The Rewatchables: 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly

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The extraction calls the show “The Rewatchables (The Ringer)” and the episode “'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly”.

Hosts: Craig Horlbeck. Guests: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly.

Subject films: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006).

On the transcript: No speaker labels and hosts frequently interrupt; attributions are low-medium confidence. Ad reads (Mazda, ZipRecruiter) were skipped. Bill Simmons is absent ('while Bill's not here'); Craig Horlbeck hosts, Heifetz and Kelly are guests.

Awards and segments (138)

Double feature

pick Blades of Glory: Craig wants another Will Ferrell sports comedy to pair with it.
“I'm Go Blades of Glory.”
Craig Horlbeck · 2:02:08
pick Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: Another host would rather pair it with the Ferrell and McKay classic.
“I think I would rather watch Anchorman and Talladega nights, though, together.”
unknown · 2:02:21
pick Days of Thunder: The NASCAR movie this one parodies.
“Or just watch Days of Thunder.”
unknown · 2:02:33

Most rewatchable scene

pick Ricky Bobby's fake commercials and the commercial bloopers over the end credits
“The commercials and commercial bloopers.”
Danny Kelly · 0:42:39
pick The Grace dinner scene with Walker and Texas Ranger
“My favorite scene is probably the dinner, honestly.”
unknown · 0:44:23
pick The Grace dinner scene, picked over the bar scene
“I think it has to be the dinner, but I do want to shout out the bar scene because I think the bar scene is sneaky.”
unknown · 0:46:37
runner-up The Jean Girard bar scene (crepes, 'what did France ever give the world')
“I do want to shout out the bar scene because I think the bar scene is sneaky.”
unknown · 0:46:37
floated Opening title card with the Eleanor Roosevelt quote
“Um, opening title card, not a scene, but Eleanor Roosevelt quote fucking sets the tone.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:29:35
floated Three opening vignettes: the birth in the car, the stolen car, Career Day
“Three little vignettes to start the movie?”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:29:51
floated The Grace dinner scene
“Um, we have the dinner scene.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:17
floated Ricky Bobby winning a race in reverse
“I love Ricky Bobby winning the race in reverse, which would just be like the biggest story of all time.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:33:41
floated The bar scene where we meet Jean Girard and the crepes
“Then we get the bar scene where we meet Jean-Girard.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:34:41
floated The hospital scene and the knife in the leg
“Uh, you get using the 2nd knife to pry out the 1st knife.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:36:53
floated The family swap scene
“Um, so then we have kind of Ricky's fall and then we have the wife swap scene or like the family swap scene”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:37:26
floated Cal calls Ricky about the haunted house and the stereo and TV volume
“Um, mini scene that I love is when Cal calls Ricky at night from Ricky's old house”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:38:11
floated Reese Bobby and the cougar in the car
“I missed a scene one of the best.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:10
floated Amy Adams' pep speech
“Okay, we have that we have the Amy Adams speech.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:33
floated The final foot race to the finish line
“The final race, the foot race, which I have to say, I got chills.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:42:21

Things I Just Enjoy · Small pleasures in the film that the hosts simply like.

pick Fake ads in movies, here the Jackhawk 9000 and Big Red spots
“I mean, fake ads in movies.”
unknown · 0:42:50
pick The sound of the race cars
“the sound of race cars is unbelievable.”
unknown · 0:53:01
pick Climbing into a muscle car through the window without opening the door
“getting into a muscle car through a window without opening the door.”
unknown · 0:53:15
pick Champagne when race car drivers win
“And the last one is just champagne when race car drivers win.”
unknown · 0:53:29
pick Rob Riggle and David Koechner
“The only other thing I have is Rob Riggle and David Keckner just kind of being in every comedy.”
unknown · 0:53:36
pick Shifting gears to music to aggressively pass someone
“Shifting gears in a car to music to aggressively pass someone.”
unknown · 0:53:50
pick Real-life sports announcers doing voiceover and real NASCAR B-roll
“I love the using real life sports announcers in the movies about the sports”
unknown · 0:54:39

Most Enduring Line or Joke · Craig's new category: the quote or moment that has lasted longest culturally.

winner If you ain't first, you're last: Several agree it is the one that has entered the lexicon.
“If you ain't 1st to your last, maybe?”
unknown · 0:48:19
winner If you ain't first, you're last
“1st or last is now just a part of the lexicon.”
unknown · 0:48:37
nominee Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby
“Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby, but it's got to be first.”
unknown · 0:48:34

Most 2006 Thing · The thing in the movie that is most of its year, 2006.

