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Pineapple Express

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Ed Begley Jr. wins over Hader, the high-school jock, and the child dealer for his meal deadline, gunfire, threats, and accurate suspicion of Dale.

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:00Read transcript
  • The jock’s Goldblum-impression praise and “suck today’s dick” exit are a major alternate.
  • Begley’s father threatens to take the intruders into the street and have sex with them, then immediately fetches and fires a gun.
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Pineapple Express

Half-Assed Internet Research

Research covers the meteorological name, real civil engineers, locations, 180 uses of “fuck,” cross joints, cable overdubbing, the smoking billboard, Snicklefritz, injuries, and overlapping Superbad work.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:18:37Read transcript
  • Weathercasters coined Pineapple Express for an atmospheric river carrying tropical moisture in the late 1960s.
  • Saul’s named civil engineers and projects are real.
  • The hosts count 180 uses of “fuck.”
  • “Melon farmers” deliberately imitates cable overdubbing of profanity.
  • A smoking billboard triggered fire reports, and Snicklefritz came from a supervisor’s insult for a struggling PA.
  • Rogen broke a finger, and Superbad drawings were created during overlapping woods production.
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Pineapple Express

Apex Mountain

The movie is not the people’s apex, but it has cases for Uggs in 2008, weed itself, comic gun-cocking montages, and the Daewoo Lanos.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:22:21Read transcript
  • Franco’s Golden Globe nomination does not outweigh later Oscar attention; McBride’s Eastbound & Down and Cole’s other roles are stronger peaks.
  • The named strain, plot McGuffin, and extensive smoking make a strong case for weed’s movie apex.
  • Ford reportedly refused a murder-by-Fiesta, producing the more memorable Lanos line.
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Pineapple Express

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

“You just got killed by a Daewoo Lanos, motherfucker” is the leading quote among an unusually deep field.

In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:23Read transcript
  • “Crazy about murdering people,” “I could talk about euthanasia all day,” “because I’m in the dumpster already,” the jaw-pulling memory, phone smashing, and the cop-driving warning are preserved alternatives.
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Pineapple Express

Picking Nits

Dale meeting Angie, insufficiently red eyes, the family fleeing home, process-server anger, easy police escape, exposed farm ventilation, unmentioned cannabis fire, and beer with milk generate the nits.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:31:21Read transcript
  • The film never explains how an aimless process server meets a high-school student.
  • The actors behave high but rarely look physically high despite constant smoking.
  • Angie’s family would call police rather than obey Dale and hide in a motel.
  • The hosts debate whether recipients would actually insult the process server rather than the litigant.
  • A smashed cop car should bring backup and helicopters before the heroes escape.
  • Huge air intakes reveal the farm, and the finale omits any payoff from burning the world’s best weed.
  • Angie’s father drinks Newcastle and milk together.
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Pineapple Express

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

This Is the End already contains Pineapple Express 2: Blood Red; further options include a Red spinoff or prestige Ted Jones rise-to-power series.

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:36:45Read transcript
  • The mock sequel sends Dale and Saul to assassinate Woody Harrelson to stop legalization from destroying Red’s business.
  • A Ted and Rosie Perez prequel could explore their chemistry, Red’s recruitment, and the drug organization.
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Pineapple Express

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Questions examine a possible Dumb and Dumber homage, whether Pineapple Express is sativa, and how good the real strain is.

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:39:50Read transcript
  • Two idiots pursued by two hitmen, an overestimating boss, disguises, and the shared Bubby actress form a substantial but unconfirmed homage case.
  • The panel assumes sativa and invites firsthand reports on the strain.
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