Bill Simmons

Personality, episode by episode

Showing 1–20 of 51 sketches.

Their shows' recurring bits

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

The Big Picture

• Drafts: Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument.
• Hall of Fame: A star's or director's best, ranked and argued.
• Countdowns: Ranked lists, top five or top ten.

The Rewatchables

• Apex Mountain: The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits.
• Who Won the Movie: The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off.
• The Ebert review: Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show.
• Casting what-ifs: Who was almost cast, or who should have been.
• Most rewatchable scene: The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels.
• Aged best / aged worst: What holds up and what does not.
• Picking Nits: The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits.
• Double feature: The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick.

Their claims

Showing 701–800 of 1,295 claims.

701. career (career): Whoopi Goldberg → Sister Act. Whoopi's 1992 peak: Ghost the year before, Sister Act the same year.

     “She had a great, she had a great 1992.”

     The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:32:08 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
702. career (career): Randall Batinkoff → School Ties. The Player, School Ties and Buffy are Batinkoff's peak trio.

     “The the trio of school Taz Buffy and the player.”

     The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:32:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
703. contrast (contrast): The Player → Super Pumped. Bill jokes a ten-episode Netflix Player would be Super Pumped; the others say the mystery element makes binging work.

     “But isn't this just called super pumped.”

     The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:37:49 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
704. career (career arc): Bruce Willis → Kevin Costner. Both flew close to the sun with hits and then had major bombs.

     “Costner and him, I think, both flew pretty close to the sun with some of their hits and then had some major bombs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:57 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
705. unmapped (marriage): Bruce Willis → Demi Moore. Their power-couple marriage was a big piece of his fame, and she briefly matched his stardom.

     “That was one of the biggest celebrity couples we had.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:14:12 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
706. lineage (sequel era): Die Hard 2 → Lethal Weapon 2. It arrived in the run-it-back era of sequels like Lethal Weapon 2.

     “it is right during the era of everybody looking at each other and going, let's just run it back.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:01 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
707. lineage (source material): Die Hard 2 → 58 Minutes. The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel with a similar plot.

     “Screenplay was adapted from Walter Wagers.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
708. lineage (real-world inspiration): Die Hard 2 → Manuel Noriega. The writer admitted the script grabbed smoke from Iran-Contra and Manuel Noriega.

     “there's definitely some Iran Contra, kind of, they're just grabbing smoke from that whole scandal and shoehorning into this with Manuel Noriega in real life.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:20:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
709. verdict (box office rank): Die Hard 2 → Home Alone. Die Hard 2 was eighth in 1990 behind Home Alone, Ghost, Dances with Wolves, Pretty Woman.

     “Die Hard two, eighth.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:39 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
710. unmapped (year peers): Die Hard 2 → Back to the Future Part III. Listed with other 1990 top-grossing movies Simmons saw in theaters.

     “I'm 100% sure I saw 13 of them in the theater.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:17 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
711. unmapped (critical reception): Die Hard 2 → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 3.5 stars and called it bruised-forearm entertainment like Indiana Jones.

     “this is terrific entertainment.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:43 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
712. theme (critic comparison): Die Hard 2 → Indiana Jones series. The critic grouped it with Indiana Jones as thrillers that leave your arm black and blue.

     “this is one of those thrillers, like the Indiana Jones series that I categorized as bruised for our movies”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
713. craft (joke re-edit): Die Hard 2 → Pulp Fiction. Riffing on a re-edit channel, they joke Pulp Fiction could be cut down to Bruce going to get his watch.

     “It'll just be Bruce going to get his watch.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:48 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
714. unmapped (shared that-guy): Die Hard 2 → Total Recall. Robert Costanzo is in both Die Hard 2 and Total Recall.

     “He's in total recall, too.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
715. theme (hero-vs-protege trope): Die Hard 2 → First Blood. Franz's 'I taught him everything he knows' line is joked as Richard Crenna in First Blood.

     “like Richard Crenna in 1st Blood.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:35 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
716. unmapped (scheduling conflict): Die Hard 2 → The Hunt for Red October. McTiernan was supposed to direct but had committed to The Hunt for Red October.

     “John McTiernan was supposed to direct this film, but he had committed to the hunt for Red October already”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
717. people (performance influence): Dennis Franz → Heat. Simmons jokes Pacino might have studied Franz to prepare for Vincent Hanna.

     “I almost wonder if Pacino watched France in this movie studying to get ready to play Vincent Hanna.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:17 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
718. unmapped (shared fictional country): Die Hard 2 → Commando. Esperanza is a general of Val Verde, the fictional country from Commando; Commando is the true Val Verde Apex Mountain.

     “Esperanza is actually a general in the country of Valverde, which is the same country used the fictional South American country used in commando.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:58 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
719. unmapped (snowmobile chase): Die Hard 2 → The Living Daylights. For snowmobile chase Apex Mountain they cite The Living Daylights and Reindeer Games.

     “There a great one in the living daylights.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
720. theme (villain comparison): Cliffhanger → Alan Rickman. Lithgow's villain in Cliffhanger is as good as Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber-style bad guy.

     “Lithgow does the Alan Rickman really as good as Alan Rickman in that movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
721. unmapped (villain model): William Stuart → Oliver North. Stuart is modeled as a rip-off villain of Oliver North, the Iran-Contra figure.

