Bill Simmons

51 sketches, 1,295 claims, and 677 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

Showing 1–20 of 51 sketches.

The Rewatchables: ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (host)

Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise.

Stances

  • Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told
  • Friday 2 is a leap over the original

Humor: Digressive, sports-analogy heavy, and self-teasing about his office and Rewatchables running gags.

In their words

  • “There was 2 commercials, spring, summer, 1980 that scared the fuck out of me.” (0:07:38)

The Rewatchables: ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan (host)

Loves Halloween and the 1970s; admires the film's craft and rewatchability, especially Leatherface's unintentional comedy. Hates Franklin, hitchhikers, and unlikely logistics. Uses sports and pop-culture analogies for everything.

Stances

  • The film is a rewatchable, not just a great movie
  • Leatherface is the hilarious favorite slasher
  • The hitchhiker is scarier than Leatherface
  • Hooper won the movie

Humor: Runs sports, NFL and podcast-world analogies and mock-outrage bits against Craig and the staff.

In their words

  • “I think it is a rewatchable, but I'm willing to hear the other side of it” (0:01:29)
  • “This guy is scarier than Leatherface.” (0:33:36)

The Rewatchables: ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey (host)

Loves from-hell thrillers and movies that are fun to talk about even when they fail; a Boston guy who remembers where he saw things (Zoolander two weeks after 9/11). Can't stand a movie that wastes a good premise. A sucker for hoops details and stars' career arcs.

Stances

  • Domestic Disturbance is bad but a rewatchable good-bad movie
  • Vaughn and Travolta are mismatched to their roles
  • Cut footage and PG-13 killed the movie

Humor: Dry, trivia-heavy, with self-mockery about his own research and notes.

In their words

  • “I'm so relieved that this is how you're framing it.” (0:03:10)
  • “I saw Zoolander in the theater in Boston.” (0:11:47)

The Rewatchables: A CR Month Mailbag! (host)

Loves ranking, tallies and lists (Pantheon, Hall of Fame, Mount Rushmores), and treats the show like a sports franchise with categories as awards. Hates inauthentic, silly-looking athletics and bad stinkers, and has always disliked narration (now conceding). Sucker for Midnight Run, Almost Famous, and sports analogies for everything.

Stances

  • Concedes narration is fine when the movie is good
  • Wants to build a Rewatchables Hall of Fame with plaques
  • Wants to rewatch Midnight Run
  • Treats the cell-phone conspiracy as plausible

Humor: Self-deprecating bits about his own mispronunciations and sports-metaphor overreach.

In their words

  • “Okay, these are all actual emails from actual listeners.” (0:04:36)
  • “I think I'm just wrong.” (0:37:25)
  • “I'm gonna admit defeat.” (0:37:26)

The Rewatchables: ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (host)

Loves sports movies, tropes and underdog arcs; loves racing movies more than real racing. Can't stand people who throw cards. Sucker for Pacino speeches, Pitt as an old-school star, and hot takes about better endings.

Stances

  • F1 is the movie of the 2020s on feel
  • Sonny should have crashed and JP won
  • Brad Pitt is above Matt Damon in culture
  • Nobody should throw cards for fun

Humor: Dry listmaker who stages bits and fake categories with deadpan.

In their words

  • “This is a better movie if Sonny crashes.” (0:55:40)
  • “I don't like anybody in real life or in movies that throws cards for fun.” (1:19:45)

The Rewatchables: ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt (host)

Loves 1980s teen comedies and the Hughes run, ranking The Breakfast Club an all timer; lists teen movies by year and tracks careers and what-ifs. Rates the movie fun but is bothered by how Lisa is written and by the age gap in the kiss.

Stances

  • Weird Science is a super fun watch with weird elements you must factor in with the 80s
  • Anthony Michael Hall should have been a bigger star
  • Hottest take: Lisa sucks

Humor: Dry list-making and award names, reading research aloud like a deadpan docket.

In their words

  • “And I mentioned this because I was 15 years old when I saw this movie in the theater.” (0:03:11)
  • “They're both pantheon for me, but breakfast club's an all timer for me.” (1:23:34)
  • “Lisa sucks.” (1:15:07)

The Rewatchables: ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan (host)

Loves sprawling statistics and lists (genre-checkbox years, Carrey's run) and a good Oscars grievance. Cannot resist a bit about bars, themed restaurants and sports metaphors. A sucker for the 1990s and for movies that hold up on repeat.

Stances

  • Carrey's 94-2000 run is the best by a comedian
  • 1998 checked every genre box
  • Movies should run about 100 minutes

Humor: Rapid-fire riffs that fold sports and gambling into movie talk.

In their words

  • “Carries the star, obviously, and carries in this heater from 94 to 2000.” (0:27:23)
  • “I think 1998 is in the running for the greatest checking all the boxes movie year we've ever had.” (1:06:05)

The Rewatchables: ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (host)

Loves 80s TV that wrecks him (China Beach), cool-guy actors like Madsen, and big dumb 90s movies sold on a single premise. Teased for being a sucker for the Hollywood Hills guy's lifestyle. Dislikes Sil-adjacent logic holes less than he enjoys them.

Stances

  • Species is a great B movie that gets a pass
  • Wants Madsen and Helgenberger to have been a TV duo
  • Would be Robbie in another life

Humor: Deadpan sports-and-pop-culture analogies and self-aware sleaze.

In their words

  • “I fucking love China Beach.” (0:07:15)
  • “Bill, you see yourself as Robbie, huh?” (0:37:46)

The Rewatchables: ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey (host)

Loves 80s and 90s crowd-pleasers, Goodfellas as his favorite movie, and a good Hollywood backstory. Can't stand pot smoke and bike traffic in modern New York, Pee-wee, or Jade. A sucker for actresses who deserved better careers (Arquette, Fiorentino) and sports-brain comparisons.

Stances

  • Fiorentino and Arquette were robbed of better careers
  • 80s Scorsese is the best
  • Warriors is superior to After Hours as a night movie
  • Tom Hanks or Keaton would improve the lead

Humor: Breathless riffs, absurd hypotheticals (kill Reagan for Arquette) and sports analogies.

In their words

  • “I don't know how Linda Fiorentino was never on the Sopranos.” (1:09:50)
  • “Would you have killed Ronald Reagan for Rosanne Arquette?” (0:33:25)

The Rewatchables: ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson (host)

Loves the pop-culture web of the 80s: songs, TV, sports ads and movie stars tied together, and reads Ebert and old press clippings. Will take a bold contrarian stance (Tess may be the villain) and invents award categories. Cannot stand an unexplained plot hole or a premise that ruins itself, but forgives absurdity when the emotion works.

Stances

  • Tess might be the villain; she took Catherine's idea, boyfriend and job
  • The Pointer Sisters' 'I'm So Excited' is secretly the most important pop-culture song

Humor: Runs deadpan bits and invented awards, and teases co-hosts' obsessions.

