His life, he carried his whole life in his trunk, the curtain rings his picture of Marie, his pajamas, his coat and sweaters, his whole life!, BTW, this movie had a dark side when it was filmed, Neal's wife thought he was cheating so everytime he called with another wild excuse she just got more upset, that's why she was crying a d why she looked at him with such love a d respect!!❤️
There's a lost extended version of this movie where Neil's wife thinks he's having an affair, which explains why she's so emotional when she sees him come home with Del, confirming that he was being truthful. Her reaction always seemed a little dramatic before I knew about that lol!
It's true, they cut a scene that showed she was a little suspicious of him for all the lies and thought he might have been cheating on him. In a real sense, bringing Del home might have kept their marriage from going to a bad place. I always wondered what a sequel of this film might have looked like, and I imagine Del being a close family friend.
I always thought the same thing and that revelation of the subplot helped. I wish they left a little snippet of that subplot so that her reaction made more sense.
The revelation about Del’s trunk is that unfortunately he has been living out of it because he was homeless😢 I think the trunk represents his struggle to get his life back on track after the death of Marie but with Neil helping him carry it at the end it at the end he can now find a new path through their friendship.
I don't think Del was homeless. I think he just traveled most of the time as a salesman since his wife died. He was obviously a very successful salesman and his trunk had all of his samples and inventory he traveled around with.
@@jbacunn He was "homeless" in the sense he didn't have a permanent residence. He obviously had an income and was functioning in society he just didn't have a "home " He lived in hotels and various modes of transportation.
@@ronweber1402 There's more to it in the script. Without Marie, his house was no longer a home, so he sold it and took up his current nomadic lifestyle; in the script, Del says he counts about 300 motels as his home.
When I was growing up, this was the 1st movie with adult language and situations I was allowed to watch. It has been a Holiday staple ever since. John Candy and John Hughes are severely missed. RIP.
Hi Jen! I love your reactions. I really hope you react to (in my opinion) Steve Martin’s funniest film: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I think you would love it. Take care!
I adore this movie, it always makes me laugh and cry. The chemistry between Martin and Candy is the heart of the movie, and it's wonderful watching them grow closer as the movie progresses. John Candy is still missed to this day, his former cast members all sing his praises, and he was a true gentleman, by all accounts.
Friends went to Olive Garden in Toronto. They were having dinner and John Candy comes rolling in chatting up the whole room and shaking hands with everyone. Really nice guy.
If you've never seen the movie Parenthood you should check it out. Steve Martin is so great in it and there's a SUPER young Keanu Reeves too. It's an under-appreciated 80s classic.
Steve Martin is great. You should watch "The Jerk" 1979 or "The Lonely Guy" 1984 or Roxanne 1987 (Roxanne is a romantic comedy which I think you enjoy) . Another great comedy with John Candy is Brester Millions
I was just thinking about this movie before you uploaded it. Check out “Due Date” with Robert Downey Jr and Zack Galafanakis; it’s very much like a modern Planes Trains and Automobiles
I said it before and I'll say it again , one of John candy's best work. He's a national treasure. Sad he departed before his time. Best actor ever lived. 🤘🤙😎💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
I am a knuckle cracker. It is a compulsion as I start feeling a strange sensation in my knuckles. It only hurt the first couple of times I did it many years ago, but now there is no pain whatsoever.
"That was bananas, with the skull and the devil!" 🤣🤣🤣 The scene where they go between the 🚛 might be one of the best scenes in comedy. It's such a set up for disaster, they both give great screams as they turn into skeletons (punctuated by the cuts of John Candy in the cartoon 😈 costume), and then they're just fine 😅 Until the brick joke lands - 🚬 and they just laugh 🤣🤣🤣
John Candy... god, what a loss! He was a giant (no pun intended) of comedy with a heart as big as the Canadian Rockies! I'm glad you got to see this John Hughes gem before the Thanksgiving holidays, Jen. It really captures the essence of hearth and home and togetherness.
Long haul trains have a bar car. I was on the shinkansen (bullet train) in Japan and they not didn't have a bar car but they had a snack cart they came by and smoking rooms.
KNUCKLE CRACKER no it doesn't cause pain, like any joint cracks & you feel a split second feel relief. The cracking is just bubbles popping in the fluid that lubricate your joints
I think the trunk probably contained just about everything thing Del owned. In my mind maybe he had a studio apartment somewhere, like Uncle Buck and a p.o. box somewhere and just lived for the most part on the road.
