Tag[]
- "In this episode we discuss The Odd Life of Timothy Green, a film that turns the inability to have a child into a whimsical fantasy!"
Show Notes[]
- We take on the age-old story of a magical adopted boy with leaf ankles, The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Meanwhile, Elliott dreams of a world where we could make a musical out of leaves, Stuart advises on how we could make Timothy into a cool dude, and we learn of Dan's latest infirmity.
Movie Summary[]
- This movie was Elliott's choice.
- It would have worked a lot better as a musical. @4:30
- “The main theme of this movie seems to be: 'The Importance of Pencils.'”
—Elliott @11:45
Premise[]
- A magical plant boy inspires an entire town to be better people, eventually.
Story[]
Cindy and Jim Green live in the town of Stanleyville, home of the Stanleyville Pencil Factory. Though happily married, Cindy and Jim long for a child; unfortunately, they are unable to conceive. They bury a box in their backyard, containing all their wishes for what they hope a child of theirs might be. When a boy named Timothy magically appears at their door, the Greens learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts.
- The movie begins with a symbolic funeral for a child.
- “He walked out of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.”
—Stuart @7:25
- “Instead of solving everyone's problems, this family should have just moved out of the pencil town, because everyone there is a jerk.”
—Elliott @14:55
- Names they could have given the adopted daughter instead of "Lily": (@12:30)
- #1 Happy Panda
- 2008 Olympics
- Chun-Li
- Fortune Cookie
- Golden Luck Dragon Fu
- Great Wall
- Happy Joy Sun
- Jade
- Katana
- Moo Shu
- Mulan
- Short Circuit @28:55
- Mac and Me @29:30
Final Judgments[]
- Bad-Bad Movie (Elliott) @34:50
- Bad-Bad Movie (Stuart) @35:10
- Marginal Good-Bad Movie (Dan) @36:40
Episode Highlights[]
- Elliott mentions the trailer for the movie Stolen @01:35
- Elliott goofs Lin-Manuel Miranda's name as "Lin-Manuel Rivera" @14:10
Tangents[]
- Elliott mentions Phantasm @03:55
Movie Pitches[]
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2: Green's Back, Gotta Attack @34:05
- Rookie of the Year 2: Soccer This Time @53:50
- Instead of a kid, it's a guy in his mid-thirties who's sighing all the time.
- Barks and Stabcreation @1:00:30
- An escaped serial killer who kills a different cast member every week, until there's none left. Then it turns out it was all just a dream... but it was the dream of a dog. And the dog has to go on an amazing adventure to save his owner, who's just been blasted into space.
Quotes[]
- Dan's Knee @52:35
Listener Mail[]
Mailbag Song[]
- @38:30
Letters[]
- "You're My Only Horror-Movie Hope" from Paige Lastnamewithheld @38:50
- “Uhhh, let me help. It's called Castle Freak. It features a freak ripping his own dick off.”
—Stuart @39:05 - The movie Paige is asking about is "Mr. Stitch." Her guess in the letter, "Dr. Patches," is much closer than any of the many movie titles Eliot mentions.
- “Uhhh, let me help. It's called Castle Freak. It features a freak ripping his own dick off.”
- Big Sausage Pizza @48:30
Recommendations[]
- Phantasm (1979) by Don Coscarelli (Stuart) @54:40
- Orphan (2009) by Jaume Collet-Serra (Dan) @56:40
- John Dies at the End (2012) by Don Coscarelli (Elliott) @58:40