Knocked Up (2007)
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Wikidata Q222800, film, IMDb tt0478311, TMDB 4964: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Judd Apatow as producer (‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics); 6 more episodes agree.
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The Rewatchables' awards
From ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck (2022-06-07):
Double feature
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This Is 40: Bill wants to run the same characters back, picking the sequel as the pair.
“I would say this is 40 because you're just, you're running it back.”
Bill Simmons · 1:20:56 -
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Craig saw only a glimpse of the supporting guys and wants a movie where they are more prominent, especially Jason Segel.
“So I would go like forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:20 -
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Adventureland: Juliet likes that it shares cast members like Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig and Martin Starr and is directed by the Superbad director.
“I would go with Adventureland, which is one of my favorite movies, and it has a lot of these people, Bill Hader, Kristen Wig, Martin Starr.”
Juliet Litman · 1:21:43
Most rewatchable scene
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The guys ripping on Martin the bearded guy (Scorsese on Coke, Yusuf Islam, Robin Williams knuckles).
“I just so you know, nothing delights me more than a bunch of guys making fun of a friend for some sort of them making fun of Martin the bearded guy.”
Bill Simmons · 0:33:46 -
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The nightclub scene, especially the dice bit while Seth Rogen dances.
“I just, I love being in a nightclub with them for that 5 minutes.”
Bill Simmons · 0:37:06 -
floated
Kristen Wiig's weight-loss scene at E!.
“The, uh, the weight loss scene with Kristen Wig is really good.”
Bill Simmons · 0:35:09 -
floated
The double date where the two men tell Rudd and Mann to take the time machine back and have each other.
“I love the double date.”
unknown · 0:38:52 -
floated
The Vegas trip and the doorman scene with Craig Robinson.
“And then I have the Vegas trip is really funny because it ties in that whole stretch of the Vegas trip and the doorman scene when they can't get in the club and Craig Robinson has this whole thing.”
unknown · 0:39:45 -
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The fantasy baseball draft scene.
“Um, the fantasy baseball scene is just...”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:04 -
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Alison's first visit to the guys' house, with Jonah Hill awkward watching Wild Things.
“I like when she goes to the house for the 1st time because I feel like that is a very good representation of how anyone would feel.”
Juliet Litman · 0:40:43 -
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The breakfast table scene with Seth Rogen and Maude Apatow.
“I just, one we didn't mention, actually, when Seth Rogen is interacting with Maud Apatow for the 1st time at the breakfast table and they're explaining why he slept over and whatever.”
Juliet Litman · 0:41:27
What Aged the Best · What in the movie holds up best today.
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Jonah Hill yelling
“And him yelling. Jonah Hill yelling has aged the best.”
Juliet Litman · 0:42:12 -
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Debbie and Pete's Brentwood house and its coastal California interiors
“Debbie Pete's house and the neighborhood of Brentwood looks the same and still fabulous.”
Juliet Litman · 0:44:44 -
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The Laramie Tunsil gas mask: He didn't know what it was at the time.
“The Laramie Tunsil gas mask, I think his age's the best, because I didn't know what that was at the time.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:13 -
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Jason Segel naked after the earthquake, cigarette in his mouth
“Jason Siegel loving to be naked.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:45:29 -
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Seth Rogen's Matthew Fox dig
“And then my last one was Seth Rogan's Matthew Fox dig.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:45:46 -
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Ryan Seacrest making fun of himself
“The Seacrest making fun of himself and being funny, I think, is at what stage the best.”
Juliet Litman · 0:46:22
What Aged the Worst · What in the movie plays worst today.
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The Sprint trio cell phone close-up
“It's been rough times for the sprint trio over the next 15 years.”
unknown · 0:50:46 -
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Catherine Heigl's 2005 club wardrobe
“Um, we must discuss Catherine Heigel's wardrobe?”
Juliet Litman · 0:52:14 -
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Debbie being anti-vax
“Debbie being anti-vax?”
Juliet Litman · 0:53:12 -
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The fake-looking prosthetic pregnancy bump
“Her prosthetic bump?”
Juliet Litman · 0:53:05 -
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The actors playing Ben's friends using their real names: Because those actors are now iconic, who they are as real people intrudes on the movie.
“I think that's aged poorly, especially because so many of those actors are now iconic.”
Juliet Litman · 0:51:55
Slow Ride Award · The best needle drop.
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Rock Lobster by The B-52's
“I gotta go rock lobster, the B 52s.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:21 -
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Rock Lobster by The B-52's
“Start of the movie.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:30
Big Kahuna Burger Award · The best food or drink that made them hungry or thirsty.
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The two beers
“I'm going to go with the 2 beers.”
unknown · 0:47:49
Benihana Award · The best scene-stealing location.
