Joe Don Baker

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q962579: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. 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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Joe Don Baker → John Goodman. Joe Don Baker is the best Hollywood Babe Ruth; Goodman's version looks less athletic by comparison.
    “Compared to John Goodman and Dave Ruth.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:31:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (career origin): Joe Don Baker → Walking Tall. Baker is recognized by people 35 and over from Walking Tall, and later roasted in the MST3K episode Mitchell.
    “Yeah, walking tall was kind of a borderline phenomenon when it came out.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:55:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (mocked on MST3K): Joe Don Baker → Mitchell (the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode). Bill's favorite MST3K episode, Mitchell, mocks Baker's heavy breathing.
    “They do Mitchell, and it was my favorite one out of all of them.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:56:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (tonal mismatch): Joe Don Baker → Fletch. Baker plays Chief Carlin as a 1970s exploitation movie villain, apparently unaware it is a comedy.
    “he's playing it as like a 1970s exploitation movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Joe Don Baker: Joe Don Baker is the Joey Pants award for best That Guy; hosts debate overacting between Baker and Libertini.
    “Joe Don, I don't know what movie he's in, but it's not the movie that we're watching.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:02 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Joe Don Baker: Joe Don Baker as the Whammer is called the best Hollywood Babe Ruth; Roy versus the Whammer is a top rewatchable scene.
    “the best version of Babe Ruth from a Hollywood version was actually Joe Don Baker is the whammer.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:31:27 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)