This is a movie that just gets better as you rewatch it... layers... tone... the characters. Chefs kiss.

“There go the g*dd*mn brownies!” So excited for this. This is my favorite childhood movie. Cult classic.

Tom Hanks' little half-conscious slide down the stairs at the end is the funniest shit

Does anyone else notice….. Carrie say in the movie “now before anyone falls of a roof or sets them selves on fire” Set up for what happens later

“I’ve never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the end of the street, then… bang the hell out of it with a stick. I’ve never seen that.”

"'Bout a nine on the tension scale, Rube." I really love this movie.

RIP Dick Miller: 1928-2019 Known for Mr. Futterman, garbage man from The Burbs, and gun shop owner who gets blown away by the terminator, to name a few.

“Art’s got a gun.”

"I wanna kill, everyone. Satan is good. Satan is my friend..." To this day the wife and I still sing this song when someone crazy does crazy stuff. Also, 1989 Carrie Fischer was a smoke show.

This was a family favorite in my house growing up. Every time my brother had to clean the gutters I’d yell, “Yo Rumsfeld!” Bruce Dern kills me in the movie. This is a go to movie for me when I’m in a bad mood. Never fails to make me laugh.

The dog who played Queenie is named Darla IRL and has a pretty amazing resume. In addition to this movie, she was in Pee'Wee's Big Adventure, Coming to America, Silence of the Lambs, and Batman Returns.

Mrs Rumsfield is the voice of Francine Smith on American Dad.

Cant begin to tell you how many times I watched this growing up. Especially having grown up in the suburbs

One of my favorite film's from Joe Dante he's such a good director he doesn't get enough credit he's so good

One of the greatest comedies ever made. A sharp satire of American life in the '80s, when people were becoming disillusioned all over again after the '70s.

The entire block is a set at Universal. The same neighborhood was used for Desperate Housewives, The Munsters, and Leave it to Beaver

The part where Tom Hanks picks up the gurney, puts it into the ambulance, and then throws himself on it was actually improvised by him! 😂😅😂😅

The older guy that you said you liked that’s Bruce Dern , he’s been in a ton of movies!! And his daughter is Laura Dern!!

Love this film. I've lost count of how many times I've watched it 😅

Very overlooked movie always liked it glad to see some rec

I'm obsessed with this movie. I remembered first renting it randomly from the video rental store based on the cover alone and then since then every time they would show it on TV I made sure to watch it

"I think this is gonna be early Tom Hanks... or earlier" Young Tom Hanks is a whole different guy, and I love how wacky his performances can get. I kinda miss it 😅 Ton of young Tom to discover - Big, Splash, Joe Vs The Volcano, Bachelor Party, Money Pit, Dragnet, and more.

The three horror movies that Ray Peterson flips through on the TV were Race with the Devil (1975), The Exorcist (1973), and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986).

I can't count how many times I've seen this film. I wish I lived in it.

This movie introduced me to Bruce Dern (Lieutenant Rumsfield)! "Hey Pinocchio!"

So many fun memories with this one growing up!

I'm so glad you guys reacted to this movie. It's such a great film. There's something about its suburban-slice-of-life-horror that makes it so much fun to watch.

Underrated classic! I made my food, sat down, checked my reaction channels and I clicked this one immediately! You guys are great and this film is fantastic!

I saw this in the theater when it came out and it has been my favorite Tom Hanks movie ever since.

I have new neighbours who, after several weeks, have still never opened their curtains. I now refer to them as the Klopeks. :) Still one of my favourite movies.

Such a great movie! Glad to see someone reacting to this! Myfavorite moment in this is when Tom Hanks picks up the gurney and jumps into the ambulance himself. If memory serves me correctly, he improvised that. Great fun movie.

28:17 That stumbling dismount from the front steps is one of the funniest, most perfectly executed moments of physical comedy in any movie, ever.

We watched this so many times growing up that we wore out the VHS tape and had to buy a new one. Love this movie!

