#10 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

Published: Jan. 29, 2018, 7:59 p.m.

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This (in)famous 1970s TV movie featured a young John Travolta as Tod, a teenager with immune deficiencies that forced him to live in plastic tents and positive-pressure rooms all his life, until he met this girl\\u2026 Loosely based on a true story, this movie took a few liberties with science that are a little hard to swallow. For our next round of \\u201cYou Did This to Us,\\u201d David, Brett, Nicole, and guest Dominic Cichocki dug into this bit of melodramatic cheese, taking a hard look at Robert \\u201cMr. Brady\\u201d Reed\\u2019s acting style, the overdone music, and wondering why Tod would fall for this girl, who is mildly pretty, but also horrible. Also, what is Buzz Aldrin doing here?

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Next episode, Movie-Go-Round rolls on back to the beginning! It\\u2019s time for the third rotation! We\\u2019ll be watching the third New to Two film, \\u201cThe Midnight Meat Train.\\u201d

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