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We rewatched the 1987 fantasy comedy Harry and the Hendersons -- and ended up in our feels for some of the film. From the behind-the-scenes facts, to the Academy Award winning makeup, to the stars who humanized the otherwise outlandish tale, we get into the "why" of this movie still holding up in 2026.

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This episode was made possible with the following sources:

Harry and the Hendersons on IMDB

Maggie Langrick.com

Harry and the Hendersons on Wikipedia

Episode topics and mentions:

Dazed and Confused
Beverly Hills Cop II
The Untouchables
The Rocketeer
E.T.
Predator
Predator 2
Big Top Pee-wee
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Footloose
Terms of Endearment
The Manhattan Project
Raising Cain
The Pelican Brief
Shrek
A Christmas Story
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Absence of Malice
The Prince of Tides
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Magnolia
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
My American Cousin
Cold Comfort
Frankenstein: The College Years
Death of a Cheerleader
Flatliners
SpaceCamp (upcoming rewatch)
Fire in the Sky
The Lost Boys
Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)
227
Third Rock from the Sun
Camp Wilder
Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)
What a Dummy
Perfect Strangers
ALF
The Crown
21 Jump Street
The Twilight Zone
Masterpiece Theatre
Dawson's Creek
Little House on the Prairie
Sweet Valley High
Anne of Green Gables
Little House on the Prairie
Actors & Celebrities
Matthew McConaughey
John Lithgow
Melinda Dillon
Kevin Peter Hall
Rick Baker
Steven Spielberg
William Dear
Gene Siskel
Roger Ebert
Alaina Reed Hall
Tom Cruise
Sandy Dennis
Linda Hamilton
Steven Dorff
Joaquin Phoenix
James Van Der Beek
Jay Mohr

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