A Match Made In Space

Just in time for Halloween (because we procrastinated like a week) it's 1987's Evil Dead 2, directed by Sam Raimi! Will Jon need a hand convincing Ali that this is groovy? Or will it swallow their souls? No, I will not apologize for writing that and yes, this was the first draft. THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER!(Hey, at least his one is short)

They're baaack! And by “they",' we mean Ali and Jon, watching 1986's Poltergeist II: The Other Side! Ali just wants The Angel. Jon cahoots with no one. Can both become warriors in time? Who knows? Who cares? Hopefully you, or we're wasting your time!P2: Judgement Day was directed by Brian Gibson and stars almost everyone from Poltergeist: Just the One Side.

Apparently it's International Podcasting Day, which is what Jon is going to pretend is the reason we're launching a few days late this week and not general bad scheduling. Anyway, we're celebrating it with a dive into the cool waters of 1982's The Dark Crystal, co-directed by Frank Oz and Jim Henson. Ali has wings. Jon doesn't. It all makes sense in the end, sort of.

This week, Ali shows Jon the greatest 80s French farce. And after they get done watching Noises Off, they watch 1988's Big Business, directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Lily Tomlin, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, and Bette Midler! Ali's a city mouse! Jon's a country mouse! Both are trapped in a world they never made! Like Howard the Duck, who is not mentioned in the episode even once! Not sure why I'm bringing him up! I should go to bed!Big Business also stars Fred Ward, Michael and Mary Gross, Edward Hermann, Michele Placido, and SO MANY MORE PEOPLE I DON'T FEEL LIKE GOOGLING! GOOD NIGHT!PS: At one point I (Jon) call the creator of Garfield “Jim Abrams.” This was actually the name of my best friend in 3rd Grade. I have no excuse. I wasn't tired then.

OH MY GOD Y'ALL. I DON'T THINK I CAN EVEN WRITE UP ANYTHING.Just listen.

Jon introduces Ali to a world of epic whimsy with 1988's Willow, a movie that could best be described as “Asylum Pictures Presents: Lord of the Rings.” Ali just wants to get out of her crow cage. Jon stole the baby. Both are a raging Eborsisk of nostalgia.Willow was directed by Ron Howard and stars Wicket, Iceman, and a cast of dozens (including a surprisingly non-dirtbag Gavan O'Herlihy!

Ok, look: it turns out it's very hard to get your stuff together during a pandemic, even if you're both in the same house. Anyway, we finally recorded an episode! And it's Working Girl, from 1988, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and a bunch of other great people! Seriously, a stacked cast. But was it worth it? Jon is terrified to find out. Ali is terrified this one will once again be longer than the movie. Both are making no promises when #54 finally comes out!

Can you, fly Ali?This episode, Jon shows Ali the classic 1987 action movie/social satire Robocop, directed by Paul Verhoeven. Ali enjoys a rousing game of NUKEM! Jon buys that for a dollar. But will they be able to overcome Directive Four? Either way, dead or alive, you're coming with them.Robocop stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Red from that 70s Show, Sol Gann, Albert from Twin Peaks, Leeza Gibbons, Ronny Cox, and so many more character actors!

In a fitting tribute to the largely plotless ambling of 1985's St. Elmo's Fire, Ali and Jon spend a tremendous amount of time not really talking about anything at all, but they look good doing it. Ali walks right into a terrible joke at the beginning, Jon walks a fine line by making it. Both play some sweaty saxophone solo because it's a Schumacher movie.St. Elmo's Fire was indeed directed and co-written by Joel Schumacher, and stars most of the core of the Brat Pack, plus poor Mare Winningham. OH, AND MARTIN BALSAM AND DICK VAN PATTEN'S SISTER!

Surely this can't be our 50th Episode? Insert Dadjoke here, while we take the liberty of monkeying with our format mildly to talk about the relationship between the 1957 Canada-centric thriller Zero Hour! and 1980's disaster spoof Airplane! Will Ali make it 10 minutes without starting to quote the movie? Can Jon set their past aside and talk her down? Can either find someone who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner? Yes, but that's not important right now. They have a pod to cast.