     “Oliver North.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
722. unmapped (airport movie): Die Hard 2 → Airplane!. Set-in-an-airport Apex Mountain is either Die Hard 2 or Airplane, with Airport and Planes Trains aged or insufficient.

     “It's either this or airplane, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:05:06 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
723. unmapped (eye stabbing): Die Hard 2 → Single White Female. Icicle eye stab is good but Single White Female's heel is the number one eye stabbing.

     “single white female, the heel and the high is the number one eye stabbing that I can remember.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:05:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
724. unmapped (nude Tai Chi): Die Hard 2 → Road House. They propose a debate whether Sadler's fully nude Tai Chi beats Swayze's half-nude Tai Chi in Road House.

     “whether Sadler's fully nude Tai Chi, tops Swayze's half nude Tai Chi in Roadhouse.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:26 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
725. unmapped (villain charisma): Die Hard 2 → Die Hard with a Vengeance. Simmons asks if Die Hard 2 is worse because Esperanza lacks the charisma of Rickman or Jeremy Irons.

     “it doesn't have an evil guy as a villain as charismatic as Rickman or John Jeremy Irons?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:36 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
726. unmapped (Christmas movie test): Die Hard 2 → National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Simmons says a real Christmas movie is Christmas Vacation, where Christmas is in every scene, unlike Die Hard 2.

     “A Christmas movie is like National Lampoon's Christmas vacation.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:15:36 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
727. unmapped (taser comedy): Die Hard 2 → The Hangover. Die Hard 2 may have pioneered comedic taser use but The Hangover is the taser Apex Mountain.

     “Apex Mountain is a hangover.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:53 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
728. what-if (alternate ending): Die Hard 2 → The Rock. Ryan wants the Rock-style fix where the villain is stopped at the last second, with Ed Harris redirecting the rockets.

     “when Ed Harris shoots the rockets at San Francisco and then he like redirects them at the last second.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
729. career (career path): Fred Thompson → The Hunt for Red October. Simmons asks whether Red October and Die Hard 2 made voters want Thompson as a senator.

     “Hunt for October and Die Hard 2 where people just like, let's just vote this guy in.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:31 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
730. theme (theme): Will Smith → Tom Cruise. Smith is hitting a danger point like Tom Cruise jumping on the couch.

     “we have entered Tom Cruise jumping on the couch.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
731. industry (industry): Panic Room → The Godfather. The Academy's anniversary shoehorning (Godfather 50th, Pulp Fiction 28th) was awkward; Pacino and De Niro barely spoke.

     “The weird thing was, like, you have Pacino and De Niro out there, and they don't talk.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:03:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
732. theme (theme): Will Smith → Chris Rock. The slap hit two people the hosts have history with, like two uncles fistfighting at Thanksgiving.

     “It was like watching 2 of your uncles getting a fistfight at Thanksgiving table or something.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:59 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
733. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → Fight Club. Fincher assumed a one-location film would be easier than Fight Club's 400 scenes in 100 locations; it was harder.

     “He does Fight Club and it's an insane movie to make, I think he said, Fight Club at 400 scenes in 100 locations.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
734. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → Leighton Meester. Without Foster and Fincher it's the movie on Netflix once a month with Leighton Meester.

     “But there's a version of this movie that is on Netflix once a month.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:19 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
735. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Rear Window. Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs.

     “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
736. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Straw Dogs. Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs (Peckinpah).

     “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
737. industry (industry): Panic Room → Home Alone. Fincher worried Home Alone would overshadow his film.

     “He was concerned that Home Alone would overshadow it, but he's pretty traumatized after this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
738. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → The Shining. Also a single-house movie, but The Shining's characters at least get to run through a maze.

     “They probably had the same kind of problem on the shining. That's all in one house, but at least they get out.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:21 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
739. career (career): David Fincher → House of Cards. Fincher's eight-year run includes the first two episodes and pilot of House of Cards.

     “House of Cards creates the 1st 2 episodes.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
740. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Angelina Jolie. The part is an attractive-badass Angelina Jolie type; Jolie was reportedly considered.

     “It's like an Angelina Jolie part almost, which is interesting because I think they considered Angelina for this.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:07 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
741. career (career): Panic Room → Contact. Foster came into Panic Room off a dry run that included Contact, which Bill calls awful.

     “contact, which is an awful movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:29 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
742. verdict (verdict): Contact → Panic Room. Bill's take in 1997: Contact was disappointing and Foster and McConaughey had no chemistry.

     “Matthew McConey and Jody Foster had no chemistry at all.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:06 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
743. career (career): Jodie Foster → Flight Plan. Panic Room gave Foster a second wave: Flight Plan, Inside Man and one more run.

     “This got kind of a 2nd wave for her where she ends up in flight plan and Inside Man and one more run.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
744. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Sandra Bullock. Ten actresses could have played the part; Sandra Bullock easily.

     “Like Sandra Bullock easily could have been in this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:09 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
745. programming (programming): Panic Room → Bird Box. Home-invasion and people-in-peril movies are what Netflix feeds viewers; Panic Room is the well-done version.

     “But I think this is the really well-done version of it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:37 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
746. career (career): Jodie Foster → The Devil Wears Prada. Bill wonders if Foster had a Meryl Streep/Devil Wears Prada pop-culture moment in her.

