Better Off Dead (1985)
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Wikidata Q1041839, film, IMDb tt0088794, TMDB 13667: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits David Ogden Stiers as actor (the dad) (Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson); 1 more episode agrees.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
David Ogden Stiers: 1 line people ×1
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people (actor identification):
David Ogden Stiers → Better Off Dead.
The narrator is recognized as the dad from Better Off Dead.
“David Ogden Styre. The dad from Better Off Dead.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:41:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Weird Science: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Weird Science → Better Off Dead.
Weird Science is one of eight 'semi-deranged' 1985 teen movies; Better Off Dead parodies the teen movie while being one.
“Um, which is almost like parodying the teen movie as they're making a teen movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:05:09 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson, first at 0:41:42, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt, first at 0:05:05, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:58:57, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Weird Science → Better Off Dead.
Weird Science is one of eight 'semi-deranged' 1985 teen movies; Better Off Dead parodies the teen movie while being one.
“Um, which is almost like parodying the teen movie as they're making a teen movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:05:09 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
people (1)
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people (actor identification):
David Ogden Stiers → Better Off Dead.
The narrator is recognized as the dad from Better Off Dead.
“David Ogden Styre. The dad from Better Off Dead.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:41:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- David Ogden Stiers: actor (the dad) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson)
- John Cusack: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Savage Steve Holland: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)