line "What a week i'm having!" but could not recall from what movie it was, so glad you left that bit in your reaction or else i'd still be trying to remember!
"Bocce balls!" also a memorable quote from the movie.
Is that really how it's spelled. Bocce?
@@ct6852 i looked it up
The part about having legs while dry and fins while wet was not from Hans Christian Anderson, but I definitely remember some other mermaid story mentioning that before this movie. But as far as I know, they made up the part about granting a human the powers of a mermaid, lol.
There are deleted scenes where a sea witch explains to Madison how long she can stay out of water.
One of the bits of fun in this movie is that Daryl Hannah is a vegetarian, and so in order to shoot the scene with the lobster the property master constructed a marzipan lobster stuffed with mashed potatoes.
I was 16 when this came out in 1984...very popular movie. Tom also starred in Bachelor Party in 1984. She also had the movie Reckless in 1984. The both have made many movies since Splash.
This is Hanks' second film. His first was a thriller called "He Knows Your Alone". This is technically a Disney film, Touchstone was owned by them and made films that catered tp an older crown then the usual Disney fare.
And he was on TV a bunch before that, like the TV movie Mazes and Monsters, which was based on the incident that sparked the 80s "Satanic Panic" over Dungeons and Dragons. He also co-starred in the sitcom Bosom Buddies, and had a recurring role as Uncle Ned on Family Ties.
I heard Splash Mountain got it's namesake because of this.
Daryl Hannah is such an underrated actress not only can she do comedy like splash and Roxanne she can also play menacing characters in movies like Blade Runner and Kill Bill.
Yeah, she deserved bigger success than she got, at the launch of Kill Bill she thanked Tarantino for rebooting her career but it never happened in the end. There are a whole host of great stars that I think never got a true shot at success, her Blade Runner castmate Rutger Hauer was another, he spent most of his career making B-movies, then there's Brad Dourif, Steve Buscemi (though he started to get decent recognition after Boardwalk Empire), Kurtwood Smith - he was electric in Robocop and yet never really attained much fame until That 70's Show. Incredible actors who for one reason or another never got offered any leads in big projects.
@@krashd Back in the Eighties when I saw Young Guns I thought Dermot Mulroney (Who great in that film) would be a big star but then he got stuck playing romantic leads in rom coms opposite actresses like Julia Roberts.
@@krashdBlame Harvey Weinstein, the executive producer of the “Kill Bill” movies, for blacklisting Daryl Hannah because she refused his advances.
Tom Hanks in anything is a treasure.
Yes, RIP John Candy
My life is unbelievably stressful. These vids are a lifesaver.Whenever you post a new video I can’t wait to get off work. Seriously, thank you for being you and thank you a million times for posting these videos!
I'm really glad you liked this one. I usually don't care a lot for the rom-com genre, but this one has such a natural charm that I've always liked it. The other one that I really like (for entirely different reasons) is "Love Actually". It's kind of the "non-rom-com" rom-com.
Bill Nighy was the great part of that movie.
The rest.. well, INFIDELITY doesn't belong in a movie about "Love"
Madison was not a common name back then. My first daughter was born in 1998. Splash was one of my all time favorites, so we named her Madison. 2 years later everyone's daughter was Madison. Lol
Daryl Hannah was and is the "it" girl. The crimped hair, aquamarine dresses, shell jewelry - every girl wanted to look like her. I remember a lot of Barbie's fashions were modeled after her.
When you get to it, there’s a great TH-cam video comparing Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” scene by scene with Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah, and it’s pretty uncanny. 😅
When I saw The Shape of Water, I just sat there thinking this is a remake of Splash!
Oh my gosh, it's been a while since I've seen Cassey enjoy a movie so much.
Cassie is on fire in this one!
"Like, I don't know if this is a spoof, or just another story, you know?" No, this was released 5 years _before_ the Disney animation renaissance began with The Little Mermaid.
"This ain't California, we don't go for that here!"
I have said that more times than I can count.
There was a completely recast sequel/TV pilot movie where Alan and Madison return to civilization, buy a house, and Freddy's not in prison. I don't remember too much but the third act was essentially Free Willy with a dolphin. It did not get turned into a series.
Great reaction, I knew you would love Splash! I like the way you reconciled with the ending. It is important to appreciate great movies as they are, with sometimes happy, sad, and even unresolved endings - Entertainment. If you were riveted to the screen, and invested in the characters, the movie did its job.
You’re absolutely right. Sometimes people forget that. They’re expecting a movie that will change the direction of their life and are somehow disappointed when they’re only entertained.
Loved all the Little Mermaid references. Funny John Candy's character goes on about Alan being a Vietnam Vet considering Tom Hanks would go on to star in Forest Gump.
I saw this movie at around 4 years old. This brought back a ton of memories. It reminds me of someone I loved very much! I wish I could tell her about it. Thank you for sharing!
In those days, Ron Howard would always find a part for his brother Clint in his movies.
I remember the first time I saw this film airing on the Disney Channel (back when it was just another premium cable station) probably 1985 or so, and they did NOT edit out the various "nude" scenes...on the DISNEY CHANNEL...had to have been the first, and last time, that happened. When the film was broadcast a year or two later on Disney, all those scenes were either cropped out or blurred...I guess they must have gotten an earful from parents haha.
Thank you I’m single and watching movies with you makes me feel like I’m watching them with someone thank you
'The Great Outdoors' might make a nice compliment to this (it even has a lightening struck character).
Ron Howard was in The Shootist/film Happy Days/ TV show Ron Howard Directed Cinderella Man
Such a fun movie, him and Daryl Hannah had great chemistry, a modern Little Mermaid classic with a twist. Nice reaction Cassie. Wow, I just noticed a detail I haven't pay attention to: The outside movie playing is The Outsiders, please put that on a poll Cassie, it's such a great classic. Cassie, I just learned this as well: A group of mermaids is called a pod. If they did a sequel, I would imagine Tom going to visit King Triton, her sisters, and the whole kingdom then take out Ursula and then live happily ever after. Another Tom Hanks film: The Man With One Red Shoe.
There’s another Great “TOM HANKS “ movie you would Love =
“THE TERMINAL “
Also with Stanley Tucci and Catherine Zeta Jones
So sweet Toms character is stuck at the airport and meets a lot of neat characters!!
YES to The Terminal.
I have seen that way too many times. Really grows on you.
In 1984 I was 15 and my main source of income was babysitting. I babysat a boy and a girl. One Saturday afternoon the Mom of the kids called me up and asked me out to the movies with her and the kids, she said she was going to pay for the movie for me. I thought it was a little weird, but come to find out, the kids were so fond of me, they asked their mom if I could come with. The movie we saw, was this one, SPLASH. The nudity was a bit awkward in the theater, but it was the 80s, times were a little different. AND... Penthouse was a much rancher Playboy, and the Penthouse Letters section was an actual cultural thing in the 80s.
“Up yours, Gomer, I’m waitin’ for a fare!” Always loved that line.
An underrated Tom Hanks comedy from his early years.