The Goonies

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This week, Paul and Amy are delving into nostalgia as they analyze the 1985 film The Goonies. They discuss the collaboration between Richard Donner and Steven Spielberg and the film's frenetic energy, and wonder what Martha Plimpton was doing with that crab! Bonus: Paul reveals The Goonies connection to Back To The Future! Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is on presale now! Out in stores on 5/20/24. Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Next week, Paul and Amy take a look at the 1979 film Mad Max, in honor of the release of Furiosa. Check out this week's spotlight episode from the Unspooled archives, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, starring our favorite Goonie, Ke Huy Quan! You can join the conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Check out Paul's Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The movie Goonies. Goonies. Oh, Hello everyone are welcome to to I am Paul Shear joined as always by my co-host the amazing Amy Nicholson and we are about to talk about one of my childhood classics, Richard
0:45.8	Donners the Goonies. A movie that I've owned in every format, every format I've owned
0:51.8	this film. Every format, even DeGero type?
0:55.0	Yeah, yeah, as a matter of fact, yeah, I did.
0:59.0	Even in DeGero type.
1:01.0	Amy, you know this is actually kind of a special week it's the week
1:07.6	before my book comes out I have a book it's called Joyful Recollections of Tra trauma and I am incredibly nervous. This book is is going to be in people's hands and just a little bit and I you know want to remind everybody if you have a chance to
1:25.6	pre-order it because if you pre-order my book you will get a chance to partake in
1:30.5	some of the goodies the special features just like the special features on the
1:33.8	go on the goonies Blu-ray, you will get to go to my website and see some stuff that no one will ever
1:39.2	see unless you pre-ordered the book.
1:41.2	And you can get it as an e-book, you can get it as an audiobookbook you can get it as an audiobook which I do read and I've
1:44.9	added some extra stuff in there as well but you know to be very frank pre-orders make a
1:50.8	giant difference it's pretty much what this entire publishing industry is based on.
1:55.4	So, you know, I would love for you to check out my book
1:59.0	and come see me on my tour.
2:01.1	I'm going to be all over the country. You can go to the
2:04.0	unspooled website, you can see where I'm going to be at, and actually have David
2:07.2	Remnick from the New Yorker, going to be interviewing me in Brooklyn. Yes.
2:13.0	And you know, look, I'm very happy right now
2:15.7	because I got some really nice reviews
2:18.8	and I've been talking to people and the book is,
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