Zombieland

"25: Zombieland with David Iserson" is the 27th episode in the Podcast Like It's 2009 series and the 70th Patreon episode overall. The episode is hosted by Kenny Neibart and Phil Iscove and was released on October 24, 2022.

## Description

"This week on 2009, David Iserson joins us to talk about Zombieland!

A very simple plot about found family and Twinkies, we talk about how this zombie movie stuck its head out in a highly saturated market, the ‘dork character who gets the girl’ character archetype, and films that are very emblematic of the year that it comes out."

## Kenny's Intro

"Hello and welcome to Podcast Like It’s 2009, the podcast where we talk about the films of 2009 **from Bill Murray's mansion** here in 2022."

## Historical Information

"After a virus turns most people into zombies, the world's surviving humans remain locked in an ongoing battle against the hungry undead. Four survivors -- Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and his cohorts Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) -- abide by a list of survival rules and zombie-killing strategies as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles."

*Zombieland* was released on 10/2/2009 in 1st place against *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs*, *Toy Story*, *Surrogates*, and *The Invention of Lying*. It made $102.4M on a $23.6M budget.. It has 89% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 86% from audiences. Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars.

## Trivia and Ephemera

David pushed for *Podcast Like It's 1979* to come next after 2009. Will it happen? Hold on for that *Kramer vs. Kramer* episode.

## Ratings

**Zombieland**
 **Phil** | 75
 **David** | 75

## Movies/TV Mentioned

Always, Breakfast of Champions, Mad Men, New Girl, Red Notice, Deadpool, Shaun of the Dead, Mulholland Drive, (500) Days of Summer, Palm Springs, The Resort, Garden State, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers, The Spectacular Now, The Fault in Our Stars, Spiderhead, The Social Network, Funny People, Adventureland, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Zombieland: Double Tap, Superbad, The Rocker, The House Bunny, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Easy A, Friends with Benefits, Crazy Stupid Love, The Help, The Amazing Spider-Man, Gangster Squad, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Twilight Saga: New Moon, Rodger Dodger, The Village, The Squid and the Whale, Cursed, Ghostbusters, Garfield, Entourage, Kingpin, Scrubs, Grace is Gone, Good Time, The Florida Project, Chill Factor, I Am Legend, Last Man on Earth, Wall-E, Don't Look Up, This is the End, At World's End, Warm Bodies, Dr. Strangelove, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Miracle Mile, Last Night, The Purge, Entrapment, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Last of Us, Fallout, Halo, Thirty Minutes or Less, The Dark Knight Rises, Venom, The Mule, Bad Trip, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Uncharted, Morbius, The Bourne Identity, Mrs & Mrs Smith, Go, Superstore, Santa Clarita Diet, American Housewife, The Bold Type, Stumptown, Chuck, Nikita, Supernatural, The OC, True Lies (TV pilot), The Joe Schmo Show, Alien, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Amityville Horror, Rocky II, Apocalypse Now, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Moonraker, The Jerk, The Muppet Movie, Star Trek

## References

1. ↑ Box Office Mojo. Zombieland. BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved on September 27, 2022.
2. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes. Zombieland. RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved on September 27, 2022.
3. ↑ Roger Ebert. The undead remain hilarious. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved on September 27, 2022.