John Randolph

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: You've Got Mail (1998); Seinfeld (TV series).

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.

The Shop Around the Corner: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through You've Got Mail (1998), which they acted in: The Shop Around the Corner ⇒ You've Got Mail (the host's read). Warner Brothers inherited the Turner library and the producer picked The Shop Around the Corner to remake.
    “Lauren Schuler Donner looks at the library and goes, huh, shop around the corner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:36:33 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through You've Got Mail (1998), which they acted in: The Shop Around the Corner ⇒ You've Got Mail (the host's read). Three scenes appear almost verbatim in all three screen versions, including the friend's line about her coloring.
    “3 scenes that exist almost verbatim in all 3 movie versions, which are the scene with the friend, the Dave Chappelle scene where he takes a look at her.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:57:29 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Ninotchka: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through You've Got Mail (1998), which they acted in: Ninotchka ⇒ You've Got Mail (the host's read). Ephron borrowed the idea of rivals who are two sides of one coin from a Lubitsch picture.
    “I mean she's pulling from like a different Lubich movie, which is here are 2 people who are opposite sides of the coin, don't realize they get along that way.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:38:59 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

She Loves Me (stage musical): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through You've Got Mail (1998), which they acted in: She Loves Me (stage musical) ⇒ You've Got Mail (the host's read). Griffin lists the earlier versions the story had been through, including the musical.
    “She loves me shop around the corner and in the summertime.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:38:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

When Harry Met Sally (1989): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through You've Got Mail (1998), which they acted in: When Harry Met Sally ⇒ You've Got Mail (the host's read). The party scene where someone says they read the writer's piece is lifted from When Harry Met Sally.
    “Which is also, which is a scene that's ultimately like lifted from when Harry met Sally.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:30:40 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

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 (2) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): John Randolph → Seinfeld (TV series). Randolph is the actor Jerry Stiller replaced as Frank Costanza.
    “I know him as, as the, as the man that Jerry Stiller replaced as Frank Costanza.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:18:14 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about John Randolph: Randolph was the first actor to play Frank Costanza on Seinfeld; Jerry Stiller replaced him and the episode was reshot for syndication.
    “They reshot it for syndication.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:18:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)