The Rewatchables' awards

The categories, most rewatchable scenes, and double features from the episodes read for them so far: 95 films and 1 episode about no one film. Every pick is a host's opinion, with who said it and when.

Unintentional Comedy: 21 picks in 6 episodes

Every film and category

The Insider (1999) · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Unintentional Comedy · Moments that are funny without meaning to be.

  1. pick The golf driving range with two guys golfing in suits
    “I had, uh, just the the golf driving range.”
    unknown · 1:09:42
  2. pick Gina Gershon
    “I have Gina Gershon as a high powered corporate.”
    unknown · 1:10:01
  3. pick The hotel room wall melting to Wigand's kids on the beach
    “I'm throwing in the scene when he's in the hotel room and he's staring in the wall and it, look, oh, and it melts?”
    unknown · 1:10:42
  4. pick Everyone in the movie is rich, so the stakes are hard to take seriously
    “I think I think if you look closely at the movie, it's a little hard to take the emotional stakes as seriously because everybody in this movie is so rich.”
    unknown · 1:11:01

A Few Good Men (1992) · ‘A Few Good (Re)Men’ Live From L.A. With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Unintentional Comedy Award · The funniest thing in the movie that was not meant to be funny.

  1. winner Drunk Tom Cruise: Already won the award in the first episode.
    “Uh, drunk drunk cruise wins.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:57
  2. nominee Cruise hitting softballs way too hard: He looks like he has never held a bat.
    “We already have the award. Cruise hitting softballs way too hard.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:27
  3. nominee Kendrick laughing at the blow job joke
    “Kendrick laughing after the blowjob joke we mentioned.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:44
  4. nominee Jessup's sudden anti-Semitic line to Weinberg
    “And then randomly anti-Semitic Jessop, when he's like, you, Lieutenant Weinberg?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:48

Mission: Impossible (1996) · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion

Unintentional comedy · Moments that are funny without meaning to be.

  1. nominee Ethan scrolling Usenet groups with his eyes closed and missing the letter A
    “Ethan Hunt is scrolling through these Usenet groups and he closes his eyes.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:50:26
  2. nominee Watching the McLaughlin Group in crystal clear video in a Prague hotel room
    “And maybe my favorite piece of unintentional comedy is Senator John Walzer, Democrat of Virginia appearing on the McLaughlin group, and them being able to watch the McLaughlin group in crystal clear video in a hotel room in Prague.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:50:58
  3. winner 'You are the Net Ranger, right?': Chosen because Ethan says it so sincerely.
    “We're going to go with Net Ranger, because he says it so sincerely.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:54:41

Jaws (1975) · 'Jaws,' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Unintentional Comedy · What makes them laugh that isn't meant to.

  1. pick The shark while the boat is sinking and Quint is being eaten
    “Like I said, I feel like the shark, when the boat is sinking and Quinn is being eaten, I kind of laughed.”
    unknown · 1:13:36
  2. pick Mrs. Brody realizes from an old book illustration that a shark could bite a boat
    “One thing, actually, one scene that I always thought was really good, but then made me laugh a little bit when I just rewatched is when the Schider's 2 sons are out on the water after the 1st attack”
    unknown · 1:13:56
  3. pick The man in the boat who offers Danny a hand after he falls in
    “I have to say that I, for some reason, always laugh when that guy in the boat comes up to help Danny once he's fallen in.”
    unknown · 1:14:42
  4. pick Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" playing before the shark attack
    “There's a song playing on the beach and it's Olivia Newton John's.”
    unknown · 1:15:25

You've Got Mail (1998) · 'You’ve Got Mail' With Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

Unintentional comedy · The funniest thing in the movie that isn't meant to be.

  1. pick The houseboats
    “there is one unintentional, greatdic thing, which is the presence of houseboats.”
    unknown · 0:46:08

The Departed (2006) · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

The unintentional comedy award · The funniest things in the movie that were not meant to be funny.

  1. nominee Scorsese's Rolling Stones fetish
    “Scorsese Stone's fetish we covered.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:57
  2. nominee Nicholson's dildo
    “Nicholson's dildo.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:25
  3. nominee The flip phones
    “The flip phones are just funny now.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:37
  4. nominee Damon's impotency issues
    “Damon's weird impetus impotency issues.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:42
  5. winner Jack Nicholson running away at the end: A 30-second scene of Nicholson running, body going in all directions.
    “Nicholson leaves his car and starts running, and there's this 32nd scene of Jack Nicholson running.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:37:19