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So…this happened.Ali and Jon do an impromptu episode about nothing at all, including some Q's that they A'd from Twitter. It's…well, it is what it is. And yes, they drank a lot that night. Everyone's ok now, though.

We're finally ringing in the New Year on the verge of February! We recorded this almost a month ago, but Jon took a million years to mix it for no reason! Anyway, we're back to the pivotal year of 1985 for an almost ur-MMIS experience, The Legend Of Billie Jean! Jon wants a Furiosa Glow-Up. Ali wants Jon to remember Yeardley Smith's character's name. Both will be invincible…OR WILL THEY?

Happy SCARE-IDAYS from the SICKERSONS!Ugh, sorry. We had a bad case of Cryptkeeperitis and are just getting over the puns. Anyway, this week Jon exposes Ali to the Trioxin that is Return of the Living Dead from 1985. Jon needs brains. Ali needs more motivation if she's going to dance naked on a grave. Both might need to be nuked before the night is over.Return of the Living Dead was directed by Dan O'Bannon, and stars Clu Gulager, the sadly missed James Karen, Don Calfa, and Linnea Quigley (whom we are legally obligated to refer to as a “Scream Queen”, and whom Jon still after decades refers to as “Leanna”).Note: news that James Karen passed away happened just today, after we had already recorded the episode. This one's for you, Frank.

It's some sort of SPOOKTOBERFEST OF SCARES as Ali shows Jon April Fool's Day, the first official “horror” movie in MMIS history (assuming we aren't counting Return To Oz or Girls Just Want To Have Fun). But is it horror? Is it comedy? Is it a soft reboot of Just One Of the Guys? Jon wants to know. Ali wants to get out of that dang well. Both are confused by the surprising lack of nudity.April Fool's Day stars Biff Tannen, the actual guy from Just One of the Guys, one of the girls from Just One Of the Guys, Ryan O'Neal's son, and at least one Jason victim.

The Bickersons found out long ago it's a long way down nostalgia podcast road. Jon is nimble. Ali is quick. Both take a ride down the West Coast Kick.Okay, that got old fast. Anyway, we didn't focus on how much of a colossal asshole Chevy Chase is in every waking moment of his life, but assume that's the subtext. Y'all know who's in this movie, right?

Who had "Animated Cash-In Licensed Toy Movie" in the "When Is Jon Going To Get Embarrassingly Emotional" pool? You won an extra long episode about 1986's The Transformers: The Movie! Jon has the touch. Ali has the power. When all hell's breaking loose? Where do you think they'll be?TTF:TM stars Peter Cullen, the late Chris Latta, and some other people. But mostly Peter Cullen and Chris Latta. Oh, and the Micro Machines Man, who (despite what is said in the episode), was almost certainly not sped up artificially.

Is it really true that now the Bickersons have done two Bette Midler movies where she plays a character named Barbara? Or for that matter, two Bette Midler movies? Well, here they are, doing Ruthless People! Jon loses 20 pounds chained in a basement. Ali gets in a found object fight in Judge Reinhold's kitchen. Can both get away with the ransom money?Ruthless People was directed by Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker and stars Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Not Meg Ryan, the principal from Head Of the Class, and Lone Starr.

The Bickersons are back! And you know they can never be wack! And much like that reference, the movie is something no one has thought of since 1985! It's Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (And Also, We Guess, Ends), a failed franchise started by Goldfinger director Guy Hamilton! Jon is the Eleventh Commandment! Ali no longer moves like a pregnant yak! Jordan gives his parents terror for breakfast, pressure for lunch, and aggravation for sleep!Remo Williams: No Really, This Is Only the Beginning stars Fred Ward, an embarrassingly yelllowfaced Joel Grey, The Brim, and Kate Mulgrew, and Jon forgot to mention features the bad guy from the classic MST movie The Sidehackers (AKA Five the Hard Way) in a bit part!

No Ali this week! No podcast this week! But our son Jackson joins MMIS for a cameo while Jon explains why. Also, from the MMIS vaults, an unreleased song, "The Ballad of MMIS" by friend of the podcast James Murphy of Pex Lives and The Last Exit Show (in which, by the way, Ali's introduction appears at the beginning of every episode).