In their words

  • “is secretly the most important pop culture song of all time.” (1:27:43)
  • “Are we sure Tess isn't the villain of this movie?” (1:59:14)

The Rewatchables: ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (host)

Loves Rocky as a cultural phenomenon he lived through in 1976, and the sports-movie recipe it created. Loves the casting what-if games and the running categories. Can't stand slow courtship scenes in 2025 terms. A sucker for Stallone and for lore.

Stances

  • Rocky is one of the most important movies of the last 50 years
  • Rocky was a phenomenon in 1976, comparable to Jaws and Star Wars
  • Stallone wins the movie
  • All the President's Men should have won the Oscar

Humor: Drops running bits (Ebert, hot takes, categories) and teases the others about Boston and doo-wop.

In their words

  • “I saw in Dedham, Massachusetts with my dad.” (0:08:57)
  • “Roger Ebert, our guy.” (0:34:50)
  • “I'm old enough to remember this.” (0:13:11)

The Rewatchables: ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin (host)

Loves football, sports movies and the long run of sports books and shows; likes nitpicks and ranking lists. Fond of Billy Bob Thornton and the TV show, with a Grantland-era sense of history. Enjoys odds, lines and fantasy-football talk.

Stances

  • Friday Night Lights is a top-six football movie, behind The Longest Yard
  • Movies where the good guys lose are great for rewatchability
  • Billy Bob should have been the TV Coach Taylor, as a career move
  • Coach Gaines is arguably a bad coach
  • Cruise is too small and not Texan, so Hanks wins

Humor: Banter, tallies and running-bit award names, plus deadpan wagers and career-strategist asides.

In their words

  • “I think Billy Bob should have played the coach in the TV show.” (1:17:08)
  • “I think longest yard is just number one.” (1:39:56)
  • “Coach Gaines, maybe just a bad coach.” (1:04:26)

The Rewatchables: ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey (host)

Loves the whole texture of Pulp Fiction and builds the whole show around categories and awards. Cares about specific lines, casting what-ifs, and bits that tie to sports (Paul George, Dion Waiters, NBA draft). Can't stand lazy nitpicks and the weak link of Fabienne's 12 minutes. A sucker for diners, milkshakes, and the lifestyle nostalgia of the movie.

Stances

  • Fabienne's 12 minutes is the weakest part of Pulp Fiction
  • Dump 8 of those minutes for a real Wilson vs Coolidge boxing sequence
  • Vincent Vega is completely incompetent
  • Cruise as Vincent or Butch is the Apex Mountain casting pick

Humor: Runs category gags and sports analogies, and escalates absurd 'unanswerable questions'.

In their words

  • “Well, we have some bonus categories for this one.” (0:02:34)
  • “I will say that for as awesome as this film has so many great shots.” (1:11:22)
  • “I hate to tell Tarantino what to do, who's incredible creative achievement, but if you dump 8 of the 12 minutes with Butch's girlfriend,” (1:36:04)

The Rewatchables: ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (host)

He disliked Twister in 1996 because it felt like the start of the effects-driven blockbuster era but now loves it for the old-school feel of real danger. He is a sucker for summer-calendar history, box office numbers, and a movie you can leave on for three days. He reads casting and career arcs through NBA and NFL analogies.

Stances

  • Twister is underrated and he held it unfairly in 1996
  • Practical effects make the actors feel in actual danger
  • 1996 is the year the summer blockbuster calendar was set
  • Jonas should have had more scenes
  • Disaster movies should be natural disasters and not star the Rock

Humor: Sports analogies for everything, dry running bits, and mock-outrage over the group's picks.

In their words

  • “I watched it twice in the last week.” (0:03:10)
  • “I actually like it more than I've ever liked it in my life.” (0:03:12)
  • “I treated it this time around, like basically tried to recreate the circumstances of an old school rewatchable” (0:10:05)

The Rewatchables: ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey (host)

Loves the 90s Myers era (Wayne's World, Axe Murderer) more than the Powers films. A sucker for Heather Graham and Garth-style sidekicks. Dislikes the rap song and the Fat Bastard sleeping bit; wants comedians to stay comedians.

Stances

  • Myers era best in Wayne's World/Axe Murderer
  • Comedians should not go serious
  • Mike Myers won the movie

Humor: Digressive trivia dropper and conspiracy-tangent jokester.

In their words

  • “We never want them to become serious actors.” (0:15:47)
  • “I'm older than you.” (0:04:02)

The Rewatchables: ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins (host)

Loves 80s movie-star careers, studio and box-office lore, and Kathleen Turner as a teenage ideal. Cannot stand wasted runtime and the DeVito framing scenes. A sucker for production trivia, deleted scenes and Phil Collins-style what-ifs.

Stances

  • The DeVito framing scenes are the weak link and could be cut
  • Turner is the better performer in the Douglas/Turner combo
  • The dog should have been made into pate
  • Roses is 'hall of fame' evidence that they don't make movies like this anymore

Humor: Dry, list-making and rhetorical, with sports analogies and running-bit category names.

In their words

  • “But man, when I was growing up in the 80s.” (0:08:23)
  • “She was like my platonic ideal for like someday I hope I get to marry somebody like Kathleen Turner.” (0:08:26)
  • “The Danny DeVito scenes, even though there's good wisdom in them” (0:48:09)
  • “I think it's more important that they both actually die than that you know for sure that the dog died.” (1:05:02)

The Rewatchables: ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (host)

Bill loves Richard Gere's charisma at full power and a movie that gets more unhinged as it goes. He keeps the categories moving and loves sports analogies and long-ago junket stories. He is a sucker for a villain you end up rooting for, and he is dismissive of Bad Lieutenant for trying too hard.

Stances

  • Gere's Dennis Peck is his best performance
  • He actually wants more dirty-cop movies
  • Bad Lieutenant is not a rewatchable

Humor: Sports-flavored riffs and mock-awards, like the Rick Dalton Award, and impressions.

In their words

  • “I think this is his best performance in a movie.” (0:09:09)
  • “Little like Kenny Pickett on the Steelers.” (0:18:52)
  • “I interviewed Ron Silver at the Ali Junket in 2001.” (0:51:48)

The Rewatchables: ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey (host)

Bill loves Pacino's swagger and Any Given Sunday, loves Heat, and treats the Michael Mann signature as a thing he can pick at, calling out the slow-motion ending and score as dated. He is a sports guy who can't let go of the Knicks 'semifinals' line, and he has little patience for stray bad casting like Wings Hauser. He is a sucker for scenery-chewers like Bruce McGill.

Stances

  • Pacino's Any Given Sunday is his favorite Pacino performance other than The Godfather
  • The slow-motion ending is bad and tacky
  • Cigarette smoking in movies makes people look cool
  • Pacino should have smoked in this movie

Humor: Digressive and comic, uses sports analogies (LeBron, Knicks, Dion Waiters) and bits that run on.

In their words

  • “The Inch's speech is all time for me and that movie's terrible and he's carrying it like LeBron carried the 2007 caps.” (0:09:36)
  • “It's just kind of tacky.” (0:51:33)

The Rewatchables: ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey (host)

Loves The Big Chill enough to make it his birthday movie and has seen it more than almost anything. Cares about football-movie accuracy, soundtrack craft and the 80s ensemble dramedy. Can't stand bad touch football scenes and the Oscars' snubs.

