Fat Guy in a Little Coat — Analyzing Tommy Boy

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This week’s episode is developed with thanks to Brigham C. Brigham is one of our Patreon supporters, and he got to choose a movie for us to tackle. He chose 1995’s Tommy Boy for us to tackle on the GenreCast analysis podcast. Does this buddy comedy hold up? Or is it a junker to be left on the side of the road? Find out as we bring our trademark style of analysis to Tommy Boy.

Riding Shotgun with Tommy Boy

Tommy Callahan is a recent college grad—after being there seven years. He returns home to his small Ohio town, where his family have staked their fortune on car parts. But, like many other manufacturing plants in the area, Callahan doesn’t have much left—unless their new brake pads take off. Following his father’s death, Tommy takes up the challenge of becoming a traveling salesman to save the company and the town’s financial backbone. But, bad news, Tommy’s not a good salesman, whatever will he do?

We take a deep dive into one of Chris Farley’s few leading roles, and arguably his most beloved. While Dalton and Dustin don’t think it ages well, Arthur comes down on the right side of history. We talk actors gone too soon, posthumous recognition, capitalism and much more as we break open Tommy Boy on this week’s podcast episode.

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