Two other movies that have this strange quirky 80's/90's feel is 'Joe verses the Volcano' with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and 'Nothing But Trouble' with Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Ackroyd, John Candy.

This is my favorite Tom Hanks movie of all time, no question! Glad you reacted to it!

The poodle is the same dog that was in silence of the lambs, she was also in pee wees big adventure and Batman returns.

Great classic.

This and Clue were my go-to sleepover movies as a kid. Just spooky enough but nothing too traumatizing. Favorite part was them screaming after, “This is Walter.” 😂

Saw this when I was twelve. Funniest part for me was when he puts himself in the ambulance.

Fun fact: There are 8 The 'Burbs reaction videos on KZfaq. Two of them were posted on October 7, 2023.

I really hope The Money Pit is on your list!!! That and The Burbs are my fave childhood Tom Hanks flicks. PS this IS on the Universal tour. In fact, they had to film around the tours (and imdb says you can hear a little bit of it in one part of the movie). Also - there was a writers strike that happened so the group had to improv some scenes. One example is Tom Hanks throwing the gurney into the ambulance at the end :)

So glad you chose to react to this. Tom Hanks is hilarious in this. It always gives me a good laugh.

You've definitely seen the actor who plays Art before: he was in Groundhog Day. He was one of the drunk guys in the car with Phil when he was driving on the train tracks & stuff. You've probably seen him in other things too, he's done a lot of small roles in various movies & TV shows.

YES!! "Get off my car, you Hippits!" Lol! What's a Hippit?😂

RIP, Rick Ducommun, 1952-2015 Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016 Henry Gibson, 1935-2009 Brother Theodore Gottlieb, 1906-2001 Gale Gordon, 1906-1995.

Hope you two are having an great and awesome weekend ❤

"He's so grouchy!" in the original draft of the script, he had gotten laid off from his job, and was putting off revealing it to his family which would have explained why he so high strung.

This is a great, under-appreciated gem. Has so many great gags. The entire cast does a great job.

Makes me want to watch The Money Pit again, with Hanks and Shelley Long.

"Yo! Rumsfield!" That was always my favorite part... My brother would make me rewind it multiple times, lol

O man, one of my favourites! Used to watch this back to back with Fright Night, good times!

I love this movie so much. The fact that it was shot on Leave It To Beaver street, which is also The Munsters street, is chefs kiss perfect.

Back in his early days in the 80s when I was growing up, Tom Hanks was doing mainly comedic stuff. He did "Philadelphia" in the early 90s and I think that was the first fully dramatic role I saw him do.

This movie is my childhood, I was obsessed with it. Everyday I’d find a way to quote it one way or another. Oh man you wouldn’t believe how many times I said “I CALLED THE PIZZA DUDE”

The dog played Precious in Silence of the Lambs. And was in Batman Returns plus Pee Wee's Big Adventure! RIP Darla

A little trivia... Walter the old man is Gale Gordon among many of his classic Tv roles he played Mr Wilson in the original 1960's Dennis the Menace Tv show.He was the second actor to play Mr Wilson after the first Mr Wilson actor Joseph Kearns died.

The red headed Klopek kid was the drunk kid that cut in on George McFly at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.

The zoom ins when they find the bone lmao.

the music is great when Tom Hanks and the big guy walk up to the door LOL

Just what I needed, Stay hip duders. Bruce Dern is awesome as Rumsfield, He was in the war wagon with John Wayne.

Funny you mention that dog ending up in the basement, as that was the same dog that was Precious in Silence of the Lambs.

Gods, I've been waiting soooo long for this reaction! The 'Burbs is an underappreciated gem, and so rarely makes it onto many reactors radars (as with Midnight Run, hint hint). To my mind, the finest and funniest performance is by Bruce Dern - great actor, and Rumsfield gets the funniest lines!