Stances

  • The Big Chill is a movie he returns to again and again
  • Touch football in movies is never done right
  • Kasdan's first five years are the greatest screenwriting run

Humor: Runs bits and riffs, jokes about the show's low bar and his own friends.

In their words

  • “Every year on my birthday, we do a movie that I love, and this year we're doing the big chill.” (0:00:58)
  • “I've never been satisfied with the movie touch football scene.” (1:34:03)

The Rewatchables: ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan (host)

Loves quotable, rewatchable movies (Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, Speed), the Sopranos, and craps and sports analogies. Hates narrators generally, but allows this one. Sucker for lists, categories, and made-up channels.

Stances

  • Lessons from the movie are the best part; 'nobody cares' wins
  • Bar-intro scene is a Goodfellas rip
  • Chazz Palminteri won the movie
  • Hasn't seen John Wick 4 yet; will wait for the perfect time

Humor: Runs the format as a bit machine, with channel pitches, rankings, and teasing his co-hosts.

In their words

  • “I hate narrators.” (1:10:32)
  • “I always wanted an all-jail movie channel called Bars, B-A-R-Z.” (1:05:05)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Their claims

Showing 201–300 of 1,295 claims.

  1. theme (behind-the-scenes anecdote parallel): Seagal's Out for Justice → After Hours. Dunn's accidental ruined massage take is compared to the Seagal on-set story, which Bill ranks slightly higher.
    “Not as good as Stevens Gaw shitting on himself as he's being choked out on the set about for justice, but really good.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:55:31 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (dropped-plot comparison): After Hours → The Sopranos. A shooting that nobody follows up recalls the Russian in the woods in The Sopranos.
    “It's like the Russian and the sopranos, the Russian in the woods.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (set design): After Hours → Rocky. The terminal bar looks like the Rocky bar where they watch the fight.
    “It looks like the Rocky one bar that they're that they're all watching the fight in.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:41 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if casting): Linda Fiorentino → The Sopranos. Bill is baffled that David Chase never gave Fiorentino a 3-4 episode arc.
    “I don't know how Linda Fiorentino was never on the Sopranos.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:50 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if director): Tim Burton → After Hours. Burton was originally set to direct but stepped aside when Scorsese wanted it.
    “This was originally supposed to be directed by Tim Burton.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. programming (double feature): After Hours → Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Tim Burton left After Hours the same year he made Pee-wee; both are about a manchild in a strange world finding salvation going home.
    “about a manchild, thrust into a world he doesn't understand, seeking something he can't get, and eventually finding salvation by going back home.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:14:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (family): Griffin Dunn → Joan Didion. Griffin is the nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion and helps shepherd Didion's legacy.
    “his and uncle were, um, John Gregory Dunn and Joan Didier.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:17:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. people (actor warm-up): After Hours → No Way Out. Will Patton's Horst is a warm-up for the crazy assistant in No Way Out.
    “worst is kind of a warm-up for the crazy assistant to the secretary of defense in No Way Out.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:18:44 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. what-if (casting what-if): Griffin Dunn → Tom Hanks. Bill offers 1985 Tom Hanks, fresh off Splash, as a better lead for the comic timing and awkward horniness.
    “I think this would have been a really good Tom Hanks movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:36 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
  10. career (career peak): Linda Fiorentino → The Last Seduction. Her peak (Apex Mountain) is The Last Seduction or Men in Black; she lost Oscar eligibility because it aired on HBO first.
    “Linda Firentino, last seduction 1994, which she should have gotten nominated for an Oscar, but they had released it on HBO first.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:03 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  11. verdict (late-night NYC ranking): After Hours → The Warriors. Bill ranks The Warriors above After Hours among late-night New York movies since it covers more ground.
    “I think the Warriors is superior.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:30:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  12. lineage (influence): After Hours → Go. Go is late-90s After Hours with weird cameos.
    “they should have paid royalties to Sworses.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:31:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. verdict (verdict): Thelma Schoonmaker → After Hours. In the Oscar-who-gets-it category the pick for After Hours is Schoonmaker's editing.
    “I'm going with the editing. And our girl Thelma Skoonmacher.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:30 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  14. programming (double feature): After Hours → Bringing Out the Dead. Another nighttime Scorsese movie.
    “Another nighttime Scorsese movie bringing out the dead.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:40:40 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  15. lineage (lineage): Working Girl → Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
    “It openly steal shit from this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  16. theme (theme): Working Girl → Baby Boom. One of the late-80s female-empowerment workplace comedies the 1980s produced alongside Working Girl.
    “the female empowerment workplace comedy stuff that is like, for the 80s, because you have baby boom here, too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:50 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  17. career (career): Harrison Ford → Raiders of the Lost Ark. It may have been a big deal that Indiana Jones was doing a romantic comedy; this is his first rom-com.
    “I wonder if it was a big deal that Indiana Jones was doing sort of like a romantic comedy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:12:02 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  18. career (career): Melanie Griffith → Pacific Heights. Speakers call Pacific Heights near her peak; Bill likes it.
    “Although, if you look at our IMDb, this is probably the peak in Pacific Heights.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:20:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  19. career (career): Don Johnson → Miami Vice. Don Johnson reconciled with Griffith in the Miami Vice ponytail year; his hitman amnesia arc.
    “But Don Johnson is on Miami Vice.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:21:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  20. career (career): Melanie Griffith → The Drowning Pool. Griffith plays a 15-year-old seductress opposite Paul Newman.
    “I saw a drowning pool recently for the 1st time with Paul Newman, where she's like a 15 year old seductress.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:22:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  21. career (career): Melanie Griffith → One on One. Griffith plays a hitchhiker who steals from Robbie Benson.
    “She's also, she plays a hitchhiker in the Robbie Benson basketball classic one-on-one movie I've seen over a 100 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:22:38 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  22. career (career): Sigourney Weaver → Gorillas in the Mist. Her mid-80s run: Ghostbusters, Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist, Working Girl, Ghostbusters II, all in a row.
    “Ghostbusters, aliens, gorillas in the mist, working girl, Ghostbusters, two, basically all in a row.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:24:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  23. what-if (what-if): Kathleen Turner → Working Girl. Putting Kathleen Turner in the Katharine Parker role in the mid-80s.
    “Like if you put Kathleen Turner in this role in the mid 80s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:26:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  24. career (career): Harrison Ford → Witness. Mallory Rubin thinks Witness is the most attractive Ford has ever been.
    “Her, she thinks the most attractive Harrison Ford has ever been is in Witness canonically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:30:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  25. career (career): Harrison Ford → Blade Runner. Ford's 80s run: two Raiders movies, two Star Wars, Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, Frantic, then this.
    “Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, frantic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:34:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  26. contrast (contrast): Harrison Ford → Tom Hanks. Ford has a higher Q rating than even Tom Hanks.
    “a higher Q rating than even like a Tom Hanks genuinely.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:36:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  27. career (career): Mike Nichols → Silkwood. His 83-89 run: Silkwood, Heartburn, Biloxi Blues, Working Girl, Postcards from the Edge, then Regarding Henry.
    “his run in the 80s, just from 83 to 89 was Sokwood, Harburn, Bilaxi Blues, working girl, postcards from the Edge, and then regarding Henry 91”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:38:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  28. people (people): Mike Nichols → Diane Sawyer. He met the love of his life Diane Sawyer while making this love story.
    “this is when he gets together with Diane Sawyer, who, you know, he considers the love of his life.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:39:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  29. verdict (verdict): Working Girl → Rain Man. The speakers would give Best Picture to Working Girl over Rain Man.
    “but I would give it to working girl over Rain Man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:45:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  30. verdict (verdict): Working Girl → Dangerous Liaisons. One speaker would give Best Picture to Dangerous Liaisons; Glenn Close is incredible in it.
