Space Jam
Hey, Do You Remember...?
Christopher Schrader
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 92 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
It's taken almost 25 years to get a Space Jam sequel off the ground and if you're wondering why Warner Bros. just wouldn't let it go, consider this - when you factor in all of the merchandising and licensing deals, this movie has generated around SIX BILLION DOLLARS worth of revenue!
If you were a kid in the fall of 1996, this was probably the biggest thing happening in your world. Doubly so if, like us, you grew up in the Chicagoland area and were already invested in the Bulls and Michael Jordan.
Although the idea of combining one larger than life brand (Jordan) with another (the Looney Tunes) goes back to the popular Hare Jordan Superbowl commercial, there was actually more to the timing of this film than meets the eye.
We take a look at what was going on in Jordan's career leading up to this and how those events might help explain some of the choices they made with this movie.
Topics include: the film's inescapable marketing campaign, the soundtrack, new (and bizarre) revelations about the Looney Tunes gang, why so many people in the industry were skeptical of this, how Bill Murray's one-scene cameo expanded into a bona fide supporting role, why it took so long to get a direct sequel made, the anthology approach they almost took instead, and much more!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey, do you remember Space Jam? |
| 0:06.5 | Hello and welcome, Hey, do you remember, Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose-tinted glasses to see how it holds up. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm Chris. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm Donna. |
| 0:33.5 | And I'm Carlos. |
| 0:34.2 | And today we're revisiting Space Jam. |
| 0:53.5 | Thank you. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting Space Jam. Our regular listeners probably noticed that we took the last two weeks off. |
| 0:57.6 | And if you're following us on social media, you know that's because I had a situation I needed |
| 1:02.4 | to deal with. |
| 1:03.0 | And at the time, I didn't really want to say much more than that. |
| 1:06.6 | A lot of people read between the lines, especially our Patreon supporters, who had heard our most |
| 1:11.4 | recent bonus episode where I mentioned that my grandma was in the hospital. |
| 1:16.1 | Someone in her nursing home tested positive for COVID-19, and in less than one week, we went from |
| 1:23.1 | my grandma having no symptoms to getting the phone call from my mom that she had passed. And because of |
| 1:30.7 | the situation we're in, I couldn't be there to say goodbye and I can't be with my family now that |
| 1:35.6 | she's gone. So that's why I needed some time away. At first, I thought it might help to distract |
| 1:41.3 | myself with stuff like this, but it didn't take very long to figure out. |
| 1:45.7 | I just did not have it in me. And it wasn't just me. All three of us just weren't really feeling it at that |
| 1:51.6 | point. And I know this is a downer of a note to kick things off with, but I'm not just bringing |
| 1:57.3 | this up to explain why we needed that time. I don't think that's something |
| 2:01.4 | we even have to explain, quite frankly. I just wanted to say something because my grandma would |
| 2:07.9 | always introduce me to people by saying, this is my grandson. And then very quickly and very |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Christopher Schrader, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Christopher Schrader and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.