# Anyone else remember the alternate ending to "Big"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864 "2002-04-16T02:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 48
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/941 "2021-07-20T13:27:40Z")
I wish… ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/942 "2021-07-20T14:14:33Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > ETA: On a serious note, apparently, that alternate ending of Mac and Me actually does exist. > > [https://movieweb.com/mac-and-me-movie-alternate-ending-video/](https://movieweb.com/mac-and-me-movie-alternate-ending-video/) > > …unless I’m being whooshed by the internets, anyway. I saw a recent review that mentioned it, i.e. I did not personally see it or remember it) but it does apparently exist. That movie was strange in a lot of ways. The director also did the Mannequin sequel and “Tammy and the T-Rex” if that says anything. But seriously, I swear I remember watching “The Empire Strikes Back” on opening weekend hearing Vader say, “Luke, I am your father”. Of course, that was several months before I was even born, so maybe I’ll grant my memory is a bit fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/943 "2021-07-20T14:43:17Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I saw a recent review that mentioned it, i.e. I did not personally see it or remember it) but it does apparently exist. It is on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/944 "2021-07-20T22:15:03Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > > > I saw a recent review that mentioned it, i.e. I did not personally see it or remember it) but it does apparently exist. > > It is on Youtube. The original getting blown the fuck up ending wasn’t any less ridiculous. It was fantastic on the new version of MST3K ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/945 "2021-07-20T22:23:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The original getting blown the fuck up ending wasn’t any less ridiculous. [The original still had the explosion, too](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6y5A0KpJkX8). ---
**Author:** ![dmcvay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dmcvay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmcvay)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/946 "2021-10-17T22:22:51Z")
@ Mahaloth, I was wondering if you might share a little bit about yourself on when and where you first saw the movie BIG. I saw it in the Dallas area in the theaters with a date. My calculation says you were around 10 years old. If my hunch is correct you saw it with friends maybe in a mall and not at home with family. Are you in the US or outside the US? My other point is what is their opinion of the movie ending? Dale ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/947 "2021-10-17T22:25:27Z")
This is the thread that never ends… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xz6OGVCdov8/hqdefault.jpg "The Song that Never Ends") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz6OGVCdov8) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/948 "2021-10-17T22:52:57Z")
> [@dmcvay](#): > > I was wondering if you might share a little bit about yourself on when and where you first saw the movie BIG. I saw it in the Dallas area in the theaters with a date. My calculation says you were around 10 years old. If my hunch is correct you saw it with friends maybe in a mall and not at home with family. Are you in the US or outside the US? Hunch wrong, alas. I saw it on VHS at home(either from Blockbuster or individual store) with my family and probably taped of TV several times after that. I did see it with my family and I was born in 1978, so I was probably 10-11 when we saw it on tape. I am in the United States, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/949 "2021-10-18T01:48:24Z")
Fun fact: “Supervising Producer Mallory Tarcher” is Shari Lewis’s daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/950 "2021-10-18T03:37:39Z")
Every time someone bumps this thread I feel like someone should call the meeting to order. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/951 "2021-10-18T03:46:52Z")
Only a 4 month gap this time. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/952 "2021-10-18T13:04:28Z")
What was up with the mini-interrogation of **Mahaloth**? I thought for sure a ‘gotcha’ was coming next. Don’t keep us in suspense, new friend. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/953 "2021-10-18T13:04:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Every time someone bumps this thread I feel like someone should call the meeting to order. Here! I get a bang out of it still. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/954 "2021-10-18T14:43:28Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Every time someone bumps this thread I feel like someone should call the meeting to order. I shall do so in the future. What should be my phrase to open our meetings? > [@BlankSlate](#): > > What was up with the mini-interrogation of **Mahaloth**? I thought for sure a ‘gotcha’ was coming next. Don’t keep us in suspense, new friend. I agree. What was up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/955 "2021-10-18T14:59:20Z")
You start one little innocuous thread and folks spend the next 20 years giving you the third degree ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/956 "2021-10-18T15:15:30Z")
Sorry guys…I mistakenly brought up the alternate ending yesterday and woke the beast. It’s like saying Voldemort or Betelgeuse… > [@Iconic but awful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-but-awful/952285/292): > > Maybe there is a different opening like the very real alternate ending to Big? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/957 "2021-10-18T15:22:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I agree. What was up with that? I’m thinking someone spilled a coke on his date during the movie, and he’s been looking for the guilty party ever since. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/958 "2021-10-18T15:33:50Z")
I am just want to say I have need of walking down to big store and exchanging paper money for clothing of this timeline and then making purchase of film _BIG._ I am being from timeline where Penny Marshall became orthodontist, so no _BIG,_ and we have only tv show called _Shirley._ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/959 "2021-10-18T16:12:02Z")
> [@digs](#): > > we have only tv show called _Shirley._ _Lenny and Shirley_ It’s a love story. Think a Pete Duel/Judy Carne -esque show. _Love in a Brewery._ ---
**Author:** ![dmcvay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dmcvay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmcvay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/960 "2021-10-18T17:02:37Z")
OK, you deserve an explanation. This was the first movie that I asked a girl out on a date where it was just the two of us. This theater in the Dallas area had the alternate ending. I remember when the young Susan walked in I sat up in my seat, my jaw dropped open and I turned to my date and said “It’s her”. So the movie holds a special place to me, and I have purchased the VHS, and DVD, and Blu-ray only to be disappointed. I checked out 14 going on 30 and that is not it. It is a very short seen, maybe 30 seconds, and there is only one line of dialogue by the teacher. She calls the class attention and introduces a new student but doesn’t even give a name, they let the camera do that. There is no 3 minute scene to fill out a time slot. As for as the two boys walking I consider that part of the closing credits. It is a recreation of a scene used in the opening credits. There is some interesting commentary by the writers on the Blu-ray, and I will talk more about that later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864.md?page=49)