    “Glenn Close is in there for dangerous liasets, which is a fucking incredible performance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:46:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  31. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Working Girl. Ebert gave Working Girl four stars and praised its clockwork craftsmanship.
    “The plot of working girl is put together like clockwork, carries you along while you're watching it, but reconstruct it later and you'll see the craftsmanship.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:50:16 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  32. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Biloxi Blues. Ebert said Working Girl was Nichols returning to the top of his form; the panel notes they did not like Biloxi Blues much.
    “Working girl is Nichols returning to the top of his form.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:50:29 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  33. programming (programming): Working Girl → Working Girl (1990 NBC series). Working Girl became a 1990 NBC series, with Sandra Bullock as Tess.
    “Working Girl became an NBC series in 1990”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:11:10 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  34. career (career): Sandra Bullock → Working Girl. Bullock played Tess in 12 episodes of the NBC series.
    “12 episodes of working girl.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:12:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  35. lineage (lineage): Working Girl → An Officer and a Gentleman. The kiss-and-secretaries-cheer moment is an Officer and a Gentleman homage.
    “And then I had the officer and a gentleman homage when they're kissing and one of the secretaries says, way to go.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:13:08 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  36. craft (music): Carly Simon → The Eagles. The opening was first cut to the Eagles' Witchy Woman; Simon objected and 'Let the River Run' replaced it.
    “that they 1st cut the opening to the Eagles witchy woman?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:15:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  37. craft (music): The Pointer Sisters → National Lampoon's Vacation. 'I'm So Excited' also appears in Vacation (Christie Brinkley scene), Beverly Hills Cop, Miami Vice and NBA ads.
    “It's in National Lampoon's vacation, in a pivotal Christie Brinkley scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:27:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  38. craft (music): Working Girl → Beverly Hills Cop. 'I'm So Excited' is in Working Girl and Beverly Hills Cop: a ten-year pop-culture run.
    “It's in Beverly Hills Cop.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:27:52 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  39. what-if (what-if): Shelley Long → Working Girl. Scott Rudin, running Fox, pushed for Shelley Long, who was hot from Cheers.
    “Scott Ruden was running Fox, which I don't think I knew and was really pushing for Shelley Long, who was red hot on shares.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:30:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  40. what-if (what-if): Lorraine Bracco → Working Girl. Bracco wrote in her memoir that she nailed the audition; she was in Someone to Watch Over Me then.
    “Lorraine Brocco wrote in her memoir that she thought she nailed the edition and didn't get it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:30:31 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  41. what-if (what-if): Geena Davis → The Accidental Tourist. Rudin said if Griffith tested for The Accidental Tourist she was out of Working Girl; Davis won the Oscar for it.
    “Scott Ruden says, if she tests for another movie, she's out for working girl.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:31:04 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  42. what-if (what-if): Marisa Tomei → Working Girl. Doreen DiMucci could have been a young Marisa Tomei instead of an unknown.
    “Could we have gotten, could we have snuck, uh, like a young Marissa Tome in that part or could we have like an actual famous actress?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:35:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  43. what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Working Girl. For Jack Trainor it has to be Hanks; Cruise was too powerful in the 80s.
    “The height thing that you mentioned earlier, but cruise is just too powerful in 80s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:43:37 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  44. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Graduate. Ebert: this is Melanie Griffith's movie the way The Graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.
    “this is Melanie Griffith's movie in the same way the graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:06:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  45. lineage (lineage): Rocky → (the modern sports movie). Rocky created the sports-movie prototype and the modern underdog.
    “created the sports movie prototype, like just period.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  46. lineage (lineage): Rocky → The Karate Kid. Rocky is eight years before Karate Kid, which is called the 2.0 version of the same underdog story but a completely different movie in every respect.
    “We're 8 years away from karate kid, which is the next, the 2.0 version of this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  47. industry (industry): Rocky → Jaws. Jaws, Rocky, Saturday Night Fever and Star Wars were successive cultural phenomena in 75-77.
    “like Jaws in 75, this in 76, Saturday Night Fever in 77, Star Wars in 77”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:13:18 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  48. career (career): Sylvester Stallone → Quentin Tarantino. Stallone's self-made breakout is likened to Tarantino crossed with acting, and Tarantino was the runner-up for who won the movie.
    “It's Tarantino crossed with acting almost?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:14:52 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  49. verdict (verdict): Sylvester Stallone → Tango & Cash. A host loves Tango and Cash.
    “Tango and Cash is one of my favorite movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:24:25 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  50. contrast (contrast): Rocky → The Bad News Bears. Rocky and Bad News Bears were the two movies that year that flipped the sports-movie expectation of winning.
    “Those were the 2 movies that year that flipped.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  51. verdict (verdict): Rocky → All the President's Men. The hosts relitigate 1976 best picture and pick All the President's Men over Rocky.
    “I just think all the president's met is a perfect Oscar best picture movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:32:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  52. industry (industry): Rocky → Taxi Driver. Taxi Driver may be more cinematically important in movie history, but All the President's Men is the perfect Oscar movie and Scorsese should have won director.
    “I would go, all the president's been for a movie, and I would go Scorsese for best director.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:06 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  53. theme (theme): Rocky Balboa → Paul Bunyan. Rocky is American mythology, more akin to Paul Bunyan than a movie character.
    “He's like more akin to like, I don't know, Paul Bunyan.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:34:19 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  54. programming (programming): Roger Ebert → Crash. Running joke: Ebert gave Crash four stars the week before Rocky.
    “Four stars last week for Crash.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:34:54 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  55. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Rocky. Ebert gave Rocky four stars, the week after four stars for Crash.
    “Four stars this week for Rocky.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:34:57 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  56. career (career): Garrett Brown → Rocky. Brown was offered money or points in the movie, took the money and has regrets.
    “Apparently, they offered him either money or points in the movie and he took the money and has some regrets.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  57. career (career): Burgess Meredith → Batman (TV series). A host knew Burgess Meredith as the Penguin in the Batman series.
    “So I knew Burgess Meredith as the penguin in the Batman series”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:01:38 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  58. what-if (what-if): George Lucas → Rocky. The hosts wish someone had done a George Lucas and paid to CGI fans into the empty arena for a re-release.
    “I just wish somebody had done a George Lucas and just paid the 50 grand to CGI some fans all over the place.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:13:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  59. what-if (what-if): Rocky → Robert Redford. United Artists wanted a well-established star, with Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds and James Caan floated.
    “United Artists wanted a well-established star.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  60. what-if (what-if): Rocky → James Caan. What would Rocky be with James Caan as Rocky and Harvey Keitel as Paulie, or John Cazale as Paulie?
    “What is this movie if it's James Conn is Rocky and Harvey Keitel is Polly?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:19:47 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  61. what-if (what-if): Carl Weathers → Ken Norton. Ken Norton was targeted for Apollo Creed and pulled out, so it went to Carl Weathers.
    “Ken Norton was targeted for Apollo Creed, pulled out, and they gave it to Carl Weathers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:21 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  62. what-if (what-if): Paulie → Harvey Keitel. Stallone wanted Harvey Keitel as Paulie, probably a better movie.
    “Stallone wanted Harvard Kitella's Polly.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:27 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  63. what-if (what-if): Adrian → Susan Sarandon. Adrian auditions included Susan Sarandon and Cher; Sarandon was liked but too pretty.
    “they auditioned a bunch of people, including Susan Sarandon and Cher.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:33 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  64. what-if (what-if): Mickey → Lee Strasberg. They wanted Lee Strasberg for Mickey but he wanted too much money.
    “They wanted Lee Strasburg for Mickey and he wanted too much money.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:50 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  65. craft (craft): Rocky → Bound for Glory. The first two Steadicam films were Bound for Glory and Marathon Man; Rocky was the third.
