Adventures in Babysitting (1987) - A Cautionary Comedy?

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  • @VeeLondon1449
    @VeeLondon1449 3 місяці тому +39

    ♥️ One of the best film openings ever.. Elizabeth Shue dancing and lip syncing (one of my favourite actresses) such a wonderfully casted and entertaining film x

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 3 місяці тому +56

    "Don't f@$% with the lord of Satan!"
    "Don't f@#$ with the babysitter!"

  • @jrr2480
    @jrr2480 3 місяці тому +7

    The 80s was a Golden Age of creativity. This movie is a great mix of Teen and kids adventures movies of that time like:
    E. T. The Extraterrestrial 👽
    Gremlins
    The Goonies
    Stand By Me
    Monster Squad
    etc

  • @jonathanfeldheim6554
    @jonathanfeldheim6554 3 місяці тому +15

    BEST LINE EVER:
    Whitford: "Girls like you only come along once in a lifetime"
    Shue: "Or sometimes twice in one night."
    END

  • @cheddarcheese7928
    @cheddarcheese7928 3 місяці тому +21

    Being an 80’s teen,I’m proud to have been ground zero for these classic teen movies..In 1984,there was “16 Candles”. In 1985,there was “Back Future”,”Teen Wolf”and The Breakfast Club. In 86 there was “Ferris Bueller”,”Stand by me”and “Pretty in Pink”. In 1987 there was “Can’t buy me Love”, “Some kinda wonderful” and of course “Adventure in Babysitting”..It really was pure magic.If u were there,then u know..🙂

    • @CoeurD_Amaris22
      @CoeurD_Amaris22 3 місяці тому +2

      Definitely a list of some of my all time faves. I was there and I know 🤍

    • @shallendor
      @shallendor 3 місяці тому +2

      The 80's were the best time to be a teen!

    • @Lex-Rex
      @Lex-Rex 3 місяці тому +2

      Gen X is the best generation.

  • @ragnar_1.618
    @ragnar_1.618 3 місяці тому +6

    just watched this movie last night bc of this channel, im 22 so i dont know all the classics but i love 80s and 90s fun movies. my older brother got me into watching older movies and this channel is where i go to find movies i never heard of. the intro scene was so good i instantly knew its going to be a banger. the clothes fashion, hairstyles all adds to the charm. This is going down as one of my favourate fun 80s movies fr.

    • @Redfoot138
      @Redfoot138 3 місяці тому

      22!!??
      I saw this movie with my sister in theaters in 1987. HER daughter just turned 23.
      😭

    • @chelktty
      @chelktty 3 місяці тому +1

      If you like 80’s movies, I recommend Real Genius. One of my favs.

  • @thecunninlynguist
    @thecunninlynguist 3 місяці тому +21

    A classic comedy! My sis and i watched this so many times as kids ..the scene thst always stood out to me was when theyre in the warehouse and on the beam, balance walking and that accidentally drops like metal rust or something in the guy's coffee and he drinks it 😂

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz 3 місяці тому +45

    Chris Columbus is one of the few directors who can work with kids really well. The others are John Hughes and Steven Spielberg

    • @colormedubious4747
      @colormedubious4747 3 місяці тому +2

      Yep, those 24- and 28-year-old kids can be difficult. 🤣

    • @arroberson8796
      @arroberson8796 3 місяці тому

      ​@@colormedubious4747thank you

  • @andreschusan6086
    @andreschusan6086 3 місяці тому +5

    I literally watched this gem of a flick last night, seriously. I still have it inside my DVD Player.

  • @OrdinarilyBob
    @OrdinarilyBob 3 місяці тому +2

    This has been one of my favorite childhood movies since first watching it on VHS back in the 80s. Love this movie! I had such a crush on Ms. Shue in my teens. Heh. Thanks for the behind-the-scene details and walk down memory lane. I think I have to pull out my DVD and give it a re-watch.

  • @pong86r
    @pong86r 3 місяці тому +1

    The new one points out one of the elements that made this movie so great: not only is the real world scary, but add that element of "you ain't from around here" and it just pushes that tension

  • @D-Fens_1632
    @D-Fens_1632 3 місяці тому +3

    11:17 Look at that week in movies. You could walk in and see Full Metal Jacket, Predator, Spaceballs, etc. It's no wonder I was at usually the dollar show once a week in the 80s.