Well, Del stiffed him with Neal's wallet. Neal was in the shower, Del couldn't find his wallet so he got Neal's but Neal didn't have small enough bills to pay for the pizza and give a reasonable-sized tip. (And pizza delivery boys of the time only carried a few dollars worth to make change.) So he got a tiny tip and came back to rob them.
I would imagine since Dell was homeless the trunk held everything he owned (clothing, personal effects). I'd like to think it included a picture of Dorothy and maybe her wedding ring.
Wonderful Thanksgiving movie! I was an unspottable extra in this movie. It was shot in and around Chicago, and when they asked for people to be extras in the film, I signed up. The group I was assigned to spent two days in a bus station. RIP John Candy
This movie has become as quintessential to Thanksgiving as "Miracle on 34th Street" has become to Christmas: a holiday classic to be handed down through the generations.
The beds were branded “magic fingers”. I have stayed at exactly one hotel that had it, in the 90s, and it was horrible. Somebody had fed the machine then unplugged it when they realized how bad it was.
What was in his chest was everything he owned Jen, remember "I haven't been home in years" he's been on the road since his wife passed a way. Also another great Steve Martin movie is My Blue Heaven. If you haven't seen it. : )
I have all ways wondered while the Steve Martin character goes in to the city just to catch the train to go to the suburbs, probably Oak Park, which he past when he was in the truck, on the 290 express way.
It's before everything has "clicked" with him and his arc is complete, at this point he's still wanting to just ditch Del and never seen him again so why show Del where you live?
What was in the trunk? Everything he owns. By what I take is after his wife died he never went home again. It is left to the watcher's imagination if Dell was at home or was he on the road when his wife died. I imagine if my wife died suddenly and unexpectedly, while I was on the road working, I do not know how I would ever step into our house again.
24:03 The reason his wife is crying is that there was a subplot that was cut from the movie. She suspected that Del Griffith was completely fictional, and that Neal was trying to use the Del character to cover up the fact he was cheating on her. Another cut subplot explains the hotel robbery, apparently Neal stiffed a pizza delivery boy of a tip, and that was who broke in and robbed them.
The trunk is Del's entire foundation-his home, his memories, and his storage. More importantly, the trunk is symbolic of Del and Neal's new association. It is filled with the crazy events of the film that brought them together, and contains the lessons learned by both characters along the way.
The trunk is also symbolic of relationships. When Marie was alive, Del had her to help carry their relationship. After she died, their relationship became the trunk and the things in it, and it was not possible for one person to easily carry. Along comes Neal to help carry the trunk, and a new relationship was born. The lesson is that the heavy things in life are made lighter when you have someone to help carry them with you.
John Candy is the most loveable character out there. I love watching this movie every year - my Thanksgiving tradition. Thanks for the reaction as always - it was great!! My MVP for this reaction is JEN! :)
Here are more funny comedies with the great John Candy Cool Runnings (1993) and Brewster's Millions (1985) and here are some classic Steve Martin comedies Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988) Bowfinger (1999) Sgt. Bilko (1996).
Thanks, Jen, for the reaction. Classic comedy by Hughes. I think it's his best...other comedies with Steve Martin I'd wish you'd do...All of Me and Roxanne...Christmas-time (sorta, the entire 3rd Act is, at least) classic comedy with Chevy Chase - Funny Farm.
Love this movie. I remember going to see it with a friend. John Candy was the best. Amazing Canadian/ comedy legend. Jen if you haven't seem it I recommend John Candy in Uncle Buck 1989 Steve Martin's character Neal is clearly wealthy. In 87 He's willing to pay $75 just so the guy would give him the taxi cab That is equivalent to approx $196.75 in 2022 and that's before he even pays for the ride. The $700 stolen from his wallet is equivalent to approx $1,836.34 today
1:31 He wasn't footloose enough to make it. That taxi will be bringing the Bacon home. 9:47 Probably all the passengers he's bitten. 10:16 Called it. 😎 21:45 That's Michael McKean from legendary comedy rock band mockumentary film 'This Is Spinal Tap' (1984) and more recently Better Call Saul, he's great! 25:10 - 25.24 The Worst award and screen text. 😅
There's another, underrated, Thanksgiving road movie that came out around the same time, that you should check out. It's called Dutch, and starred Ed O'Neill (Married With Children, Modern Family).