The Bickersons are back and so excited to do this incredibly long episode about 1986's Down and Out In Beverly Hills that they managed to forget the Elevator Pitch! Jon is excited to do an absolutely terrible Nolte impression. Ali is sad about Chicago Theatre news. Both are dismayed at minor technical difficulties.Down and Out In Beverly Hills, was directed by Paul Mazursky, and stars Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Little Richard, and MIKE THE DAMN DOG.

Ali and Jon revisit another classic 80s comedy, 1983's Trading Places. Is it going to be problematic?* Jon attempts to understand how the final plan works. Ali attempts to understand why the 80s still hadn't figured out not to do blackface under any circumstances. Both want eggnog from Denholm Elliott.Trading Places was directed by Vic Morrow's murderer, and stars Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Denholm Elliott, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Paul Gleason, Belushi the Lesser, Former Senator Al Franken, and his much less controversial comedy partner, the late Tom Davis.*What do you think?

Ali nya alunda Jon. Caveman (1981) caca. Ali pooka. Jon macha. Both nya zug-zug.MMIS nya bobo Ringo Starr! Nya bobo Dennis Quaid! Nya bobo Diane Chambers! Nya bobo Dr. Jellif! Nya bobo Sloth!

In what might be a first at MMIS, Ali shows Jon a movie (1988's Running On Empty) that is just legitimately good, with no caveats about cult themes or nostalgia attached, which means they can barely stay on topic throughout. Jon is amazed he sat through a movie without explosions without complaining. Ali is amazed Jon sat through a movie without explosions without complaining. Both have been running from the FBI for so long and are so, so tired.Running On Empty was directed by Sidney Lumet, and stars Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, and Martha Plimpton.

Ali and Jon put on the sunglasses and take a long look at John Carpenter's made-in-1988-but-depressingly-still-applicable anti-Reagan agitprop film, They Live. Jon is here to podcast and chew bubblegum. Ali is all out of bubblegum. Both spend at least 5-1/2 minutes fighting about whether that fight scene was necessary (spoiler alert from Jon, who writes these episode descriptions: it totally was).They Live stars Rowdington Roderick Piper, Keith David, and more character actors than you can spray with an M-16. Oh, and a couple of ghouls.

Ali and Jon are back an on schedule with 1986's tragicomic/dramedic/sadlarious coming of age film, Lucas. Jon is disappointed that it isn't a biopic about the early days of Star Wars. Ali is disappointed that Jon spent the entire move unaware that it starred Corey Haim. Both spend several minutes of this surprisingly long episode making an unsolicited commercial for a local hot dog restaurant.Lucas stars a phenomenal amount of young actors that we would end up seeing a lot in other things, and also, supposedly Gary Cole, though the Bickersons never noticed him and forgot to talk about that. It also is now apparently kind of tinged with scandal now, but the Bickersons really didn't want to talk about that, either.

2017 was a rotten year, and it gets in a parting shot on Ali and Jon with 1985's Volunteers. Jon can't believe how insane Tom Hanks' lockjaw accent is. Ali can't believe how terrible Jon's New York accent is. No one can believe this is how Hollywood tried to capitalize on Hanks and Candy's chemistry from Splash.Volunteers stars Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Gedde Goddamn Watanabe, Xander Berkeley, Expert Video Falconer George Plimpton, and the Psychiatrist from M*A*S*H. Oh and Jon forgot to mention director Nicholas Meyer wrote and/or directed all the even-numbered (good) original cast Star Trek movies. What he did wrong here is even more baffling when this is taken into account.

It's a Holiday Miracle: Ali and Jon are back! It's 1988's Scrooged, a Murray Family Extravaganza directed by Richard Donner. Jon may be an undigested bit of beef. Ali? A blot of mustard. At any rate, there's more of gravy than the grave about this podcast.Scrooged stars a metric ton of Murrays, Indy's best girlfriend, Latka's best wife, the New York Dolls' best vocalist, Dynasty's...best (?) patriarch, the guy from Bonnie and Clyde (no, the other one), Ma Fratelli, Alfre Goddamn Woodard, JOHN DOUBLE GODDAMN GLOVER, and THERE AREN'T ENOUGH CAPS OR GODDAMNS TO COVER ROBERT EFFING MITCHUM. NOTE: Jon mistakenly credits Brad Garrett for Muldoon in Car 54 Where Are You? but it was John C. McGinley. Oops!

