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  • 114: “I Wish I Were Big” – Big

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    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/www.themfp.org/audio/WWWY114.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:15:40 — 72.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSHappy Hanksgiving, everyone! In our first of two episodes sharing our gratitude for one of Hollywood’s most endearing, reliable stars – that would be none other than TOM HANKS, of course – we take a look back at the…

  • 49: “3 Minutes To Wapner” – Rain Man

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    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY49.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:13:22 — 63.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSHow does 1988’s Best Picture Oscar winner hold up? We’re too busy answering a question from a half hour ago to weigh in right now, so you’ll have to listen to When We Were Young’s latest episode, just in…

  • 44: “Come Out To The Coast, We’ll Get Together, Have a Few Laughs” – Die Hard

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    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY44.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (79.7MB)Subscribe: RSSDIE HARD (1988) Welcome to the party, pal! In this episode, we’re celebrating Christmas in July with the 30th anniversary of DIE HARD, a (debatable) holiday favorite. John McTiernan’s 1988 hostage thriller posed Bruce Willis as a kinder, gentler action hero alternative to the likes of Schwarzenegger…

  • 32: “The Royal Penis is Clean, Your Highness” – Coming to America

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    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY32.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (51.1MB)Subscribe: RSSCOMING TO AMERICA (1988) Eddie Murphy was already a huge star when “COMING TO AMERICA” was released in 1988, and he went on to make a few more hits (and, let’s be honest, a few clunkers). But the story of Prince Akeem’s trip to Queens, NY to…