    “The 1st 2 steady cam films were bound for Gloria Marathon Man”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  66. craft (craft): Garrett Brown → Rocky. The ice skating date was shot on the Steadicam because they could not afford extras.
    “They shot the ice skating date that way because they couldn't afford extras.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  67. career (career): Sylvester Stallone → Rocky III. Stallone's Apex Mountain: Rocky 3 and Rambo in 82.
    “I think his Apex Mountain was that Rocky 3, Rambo.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:28:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  68. theme (theme): Rocky → Bull Durham. The apex-mountain question: is Rocky or Bull Durham the peak for withholding sex while training?
    “Is it this or Bull Durham?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  69. career (career): Burt Young → Back to School. Burt Young's best role is the driver/mushroom in Back to School.
    “Best Bert Young, though, is back to school with Bradley Dangerfield.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:32:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  70. theme (theme): Rocky → The Cutting Edge. The figure-skating date in The Cutting Edge offered as a rival to Rocky's skating rink.
    “Cutting Edge?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:33:02 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  71. what-if (what-if): Rocky → Rocky. Imagine a Spielberg/Scorsese co-directed Rocky: Spielberg's inspirational side with Scorsese's grit.
    “The inspirational side of Spielberg, the gritty side of Scorsese.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:34:41 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  72. what-if (what-if): Paulie → Philip Seymour Hoffman. Asked what role Philip Seymour Hoffman would have played: Paulie, Gazzo's driver or Jurgens.
    “What role would Philip Seymour Hoffman have played?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:35:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  73. programming (programming): Rocky → Rocky II. Best double feature: go right from Rocky into Rocky 2 and skip the Adrian coma stretch.
    “I think you have to go right from here into the 2nd one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:44:48 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  74. career (career): Sylvester Stallone → Rocky. Stallone writing and starring in Rocky is the biggest 'who won the movie' of all time.
    “Obviously, Si Stallone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:45:37 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  75. programming (programming): Rocky → Warrior. If you did a UFC Rocky, Warrior is by far the best UFC movie so far.
    “Warriors by far the best one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:50:04 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  76. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → MASH. Friday Night Lights is a movie that led to a TV show, like MASH, Buffy and Parenthood.
    “there's been really good movies that led to better TV shows.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:01 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  77. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Another movie that led to a TV series, named as precedent.
    “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  78. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Parenthood. Another movie-to-TV precedent; there is an argument the show is better.
    “I think parenthood, there's a really good argument.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  79. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Friday Night Lights (TV series). The TV show's excellence overshadowed the film, which has become underrated.
    “And then this one, which I think the TV show kind of overwhelmed the movie, and now the movie has become weirdly underrated.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:23 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  80. programming (programming): Friday Night Lights (TV series) → Cheers. A franchise concept like Cheers could have been run back in another city; so could Friday Night Lights.
    “Just take cheers, move it into a different city and go.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:07:57 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  81. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Against the Grain (NBC show). Earlier Texas football entries that Friday Night Lights outdid; the NBC show failed.
    “there was against the grain, an NBC show with Ben Affleck as the quarterback that failed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:09:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  82. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Varsity Blues. Both took viewers into the Texas football world; Friday Night Lights nailed it and the TV series went further.
    “Then this movie nailed it?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:10:01 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  83. craft (craft): Peter Berg → Friday Night Lights (2004 film). Berg reread the rejected scripts and the book and realized the story is about what football means to the community.
    “Peterburg read all of them and reread the book and he was like, what did they get wrong?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:12:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  84. industry (industry): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Tin Cup. Tin Cup (1996) belongs to the 3.0 era of sports movies that preceded Friday Night Lights.
    “Tin Cup was 96.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:15:49 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  85. industry (industry): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Moneyball. The film points toward the next wave of dramas that happen to be about sports.
    “And Friday Night Lights is moving us toward this kind of next iteration of whatever that was, and it's leading to stuff like money ball and win-win and like dramas that also happen to be about sports.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  86. theme (comparison): Preacher → Miles Garrett. Preacher is like an 18-year-old Myles Garrett.
    “He's basically Miles Garrett as an 18 year old.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:17:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  87. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → The Bad News Bears. Bad News Bears and Rocky, the same year, were the first time good guys did not win.
    “Bad news bears and Rockies, same year.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:19:17 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  88. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → All the Right Moves. A good version of the good guys not winning, with a devastating rain touchdown.
    “All the right moves is a really good version of this where they, they, they messed around in a couple ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:19:23 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  89. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Tin Cup. Ron Shelton's twist ending in Tin Cup is another example of the good guy not winning.
    “And Ron Shelton Twist said it in the ending in Tin Cup.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:19:55 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  90. lineage (lineage): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → A League of Their Own. Whether the good guys won depends on your viewpoint in A League of Their Own.
    “A league of their own, which is earlier than Tin Cup”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:19:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  91. verdict (verdict): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Rocky. Other than Rocky, Friday Night Lights is probably the best film where the good guys do not win.
    “That's probably the other than Rocky, probably the best one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:20:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  92. career (career): Billy Bob Thornton → Bad Santa. Some would pick Bad Santa, but not over Friday Night Lights as his most rewatchable.
    “Some people might go with Bad Santa.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:22:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  93. career (career): Billy Bob Thornton → Sling Blade. Friday Night Lights was the peak of the run that started with Sling Blade.
    “but this was kind of the peak of that whole run that starts with sling blade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:22:58 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  94. career (career): Coach Gaines → Tommy Norris. The two Billy Bob roles share the problem-solving calm amid chaos, though Tommy is more overt and darker.
    “It's the same kind of thing where there's chaos going all around him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:21 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  95. career (career): Peter Berg → 30 for 30. The film's success made Berg a big enough star to be one of the first two directors for 30 for 30.
    “he was a big enough star that he was one of the 1st 2 directors we got for 30 for 30.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:27:01 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  96. craft (craft): Explosions in the Sky → Tangerine Dream. The score is one of the finalists for best movie score, alongside Tangerine Dream.
    “Them and Tangerine Dream in the finals for movie scores.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:27:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  97. career (career): Garrett Hedlund → Tim Riggins. Hedlund's Billingsley prefigures Riggins, the TV role Taylor Kitsch made his own.
    “In the TV show, he becomes Riggins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:28:44 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  98. career (career): Garrett Hedlund → Country Strong. Hedlund was in Country Strong, which the podcast did for Liz Kelly.
    “we did country strong ones on the rewatchables because it's her favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:29:16 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  99. career (career): Lucas Black → The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Black went on to Tokyo Drift.
    “He ended up in one of the fastest actress movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:29:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  100. people (people): Buzz Bissinger → Peter Berg. The author was Berg's cousin, which helped get the film made.
    “He was also cousins with Pete Berg, which is part of how this all happened”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:30:57 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Their fun items