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Swingers Diner
“The Swingers Diner.”
unknown · 0:48:09 -
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Geisha House
“I know this is a speed round, but we just, we must mention Geisha House.”
Juliet Litman · 0:48:51
Great Shot Gordo Award · The best shot of the movie.
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The mushrooms-in-Vegas sequence filmed from the audience seats
“I have them when they're on mushrooms in Vegas, how they filmed it when they were in the seats.”
unknown · 0:48:38
Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.
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winner
The fantasy baseball cheating subplot: Nine minutes of sidetrack with no payoff; Bill thinks Judd fell in love with that storyline.
“but this whole fantasy football cheating subplot sidetrack we take for really no payoff at all, I don't know if it was worth it.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:42
Ron Burgundy Award (best time for a pee break) · The best time to go pee during a tough stretch of the movie.
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winner
The 7.5 minutes of labor before the hospital
“I would take a long 7 minute pee during that.”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:36
Better Title · Whether the movie had a better title.
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Knocked Up: No better title; it is the perfect one.
“Knocked Up is the perfect title for this movie.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:08 -
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Knocked Up: Notes that abroad it is called A Little Bit Pregnant or Slightly Pregnant but she would not change it.
“I think knocked up is a fantastic title.”
Juliet Litman · 0:55:23
Best Quote · The best line of the movie.
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winner
Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond: Bill also floated the line about having kids and dreams going out the window.
“Or marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of everybody loves raymond, only a dozen last 22 minutes.”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:28
Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · The hottest take on the movie.
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Katherine Heigl and Lindsay Lohan: Calls them the two lost superstars of the decade.
“I just think her and Lohan are the 2 lost superstars from this decade.”
Bill Simmons · 0:25:19 -
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Flesh of the Stars is a better name than Mr. Skin
“Flesh of the Stars is a better name than Mr. Skin.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:12 -
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Alison should have had an abortion: Argues Ben has nothing and Alison herself said she didn't want the child to define her life.
“She should have had an abortion.”
Juliet Litman · 0:56:26
Casting What-Ifs · Almost-castings and auditions.
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Anne Hathaway as Alison: Originally cast and dropped out, reportedly over the plan to use real birth footage; Juliet says she would have been good.
“Anne Hathaway, originally cast.”
Bill Simmons · 0:57:06 -
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Mila Kunis as Alison: Auditioned and didn't get it; Apatow remembered her for Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
“We know Mila Kunis auditioned and didn't get it, but Jed Appatau remembered her and put her around forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:28 -
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Sydney Sweeney as Alison
“but I have Sidney Sweeney in the Heiger role.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:49 -
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Gaten Matarazzo as Ben
“What about Gated Moderazo from Stranger Things?”
unknown · 1:05:05
Ruffalo-Hanna-Rubinek-Partridge Overacting Award · The most over-the-top performance; the Teddy KGB Award segment (a second overacting round) is folded in here.
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winner
Charlene Yi as Jodi: The pigtailed stoner; Bill says the character didn't work and she went too hard on the improv.
“I don't know. I just, that character just didn't work for me.”
Bill Simmons · 1:01:14 -
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Ken Jeong as Dr. Kuni: Too mean and over the top as the doctor.
“I think it's Ken Jong.”
unknown · 1:03:29 -
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Martin Starr: Doing his own thing, and it works.
“Martin Starr is just doing his own thing and I love it, but he's It kind of works.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:22
Judith Myers Award · The character who would be killed in the first few minutes if it were a horror movie.
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Jay Baruchel: Bill then corrects himself that Michael Sarah is the one who gets impaled in This Is the End.
“That has to be Jay Bar show, right?”
Bill Simmons · 1:02:03
Best That Guy · The best that-guy actor in the movie.
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Tim Bagley as the OB-GYN
“His name is Tim Bagley.”
Bill Simmons · 1:02:30 -
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Joanna Kerns as Alison and Debbie's mom: The mom from Growing Pains.
“Her name is Joanna Kearns, growing pains before your time, Craig, but it was a Kurt Cameron sitcom.”
Bill Simmons · 1:02:43 -
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Alan Tudyk as Alison's boss at E!: Bill agrees he should have had him.
“I'm shocked you're not talking about Alan Tudek.”
unknown · 1:02:58
Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.
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Ryan Seacrest
“Ryan Seacrest.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:10 -
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Bill Hader
“Kristen Wig, Bill Hader, Iris Apatow, Stormy Daniels and Craig Robinson.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:11 -
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Craig Robinson
“Craig Robinson seems really good, but I think for me, it's Kristen Wig.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:30 -
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Kristen Wiig as the E! executive: Two scenes, really funny in both; Craig breaks the tie for Wiig.
“It's got to be wig.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:34
Half-Fast Internet Research · Trivia dug up online.