nominee The Nextel patch
“I think you have to start with the Nextel patch.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:49:54
winner Halliburton as a sponsor: Heifetz's winner; Halliburton was a reviled company then.
“It has to be Aliburton.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:52:17
winner Making the villain a gay French guy
“I think I think it's the making the villain a gay French guy.”
unknown · 0:52:22
nominee The sideburns and soul patch combination
“Uh, the sideburns, soul patch combination.”
unknown · 0:51:00
nominee The Circuit City mention
“Um, to play off of the Nextel thing, the mention of Circuit City.”
unknown · 0:51:22
nominee Yasmine Bleeth
“that's like looking up Yasmin Belize skirt.”
unknown · 0:51:39
nominee Amy Adams as Susan
“I have Amy Adams being a tiny, small side character in a movie.”
unknown · 0:52:25
nominee Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard
“I kind of think it's Sasha Baron Cohen in a way.”
unknown · 0:52:31

What Aged Best · What holds up best on the rewatch.

pick The racing and crash filming
“I think in general, the racing looks great.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:00
pick Leslie Bibb as Carly
“Her performance stands out more to me now than it ever has.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:20
pick Ricky trademarking 'If you ain't first or last' to the camera
“I have Ricky trademarking, if you ain't 1st or last, and literally saying to the camera.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:56:25
pick The Applebee's commercial during a crash
“Applebee's commercial during a crash.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:56:44
pick The really PC track announcer
“The the really PC track announcer, somehow, has it's, uh, it's aged well”
Danny Heifetz · 0:57:12
pick Ricky saying he can make it 245, 300 years old
“I think I can make it 245, 300 years old.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:57:43

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food or drink in the film.

nominee The crepes
“We could go crepes.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:34
nominee Big Red gum
“We could go big red gum.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:35
nominee The dinner scene with all the takeout
“We go dinner scene with all the takeout.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:37
nominee Laughing Clown malt liquor
“Laughing clown malt liquor.”
unknown · 0:58:39
winner Lucky Charms hiding the Colombian bam bam
“I think it's the lucky charms.”
unknown · 0:59:23

Gordo Award · Most cinematic shot.

pick Crane shot swooping from the racetrack into Ricky's driver's seat
“There's one crane shot that is pretty cool on top of the racetrack”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:59:29
pick The long slow-motion tumbling crash with the engine fire
“I thought like the long crash where they're tumbling in slow motion”
unknown · 0:59:41
pick The pre-race fighter jet flyover
“they do like a flyby with like 4 fighter jets.”
unknown · 1:00:02

Brock Landers Award · Best character name.

winner Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby
“I think it's Ricky Bobby.”
unknown · 1:01:15
nominee Texas Ranger (TR)
“the Texas TR Ranger is a funny joke in the movie”
unknown · 1:01:23
nominee Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy: Floated against Ricky Bobby; the hosts called it unanswerable.
“Well, the real question is, is it a better name than Ron Burgundy?”
unknown · 1:01:42

Kid Cudi Pursuit of Happiness Award · Best needle drop.

nominee King of the Road
“I have King of the Road to start the movie, which is wonderful.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:04
nominee Paint It Black in French
“Paint it black in French.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:10
nominee Faithfully by Journey
“Faithfully by Journey?”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:15
nominee TNT
“And then at the very end, TNT”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:21
nominee Cochise by Audioslave
“Audio slave, coaches”
unknown · 1:03:33
nominee Click Click Boom by Saliva
“saliva with click, click, boom.”
unknown · 1:03:49
winner We Belong by Pat Benatar: Corrected from 'We belong to each other'.
“I kind of think that is the best needle drop in the movie.”
unknown · 1:04:29

Is There a Better Title · Whether a better title existed; the hosts read the titles considered in development.

nominee High, Wide and Handsome: NASCAR reportedly disliked the name; the hosts did not like it.
“It was going to be high, wide, and handsome.”
unknown · 1:04:47
nominee Red, White and Racing: Not bad, said one host.
“The other thing they were going to call it apparently was red, white, and racing.”
unknown · 1:05:39
winner Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
“I think Talladeganites is you don't want to mess with that.”
unknown · 1:05:01

I Used to Fuck Guys Like You in Prison Award · Danny Kelly's flex category: craziest quote.

winner Susan's 'as hard as a diamond in an ice storm' line
“Because I'm about as hard as a diamond in an ice storm right now is something I say all the time.”
Danny Kelly · 1:07:13
nominee Gary Cole as Reese Bobby
“He goes, shut up, you potlicker.”
Danny Kelly · 1:07:43

Butch's Girlfriend Award · Weak link of the film.

pick Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard: Only a quibble; Craig and the others had no real weak link.
“Sasha Baron Cohen's accent is just like too much.”
unknown · 1:08:23

What Aged Worst · What has aged worst.

pick Dated cultural references (Dr. Quinn, Highlander, Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer)
“there are a lot of cultural references that I have no idea what they're talking about.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:09:25
pick Granny law and the grandmother slapping the kids
“and granny law just involves hitting the kids.”
unknown · 1:11:36
pick The homophobic humor
“The homophobic humor, obviously, was 2006 would never play now.”
unknown · 1:11:28
pick Cal saying Carly was unconscious every time they had sex
“Cal talking about how Carly was unconscious every time they've had sex?”
unknown · 1:12:18
pick The cougar named Karen
“I mean, the cougars named Karen.”
unknown · 1:12:32