The Bickersons barely bicker a bit, son, while watching this 1985 gender-swap teen farce. Ali questions whether this was really a Shakespeare adaptation. Jon questions whether this wasn't really a USA UP ALL NITE movie. Both question whether this film's depiction of gender is or isn't problematic. Before this episode, Jon had only seen about 30 seconds of this movie. Can you guess which 30?

Halloween comes early, as Jon has no concept of timing when he shows Ali 1989's The 'Burbs, from the tail end of the Tom Hanks Is Just a Comedic Actor era. Jon learns mid-show that Henry Gibson already beat him to the Henrik Ibsen joke. Ali learns all about Jon's probably misguided obsession with Henry Gibson's ear. They both learn THEY might be the Klopeks of their neighborhood. The 'Burbs was directed by Joe Dante, and stars Tom Hanks, Debbie Reynold's daughter, Laura Dern's dad, a Canadian guy, and a Corey, as well as A Distinguished Norwegian Playwright, Brother Theodore, and Malachi from Children of the Corn.

The Bickersons are back with the Not At All Fictional Movie, The Beniker Gang! Jon still refuses to believe this is an actual movie, even though Ali insists he saw it. Ali refuses to believe Jon is not a jackass. This movie is actually available on Amazon, despite being a figment of our collective imagination.

Ali and Jon take a trip down memory lane with the Police Academy's less successful sister film, Moving Violations, starring Bill Murray's brother, Meg Tilly's sister, and Stacey Keach's Brother! Ali's having trouble getting moving in the morning. Jon can't find the beef. Will either of them regret this movie? Will Jon get tired of writing this description and stop mid-sent

The Bickersons may never be your new regular Saturday night thing, but they are back with 1989's Road House, a movie with more mullets per capita than a hockey camp in 1992. Ali realizes it's the same shit in a different location. Jon knows that pain don't hurt. But can they get out from under the polar bear in time to finally release another podcast? Road House stars The Swayze, The Swayze's Mullet, Sam Elliott, Sam Elliott's Mane, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara, Jeff Healey, Kevin Tighe, "Sunshine" Parker, and Keith David in a part so small Jon forgot to mention it. Oh, and probably every single stuntman they could round up. It was directed by Rowdy Herrington, the only director whose name aptly describes his fight scenes.

Ali and Jon decided to ring out 2016 by discussing a movie written by the incomparable, much missed Carrie FIsher. It's not from the 80s, technically, but this is our podcast, and we can do what we want. As mentioned at the end of the podcast, if you're in a giving mood, feel free to check out our son's donation page: www.jumpforjackson.com

Once again Ali and Jon fail to capitalize on any sort of momentum and/or holiday synergy by just doing a random 80s movie after another month off! In this case, it's the very Baby-Boomeresque Baby Boom, from 1987, a movie that Wikipedia claims "debuted strongly on VHS" [citation needed]. Jon can't remember the word "raft." Ali can't remember the term "applesauce." Neither can remember the movie very well because they watched it like 3 weeks ago. Oh, and this episode is a hot goddamn mess from start to finish. Baby Boom was directed by Charles Shyer, and stars Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wannamaker, Pat Hingle, James Spader, the criminally underutilized Mary Gross, the criminally overutilized VIctoria Jackson, and a guy who looks so much like a redneck Jonathan Pryce that it should be a crime.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, but far too late for a baseball-themed episode to be relevant, Ali and Jon have decided to return with a surprisingly long discussion about 1989's Major League! Jon is penitent about his failed original movie choice. Ali is defiant in her aversion to Tom Berenger's lips. Both deserve a red tag in their lockers. Major League was written and directed by David S. Ward, and stars Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corben Bernsen, Rene Russo, James Gannon, Bob Uecker, and the one and only Wesley Snipes.

Sorry for the lateness - this was recorded 2 weeks ago, but Jon totally screwed up and never prepared it to post. But maybe it will be worth the wait? We may never know. At any rate, Ali and Jon are down and out enough to watch Troop Beverly Hills, more or less the final nail in the coffin of Shelley Long's career as a lead actress. Ali is upbeat, and ready for a happy nostalgic moment. Jon is a little leery, since this is the second Jeff Kanew film in as many episodes. But hey, at least half the kids in this movie have had better careers than its star!