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Jay Baruchel is terrified of roller coasters, so his reactions were real
“Jay Barr show is terrified of roller coaster.”
unknown · 1:05:22 -
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A DVD special feature where Michael Sera is fired and Bennett Miller co-directs
“Do you know about this special feature on the DVD where Michael Sarah gets fired from the film because he's arguing with Appatau, and then another director named Bennett Miller comes in to codirect with Appatau, and it's all like basically a wrestling work.”
Bill Simmons · 1:05:30 -
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Heigl's Maxim Hot 100 ranking in 2007
“Juliet, where do you think Catherine Hagel was ranked on Maxim Magazine's hot 100 of 2007 list?”
Bill Simmons · 1:05:45 -
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Heigl's animals in 2014
“She owned 8 dogs, 4 cats, 9 horses, 2 donkeys, 2 goats, and 8 chickens.”
Bill Simmons · 1:06:15 -
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Wild Things: Neve Campbell topless in a pool scene that is not in either version of the movie
“Wild Things a movie.”
Bill Simmons · 1:06:45
Apex Mountain · Where a star's career sits on the mountain at this movie.
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winner
Katherine Heigl: Bill compares it to Vinny Chase in Aquaman territory; the others agree.
“Heigel's got to be, yes, right?”
Bill Simmons · 1:07:45 -
winner
Seth Rogen: Bill argues the apex is right now, with Superbad coming two months later and anything greenlit.
“It's probably that 2 months later.”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:54 -
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Leslie Mann: Probably her peak as lead actress in a big movie, in This Is 40.
“I think it's probably leading, this is 40.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:05
Hall of Fame · Which movie hangs on a person's Hall of Fame plaque.
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow's plaque; this one close)
“I think I would go with a 40-year-old virgin, but this is close.”
unknown · 1:12:17 -
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Superbad (Seth Rogen's plaque)
“I think that's super bad.”
unknown · 1:12:32
Best racehorse name · The best racehorse name from the movie.
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Drinking Bone
“Smash Martian, or this is my favorite, Drinking Bone.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:08 -
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Pregnant with Emotion
“Pregnant with emotion?”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:13:25 -
winner
Flesh of the Stars: Bill agrees it is the winner.
“And then, I mean, could you toss in flesh of the stars?”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:13:28
Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a movie they like.
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Being told to lose 20 pounds
“We mentioned they told Catherine Agger to lose 20 pounds.”
Bill Simmons · 1:13:39 -
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The condom miscommunication
“Where do we stand on the miscommunication on the condom?”
Bill Simmons · 1:13:44 -
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Alison staying at the bar alone without her sister
“She would never stay at the bar alone without her sister?”
Juliet Litman · 1:15:12 -
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How Ben and the guys got into the nightclub
“How did Ben and Co even get in?”
unknown · 1:15:29 -
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Pete's beautiful house despite barely working
“Is Rudd just really killing it?”
unknown · 1:15:49
Unanswerable Questions · Questions the movie leaves hanging.
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Can you get pink eye from farting on a pillow?
“Can you get pink eye from farting on a pillow?”
Bill Simmons · 1:16:38 -
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Can a woman on top not get pregnant?
“Have there been studies on this?”
Bill Simmons · 1:15:16 -
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How does Ben pay for anything?
“How does he pay for literally anything?”
unknown · 1:17:31 -
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Did this movie teach more people about childbirth than any class?
“Did this movie teach more people my age about childbirth than any class or anything else?”
unknown · 1:17:47
Sequel, Prequel, Prestige TV, All-Black Cast, or Untouchable · What kind of follow-up or remake treatment the movie would get.
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Prestige TV series, an eight-episode Amazon show
“this is, to me, feels like a prestige TV 8 episode that I could see on like Amazon.”
unknown · 1:19:02 -
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A Sex Lives of College Girls tone for HBO Max
“I love that show, and I feel like that tone applied to knocked up for like HBO Max could work.”
unknown · 1:19:36
Is this movie better with… · Whether a favorite character actor would have improved the movie.
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winner
Catherine Hahn: Could have played Alison's friend, Debbie, or the doctor.
“Catherine Han could have played the Ken Jong, Dr. role.”
unknown · 1:20:05
Oscar Pick · Who should have been nominated or won.
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Jonah Hill as Jonah: For best supporting actor; another voice says screenplay is the most likely.
“I was thinking Jonah Hill for best supporting actor.”
unknown · 1:20:18
Best Age to Watch · The ideal age to see the movie.
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21, when it came out
“Um, I saw it when it came out.”
unknown · 1:20:38 -
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23, as old as the guys in the movie
“you want to be as old as the guys in the movie, right?”
unknown · 1:20:45
Memorabilia · A prop they would want from the movie.
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The Laramie Tunsil gas mask
“Gas mask.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:22:18 -
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Ben's random samurai sword
“I had the random samurai sword that Ben owns one of his 2 possessions.”
unknown · 1:22:26
Coach Finstock Award · The best life lesson.