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  1. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: The chessboard knocked over in Vinny's name speech was an accident kept in the movie.
    “he knocks over the chessboard, that was an accident”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:07:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ralph Macchio: He's often asked to sign cans of tuna.
    “Machio said he's often asked to sign cans of tuna.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:07:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Joe Pesci: Made a lounge album called Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings for You.
    “Vincent LaGuardia Gambini sings for you.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:08:45 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Hosts keep Tomei's Oscar and argue the courtroom scene earned it.
    “So we're letting her keep the Oscar for this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:22:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about This Is the End: The pitch: celebrities play themselves at the apocalypse, with a demon with a 10-foot penis; the cockiest pitch ever.
    “I think this is the end might be the the most the most cocky movie pitch ever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about This Is the End: Last movie rented at a Blockbuster before it closed on November 9, 2013; a fitting end to 30 years of video-store comedy.
    “This was the last movie ever rented in a blockbuster before Blockbuster closed on November 9, 2013.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about This Is the End: Blockbuster, video-store tie: comedies from video stores.
    “Thought that was kind of fitting because this is 30 years of running comedies from video stores.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Evan Goldberg: Goal on set was to get cast to say 'no, I can't do that'; only Franco and Rogen never broke. About 85% improvised.
    “the only people who never broke were Franco and Rogan.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:14:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about This Is the End: Budget about $40M (they all took pay cuts), grossed about $126M; mostly three sets.
    “$40000000 budget made 126.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about This Is the End: Turned up in the leaked Sony documents as a $50M profit.
    “this is the end made $50000000 in profit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:27 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Raj: Grantland's Raj died April 2013 so never reviewed it; Bill thinks he'd have hated it ('celebrities jerking each other off').
    “I think he would have said there's no story.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Wesley Morris: Wesley Morris liked it: a movie that mocks its own excesses and burns them down.
    “have produced a movie that wants to call mocking attention to its excesses and privileges and then burn them down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Jay Barrishell: Daily Beast interview: Jay said he and Jonah didn't get along and found Jonah's compliment scene exhausting, then loved the rough cut.
    “Jay said, not even fucking kind of.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:19 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about Danny McBride: His entrance, making breakfast, is the cinematic shot of the film and the most rewatchable stretch.
    “McBride probably wins most cinematic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:43:22 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Emma Watson: Reported to have left set over improvised scenes; Rogen said the narrative she was unprofessional is 'complete bullshit.'
    “the narrative that she was in some way uncool or unprofessional is complete bullshit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:45:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about This Is the End: Original ending: Morgan Freeman as God in heaven; Freeman said no, so the Backstreet Boys were used.
    “But then Morgan Freeman said, no.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:52:00 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  17. fun, about Danny McBride: Rewatchables created a new award named for him: best job playing yourself.
    “Going forward, the Danny McBride a word.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:53:11 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about Rihanna: Slapped Michael Cera for real; Cera asked if he could slap her butt and she said only if she could hit back; multiple takes left him lying down.
    “he asked Rihanna if he could actually slap her butt and she said, if I can hit you back.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:37 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  19. fun, about This Is the End: Rogen and Goldberg were shocked it wasn't NC-17; test audiences said the Franco severed-foot blood scene went too far.
    “These guys were shocked this movie wasn't NC17.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:05 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  20. fun, about This Is the End: A post-credits scene in hell with Hitler smoking marijuana was nearly filmed; Bill wants the Hitler cut released.
    “They really did almost film the marijuana Hitler scene and they all decided it was too much.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:43 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  21. fun, about This Is the End: Apex Mountain for Rogan: This Is the End; for pitches, the best.
    “I think it's Apex Mountain for just movie pitches.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:00:26 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  22. fun, about Dion Waiters: Running gag: the Dion Waiters Award (best short cameo/heat check) goes to Michael Cera again.
    “Dion Waiters is to this podcast as weed culture is to this is the end.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:08:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  23. fun, about Alec Baldwin: On set Baldwin refused to shave his beard, so Bill Pullman was lined up to replace him; he then shaved but stopped talking to the director for the shoot.
    “And then won't talk to the director for the rest of the shoot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:27:54 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  24. fun, about David Mamet: Art Linson's book: in the pitch an executive objected that nobody roots for a rich guy, so Mamet added the affair and the cuckold angle.
    “nobody's going to root for a rich guy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:29:14 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  25. fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert gave 3 stars but hated the ending credit for Bart the Bear right after the emotional close.
    “Now, Bart is one hell of a bear, but this credit in this place is a spectacularly bad idea.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:31:13 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  26. fun, about Bart the Bear: Bart's filmography: Legends of the Fall, The Great Outdoors, 12 Monkeys, Grizzly Adams, presented at the 1998 Academy Awards.
    “He was a presenter at the Academy Awards in 1998”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:33:07 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  27. fun, about Bart the Bear: Trainer said Hopkins respected Bart like a fellow actor and would spend hours looking at him.
    “acknowledged and respected Bart, like a fellow actor.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:33:48 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  28. fun, about The Edge: Die-of-shame monologue is the line that stuck with Bill enough to put in his book.
    “Don't die of shame.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:59:32 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  29. fun, about The Edge: Title what-if from Linson's book: it was called Bookworm; Deadfall was the favorite alternate; The Bear in the Brain was not.
    “This movie was called Bookworm for a long time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:08:33 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  30. fun, about The Edge: Best quote picks: never feel sorry for a man who owns a plane; what one man can do, another can do.
    “never feel sorry for a man who owns a plane.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  31. fun, about Robert De Niro: At the table read De Niro kept saying the bear concerned him; Bill does the Jimmy Conway voice.
    “The bear still concerns me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:12:53 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  32. fun, about The Edge: Casting recast: Uma Thurman or Nicole Kidman for Macpherson's role, with a bag dropped.
    “I'll give you Uma Thurman or Nicole Kidman for the part of Elle McPherson, and we're just dropping a bag.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:07 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  33. fun, about The Edge: Hopkins had a herniated disc and hypothermia; production shut for ten days.
    “They had to shut the movie down for like 10 days for Hopkins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:32 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  34. fun, about The Edge: The film inspired a Brazilian reality show where contestants used Charles Morse's techniques.
    “apparently the movie inspired TV reality show in Brazil”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:39 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  35. fun, about Alec Baldwin: In his autobiography Baldwin says Mamet's script was great and became a dumb action movie; he's still mad about The Edge.
    “he's still mad about the edge.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:56 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  36. fun, about The Edge: Apex Mountain: nobody from the cast, with Harold Perrineau calling it the Best Man and Lost era instead.