TRIGGER WARNING: EVERYTHING. Ali and Jon celebrate their 25th episode by nearly breaking themselves with 1984's smash hit Revenge of the Nerds, a slobs-vs.-slobs "comedy" that forgets to do things like "be funny," "make people laugh," or "have basic human decency." Jon faces the nameless dread of existence. Ali has a dark night of the soul. Panties are raided, but will the nerds steal their hearts? You know what? We're not going to bother crediting the cast and director of this shitshow. Hell, we're not even going to put an Amazon link to buy it. Do not spend your money on this movie. Send it to a support group for survivors of sexual abuse or something. Man, fuck this movie sideways.

In an episode destined to be considered either a visionary masterpiece or a long, boring, self-important wank, Ali and Jon take on Ridley Scott's 1982's seminal sci-fi noir classic, Blade Runner. Jon attempts to build a better life on the Offworld Colonies. Ali just wants him to vanish like tears in the rain. Mainwhile, Sparky dreams of electric sheep. Blade Runner stars Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, M. Emmet Walsh, Edward James Olmos, as well as Larry, his brother Darryl Hannah, and his other brother Darryl Hannah.

MMIS FANS: YOUR LONG WAIT IS OVER! Was it worth it? Probably not. Ali and Jon get lost in SpaceCamp (1986) this week. Jon hates Jinx. Ali hates Jon. Both forget to mention John Williams apparently did the music in this movie. He probably should have done a better job. SpaceCamp was directed by some guy named Harry Winer, and "stars" Indiana Jones' most irritating girlfriend, Marty McFly's Mom, John Travolta's wife, Lamar the Nerd, that guy from The OC, and some kid named Leaf that we're sure never worked again.

Time for MMIS to go back to both the "Fourth Movie Of a Franchise" and the "Young Jon Realizes a Movie Can Be Terrible" wells for 1987's Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, which officially stomped the life out of the once mighty Christopher Reeve Superman series. Jon is considering taking a speeding bullet. Ali is thinking of leaping in front of a locomotive. Have both of them discovered their respective Kryptonites? Superman IV: The Quest To Destroy the Superman Legacy was directed by Sidney J. Furie, and stars basically everyone from the original Superman movie but Otis and Miss Tessmacher (lucky them). It also stars Zoë Wanamaker's dad and Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter.

Get on the Turnpike Towards The Area Of Increased Hazards, as Ali shows Jon 1986's best Navy recruitment video Top Gun. Ali is nauseated by the lack of sexual chemistry between our leads. Jon is just glad to be hanging with the boys. Both are sad to learn that the pattern is full. Top Gun was directed by Tony Scott and stars Maverick, Goose, Iceman, Slider, Jester, Gooch, Pottymouth, Pancakes, Zippo, Gummo, Shemp, and Tom Skerritt. There's some Loggins, some Moroder, and some Faltermeyer.

Hey, MMIS fans, welcome to a special preview episode of A Hard Grey's Night, the Internet's Most Reluctant Grey's Anatomy Podcast, where 50% of our hosts would rather be anywhere else! In this episode, Ali forces Jon to watch the pilot, "A Hard Day's Night," for the SECOND time, and then forces him to talk about it as politely as he can. If you haven't seen the entire series, there will be spoilers. But honestly, why watch it at all when we can just tell you what happens (Ed. Note: Jon clearly writes these summaries)

Ali and Jon both go back over the rainbow for 1985's traumatizing Return To Oz, a not-really-a-sequel-to-the-movie that proves Disney has always been in the business of scarring children for life. But is this movie as disturbing as Jon and Ali remember? (SPOILER: Yes.) Once again, one of Ali's childhood favorites stars a preternatural brunette girl, while Jon wonders what sort of blind, idiot god would allow the Gump to be. Somehow, this podcast ends up being only six minutes shorter than the movie itself. Return To Oz stars Fairuza "I'm Not Ione Skye, You Idiot" Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, and a whole bunch of terrifying things. Directed by Walter Murch.