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Don't fall for an unemployed stoner making a Mr. Skin ripoff site
“I would go with, don't fall for an unemployed stoner is making a Mr. Skin ripoff site.”
Juliet Litman · 1:22:35 -
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You can't get a woman pregnant if she's on top
“You can't get a woman pregnant if she's on top.”
unknown · 1:22:57
Who Won the Movie · Who came out ahead from making the movie.
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winner
Seth Rogen: Succeeding as a lead opened the door to any movie he wanted, and Superbad followed two months later.
“I'm going with Seth Rogan.”
unknown · 1:25:11 -
nominee
Judd Apatow
“Judd.”
unknown · 1:25:10
Ideal Length · The ideal runtime for the movie.
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About 1 hour 45 minutes, cutting the labor and the fantasy cheating sidetrack
“So you're basically getting, you're speeding through all the labor stuff.”
unknown · 1:26:09
Ebert Review · The reading of Roger Ebert's review; there was none for this film, so Bill read another critic.
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Knocked Up: No Ebert review; Bill read Emily Nussbaum's review instead (no star rating), which says Alison made basically zero sense.
“No Roger Ebert review.”
Bill Simmons · 0:31:03
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
- Bill Simmons: 27 lines in ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck
- Juliet Litman: 12 lines in ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck
- Craig Horlbeck: 7 lines in ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck
- Unattributed: 5 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
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.
Mean Girls: 1 line the host's read ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Mean Girls ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read).
Bill thinks Mean Girls may have been the first to figure out 'more funny than romantic, but also having the romance'.
“I feel like mean girls might have been the 1st one that figured out.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:37 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
Starting Over: 1 line the host's read ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Starting Over ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read).
Bill offers Starting Over (Burt Reynolds, a love triangle in Boston) as an early prototype of Apatow movies.
“It's got, it feels like a very early prototype of these Apatow movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
When Harry Met Sally: 1 line the host's read ×1
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lineage (lineage):
When Harry Met Sally ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read).
Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
“It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
This Is 40: 2 lines the host's read ×2
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lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up ⇒ This Is 40 (the host's read).
Bill says halfway through the movie it becomes a Rudd and Mann movie, which becomes This Is 40.
“the movie pretty much becomes like a Rudd and man movie by the end of it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:53 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
Bridesmaids: 1 line the host's read ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up ⇒ Bridesmaids (the host's read).
Bill frames Bridesmaids as Apatow's answer to the criticism of the female lead in Knocked Up.
“And bridesmaids is the mic trap, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:00 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
Connected to
This Is 40: 4 lines lineage ×1 programming ×1 what-if ×1 verdict ×1
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verdict (verdict):
This Is 40 → Knocked Up.
Craig's double-feature argument: This Is 40 is just the last hour of Knocked Up stretched to 2.5 hours.
“that entire movie is like the last hour of knocked up, but for 2.5 hours.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:08 · Craig Horlbeck (0.85 sure it was them)
When Harry Met Sally: 3 lines contrast ×2 lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally.
Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
“It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
Bridesmaids: 2 lines lineage ×1 contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Bridesmaids.
Juliet contrasts Alison having no friends with the best-friend role that was essential to the 89-05 rom-coms.
“The best friend is a crucial part of all of those women driven rom-coms from 89 to 05.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:21 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: 2 lines what-if ×1 contrast ×1
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what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Craig's double feature: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, to spend time with the supporting guys.
“So I would go like forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:20 · Craig Horlbeck (0.85 sure it was them)
Mean Girls: 2 lines lineage ×1 programming ×1
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programming (programming):
Knocked Up → Mean Girls.
Bill groups Knocked Up with Mean Girls, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Sarah Marshall and Bridesmaids as the 'com-rom' cycle.
“Mean girls, 40 year old virgin, wedding crashers, knocked up, Sarah Marshall, EZA bridesmaids.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:48 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
This Is the End: 2 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1
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theme (theme):
Knocked Up → This Is the End.
Rogen and Goldberg add heart: the pull of sacrifice for a friend runs from Superbad and Knocked Up into this film.
“sacrificing yourself for like the greater good was super bad with knocked up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:15:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
Adventureland: 1 line what-if ×1
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what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Adventureland.
Juliet picks Adventureland as the double feature because it shares Hader, Wiig and Starr.
“I would go with Adventureland, which is one of my favorite movies, and it has a lot of these people, Bill Hader, Kristen Wig, Martin Starr.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:43 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (programming):
Knocked Up → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
The pee-break category is named after the Anchorman flute scene; Bill uses it to mark Knocked Up's 7.5-minute labor stretch.
“The anchorman flute. P-break Award for best time to go go pee”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:53:40 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
Anne Hathaway: 1 line what-if ×1
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what-if (what-if):
Anne Hathaway → Knocked Up.
