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Crazy, Stupid, Love The Rewatchables
Crazy, Stupid, Love

The Slow Ride / Kid Cudi – Pursuit of Happiness Award for Best Needle Drop

The Time of My Life; Talking Heads during lawn watering

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:01:32Read transcript
  • The Dirty Dancing song The Time of My Life wins needle drop before an ad break. — Mina Kimes
  • A late scene candidate is Cal’s nighttime phone call while looking through the window; Talking Heads during lawn watering is an additional needle-drop choice, with no song title stated here.
Crazy, Stupid, Love The Rewatchables
Crazy, Stupid, Love

Van Lathan Award for Did This Movie Need More Black People?

A Black David Lindhagen

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:42Read transcript
  • Van says the film needs a Black David Lindhagen. Idris Elba and Taye Diggs are deemed too handsome, Ice-T rejected, and Keenen Ivory Wayans and Giancarlo Esposito proposed.
  • Esposito is disputed as too sinister; Underwood, Haysbert and Chris Rock are considered, with age and scene-dominance objections. Bacon’s ordinary likability is defended. — Bill Simmons
Crazy, Stupid, Love The Rewatchables
Crazy, Stupid, Love

Is There a Better Title for This Movie?

The Wingman; The Makeover; How to Pick Up Women; original title defended

Flex pick · Mina Kimes

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:05:27Read transcript
  • Mina explicitly selects the better-title flex, criticizing the title and misleading poster. Carell’s reported objection and working title The Wingman are discussed. — Mina Kimes
  • Van defends the title’s narrative progression. Alternative titles are The Makeover and How to Pick Up Women, the latter a double meaning for the lift. — Bill Simmons
Crazy, Stupid, Love The Rewatchables
Crazy, Stupid, Love

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Babysitter plot; the shared pickup bar

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:07:47Read transcript
  • Weak-link choices include the babysitter plot and the shared bar where Hannah never encounters Cal; the mixed-age pickup setting is doubted. — Bill Simmons
  • Van and Bill describe discomfort being older than colleagues at bars, reinforcing objections to Jacob repeatedly using the same venue. — Bill Simmons
  • Phoenix is proposed as a more plausible recasting city. The babysitter’s photos and crush on unkempt Cal are criticized, with the historical framing and online consequences discussed. — Bill Simmons
  • The hosts discuss changes in dating, fear of public rejection and social-media exposure, while Mina gives a qualified nostalgic defense of Jacob’s approach. — Bill Simmons
Crazy, Stupid, Love The Rewatchables
Crazy, Stupid, Love

Top Five List

Flex pick · Mina Kimes

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:11Read transcript
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Recasting Couch

Phoenix; Scottsdale; Irvine

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:07Read transcript
  • Phoenix is proposed as a more plausible recasting city. The babysitter’s photos and crush on unkempt Cal are criticized, with the historical framing and online consequences discussed. — Bill Simmons
  • No Casting What-Ifs were found. Tomei clearly wins Dion Waiters. Phoenix, Scottsdale or Irvine are proposed recasting locations, with warm-weather shopping as a constraint. — Bill Simmons
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