This was the firstmovie I can remember being about the perils of holiday travel. "Where's your other hand?" Hilarious. A $2k trip And then you realize there's no Thanksgiving for Del. Great job Jen.
Fun to see this movie watched, it's a classic of mine. Buddy and I in high school wrote and "made" a seque/spin-offl to it using a VHS camcorder back in high school. He was the Neil-like character, I played the Del. No. You can't see it.
My favorite Thanksgiving movie. So good. Btw, 6:15 - I crack my knuckles sometimes, not because I "like" it per se, but if they feel stiff I'll crack them and then they feel loose again
Good stuff and nice reaction, thanks! Granpa wheeze haunt me and I randomly laugh where ever when remember that🤣 Check out movies PS. I love you and Valentines day, cheers!
The trunk is everything he owns, since he no longer has a home. While the music is good and perfectly placed, I would give the low key MVP to the man himself, John Hughes, RIP you beautiful soul.
07:44 There's a deleted scene where he does, i wish they'd kept it. 24:04 She's crying out of relief. There was a sub plot about her thinking he was having an affair. And, thus lying about Del. So... 'Hats Off Entertainment' has some outstanding videos about this film, and others. Well worth a sub.
Yeah, vibrating beds were more of a 60s 70s thing. Of course 80s screenwriters remembered them and would recycle old jokes about them even though they weren't around much anymore.
You picked a good year to watch this movie. All that snow in Buffalo makes this more believable. Snow used to come a lot earlier in the 80s and 90s. So its been about 20 years watching this movie with snowless Thanksgivings. lol
I took a train from L.A.to Chicago at 19 to play some gigs in a metal band. The bar car was awesome! I had an idea to go back to my seat when we went to states that had a 21 alcohol serving rule but they told me "Don't worry about it, you were servied in one state, you'll be served all the way". I was surprised but made some cool aquaintances! I ate gummy bears and beef jerky during the trip so I could buy drinks with my food money, lol. This was almost 30 years ago, don't know about now.
@ 10:03 it depends on what kind of train you're riding on. If it's only doing shorter trips they probably don't have one. I went east coast to west coast and then back on trains and they had a "Beverage/Snack" cart during the longer legs of the trip which I'm willing to bet is what they called a bar cart back in '87 (I did my train journeys a couple of years ago). The shorter trip trains probably get better diesel mileage without the snack car too (and they save money on paying staff to run it)
So the wife was crying because there was a subplot (cut from the final film) about how she thought Neal was having an affair, which is why his officemate made it home whereas he kept telling her he was stuck somewhere else. This explains why she looked at Del so intensely, as he was proof that Neal being was faithful to her.... Excellent movie for the season!
Sub plot of neils wife suspecting he was having an affair, was cut due to time and pacing, so her realizing that del was real, makes her tears make more sense.
Jen, you might want to check out the film "Midnight Run" with Robert De Niro. It's along the same theme as this film. Only a little more serious plot line. Great road trip movie! You might want to consider it.
@@e.d.2096 I'm much improved I feel, have I to see what the Doctor says tomorrow (in the morning) though, they may still want to send me to hospital, I'll have to wait and see. I going to sleep in a short while as I'm feeling particularly drained today eventhough I've had plenty of sleep, I think that it's just a case of fatigue due to the body healing.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Hello Adam, how did your visit to the doctor go? I hope it's good news. Again don't feel that you have to respond right away. Get your rest and take medications given to you first, please. Take care. . . Eric
It's kind of funny that we never do get to see inside that foot locker of Del's. There was a rumor years ago that Del's dead wife was in it,* but more likely it's just oodles of shower curtain rings. * edit: I wrote that before seeing or hearing your mention of that!
When my wife and I divorced years ago, by the time the dust settled, all I had left was a few personal items. I was even homeless for a few months. So, I totally get it.
If you're here to comment about Del's trunk, read 25:15!
I literally just finished your video and read that, and yeah I've never heard that theory before 🤣 would make it a lot darker
Right!!
His life, he carried his whole life in his trunk, the curtain rings his picture of Marie, his pajamas, his coat and sweaters, his whole life!, BTW, this movie had a dark side when it was filmed, Neal's wife thought he was cheating so everytime he called with another wild excuse she just got more upset, that's why she was crying a d why she looked at him with such love a d respect!!❤️
I was 14 when this film came out never seen then not till I left home at 16 when I first watch it .