    “this is the best mainstream bear movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:16:52 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  37. fun, about Harold Perrineau: Rewatchable scene: Harold impales himself making a spear; the show's Apex Mountain pick for his career.
    “I think in movies, I would say that the best man is probably Harold Paranoos.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:17:02 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  38. fun, about The Edge: Wikipedia joked that Bart won an Oscar but could not attend, so it went to somebody else.
    “Bart the Bear won an Oscar”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:26:25 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  39. fun, about The Edge: Who won the movie: Bart the Bear, in the movie 4.5 minutes, as Hopkins was in Silence for about 16.
    “Bart the Bear won the movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:34:04 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  40. fun, about Margin Call: Koppelman has watched this more than any movie of the last 15 years; Simmons calls it more horror than drama.
    “I dig that it's more of a horror movie than a drama.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:01:48 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  41. fun, about Jeremy Irons: Irons lists financial panics by year; Russillo likens it to NBA cyclical trades.
    “he just starts listing the years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:18:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  42. fun, about Jeremy Irons: Because of his schedule, all his scenes had to be crammed into three days, and Simmons thinks the haggard look helps.
    “they had to cram all of the scenes in the space of 3 days.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:31:20 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  43. fun, about Margin Call: Shot in 17 days on a $3.5 million budget that grossed $19 million; nominated for best original screenplay.
    “This movie had a $3500000 budget made 19 million.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:34:32 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  44. fun, about Paul Bettany: The shoulder slap on Eric Dale is Simmons's favorite bit.
    “My favorite part is the betany shoulder slap, though.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:37:52 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  45. fun, about Paul Bettany: Best scene of his career on the balcony; Simmons and Koppelman both pick it for most rewatchable.
    “This is probably the best betting scene of his career is on a balcony.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:39:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  46. fun, about Paul Bettany: Balcony speech: fear of falling is really fear that you might jump; then the money-left-after-taxes run with 76,520 on hookers.
    “isn't the fear of falling?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:39:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  47. fun, about Demi Moore: Simmons likes seeing A-listers come out of the bullpen in a smaller role.
    “throw 20 pitches in the 7th inning.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:51:13 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  48. fun, about Zachary Quinto: Pitch to Zachary Quinto to join Billions in season nine after Damian Lewis left.
    “Season nine.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:56:31 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  49. fun, about Margin Call: Best-title discussion: Russillo and Simmons say Margin Call is a bad title; suggestion of Sell, Sell, Sell.
    “I think it's a bad title.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:02:41 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  50. fun, about Margin Call: Casting what-ifs: Irons role first offered to Ben Kingsley, Tim Robbins and Billy Crudup passed, Carla Gugino was to play Demi Moore's part.
    “The Jeremy Ions ions world was originally offered too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:05:32 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  51. fun, about Grace Gummer: Her scene as Quinto's ex-girlfriend was cut for poor directorial work; it's on the DVD.
    “you can find it on the DVD.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:06:24 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  52. fun, about Margin Call: Best that guy: Asif Mandvi plays the executive lawyer.
    “His name is Asif Manvi.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:07:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  53. fun, about Margin Call: More than 80 percent of the film was shot on the 42nd floor of One Penn Plaza, vacated by a trading firm.
    “more than 80% of the action was shot on the 42nd floor of one Penn Plaza”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:12:11 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  54. fun, about Jeremy Irons: His work visa needed U.S. senators; the credits thank the Jeremy Irons visa miracle team.
    “they actually thank the Jeremy Irons visa miracle team”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:12:33 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  55. fun, about Jeremy Irons: Eric Dale's bridge math is off by 10x; the real figure is millions of days.
    “He shortchanged himself by 10 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:13:01 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  56. fun, about Simon Baker: Name award: he doesn't look like a Jared Cohen.
    “he definitely doesn't look like a Jared Cohen.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:16:12 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  57. fun, about Stephen King: Simmons joked with friends that King being a serial killer would not surprise him.
    “Would you be surprised?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:07:33 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  58. fun, about Misery: Goldman wanted the job because of King's foot-chopping scene; George Roy Hill could not direct it, and Reiner and Scheinman softened it to the ankle-breaking hobbling.
    “The lapping scene was gone now forever replaced by the ankle breaking scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:19:18 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  59. fun, about Misery: Goldman later wrote the changed scene worked, and the audience would have hated Annie if it had gone his way.
    “If it had gone the way I wanted, it would have been too much.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:19:35 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  60. fun, about Misery: Bates is the only King adaptation to win a main Oscar and first woman to win Best Actress in a horror thriller.
    “This was the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win one of the main Oscars.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:37:57 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  61. fun, about The Rewatchables: Ebert gave Misery 3 stars; Simmons would give 3.5.
    “Ebert, 3 stars.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:40:43 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  62. fun, about Misery: Mr. Man: Annie's pet name for Paul is a running joke in Simmons' house.
    “Mr. Man is so fucking funny.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:51:36 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  63. fun, about Misery: Goldman homage: Paul Sheldon has four seats at Knicks games, a Goldman detail.
    “I love the Goldman homage to Paul Sheldon having 4 seats in the Knicks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:53:44 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  64. fun, about Misery: Worst search party: no one connects missing Stephen-King-level author with the murderous nurse's house.
    “How was this a whole search party?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:00:32 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  65. fun, about Kathy Bates: Simmons' hottest take: best Best Actress performance since 1990, ahead of McDormand, Berry, Stone.
    “I think this is the best, best actress performance of the 90s, 2000s, 2010s or this decade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:03:17 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  66. fun, about Rob Reiner: Reiner cameo as helicopter pilot, and J.T. Walsh as the state trooper.
    “Rob Reiner, was an uncredited appearance as the helicopter pilot in this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:05:08 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  67. fun, about James Caan: Caan once showed up hungover; Reiner claimed a lab problem and reshot, then docked his pay.
    “apparently once he showed to the set, hungover, all his scenes, he shot that they were unusable.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:07:26 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  68. fun, about Misery: Stephen King said Annie Wilkes is his favorite character he ever wrote.
    “Stephen King said Annie Wilkes is his favorite character that he's ever written.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:08:05 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  69. fun, about Misery: Caan liked to see how it goes while Bates was a rehearsal person; Reiner found a middle ground.
    “She was a big rehearsal person and he was a big, let's let's see how it goes”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:08:14 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  70. fun, about Misery: 2015 Broadway version: Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, written by Goldman.
    “Did it a Broadway adaptation in 2015.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:08:25 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  71. fun, about Misery: Fake legs were gelatin with wires at the ankles, holes in the bed for Caan's real legs.
    “The fake legs were molded out of gelatin.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:08:50 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  72. fun, about Stephen King: King reportedly kept quiet about the drug allegory for two decades so as not to detract from the book.