     “Yeah, I wonder, like, did she have a devil wears Prada, Meryl Streep moment in her?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:33:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
747. what-if (what-if): Sean Penn → The Game. Foster dropped out of The Game and Sean Penn went in.

     “and then they put Sean Penn in there.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
748. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → The Game. Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.

     “I think Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
749. industry (industry): Jodie Foster → Flora Plum. Foster was free because Flora Plum, which she was directing, shut down when Russell Crowe was injured.

     “She was directing some movie called Flora Plum, where Russell Crowe got injured, left the project, production shut down”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
750. industry (industry): Panic Room → Joe Eszterhas. A record script sale, like Eszterhas's and Shane Black's, which Bill wants a Movie-Reference site for.

     “didn't Joe Esterhouse have that once for basic instinct and him and Shane Black.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:27 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
751. programming (programming): Panic Room → The Social Network. Fincher movies are rewatchable and date-movie friendly, with the exception of Se7en; Social Network is the perfect date movie.

     “Like social network, perfect date movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
752. industry (industry): Panic Room → Spider-Man. 2002 box office: Panic Room made $96M domestically in a year when things changed, a Spider-Man year.

     “but also the year when things change, because this is a Spider-Man year.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:25 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
753. verdict (verdict): Panic Room → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave Panic Room 3 stars and called Fincher a visual virtuoso and Foster spellbinding.

     “All right, Roger Ebert, 3 stars.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:56 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
754. people (people): Jared Leto → Iverson. Leto's cornrows make him an homage to Iverson.

     “Jared Leto is essentially like the an homage to Iverson in this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:46:30 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
755. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Don't Breathe. Home-invasion variants take senses away from the victim.

     “What was don't breathe?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
756. theme (theme): Panic Room → Heat. Bearer bonds and heist logic: Bill pitches a Michael Mann movie where robbers reveal the take by mistake.

     “We have to have a thing where the robbers mistakenly reveal how much they were actually getting versus...”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:29 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
757. people (people): Forest Whitaker → Jeff Green. Bill compares Whitaker's career to Jeff Green's: always popping up.

     “like the Jeff Green of actors.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:28 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
758. career (career): Forest Whitaker → First Daughter. Whitaker passed on directing Panic Room because he needed to prep First Daughter, though he wanted to act in it.

     “And he passed on panic room.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:20 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
759. contrast (contrast): Will Smith → Jared Leto. Joke: Will Smith punching Leto would have been a big deal since Leto is tiny.

     “Will Smith punching Jared Leto would have been a big deal.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:36 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
760. what-if (what-if): Dwight Yoakam → Maynard. Maynard was first choice for Raoul; Fincher had just directed his band's Judith video. Yoakam was number two.

     “Fincher had just directed the video for Perfect Circles Judith, which is an awesome song and an awesome video.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
761. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Anthony Hopkins. Bill would cast Hopkins as the ex-husband; Jodie owes him, she won him an Oscar.

     “Have him played by Anthony Hopkins.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
762. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Ted Levine. Ted Levine in the Yoakam part.

     “Ted Levine in the Dwight Yoakam part.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:55 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
763. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Heat. They run through the cast of Heat for Raoul: Pacino, De Niro, Rollins, Sizemore, Val Kilmer, Wes Studi, Voight; Sizemore is the answer.

     “Let's just run through the entire cast of heat and decide who could play Raul.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:17:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
764. craft (craft): Arthur Max → Panic Room. Max's production design team built the four-story brownstone set in 15 weeks for $6 million.

     “Arthur Max, production design team, took 15 weeks, $6000000 on Raleigh Studios, and lovely Hollywood.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:19:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
765. craft (craft): David Fincher → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh warned Fincher that his operator-less camera plan would drive him insane, and he was right.

     “Soderberg was like, this is going to drive you insane if you do it this way?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
766. theme (theme): Panic Room → Steel Magnolias. Apex Mountain for diabetes in a movie: Steel Magnolias came up and was not enough.

     “wasn't wasn't Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias diabetic?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:32 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
767. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → Halloween. Michael Myers energy joke: Foster gets up fresh after falling down two flights of stairs.

     “So Michael Myers energy going on there.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
768. people (people): Andrew Kevin Walker → Seven. The Panic Room neighbor actor is the writer of Se7en.

     “And did you know that the guy who plays the neighbor is Andrew Kevin Walker, a guy who wrote seven?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
769. programming (programming): Panic Room → Succession. As a ten-episode Netflix show, Junior would be Roman from Succession.

     “but it's just that, um, Junior is Roman from Succession.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:33:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
770. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → LA Confidential, Titanic, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights (1997 slate). Simmons says a late-1997 run of adult-oriented movies shows how different Hollywood was; today The Ice Storm would be an eight-episode Hulu series.

     “if the ice storm is made now, it's a freaking 8 episode Hulu thing and it sucks.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:27 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
771. lineage (lineage): The Ice Storm → The Brady Bunch Movie. Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm.

     “They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
772. lineage (lineage): The Ice Storm → Nixon. Simmons says the nostalgia turned to re-examination in the mid-90s, citing Oliver Stone's Nixon.

     “So mid 90s, it starts to be like, hmm.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:48 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
773. lineage (lineage): The Ice Storm → The Doors. Simmons ties The Doors (1991) to the era of re-examining 60s and 70s figures in the most fun way.