Ruffalo Hannah Rubeneck Partridge Award · Overacting, here a comedy where it works.

winner Molly Shannon: The hosts say it works; she is drunk in every scene.
“Like, Molly Shannon is like fucking going for it, but I would argue it works”
unknown · 1:12:55

Stealth Movie Homage · Craig's flex category: a stealth homage to another movie. The category name is garbled in the transcript.

pick Ricky signing a woman's chest, like Happy Gilmore: Craig wonders if it is a reference.
“there's a scene when Ricky Bobby signs a woman's chest and it's exactly like Happy Gilmore when he signs the woman.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:15:11

Excellence in On-Screen Smoking · The Sean Penn I Brought My Own Pack Award, with Tom Cruise Which End Do I Light as the bad-smoking flip.

pick Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard: Jean Girard's long cigarette; they call it a bad cigarette, so it would be the Tom Cruise Which End Do I Light award.
“No, 5 out of 10.”
unknown · 1:15:44

Line That Grows on You · A quote that did not stand out the first time but is great by the 20th viewing. The name is garbled in the transcript.

winner Psychosomatic: 'So you mean he can start a fire with his thoughts?'
“I want to give it to is psychosomatic.”
unknown · 1:16:09

Best Name for a Racehorse · Heifetz's flex category: best name for a racehorse.

pick Shake and Bake
“I kind of think a horse named Shake and Bake.”
Danny Heifetz · 1:16:42
pick El Diablo
“It's like, I'm going with El Diablo.”
unknown · 1:16:48

Hottest Take Award · Hot takes.

pick NASCAR is actually way better than he thought; wants a NASCAR pod: Said he has no real hot take; suggested a NASCAR pod.
“It's just that NASCAR is actually way better than I thought.”
Danny Kelly · 1:17:38
pick Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Hottest take: the funniest sports movie ever made.
“I think this is my favorite and the funniest sports movie.”
Danny Heifetz · 1:18:22
pick Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
“My hot take is that this movie has aged better than Anchorman.”
unknown · 1:19:11
pick Talladega Nights feels too high budget and too glossy; comedies hit harder low budget
“I kind of felt this a little bit that it felt like it was too high budget.”
unknown · 1:20:38

Casting What Ifs · Almost-castings and recasts.

pick John C. Reilly as Brick Tamland: Dropped out for scheduling.
“John C. Riley was originally supposed to be Brick Tamlin from Anchorman.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:23:19
pick Jack Black as Cal Naughton: Also up for Cal; the hosts think Jack Black would steal too much thunder.
“Jack Black, Billy Crystal, and Dennis Quaid?”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:24:13
pick John Stamos as Jean Girard: The other options for Jean Girard; Stamos is the only one the hosts could see.
“Michael J. Fox, Seth Green, and John Stamos.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:24:48
pick Danny McBride as Cal or Ricky: Said it is too close to the original era to bother.
“I kind of was wondering if Danny McBride could try either role”
unknown · 1:33:36
pick Tom Hanks as Ricky Bobby: Cruise or Hanks as Ricky Bobby; Hanks wins.
“It's got to be Tom Hanks.”
unknown · 1:47:06
pick Christopher Nolan remake: Talladega Dark Knight
“Talladega Dark Knight.”
unknown · 1:33:14

David Caruso Stuff of Legends Award · Craig's own flex category: the character who should be spun off.

winner Gary Cole as Reese Bobby: Others want a serious prestige TV version of Reese's backstory.
“Reese Bobby, I don't have a whole damn movie around him.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:25:55

Joey Pants Award · Best that guy.

pick Gary Cole as Reese Bobby: Beginner-level that guy.
“The ultimate, that guy is actually Gary Cole”
unknown · 1:27:24
pick Ted Manson as Chip: Expert-level that guy: grandpa from Talladega Nights.
“I think if you want to go expert level to me, it's it's Ted Manson as chip.”
unknown · 1:27:49
pick Ian Roberts as Get her a coffin guy
“Well, I went with Ian Roberts, who is the get her a coffin line.”
unknown · 1:28:17
pick Jack McBrayer
“do people know that guy's name?”
unknown · 1:28:48
pick Greg Germann as Larry Dennett
“His name's Greg German.”
unknown · 1:29:00