  • @PatrickRockwell24
    @PatrickRockwell24 3 місяці тому +5

    As a 1982 baby, I was around 7 or 8 years old when I first watched "Adventures of Babysitting" and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS MOVIE. I had a major crush on Elizabeth Shue aka Ali from The Karate Kid. I totally bought into the journey this movie sold and I felt relieved at the end. 😂

  • @kchez110
    @kchez110 3 місяці тому +2

    I love this movie. So much fun. Elisabeth Shue will always be the babysitter.

  • @michaelcarbone6101
    @michaelcarbone6101 3 місяці тому +8

    Nobody gets out of this place without singing the blues?

  • @realbeefcastle
    @realbeefcastle 3 місяці тому +4

    1:44 The guy in the bus station with the gun is my spirit animal.

  • @stephenlauret132
    @stephenlauret132 3 місяці тому +1

    One of my favourite movies as a kid, still watch it from time to time :D

  • @DeliveryServiceFan06
    @DeliveryServiceFan06 3 місяці тому +1

    I remember watching Adventures In Babysitting on VHS when i was a kid i have memories of it till this day Thank You Joblo Adventures In Babysitting is my favorite film since childhood and thank you for this video on it Your Awesome.

  • @TheatreThreads
    @TheatreThreads 3 місяці тому +2

    I’m an 80’s baby and till this day I still say (in my head) “Don’t F@$k with the babysitter!” Such a great film because of story, acting and blues. ❤❤❤

  • @boogiedaddy3434
    @boogiedaddy3434 3 місяці тому +2

    Easily one of my favorite 80s movies. I couldn't even attempt to guess how many times I watched it as a kid. I got to visit Chicago for the first time a few years ago and was so excited to see the Crain Communication Building (previously the Smurfit-Stone Building and known popularly as the "Diamond Building") in person. I stood there and imagined Sara dangling down the slanted glass windows.

  • @DiecastNewb
    @DiecastNewb 3 місяці тому +5

    I have to say, I STILL have a crush on Elizabeth Shue!! Still watch this one from time to time! Enjoyable for everyone!

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 3 місяці тому

      She was so great in Hamlet 2 with Steve Coogan

    • @STho205
      @STho205 3 місяці тому

      Yeah. As a mid 20s man in 87, there were a lot of jail bait girls that were 17 and with makeup and clothes looked to be 25 pushing 30.
      The scene with the hooker where they both look at each other and say "You're 17?" hangs a lantern on it. The teen hooker a slutty 27, the babysitter a sophisticated 27.

  • @jenniferpercy2806
    @jenniferpercy2806 3 місяці тому +4

    “Don’t f*ck with the babysitter” 😂😂 I have many memories of watching this on VHS with my dad growing up!

  • @tommyz1082
    @tommyz1082 3 місяці тому +1

    That movie line up in 1987, every one of those movies is a classic today! It's so sad how bad it's become today.

  • @primekiller5729
    @primekiller5729 3 місяці тому +3

    Elisabeth Shue also filmed a Disney TV movie in the same year called "Double Switch" that starred George Newbern playing a dual role as a high school teenager and a rock star that switch places and Elisabeth Shue played the love interest of the teenager. You can find the movie on UA-cam but I don't know why this movie as well as other TV movies in the 80s are not on Disney+?

  • @virgil3241
    @virgil3241 3 місяці тому +5

    OMG, thank you. Ive had the movie Link in my head for decades, but I never remembered the name of it, since I was young and only saw some of it and it freaked me out. But Ive had it in my memories for 40 years, but really had no idea what to look up

  • @shallendor
    @shallendor 3 місяці тому +3

    It was a crazy fun film with a wonderful cast!

  • @higgy04
    @higgy04 3 місяці тому +4

    Every time I see a shot of the Chicago skyline and that building appears, I always refer to it as the 'Adventures in Babysitting' building.

  • @johnc4134
    @johnc4134 3 місяці тому +1

    One of the best first 10 minutes in movie history. Daryl nailed it

  • @justinbeard2024
    @justinbeard2024 3 місяці тому +1

    I saw this movie probably 36 years ago and I've never forgotten it! LOL
    Was pretty decent movie

  • @imustbecrazy5626
    @imustbecrazy5626 3 місяці тому +16

    I had a crush on Elizabeth Shoe when I was 12.

    • @badouplus1304
      @badouplus1304 3 місяці тому

      I noticed her the first time in "Cocktail" and I fell in love immediately. It was not a great movie, but with her in it, who cares lol

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 3 місяці тому

      She was so great in Hamlet 2 with Steve Coogan

  • @MelloMood1
    @MelloMood1 3 місяці тому +3

    Classic Movie...........watched it on VHS a million times.

