Cuba Gooding Jr.

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q136209: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Judgment Night (1993); Jerry Maguire (1996); As Good as It Gets (1997); Chill Factor (1999); Men of Honor (2000); Pearl Harbor (2001); Rat Race (2001); Boat Trip (2002); Snow Dogs (2002); Radio (2003); The Fighting Temptations (2003); Norbit (2007); American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson (TV; 'the OJ show'); Boys in the Hood.

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.

As Good as It Gets (1997): 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (people) · through Chill Factor (1999), which they acted in: As Good as It Gets ⇒ Chill Factor (the host's read). Gooding and Skeet Ulrich supposedly bonded on this set and made Chill Factor together.
    “They clearly just hit it off so hard at the craft service table on as good as it gets that they said, we got to find a vehicle for the 2 of us”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:58:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Thin Red Line (1998): 1 line

  1. craft (music borrowed) · through Pearl Harbor (2001), which they acted in: The Thin Red Line ⇒ Pearl Harbor (the host's read). Disney used the Thin Red Line score in the Pearl Harbor trailer without permission, and Malick later cashed that in.
    “Disney uses the score for the thin red line, um, when they, uh, when they do the Pearl Harbor trailer.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:40:07 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Chill Factor (1999): 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (people) · through As Good as It Gets (1997), which they acted in: As Good as It Gets ⇒ Chill Factor (the host's read). Gooding and Skeet Ulrich supposedly bonded on this set and made Chill Factor together.
    “They clearly just hit it off so hard at the craft service table on as good as it gets that they said, we got to find a vehicle for the 2 of us”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:58:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Lego Batman Movie (2017): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through Jerry Maguire (1996), which they acted in: Jerry Maguire ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). Batman's arc ends with him giving the Joker the Jerry Maguire speech, completing the film's running Jerry Maguire joke.
    “just like it's so good full circle to fucking have him realize I have to give Joker the Jerry Maguire speech.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (18) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Boys in the Hood. Chris notes Gooding won his Oscar for Boys in the Hood (as said), making this his first film after being an Oscar winner.
    “I mean, he won the Oscar for Boys in the Hood, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:57:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Radio. Boat Trip, Radio and Snow Dogs within 18 months; career downfall.
    “Boat trip radio snow dogs all within 18 months?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:00:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Norbit. Gooding plays the other boyfriend that the heroine has to leave.
    “Like he plays the other boyfriend that Candy Newton has to lead.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:01:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → The Wrestler. His O.J. role is like Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler: the character fits his own narrative.
    “I think the OJ thing is kind of like Mickey Rourke and the wrestler”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:11:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Greg Kinnear. Gooding is big; Kinnear plays a sensitive shrinking violet.
    “Because Kuneer can, he's so good at playing such like a sensitive shrinking violet.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:10:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Jerry Maguire. His strength was more energy than any actor alive, as in Jerry Maguire, but it is too hot for this film.
    “This was a moment where I think Cuba's greatest strength was he had more energy than any other actor alive.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:10:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Cuba Gooding Jr.: A boxing-match metaphor for his career arc.
    “This is his career is like a boxing match where he comes out in the 1st round and knocks his opponent down 3 times”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:11:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)