Willow (1988) - Sorceresses, Ex-Boyfriends & a Silent Movie Screen Siren
That Aged Well
That Aged Well Podcast
4.9 • 762 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 140 minutes
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Summary
Let’s take at least a week in Fantasy February to truly leave our world behind and enter instead the world of Willow, Ron Howard’s 1988 high fantasy adventure! We’ve often said a movie has everything, but this movie has everything, and then some. Pig extras! Homophobic magic dust! Rituals of indeterminate length! Come join us as we take you through every magical step!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, do you ever sit around and think, man, I wish Paul and Erica would do more rom-coms? |
| 0:05.2 | How have they not done Kate and Leopold or set it up or Groundhog Day yet? |
| 0:09.6 | Well, Podstruck, a rom-com rewind takes a look back at classic romantic comedies to appreciate |
| 0:15.3 | the good, the bad, and of course, the totally bonkers with fresh eyes. |
| 0:20.5 | Every week, professional comedy screenwriters Elena Crivello and Chelsea Davidson date into the clumsy leads, the quirky best friends, the rom-com tropes, and they share how all of these films inspired them and very probably warped our collective ideas of love. |
| 0:37.1 | They've got special guests. They've got Stephanie Beatrice from Brooklyn Nine-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-Doh. They've got Nick Weiger from Doe Boys, Ashley Nicole Black from a Black Lady Sketch Show, Michelle Ortiz from Mad TV, and more. So come along as Elena and Chelsea revisit the chick flicks that taught a generation of women. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, you're not ugly. You just have glasses. So in my quest for joy, I've been watching a lot of Taskmaster. Oh, that is very joyful. Yeah, I'm up to season seven. I mean, that's when we record. This will come out months later. So by that time, probably up to season 10. |
| 1:11.2 | Who knows? |
| 1:11.5 | You'll be done. |
| 1:12.2 | I'll be done by that point. But we watch Taskmaster on YouTube, which does have commercials, which many of us skip now due to our various streaming services, right? And I saw a commercial on Taskmaster for, you know what, I'm going to give you the setup. and then I'm going to tell you the product at the end. |
| 1:27.5 | Someone at home alone, young woman. |
| 1:29.5 | Uh-huh. |
| 1:30.1 | She decides she doesn't want to cook. you know what I'm going to give you the setup and then I'm going to tell you the product at the end someone at home alone, young woman |
| 1:29.3 | she decides she doesn't want to cook |
| 1:31.1 | she's going to order food in |
| 1:32.9 | and she orders a meal |
| 1:35.1 | from edible arrangements |
| 1:36.9 | I'm sorry what |
| 1:39.0 | she's like I just got this |
| 1:41.5 | for myself because I just wanted some fresh fruit |
| 1:43.2 | that's psychotic behavior Like, I just got this for myself because I just wanted some fresh fruit. |
| 1:48.1 | That's psychotic behavior. |
| 1:49.5 | It was. |
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