Have seen the home alone movies Jen
There's a lost extended version of this movie where Neil's wife thinks he's having an affair, which explains why she's so emotional when she sees him come home with Del, confirming that he was being truthful. Her reaction always seemed a little dramatic before I knew about that lol!
Ohhhhhh ok ya that would've helped her reaction not seem so out of place 👍
Wow! I've seen this movie a dozen times and never knew that, 🤯 thanks 👍 that's awesome 🤗
It's true, they cut a scene that showed she was a little suspicious of him for all the lies and thought he might have been cheating on him. In a real sense, bringing Del home might have kept their marriage from going to a bad place. I always wondered what a sequel of this film might have looked like, and I imagine Del being a close family friend.
I always thought the same thing and that revelation of the subplot helped. I wish they left a little snippet of that subplot so that her reaction made more sense.
About an hour and a half of scenes and sub plots were cut from the final edit. No directors cut was ever realeased.
That scene with Kevin Bacon in another movie called She's Having my Baby.
The revelation about Del’s trunk is that unfortunately he has been living out of it because he was homeless😢 I think the trunk represents his struggle to get his life back on track after the death of Marie but with Neil helping him carry it at the end it at the end he can now find a new path through their friendship.
I don't think Del was homeless. I think he just traveled most of the time as a salesman since his wife died. He was obviously a very successful salesman and his trunk had all of his samples and inventory he traveled around with.
@@jbacunn He was "homeless" in the sense he didn't have a permanent residence. He obviously had an income and was functioning in society he just didn't have a "home " He lived in hotels and various modes of transportation.
@@jbacunn At the end of the movie Del does indeed say he doesn't have a home.
@@ronweber1402 There's more to it in the script. Without Marie, his house was no longer a home, so he sold it and took up his current nomadic lifestyle; in the script, Del says he counts about 300 motels as his home.
no, it was cut, he has all his late wife's possessions in the trunk
When I was growing up, this was the 1st movie with adult language and situations I was allowed to watch. It has been a Holiday staple ever since. John Candy and John Hughes are severely missed. RIP.
Still one of the funniest buddy comedy road trip movies ever made.
Hi Jen! I love your reactions. I really hope you react to (in my opinion) Steve Martin’s funniest film: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I think you would love it.
Take care!
I adore this movie, it always makes me laugh and cry. The chemistry between Martin and Candy is the heart of the movie, and it's wonderful watching them grow closer as the movie progresses. John Candy is still missed to this day, his former cast members all sing his praises, and he was a true gentleman, by all accounts.
The freeze frame on John's smile is a really beautiful ending.
@@LordVolkov Also John's goodbye wave at the end of "Uncle Buck" (1989)
Friends went to Olive Garden in Toronto. They were having dinner and John Candy comes rolling in chatting up the whole room and shaking hands with everyone. Really nice guy.
Sadly both Candy and Hughes left us too soon. I grew up in the 70's and 80's(teen years), those two are a major part of my best memories.
I imagine left inside the large case was Del griffins worldly belongings as he had no home to go to
If you've never seen the movie Parenthood you should check it out. Steve Martin is so great in it and there's a SUPER young Keanu Reeves too. It's an under-appreciated 80s classic.
Cracking knuckles/joints relieves tension in the joints and makes them feel looser and more comfortable.
Crack addict here (neck)
Steve Martin is great. You should watch "The Jerk" 1979 or "The Lonely Guy" 1984 or Roxanne 1987 (Roxanne is a romantic comedy which I think you enjoy)
. Another great comedy with John Candy is Brester Millions
"Bowfinger" (1999) with a plot worthy of Ed Wood.;)
I was just thinking about this movie before you uploaded it. Check out “Due Date” with Robert Downey Jr and Zack Galafanakis; it’s very much like a modern Planes Trains and Automobiles
I said it before and I'll say it again , one of John candy's best work. He's a national treasure. Sad he departed before his time. Best actor ever lived.
🤘🤙😎💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
I am a knuckle cracker. It is a compulsion as I start feeling a strange sensation in my knuckles. It only hurt the first couple of times I did it many years ago, but now there is no pain whatsoever.
If you like this movie I recommend uncle buck and the great outdoors. you can't go wrong with John candy
"That was bananas, with the skull and the devil!" 🤣🤣🤣
The scene where they go between the 🚛 might be one of the best scenes in comedy. It's such a set up for disaster, they both give great screams as they turn into skeletons (punctuated by the cuts of John Candy in the cartoon 😈 costume), and then they're just fine 😅 Until the brick joke lands - 🚬 and they just laugh 🤣🤣🤣
John Candy... god, what a loss! He was a giant (no pun intended) of comedy with a heart as big as the Canadian Rockies!
