The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

It's a Very Cinema Snob Thanksgiving, with the one 80's holiday Peter Billingsly movie that no one remembers!

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  • 11/24/2009 4:10 PM matrixman124 wrote:
    This is even more hilarious because it's based on a children's book. XD Oh, Snob. You crack me up.
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  • 11/24/2009 4:14 PM Bryan K wrote:
    A pretty funny review which at the same time shocks me. Who would have guessed that the kid from one of the greatest holiday films ever would be in a film of this type. Overall a good episode and makes me wonder what December will bring to the Cinema Snob
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  • 11/24/2009 4:27 PM unknownmoviefan wrote:
    Was the opening credits footage from that "Carving Magic" short on the "Blood Feast" dvd?
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    1. 11/24/2009 5:12 PM Brad wrote:
      Hell yes! Best DVD extra feature ever!
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  • 11/24/2009 4:41 PM Gory wrote:
    note: If you see a crazy Britih guy yelling and throwing feathers out the window, just walk away. I will not be disturbed...! -again ~.~
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  • 11/24/2009 4:44 PM CrimsonDusk wrote:
    AWESOME man, I was expecting a horror movie or the chicken to go insane and kill everyone but it's still in the spirit of the show because it's and Thanksgiving-Exploitation movie. Also Happy Thanksgiving and I'll go and hug my Chicken Soup.
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  • 11/24/2009 4:50 PM noyer wrote:
    Great review! Funny thing is, I was able to guess that this was a PBS film right from the minute I'd seen the opening credits. Perhaps it would make a great double bill with Overdrawn at the Memory Bank?
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    1. 11/24/2009 5:00 PM Brad wrote:
      "Mom, my nuts"
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      1. 11/24/2009 5:19 PM noyer wrote:
        Ok, I'm re-watching that episode after I finally get that Payback review edited and posted. Net don't crash on me again!
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      2. 11/24/2009 7:50 PM chris wrote:
        so, aging lesbian nuns run the future
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      3. 11/24/2009 11:34 PM Max wrote:
        Old Asian guys turning into pandas. That's the future for you.
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        1. 11/25/2009 7:48 PM chris wrote:
          someone turn off the fat rotating guy
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  • 11/24/2009 5:19 PM LucasChad wrote:
    Great episode as always! Too bad you didn't use Adam Sandler's the Thanksgiving Song for the opening credits, but Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

    PS Hope you don't have anything against Jim Carrey's A Christmas Carol!
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  • 11/24/2009 5:55 PM torsoboy wrote:
    Wow. Just, wow. I knew this one would be bad when you first mentioned it to me, but I never expected it to be that bad.
    Also, what the hell was with that "chicken on a slide" multi-take at the end? Isn't the multi-take usually reserved for something cool that we would WANT to see again? Who the hell wants to see more of that bird?
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  • 11/24/2009 8:47 PM Cornbred-X wrote:
    Wow, it may be innocent but its not any less disturbing then anything else on your show haha
    I did notice it was a PBS special though, theres something about those that just makes them obvious. Darn if I know what o.O
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  • 11/24/2009 9:08 PM Diana wrote:
    the Hoboken Chicken Emergency was actually a really fun book. it was inventive, tongue in cheek, and enjoyable, everything this movie is not.
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  • 11/25/2009 1:53 AM SheGaveMeChlamydia wrote:
    What film was that very last scene? It wasn't HCE was it?
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    1. 11/25/2009 9:15 AM Anonymous wrote:
      I believe it's from "Day of the Panther", which the snob already reviewed.
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  • 11/25/2009 2:59 AM Joe wrote:
    I agree that we really do need more Thankgiving horror films. There's some movie called "Thankskilling" which will be coming straight to DVD sometime this month but it really doesn't sound all that good. Anyway, darn good Quint impersonation by the way!
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  • 11/25/2009 5:59 AM ThaVoid wrote:
    Wow, I cant imagine the will power needed to make yourself sit through something like this.
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  • 11/25/2009 11:19 AM Tenebrous Kate wrote:
    I actually live in the town over from Hoboken, and while we may not have torches and pitchforks, I'll have you know that I'm REALLY willing to protect my glorious turkey stash from those jerks with fiendish booby traps, if necessary.
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  • 11/25/2009 1:04 PM Airrider wrote:
    The Hoboken Chicken Emergency? Sounds like an awesome band name. I'm gonna name my band that as a New Jerseyan...even if I don't live IN Hoboken...
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  • 11/25/2009 3:44 PM diggerjohn111 wrote:
    That kind of made me glad Thanksgiving is in October (and done) up here..lol...I think we have the C.S.'s greatest t-shirt worthy catch phrase, "Have you hugged your chicken today?"
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  • 11/25/2009 6:04 PM Anthony wrote:
    Oh no, gigant chicken on the rampage, where's Peter Griffin when ya need him?
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  • 11/25/2009 7:27 PM skrag2112 wrote:
    When it comes to Thanksgiving movies, I always stick with 'Planes, Trains, And Automobiles". Also, that couldn't have been Hoboken. It looked to clean and liveable.
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  • 11/25/2009 9:25 PM Duke wrote:
    I remember watching this pile of garbage on PBS back in the day, it bored me even then. Great review.
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  • 11/26/2009 1:07 AM Protoman wrote:
    good vid shitty movie no doubt a huge holiday stinker that needs to be wiped out of its crack and flushed down the toilet
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  • 11/26/2009 3:08 AM solidturd666 wrote:
    Would 1492 by Ridley Scott be a thanksgiving day film?
    I think Mooch and Benji should have a buddy dog/cop movie
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  • 11/26/2009 5:57 AM stukas wrote:
    Haha, this actually looks like a rather entertaining film, that is if you have 10 beers before you watch it Anyways, have you considered reviewing Starcrash? That movie is awesome, and hilariously bad.
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  • 11/26/2009 11:57 AM Turmio wrote:
    Even though the movie is not that interesting this is still one of your best reviews so far in my opinion. It has lot's of great jokes and gags that kept me smiling trough the whole review.