Looks like you can dial-up the movie, The Sentinel, for this month. As an added bonus to that movie, you will be absolutely shocked how many actors you know got their start in that film when they were young.

This movie is hidden gem nowadays for some reason. Its a classic! Love Wendy Schaal as trophy wife neighbor type. You know she's the voice of Francine on American Dad...

The funniest bit to me was with the bone. "This... is Walter!" "NOOOOOOOO!!"

As a kid, I got to watch The burbs’ and Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure February 17, 1989, the night they came out. It was a great night.

Yay! One of my favorite Tom Hanks films, and NOBODY is reacting to it, until now. Walter was played by Gale Gordon, Lucille Ball's second husband and longtime co-star - did you see Lucy's photo on the table in Walter's house? So many little tidbits like that - good to have this in your personal library. Rick Ducommun was a Canadian actor/comedian you might remember as a barfly in Groundhog Day. Great reaction!

Oh, a strange aside that just happened the other day, Bruce Dern (Mr Rumsfeld) actually liked a FB comment of mine. I was giddy. 🤣

In my opinion, Joe Dante is a true author. You can immediately recognize his huge personality as a filmaker by whatching any of his works. He's always had a great love for horror and sci-fi B movies of the 50's (the legendary Roger Corman was his mentor). All his filmography is full of references to those films and he's always paying tribute and homage to them. I truly recomend you any other of his gems: Piranha, The Howling, Innerspace, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Explorers, Matinee... (you've already watched "Gremlins"). By the way: you didn't say much about the amazing soundtrack by legendary Jerry Goldsmith, who composed the music for all Dante's movies since Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) untill his death.

The "doctor" was Henry Gibson: if you saw "The Blues Brothers", he played one of the Neo Nazis. I'm very happy that you mention Bruce Dern, one of my lifelong favorite actors. He's done everything - starring roles, bit parts, drama, comedy, and he nails it every time. A VERY underrated actor, whose films you should check out. I won't suggest any - there's too many to choose from, but I first saw him in either "Silent Running", "Support Your Local Sheriff", or "The Wild Angels", when I was a kid. He's actually been in 3 Tarantino films, playing small parts: "Hateful Eight", "Django Unchained", and "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", and is still very busy.

I stumbled across this movie in the early 90s and I was glad I did since I probably watched this 10 times already. Another old comedy with lots of star power that most haven't heard of is called "Nothing But Trouble".

In California v. Greenwood, the Supreme Court ended up ruling in favor of investigators and held that “the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home.” The case involved the protections extended by the 4th Amendment and the limits of the exclusionary rule. Here’s why that’s important. The state of California argued that the trash at the curb is outside the “curtilage,” or area of reasonable control, of the homeowner. It is not within the protection of the 4th Amendment, for any passerby could have access to it.

I remember going to see this at the movie theater when I was little with my cousin's. I thought they were taking me to watch the birds.

Oh my goodness. The world needs this positive energy and humor right now. Thank you so much! This is a true classic. Blessings! ❤

Art is played by comedian Rick Ducunum. His movie credits include "dude in the man hole in "Die Hard" telling headquarters to shut the power down". Also "drunk guy in Groundhog's Day who was riding around with Bill Murray" He has some pretty funny stand up.

The woman that plays Bonnie Rumsfield is Wendy Schaal. She is the voice of Francine on American Dad! 🙂

A very fun movie. It's been many years since I saw her. It was a pleasure to see her with you again. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.

41:24 you’re absolutely right that this was the same backlot where they filmed “Desperate Housewives.” I think “Leave it to Beaver” was also filmed there, or another show from that era. Maybe it was “The Adams Family.”

Joe Dante is an underrated and underappreciated director. This movie, Gremlins and Gremlins 2, Innerspace and The Howling are all great Joe Dante films.

