Gene Kelly

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q73089: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Singin' in the Rain, which The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along credits them on.

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: A Clockwork Orange (1971). Count them as actor (5 films) instead.

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.

Anthony Burgess: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (book vs film) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they scored: Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). Reading the novel again, the speaker finds it almost the same as the film, dialogue and all.
    “The dialogue is, it's just unbelievable how little he changed”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:17:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (adaptation) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they scored: Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The film adapts Burgess's novel, and Kubrick found he had to change very little.
    “Kubrick reads the book and is like, I didn't have to do much.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:20:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): 1 line

  1. unmapped (self-reference) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they scored: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
    “but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Her Smell (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they scored: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Her Smell (the maker said so: Alex Ross Perry, the writer of Her Smell, speaking on this episode). The speaker says the film's five-act structure was a huge inspiration while writing Her Smell.
    “This movie, I think, and this was a huge inspiration in when I was writing her smell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

Paula Abdul: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · them, directly: Gene Kelly ⇒ Paula Abdul (the host's read). Gene Kelly is named as Paula Abdul's biggest inspiration.
    “And of course, her biggest inspiration is a child, the aforementioned Gene Kelly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:02:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they scored: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (TV): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parodied) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they scored: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ The Simpsons (TV) (the host's read). The Simpsons reference this film a lot.
    “But the Simpsons reference is clockwork orange. a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:29:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (1) everyone in music

Acting (6) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Jim Carrey → Gene Kelly. Carrey glides through the film like Gene Kelly and knows to take it down 5% to avoid The Mask.
    “he's almost like Gene Kelly in this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:35 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (influence): Gene Kelly → Paula Abdul. Gene Kelly is named as Paula Abdul's biggest inspiration.
    “And of course, her biggest inspiration is a child, the aforementioned Gene Kelly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:02:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Gene Kelly → Inherit the Wind. Kelly plays an HL Mencken-style newspaper man who sits at the lawyer's table.
    “an HL Menken style sort of sing-songing newspaper man”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:56:49 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (physique): Gene Kelly → Brad Pitt. A speaker says Gene Kelly and Pitt share an ideal male form, in a riff on Babylon's wardrobe.
    “I mean, he and Brad Pitt share a ideal male format.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:45:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (song over credits): Gene Kelly → A Clockwork Orange. The Gene Kelly version of Singin' in the Rain plays over the end credits.
    “especially when they play the Gene Kelly version over the end credits.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:37:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if casting): Gene Kelly → Sterling Hayden. Kubrick's first choice for Ripper was Gene Kelly; when Kelly was not available he cast Scott, who asked for Turgidson, and then brought in Hayden.
    “He wanted Gene Kelly when he doesn't get Gene Kelly. He casts George C. Scott and George C. Scott then was like, I want to play Buck Turgison instead.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:58:41 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Gene Kelly: The original plan for Jack D. Ripper was Gene Kelly. Kubrick then cast George C. Scott, who asked to play Turgidson instead, and brought in Sterling Hayden.
    “You know who the original plan was to cast for Jack D. Ripper, the Sterling Hayden Row?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:58:19 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)