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

nominee Molly Shannon
“We have Molly Shannon.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:29:14
nominee Amy Adams as Susan
“I think Amy Adams definitely qualifies.”
unknown · 1:29:42
nominee Ted Manson as Chip
“Grandpa Chip.”
unknown · 1:29:48
nominee Gary Cole as Reese Bobby: Argued he is on screen too much; others argue he starts on a run but leaves for an hour.
“I don't think Gary Cole qualifies.”
unknown · 1:30:05
nominee Michael Clarke Duncan
“So I would also give you Michael Clark Duncan.”
unknown · 1:31:41
nominee Adam McKay as Terry (original Dennit Racing driver)
“The original driver for Dennet racing at the start of the movie, Terry Chevaux, is Adam McCann?”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:31:55
winner Molly Shannon: Molly Shannon wins the award.
“I think it's Molly Shannon.”
unknown · 1:32:32

Apex Mountain · Where a star's career sits on the mountain.

pick Will Ferrell: The apex window is roughly Elf through Talladega Nights and Step Brothers.
“The point is, the 2 year window, it's probably right here.”
unknown · 1:42:26
pick John C. Reilly: Apex now, right after Walk Hard.
“I would say yes, because I believe this movie Greenlit, him getting his own star role in a movie, which is Walkhart.”
unknown · 1:42:32
pick Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard
“I mean, it has to. I mean, Bora, 3 months later, it has to be right now.”
unknown · 1:44:41
pick NASCAR
“You could argue 2006 was the apex for NASCAR.”
unknown · 1:42:57
pick Jack McBrayer as Kenneth
“This is the 1st year of 30 Rock. And he became Kenneth.”
unknown · 1:46:26
pick Gary Cole as Reese Bobby: Hard to pinpoint the apex.
“I had a great run in Veep.”
unknown · 1:46:39
pick Jane Lynch
“I'd probably say glee for Jane Lynch?”
unknown · 1:46:50
pick Amy Adams as Susan: No, she was not at her apex here.
“Um, Amy Adams, no.”
unknown · 1:44:36
pick Shake and Bake
“Got to be Apex Mountain for Shake and Bake.”
unknown · 1:44:57

Sideburns in Movies · Best sideburns in movies.

winner Billy the Butcher in Gangs of New York
“No, the American has to be gangs in New York, Billy the Butcher.”
unknown · 1:45:55

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

pick Ricky is rich, so why does he end up delivering pizza
“isn't he still incredibly rich?”
unknown · 1:47:52
pick The team owner dad disappears and the son takes over without explanation
“bothers me is the opening part with the owner, the dad.”
unknown · 1:49:03
pick Dennit Jr. dropping Ricky for refusing to win the points title
“the reason Dennett Jr. moves on from Ricky is because he refuses to win the points title.”
unknown · 1:49:42
pick The Talladega race is not really why the movie is named for it
“I kind of forget sometimes that the race, it's not really for anything.”
unknown · 1:50:10

Sequel, Prequel, Prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or TV show they would make.

pick A sequel, though he is glad there isn't one
“This 100% could have been a sequel, and I'm glad it's not, but they could have totally done it.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:50:47
pick Ricky Bobby goes to Europe for Formula One: Reported idea that was considered.
“McKay said they had an idea where Ricky Bobby goes to Europe to do Formula One.”
unknown · 1:50:52
pick A horror movie about the haunted house
“spinoff I want to see, by the way, a horror movie.”
unknown · 1:55:43

Better With a Chris Ryan Impression · Whether the movie is better with one of Chris Ryan's impressions; the hosts stand in for him.

pick Tom Brady doing play-by-play
“I was just thinking, what if Tom Brady was doing the play-by-play?”
unknown · 1:52:22

Just One Oscar · If you could give one Oscar to anyone for this movie.

nominee Sound (the NASCAR sound)
“I mean, the lame answer is the sound is actually shockingly good.”
unknown · 1:53:44
winner Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby
“then, yeah, Will, and it's Will Ferrell.”
unknown · 1:54:01

Unanswerable questions · Questions the movie never answers.

pick What happens with Cal and Carly after the movie
“So kind of what happens with Cal and Carly now.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:54:19
pick Does the slingshot actually work
“My next unanswerable is does the slingshot actually work?”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:55:55
pick How many people were conceived in a Rustler Steakhouse bathroom
“how many people do you think have been conceived in a rustler steakhouse bathroom?”
unknown · 1:57:36
pick Is this the most product placement ever in a movie
“I do wonder if it's the most product placement ever in a movie.”
unknown · 1:57:47
pick Where to find the cow spread for Playgirl magazine
“I want to know where I can find the cow spread for Playgirl magazine.”
unknown · 1:57:49
pick Is Ricky right about praying to baby Jesus
“do you think Ricky's right about the praying to baby Jesus thing?”
unknown · 1:58:13

Memorabilia · The prop or item they would own.

