181.🧑‍🌾 Son in Law (1993)

2026-03-10

Dan & Manny put the 1993 Pauly Shore classic Son in Law to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST! “This whole movie, all of Son in Law, all of [Pauly Shore’s] f***ing dialogue is just gibberish. It's just gibberish the whole time, and I'm just like, how can this be a film?” -Dan Dissinger Dan & Manny are without their longtime friend and cohost Billy to try and solve the pop-culture mystery that is Pauly Shore’s 90s fame. How did it happen? Why did it happen? Are we to blame for all his movies? These are the types of questions the guys try to figure out while literally avoiding ta...

Dan & Manny put the 1993 Pauly Shore classic Son in Law to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

“This whole movie, all of Son in Law, all of [Pauly Shore’s] f***ing dialogue is just gibberish. It's just gibberish the whole time, and I'm just like, how can this be a film?”
-Dan Dissinger

Dan & Manny are without their longtime friend and cohost Billy to try and solve the pop-culture mystery that is Pauly Shore’s 90s fame. How did it happen? Why did it happen? Are we to blame for all his movies? These are the types of questions the guys try to figure out while literally avoiding talking about Son in Law. In fact, there are so many tangents in this episode that it should be called “181. Trips to Ithaca, Gravity Bongs, & Other Fragmented Memories.” Dan & Manny talk about the absolute gibberish of Pauly Shore’s dialogue, the unanswered for crimes in this movie, Tiffani Thiessen, and the mom in Son in Law just on the prowl for the “D.”

So, grab some “grindage,” your best “buuuuuudddiiies,” and get ready for some “cheek chillers,” because this episode might not even be a podcast, it’s an event.

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Approximate Rundown

00:00 Cold Open Banter

00:22 Nostalgia Test Setup

01:44 Groundhog Day Deja Vu

03:53 Follow Us and Going Global

05:26 Cast Rundown and 90s Problems

08:31 Pauly Shore Era and Ernest Talk

13:09 Biodome Hate and Pauly Debate

15:09 Plot Breakdown Begins

19:33 Pauly Shore Multiverse Timeline

26:59 Finally Talking Son in Law

27:20 College Tropes and Horny Mom

32:36 Camcorders to Snapchat Tangent

35:13 Weed Brands and Dispensary Stories

37:02 Gravity Bong Nostalgia

37:49 Dirty Glass and Resin Hits

39:46 Back to the Movie Plot

40:22 Bad Decisions Make Memories

42:53 Rebecca’s Instant Makeover

47:24 Homecoming and the Proposal

53:51 Pauly Shore Fatigue

57:45 Drugging and The Ending

01:02:32 Final Verdict and Ratings

01:09:33 Box Office and Pauly’s Run

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