I'm glad you got to see this John Hughes gem before the Thanksgiving holidays, Jen. It really captures the essence of hearth and home and togetherness.
Thanks Dan! ☺️👍
@@jenmurrayxo Even though it's celebrated differently in Canada, have a Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday anyway, Jen! 😁🦃
Oh ours already went by, we do it at beginning of October! But thanks, enjoy yours!
@@jenmurrayxo Thanks! Have a turkey sandwich with warm cranberry sauce on me! LOL!
You bet, heard he was a good guy too.
You need to follow this up with Uncle Buck, another Candy classic.
22:51 There is NO WAY you'd reflect fondly on that journey! NO WAY! :0/
The vibrating beds were supposed to massage you but they never worked right so they were often a joke in movies.
Long haul trains have a bar car. I was on the shinkansen (bullet train) in Japan and they not didn't have a bar car but they had a snack cart they came by and smoking rooms.
John Candy is ALWAYS MVP! 🙂
KNUCKLE CRACKER no it doesn't cause pain, like any joint cracks & you feel a split second feel relief. The cracking is just bubbles popping in the fluid that lubricate your joints
Trains that travel far have a bar/dinner car.
There is a post credits scene that ties back to the beginning of the movie.
I think the trunk probably contained just about everything thing Del owned. In my mind maybe he had a studio apartment somewhere, like Uncle Buck and a p.o. box somewhere and just lived for the most part on the road.
The robber was the pizza boy they stiffed in a deleted scene.
Ohhhh 👌
Well, Del stiffed him with Neal's wallet. Neal was in the shower, Del couldn't find his wallet so he got Neal's but Neal didn't have small enough bills to pay for the pizza and give a reasonable-sized tip. (And pizza delivery boys of the time only carried a few dollars worth to make change.) So he got a tiny tip and came back to rob them.
Thanks for reacting to this gem, I enjoyed it. Steve Martin had a lot of funny flicks, but one of my favorites was dirty rotten scoundrels.
I would imagine since Dell was homeless the trunk held everything he owned (clothing, personal effects). I'd like to think it included a picture of Dorothy and maybe her wedding ring.
We see him put a picture of this wife up on the nightstand of Braidwood Inn.
Jen has Mrs Voorhees' sweater!
You know, I thought it looked "familiar" too!
😂
23:30 That's the same house used for "Home Alone" in 1990 - Mike the ginger
Wonderful Thanksgiving movie! I was an unspottable extra in this movie. It was shot in and around Chicago, and when they asked for people to be extras in the film, I signed up. The group I was assigned to spent two days in a bus station. RIP John Candy
Cool! ☺️👍
This movie has become as quintessential to Thanksgiving as "Miracle on 34th Street" has become to Christmas: a holiday classic to be handed down through the generations.
The beds were branded “magic fingers”. I have stayed at exactly one hotel that had it, in the 90s, and it was horrible. Somebody had fed the machine then unplugged it when they realized how bad it was.
I really love this film and it's two main stars Steve Martin and the late John Candy but you guessed the sad twist of the film.
Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤️
Thanks John! 👍
What was in his chest was everything he owned Jen, remember "I haven't been home in years" he's been on the road since his wife passed a way. Also another great Steve Martin movie is My Blue Heaven. If you haven't seen it. : )
I have all ways wondered while the Steve Martin character goes in to the city just to catch the train to go to the suburbs, probably Oak Park, which he past when he was in the truck, on the 290 express way.
It's before everything has "clicked" with him and his arc is complete, at this point he's still wanting to just ditch Del and never seen him again so why show Del where you live?
Great reaction as always! The 80s wouldn't have been so great without John Hughes and John Candy.
What was in the trunk? Everything he owns. By what I take is after his wife died he never went home again. It is left to the watcher's imagination if Dell was at home or was he on the road when his wife died. I imagine if my wife died suddenly and unexpectedly, while I was on the road working, I do not know how I would ever step into our house again.
Once you crack (knuckles and other joints) you don't go back!! so gooooood release that tension. I'd do it to play piano better too.
