In this episode I sit with Kyle Richardson, a creative director who lives just south of Nashville, Tennessee. He's also my best friend of over 25 years. Join us as we discuss his all-time favorite movie, Disney's Heavyweights (1996). Kyle also is the owner of the Heavyweights Instagram page.

This is a movie he's loved since he first saw it on video back in junior high, because he knew it as the follow-up to The Mighty Ducks. Even all these years later, we agree that this comedy still holds up. Aside from the jokes, Heavyweights captures the magic of childhood spent at summer camp.

Kyle is a big Ben Stiller fan, and he argues that this is Stiller's absolute best role. Being such a big fan of the movie, Kyle shares some interesting behind-the-scenes trivia, including a hilarious deleted scene that Disney would NEVER allow into one of their family-friendly movies.

We discuss how parents tend to shuffle off their children's problems to other institutions to take care of, or cure. But what's nice in this movie is that the fat kids just don't care. Camp Hope is a place where they can all gather together and be themselves.

Kyle also recounts the humorous story about the first time he cooked a frozen pizza and how that moment became such a milestone in his life.

Also, is Heavyweights too politically incorrect for Disney+? Am I the only one who's shocked to find that it's available? I ask Kyle's opinion on this, and that inevitably leads us into a conversation about cancel culture and it's effects on comedy as we know it. Does Heavyweights fat-shame, or does it glorify obesity? Listen in as Kyle offers his opinions.

I close out the interview with five Heavyweights-related trivia questions. See if you can beat him to the answers. Kyle then lists three other desert island movies.

Ben Stiller Clip
I highly recommend Will Smith's autobiography

Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
Email: Author.andrewtoy@gmail.com

This episode was sponsored by Spur Creative