    “So King didn't talk about that for 2 decades after this book.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:09:04 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  73. fun, about Misery: Nitpick: Annie says she followed his car but no vehicle appears behind him in the opening.
    “There's no car behind him at any point.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:12:29 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  74. fun, about Knocked Up: Bill's theory: the rom-com boom runs 1989 to 2005, then comes the 'com-rom', comedies that also have romance.
    “I'm going to say 1989 to 2005 is the rom-com boom.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:09 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  75. fun, about Judd Apatow: Bill on why the hangout scenes work: guys just busting each other's balls for five hours at a poker game or fantasy draft.
    “all we're doing is making fun of each other for 5 hours.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:57 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  76. fun, about Judd Apatow: Apatow shot reportedly a million feet of film and let the guys keep going.
    “like a 1000000 feet of film for this thing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:10:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  77. fun, about Judd Apatow: Bill reads the Rudd character as a stand-in for Judd, with Apatow's own wife and kids on screen: 'Judd's really going through something'.
    “Judd's really going through something.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:14:17 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  78. fun, about Grey's Anatomy (TV): Bill's aside on how shows write out people they dislike, compared to SNL cast standing distance from the host.
    “It's like at the end of SNL, like how close the cast stands to the host is like how much they like them.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:30:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  79. fun, about Jonah Hill: Jonah Hill yelling has aged the best: 'he's one of the best yellers in comedy history'.
    “He's one of the best yellers in comedy history.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:42:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  80. fun, about Ryan Seacrest: Seacrest's self-mocking rant is called his most lovable moment, better than American Idol or Kardashian Seacrest.
    “Like, that is the most lovable he has ever been.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:46:58 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  81. fun, about Knocked Up: P-break award: the 7.5 minutes of labor before they reach the hospital, which Bill would cut entirely.
    “It is 7.5 minutes that you could cut so easily.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:54:05 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  82. fun, about Knocked Up: Best quote: 'Isn't it weird when you have kids and all your dreams and hopes go out the window?'
    “isn't it weird when you have kids and all your dreams and hopes go out the window.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:28 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  83. fun, about Anne Hathaway: Hathaway reportedly left over plans to use real birth footage, which turned out to require paying the baby as an extra.
    “they would have had to pay the baby as an extra”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:57:13 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  84. fun, about Katherine Heigl: Bill's half-fast research: Heigl in 2014 owned 8 dogs, 4 cats, 9 horses, 2 donkeys, 2 goats and 8 chickens.
    “She owned 8 dogs, 4 cats, 9 horses, 2 donkeys, 2 goats, and 8 chickens.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:06:13 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  85. fun, about Wild Things: Jonah Hill's Wild Things scene shows Neve Campbell topless in a pool, though she isn't in either version of the actual movie.
    “she's not topless in either version of the actual movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:06:51 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  86. fun, about Knocked Up: Ideal-length ruling: cut the labor stretch and the fantasy-football cheating sidetrack entirely.
    “We don't have the fantasy football, cheating sidetrack at all.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:26:13 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  87. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: A Premiere magazine piece says the script was rewritten dozens of times, finalized three weeks before production, with a 10-week shoot stretching to 20.
    “Cop 2 ate up the energy of 2 executive producers, 2 producers, one director, 6 writers, and various productive production executives of personnel at Paramount.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:53 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  88. fun, about Brigitte Nielsen: Most rewatchable scene pick: the jewelry-store robbery with the robber calling out elapsed time and time left.
    “If a movie features a scene where there is a robbery and the robber is calling out the amount of time that they've been in there and how much time they have left, probably going to be a rewatchable at some point.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:06:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  89. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: Murphy's original pitch was a Testarossa and a Beverly Hills gun club; the studio first considered England/Scotland Yard and a TV series, but Murphy refused both.
    “Murphy's ideas was that that Folish should have a testeras, Rosa Ferrari, and that there should be something at the Beverly Hills gun club.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:12:43 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  90. fun, about Tony Scott: Scott flew to New Jersey to meet Murphy, shot pool, then Murphy vanished mid-rematch and sent his boys to say Scott was fine with him.
    “Scott recalls shooting some pool with Murphy. who won the 1st game, then disappeared in the middle of a rematch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:13:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  91. fun, about Eddie Murphy: Murphy arrived with a huge trailer and an entourage including his Uncle Ray, brother Charlie, cousin Ray Jr., Fruity, and a 21-year-old valet, and was late all the time, then ad-libbed.
    “he was late all the time, according to one of the crew.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:15:50 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  92. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: Eddie Murphy himself called it the most successful mediocre picture in history, a half-assed rehash that was less spontaneous. Both hosts disagree and say they love it.
    “Beverly Hills cop 2 was probably the most successful mediocre picture in history.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:16:54 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  93. fun, about Eddie Murphy: Murphy bought a $65,000 Porsche at lunch when depressed, and fought producers to keep the Ferrari from the movie; the producers' spokesman denied they ever gave him one.
    “Eddie may have bought a red Ferrari, but Don and Jerry never gave him one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:45 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  94. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: Most rewatchable scene: Axel at the gun club pleading for his daughters Monique and Unique; Simmons calls it a fucking classic.
    “I'd like to see my kids, Monique and Unique again, fucking classic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:30:04 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  95. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: Best quote candidate: the Gerald Ford lookalike in the strip club; Simmons says he still doesn't know why it's funny after all these years.
    “President Gerald Ford is so fucking funny.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:31:52 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  96. fun, about Tony Scott: On the armored-truck city deposit robbery: Scott takes off his shirt, rubs body butter on his arms and does action-sequence curls for three minutes.
    “Tony's like, takes off his shirt, rubs his arms with body butter, and just fucking does some curls for us for about 3 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:32:42 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  97. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: Ages the best: the opening song 'Shakedown' by Bob Seger; Simmons wants more theme songs thematically drawn from the movie, like running away from crime in the city.
    “We just don't have, we used to do things in this country.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:38:43 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  98. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: Ages the best: Producer Craig plays the Faltermeyer opening and Simmons says it makes him want to rob a jewelry store; they plan to end pods with a 45-second Craig song.
    “Makes me want to rob a jewelry store.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:40:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  99. fun, about Hugh Hefner: First movie ever filmed at the Playboy Mansion; Hefner had said no film, then supposedly found a film reflecting his values. Paul Reiser also reads Playboy Sisters in three scenes.
    “Reiser, he's reading Playboy Sisters, 112 pages of Sexy Siblings.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:23 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  100. fun, about Beverly Hills Cop II: Casting what-if: Simmons wants Geena Davis in the thin role of Bogomil's daughter Jan, and Ryan wants Lisa Bonet as a strip-club character killed to fuel Axel's revenge, an 11-minute sidetrack.
    “It's just 2 phone calls and then she's like, I've solved where this guy's visa came from?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)