Bill raises Anne Hathaway as originally cast as Alison and dropping out over how the birth footage would be used.
“Anne Hathaway, originally cast.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:57:06 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
Ashton Kutcher: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Ashton Kutcher → Knocked Up.
Juliet insists on mentioning Geisha House, partly owned by Ashton Kutcher, as the hot restaurant of the moment.
“I didn't mention Geisha House and the Great Ashton Kutcher.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:49:06 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them)
Big Daddy: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (theme):
Knocked Up → Big Daddy.
Bill compares Ben's money-from-nowhere set-up to Sonny in Big Daddy: it doesn't have to work because he has all the money.
“Sonny get run over by, uh, like a cab in Big Daddy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:16:19 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Catastrophe (TV): 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → Catastrophe (TV).
A speaker calls Catastrophe basically Knocked Up with older people.
“Isn't that basically knocked up with older people as same kind of theme?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:19:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
Emily Nussbaum: 1 line verdict ×1
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verdict (verdict):
Emily Nussbaum → Knocked Up.
Bill reads Emily Nussbaum's 2007 critique that Alison is a completely inconsistent character.
“She was just a completely inconsistent character”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:29 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
Everybody Loves Raymond (TV): 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Everybody Loves Raymond (TV).
Best-quote pick: marriage as a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond.
“marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of everybody loves Raymond”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Judd Apatow: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Judd Apatow → Knocked Up.
Bill lists everything Apatow produced 2005 to 2011, the best comedy producing run anyone has had.
“That's got to be the best comedy producing run anyone's had.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:10:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
Juno: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Juno.
Bill asks if this is the best unplanned-pregnancy movie; Juliet thought of Juno but is not a fan.
“But I think this has to be the best unplanned pregnancy movie, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:18:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Kate Bosworth: 1 line what-if ×1
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what-if (what-if):
Kate Bosworth → Knocked Up.
Bill reports alleged auditions by Jennifer Love Hewitt (transcribed 'La Feud'), Kate Bosworth and Christina Aguilera.
“Allegedly, Jennifer La Feud and Kate Bosworth auditioned.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:22 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
Katherine Heigl: 1 line verdict ×1
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verdict (verdict):
Katherine Heigl → Knocked Up.
Juliet recounts Heigl saying in Vanity Fair she could not be proud of Knocked Up because of sexism, then walking it back on Howard Stern.
“She says that she can't be proud of knocked up because of the sexism in it, which she then had to walk back on Howard Stern.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:20:46 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them)
Kathryn Hahn: 1 line what-if ×1
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what-if (what-if):
Kathryn Hahn → Knocked Up.
Recasting: Kathryn Hahn (transcribed Catherine Hahn) would be a great older sister, even Dr. Ken Jeong's role.
“Catherine Hahn would be a great older sister, like freaking out.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:20:00 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)
Kristen Wiig: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Kristen Wiig → Knocked Up.
A speaker says Wiig's weight-loss scene is the first time she does her thing on camera.
“It's kind of the 1st time like Wig does her thing on camera.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:35:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
Look Who's Talking: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (pregnancy-movie problem):
Look Who's Talking → Knocked Up.
Pregnancy comedies like Knocked Up and Juno are structurally unable to let the character abort, and the film too felt progressive for 1989 in this regard.
“there's always a problem with any pregnancy movies, a problem with knocked up as a problem with Juno”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:50:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Michael Cera: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Michael Cera → Knocked Up.
Bill describes a DVD special feature where Michael Cera is 'fired' and Bennett Miller co-directs, a wrestling-style work.
“Do you know about this special feature on the DVD where Michael Sarah gets fired from the film”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:05:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
Roger Ebert: 1 line verdict ×1
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verdict (verdict):
Roger Ebert → Knocked Up.
Bill notes there is no Roger Ebert review of Knocked Up, guessing Ebert had health issues.
“No Roger Ebert review.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:03 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
Sex Lives of College Girls (TV): 1 line what-if ×1
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what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Sex Lives of College Girls (TV).
Juliet imagines Sex Lives of College Girls' tone applied to Knocked Up for HBO Max.
“I feel like that tone applied to knocked up for like HBO Max could work.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:19:36 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)
Starting Over: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Starting Over → Knocked Up.
Bill offers Starting Over (Burt Reynolds, a love triangle in Boston) as an early prototype of Apatow movies.
“It's got, it feels like a very early prototype of these Apatow movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
Superbad: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (programming):
Superbad → Knocked Up.
Bill points out Superbad came out two months after Knocked Up.
“And by the way, Superbag came out 2 months after this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:31 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
Swingers: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Swingers.
A speaker notes there is a Swingers joke when they drive to Vegas, and wonders if under-20s get it.
