This week the guys dive headfirst into Planes, Trains & Automobiles — John Hughes’ chaotic travel masterpiece and the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever made.

Adam, Jeff, and Steve unload the travel trauma, male vulnerability, behind-the-scenes madness, and the emotional knockout ending that still destroys everyone who watches it.

Featuring:

• The mythical 3-hour “Hughes Cut”

• Neal Page’s rental counter meltdown

• Del Griffith: empathy king

• Holiday TV bumpers, airport announcements & 90s commercials

• Louis’ Holiday Hotline™ and Darius’ ongoing credit-card crisis

• The official ruling on whether Houseguest counts as a Thanksgiving movie

Whether you’re stuck in traffic or crying in an airport bathroom, this episode is your perfect long-ride companion.

It’s Thanksgiving season on Rewind or Die, and the crew is hitting the highway with Ed O’Neill’s most unhinged road trip ever. This week, Adam, Jeff, and Steve break down John Hughes’ forgotten holiday comedy Dutch — the Planes, Trains and Automobiles cousin who shows up late, muddy, and emotionally unstable.

They’ll dig into:

• 🧨 The dinner-roll fight that redefined “family bonding”

• 💣 Why John Hughes’ empathy era ended in a motel explosion

• 🧥 The philosophical power of Ed O’Neill’s trench coat

• 👦 The most punchable prep-school kid in cinematic history

• 📺 How this movie lived on through ‘90s cable reruns and USA Network marathons

It’s a Thanksgiving movie, a class war, and a therapy session disguised as a road trip, all rolled into one VHS tape that somehow didn’t melt in the car.

If you love Planes, Trains, Uncle Buck, or just yelling “He deserved that!” at your TV — this one’s for you.

So buckle up, grab a deck of questionable playing cards, and join us for the comedy, the chaos, and the fireworks-fueled fatherhood of Dutch.

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Because nothing says family like convincing your friends to listen to three grown men argue about John Hughes movies.

Steve Martin runs a motor pool like it’s a Vegas casino, Phil Hartman’s out for blood, Dan Aykroyd’s accidentally in charge, and somewhere in the chaos—Chris Rock’s hacking a government computer and saying “I’m in.”

This week, the Rewind or Die crew reports for duty with 1996’s Sgt. Bilko—the military comedy so 90s it somehow features a hover tank, Cathy Silvers from Happy Days, and Travis Tritt for absolutely no reason.

Adam, Jeff, and Steve dig deep into Jonathan Lynn’s farcical filmmaking, Steve Martin’s con-man charisma, and why this movie might secretly be the last great analog comedy before the era of irony took over.

It’s scams, salutes, and sitcom energy running on government time.

Highlights Include:

• The Art of the Scam: why Steve Martin makes dishonesty look wholesome

• Phil Hartman as a villain who’s technically right but cosmically doomed

• The “I’m In” hacking scene that redefined 90s computer logic

• Why Sgt. Bilko and Captain Ron might share a cinematic universe

• The rise and fall of the “Dad Comedy” franchise dream

• A bonus debate: Was Major Thorn actually the hero?

And if you’ve ever wondered what happens when charisma outranks competence, grab your VHS copy and fall in—because this episode proves that sometimes the greatest military strategy is just talking your way out of everything.