Okay, nerds: MMIS is meeting you halfway as Jon shows Ali 1986's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Ali can't stand all this nerd talk, but manages to maintain etiquette. Jon uses this as a platform to speak for an extended time about Edge of Etiquette. Both seem to trip over themselves to claim they're not really Star Trek fans, honest. One of them makes a convincing case... Star Trek IV was directed by Spock. It stars Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, and Chekhov's Chekov, with a brief guest appearance by Not Kirstie Alley. Oh, and some whales.

This would be an all time classic episode, if we hadn't effed up the recording about 16 minutes in! Still, marvel at the amazing chemistry between Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn in 1987's Overboard being mirrored by Ali Goodman and Jon Wolter. Be awed as Ali forgets to set up the microphone properly. Be completely unsurprised that Jon forgets to tell the trivia that this movie was turned into a 2006 South Korean sitcom called Couple or Trouble! All this, plus Ali raps! Sort of! Overboard also stars Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Mike Hagarty, and Rowdy Roddy McDowell. It was directed by Laverne DeFazio's brother (Jon may have mistakenly said he was her husband - we aren't going to go back and confirm this) and written by Leslie "Ms. Mrs. Doubtfire" Dixon.

Hoooo-Boy. This one is a shambles.

It's a Forgotten Franchise Friday (assuming you choose to listen to this on a Friday) this episode, as Ali shows Jon the second installment in the once-quite-popular Oh, God! series. Ali gets serious for a moment. Jon does impromptu exegesis of George Burns' parable of the Kitten and the Lion and/or Tiger. Do both find religion? Isn't a movie released in 1980 essentially just a 70s movie? Also, Ali accidentally creates Jon's new favorite children's character. Oh, God! Book II stars George Burns, Louanne, Suzanne Pleschette, the Former Mister Meredith Baxter-Birney, Mork's Father-In-Law, Captain Hook, Mrs. Poole, and The Lawyer From Kramer vs. Kramer. It was directed by Gilbert Cates, and written by a five-person committee including at least one Seaman, and like all George Burns movies, includes a motorcycle chase.

Hey, did you know this episode is dropping on our one year anniversary? Neither did Ali nor Jon! That's why they don't talk about that in this episode featuring so many other amazing milestones: 1985's The Black Cauldron is their first animated movie, the first movie neither of them had seen before, and the first time they couldn't even come up with a damn hour's worth of discussion, even including X-rated tangents. Ali talks about wedding night intimacy. Jon goes deep into Gurgy's lost sodomy scene. No one ends up satisfied. The Black Cauldron was directed by Ted Berman and the not-at-all-unfortunately named Richard Rich, based on the popular young adult fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain, by HHHHLloyd Alexander, and starring the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, John Huston, and John Goddamn Byner.

A thrilling Adventure in Podcasting today, as Jon and Ali hit this episode with all the trivia bombs a cursory scan of Wikipedia can provide. Ali can't leave the podcast without singing the blues. Jon is a dead ringer for this month's centerfold. The whole thing takes longer to record than Berlin Alexanderplatz, but is only maybe half as funny. Adventures In Babysitting was released in 1987, and directed by Amerigo Vespucci, and written by someone Jon is too lazy to learn about. It stars, Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, the guy from Rent, a Human Skull, Tom Noonan's brother, a really adorable little girl, and the God of Thunder in an Edgar Suit. We whine for money again in this one, apparently. Maybe we should just start a Patreon or maybe sell pencils from a tin cup.

No, you're not imagining this. The Bickersons aren't divorced! They're back from their lengthiest hiatus yet with one of the greatest action movies of all time, Die Hard 1: Hardly Ever Died Before! Ali is trying to fit in at her new job at Nakatomi. Jon is regretting wearing his Hypercolor wifebeater to the staff party. This Match Made In Space Reboot also includes A Special Guest Appearance from a Dog Made In Hell, a long-delayed addressing of The 800-Pound Reindeer In the Room, and A Reluctant Admission From Jon That He Hasn't Seen A Very Famous 80s Movie Featuring Anthony Edwards. Die Hard was directed by John McTiernan and written by Stephen E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, The Fourumvirate Of Perfectly Cast 80s Character Actors, and MANY, MANY MORE (Including Betty Spaghetti)!