pick The Wonder Bread hat
“I think it's got to be the Wonder Bred hat.”
unknown · 1:59:02
pick Will Ferrell's Crystal Gayle shirt
“I think I want Will Ferrell's Crystal Gale shirt.”
unknown · 1:59:15
pick The cougar mannequin
“I kind of want the cougar.”
unknown · 1:59:20
pick The car from the movie
“kind of want that car.”
unknown · 1:59:44
pick Reese Bobby's wardrobe
“He has some great clothes.”
unknown · 1:59:52
pick A six-pack of the malt liquor
“You just want a 6 pack of the malt liquor.”
unknown · 1:59:54

Mr. Miyagi Award · Best and worst life lesson.

winner You could be second, third, fourth, or even fifth
“the point of the movie is you should be winning for yourself, not for anyone else.”
unknown · 2:00:35
winner If you ain't first, you're last
“Greatness was built on 1st or last.”
unknown · 2:00:58
pick Sometimes people don't change (Reese Bobby)
“sometimes people don't change.”
unknown · 2:01:01

Who Won the Movie · Who won the movie.

winner Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby: 'Feral' is a mishearing of Ferrell.
“I think it's feral.”
unknown · 2:02:43
nominee John C. Reilly as Cal Naughton
“Then he won at the end.”
unknown · 2:02:52

Harrison Butker Award · Flex category for a speech Harrison Butker would love.

winner Amy Adams as Susan: The Amy Adams pep speech.
“You need to rev your engine.”
unknown · 0:40:48

Films that came up

Claims (52)

