Jason Segel

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q202304: 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: Freaks and Geeks (1999); Knocked Up (2007); Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008); I Love You, Man (2009); The Muppets (2011); This Is the End (2013); Windfall.

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.

Charlie Kaufman: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through This Is the End (2013), which they acted in: Charlie Kaufman ⇒ This Is the End (the maker said so: came up in the research). Goldberg said the film was meant to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.
    “He said the whole point of this movie, they're just trying to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through This Is the End (2013), which they acted in: Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse ⇒ This Is the End (the host's read). The movie grew out of the 8-minute short Rogen and Goldberg made.
    “It was based on a short that, uh, Rogan and Goldberg did called Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:50 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Mean Girls (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they acted in: Mean Girls ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read). Bill thinks Mean Girls may have been the first to figure out 'more funny than romantic, but also having the romance'.
    “I feel like mean girls might have been the 1st one that figured out.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:37 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Pineapple Express (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through This Is the End (2013), which they acted in: Pineapple Express ⇒ This Is the End (the host's read). A weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express; Pineapple Express is the double feature pick.
    “this is kind of like a weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express anyway.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:18 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Starting Over: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they acted in: Starting Over ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read). Bill offers Starting Over (Burt Reynolds, a love triangle in Boston) as an early prototype of Apatow movies.
    “It's got, it feels like a very early prototype of these Apatow movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

When Harry Met Sally (1989): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they acted in: When Harry Met Sally ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read). Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
    “It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

This Is 40: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they acted in: Knocked Up ⇒ This Is 40 (the host's read). Bill says halfway through the movie it becomes a Rudd and Mann movie, which becomes This Is 40.
    “the movie pretty much becomes like a Rudd and man movie by the end of it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:53 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they acted in: Knocked Up ⇒ This Is 40 (the host's read). Bill says the sequel is a more complicated movie than Knocked Up; Juliet says she doesn't like it as much.
    “This is 40, that it was looming, which I think is a more complicated movie than this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:44:31 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

Bridesmaids (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they acted in: Knocked Up ⇒ Bridesmaids (the host's read). Bill frames Bridesmaids as Apatow's answer to the criticism of the female lead in Knocked Up.
    “And bridesmaids is the mic trap, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:00 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Get Him to the Greek (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), which they acted in: Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Get Him to the Greek (the host's read). Get Him to the Greek is the quasi-sequel/spinoff of Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
    “They made kind of a spinoff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:09:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Misery (1990): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), which they acted in: Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Dracula the Musical award is borrowed from Sarah Marshall; given to the Misery books.
    “We relate, so in, in, uh, forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:57:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015): 1 line

  1. unmapped (template) · through The Muppets (2011), which they acted in: The Muppets ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (the host's read). The Force Awakens uses the Muppets' fan-driven legacy reboot as its template.
    “it feels like Force Awakens is using that as the template.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:38:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (8) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Jason Segel → Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Craig says he wants a Segel movie after seeing a glimpse of him, so would double-feature Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
    “Give me Siegel now.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:29 · Craig Horlbeck (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Jason Segel → Seth Rogen. Segel would be the Franco replacement because he is friends with them and lovable.
    “I think it's Siegel.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:54:31 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jason Segel: Craig's best-aged pick: Segel naked after the earthquake, cupping his junk with a cigarette in his mouth.
    “After the earthquake, he's fully naked, cupping his junk and just got a cigarette in his mouth, middle of the night.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:45:33 · Craig Horlbeck (0.90 sure it was them)