Randy Newman

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: The Natural (1984); Pleasantville (1998); Meet the Parents (2000); Marriage Story (2019).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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.

Babe Ruth: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Babe Ruth ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). The Whammer is a stand-in for Babe Ruth; real names and fictional creations blend.
    “I like the whammer as a cover.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:32:24 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)

Bama Rowell: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Bama Rowell ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). The scoreboard-clock home run was inspired by Bama Rowell breaking a clock at Ebbets Field in 1946.
    “inspired by Bammer Roell of the Boston Braves doing it to Ebbitt's Field.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:06:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Bernard Malamud: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Bernard Malamud ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). The film is adapted from his 1952 novel, but its ending is very different.
    “Written in 1952 by Bernard Malamud.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:13:28 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Eddie Waitkus: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Eddie Waitkus ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). The novel borrowed from the 1949 shooting of Eddie Waitkus of the Phillies.
    “Borrowed from this bizarre shooting of Eddie Waitkiss in 1949 in the Phillies”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:13:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Roy Campanella: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Roy Campanella ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). Roy's line about a lot of little boy in you was actually a Campanella quote.
    “It was actually a quote by Ray Campanella.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:07:50 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Ruth Ann Steinhagen: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Ruth Ann Steinhagen ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). A real person, Ruth Ann Steinhagen, inspired Harriet.
    “a real person, Ruth Ann Steinhagen inspired Harriet”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:12:40 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Shoeless Joe Jackson: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Shoeless Joe Jackson ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). The book's ending, with a boy saying it ain't true, Roy, is a clear Shoeless Joe Jackson rip-off.
    “which is a clear shoeless Joe Jackson, rip off thing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:14:00 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Ted Williams: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: Ted Williams ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). Hobbs was loosely modeled after Ted Williams.
    “Hobbs was loosely modeled after Ted Williams, lefty number nine”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:11:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Odyssey (Homer): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: The Odyssey (Homer) ⇒ The Natural (the host's read). The movie maps onto Homer: Roy is Odysseus, Harriet and Memo play siren/Calypso figures, Iris is Penelope.
    “So basically it's Roy Hobbs is Odysseus.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:14:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Bret Hart: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Natural (1984), which they scored: The Natural ⇒ Bret Hart (the host's read). Bret Hart took his catchphrase from this movie.
    “Took his catchphrase from this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:11:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Something's Gotta Give (2003): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Meet the Parents (2000), which they scored: Meet the Parents ⇒ Something's Gotta Give (the host's read). Nicholson may have seen Meet the Parents and wanted a piece of that audience.
    “Do you think he saw meet the parents and was like, I can do that too?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:05:06 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (5) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Randy Newman → The Thin Red Line. Randy Newman's Pleasantville score is rated better than the Thin Red Line score and the likelier winner that year.
    “is better, I think, than Red Line is probably your actual winner there.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:41:09 · Bilge Ebiri (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): The Natural → Randy Newman. The Randy Newman score is iconic, Oscar-nominated, and still used on sports montages.
    “It comes back in on sports montages.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:48:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Pleasantville → Randy Newman. Pleasantville is described with a tree catching fire under the swelling strings of Randy Newman, who scored it.
    “It teaches his mom how to masturbate and then a tree catches on fire to the swelling strings of Randy Newman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:27:12 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Randy Newman → Marriage Story. Joe likes Newman's dueling scores in Marriage Story.
    “And I liked the Duelan scores in marriage story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:56 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.