The Wizard
Hey, Do You Remember...?
Christopher Schrader
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2018
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
We've watched some truly insane movies for this podcast, but we've never experienced anything like The Wizard. There isn't one single aspect of this that makes a lick of sense - not the characters, their relationships, the dialogue, or even the way it handles video games. But the lunacy of it all is so much fun that the movie becomes incredibly watchable.
When this was released back in 1989, Nintendo was pretty much the biggest thing happening on the planet. So the film does provide a really interesting snapshot of that era. But it also gave us sooooo much more. Buckle up, friends. This movie is nuts.
Topics include: the most complicated backstory any family in any movie has ever had, the problem with Putnam's role in the story, the story beats stolen from Rain Man and Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, the freedom Nintendo gave the filmmakers, our childhood reactions to the reveal of Super Mario Bros 3, the bizarre origin story of Mario 2, the disappointing reality of the power glove, and much much more!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, do you remember The Wizard? |
| 0:06.4 | Hello and welcome to 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. |
| 0:32.3 | I'm Chris. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm Donna. |
| 0:33.7 | And I'm Carlos. |
| 0:34.6 | And today we're revisiting The Wizard. |
| 0:52.9 | Thank you. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting The Wizard. The Wizard. The Wizard is a 1989 boondoggle directed by that co-worker of yours who just figured out Instagram filters and now refers to himself as a photographer. |
| 1:02.6 | From a screenplay by a concussed gorilla that was wearing a blindfold and had cinder blocks for hands. |
| 1:08.6 | And starring Super Mario Brothers 3, The Power Glove, Universal Studios, |
| 1:13.0 | and Hostess Snack Cakes with Ninja Guidon, Rad Racer, and Double Dragon in memorable supporting |
| 1:18.1 | roles, and featuring cameos from Fred Savage, Bow Bridges, and Christian Slater. When Universal |
| 1:24.0 | Pictures decided to repackage Rain Man for a younger demographic, they had one stipulation. |
| 1:29.6 | You could only work on this film if you had never met an actual human child before. |
| 1:35.9 | Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. |
| 1:42.5 | I owe blank check an apology. |
| 1:47.0 | Oh, my stars and garters. |
| 1:52.7 | So listen, before I get too deep into this, let me make one thing clear. |
| 1:57.4 | It's funny that we just got an iTunes review that praised us for never getting too snarky |
| 2:02.1 | and now it seems like I read that and went oh yeah prepare for launch uh here's the thing I know |
| 2:10.4 | this movie has its fans if you've never heard our podcast before if this is your first episode |
| 2:14.8 | it's a strong chance you're one of them. So I'm obviously |
| 2:18.3 | tipping my hand here about how I feel about this whole thing. But I also want to establish right |
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