“They have a swinger's joke in the movie too, when they're driving to Vegas.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:48:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Bill says the first half is idiots hanging out and the second half is more rom-com, less funny and more heartwarming; he notes 40-Year-Old Virgin was already covered.
“He did it in 40-year-old version too, which we've already done”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:36 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
The B-52s: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (craft):
The B-52s → Knocked Up.
Best needle drop pick for Knocked Up is the B-52s' 'Rock Lobster' when Alison and Ben go back to hook up; Craig agrees.
“I gotta go rock lobster, the B 52s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:21 · Juliet Litman (0.40 sure it was them)
The League (TV): 1 line programming ×1
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programming (programming):
Knocked Up → The League (TV).
Bill says Knocked Up may be the most high-profile fantasy moment in a movie, since The League is a TV show.
“It might be the most high profile fantasy moment.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:11:24 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
Wedding Crashers: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (craft):
Wedding Crashers → Knocked Up.
Bill says Wedding Crashers and Mean Girls became genuinely funny, which is what Apatow figured out.
“I think the thing Appatau figured out on wedding crashers and Mean Girls and some of these other things was, they became genuinely funny.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:03 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
Wild Things: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Wild Things.
Juliet points to Jonah Hill watching Wild Things in the house scene.
“and he's watching Wild Things.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:02 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz, first at 0:21:59, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis, first at 0:50:42, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck, first at 0:14:55, 3 times
- subject in The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck, first at 0:02:55, 20 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:04:56, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’, first at 1:11:37, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics, first at 0:31:12, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk, first at 1:12:23, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
career (2)
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career (career):
Judd Apatow → Knocked Up.
Bill lists everything Apatow produced 2005 to 2011, the best comedy producing run anyone has had.
“That's got to be the best comedy producing run anyone's had.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:10:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Kristen Wiig → Knocked Up.
A speaker says Wiig's weight-loss scene is the first time she does her thing on camera.
“It's kind of the 1st time like Wig does her thing on camera.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:35:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
contrast (7)
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contrast (contrast):
This Is the End → Knocked Up.
Knocked Up ends with growing up; This Is the End does not.
“They don't grow up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:48:21 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally.
Craig defines the com-rom: comedy about romance rather than romance with comedy.
“I love it, because it's instead of a romance that has comedy, it's comedy about romance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:02 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally.
Craig says the newer movies focus on the men while the earlier ones focus on the women.
“The men are the kind of the focuses and the early ones it's focused on the women.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:10 · Craig Horlbeck (0.75 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Bill says the first half is idiots hanging out and the second half is more rom-com, less funny and more heartwarming; he notes 40-Year-Old Virgin was already covered.
“He did it in 40-year-old version too, which we've already done”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:36 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Bridesmaids.
Juliet contrasts Alison having no friends with the best-friend role that was essential to the 89-05 rom-coms.
“The best friend is a crucial part of all of those women driven rom-coms from 89 to 05.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:21 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Juno.
Bill asks if this is the best unplanned-pregnancy movie; Juliet thought of Juno but is not a fan.
“But I think this has to be the best unplanned pregnancy movie, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:18:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Imagining Alison's life after the movie, Bill says she might meet a better guy than Rogen and it becomes a Forgetting Sarah Marshall situation.
“and it becomes a forgetting Sarah Marshall situation where.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:24:39 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (2)
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craft (craft):
Wedding Crashers → Knocked Up.
Bill says Wedding Crashers and Mean Girls became genuinely funny, which is what Apatow figured out.
“I think the thing Appatau figured out on wedding crashers and Mean Girls and some of these other things was, they became genuinely funny.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:03 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
The B-52s → Knocked Up.
Best needle drop pick for Knocked Up is the B-52s' 'Rock Lobster' when Alison and Ben go back to hook up; Craig agrees.
“I gotta go rock lobster, the B 52s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:21 · Juliet Litman (0.40 sure it was them)
industry (2)
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industry (industry):
Ashton Kutcher → Knocked Up.
Juliet insists on mentioning Geisha House, partly owned by Ashton Kutcher, as the hot restaurant of the moment.
“I didn't mention Geisha House and the Great Ashton Kutcher.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:49:06 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Michael Cera → Knocked Up.
Bill describes a DVD special feature where Michael Cera is 'fired' and Bennett Miller co-directs, a wrestling-style work.
“Do you know about this special feature on the DVD where Michael Sarah gets fired from the film”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:05:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
lineage (6)
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lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally.
Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
“It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Mean Girls → Knocked Up.
Bill thinks Mean Girls may have been the first to figure out 'more funny than romantic, but also having the romance'.
“I feel like mean girls might have been the 1st one that figured out.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:37 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Starting Over → Knocked Up.
Bill offers Starting Over (Burt Reynolds, a love triangle in Boston) as an early prototype of Apatow movies.
