90s Throwback: Heavyweights - a podcast by William Scanlin

To those of you who remember this strange experiment of a kids comedy flick, you know that it is a special one. Does the movie hold up 27 years later though? I guess that's for us to decide in this 2 part deep dive on Steven Brill's 1995 camp-comedy, Heavyweights. Perkisizing, twinkie-pizzas, and the "Body system" will all ensue. Chipmunks, download!

This episode is relatively spoiler-free. We offer our surface level opinions on the film as well as some background on the making of the movie. Come back next week for our full spoilercast on the movie.

Time stamps:

0:00 - Intro and Opening Trailer

2:44 - Our history with the movie, thoughts on this viewing

4:47 - Sidetrack: Are all comedy sequels wackier than their original counterparts?

6:38 - Back to the Heavyweights discussion

7:37 - Making of Heavyweights

14:18 - Recommendations of movies similar to Heavyweights

19:45 - Outro

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