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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

One participant cannot find a hot take.

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  • One participant cannot find a hot take.
  • The film is called a perfect modern period piece, combining 1950s design with 1990s acting and cutting.
  • It is called the second-best Wizard of Oz adaptation: Bud needs brains, Ed a heart, Jack courage, Lynn home, and Dudley is the wizard.
  • Patchett’s exploitative celebrity-lookalike business is jokingly praised as commercially brilliant and compared with deepfakes.
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Casting What-Ifs

McConaughey reportedly regretted declining, Crowe was persuaded after refusing, and an Isabella Scorupco offer is explicitly doubted alongside reports Basinger was first choice.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:43:28Read transcript
  • McConaughey reportedly regretted declining, Crowe was persuaded after refusing, and an Isabella Scorupco offer is explicitly doubted alongside reports Basinger was first choice.
  • A Michael Madsen as Bud report is rejected as implausible.
  • A Pamela Anderson as Lynn report is also disbelieved; the hosts discuss unreliable trivia accumulating over time.
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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

David Strathairn, Ron Rifkin and Matt McCoy are candidates, with Rifkin’s first name corrected from Rob to Ron.

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  • David Strathairn, Ron Rifkin and Matt McCoy are candidates, with Rifkin’s first name corrected from Rob to Ron.
  • Alan Graff, the opening abusive husband and stunt coordinator, is nominated.
  • Thomas Arana and John Mahone are offered.
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Recasting Couch

The Dudley suggestion observed as Apostle/postuate (identity unresolved; may signal villainy too early)

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  • A Dudley suggestion transcribed as Apostle/postuate is praised for Irish authenticity but may signal villainy too early; the identity needs confirmation.
  • Campbell Scott, Josh Charles, Matt Damon and Ed Norton are proposed for Exley; Norton’s availability is questioned.
  • Ed Burns as Exley is considered, prompting recollection of a detective show.
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The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink

Simple liquor stores, Stensland’s two-liquor punch, and Stompanato’s Schlitz at Formosa

Flex pick · Andy Greenwald

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  • The flex discussion enjoys liquor stores with simple choices, Stensland pouring both liquors into punch, and Stompanato drinking Schlitz at Formosa.
  • Matt Reynolds’s autopsy stomach contents are offered as a darkly comic last meal.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Camera angles reportedly excluded later tall buildings, and Pearce wore a wig for the fight shot months after principal photography.

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  • Camera angles reportedly excluded later tall buildings, and Pearce wore a wig for the fight shot months after principal photography.
  • Daryl Gates’s congratulatory cameo is called controversial.
  • Inez has a much larger role in the novel.
  • Patchett’s house and Lynn’s house are real locations; the Victory Motel was built near oil fields.
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Apex Mountain

No affirmative selection

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Approx. transcript time · 01:54:12Read transcript
  • Crowe is rejected; Spacey’s run is accepted, with this film versus American Beauty debated.
  • Pearce’s Memento period is proposed; another view favors his post-Brutalist standing, with concern about his social-media activity.
  • Chinatown wins for LA noir; Basinger’s Nine and a Half Weeks/Batman era is favored over this film.
  • DeVito is rejected; evil Cromwell is praised, though Star Trek and Succession are other favorites.
  • St. Elmo’s Fire and The Big Lebowski are raised for toilet dunking; dangling a man out a window is also considered.
  • The Aviator’s Howard Hughes home is favored for Hancock Park movie houses.
  • Heart-shot acting is nominated, especially the cartoon-watching victim and Jack; time to death is debated without medical certainty.
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Best Hang / Worst Hang

Lynn, Hollywood Jack and Patchett are best-hang choices, with club access and golf among the attractions.

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  • Lynn, Hollywood Jack and Patchett are best-hang choices, with club access and golf among the attractions.
  • Dudley’s whiskey and knowledge are considered; Stensland and Mrs. Lefferts are worst-hang suggestions.
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