Episode 22 – Throw Momma From the Train (1:23:32)

The night was…

humid…

The night was…moist….

The night was…sultry….

The night was…mother’s day!

The perfect opening for a description of our Mother’s Day Special featuring the Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal 1987 film, Throw Momma From the Train.

Here is the description:

Larry (Billy Crystal), an author with a cruel ex-wife, Margaret (Kate Mulgrew), teaches a writing workshop where Owen (Danny DeVito), one of his students, is fed up with his domineering mother (Anne Ramsey). When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie’s plot into action and offers to kill Margaret, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already sealed Margaret’s fate.

We realize that this was probably mistakenly categorized as a movie for this holiday, but no matter.  It’s a film that we both enjoyed watching and discussing from a Rothbardian Anarcho-Capitalist perspective.  You get some insights into Robert’s writing process and some general banter between the two of us.  We hope you enjoy and happy mother’s day.

Word to your mother.

Call her, seriously.

Roger Ebert’s review from 1987:  http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/throw-momma-from-the-train-1987

Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_Momma_from_the_Train

Movie Quotes:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094142/quotes

For more of the Murray Rothbard lecture we feature a snippet from, check out:

We hope you enjoyed the discussion, and we may have a surprise bonus for Patreon supporters as a result.

As always, like, comment, subscribe (on YouTube!), share, et al.

Never miss an episode. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to get new episodes as they become available.

Leave a Reply