     “the doors, which we did in the rewatchables, that came out like 91”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:44 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
774. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Forrest Gump. Simmons calls Forrest Gump the old-school nostalgia version, like karaoke, before filmmakers dug deeper.

     “It's like nostalgic karaoke, basically.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:06 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
775. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Mad Men. Kevin Kline's out-of-step character parallels late-series Don Draper, uncool as the 70s change.

     “that's basically the Kevin Klein character in this, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:54 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
776. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Boogie Nights. The key party built hype like Boogie Nights' reveal, the thing the audience waits for.

     “boogie nights is the same year and that had a whole thing about he's got a huge slong”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
777. craft (craft): The Ice Storm → Jaws. Simmons says the key party became the movie's marketing hook, like the shark in Jaws.

     “it's kind of became like Jaws where it's like, 0 my god, what's this thing going to look like?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
778. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → Deep Throat. Simmons sets the key party against eras of porn access, from Deep Throat in theaters to video stores.

     “deep throw comes out a year before, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
779. craft (craft): The Ice Storm → Brokeback Mountain. Simmons says the two films share a vibe: sparse dialogue and the way Lee advances story and sets scenery.

     “They have no relation to each other at all.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
780. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Ice Storm. Ebert gave it four stars as satirical, funny and observant; Siskel also loved it.

     “Four stars for this one.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
781. verdict (verdict): Gene Siskel → The Ice Storm. Siskel named it his favorite movie of 1997.

     “It was Cisco's favorite movie of 97.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
782. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Kramer vs. Kramer. Both belong to Fucked Up Family February and trade on unspoken tension rather than action.

     “We were talking about last week with Kramer versus Kramer”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
783. programming (programming): The Ice Storm → Swingtown (TV). Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax.

     “That show has to be on Cinemax.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
784. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Mad Men. Simmons notes Mad Men never had a key party, just chronic adultery.

     “Mad men never had the key party, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
785. people (people): Kevin Kline → Sigourney Weaver. They played the president and first lady four years earlier (in Dave) and here are a 70s adultery couple.

     “who played the president and the 1st lady 4 years earlier”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:02 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
786. career (career): Tobey Maguire → Pleasantville. Simmons says Ice Storm led to Pleasantville and to Maguire becoming a thing.

     “But Toby, this led to Pleasantville and Toby becoming a thing.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:39 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
787. career (career): Katie Holmes → Dawson's Creek (TV). Holmes went from her first film role here to Dawson's Creek, Disturbing Behavior, and Teaching Mrs. Tingle.

     “Dawson's Creek, Disturbing behavior.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:53 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
788. verdict (verdict): Kim Basinger → LA Confidential. Basinger won Best Supporting Actress that year; Simmons rates it 5 out of 10.

     “Kim Basinger won for LA Confidential.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:04 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
789. what-if (what-if): Harrison Ford → Kevin Kline. Bill floats Ford for Kline's role, then notes his sex scenes are always stressed-out.

     “How about Harrison Ford instead of coin?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
790. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Presumed Innocent. Simmons notes Harrison Ford sex scenes (Presumed Innocent, Witness, Frantic) are stressed-out sex.

     “it's a lot of like, I'm really stressed out sex.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
791. what-if (what-if): Jeff Bridges → Jamey Sheridan. A bigger star like Jeff Bridges or Nick Nolte in Sheridan's role would make the cast an event.

     “If that was like Jeff Bridges, you'd be like, oh, wow, this movie has a fucking event.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
792. programming (programming): Brokeback Mountain → The Ice Storm. Simmons eyes Brokeback Mountain as a contender for Fucked Up Family February 2023.

     “Brokeback Mountain is definitely one of the contenders.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:25 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
793. career (career): Joan Allen → The Bourne Supremacy. Simmons argues her apex is Bourne, 2004, as Pamela Landy in the biggest action franchise.

     “You don't think it's 04 where she's Pamela Landy in like the biggest action franchise in the world?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:10:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
794. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → After Hours. Simmons asks whether any movie character had a worse night than Jim Carver and cites After Hours.

     “Griffin Dunn in after hours or in competition for worse than true.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:21:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
795. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → The Full Monty. Weaver blamed Titanic and The Full Monty for taking art-house audiences from the film.

     “the other movie that she thought really undercut it was the full Monty.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:46 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
796. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → American Beauty. Simmons thinks American Beauty blocked Ice Storm from a second wind; a B-grade version of it.

     “I always felt like American beauty kind of blocked this movie from having any kind of 2nd wind.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
797. industry (industry): Miami Vice → Michael Mann. Simmons and Ryan joke that their persistence made the Miami Vice movie beloved.

     “made the Miami Vice, the movie, um, more powerful than the TV show”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
798. programming (programming): The Ice Storm → Pulp Fiction. Next episodes will cover two famous movies; Ryan and Simmons tease Pulp Fiction.

     “I've been watching a lot of pulp fiction lately.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
799. theme (era / Cold War): Miracle → Rocky IV. The Cold War movies led up to Rocky IV, which Simmons jokes ended the Cold War.

     “all the Cold War movies were leading to Rocky 4 and Rocky finally ending the Cold War single-handedly”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:10:30 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
800. what-if (casting what-if): Kurt Russell → Kevin Costner. Costner would overpower the part.

