About this episode
The episode revisits the cultural significance and impact of the 1990 holiday film Home Alone.
You asked for another Coby pick, and here it is: the greatest booby-trap Christmas classic of all time. This week on Raised by VHS, we revisit Home Alone, the 1990 holiday juggernaut that turned an 8-year-old kid into a cultural icon and made every kid in America believe they could survive on junk food, VHS tapes, and pure snark.
Topics covered
- Christmas
- booby traps
- holiday movies
- cultural impact
- childhood nostalgia
Keywords
- Home Alone
- 1990
- Christmas movie
- booby traps
- cultural icon
- junk food
- VHS tapes
- snark
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Home Alone
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