  • @WilAdams
    @WilAdams 3 місяці тому +2

    I loved this film when I first saw it. For some reason it reminded me of the Classic from the late 1969s starring Jack Lemmon, 'Out of Towners'. Both of these films are non-stop laugh riots.

  • @Axolotl_Mischief
    @Axolotl_Mischief 3 місяці тому +4

    I was in the third grade when this came out. Have been in love with Shue ever since 💜
    Also just now realizing that this was maybe not super appropriate for a 3rd grade class viewing, but hey- our teacher was also my taekwondo sensei (also a forner nun) so she was pretty cool.

  • @BugleCoops
    @BugleCoops 3 місяці тому +6

    Loved this film as a kid, Elizabeth Shue got me through puberty.

  • @nicholaslafferty3928
    @nicholaslafferty3928 3 місяці тому +2

    I always liked this and watched it with my kid a couple of times already also. She likes it also, especially the friend in the phone booth scene. We could always use more movies like this one.

  • @hemichanga8939
    @hemichanga8939 3 місяці тому +1

    I love this movie so much, thanks for acknowledging it!

  • @mdruben
    @mdruben 3 місяці тому +3

    This has been one of my favorite movies since I saw it in 1987. Yes, I had and still have a crush on Elisabeth Shue. I pretty much know every line in this movie.

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 3 місяці тому +1

      She was so great in Hamlet 2 with Steve Coogan

    • @mdruben
      @mdruben 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Tonyhouse1168 I agree

  • @georgeskinarakais9910
    @georgeskinarakais9910 3 місяці тому +4

    I was 10 or 11 years old when this Jont came out. I loved it so much. It was a great movie.

  • @danlove12k
    @danlove12k 3 місяці тому +1

    When I was a kid I saw this movie so many times. Such a great classic 😅

  • @SkyVega-lp7rq
    @SkyVega-lp7rq 3 місяці тому +1

    Loved this movie! When I was 13 I stopped what I was doing sat down and watch the movie and I do the same thing to this day if I see it on television.

  • @RichV20
    @RichV20 3 місяці тому +2

    I loved the 80s-90s era of Affluent White Suburbanites in the hood films. The unnamed "Lost in the hood" genre. This, Vacation, Ferris Bueller, Judgement Night.

  • @OperativeD
    @OperativeD 3 місяці тому +2

    I'd love to watch this again. Been like 20 years or so since I last watched it. Though when I do, I'm not watching a TV edit.

  • @katarinakrnjevic8183
    @katarinakrnjevic8183 3 місяці тому +1

    One best 1980s comedies . Elisabeth Shue always has been underrated actress.

  • @HERITAGE12
    @HERITAGE12 3 місяці тому +2

    seen this on video here in Ireland. for the life of me i dont know why it was called "an night on the town" this side of the atlantic as baby sitting is a thing here just like in the states.
    bizarre name change.
    still blows my mind thats vincent d'nofrio as "thor" . good got that man was stacked back then, hard to belive hes the same lad playing the kingpin now.
    but back on the film its GREAT craic. just a good aul fashioned fun time to chomp the popcorn to.

    • @joywagner979
      @joywagner979 3 місяці тому

      Vinnie D. is one of the best scenery-chewing hams in Hollywood. He also played Pvt. Pyle in "Full Metal Jacket", Edgar the Bug Man in "Men in Black", and a bunch of other bombastically eccentric roles. I think his Marvel performances are the weakest of his whole career, including the ones in kinda-terrible movies.

  • @gregorywilliams5606
    @gregorywilliams5606 3 місяці тому +4

    I love Elizabeth Shue!!

  • @ColdFlowStillMoon
    @ColdFlowStillMoon 3 місяці тому +2

    Thor and Private Pyle (full metal jacket) were played by the same guy in the same year.

    • @joywagner979
      @joywagner979 3 місяці тому

      He also played Edgar the Bug Man in "Men in Black."
      If a production between the years of 1986 and maybe 2016 needed a 6'4" scenery-chewing ham for a bombastically eccentric role, they couldn't do much better than Vinnie D.
      He's to drama as Vince Vaughn (Vinnie V?!) was to comedy.

  • @TheRighttoArmBears2022
    @TheRighttoArmBears2022 3 місяці тому +1

    Great movie and I think most people have had days like that at least once in their life

  • @acb723
    @acb723 3 місяці тому +3

    One of my childhood favorites & for those wondering.. Yes the sitter with jonah hill is a remake of this classic and on the same level of funny 😂❤

  • @georgemason4921
    @georgemason4921 3 місяці тому +3

    I had such a crush on Shue.

