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Can we talk about how crazy Connie and Suz’s plan is to find Michael and the rest of the kidnapped children? They have Connie sneak into the back of the Signor’s truck and use a bag of sugar and a funnel, so that he can leave a trail for Suz to follow. Why allow Connie to be captured like that? Wouldn’t it be easier to just have both of them tail the Signor’s truck on their bikes? Or get Suz’s dad to tail him in his car? Furthermore, the sugar plan was deeply flawed. As we saw, the trail could easily be eliminated with something like a street sweeper. Plus he only had a 4 lb. bag. It’s unlikely that he has enough sugar to last the whole distance. I was stunned when Suz rediscovered the sugar trail and said she finally found it after days (plural!) of searching. You’re telling me that no wind, rain, or traffic disturbed that sugar line in all that time? Lastly, when Connie and Suz put this plan into action, the Signor leaves the art shop and asks Suz if she would like to go for a ride. She says no, she’d rather ride her bike. So The Signor just leaves her be. Why was he so polite to her and accepting of her refusal to come along? Or was he polite to every child and he just succeeded in getting that many kids to willingly come along with him?

This has been me with anything since quarantine started. One episode of a tv show? Kind of a big commitment for someone sitting inside on the couch by myself all weekend.

Oh, i hope I don’t sound like I’m griping or anything. I’m perfectly fine with the length. It just seems like these days even 90 minute movies take 3 sittings.

What we haven't told you is this counts as 1.5 picks. Next time you'll need to pick something short like 7:35 in the Morning (still an awesome movie IMO) or under an hour.

Yeah, we've really been diving into some epic-length musicals lately. You are all too kind for indulging me in this one. Thank you.

I believe this is Michael's picture

The t-shirt design Jason wanted in the previous episode. Love you, HDTGM!

1 in the hand is worth 2 in the bush is not an excuse to piss into your hands.

Hopefully this isn't a spoiler but I'll put it in spoiler tags anyway.

Would you like to have a Kast party? Due to my disability I am home most of the day.

My superintendent is super dependent on cougar attention.

Definitely endorse this podcast. The Jaws and Star Wars series were outstanding. Haven't checked out Binge Mode thought.

get your butts ready, the plugs will be here before you know it

May all you assless chaps out there one day, finally, get that donkey and ride free through the pastures of your English homeland.

Waiter, could I get the extra whap of stank I ordered, please?

I found it rather lazy that they have Connie pull Michael aside and just tell him that the tall kid on the opposing soccer team is “really mean and dangerous”. There was nothing in that kid’s performance before then or up until he trips him that he is mean. And let’s face it, people are constantly tripping each other in soccer. The bully also doesn’t go for the wig until Michael takes a swing at him. Maybe that is an example of “mean and dangerous” in Canada but he didn’t seem like much of a bully to me.

Turns out The Silence of the Lambs is part of the Tales for All series.

My first thought on seeing Signor's hair coat was Buffalo Bill's "skin suit" in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (the book was released three years after this film!) Add to that the creepy "hair" hallway entrance to the child slave labor factory, and you have one deeply unsettling, scarifying "children's" film. Wearing body parts of your kidnapped victims?

What a good boy. What a smart boy. My earliest memories of BNL (before I saw them live for the first and last time around 1992 I think?) is their covers of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" for a tribute album and Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" on their original cassette. A lot of people still love the Cockburn cover (I'm not one of them) and the other one has not aged well...

When I heard Jason say "hairshirt" my mind immediately went to the Barenaked Ladies' classic song about gender expectations, "What a Good Boy". These are some of the lyrics" I wake up scared I wake up strange I wake up wondering if anything in my life Is ever gonna change I wake up scared I wake up strange And everything around me stays the same It's the hair shirt I wear And this hair shirt is woven from It's woven from your brown hair Is it possible that one of the preeminent Canadian bands was influenced by one of the preeminent Canadian kids films?

Speak of the devil and he appears, it's time for my colonoscopy, any volunteers?

Paul has also mentioned Wondery’s “Inside” series (I believe on Unspooled). They’ve done inside Psycho, Inside Jaws and recently Inside Star Wars—all about the making of each film. They’re really good.

Trust me, you guys -- Signor's hire was not a fluke. This guy could get hired just about anywhere. The principle is probably not the only one involved in the hiring process. I've served on search committees at my school. Here's basically how it goes: Signor submits and an application, and he's probably one of 150 applicants for that position. Because HR has so many rules to follow regarding equal opportunity hiring and to avoid discrimination, the only information committee has on him is what he puts in his application, cover letter, and CV. The committee members are faculty at the school who don't want to be doing this extra work, so they look for anything they can to narrow down the field -- 50ish applicants are folks just out there applying for jobs and don't meet the minimum requirements; another dozen or so want too much money; another dozen are honestly overqualified for the position -- until they finally have 10 or so names, which frequently comes down to a crap-shoot between identical-sounding, faceless candidates. Then the first interview with the committee, which for Signor probably went pretty well because, as has been mentioned in this thread extensively, he knows how to teach fine art and could probably bullshit through a Q&A and teaching demonstration. He'd be quirky, sure, but that often appeals to academics. Then, the second interview, probably with the principle this time. It's probably at this stage that the background checks happen. Bear in mind, none of the people involved so far are responsible for the background check. That's usually done by some service contracted by HR, which means it is done outside the school and can take time. If they're in a rush to fill a faculty slot, they might offer the job before HR hears anything from the background check. We had one guy who had already been given a full teaching schedule before we learned that he had used a stolen social security #. Basically, there's a lot wrong with the hiring process at schools. It's totally conceivable that they hired this guy and now just can't get rid of him. Hell, they are all bad teachers -- the one guy wouldn't just stop for a second and watch this kid's hair grow with his own eyes?! What a dick. And as for Signor, did anyone see his office? They been trying to get rid of him for a while.

I’ll go on record as perhaps being one of the few people from the USA who saw this in elementary school (or perhaps sixth grade). From what I vaguely remember, we thought it was weird but funny. Then again, our teachers often showed us random, weird shit. we also watched Troll. i thought all the kids in this were great and everyone gave solid performances. I actually generally enjoyed it until the slave-labor part, which—as weird as the first two-thirds of the movie were—seemed to come from a COMPLETELY different movie. The most disturbing part of the movie that no one has talked about: Michael’s nightmare where the dog attacked his long hair. Also, I saw the female “wino” (whose name was Mary, I think, but I’ve already forgotten) as being mean and only begrudgingly helping Michael. My interpretation of the “fright” was that she was the one who scared him and made his hair fall off, because she tries to do it again at the end and he brushes her off. It’s not clearly explained, but that’s my take on it.

The fact that forum posters are confirming that, in Canada, this movie is shown to young children has me rethinking everything I know about Canada. ”Paul was actually kicked in the face and has a scar.” AND YOU ARE ONLY BRINGING THIS UP NOW. This is huge news. I wonder what Marcus Lemonis would think of Signore’s business.