Richard Dreyfuss

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q181799: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Fletch (1985); Misery (1990). Count them as actor (20 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.

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as approached for Paul Sheldon, expressed regret: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King writing about his nightmare of a fan who takes things too far.
    “Stephen King writing about, like, basically his work's nightmare”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as approached for Paul Sheldon, expressed regret: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Misery is King's book about addiction; Annie Wilkes stands for the painkillers.
    “Annie Wilkes is really, she represents that, this thing that's trying to kill him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:22 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as approached for Paul Sheldon, expressed regret: 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)

Gregory McDonald: 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as producer's original first choice for Fletch: Gregory McDonald ⇒ Fletch (the host's read). Fletch adapts the McDonald novels; the noir voiceover feels like the book, the ad-libbed scenes deviate.
    “So it's a Gregory McDonald novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as approached for Paul Sheldon, expressed regret: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Stand by Me (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as approached for Paul Sheldon, expressed regret: Stand by Me ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King's first adaptation he liked was Stand By Me; Reiner got Misery through that deal.
    “the 1st one of the 1st adaptation of his that he actually really liked was stand by me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:08 · Bill Simmons (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.

Confess, Fletch (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reboot) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as producer's original first choice for Fletch: Fletch ⇒ Confess, Fletch (the host's read). Chris describes it as a riff on the long-promised Fletch franchise reboot, with Jon Hamm taking the role Chevy Chase made iconic.
    “Chevy Chase did an iconic turn as a Fletch character, a journalist come detective in Los Angeles.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:08:48 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Ryan Reynolds: 1 line

  1. theme (persona successor) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as producer's original first choice for Fletch: Fletch ⇒ Ryan Reynolds (the host's read). Reynolds stole the Chevy Chase playbook; Deadpool is Fletch.
    “Deadpool is Fletch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (28) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

people (2)

  1. people (feud): Bill Murray → Richard Dreyfuss. Murray's reported insult to Dreyfuss during What About Bob?.
    “you are not liked, you are tolerate it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:35:15 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (actor persona): Richard Dreyfuss → Jaws. In the 70s Dreyfuss was the audience POV for nerdy filmmakers (Close Encounters, Jaws), a nice-guy hero, before becoming a true asshole in What About Bob?
    “He was this like POV character for all of these nerdy filmmakers, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:22:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (prior episode): Mr. Holland's Opus → Richard Dreyfuss. The trio did Mr. Holland's Opus a few months earlier and discussed Dreyfuss's addiction history there.
    “We talked about him a lot when the 3 of us did Mr. Holland's Opus a few months ago”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:19:26 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Misery → Richard Dreyfuss. Dreyfuss would be believable as a writer, and expressed real regret at passing.
    “Dreyfus, I think, was the one who expressed real regret.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:05:02 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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