     “Costner, I think he overpowers it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Their fun items

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1. fun, about Friday the 13th: Bill's mother and stepfather-to-be saw it in a Stamford theater; when Jason rose from the lake a man screamed 'get the fuck out' and ran up the aisle.

   “this guy in front of them, stood up, screamed, get the fuck out, and started running out of the theater.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:08:26 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
2. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Dinner scene shoot: John Dugan refused to redo 5-hour grandpa makeup, so they shot it all in 30 hours, 100 degrees, rotting food, blackout curtains, cast puking outside. Edwin Neal called it worse than Vietnam.

   “filming that scene was the worst time of my life, and I had been in Vietnam with people trying to kill me.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:25:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
3. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Hot take from Bill: the hitchhiker is scarier than Leatherface, because everyone has met someone fully gone in a bar who wants to show them a knife.

   “This guy is scarier than Leatherface.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:33:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
4. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Most 1974 thing: the hitchhiker's Polaroid with flashbulb, 'chain saw' as two words, 'old lady' for a girlfriend, and hitchhikers themselves.

   “And then, uh, I think the winner is just hitchhikers.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:46:09 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
5. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The We Slaughter Barbecue sign and the gas station aged best; the real gas station is now a horror-themed barbecue restaurant and motel in Texas.

   “Oh, we slaughter barbecue sign?”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:50:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
6. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Facts: 83 minutes, 868 edits, one chainsaw, one outfit, a $60,000 shoot (later $125K budget with promotion); it made $31 million; Ebert gave it 2 stars.

   “There are 868 edits and an 83 minute movie, which apparently is a lot.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
7. fun, about Franklin: Bill's 'who we hate' pick: nobody is a worse hang than Franklin; Texas Monthly called him one of the most despicable handicapped people in film, the only one who almost deserves his death.

   “I absolutely hate Franklin.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
8. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Only one chainsaw death in the whole movie (Franklin), prompting the joke that it should be Texas Hammer Massacre.

   “I mean, in some ways, Texas Hammer Massacre didn't go really the same.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:00:45 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
9. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Bill's hottest take: Leatherface was the victim, just defending his property in his own house with a hobby of taxidermy.

   “Leatherface was the victim.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:06:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
10. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Craig's life lesson: the real lesson is don't pick up hitchhikers and always have a full tank; Bill notes the lesson from Miyagi is get gas when you need it.

    “don't drop below a half tank.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:07:10 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
11. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Casting what-ifs: Bill's 1974 big-cast version has Jeff Bridges, Rob Reiner (wheelchair), Ron Howard, Penny Marshall and Goldie Hawn as the final girl. The real unknown actors are what makes it work. Cruise or Hanks gag in the van.

    “Jeff Bridges, Rob Reiner and Ron Howard, maybe Rob Reiners in the wheelchair.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:08:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
12. fun, about Gunnar Hansen: Hansen admitted in his book Chainsaw Confidential that after failed attempts he secretly removed the protective tape from the knife and cut Burns's finger for real; Bill calls it an OSHA violation.

    “he secretly removed the protected tape from the knife and cut Marilyn Burns's finger for real.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:10:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
13. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Money story: financed by mob-linked money (the Deep Throat producers), cast kept signing away shares, company went bankrupt, New Line bought the stuff and belatedly paid; nobody went on to a career.

    “They ended up getting financing from basically the mob.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:11:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
14. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Hans Gruber villain scale: Leatherface is a 10 out of 10, shattering the ceiling.

    “I have Leatherface has to be a 10 out of 10.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:18:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
15. fun, about Gunnar Hansen: Body Odor Award to Leatherface: he had one dyed shirt for four weeks and by the end of the shoot no one would stand near him.

    “by the end of the shoot, no one would stand near him.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:18:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
16. fun, about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Who won the movie: Tobe Hooper, who got the best career out of it, at the Universal lot with Spielberg, directing Poltergeist.

    “Hooper? Yeah, I think so.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:31:26 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
17. fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Cut story: planned for late 2001, 9/11 moved Zoolander up, and Paramount chopped 22 minutes and went PG-13.

    “So they push this movie up to like October and they decided it needs to be shorter and they just chopped 22 minutes from it.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
18. fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Ebert quote: the audience critics saw the wrong last reel. He had to watch the movie twice in a week.

    “the final confrontation so badly choreographed that I was not the least bit surprised when the studio called to say the Chicago critics had, quote, seen the wrong last reel.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:37:00 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
19. fun, about Podcast: The mailbag will be quarterly from now on because they get too many emails.

    “We have, we've only been doing the mailbags once a year, and we decided that's, it's got to be quarterly from now on.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:02:11 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
20. fun, about Anti-apex: Anti-apex list of listener's: Travolta in Look Who's Talking, Mike Myers in Love Guru, Brando in Dr. Moreau, Cliffhanger for a rock-climbing date.

    “Cliffhanger as anti-apex for a rock climbing date.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:08:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
21. fun, about Fight Club: Listener pictures Ed Norton's narrator looking at Bill praising new top boy Craig.

    “I feel like destroying something beautiful.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:12:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
22. fun, about Fargo: Listener notes the Fargo pod never mentioned that the restaurant is carpeted, spawning a what-age-the-most idea.

    “Carpeted restaurants seem like a what's age the best, what's age, the worst, split decision?”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:13:08 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
23. fun, about Midnight Run: Midnight Run ends up a list of accessories the movie needed; Bill wants to do it again.

