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unmapped (pregnancy-movie problem):
Look Who's Talking → Knocked Up.
Pregnancy comedies like Knocked Up and Juno are structurally unable to let the character abort, and the film too felt progressive for 1989 in this regard.
“there's always a problem with any pregnancy movies, a problem with knocked up as a problem with Juno”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:50:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Knocked Up → This Is the End.
Rogen and Goldberg add heart: the pull of sacrifice for a friend runs from Superbad and Knocked Up into this film.
“sacrificing yourself for like the greater good was super bad with knocked up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:15:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
This Is the End → Knocked Up.
Knocked Up ends with growing up; This Is the End does not.
“They don't grow up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:48:21 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them) -
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) -
lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally.
Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
“It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Mean Girls → Knocked Up.
Bill thinks Mean Girls may have been the first to figure out 'more funny than romantic, but also having the romance'.
“I feel like mean girls might have been the 1st one that figured out.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:37 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Knocked Up → Mean Girls.
Bill groups Knocked Up with Mean Girls, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Sarah Marshall and Bridesmaids as the 'com-rom' cycle.
“Mean girls, 40 year old virgin, wedding crashers, knocked up, Sarah Marshall, EZA bridesmaids.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:48 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally.
Craig defines the com-rom: comedy about romance rather than romance with comedy.
“I love it, because it's instead of a romance that has comedy, it's comedy about romance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:02 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally.
Craig says the newer movies focus on the men while the earlier ones focus on the women.
“The men are the kind of the focuses and the early ones it's focused on the women.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:10 · Craig Horlbeck (0.75 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Starting Over → Knocked Up.
Bill offers Starting Over (Burt Reynolds, a love triangle in Boston) as an early prototype of Apatow movies.
“It's got, it feels like a very early prototype of these Apatow movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Wedding Crashers → Knocked Up.
Bill says Wedding Crashers and Mean Girls became genuinely funny, which is what Apatow figured out.
“I think the thing Appatau figured out on wedding crashers and Mean Girls and some of these other things was, they became genuinely funny.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:03 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Bill says the first half is idiots hanging out and the second half is more rom-com, less funny and more heartwarming; he notes 40-Year-Old Virgin was already covered.
“He did it in 40-year-old version too, which we've already done”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:36 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Judd Apatow → Knocked Up.
Bill lists everything Apatow produced 2005 to 2011, the best comedy producing run anyone has had.
“That's got to be the best comedy producing run anyone's had.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:10:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Bridesmaids → Knocked Up.
Bill frames Bridesmaids as Apatow's answer to the criticism of the female lead in Knocked Up.
“And bridesmaids is the mic trap, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:00 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Juliet's biggest gripe: Alison has no friends except the sister she lives with.
“The fact that like the friendship is like such is the most fun part of this movie and she literally has 0 friends is so shocking.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:35 · Juliet Litman (0.90 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Bridesmaids.
Juliet contrasts Alison having no friends with the best-friend role that was essential to the 89-05 rom-coms.
“The best friend is a crucial part of all of those women driven rom-coms from 89 to 05.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:21 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → This Is 40.
Bill says halfway through the movie it becomes a Rudd and Mann movie, which becomes This Is 40.
“the movie pretty much becomes like a Rudd and man movie by the end of it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:53 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Superbad → Knocked Up.
Bill points out Superbad came out two months after Knocked Up.
“And by the way, Superbag came out 2 months after this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:31 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Katherine Heigl → Knocked Up.
Juliet recounts Heigl saying in Vanity Fair she could not be proud of Knocked Up because of sexism, then walking it back on Howard Stern.
“She says that she can't be proud of knocked up because of the sexism in it, which she then had to walk back on Howard Stern.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:20:46 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Roger Ebert → Knocked Up.
Bill notes there is no Roger Ebert review of Knocked Up, guessing Ebert had health issues.
“No Roger Ebert review.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:03 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Emily Nussbaum → Knocked Up.
Bill reads Emily Nussbaum's 2007 critique that Alison is a completely inconsistent character.
“She was just a completely inconsistent character”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:29 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Martin the bearded guy gets ribbed in the nightclub: 'Scorsese on Coke', Cat Stevens after Yusuf Islam.
“Late John Lennon, Martin Scorsese on Coke.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:33:59 · Craig Horlbeck (0.70 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Kristen Wiig → Knocked Up.
A speaker says Wiig's weight-loss scene is the first time she does her thing on camera.
“It's kind of the 1st time like Wig does her thing on camera.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:35:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Craig's favorite: the dice joke when the guys watch Seth Rogen dance in the nightclub.
“the dice thing when they're watching Seth Rogen dance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:36:49 · Craig Horlbeck (0.70 sure it was them) -
unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Wild Things.
Juliet points to Jonah Hill watching Wild Things in the house scene.
“and he's watching Wild Things.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:02 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Knocked Up → This Is 40.
Bill says the sequel is a more complicated movie than Knocked Up; Juliet says she doesn't like it as much.
