The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
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#073125
Child Prodigies: Better to Burn Out Than Fade Away
"like the Royal Tannenbaums when Ethylene Tannenbaum, you know, talked about her prodigious family"
— Josh
Josh compares Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr.'s mother's behavior to the mother character in The Royal Tenenbaums.
Jul 31, 2025
#082522
Kissing Cousins: A History of Marrying Family
"I was gonna say the Royal Tannenbombs, but they were they were actually raised together"
— Josh
Josh references The Royal Tenenbaums as an example of separated siblings who meet and are attracted to each other, but notes they were actually raised together.
Aug 25, 2022
#091521
Short Stuff: The Javelina
"I was watching for the probably 15th time, the Royal Ten and Bombs."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions watching this Wes Anderson film and a scene where Gene Hackman's character notices his stuffed javelina head is missing, which sparked his curiosity about what a javelina is.
Sep 15, 2021
#011420
Transdermal Implants: Body Art or Nightmare Fuel?
"I was taking that from Royal Tannenbombs. Right here."
— Josh
Josh admits to referencing The Royal Tenenbaums when telling a story about a BB lodged under his skin.
Jan 14, 2020
#080418
SYSK Selects: How Miranda Rights Work
"It's one of my favorite movies. I watched Wes Anderson's Royal Tannenbombs was amazed at how different and unique all the characters were."
— Josh
Josh discusses the Royal Tenenbaums fan theory about the five stages of grief represented by characters.
Aug 4, 2018
#081616
How Woolly Mammoths Worked
"They should go back and redo the voiceover that Alec Baldwin did for the Royal Tannenbombs with Werner Herzog."
— Josh
Josh joked about having Werner Herzog re-narrate Alec Baldwin's voiceover from The Royal Tenenbaums.
Aug 16, 2016
#082614
What's the deal with headstones?
"Or you can do like in Royal Tannenbombs and invent your own."
— Josh
Josh references it when talking about creating fake headstones.
Aug 26, 2014
#070413
How Miranda Rights Work
"I watched Wes Anderson's Royal Tannenbombs was amazed at how different and unique all the characters were"
A listener wrote in with a fan theory that the characters in The Royal Tenenbaums represent different stages of grief.
Jul 4, 2013
Cast
Gene Hackman
Royal Tenenbaum
Anjelica Huston
Etheline Tenenbaum
Ben Stiller
Chas Tenenbaum
Gwyneth Paltrow
Margot Tenenbaum
Luke Wilson
Richie Tenenbaum
Owen Wilson
Eli Cash
Bill Murray
Raleigh St. Clair
Danny Glover
Henry Sherman
Seymour Cassel
Dusty
Kumar Pallana
Pagoda
Alec Baldwin
Narrator (voice)
Grant Rosenmeyer
Ari Tenenbaum
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