103. 💥 Die Hard (1988) w/ Longtime Friend Billy D’Elia

Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast All-star Billy D’Elia to put the 1988 (possible) Christmas classic Die Hard to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST! 

We finally put to rest the long-debated question of whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or just a movie that happens on Christmas. This is a Nostalgia Test classic. We get into the novel Die Hard is based on, how this is the first time Dan is seeing the movie (WHAT?!), the genius of Bruce Willis & Allan Rickman, the weird conspiratorial Steve Urkel connection, random 80’s boobs, is John McClane hearing voices, the original boss bitch Bonnie Bedelia, and so much more!!!!!!!

 

 

Some Episode Notes

• Die Hard (movie 1988)
• The Nostalgia Test Podcast Ep.2: 🎸Blink 182’s Enema of the State & Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
• The Nostalgia Test Podcast Ep. 🍫Candy Bars
• Lethal Weapon (movie 1987)
• Gremlins (movie 1984)
• Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorpe (novel 1979)
• Cobra (movie 1986)
• Cocktail (movie 1988)
• Bruce Willis
• Alan Rickman
• Alexander Godunov
• Bonnie Bedelia
• Reginald VelJohnson
• William Atherton
• Paul Gleason
• John McTiernan
• Jeb Stewart
• Steven E. de Souza
• Invincible (series 2021- present)
• LL Cool J
• Frozen (movie 2013)
• Open Water (movie 2003)
• Charlie Sheen
• Wall Street (movie 1987)
• The Breakfast Club (movie 1985)
• Black Christmas (movie 1974)
• The Expendables (franchise)
• Point Break (movie 1991)
• Road House (movie 1989)
• Rambo: First Blood (movie 1982)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Sylvester Stallone
• Keanu Reeves
• Die Hard 2 (movie 1990)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (movie 1995)
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (series 2005-present)
• It’s Always Sunny Lethal Weapon 5 episode
• Airheads (movie 1994)
• Long Take Review (podcast & sub stack)
• Hobbs & Shaw (movie 2019)
• NYCFC