  • @savethezombies
    @savethezombies 3 місяці тому +2

    11:17 Gotta miss those days of funny unpretentious comedies.... and Predator.

  • @derweibhai
    @derweibhai 3 місяці тому +13

    Elizabeth Shoe is one of the hottest actresses EVER!!!!

    • @BenBranson-r9n
      @BenBranson-r9n 3 місяці тому +2

      Especially in The Saint

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 3 місяці тому +1

      She was so great in Hamlet 2 with Steve Coogan

  • @rc1186
    @rc1186 3 місяці тому +2

    I don't think the movie works with anyone but Shue, but a version with Cher does sound fun lol

  • @terryf6696
    @terryf6696 3 місяці тому +2

    This movie is great and I remember at the time seeing the posters everywhere and wanted to see it just on the strength of that, and I loved Elisabeth shue from karate kid. But I really love the reboot tbh, probably seen it 6 or 7 times by now.

  • @MarxKabito
    @MarxKabito 3 місяці тому +1

    Watched this last year and I became a fan

  • @carbine090909
    @carbine090909 3 місяці тому +15

    THATS VINCENT D'ONOFRIO? 🤯

    • @johnburns9634
      @johnburns9634 3 місяці тому +3

      Yup! Thor! 🙂

    • @DanielGarcia-us7tf
      @DanielGarcia-us7tf 3 місяці тому +2

      From looking like Thor to The Kingpin!!!

    • @jtbsax
      @jtbsax 3 місяці тому +3

      Surprisingly, this came out 2 weeks after Full Metal Jacket, although FMJ started filming 2 years earlier.

    • @D-Fens_1632
      @D-Fens_1632 3 місяці тому +2

      I didn't realize for 30 years.

  • @nolansub
    @nolansub 3 місяці тому +1

    13 years old when this was released. Loved it and was completely infatuated with Elizabeth Shue.

  • @jamesmorant1406
    @jamesmorant1406 3 місяці тому +3

    Loved this movie reminds you of National Lampoon's Vacation just one bad thing after another

  • @nickelsey4712
    @nickelsey4712 3 місяці тому +3

    This is my wife's favorite movie.

  • @Emulous79
    @Emulous79 3 місяці тому +4

    Those were the days.

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz 3 місяці тому +3

    Considering he worked with John Hughes on Home Alone 1-2, it would have been interesting to see how Baby’s Day Out would have turned out had Chris Columbus made it. That movie has some similarities to this one

  • @lurkerrekrul
    @lurkerrekrul 3 місяці тому +3

    Elizabeth Shue actually posed for the non-nude photos in the fake Playboy magazine. So when everyone says that she looks like the Playboy centerfold, they're right. :)

  • @paulvoorhies8821
    @paulvoorhies8821 3 місяці тому +2

    I love this movie.

  • @walterbowman3883
    @walterbowman3883 3 місяці тому +5

    When does the movie first came out a lot of people including me thought it was a John Hughes movie.

  • @dustingreskie2073
    @dustingreskie2073 3 місяці тому +2

    For some strange reason it was released down here in Australia as "A Night On The Town".

    • @thedys70
      @thedys70 3 місяці тому +1

      And that's the title which it was released here down under on VHS; one of my 80s favs. Were all the classic 80s films set in Chicago or what?!

  • @booker9879
    @booker9879 3 місяці тому +2

    This and Howard the duck... made me love snow bunnies....I cannot trust em anymore

  • @zillsburyy1
    @zillsburyy1 3 місяці тому +5

    good 80s movie

  • @zv3456u-
    @zv3456u- 3 місяці тому +4

    A great movie ❤❤❤

  • @Mike-fq1jl
    @Mike-fq1jl 3 місяці тому +2

    I thought that was the scene from Back to the Future 2 from the thumbnail

  • @artpena72
    @artpena72 3 місяці тому +2

    i loved watching this movie as a teen

  • @nickthompson4978
    @nickthompson4978 3 місяці тому +3

    I own adventures in babysitting on dvd

  • @benjbutton
    @benjbutton 3 місяці тому

    Bradley Whitford as the boyfriend completely went over my head for years!

  • @Irish381
    @Irish381 3 місяці тому +3

    Remember that for a while the PG-13 rating was almost the kiss of death for a movie almost as bad as the R rating.

  • @michelegraham1181
    @michelegraham1181 3 місяці тому

    When I was 3, I walked up to my parents with a plastic butter knife and said: "Don't f*ck with the babysitter."

