24 - The Lawnmower Man (1992) w/ JC Hendricks

THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992) stars Pierce Brosnan as Larry Angelo, a scientist and recently widowed chimp-friend of five years who's studying the extremely made-up rules of virtual reality technology. His research seems to have plateaued--until he meets Jobe (Jeff Fahey), the cartoonish portrayal of a "simple" man, who is the perfect candidate to receive his brain juice injections. Everything seems to going well--until Uncle Hank substitutes to the good brain juice for the bad brain juice. A classic brain juice swap. Stand up comedian J.C. Hendricks joins us in-studio to try to unpack this THE LAWNMOWER MAN, a movie that swings for the fences while seemingly spitefully refusing to do any kind of research into how virtual reality works. We had so much fun that we almost made it a two-parter, but that's asking a lot of you, the listener. Also in this episode: The '90s finally begin, the Vienna Boys Choir performs, Drivetime King Tropes, and zero Slimers. Get weekly episodes and request movies on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/kingmepod Email us at: [email protected] Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/kingmepod/ Subscribe/rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/king-me/id1071620322?mt=2 Subscribe & rate on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5fWr5bSjFLtCDRda6oCeIW?si=84c3c8b55a294467