Ooooooh! This will be a fun one. Let's get it, PJ!!!😎🍷🚬👍👀💕
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Best Thanksgiving movie period
24:03 The reason his wife is crying is that there was a subplot that was cut from the movie. She suspected that Del Griffith was completely fictional, and that Neal was trying to use the Del character to cover up the fact he was cheating on her.
Another cut subplot explains the hotel robbery, apparently Neal stiffed a pizza delivery boy of a tip, and that was who broke in and robbed them.
Ohhh they should've left those in!!
"Came out siiidewaaays"
In the olden days, traveling salesman had to carry their inventory or samples in trunks like that.
The 'olden days'...
The trunk is Del's entire foundation-his home, his memories, and his storage. More importantly, the trunk is symbolic of Del and Neal's new association. It is filled with the crazy events of the film that brought them together, and contains the lessons learned by both characters along the way.
The trunk is also symbolic of relationships. When Marie was alive, Del had her to help carry their relationship. After she died, their relationship became the trunk and the things in it, and it was not possible for one person to easily carry. Along comes Neal to help carry the trunk, and a new relationship was born. The lesson is that the heavy things in life are made lighter when you have someone to help carry them with you.
John Candy is also very good in JFK, in a more serious role, Oliver Stone's film with Kevin Kostner and a cast of great Hollywood figures.
Great comment. JFK (1991) is excellent!
I crack my toe knuckles. It feels good because they get stiff and cracking removes the stiffness.
What was in the trunk? All his clothes and a sh*t load of shower curtain rings.
Welcome to the 1980s! 😁🥳
Always enjoy this one, remember watching it on tv as a kid, never knew it has so many f-bombs, lol
Heart always breaks when Del says he doesn't have a home! 😭😭💔
Totally 💔
John Candy is the most loveable character out there. I love watching this movie every year - my Thanksgiving tradition. Thanks for the reaction as always - it was great!! My MVP for this reaction is JEN! :)
Here are more funny comedies with the great John Candy Cool Runnings (1993) and Brewster's Millions (1985) and here are some classic Steve Martin comedies Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988) Bowfinger (1999) Sgt. Bilko (1996).
If you love John Candy, I suggest watching, "Uncle Buck".
More Steve Martin: Parenthood.
Knuckle-cracking can feel great. A little bit of tension builds up in my joints, and cracking them feels like a relief.
Thanks, Jen, for the reaction. Classic comedy by Hughes. I think it's his best...other comedies with Steve Martin I'd wish you'd do...All of Me and Roxanne...Christmas-time (sorta, the entire 3rd Act is, at least) classic comedy with Chevy Chase - Funny Farm.
Gotta always watch this and next month, It's a wonderful life, Christmas story, and Charlie Brown.
Love this movie. I remember going to see it with a friend. John Candy was the best. Amazing Canadian/ comedy legend.
Jen if you haven't seem it I recommend John Candy in Uncle Buck 1989
Steve Martin's character Neal is clearly wealthy. In 87 He's willing to pay $75 just so the guy would give him the taxi cab That is equivalent to approx $196.75 in 2022 and that's before he even pays for the ride.
The $700 stolen from his wallet is equivalent to approx $1,836.34 today
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1:31 He wasn't footloose enough to make it. That taxi will be bringing the Bacon home.
9:47 Probably all the passengers he's bitten.
10:16 Called it. 😎
21:45 That's Michael McKean from legendary comedy rock band mockumentary film 'This Is Spinal Tap' (1984) and more recently Better Call Saul, he's great!
25:10 - 25.24 The Worst award and screen text. 😅
There's another, underrated, Thanksgiving road movie that came out around the same time, that you should check out. It's called Dutch, and starred Ed O'Neill (Married With Children, Modern Family).
This was the firstmovie I can remember being about the perils of holiday travel. "Where's your other hand?" Hilarious. A $2k trip And then you realize there's no Thanksgiving for Del. Great job Jen.
Fun to see this movie watched, it's a classic of mine. Buddy and I in high school wrote and "made" a seque/spin-offl to it using a VHS camcorder back in high school. He was the Neil-like character, I played the Del.
No. You can't see it.
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My favorite Thanksgiving movie. So good. Btw, 6:15 - I crack my knuckles sometimes, not because I "like" it per se, but if they feel stiff I'll crack them and then they feel loose again
Good stuff and nice reaction, thanks! Granpa wheeze haunt me and I randomly laugh where ever when remember that🤣 Check out movies PS. I love you and Valentines day, cheers!
