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TWT Pocket Size #21: Movies They Just Don't Make Anymore: Adult Shenanigans!

3 days ago

Amelia's back! Having returned from parts unknown, she and Scotty return to their series on Movies They Just Don't Make Anymore by considering the "adult shenanigans!" subgenre...i.e. movies about legitimate grownups getting up to, well, shenanigans. To that end, they look back at three movies from their youth: 1987's "Three Men and a Baby" (starring Tom Sellick, Ted Danson, and Steve Guttenberg), 1988's "Big Business" (starring Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler), and 1989's "Troop Beverly Hills" (starring Shelley Long).

The night-owl reporter Tom Waits said it best: "I don't want to grow up..."