Uh oh, the mean old version of Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead from the ‘90s with Christina Applegate just passed away from a heart attack and our summer is going to be ruined! Our only hope, as ridiculous as it may seem, is to stuff the original Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead in a trunk, leave it at a funeral home, and then pose as an adult and make a new version of Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead! Actually, somebody beat us to it, with Deadline reporting that Mixed-ish producer and Step Sisters writer Chuck Hayward is writing a remake of the movie with Beauty Shop, Honey, and Genius: Aretha director Bille Woodruff attached to direct.
Deadline says this new version will be about a Black family, with Justin Nappi of production company Treehouse saying that it will be a “new interpretation that is as funny and outrageous as the original but also smart and connected to the world today.” We’re not sure what that specifically means, but there’s a ton of stuff about the original that wouldn’t work in today’s modern world—or, you know, pre-virus modern world at least. For one thing, moms aren’t really supposed to leave for an extended period of time these days, whether they hire a mean old babysitter or not. We don’t know why we’re bringing up the virus in this rare news story that isn’t about the virus at all, but it’s too late now.
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The dishes are done, man.
The dishes are (getting re-)done, man.
Knock knock!Who’s there?Dishes.Dishes who?Dishes ‘da Ghostbusters! C’mon out!
At my house I am the one responsible for cleaning the kitchen every night, so I use this phrase about 300 times per year.
But do you use a shotgun?
I’m right on top of that Rose, DAMN!
Wait, have I been repeating that line wrong for 25+ years? Wow. I always say “The dishes are done, dude.” The alliteration stills sounds better to me, but a quick google seems to indicate your version is right.
Noble companion, I have completed the task of destroying the flatware with a firearm!
Your entire life is a lie.
I don’t even know who I am anymore! I can feel myself spinning into the void…
I mostly remember it from the TV ad which ran approximately twelve times an hour when this movie came out.
A very memorable line from a mostly forgettable film.
Bite your tongue I rewatched it recently enough and it still holds up. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Don’t get me wrong. I liked it quite a bit whenever it was when I last saw it. But I think or say “The dishes are done, man!” like every time I do dishes. It’s a bit out of whack is all I’m saying.
Having sex with a high school girl never goes out of style!
Who has sex with a highschool girl in that?
Isn’t she in high school? Is one of the kids into Thor? I may have all the details confused.
She’s a high school grad and is romantically involved with an ex coworker that’s her age from the fast food job she quit.
You don’t even know the movie you’re commenting on do you?
Sam, stop trying. You’re a horrible writer and it’ll never improve.
Dad?
Chief?
McCloud!
Sam is right on top of that, Rose.
“Thank you Nicole, I SAID THANK YOU NICOLE.”
Oof. Even I’ve never been THAT harsh.
This seems a little out of line. I mean, in order for him to “stop trying”, he would have had to have started in the first place!
They turned you down again, huh?
Gotta be honest, I’m skeptical. The original was the very definition of the word “outrageous.”
Right! It had a vibe and language that still inspires to this day! I mean, who didn’t embellish their resume because Sue Ellen did it, LOL!
Christina Applegate should play the babysitter.
Is it possible that Christina Applegate’s character in Dead to Me is the same character from Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead?
And Ferris Bueller doesn’t really exist. And there’s a ghost in Three Men n A Baby.
And you should win things just for watching.
Also there needs to be a part for Josh Charles and his magnificent nose!
“Deadline says this new version will be about a Black family,”The Blacks? I’m in!
Blasphemy
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead Too
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Still Dead
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Mummified.
Don’t tell Brenden Fraiser!
That airhead caveman?
That’s the guy!
This babysitter ain’t gettin’ any warmer here!
Don’t Tell The Dead Mom’s The Babysitter.
Don’t Tell Jerry The Keyboard Player’s Dead…Again
Honey, I Blew Up the Babysitter.
The Legend of the Babysitter’s Gold
Mom Is Well Aware The Babysitter Is Dead; An Uber Driver Will Arrive In 4 Mins To Drive You Around The Block Until She Gets Home.
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Stoned
Weekend at The Babysitter’s (Who is Dead) Too
Continue To Not Tell Mom About The Death Of The Babysitter
How I Met Our Foster Mother?
Return of the Dead Babysitter Part 2: Even More Babysitters We Can’t Tell Mom About (Because They Are Dead)
Don’t Tell the Babysitter Mom’s Dead.
I too would like to reiterate that the dishes are in fact done…man.
“Steaks are well-done, man!”From “Don’t Tell Don The White House Chef’s Dead“
How about we kill two birds with one stone and make this a Weekend at Bernie’s reboot too?
“Don’t Tell Mom Bernie is Dead.”
Remember, they want to “urbanize” this remake too.S0, obviously: “Don’t Tell Mom Bernie Mac is Dead”.
“Urbanize”? I don’t recall the original being set out on some rural farm …Listen Frasier, why don’t you go stuff your face with some tossed salad and scrambled eggs. Mercy!
Uncle Jesse!?
Don’t Tell Mom Jordan Peele Is Doing Another Re-boot-make-imagining-whatever
Wait, what happened to Bernie Mac????!!!
Umm… before I tell you, first I gotta know whether you’re mom or not.
AIDS.
too soon
For Bernie, or the babysitter?
Mwah *kisses fingertips*
But we gotta bring democratic socialism to the masses!
I’m more of a bread and circuses fellow.
I clicked on this article SOLELY to see how fast we got to Weekend at Bernie’s! Well done! Under two hours!
True story: I didn’t watch “Bernie” (the critically acclaimed 2011 film about the 1996 Marjorie Nugent murder by her much younger companion Bernie) for years because just going by the name I thought it was a lame “Weekend at Bernie’s” reboot.
Don’t Tell Mom Joe Biden’s The Nominee.
Why do I get the feeling Will Smith is going to be bankrolling this?
I think I can hear him whipping his hair back n forf
It should be a pretty laid-back project for him. He can just spend his time chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin all cool.
I was just thinking about this film the other day, but in that, “Hey, did I just imagine there was a film called ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’” kind of way.
Curious nostalgia choice. I can remember this being one of the first “empty theater” experiences I went to. The movie wasn’t great, so I didn’t know it had a fanbase. Unless we’ve gotten to the point where simply remembering a thing existed once is enough for a green light.At the very least, there’s nowhere to go but up with this premise.
This very much seems like one of those things that has momentum simply because people remember it existed; moreover, because the title is so good in its own dumb way, it’s a movie that I think lots of people have remembered with regularity for the last three decades, despite having never seen it.
I’m one of those people, I was like 7 when it came out and the title Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead blew my mind. The babysitter DIES? And the kids are on their own? That movie must be crazy! Holy shit!
Its dishes are done, dude. Been saying it every time I finish dishes for last 20 years
The other good one is “tv rots you brain”
I love how fondly remembered this ultimately disposable movie is. I’ve yet to meet anyone over the age of 35 who doesn’t laugh when I say “I’m right on top of that, Rose!”
Needs a Christina Applegate cameo.
Now how do we go about making a reboot of Bebe’s Kids?
Edit: goddamnit, wrong “reply” button.
Can someone create a streaming service exclusively with 80’s and early 90’s comedies like this? It seems Netflix ignores this type of movie.