I love this movie, I miss Tom Hanks the comedian. Turner and Hooch, Splash, The Money Pit, BIG, Dragnet, and A League of Their Own are all great. Rick Ducomman (Art) IMO is hilarious, he usually is a bit player, has been on lots of TV and some big movies like Hunt for Red October, Scary Movie, Last Action Hero, Groundhog Day, The Last Boy Scout, Encino Man. I remember him from a Canadian kids show called Zig-Zag (1980-88) with Terry David Mulligan.

GREAT FILM! glad to see you getting around to it

The music score is so ridiculously over the top it really adds to the movie lol

So happy this won the poll and I got to see you watch this, one of my favourite movies from the 80's. I also love Art, might be the funniest character of the film for me but everyone is great in it and you can quote it for days, I'm sure you'll watch this again several times in future, it's too much fun not to. This is about the 7th appearance of Rick Ducommun on the channel, so you've seen him before for sure. "A thermostat on a home furnace; is that supposed to go to 5,000 degrees, you think?" 😂

This is one of the most underrated comedies of all time, in my opinion (and you picked up on the fact Art ate dog food, took me like 10 viewings of this movie to realize that, bravo)

My parents wouldn't let me see Ghostbusters when it came out, but they took me to this at age 10 and it scared the everloving shit out of me. Good job, mom and dad! Ghosts aren't real and so aren't truly scary, but I've been looking over my shoulder for Klopeks for three decades now.

OMFG I just noticed and then realized something! @ 12:55 when they’re in Walter’s house, you can see some framed photos in the shot. One is of Walter but another is Lucille Ball! That’s when I realized that Walter is played by Gale Gordon who had some guest starring roles on I Love Lucy and then later costarred with her on The Lucy Show AND Here’s Lucy!! So her picture there was just a fun reference placed by the set decorators!!

Oh my GOD this is one of my favourite films! So excited to see you both react to it, my mum introduced it to me when I was a teenager and I've been deeply in love with it ever since.

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES. Its sooooo underrated and unknown for how good it is

This was an all time favorite we had on VHS and would often times play it, thank you for giving one of my childhood gems the respect of watching and enjoying 😎🤘

Joe Dante is a incredible director. Check out Innerspace, The Howling and Small Soldiers for three more great films from him.😂

One of my favorite movies of all time. I watched this since I was a kid, a million times.

This is one of my favorite movies EVER! I watch is over and over. I giggle every time the military music plays when Bruce Dern shows up😀😀

Fun fact, Eleanore Roosevelt was Bruce Dern's godmother.

Most kids watched Goonies, Ninja Turtles, Iron Giant or Home Alone. I did too but I LOVED THIS movie as a child. It just felt more mature to me given the feel of it but the comedy was on point with such relatively dark subject matter. A lot of eerie elements perfect for the spooky season as a wholesome, family type film. If you wanna see a crazy kids movie from the 80's watch the animated film The Secret Of NIMH from 1982. That movie will scare you even as an adult. Rated G for Geesus Christ.

21:10, he was the Nazi Leader in The Blues Brothers.

I used to watch this in my teens with all the curtains blacked out in my room, even in the height of summer. It made it feel spooky.

Check out Tom Hanks in Bachelor Party and Splash (1984) and Nothing in Common (1986) with the great comedian/actor Jackie Gleason. Jack Gleason & Art Carney starred in and produced the classic 1950's tv show The Honey Mooners.

"Bout a 9 on the tension scale, Rube" I've never seen any reaction to this! This was my favorite movie growing up. It's so quotable and hilarious. Thanks so much for doing it! Also, queeny the dog is the same dog buffalo bill had in silence of the lambs

30:00, there was an alternative ending that was filmed but not yet released as the Klopeks did kill the original neighbors, Ray ends up getting murdered by the doctor with rat poison, the Klopeks claim their innocence for the crimes, and completely get away with it.

The part where Hanks and his buddy first walk up the the house has the original music from My Name Is Nobody by Ennio Morricone. It was a tribute to Sergio Leone with the close-ups of the neighbors' (and dog's) eyes.