  • @JeremyAustin-hw1qy
    @JeremyAustin-hw1qy 3 місяці тому

    My wife and I love this movie one stitch haha 😂

  • @jasonaugustine3370
    @jasonaugustine3370 3 місяці тому +4

    Elizabeth Shue was and is fine as hell

  • @OofHearted
    @OofHearted 3 місяці тому +1

    Jonah Hill's 'The Sitter' is kinda like a modern version.

  • @sureyoudhaveta
    @sureyoudhaveta 3 місяці тому +1

    'Don't FALL with the babysitter!!' lol wtf

    • @briancorman8496
      @briancorman8496 3 місяці тому

      I think the dub is "Don't fool..." Still doesn't work very well!

    • @sureyoudhaveta
      @sureyoudhaveta 3 місяці тому

      @@briancorman8496 God it's still very bad. You can easily hear the voice change and just no! It's very sad to see such classic lines becoming infected with Wokery! :(

  • @scottbakanumba1heathen313
    @scottbakanumba1heathen313 3 місяці тому

    I treat my favorite Jedi Master actress not much differently than the girl greeting "Thor"! 😂

  • @thedys70
    @thedys70 3 місяці тому

    Recently bought this on blu-ray, but would gladly upgrade to 4K; here's our money - take it...

  • @MrDman21
    @MrDman21 3 місяці тому

    3:26 that guy looks like Edgar Wright 😄

  • @paulvoorhies8821
    @paulvoorhies8821 3 місяці тому +1

    The Indiana Jones film was the first PG 13 movie.

  • @noelhernandez363
    @noelhernandez363 3 місяці тому

    I love this movie!! 😁👍

  • @Tecnicos-qj8pb
    @Tecnicos-qj8pb 3 місяці тому

    Love that film, thanks 😃

  • @Tonyhouse1168
    @Tonyhouse1168 3 місяці тому

    Anyone else with a crush on Elisabeth Shue NEEDS to watch Hamlet 2. She plays herself and it’s an absolute trip

  • @MrDman21
    @MrDman21 3 місяці тому

    Ironic a studio owned by Disney has a movie with Thor in the background then years later they end up owning Thor.

  • @YesterdaysMoose
    @YesterdaysMoose 3 місяці тому

    In this movie, it's funny how parts of Chicago look in no way like Toronto, Canada. 😉

  • @pong86r
    @pong86r 3 місяці тому

    Definitely prepared me for loving Judgment Night

  • @RegClintonBrown
    @RegClintonBrown 3 місяці тому

    THE SITTER (2011) with Jonah Hill was inspired by this movie... in my opinion💯

  • @sgrafx
    @sgrafx 3 місяці тому

    Loved it.

  • @JeremyAustin-hw1qy
    @JeremyAustin-hw1qy 3 місяці тому

    I didn't know then that the backpack was a gremlin paying homage to gremlins

  • @asielharper9881
    @asielharper9881 3 місяці тому +2

    Watch this instead of Ferris Bueller.

    • @matteframe
      @matteframe 3 місяці тому

      Porque no los dos?

  • @briansinger5258
    @briansinger5258 3 місяці тому

    Going to pause this video to watch the movie again.

  • @ElephantFilmWerks
    @ElephantFilmWerks 3 місяці тому

    Holy shit was Mike, the boyfriend, old as hell.

  • @kimberlyjohnston2726
    @kimberlyjohnston2726 3 місяці тому +2

    Anthony Rapp...as in the openly gay broadway star who just finished five seasons of a show? And also the first to speak out about Kevin Spacey?
    Yeah...wonder why he doesn't play more horn ball silly characters🤦‍♀️

  • @damienburke4996
    @damienburke4996 3 місяці тому

    Wait, was that Clubber Lang’s trainer??

  • @JoeFiorelloFilms
    @JoeFiorelloFilms 3 місяці тому +1

    Hands up if watching this film was the first time you were introduced to Thor as a comic book character 🤚

    • @thedys70
      @thedys70 3 місяці тому

      "....Thor's a homo..."

  • @joncarter4389
    @joncarter4389 3 місяці тому

    Feel like Steve from stranger things character was slowly starting to be based off this movie

  • @13blackcatzzz
    @13blackcatzzz 3 місяці тому

    When I actually had Disney+, I was so excited to watch this movie as I hadn't seen it in years. But they edited it so much they totally ruined it for me. One of the reasons I dumped them.

  • @arealone9506
    @arealone9506 3 місяці тому +3

    A huge plot hole is that she will be busted eventually when the parents get the hospital bill from the toe and One Stitch

  • @philip2010
    @philip2010 3 місяці тому

    I can see where they got the idea for the movie the baby sitter