The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
Never close your mind to an impossible possibility.
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- The agreed lesson is to remain open to impossible possibilities.
Categories & segments
Best Double Feature
A.I., Destination Moon, Disclosure Day, and The Shining are four distinct pairing choices.
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- A.I. is chosen for its lineage and relationship with 2001.
- Destination Moon is chosen as an earlier scientifically credible lunar film.
- Disclosure Day is a promotional choice; The Shining is the backup Kubrick pairing.
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- Kubrick is the explicit winner.
Podcast choices
- Speaker not identified
- Stanley Kubrick
Most Rewatchable Scene
The toga-party “Shout” performance is the shared favorite among a long slate of scenes
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- The opening entrances for Bluto, Otter, and D Day are praised
- The pledge-recruit sequence and its nicknames are nominated
- Flounder killing the horse and the following dean meeting are nominated
- Belushi’s cafeteria-line routine, the zit gag, and the food fight are leading choices
- The ladder sequence is called funny while its voyeurism is acknowledged as dated
- The grocery-store catching routine and flirting are nominated
- The toga party is praised for its visual gags and “Shout” performance
- The Dexter’s road trip and Otis Day sequence is nominated
- Dean Wormer reading the grades and imposing double-secret probation is nominated
- Bluto’s rally speech is identified as the movie’s most famous scene
- The parade is enjoyed but described as an oversized closing set piece
- The closing character-title cards are praised as influential
- The toga-party “Shout” performance is selected and agreed to as most fun to watch
The most "year the movie came out" thing
The 13-year-old reveal is treated as the clearest 1978 artifact, with National Lampoon prominence and clandestine marijuana use also cited
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- National Lampoon’s prominence as a comedy brand is nominated
- Smoking marijuana secretly in a dark room and fearing schizophrenia is nominated
- The reveal that Pinto’s date is 13 is called shocking even by 1978 standards
When I Would Have Died
Hearing the date reveal that she was 13 is selected as the fatal moment
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- The speaker says he would have died after learning the girl was 13
What’s Aged the Best?
The music, Bluto’s sports-arena rally speech, several performances, and many durable comic bits are praised
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- “Louie Louie” and “Shout” are praised as enduring party and wedding songs
- Donald Sutherland enabling the production and his brief performance are appreciated
- Bluto’s rally speech is praised for becoming a home-arena staple
- The women’s-college visit and kiln-explosion story are praised as sharply observed
- Belushi smashing the acoustic guitar is described as an enduring party fantasy
- Tim Matheson’s Otter performance is praised as charming, funny, and star-worthy
- The ROTC students, golf scene, and opening fraternity-door gag are praised
- The film’s jokes and music are described as still effective despite dated material
The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot
The horse-heart-attack freeze frame and Belushi’s cafeteria face are leading images
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- The freeze frame after the horse’s heart attack is nominated
- The cafeteria “Amazit” image is selected as the strongest image
The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink
Belushi’s cafeteria “zit” gag and buffet routine win for food use
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- Belushi’s cafeteria buffet routine and “zit” gag are selected
Chest Rockwell / Brock Landers Award for Best Character Name
John Blutarsky, Mandy Pepperidge, and Gregory Marmalard are nominated
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- John Blutarsky is nominated
- Mandy Pepperidge is nominated
- Gregory Marmalard is nominated
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
The Greg–Mandy–Babs triangle is selected, apart from the 13-year-old storyline
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- The Greg, Mandy, and Babs romantic triangle is selected as the weak link
- The 13-year-old storyline is set aside before the ordinary weak-link comparison
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Old School is treated as the effective remake
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- The film is considered effectively remade as Old School
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