Big (1988)
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
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#100124
The Shadow Biosphere: Is There Other Life on Earth?
"It's kind of like Tom Hanks in Big. Like, I don't get it."
— Chuck
Chuck compares Carol Cleland's questioning to Tom Hanks' character in Big, expressing confusion about something.
Oct 1, 2024
#012724
Selects: A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer
"Is it Zoltar or Zoltan from big?"
— Chuck
Chuck is trying to remember the name of the fortune-telling machine from the movie Big while describing the appearance of the mechanical Turk.
Jan 27, 2024
#082623
Selects: How Toy Testing Works
"Yeah, I mean, that was his job. I forgot about that. Totally forgot about that."
— Chuck
Discussed how the main character Tom Hanks works as a toy tester in the movie, which inspired Josh's childhood interest in toy testing.
Aug 26, 2023
#082022
Selects: How Gossip Works
"I remember the movie big. Remember when Tom Hanks gets hired? Like, the very first thing that happens is John Lovitz comes over and starts talking about all the gossip of everyone in the office."
— Chuck
Referenced as an example of how gossip is used to socialize new employees in the workplace.
Aug 20, 2022
#080222
Silly String: Disaster in a Can
"It certainly would have not have had a very famous part of the movie the great Tom Hanks movie big"
— Chuck
Referenced as an example of silly string being used in a famous movie scene where Tom Hanks and a child character play with it.
Aug 2, 2022
#031720
Chopsticks > Forks
"what I said from big, that was Chopsticks, right?"
— Josh
Josh references the movie Big when recalling the song Chopsticks being played in it.
Mar 17, 2020
#030320
How Morphic Fields Work?
"he's going in the right direction, then I hear that and I think, oh boy, that is sounds a little wacky. It's almost like Sheldrake was like, Tom Hanks and Big in the boardroom when they're talking about the toys."
— Chuck
Chuck compares Sheldrake's questioning of DNA explanations to Tom Hanks' character in Big not understanding something in the boardroom scene.
Mar 3, 2020
#051419
How Trampolines Work
"like Tom Hanks and Big. Sure. But if you wanna do tricks and things like that"
— Chuck
Chuck mentions the movie Big when discussing how trampolines can be used for simple jumping versus doing tricks and athletic movements.
May 14, 2019
#052218
A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer
"is it Zoltar or Zoltan from Big? Zoltar? Zoltan? I don't know, it's one of those two"
— Chuck
Chuck compares the Mechanical Turk's appearance to the fortune teller machine character from the movie Big.
May 22, 2018
#112817
How Toy Testing Works
"especially after the movie Big. Oh yeah, there was like a lot of toy testing in that, right?"
— Josh
Josh and Chuck discuss the movie Big as an example of toy testing being featured prominently in a film.
Nov 28, 2017
#122215
How Gossip Works
"Like I remember the movie Big. Remember when Tom Hanks gets hired?"
— Chuck
Chuck uses the movie Big as an example of workplace gossip when Tom Hanks' character gets a new job and John Lovitz tells him office gossip.
Dec 22, 2015
#121015
How Reverse Psychology Works
"like a child living in an adult's body. Yeah, like big."
— Chuck
Referenced when discussing adults who act childishly when manipulated by reverse psychology.
Dec 10, 2015
Cast
Tom Hanks
Josh
Elizabeth Perkins
Susan
Robert Loggia
MacMillan
John Heard
Paul
Jared Rushton
Billy
Jon Lovitz
Scotty Brennen
David Moscow
Young Josh
Mercedes Ruehl
Mrs. Baskin
H
Harvey Miller
Personnel Director
Debra Jo Rupp
Miss Patterson
Josh Clark
Mr. Baskin
K
Kimberlee M. Davis
Cynthia Benson
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