“It's got, it feels like a very early prototype of these Apatow movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Bridesmaids → Knocked Up.
Bill frames Bridesmaids as Apatow's answer to the criticism of the female lead in Knocked Up.
“And bridesmaids is the mic trap, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:00 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → This Is 40.
Bill says halfway through the movie it becomes a Rudd and Mann movie, which becomes This Is 40.
“the movie pretty much becomes like a Rudd and man movie by the end of it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:53 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → Catastrophe (TV).
A speaker calls Catastrophe basically Knocked Up with older people.
“Isn't that basically knocked up with older people as same kind of theme?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:19:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
programming (5)
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programming (programming):
Knocked Up → Mean Girls.
Bill groups Knocked Up with Mean Girls, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Sarah Marshall and Bridesmaids as the 'com-rom' cycle.
“Mean girls, 40 year old virgin, wedding crashers, knocked up, Sarah Marshall, EZA bridesmaids.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:48 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Superbad → Knocked Up.
Bill points out Superbad came out two months after Knocked Up.
“And by the way, Superbag came out 2 months after this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:31 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Knocked Up → This Is 40.
Bill says the sequel is a more complicated movie than Knocked Up; Juliet says she doesn't like it as much.
“This is 40, that it was looming, which I think is a more complicated movie than this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:44:31 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Knocked Up → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
The pee-break category is named after the Anchorman flute scene; Bill uses it to mark Knocked Up's 7.5-minute labor stretch.
“The anchorman flute. P-break Award for best time to go go pee”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:53:40 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Knocked Up → The League (TV).
Bill says Knocked Up may be the most high-profile fantasy moment in a movie, since The League is a TV show.
“It might be the most high profile fantasy moment.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:11:24 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
theme (2)
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theme (theme):
Knocked Up → This Is the End.
Rogen and Goldberg add heart: the pull of sacrifice for a friend runs from Superbad and Knocked Up into this film.
“sacrificing yourself for like the greater good was super bad with knocked up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:15:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Knocked Up → Big Daddy.
Bill compares Ben's money-from-nowhere set-up to Sonny in Big Daddy: it doesn't have to work because he has all the money.
“Sonny get run over by, uh, like a cab in Big Daddy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:16:19 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (4)
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unmapped (pregnancy-movie problem):
Look Who's Talking → Knocked Up.
Pregnancy comedies like Knocked Up and Juno are structurally unable to let the character abort, and the film too felt progressive for 1989 in this regard.
“there's always a problem with any pregnancy movies, a problem with knocked up as a problem with Juno”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:50:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Wild Things.
Juliet points to Jonah Hill watching Wild Things in the house scene.
“and he's watching Wild Things.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:02 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them) -
unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Swingers.
A speaker notes there is a Swingers joke when they drive to Vegas, and wonders if under-20s get it.
“They have a swinger's joke in the movie too, when they're driving to Vegas.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:48:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Everybody Loves Raymond (TV).
Best-quote pick: marriage as a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond.
“marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of everybody loves Raymond”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
verdict (4)
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verdict (verdict):
Katherine Heigl → Knocked Up.
Juliet recounts Heigl saying in Vanity Fair she could not be proud of Knocked Up because of sexism, then walking it back on Howard Stern.
“She says that she can't be proud of knocked up because of the sexism in it, which she then had to walk back on Howard Stern.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:20:46 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Roger Ebert → Knocked Up.
Bill notes there is no Roger Ebert review of Knocked Up, guessing Ebert had health issues.
“No Roger Ebert review.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:03 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Emily Nussbaum → Knocked Up.
Bill reads Emily Nussbaum's 2007 critique that Alison is a completely inconsistent character.
“She was just a completely inconsistent character”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:29 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
This Is 40 → Knocked Up.
Craig's double-feature argument: This Is 40 is just the last hour of Knocked Up stretched to 2.5 hours.
“that entire movie is like the last hour of knocked up, but for 2.5 hours.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:08 · Craig Horlbeck (0.85 sure it was them)
what-if (7)
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what-if (what-if):
Anne Hathaway → Knocked Up.
Bill raises Anne Hathaway as originally cast as Alison and dropping out over how the birth footage would be used.
“Anne Hathaway, originally cast.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:57:06 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Kate Bosworth → Knocked Up.
Bill reports alleged auditions by Jennifer Love Hewitt (transcribed 'La Feud'), Kate Bosworth and Christina Aguilera.
“Allegedly, Jennifer La Feud and Kate Bosworth auditioned.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:22 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Sex Lives of College Girls (TV).
Juliet imagines Sex Lives of College Girls' tone applied to Knocked Up for HBO Max.
“I feel like that tone applied to knocked up for like HBO Max could work.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:19:36 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Kathryn Hahn → Knocked Up.
