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"Just in time for the gift-centered holiday of your choice, we discuss the toy store film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium."

Official Show Notes[]

"How can a movie centered around a lisping, fright-wigged Dustin Hoffman possibly go wrong? Anything's possible in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium! Meanwhile, Dan busts out another one of his 101 voices, Stuart uncovers the lost, obscene Mark Knopfler album, and Elliott reveals the rampant incompetence of medical droids."

Movie Summary[]

Premise[]

The young apprentice of a magical, eccentric toy store owner learns to believe in herself, and in her friends, upon learning some grave news about the future.

Story[]

Magic flows freely through the walls and toys within the Wonder Emporium. But when Mr. Magorium, the store's 243-year-old proprietor, decides to turn the reins over to his manager Molly Mahoney, mysterious changes creep over the Emporium. Molly and Henry, an accountant, must discover the magic within themselves if they are ever to revive the now-quiet toys.

Magorium : I'm absent-minded! Blaaaa!
Cop : You're coming with us, Mr. Magorium. You haven't paid your taxes in 100 years.
Magorium : But–but I can't go to prison! I'm Mr. Magorium! I'll just break out! I'll kill you all!
@26:30

Final Judgments[]

  • Bad-Bad Movie (Dan) @36:30
  • Bad-Bad Movie (Stuart) @38:05
  • Bad-Bad Movie (Elliott) @38:45

Episode Highlights[]

Tangents[]

  • Elliott's mic needs "Mic-agra", and if it stays erect for more than four hours, he'll need to call a mic doctor.
  • The Palindromic Man @07:40
Stuart: She had babies, Darth Vader's babies.
Elliott: Yeah, and then she died out of a "lack of will to live." That was so, it's like, "she lost the will to live." And I got so mad because I was like: "What about the fucking kids she just had?"

Movie Pitches[]

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Listener Mail[]

Mailbag Song[]

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Letters[]

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Recommendations[]

  • Jewel Robbery (1932) by William Dieterle by Elliott @Time
  • Hollow Triumph (1948) by Steve Sekely by Elliott @Time
  • Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) by Julien Temple by Stuart @Time
  • Executive Decision (1996) by Stuart Baird by Stuart @Time
  • Redbelt (2008) by David Mamet by Dan @Time
  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) by Bharat Nalluri by Dan @Time

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