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  1. industry (industry): Neighbors → Judd Apatow. Neighbors is the Apatow track: low scale, high premise, comedians, cheap and opened big.
    “The the Appatau track.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:43:08 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Alan Dale → Neighbors. Another actor recalled from Australian soap Neighbors.
    “It was a guy on Neighbors, the Australian sitcom.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:37:50 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): This Is the End → Neighbors. Neighbors is the last gasp of the Rogan-era group of comedies; This Is the End is the end of that run.
    “this was like the end to the group of those guys.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:02:07 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Neighbors → This Is the End. Neighbors is the last gasp of the Apatow arc where the guy realizes he has to grow up, one last big blast.
    “neighbors is kind of like the last gasp of that where it's like these people who have a kid who, like, haven't party in a while, but like they have one last big blast.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:07:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Pineapple Express → Neighbors. Rogen and Goldberg avoided sequels, unlike the 2014-16 wave.
    “these guys didn't make a lot of sequels, which I think is great about them.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:06 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)