TDM: Total Dad Movies with Tooky, Dave, & Mike
Mike and Dave are two Gen X Dads who grew up watching movies because there was nothing else to do. Tooky is a Millennial dad-in-training who grew up with the internet, and thus never needed to watch ROAD HOUSE on cable. Mike (a standup comedian) and Dave (an improviser and occasional academic) will present Tooky (comedian, social critic and dad-in-training) with a new (old) movie every week and answer the important questions: Are white people ok? When did Nic Cage become a whole thing?Are these movies good, or are Mike and Dave wallowing in toxic nostalgia? Every Tuesday, TDM promises to bridge the generation gap, one dad movie at a time.
Intro/outro music: "It's Almost Late Night" from the album WE HAD A GOOD RUN by Dave Rabinow, available at www.daverabinow.com
TDM: Total Dad Movies with Tooky, Dave, & Mike
BABY BOOM
This week: the Dads toast one JC Wiatt, one of the great unsung movie Moms as well one of the most luminescent movie stars of the century, the magnificent Diane Keaton, who we lost in 2025.
Working from a Nancy Meyers script and featuring some supporting dudes like James Spader (sleazy!), Sam Shepard (sexy!) and Harold Ramis (sleepy!), BABY BOOM is a fun (if occasionally-dated with one TRULY CRINGEWORTHY 30 second sequence), shaggy version of the "can she have it all?" comedies that were a studio staple in the 80s. Holding the whole thing together is Keaton who brings dimensionality, light, nuance, and a genuine sparkle to the film. We lost a legend, but the Dads are happy to give her the flowers she so richly deserves. Enjoy our dive into Charles Shyer's 1987 comedy BABY BOOM.