This week on Why Were We Allowed to Watch This?, we revisit Problem Child - the so-called “family comedy” that convinced a generation of kids that adoption leads to arson, chaos, and oversized bow ties. Spoiler: our opinion hasn’t changed much since childhood, except now we have the vocabulary to explain why it’s even more unhinged than we realized.

What You’ll Hear in this Episode:

• A fangirl take of John Ritter and his legacy
• Why this movie aged terribly
• The strange obsession with violence in the 90s
• Our unfiltered take on “family comedy” gone wrong
• A very tasteful, but necessary, discussion about male anatomy

🎙️Hosts:

• Mary Meyst-Huset – Bow Tie Arson Investigator
• Teddy Micklos – Collector of Dubious Facts

🔗Links & References:

• Follow us on Instagram: @WhyWereWeAllowedPod
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• Movie IMDb page: Problem Child (1990)
• Where to watch: Amazon Prime | Apple TV | Google Play | Fandango at Home

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Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Anywhere you hid your VHS tapes

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