    “This question made me want to do midnight run again, because we did it, I think, 1st year.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:29:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
24. fun, about Sicario: Craig suggests Alejandro killed the cartel leader too fast; listener jokes he is a future true crime subject.

    “I'd like to suggest the Bangkok Coralback tip off award for is Craig actually a serial killer who will one day have his own Netflix true crime documentary?”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:33:40 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
25. fun, about Goodfellas: Listener calls Forrest Gump the best premature ejaculation movie in a narrated list.

    “Best premature ejaculation movie, Forrest Gump.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:36:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
26. fun, about Doc Holliday: Doc Holliday is a no-organ-donation pick: you'd get TB.

    “Doc Holiday, you would get sicker getting Doc Holiday's organs.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:43:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
27. fun, about Hall of Fame: Hall of Fame will have plaques and a special pod.

    “I think we should just make, we should actually really put more time into this and then like announce it on some special pod and have like plaques and stuff.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:08:33 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
28. fun, about Almost Famous: Bill's family watched the bootleg cut and decided which 35 minutes of deleted scenes deserved to stay.

    “I would say there's probably 3 scenes that they could have added.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:21:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
29. fun, about Serial killers: A New Yorker theory: leaded gasoline created a generation of serial killers, powering Netflix.

    “did lead poisoning create a generation of serial killers in the 70s.”

    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:22:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
30. fun, about F1: Simmons opens by calling F1 the number-one movie of the 2020s on feel; the production looked like a bust for two years.

    “I cant believe this actually worked out movie of the 2020s CR.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:02:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
31. fun, about F1: Seeing it in IMAX at the Grove, the whole family left exhilarated and nobody touched a phone.

    “nobody was on their phone the whole time.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
32. fun, about F1: The trope list of the show: the best that never was, old versus new, the spark-needing team, the climactic race.

    “The best that never was.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:12:20 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
33. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt got $30 million for F1, and the hosts credit him for people taking it seriously.

    “He got $30000000 for this movie”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
34. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt's seven longest-tail movies: Seven, Fight Club, Ocean's 11, Basterds, Moneyball, Once Upon a Time, F1.

    “Seven, Fight Club, Ocean's 11, Bastards, Moneyball, once upon a time, an F1.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:24:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
35. fun, about Movie athletes by decade: Simmons's list: North Dallas 40, Drago, Willie Beaman or Rod Tidwell, Tim Riggins, Adonis Creed, then JP.

    “2020s, Josh Pierce, an F1.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:31:14 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
36. fun, about Josh Pearce / JP: JP's social-media persona is called the best 2020s version of a movie athlete.

    “It's the best I've seen in a movie this decade, I think, for where we are in the 2020s with social media.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:31:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
37. fun, about Joseph Kosinski: He directed the Gears of War 'Mad World' commercial.

    “It's called Mad World, the Gears of War commercial.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:41:34 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
38. fun, about Roger Ebert: The running joke: Ebert is dead, so they guess his star ratings: Rush 4, Days of Thunder 2, Top Gun 2.5.

    “Roger Ebert did not review this movie because he's been dead for like 10 years.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:44:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
39. fun, about F1: Hottest take: the movie is better if Sonny crashes and JP wins, even if it ends up bad for the movie industry.

    “This is a better movie if Sonny crashes.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:55:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
40. fun, about F1: F1 is the new soccer: a sport you must pretend to care about as a cosmopolitan fan.

    “So to me, F1 is the new soccer.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:01:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
41. fun, about F1: Pitt's trailer: no one lives in a trailer better than Pitt in a movie.

    “I don't know if anyone's ever lived in a trailer better than him in a movie.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:04:07 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
42. fun, about F1: Nitpick: Sonny is far too old; the oldest winner of a Grand Prix was 53 in 1951.

    “Sonny is way too fucking old to be an F1 driver.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:11:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
43. fun, about F1: Working title was Apex; both title options are criticized.

    “In 2023, ESPN reported that the film was titled Apex.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
44. fun, about Old guy schooling young guy: Top five: Lean on Me, Rocky vs Tommy Gunn, Above the Rim, Star Wars splits, Good Will Hunting.

    “This is the top 5 scenes of old guys schooling young guys in movies.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:08 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
45. fun, about Card throwing: Hottest take: do not trust people who throw cards for fun, with Gambit the one exception.

    “I don't like anybody in real life or in movies that throws cards for fun.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:19:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
46. fun, about Casting what-ifs: Simone Ashley was cut from the final film as Josh's love interest.

    “Simone Ashley, we do know that she did promotional tour interviews is in the movie as his love interest and then just got cut out.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:22:40 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
47. fun, about F1: Research: the crash that ended Sonny's career was based on Martin Donnelly's at the Spanish Grand Prix.

    “The crash that ended, Sonny's career was based on the actual crash of Martin Donnelly”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
48. fun, about F1: Bernie Collins, a former F1 strategy engineer, inspired the Kate character.

    “provided the inspiration for the Carrie Conan character.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
49. fun, about F1: Brand sponsorships brought at least $4 million, one reason the budget was disputed.

    “sponsorships from Bears Brands in this movie brought in at least 4000000 bucks.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:26:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
50. fun, about Kelly LeBrock: LeBrock described her Weird Science role as Mary Poppins with breasts, from a Hughes documentary; she is the best part because the character is made to improve the boys.