Recasting: Kathryn Hahn (transcribed Catherine Hahn) would be a great older sister, even Dr. Ken Jeong's role.
“Catherine Hahn would be a great older sister, like freaking out.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:20:00 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → This Is 40.
Bill picks This Is 40 as the double feature for Knocked Up, running it back for 4+ hours.
“I would say this is 40 because you're just, you're running it back.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:20:56 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Craig's double feature: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, to spend time with the supporting guys.
“So I would go like forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:20 · Craig Horlbeck (0.85 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Adventureland.
Juliet picks Adventureland as the double feature because it shares Hader, Wiig and Starr.
“I would go with Adventureland, which is one of my favorite movies, and it has a lot of these people, Bill Hader, Kristen Wig, Martin Starr.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:43 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
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fun, about
Knocked Up:
Bill's theory: the rom-com boom runs 1989 to 2005, then comes the 'com-rom', comedies that also have romance.
“I'm going to say 1989 to 2005 is the rom-com boom.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:09 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Juliet's biggest gripe: Alison has no friends except the sister she lives with.
“The fact that like the friendship is like such is the most fun part of this movie and she literally has 0 friends is so shocking.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:35 · Juliet Litman (0.90 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Martin the bearded guy gets ribbed in the nightclub: 'Scorsese on Coke', Cat Stevens after Yusuf Islam.
“Late John Lennon, Martin Scorsese on Coke.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:33:59 · Craig Horlbeck (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Craig's favorite: the dice joke when the guys watch Seth Rogen dance in the nightclub.
“the dice thing when they're watching Seth Rogen dance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:36:49 · Craig Horlbeck (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
What aged worst: Heigl's low-rise, flowy halter wardrobe of the mid-2000s.
“her outfits are so of that moment”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:52:22 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
P-break award: the 7.5 minutes of labor before they reach the hospital, which Bill would cut entirely.
“It is 7.5 minutes that you could cut so easily.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:54:05 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
In other countries the movie is called A Little Bit Pregnant or Slightly Pregnant; knocked up is not a term there.
“in other countries, it's called either a little bit pregnant or slightly pregnant”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:12 · Juliet Litman (0.90 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Best quote: 'Isn't it weird when you have kids and all your dreams and hopes go out the window?'
“isn't it weird when you have kids and all your dreams and hopes go out the window.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:28 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Craig's hottest take: Flesh of the Stars is a better name than Mr. Skin; the film's fake site.
“Flesh of the Stars is a better name than Mr. Skin.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:12 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Juliet's hottest take: given the circumstances, she should have had an abortion.
“She should have had an abortion.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:26 · Juliet Litman (0.90 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Ideal-length ruling: cut the labor stretch and the fantasy-football cheating sidetrack entirely.
“We don't have the fantasy football, cheating sidetrack at all.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:26:13 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Seth Rogen: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Seth Rogen: actor (Ben) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Sydney Sweeney: actor (2022 recast) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Bennett Miller: director (reported DVD feature) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Jonah Hill: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Roger Ebert: critic (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Anne Hathaway: actor (originally cast as Alison) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Paul Rudd: actor (Pete) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Harold Ramis: actor (cameo as Ben's father) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Michael Cera: actor (reported DVD feature) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- James Franco: actor (cameo) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Judd Apatow: producer (The Big Picture, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics)
- Judd Apatow: producer/director (The Rewatchables, ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Judd Apatow: producer/director circuit (Blank Check — Patreon, The Incredible Hulk)
- Judd Apatow: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Kristen Wiig: actor (weight-loss scene) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Steve Carell: actor (cameo) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Katherine Heigl: actor (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
- Katherine Heigl: actor (Alison) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Bill Hader: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Evan Goldberg: producer (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Craig Robinson: actor (doorman) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Jason Segel: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Martin Starr: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Mila Kunis: actor (auditioned) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Adam Scott: actor (nurse cameo) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Jay Baruchel: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Shauna Robertson: producer (Blank Check — Patreon, The Incredible Hulk)
- Kate Bosworth: actor (auditioned) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Leslie Mann: actor (Debbie) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Ryan Seacrest: actor (himself) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Ken Jeong: actor (Dr. Kuni) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Charlene Yi: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Maude Apatow: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Iris Apatow: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Alan Tudyk: actor (Jodi's boss at E!) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Tim Bagley: actor (OB-GYN) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Joanna Kerns: actor (mom) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Stormy Daniels: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- B.J. Novak: actor (cameo) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Emily Nussbaum: critic (New York magazine) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Kathryn Hahn: actor (what-if) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Gaten Matarazzo: actor (2022 recast) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Hideki Matsui: player referenced (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- Leslie Bennetts: writer (Vanity Fair profile of Heigl) (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
- The B-52s: band, 'Rock Lobster' needle drop (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)