FROM THE VAULT: The Goonies (40th Anniversary Edition)

Jordan and Heigl dive into this beloved '80s adventure classic — and you don't have to do the Truffle Shuffle to listen! They'll tell you all about Spielberg's secret role as unofficial co-director, the authentic blood and skulls used for props, and the real-life shipwreck that inspired the legend of One-Eyed Willy — plus Sloth's nightmarish makeup prosthetics that nearly electrocuted him. They'll also explain the crazy connections between The Goonies , Gremlins and Back to the Future , the onset feud between Corey Feldman and Martha Plimpton, the prank war between the Fratelli brothers, the time Michael Jackson visited the set (it got weird), and the lost subplot involving escaped gorillas. You'll also learn how a bout of chickenpox almost cheated us out of Jeff Cohen's hilarious performance as Chunk, how the production crew built — and destroyed — a full-sized pirate ship, and how Alice Cooper crashed the epic cast party. (Taped in 2022)

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FROM THE VAULT: The Goonies (40th Anniversary Edition) is an episode from Too Much Information by iHeartPodcasts.

This episode is 82:27 long.

This episode was published on May 2, 2025.

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