    “she plays Mary Poppins with Brest, which I thought was a good way to describe the character.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:29:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
51. fun, about Bill Paxton: Chet is in only three scenes, takes an hour off, and yet is the best Weird Science.

    “but I think the best weird science is when he's on screen.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:42:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
52. fun, about Oingo Boingo: Elfman is dismissive of the title song and video; Beavis and Butt-Head's reaction became the best thing that happened to it.

    “Butthead's like, why didn't they let this guy back in Duran Duran, and Beavis goes, because he sucks.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:45:47 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
53. fun, about David Lee Roth: There was an 18-month window where David Lee Roth made sense in your movie.

    “There's an 18 month window where it made sense to have David Lee Roth in your movie”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:46:27 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
54. fun, about Lisa: The hottest take: Lisa sucks, she pulls a gun on Gary's dad and wipes his memory.

    “Lisa sucks.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:15:07 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
55. fun, about Bill Paxton: Paxton showed up in the party scene in sunglasses and a trench coat just to be around the set; cast calls him the nicest person.

    “Apparently he dresses up in his sunglasses in a trench coat, trench coat, and he's in the party scene.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:21:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
56. fun, about Losing It: Cruise reportedly bought every copy of Losing It; it cannot be found, along with Soul Man.

    “And then he went and bought every copy that was left.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:26:17 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
57. fun, about Kelly LeBrock: LeBrock wore a jacket sold to a pawn shop in Beverly Hills for $25,000.

    “I just want to point out the jacket, worn by Kelly LeBrock in this film, was sold to a pawn shop in Beverly Hills for 25,000.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:38:30 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
58. fun, about Weird Science: Craig's reaction on learning LeBrock married Seagal is called the favorite moment of the pod.

    “Craig, if we could rewind this pod, the part where you had a natural reaction to Kelly LeBrock, we married to Steven Seagal was my favorite moment.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:44:36 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
59. fun, about The Truman Show: Bill rewatched it for a week on pay-per-view reruns using an illegal cable box in Boston in the late 90s.

    “I had an illegal cable box in Boston in the late 90s”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:11 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
60. fun, about Jim Carrey: Siskel and Ebert gave an on-air apology to Carrey after saying he'd never have a film career following Ace Ventura.

    “And on-air apology to Jim Carrey.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
61. fun, about The Truman Show: Cats absent in Sea Haven; Powell notes Sofia is overrun with dogs and Plovdiv with cats; Mallory Rubin will be furious.

    “I'm only saying this for Mallory Rubin because she works with us”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:56 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
62. fun, about The Truman Show: Screenplay beats land every ten minutes: boat, Lauren, set, wedding photo, name, dad.

    “20 minutes we meet Lauren.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
63. fun, about Jim Carrey: Took a pay cut to 12 million from a 20 million asking, and said it was the fastest he'd accepted a role.

    “And he said it was the fastest he'd ever accepted a role.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:25 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
64. fun, about Species: Meta category: Michael Madsen is the reason this film was picked after his death; Bill wanted Donnie Brasco, but Chris said Species.

    “Michael Matson passed away and we had to do a Michael Matson movie.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:02:41 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
65. fun, about Ben Kingsley: New award coined: The Ben Kingsley in Species Award for it doesn't seem like you really want to be here.

    “The Ben Kingsley and Species Award for it doesn't seem like you really want to be here.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:16:50 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
66. fun, about Species: Read before the Ebert review: a $35 million budget and a gross garbled in the transcript as $13.3 million (later someone says it made over $100 million).

    “$35000000 budget, man, $13.3 million.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:02 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
67. fun, about Roger Ebert: The two-star Ebert review is read; the panel's response is settle down and have some fun.

    “Settle down, Rush.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
68. fun, about Species: Opening: no preamble, Michelle Williams in a cage, B movie that starts right away. Most rewatchable scene pick.

    “Michelle Williams in a cage.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:21 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
69. fun, about Species: Palisades guy: the nicest man in the movie, who gets killed 30 seconds after his big swing.

    “Was there a bigger swing for a human being in 30 seconds than that guy's night?”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:34:56 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
70. fun, about Species: The Hollywood Hills guy, Robbie, looks like Nick Wright; the club murder and the Long Island iced tea section is Bill's favorite part.

    “I love the Hollywood Hills, that whole scene.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:37:37 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
71. fun, about Species: Best character name: Preston Lennox and Xavier Fitch.

    “Preston Lennox is good though.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:42 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
72. fun, about Ben Kingsley: Casting what-if: Brosnan's part, Kingsley found out and was like fuck this.

    “I think Kingsley found out and was like, fuck this.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:08:40 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
73. fun, about Species: Why it matters: pre-internet, pre-online porn; people had to go to theaters, and a naked horny alien was how you got them there.

    “It's pre-internet.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:31:00 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
74. fun, about Rosanna Arquette: Bill's category: she is the movie's best-kept secret; Toto wrote a song because she walked into a room.

    “Toto was like, what's right, Rosanna, about Rosanna Arquette, because she walked into the room and we fucking had to write a song about it.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
75. fun, about Griffin Dunn / After Hours: Scorsese told Dunn not to have sex for the first 8 weeks to keep desire in Paul Hackett's eyes. Dunn lasted until the massage scene weekend, had an 'accident', and Scorsese stopped the take and guessed instantly.

