Ruined Childhoods

About Ruined Childhoods

Think that a movie reboot or remake can ruined your childhood? Brothers/cinephiles Dan and Jon beg to differ! Join them each week as they talk through a cult or classic film or franchise and imagine how it could be revisited, exploring Hollywood’s trend of reviving franchises with long-awaited sequels, prequels, spin-offs, remakes, and/or reboots. Do YOU have a movie you want them to cover Email the show -ruinedchildhoodspod@gmail.com Ruined Childhoods is produced and edited by Jon Richardson - https://www.jrmediaservices.net

Publisher

Dan Wiener and Jon Richardson

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Jan 2019

Latest episode

3 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 326 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Stay Tuned (1992)

   Hosts Dan and Jon revisit the 1992 film "Stay Tuned," exploring its near perfection and potential for a modern reimagining.

2. 

   20 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

   Hosts Dan and Jon explore Sergio Leone's "Duck, You Sucker!" and reimagine its Spaghetti Western bromance for today's audience.

3. 

   6 May 2026

   A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

   It’s something familar and something peculiar as Dan and Jon celebrate the 1966 Richard Lester musical farce, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum_(film)). And although it doesn’t quite hold up today, there’s plenty to acknowledge for why it’s one of the great musicals of the 20th century. Dan and Jon also share their thoughts on how it could be brought back *respectfully* in the modern era. Watch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/show/6xQCtEwpS0Ruag5jEghAMi?si=cdaa5a0e81a44718) or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/@ruinedchildhoodspod) Next episode: Duck, You Sucker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,_You_Sucker!)(1971)• The 4th season of Ruined Childhoods features movies with complete sentence titles! Contact us, follow us on social media, or buy some merch at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/RuinedChildhoods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://linktr.ee/RuinedChildhoods) & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RuinedChildhoodspod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (http://ruinedchildhoodspod.com/) Ruined Childhoods is produced & edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jon Richardson⁠ (https://www.jrmediaservices.net/)

Inside a recent episode

Stay Tuned (1992)

Published 3 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Oh. And, you know, Roy's Achilles' heel is donuts. Right. And these giant animated donuts sitting on the table, as he says, the size of Buicks. Right. Oh. Like, oh. That's incredible. My doctor always told me donuts would be the death of me. The lines, I mean, that's my favorite sequence as well. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

105,798

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

84