Oh, what a Christmas presentDaniel Sternleft everybody yesterday! The actor reprised his iconic role as Marv the Wet Bandit fromHome Alone. This was in response toMacaulay Culkin’s reprisal of hisKevin McCallistercharacter right before the holidays.
Last week,Macaulay Culkinreprised his role as Kevin McCallister from theHome Alone moviesfor the first episode of Jack Dishel’s newwebseries:DRYVRS. Moldy Peaches guitarist Jack Dishel stars as a musician who uses a ride-sharing service like Uber or Lyft, with eachepisodefeaturing a differentguest star, as we see how the passenger and driver interact. The first episode, entitledJust Me In The House By Myself, starsMacaulay Culkinas Kevin, a distraught, long-haired adult who doesn’t even know how to drive, but is tasked with taking over his wife’s duties as a driver. After Kevin doesn’t answer a phone call from his mother, he starts telling his passenger all about how his family left him alone over the Christmas holiday when he was just eight years old.
Daniel Stern starred as Wet Bandit Marv, oppositeJoe Pesci’s Harry in the blockbuster 1990 John Hughes movie Home Alone, and its 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He took it upon himself to create a response video that is quite hilarious. He shows just how terrified he still is of Kevin, and how everything that was extracted upon him has caused him years of psychological pain and suffering.
This time around, Marv is home alone. And he is terrified for his life. He sits, recalling all the pretty brutal things that Kevin McCallister did to him and his partner. The Wet Bandits took a hit to the face with an iron, and had their feet nailed to the ground. And poor Marv even got electrocuted. It’s obvious that Marv got a true ass-kicking from a young kid, and has never been the same since, living for the past 23 years in self-imposed lockdown. We don’t learn of Harry’s whereabouts, but that man had the McCallister family doorknob burned into the palm of his hand for eternity. And had his head set on fire multiple times. But we don’t expectJoe Pescito deliver a Harry video anytime soon.
Daniel Stern’s video was created in conjunction with aReddit AMAthat took place on Christmas Eve. The actor was celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Home Alone. He even offered up what his favorite Kevin trap is in the first two movies.
“They were all a ton of fun. My favorite was having the tarantula crawl on my face. Not only was it really fun and funny to do but it was a personal challenge to overcome my fear of having something that icky and deadly crawling on my face. It was even freakier because I had to do that scream, which meant my mouth was wide open too - and I was afraid the little bastard might take a detour down my throat!”
If Home Alone is one of your classic go-to Christmas favorites, you’re surely enjoying this return to the world featuring its two main stars. We have Daniel Stern’s video for you to watch here. And we’ve included the originalMacaulay Culkinvideo as well. Merry Day-After Christmas! And Happy New Year.