    “You ruined this whole scene.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:55:14 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
76. fun, about Catherine O'Hara and John Heard: Best-aged detail: a glimpse of the future Home Alone parents through a window, before they were movie parents.

    “soon they will be 2 of the most famous parents in movie history.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:56:07 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
77. fun, about Cheech and Chong: Chong's remark that it was their own movie inside a Scorsese movie; hosts joke they'd be the Mr. Beast of their time.

    “we were in our own Cheech and Chong movie within a Scorsese movie”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
78. fun, about After Hours: Best character name goes to Horst; second place Kiki Bridges; Marcy is a lost name.

    “Nobody names their kid Marcy anymore.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
79. fun, about Paul Hackett: Bill's what-aged-worst: the name reminds him of Jets OC Paul Hackett and later Nathaniel Hackett and Aaron Rodgers.

    “I can't I don't want to hear that name out loud.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:29 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
80. fun, about Linda Fiorentino: Bill's long riff: why wasn't she ever on The Sopranos; he proposes a one-episode arc where she messes with Tony and he kills her.

    “She could have done a one episode arc where she's just fucking with Tony and then Tony kills her.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:11 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
81. fun, about After Hours: Best double-casting what-if: Tim Burton was attached, withdrew for Scorsese, and made Pee-wee's Big Adventure the same year.

    “I will never stand in the way of Martin Scorsese wants to make a movie.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
82. fun, about Linda Fiorentino / Anthony Pellicano: Sean's research: Fiorentino dated a former FBI agent who pulled files for Pellicano's case, and he pleaded guilty; Bill: that's a movie.

    “That's a movie.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:27:42 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
83. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: Casting what-if: 1980s crazy Sam Jackson for two minutes as a barfly or vigilante mob member; 'Jules Winfield would be great.'

    “I'd love to have Jules just in this movie.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
84. fun, about After Hours: Category 'best life lesson' verdict: nothing good happens after 2 AM; 'don't chase the night.'

    “Nothing good happens after 2 AM.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:40:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
85. fun, about Melanie Griffith: Her ex Don Johnson, Miami Vice, ponytail year: she got back with him after rehab, three weeks after filming.

    “So she went in rehab 3 weeks after filming and then, um, got back together with Don Johnson, my guy.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:21:00 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
86. fun, about Kevin Spacey: New award invented: Kevin Spacey doing cocaine and harassing Tess in the limo wins craziest foreshadowing of a real-life event.

    “craziest foreshadowing of a real life event.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:52:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
87. fun, about Melanie Griffith: She told a 2017 interview she repeatedly made passes at Alec Baldwin, who said no thanks.

    “repeatedly made passes at Alec Baldwin and he said, no thanks”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:35:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
88. fun, about Working Girl: Is Tess the villain? Bill argues she stole Catherine's idea, boyfriend and job; the rest of the table disagrees.

    “Are we sure Tess isn't the villain of this movie?”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:59:14 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
89. fun, about Rocky: Bill saw Rocky in 1976 in Dedham with his dad and left confused whether Rocky won, because they announced only one scorecard.

    “But leaving, my big memory was being confused whether he won the fight or not and asking my dad like, but what was the scorecard?”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:24 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
90. fun, about Sylvester Stallone: He sold the script to ABC; Henry Winkler had to get it back, and Stallone insisted on writing and starring for far less money.

    “Stallone betting on himself is a chapter.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
91. fun, about Sylvester Stallone: This is the 11th Stallone Rewatchable, moving him into the top five with Denzel.

    “By the way, we've done, this is our 11th Stallone rewatchable.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:34 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
92. fun, about Rocky: Hot take: the 1976 Oscars; Stallone lost to Peter Finch and Network; the hosts relitigate best actor and best picture.

    “But the important part here is it's not Rocky.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
93. fun, about Roger Ebert: Bill reads Ebert's four-star review, the week after Crash, the running Ebert gag.

    “A description of it would sound like a cliche from beginning to end, but Rocky isn't about a story.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:35:00 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
94. fun, about Rocky: The first 45 minutes of Rocky are too slow for kids who prefer Rocky 3 and 4 today.

    “My kids wanted to watch Rocky 3 and Rocky 4”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:35:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
95. fun, about Rocky: Most rewatchable: the Spider Rico fight and the $70.20 / $40 payoffs before the credits, which sets expectations.

    “I love the beginning with the Spider Rico fight.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:35:55 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
96. fun, about Rocky: Most rewatchable: Gonna Fly Now training; the stairs, and the 5 AM first-day training that sets them up.

    “Honestly, I think this is one of the best sports movie scenes of all time.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:43:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
97. fun, about Rocky: Most rewatchable: the 14th round, 'cut me, Mick' and Apollo's shoulder slump.

    “Cut me, Mick is great too.”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:47:19 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
98. fun, about Rocky: The turtles from the movie were reported alive as of 2021 and Stallone kept them.

    “Still alive as of 2021, which...”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:53:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
99. fun, about Rocky: Stallone's real dog Butkus was sold for $50 while he was broke writing the script; he bought it back after selling the script.

    “Stallone's real dog, that Stallone sold for $50 because he was so broke when he was writing this movie”

    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:02:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
100. fun, about Rocky: Original script was darker: Rocky threw the fight and Mickey was a racist; those were softened.

     “It had Rocky throw in the fight.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:17:00 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)