unmapped (creative team): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Adam McKay. Written by Ferrell and McKay, directed by McKay, produced by Judd Apatow.
“directed by Adam McKay. Written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, starring Will Ferrell, produced by Judd Appatow, made a bunch of money.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:01:13 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them)
unmapped (naming): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Step Brothers. Subtitle-heavy comedy era; Step Brothers was nearly titled with Catalina wine mixer.
“I think Step Brothers was going to have the title, something about the Catalina wine mixer was going to be in it.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:02:42 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
people (collaborators): Will Ferrell → Adam McKay. They made only four films together as director and star.
“Those are the only movies that McKay directed that Farrell acted in.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:06:31 · Danny Heifetz (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (split): Will Ferrell → Adam McKay. They fell out when McKay passed over Ferrell for the Jerry Buss role in Winning Time and cast John C. Reilly.
“McKay didn't want Farrell and picked John C. Riley.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:07:51 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (analogy): Will Ferrell → Steph Curry. Ferrell is the Steph Curry of comedy: highest three-point percentage while taking the most threes.
“Will Ferrell actually, to me, is like the Steph Curry of comedy in that he somehow has the highest three-point percentage, even though he's also taking the most threes.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:09:42 · Danny Heifetz (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (successor): Will Ferrell → Tim Robinson. Robinson plays a similar cocky-idiot character but is more niche; quotes spread through memes.
“I think he's kind of even trying to do the same character style of like the cocky idiot”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:10:15 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
people (scene-stealing cameo): Will Ferrell → Zoolander. Ferrell's Mugatu is arguably the funniest person in Zoolander.
“He is arguably the funniest person in that movie in some of those movies, like the Mugattu in Zoolander.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:15:05 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
people (scene-stealing cameo): Will Ferrell → Wedding Crashers. Ferrell as Chaz in Wedding Crashers is called the best part.
“Literally the most best part of Wedding Crashers?”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:15:30 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (repeated joke): Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues → Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Anchorman 2 recycled the pretending-to-be-blind gag from Talladega's paralyzed scene.
“And like, that's just the Talladega paralyzed scene.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:21:14 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (successor): Will Ferrell → Shane Gillis. Gillis is floated as the person who could be the next big comedy movie star.
“I think it's Shane Gillis, although... I don't know.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:22:25 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (second banana): John C. Reilly → Will Ferrell. Reilly happily plays number two to Ferrell like Jeff Daniels with Jim Carrey.
“Kind of like Jeff Daniels with Jim Carrey.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:25:54 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Jay-Z → Blades of Glory. A host notes the Jay-Z and Kanye album Watch the Throne opens by clipping Blades of Glory.
“think about watch the throne. literally starts by clipping Blades of Glory.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:32:54 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Jay-Z → Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. A host theorizes the Jay-Z and Beyonce song "Apeshit" (video shot in the Louvre) only exists because this film made "ape shit" a thing.
“I do not think that Beyonce and Jay-Z make a song called Apeshit without this movie.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:33:15 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
people (prior role): Amy Adams → Catch Me If You Can. She had been the brief love interest in Catch Me If You Can three years earlier.
“She did catch me if you can.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:41:38 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career timing): Amy Adams → Junebug. Adams shot Talladega as she was about to break out with Junebug and her Oscar nomination.
“it was like right as Amy Adams was about to take off.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:41:56 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (later work): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Vice. The Halliburton reference foreshadows McKay making Vice a decade later.
“And then he went and made vice.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:50:39 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career timing): Sacha Baron Cohen → Borat. Borat arrived three months after Talladega, which makes Cohen's role a 2006 marker and Apex Mountain moment.
“Borat came out 3 months after this.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:52:41 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (similar element): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Baby Driver. Hosts like shifting-gears-to-music moments, evoking Baby Driver.
“Do you like the movie Baby Driver?”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:54:06 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (title formula): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The Ballad of Ricky Bobby echoes the Legend of Ron Burgundy naming pattern of the 2006 era.
“Honestly, that's a 2006 thing is titling movies like this.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:02:38 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Pat Benatar → Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Her song over the finale is picked as the best needle drop in the movie, ahead of the Journey, Audioslave and Saliva cues.
“I kind of think that is the best needle drop in the movie.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:04:29 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (joke reference): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Dodgeball. Chuck Norris gag: Dodgeball's Chuck Norris cameo is why they could not re-use him.
“They had just done the fuck you, Chuck Norris and dodgeball.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:05:20 · Craig Horlbeck (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (parody target): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Days of Thunder. The film is not a direct parody but spoofs movies like Days of Thunder; Reilly was in both.
“I don't think this movie is like a direct parody of that, but it is parodying movies like Days of Thunder.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:05:52 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (quote source): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Road House. Danny's craziest quote award nominee is from Road House.
“I used to fuck guys like you in prison.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:06:57 · Danny Kelly (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (dated reference): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Highlander. Highlander is one of several pop-culture references in the film that has aged.
“The movie Highlander is referenced.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:10:17 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (shared gag): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Happy Gilmore. Ricky Bobby signing a woman's chest echoes Happy Gilmore.
“there's a scene when Ricky Bobby signs a woman's chest and it's exactly like Happy Gilmore when he signs the woman.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:15:11 · Craig Horlbeck (0.70 sure it was them)
unmapped (funniest sports comedy): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Happy Gilmore. Talladega is argued as second funniest or funnier sports movie, with Happy Gilmore as the challenger.
“I think it's more universally loved than Happy Gilmore, and I think it's probably an easier sell to somebody.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:18:41 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (same team): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Same Ferrell/McKay run; Talladega came right after Anchorman and the hosts rank which has aged better.
“My hot take is that this movie has aged better than Anchorman.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:19:11 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (practical vs CGI): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Neighbors 2. Practical comedy in Talladega contrasted with CGI gags that fail, such as in Neighbors 2.
“I find that we overrely on CGI to convey humor now.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:21:37 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (practical effects): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Miniatures in Star Wars and 2001 look better than computer spaceships in Avengers.
“I think that the spaceship in the beginning of Star Wars and in Space Odyssey looks better now than the spaceship at the beginning of like Avengers.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:22:10 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (lived-in look): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Superbad. Older comedies like Superbad feel lived in, unlike shiny modern streaming movies.
“when I watch super bad. I'm like, I feel like I'm there at a normal high school”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:22:59 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): John C. Reilly → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Reilly was first meant to play Brick but had a scheduling conflict.
“John C. Riley was originally supposed to be Brick Tamlin from Anchorman.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:23:19 · Craig Horlbeck (0.60 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): John C. Reilly → Steve Carell. Hearing Reilly was almost Brick, the hosts say Carell now owns the role.
“I kind of can't, you, it can't not be Steve Carell now in the brick roll.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:23:55 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
people (that guy): Gary Cole → Office Space. Gary Cole is the beginner-level that guy: Lumbergh and Ricky Bobby's dad.
“he was Lumberg and fucking Office Space.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:27:38 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
people (that guy): Ian Roberts → Arrested Development. The get-her-a-coffin guy is the doctor from Arrested Development.
“He is, by the way, the literal doctor from Arrested Development.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:28:24 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (analogy): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → The Godfather. Reese Bobby is like Vito Corleone, a godfather figure who is in little of the movie but too important for the Dion Waiters award.
“it's like in the Godfather, you know, Vito Corleone is not in the movie that much, but he can't be Dion Waiters.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:31:25 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (remake what-if): Christopher Nolan → Days of Thunder 2. Joking that Nolan should dark-knight the NASCAR comedy by directing Days of Thunder 2 with Tom Cruise.
“Dark Knight, Talladega Knights.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:33:11 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
people (cast overlap): John C. Reilly → Days of Thunder. Reilly appeared in Days of Thunder and in Talladega Nights.
“I mentioned that John C. Riley was in both Days of Thunder and this movie.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:34:04 · Danny Kelly (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (product placement): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Wayne's World. Wayne's World's product-placement bit is condensed to one scene whereas Talladega's is constant.
“But this movie, it's ever present.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:35:25 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people): Roy Lee Farrell → Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell's father, a saxophonist and keyboardist with the Righteous Brothers, has a song in the film.
“the Will Ferrell's dad played sacks and keyboards with the righteous brothers for like 20 years.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:35:44 · Danny Kelly (0.30 sure it was them)
verdict (Apex Mountain): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Elf. Elf is Ferrell's biggest commercial movie; Talladega and Step Brothers compete as peaks.
“But Elf, I think, is the biggest movie he's like commercially.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:41:07 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career payoff): John C. Reilly → Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Talladega Nights greenlit Reilly's lead role in Walk Hard, an apex moment for him.
“I believe this movie Greenlit, him getting his own star role in a movie, which is Walkhart.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:42:32 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career timing): Jack McBrayer → 30 Rock. Talladega was 30 Rock's first year; McBrayer became Kenneth and was in Forgetting Sarah Marshall two years later.
“This is the 1st year of 30 Rock. And he became Kenneth.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:46:26 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career timing): Jane Lynch → Glee. Her Apex Mountain moment is Glee.
“I'd probably say glee for Jane Lynch?”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:46:50 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): Tom Hanks → Forrest Gump. Hanks as Ricky Bobby would play like Forrest Gump adjacent, over-the-top Southern American.
“Like, like Forrest Gump adjacent.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:47:23 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (running gag): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Forrest Gump. Gump later becoming a NASCAR driver on a lawnmower.
“Of course, Gump later in life becomes a NASCAR driver.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:47:27 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (analogy): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Seinfeld. Talladega is named like Titleist in the Seinfeld golf-ball episode, a funny name rather than a meaningful one.
“it's kind of like the joke in Seinfeld, where they make the, it has to be titleist for Kramer hitting the golf ball.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:50:19 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (Oscar hypothetical): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → The Departed. Asking whether Mark Wahlberg in The Departed beats Reilly in Talladega at that year's Oscars.
“Is he actually better in the departed than John C. Riley is in Talladeganites?”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:53:12 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (joke reference): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Boogie Nights. The Playgirl photo-shoot gag prompts Boogie Nights.
“It's called boogie nights.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:58:11 · Danny Kelly (0.30 sure it was them)
programming (double feature): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Blades of Glory. Pairing Will Ferrell sports comedies.
“No, I want Will Ferrell playing sports.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 2:02:13 · Danny Kelly (0.50 sure it was them)
programming (double feature): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Alternate double feature pick: Anchorman and Talladega.
“I think I would rather watch Anchorman and Talladega nights, though, together.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 2:02:21 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (same year): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Cars. Cars (Pixar) was released the same year as Talladega Nights and is a double feature candidate.
“Also, Cars was released in the same year.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 2:02:28 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
programming (double feature): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Days of Thunder. Another double feature option: pair with Days of Thunder.
“Or just watch Days of Thunder.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 2:02:33 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items (23)

fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: The film was pitched with no script in six words and Sony greenlit it.
“The pitch was Will Ferrell as a NASCAR driver.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:05:27 · Craig Horlbeck (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Adam McKay / Will Ferrell: They were hired the same day at SNL, started Funny or Die and Gary Sanchez, then split over Winning Time casting.
“they were hired at SNL and the exact same day.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:06:59 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Most rewatchable scene: the Baby Jesus dinner grace. Hosts say it's quotes per minute; Danny credits the scene with popularizing 'ape shit' and wildly theorizes about Jay-Z.
“Quotes per minute that still stick to this day.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:45:33 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Most enduring line: 'If you ain't first, you're last.' The hosts say it's now in the lexicon; one researched claim ties it to Vince Lombardi's 'winning isn't everything, it's the only thing'.
“1st or last is now just a part of the lexicon.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:48:37 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Most 2006 thing: Nextel patch, Halliburton sponsorship, Circuit City, Yasmine Bleeth, sideburns with soul patch, the gay French villain. Winner debated between Halliburton and the French villain.
“I think it's the making the villain a gay French guy.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:52:22 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Test-screening legend: the head of NASCAR laughed at the driver's wife line and then everyone else laughed.
“no one would laugh until he laughed”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:55:46 · Danny Kelly (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Needle drops: King of the Road, Paint It Black in French, Faithfully, TNT, Audioslave's Cochise, Saliva's Click Click Boom; the best pick is 'We Belong'.
“I kind of think that is the best needle drop in the movie.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:04:29 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Alternate titles during development: High, Wide and Handsome and Red, White and Racing; NASCAR did not like the name.
“It was going to be high, wide, and handsome.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:04:47 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Hottest takes: the funniest sports movie ever made; has aged better than Anchorman.
“the funniest sports movie. Never made.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:18:03 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Will Ferrell: Hot take that the film is too glossy and Hollywood, and that comedy is better practical than with CGI.
“it felt like it was too high budget.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:20:38 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Casting what-ifs: Cal was shopped to Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Dennis Quaid; Jean Girard to Michael J. Fox, Seth Green and John Stamos.
“Michael J. Fox, Seth Green, and John Stamos.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:24:48 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Gary Cole / Reese Bobby: Reese gets the first fifteen jokes of the movie, vanishes for an hour, and is argued to be too important to be a Dion Waiters pick; the hosts want a Reese Bobby spinoff.
“The 1st 15 jokes of this movie are just Gary Cole.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:30:27 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Adam McKay: McKay as Terry Chevaux, the race driver who keeps stopping for a burger and a phone call, was the Dion Waiters candidate and a surprise cameo.
“Terry Chevaux, is Adam McCann?”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:31:55 · Danny Kelly (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Molly Shannon: Dion Waiters winner: she is drunk in two or three scenes, steals each, and has the vibration speech at the race.
“I think it's Molly Shannon.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:32:32 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Product placement: Sony reportedly did not charge Wonder Bread, Old Spice or Perrier, and hosts still wonder if it's the most product placement in a movie ever.
“Sony did not actually charge brands like Wonder Bread, Old Spice or Perrier to feature their products in the movie.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:34:10 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: The slow comeback scene: Ferrell's hesitant 26 miles per hour pace is an homage to the actors' real terror in a test drive.
“he's going like 26 miles an hour”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:36:17 · Danny Kelly (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly: On a three-hour track rental they each drove 60 seconds, came back pale and silent, tried to leave, and Reilly pushed them back into the car.
“Will Ferrell did a run for 60 seconds and came back and was silent and white as a ghost.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:36:46 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: The dinner scene took a full day to shoot; Ferrell fed lines to the kids and the camera operator had to say cut because he was shaking from laughing.
“The camera operator had to say cut. because he was laughing so hard.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:38:35 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Plot unanswerables: where did Ricky's $21.6M go (Carly and Cal embezzled?), does the slingshot work, did Dennit's dad die, why is Talladega not special.
“Where's all his money?”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:48:00 · Danny Kelly (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Sequel idea: McKay once thought of Ricky Bobby going to Europe for Formula One; hosts say it should stay untouchable.
“McKay said they had an idea where Ricky Bobby goes to Europe to do Formula One.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:50:52 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Memorabilia wish list: Wonder Bread hat, Crystal Gayle shirt, the stuffed cougar, Reese Bobby's wardrobe, six-pack of Laughing Clown malt liquor.
“I want Game Warren Reese Bobby's wardrobe.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:59:49 · Craig Horlbeck (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Life lesson fight: 'first or last' versus 'you could be second, third, fourth or fifth'; the bit where Reese scalps the tickets he sent is called the best bit in any movie ever.
“The scalping of the tickets immediately after finally showing up is the best bit in any movie ever.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 2:01:15 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Will Ferrell: Who won the movie: Ferrell, as the biggest movie star in the world and defining comedy guy; hosts lament the loss of the star era.
“Farrel wins the movie.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 2:02:58 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)

