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The Rewatchables

‘Mr. Mom’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins

The Rewatchables

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.613.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins become stay-at-home podders as they rewatch the 1983 comedy ‘Mr. Mom’ starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The rewatchables is brought to you by the TV series, Mr. Mom, based on the beloved classic 80s film,

0:06.1

the new voodoo original series, Mr. Mom tells the story of Greg and Megan Anderson as they navigate

0:10.7

family life at modern times. Mr. Mom is a fun, late-hearted look at what it's like to be a parent

0:15.5

today and can be enjoyed by the whole family. All the episodes of Mr. Mom now available on voodoo.

0:20.2

For free, watch it today, viewdu.com slash Mr. Mom viewdu.com slash MRMOM. Amanda Dobbins is here. We're

0:29.2

doing a rewatchables about the original. Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton, which is a fascinating rewatch.

0:34.4

Here we go. Ever since Jack and his wife switched careers, he's seeing a new angle on life.

0:43.0

Watch, he's going to blame it on you now. You threw me at him. A new angle on love. I tell you.

0:48.1

And a new angle on the neighbor. At least any cut. Your point. Michael Keaton and Terry Gar in Mr. Mom,

0:57.4

a mother on a comedy rated BG.

1:05.9

Hi Amanda. Hi Bill. The plot of this movie and an unemployed Detroit

1:10.3

engineer becomes a state-home dad and takes care of three young children after his wife lands a job

1:15.1

and returns to the advertising business as an executive at a big advertising agency.

1:21.2

It's hard to imagine that this was a groundbreaking premise but it actually kind of was in 1983.

1:26.7

I hadn't seen this before in anything. It's like, wait, the wife's going to work and the

1:31.8

dad's going to stay home. I was actually surprised at how normal it seemed in the context of the movie

1:39.4

because it's made in 1983. What we know now about kind of role reversals in the 80s. There were a lot

1:45.3

of things still in development, right? In terms of moms going to work, dad staying at home. That was

1:51.7

a new concept. There's tapped into it. Yeah. So it's kind of you're going to the original source code.

1:58.7

It's like we have this idea of Mr. Mom in our head. That's like a catchphrase, right?

2:04.2

But this invented it. Essentially. Actually invented it. Yeah. It is true. So there's some stuff going

2:11.2

on here from the 80s that I just as a child of the 80s have to go through. First of all,

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