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

Showing 201–300 of 677 fun items.

201. 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)
202. 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)
203. 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)
204. 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)
205. 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)
206. 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)
207. 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)
208. 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)
209. 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)
210. 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)
211. 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)
212. 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)
213. 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)
214. 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)
215. 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)
216. 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)
217. 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)
218. 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)
219. 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)
220. 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)
221. 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)
222. 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)
223. 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)
224. 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)
225. 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)
226. 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)
227. 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)
228. 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)
229. 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)
230. 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)
231. 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)
232. 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)
233. 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)
234. 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)
235. 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)
236. 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)
237. 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)
238. 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)
239. 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)
240. 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)
241. 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)
242. 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)
243. 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)
244. 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)
245. 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)
246. 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)
247. 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)
248. 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)
249. 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)
250. 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)
251. 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)
252. 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)
253. 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)
254. 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)
255. 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)
256. 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)
257. 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)
258. 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)
259. 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)
260. 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)
261. 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)
262. 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)
263. 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)
264. 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)
265. 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)
266. 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)
267. 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)
268. 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)
269. 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)
270. 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)
271. 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)
272. 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)
273. 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)
274. 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)
275. 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)
276. 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)
277. 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)
278. 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)
279. 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)
280. 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)
281. 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)
282. 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)
283. 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)
284. 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)
285. 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)
286. 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)
287. 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)
288. 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)
289. 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)
290. 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)
291. 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)
292. 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)
293. 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)
294. 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)
295. 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)
296. 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)
297. 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)
298. 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)
299. 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)
300. 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)