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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Dr. Strangelove (1964). Count them as actor (5 films), composer (1 film) 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.

Adlai Stevenson: 1 line

  1. unmapped (real-life model) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Adlai Stevenson ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Speaker says Peter Sellers modeled the President (Muffley) on Adlai Stevenson.
    “He modeled it on Adlai Stevenson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:27:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bob Newhart: 1 line

  1. lineage (comedic influence) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Bob Newhart ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Speaker feels Newhart's one-sided phone-call format and his 1960 albums were a heavy influence on the President's call with the Soviet premier.
    “I feel like a heavy influence on the way the president's phone call with Russia play out in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:28:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Curtis LeMay: 1 line

  1. unmapped (real-life model) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Curtis LeMay ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Jack D. Ripper is said to be very obviously based on Air Force chief Curtis LeMay.
    “Jack D. Ripper also is very obviously based on Curtis LeMay, who, uh, was the head of the Air Force at the time”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:00:51 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Red Alert (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Red Alert (novel) ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). The speaker says Dr. Strangelove is based on Peter George's serious nuclear thriller Red Alert.
    “so he scoops up this book called Red Alert, which is, of course, what Dr. Strangelove is based on by Peter George that is a serious nuclear thriller.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:48:54 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Adam McKay: 1 line

  1. unmapped (aspirational template) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Adam McKay (the host's read). Speaker says Strangelove is probably McKay's north star, the thing he strives toward.
    “But I think you're right, though, that McKay is this is probably his north star, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:05:00 · unknown (0.30 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)

Roger Moore Bond films: 1 line

  1. craft (set design template) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Roger Moore Bond films (the host's read). Speaker says hiring a Bond designer for the war room changed how such rooms look on screen forever, and the Bond movies being covered have war-room sets.
    “It is funny how this movie, this hiring a James Bond guy to design the war room, uh, changes the way you're allowed to put these things on screen forever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:14:11 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

The Long Goodbye (1973): 1 line

  1. people (casting persona) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ The Long Goodbye (the host's read). Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye).
    “This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Zucker Brothers: 1 line

  1. lineage (comedic influence) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they were tied to as first choice for Ripper (not cast): Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Zucker Brothers (the host's read). Speaker had a breakthrough that Strangelove must have been a big influence on the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams.
    “I did finally have the breakthrough watching this of how much of an influence this movie must have been on the Zucker Brothers and John Abrahams.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:53:55 · David Sims (0.60 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)