A Match Made In Space

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!