The ‘Burbs (1989) – Filmsack Show Notes

Rated: PG
1989 – Comedy/Mystery/Thriller – 1h 42m

LINKS

IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096734/

WIKIPEDIA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_’Burbs

Rotten Tomatoes – https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_burbs

TVTropes – https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheBurbs

WHERE TO WATCH

Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/204926

MORE WAYS TO WATCH – https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-burbs

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SHOW NOTES

• A human femur bone.
• Zoom from space to earth. 
• This music sounds alien. Are the Klopeks Aliens?
• And straight to the organ music and the nod to monster movies.
• Something supernatural at the property line. Do not cross.
• Under the cover of night something is going on in Mayfield place.
• Durn Paperboy…take my cup of coffee… You miserable little.
• So many music changeups in the first few minutes.
• Just a stroll down Mayfield Place.
• Queeeenie…
• Walter Dog just took a dump on Rumsfelds lawn again
• I am going to capture him and staple his ass shut…by 
• I think we should move…We got an arms dealer across the street and a crazy person down it.
• Is that a Slavic name?
• They have been here for a month…
• I got that thing with my stomach again.
• Maybe smoke an occasional cigar…outside
• Arts got a gun
• Hey, what are you guys eating in there?
• The Crows show up…all of a sudden.
• Art ate the dog food.
• There last place only burnt to the ground.
• Neighbors from hell.
• Oh Ricky Butler says… they are nocturnal feeders.
• Going to go change into my vacation togs
• No tan lines
• That kid next door is a meatball
• Did I show you my new tools?
• If he is ever go to borrow anything… he is going
• If you are going to say no hi… you are going to lose him
• Grown men acting like kids.
• The western style showdown to walk the yard to the porch. Even the dog gets a close up
• Bees
• Run to me. Run to water.
• Ricky is the best. Observer.
• The same thing happened to me…it wasn’t bees…it was a foaming squirrel
• Green Sky at night. Green Sky at morning…Neighbor take warning… Green sky at night? Neighbor take a flight.
• The Sentinel movie…the gateway to hell.
• Maybe…it’s somebody left the gate open.
• It was a night just like this…it was a long time ago… safer too…. Ray’s intro
•  Remember what you were saying about people in the ‘burbs, Art, people like Skip, people who mow their lawn for the 800th time, and then SNAP? WELL, THAT’S US. IT’S NOT THEM, THAT’S US. WE’RE the ones who are vaulting over the fences, and peeking in through people’s windows. We’re the ones who are THROWING GARBAGE IN THE STREET, AND LIGHTING FIRES. WE’RE THE ONES WHO ARE ACTING SUSPICIOUS AND PARANOID, ART. WE’RE THE LUNATICS. US. IT’S NOT THEM. It’s us.
• Skip killed his whole family with an ice pick.
• They tore the soda fountain that fall.
• Freakies…eating Freakies
• Ricky’s parents won’t be home until Thursday
• A movie…that’s not real. This is my neighborhood.
• Who plays Jeopardy with a pen and pad?
• Peterson is the skeptic. He doesn’t want to believe.
• Sniper’s use it for night vision…well what are we going to do with it.
•  I’ve never seen that. I’ve never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I’ve never seen that.
• Digging in the back yard.
• Who picks up this mess? You are going to pick up the mess because you are the garbage man.
• You want to take that out of your pocket…you want to not 
• Each character is really invested in their quirks. Art has to eat.
• This note is complicated…let’s keep it simple. Walter, I have your dog.
• Dog bark all over the neighborhood when the Klopeks show up.
• The Theory and Practice of Demonology. Black Masses… Mutilation…MUTILATIONS.
• I should have to the lake with Carol. Listen to your wife…LISTEN TO YOUR WIFE.
• Your chanting.. I want to to kill everyone, Satan is good, Satan is our pal.
• Ritual Killers
• He has done let it get into his head.
• Ray, it was so nice of you to invite the neighbors over for a BBQ
• Mind your own business!
• Time to watch something more wholesome. Neighbor.
• I’m only trying to take a nap. I’m only laying here with my eyes closed.
• Empty Beer Can Double Handed Crushing Action to feel better now.
• It’s a bone..it’s a femur bone.
• No Scream Zoomies
• It could be a credit card receipt…nope..its my note.
• Before someone falls off the roof or sets themselves on fire… foreshadowing
• There go the GD Brownies
• It came with the frame.
• Brother Theodore. My uncle Reuben.
• You…you are the one who lives next day.
• About a 9 on the Tension Scale Rube.
• Wallpaper ripping curiosity. 
• Sure was damp today.
• Sardine and Pretzels… Carol says no for her…yes for you.
• One bite
• Hinkley Hills
• Klopek..what is that Slovic… NO!
• That noise Tom Hanks makes when he gets choked. Packing dust.
• and my Brother….The Doctor!
• How unfortunate for the Knapps!
• Didn’t see a moving truck… I don’t understand that….it was parked outside….ALL DAY!
• So much the Boy Scout that he has on a Boy Scout uniform
• What do you have in the cellar Hair Klopek!
• You keep a horse in the basement?
• They have a pretty extensive backyard alarm system 
• Tuna Neck
• Are you siding with the chics
• Why don’t you take your ball’s out of your wife’s purse.
• I’m going over the fence…and I’m not coming back without a dead body. Nobody knocks off an old man in my neighborhood and gets away with it.
• Art is always…geared up for his missions.
• SIren Mode…pretty neat eh.
• Safety is my middle name…i thought his middle name was Louise
• An Art shaped hole in the roof.
• Shut up and paint your GD House
• This is Steve Koontz. Introduce you to my friend. He is here to watch the show this afternoon.
• Ricky, get this Lame-o out of your yard.
• This is no ordinary furnace. 
• Yo Rumsfield! Fall is the best.
• No way. You guys can’t go now…it’s the best part…I called the Pizza Dude.
• The garbage the never gets picked up.
• Guess who’s not in the basement.
• There are people in my parents house and they are eating all their food.
• Man that Ricky sure know how to throw a party.
• Old Smoking Back one eyed Blown up Ray sliding down the steps.
• You cut your hair. I like it.
• You are damn lucky you didn’t kill him in that blast.
• and the poor old man down the street says you kidnapped his dog.
• And burn it down while they are gone for the day.
• We’re the lunatics…it’s us…not them.
• I don’t know what to say…what do you want me to move?
• I’ve been blown up. Take me to the hospital.
• When I get out prison I am going to help you rebuild your house.
• I’ve fooled the others…but I don’t fool you?
• You were in my Basement… Surely you looked in the furnace.
• You saw one of my skulls didn’t you.
• I let you keep the femur…now I want my skull.
• Pizza Dude.
• Citizen’s arrest!
• This your vehicle Dr. Klopek?
• Hey Pinocchio…where are you going?
• I think the message is… Don’t mess with us suburbanites. We aren’t going to take it anymore.
• Going to pack up a bag…go up to the lake.
• My Wife is home!
• Going away for a while Ricky…I want you to keep an eye on the neighborhood for me.
• Hero
• God I love this street.

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