Who's talking

Craig Horlbeck (host): Loves Talladega Nights above Will Ferrell's more famous comedies and treats it as his definition of Ferrell. Likes quotable ensemble comedies, fake ads and bloopers. Can't stand overthinking plot holes, and is a sucker for sports and NASCAR spectacle.
Danny Heifetz (guest): Calls Talladega his favorite Will Ferrell movie and the comedy of his childhood. Loves quotable movies and Will Ferrell as the last comedy movie star, reveres Reese Bobby and the bar scene. Can't stand how the genre has faded.
Danny Kelly (guest): Fond of fake ads, commercial bloopers, gag-heavy dinner scenes and low-budget grounded comedies. Dislikes CGI gags and glossy blockbusters. Always stirring a hot take, like Talladega being too Hollywood.

The show's recurring bits

Apex Mountain: The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits.
Who Won the Movie: The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off.
The Ebert review: Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show.
Casting what-ifs: Who was almost cast, or who should have been.
Most rewatchable scene: The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels.
Aged best / aged worst: What holds up and what does not.
Picking Nits: The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits.
Double feature: The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick.

Names the transcriber got wrong

Danny Heifitz / Hi Fitz / High Fits = Danny Heifetz
DK / Deac = Danny Kelly
Talladeganites / Talladegan Heights / Talladega Knights / Tal Digonites = Talladega Nights
Appatow = Apatow
Riley = John C. Reilly
Ferral / Farrell / Feral = Will Ferrell
Jake Kring's Strifles = Jake Kring-Schreifels (Ringer writer)
Adam McCann = Adam McKay (cameo)
Ted Manson = Ted Manson (name uncertain)
Jay-Z Beyonce Apeshit = The Carters, APESHIT
Larry Dennett = Larry Dennit
Lucious = Lucius Washington
Harrison Bucker = Harrison Butker
Gordo / Joey Pants awards = Joe Pantoliano ('That Guy' award)
Mugattu = Mugatu
Walkhart / Walkhard = Walk Hard
Jean-Girard = Jean Girard
Reese Bobby = Reese Bobby
Kay = McKay