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There's Something About Mary The Rewatchables
There's Something About Mary

Picking Nits

Mary’s living and work arrangements, Dom’s plan, Brett Favre’s availability, and Tucker’s long game

In the discussion (7)
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  • Why an orthopedic surgeon shares a modest balcony complex with Magda is questioned
  • Mary’s apparently light patient and surgery schedule is questioned
  • Ted failing to connect Dom with his high-school identity is questioned — Chris Ryan
  • Dom helping Ted while planning to pursue Mary himself is questioned
  • Ted reaching Brett Favre during game week is questioned
  • Pat Healy’s long-term plan to sustain his lies is questioned
  • Tucker’s long-term deception is called baffling
There's Something About Mary The Rewatchables
There's Something About Mary

Probably Unanswerable Questions

The successor to 1990s rest areas, Ted and Mary’s future, and the missing sequel

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:35:37Read transcript
  • What replaced rest areas as the era’s clandestine meeting place is questioned
  • The podcast equivalent of clearing one’s head before a date is jokingly debated
  • Whether Ted and Mary married is questioned, with a short relationship predicted — Chris Ryan
  • Why the hit movie never received a sequel is treated as the largest unanswered question
There's Something About Mary The Rewatchables
There's Something About Mary

Who Won the Movie?

Disputed: Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, and the Farrelly brothers

In the discussion (5)
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  • Matt Dillon is selected for being the viewing’s funniest surprise — Chris Ryan
  • Ben Stiller is selected for the long comedy-star run the film launched — Chris Ryan
  • Cameron Diaz is selected because the title, poster, and cultural impact center her
  • The contemporary 1998 winner is framed as Diaz while Dillon is the retrospective winner
  • The Farrelly brothers are credited with the film’s construction and immediate promise — Craig Horlbeck
Ghostbusters The Rewatchables
Ghostbusters

Most Rewatchable Scene

The fame montage

In the discussion (10)
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  • Venkman's biased ESP experiment with the two students opens the candidate list and is praised as very funny. — Bill Simmons
  • The library investigation is praised for exploiting the uneasy quiet and scale of a large library. — Bill Simmons
  • Dana's groceries, the frying eggs, and the Ghostbusters television commercial are nominated together.
  • Venkman being slimed during the hotel call leads directly into one participant's favorite: the fame montage set to the theme song. — Bill Simmons
  • Louis Tully's party is praised for Rick Moranis's improvised financial introductions and detailed comic business.
  • Possessed Dana's invitation to Venkman is admired partly because he recognizes she is not herself and refuses to exploit her.
  • The finale is praised for Ray's comic timing when he realizes he imagined the marshmallow figure and for the decision to cross the streams. — Bill Simmons
  • The jail and mayor sequence, including Venkman's confrontation with Peck, is another finalist. — Chris Ryan
  • The first hotel call is a personal favorite because the team uses its equipment for the first time and the scene functions like an origin story. — Van Lathan
  • The group ultimately identifies the fame montage as the most rewatchable scene. — Chris Ryan
Ghostbusters The Rewatchables
Ghostbusters

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

Ray Parker Jr.'s theme over the fame montage

In the discussion (2)
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  • The theme song begins as the film moves into its news-and-celebrity fame montage. — Bill Simmons
  • The sequence is compared to the emotional lift of the Pursuit of Happyness needle drop and called a serotonin hit. — Bill Simmons
Ghostbusters The Rewatchables
Ghostbusters

Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?

A more explicit encounter between possessed Dana and Louis Tully

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

In the discussion (3)
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  • The selected answer pairs the possessed gatekeeper with the actual Keymaster rather than Venkman. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The film is understood to imply that Dana and Louis had sex, but the flex asks to see more of their physical mismatch without requiring nudity. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The panel then reiterates that Venkman cannot ethically sleep with Dana while she is possessed. — Bill Simmons
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