The trunk is everything he owns, since he no longer has a home. While the music is good and perfectly placed, I would give the low key MVP to the man himself, John Hughes, RIP you beautiful soul.
"Damn it Bacon" - Juliett Echo November
I like to think the trunk was stuffed to the brim with shower curtain rings. ⭕⭕🚿⭕⭕
07:44 There's a deleted scene where he does, i wish they'd kept it. 24:04 She's crying out of relief. There was a sub plot about her thinking he was having an affair. And, thus lying about Del. So... 'Hats Off Entertainment' has some outstanding videos about this film, and others. Well worth a sub.
Yeah, vibrating beds were more of a 60s 70s thing. Of course 80s screenwriters remembered them and would recycle old jokes about them even though they weren't around much anymore.
This movie catches you by surprise. Love it.
Martin and Candy are also in the musical "Little Shop of Horrors". Unfortunately their characters don't interact. It is a fun movie.
"How would you like a mouthful of teeth" could be the most passive aggressive thing I've ever heard.
Steve Martin carpet F Bombing the lady at the car rental counter is friggin' classic.
You picked a good year to watch this movie. All that snow in Buffalo makes this more believable. Snow used to come a lot earlier in the 80s and 90s. So its been about 20 years watching this movie with snowless Thanksgivings. lol
I took a train from L.A.to Chicago at 19 to play some gigs in a metal band. The bar car was awesome! I had an idea to go back to my seat when we went to states that had a 21 alcohol serving rule but they told me "Don't worry about it, you were servied in one state, you'll be served all the way". I was surprised but made some cool aquaintances! I ate gummy bears and beef jerky during the trip so I could buy drinks with my food money, lol. This was almost 30 years ago, don't know about now.
6:12 it feels like relief. Like having a chiropractor align your spine or something.
A good movie with John Candy and Dan Aykroid is the “Great OutDoors”.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊
Thanks Shaine! ☺️👍
@ 10:03 it depends on what kind of train you're riding on. If it's only doing shorter trips they probably don't have one. I went east coast to west coast and then back on trains and they had a "Beverage/Snack" cart during the longer legs of the trip which I'm willing to bet is what they called a bar cart back in '87 (I did my train journeys a couple of years ago). The shorter trip trains probably get better diesel mileage without the snack car too (and they save money on paying staff to run it)
My fiance passed away in 2013 but this was one of our favorite movies to watch together.
So the wife was crying because there was a subplot (cut from the final film) about how she thought Neal was having an affair, which is why his officemate made it home whereas he kept telling her he was stuck somewhere else. This explains why she looked at Del so intensely, as he was proof that Neal being was faithful to her.... Excellent movie for the season!
Ohhhh ya that makes more sense! ☺️👍 Happy Thanksgiving!
Sub plot of neils wife suspecting he was having an affair, was cut due to time and pacing, so her realizing that del was real, makes her tears make more sense.
Ohhh yes that would make more sense 👍👍
$700 in in 1987 = $1837 today.
Woah! 👍
Jen, you might want to check out the film "Midnight Run" with Robert De Niro. It's along the same theme as this film. Only a little more serious plot line. Great road trip movie! You might want to consider it.
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Eric is right about, 'Midnight Run', Jen.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Hi Adam, I just saw your comment pop up. How are you feeling?
@@e.d.2096 I'm much improved I feel, have I to see what the Doctor says tomorrow (in the morning) though, they may still want to send me to hospital, I'll have to wait and see. I going to sleep in a short while as I'm feeling particularly drained today eventhough I've had plenty of sleep, I think that it's just a case of fatigue due to the body healing.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Hello Adam, how did your visit to the doctor go? I hope it's good news. Again don't feel that you have to respond right away. Get your rest and take medications given to you first, please. Take care. . . Eric
Love this movie. But dude, you have to check out Uncle Buck with John Candy.
It was heavily implied his wifes dead body was in the trunk. No it was samples of shower curtain rings and his clothes I assume.
This is a PG movie but those 19 F-Bombs in the car rental desk pushed it into 'R' territory.
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It's kind of funny that we never do get to see inside that foot locker of Del's. There was a rumor years ago that Del's dead wife was in it,* but more likely it's just oodles of shower curtain rings.
* edit: I wrote that before seeing or hearing your mention of that!
Very funny movie
This film got an R rating from the MPAA for 17 "F bombs".
When my wife and I divorced years ago, by the time the dust settled, all I had left was a few personal items. I was even homeless for a few months. So, I totally get it.