“This is 40, that it was looming, which I think is a more complicated movie than this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:44:31 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
The B-52s → Knocked Up.
Best needle drop pick for Knocked Up is the B-52s' 'Rock Lobster' when Alison and Ben go back to hook up; Craig agrees.
“I gotta go rock lobster, the B 52s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:21 · Juliet Litman (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Swingers.
A speaker notes there is a Swingers joke when they drive to Vegas, and wonders if under-20s get it.
“They have a swinger's joke in the movie too, when they're driving to Vegas.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:48:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Ashton Kutcher → Knocked Up.
Juliet insists on mentioning Geisha House, partly owned by Ashton Kutcher, as the hot restaurant of the moment.
“I didn't mention Geisha House and the Great Ashton Kutcher.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:49:06 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
What aged worst: Heigl's low-rise, flowy halter wardrobe of the mid-2000s.
“her outfits are so of that moment”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:52:22 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Knocked Up → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
The pee-break category is named after the Anchorman flute scene; Bill uses it to mark Knocked Up's 7.5-minute labor stretch.
“The anchorman flute. P-break Award for best time to go go pee”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:53:40 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
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) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
In other countries the movie is called A Little Bit Pregnant or Slightly Pregnant; knocked up is not a term there.
“in other countries, it's called either a little bit pregnant or slightly pregnant”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:12 · Juliet Litman (0.90 sure it was them) -
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) -
unmapped (reference):
Knocked Up → Everybody Loves Raymond (TV).
Best-quote pick: marriage as a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond.
“marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of everybody loves Raymond”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Craig's hottest take: Flesh of the Stars is a better name than Mr. Skin; the film's fake site.
“Flesh of the Stars is a better name than Mr. Skin.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:12 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Knocked Up:
Juliet's hottest take: given the circumstances, she should have had an abortion.
“She should have had an abortion.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:26 · Juliet Litman (0.90 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Anne Hathaway → Knocked Up.
Bill raises Anne Hathaway as originally cast as Alison and dropping out over how the birth footage would be used.
“Anne Hathaway, originally cast.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:57:06 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Kate Bosworth → Knocked Up.
Bill reports alleged auditions by Jennifer Love Hewitt (transcribed 'La Feud'), Kate Bosworth and Christina Aguilera.
“Allegedly, Jennifer La Feud and Kate Bosworth auditioned.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:22 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Michael Cera → Knocked Up.
Bill describes a DVD special feature where Michael Cera is 'fired' and Bennett Miller co-directs, a wrestling-style work.
“Do you know about this special feature on the DVD where Michael Sarah gets fired from the film”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:05:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Knocked Up → The League (TV).
Bill says Knocked Up may be the most high-profile fantasy moment in a movie, since The League is a TV show.
“It might be the most high profile fantasy moment.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:11:24 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Knocked Up → Big Daddy.
Bill compares Ben's money-from-nowhere set-up to Sonny in Big Daddy: it doesn't have to work because he has all the money.
“Sonny get run over by, uh, like a cab in Big Daddy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:16:19 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Juno.
Bill asks if this is the best unplanned-pregnancy movie; Juliet thought of Juno but is not a fan.
“But I think this has to be the best unplanned pregnancy movie, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:18:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Knocked Up → Catastrophe (TV).
A speaker calls Catastrophe basically Knocked Up with older people.
“Isn't that basically knocked up with older people as same kind of theme?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:19:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Sex Lives of College Girls (TV).
Juliet imagines Sex Lives of College Girls' tone applied to Knocked Up for HBO Max.
“I feel like that tone applied to knocked up for like HBO Max could work.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:19:36 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Kathryn Hahn → Knocked Up.
Recasting: Kathryn Hahn (transcribed Catherine Hahn) would be a great older sister, even Dr. Ken Jeong's role.
“Catherine Hahn would be a great older sister, like freaking out.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:20:00 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → This Is 40.
Bill picks This Is 40 as the double feature for Knocked Up, running it back for 4+ hours.
“I would say this is 40 because you're just, you're running it back.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:20:56 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
This Is 40 → Knocked Up.
Craig's double-feature argument: This Is 40 is just the last hour of Knocked Up stretched to 2.5 hours.
“that entire movie is like the last hour of knocked up, but for 2.5 hours.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:08 · Craig Horlbeck (0.85 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Craig's double feature: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, to spend time with the supporting guys.
“So I would go like forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:20 · Craig Horlbeck (0.85 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Knocked Up → Adventureland.
Juliet picks Adventureland as the double feature because it shares Hader, Wiig and Starr.
“I would go with Adventureland, which is one of my favorite movies, and it has a lot of these people, Bill Hader, Kristen Wig, Martin Starr.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:21:43 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Knocked Up → Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Imagining Alison's life after the movie, Bill says she might meet a better guy than Rogen and it becomes a Forgetting Sarah Marshall situation.
“and it becomes a forgetting Sarah Marshall situation where.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:24:39 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
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)