    Keep up the good work!
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  • 11/26/2009 2:11 PM scarmiglionne4 wrote:
    I have seen this movie. I remember loving that little Entertainer theme it had.

    Great review, Mr. Jones.
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  • 11/26/2009 6:57 PM Will wrote:
    Damn, am I the only one who's seen Blood Rage (1983)? Its a really cool slasher flick that takes place on Thanksgiving about two twin brothers, one of them is a killer. Check it out it'll make a good episode.
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  • 11/26/2009 6:59 PM Will wrote:
    Check out Blood Rage (1983) it takes place on Thanksgiving
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  • 11/28/2009 7:38 AM Roll wrote:
    Do I ... do I just cut her up like regular chickens?
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  • 11/28/2009 11:34 AM Richard wrote:
    Square fi... WTF? I've seen them before! Being from the UK, we get a lot of America's crime dramas on our channel 5 (CSI, NCIS, Law & Order (especially SVU)), and these are sponsored by Kia Motors.

    They've got a little promo for a model called the Soul which is shaped like a Land Rover in a way, and they call it "a new shape". Part of the promo shows a square fish...

    Great review again!
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  • 11/28/2009 2:11 PM lol wrote:
    great episode
    you should totaly review man behind the sun to follow up on the salo review. just saying
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  • 11/28/2009 2:22 PM Dick Van Patton wrote:
    I don't get it..

    What is square, sits in water, and helped shape todays stoner youth?
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    1. 11/28/2009 8:30 PM Dexter wrote:
      Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
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    2. 12/25/2009 2:46 AM EvilSandwich wrote:
      That sounds like the set up for a dirty joke.
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  • 12/2/2009 11:52 AM BOSS wrote:
    Oh come on Snob!! This movie was BAD, but not THAT BEAD as, for example, "Alien Dead". It was made mainly for kids, so it had to be creamy-stupid. I really seen a lot worst movies in my life! Compare this with something REALLY BAD in its genre, for example with terrible "ROBO-C.H.I.C." aka "CYBER-C.H.I.C." - now THAT`S a terrorist attack to your brain. Or even with good ol` "Santa Claus conquers the Mars". Now which one is worse? "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" is NOT a darn painfull movie!!!
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  • 12/7/2009 11:56 PM Shadowdancer21b wrote:
    I remember reading the story this was based on.
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  • 12/25/2009 2:31 AM EvilSandwich wrote:
    Wait, was that Harvey Korman in the intro?
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  • 1/19/2010 11:47 PM Cocacola4blood wrote:
    Gah! I'd rather choke it!

    (The comment section is probably FILLED with choking chicken remarks, but does anyone want to waste an original comment on this movie. Oh, and is it me, or was the TURKEY CRISIS left unresolved?)
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  • 1/23/2010 3:45 AM xxx vids wrote:
    As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
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  • 1/28/2010 12:04 AM Yohko86 wrote:
    Um, okaaaay but...was the turkey crisis EVER fixed (unless they were secretly planning on having the giant chicken for dinner Lol)?
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  • 2/7/2010 1:37 PM S-3 wrote:
    So not only is this BS based on a CHILDRENS's Book ( A CHILDREN'S BOOK, COME ON!!!), but whoever made this tosspile thinks people wont be smart enough to make a long drive, if required, for something important/desiresd (if it's not a need), if they can't get this thing at a close range.

    Come on!! As a kid, I lived in a town where stuff that I had to get was important was far away from my house. Same goes with today. Even today, I still have to drive a while to get to places to get stuff that's important/desired (if it's a want) to me.

    This movie is removed from reality- and in the worst ways possible. It's like saying smart people who can afford them DON'T HAVE CARS OR ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. In what concept, of any kind of movie (unless such things hadn't been invented yet in said setting) does this work?! That's like saying cell phones hadn't been invented yet, yet you're holding one and a good call is all it takes to get out of said mess! Just stupid.
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