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

Harlan Pepper, disputed

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  • Harlan Pepper is proposed as weak link: his joke becomes apparent quickly and the ventriloquism is less appealing, though the nut monologue works; more Higgins and McKean is preferred.
  • Harlan is defended for matching Hubert’s mellow energy, his puppy-photo album and genuine love for a dog he calls noble; a future victory is predicted.
  • The Harlan criticism is clarified as excessive screen time rather than dislike; his solo scenes lack another character to play against, though a single owner’s pet relationship is valued.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Harlan’s ventriloquism; Mayflower officials

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  • Aged-worst suggestions are reluctantly limited to Harlan’s ventriloquism and the Mayflower officials’ interstitial scenes; more of the judge would be preferable, while the hotel-manager scenes remain valuable.
  • More time at the ice-sculpture party is desired; casting Don Davis as the distant judge prompts speculation about cut material.
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Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?

The Swans; Cookie flashbacks

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  • A better-sex-scene discussion proposes the Swans working through another Kama Sutra position with Kipper observing, while acknowledging the PG film has no sex scene.
  • Nonexplicit flashbacks to Cookie’s romantic history are proposed as another sex-scene addition.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

A television series could have earned much more

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  • The hottest take is that a television or miniseries version might have used the footage and earned much more, with the counterpoint that the compact film might otherwise have worn out its welcome.
  • A recurring dog-show series would retain the Flecks, Scott and Stefan, then also Christy and Sherri Ann; Harlan could be replaced by a new contestant.
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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

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Approx. transcript time · 01:05:31Read transcript
  • Patrick Cranshaw as Leslie Ward Cabot is the leading that-guy choice, with Malcolm Stewart as Cookie’s former lover also offered.
  • Rachael Harris, Don Davis and Larry Miller are additional that-guy candidates; Bob Balaban is considered too recognizably himself.
  • The that-guy threshold is challenged: Begley, Higgins, Willard and Balaban may be unnamed familiar faces to ordinary viewers; including O’Hara is disputed after Schitt’s Creek, though the cast’s 2000 status is acknowledged.
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Recasting Couch

Will Ferrell as Hamilton, disputed; Baltimore or Boston

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  • Recasting the city raises Baltimore, while Boston or Philadelphia is defended for an old-money atmosphere.
  • Will Ferrell is proposed to replace Hitchcock as Hamilton; his shouting and uptight sketches support the idea, but his twinkle may undermine the character’s unpleasantness.
  • Hitchcock is defended as fitting the role; Ferrell could play a different version, and his less-established 2000 persona might make the recast easier.
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Apex Mountain

Guest; Higgins; terrier songs; pet-owner movies

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  • Guest receives an agreed Apex yes because this was when he had the most influence.
  • Willard’s Fernwood success in the 1970s complicates his Apex candidacy.
  • John Michael Higgins receives an Apex yes.
  • O’Hara receives no settled alternate peak, with Home Alone, Beetlejuice, Schitt’s Creek and After Hours discussed instead of this film.
  • McKean’s Apex is placed at Better Call Saul.
  • Coolidge’s Apex is The White Lotus, while Legally Blonde and Stifler’s Mom support the possibility of more than one peak; a confused Stacy’s Mom song reference is explicitly corrected.
  • Willard’s Apex is ultimately no; dog shows are qualified against Westminster itself, while goat roasting, AM Philadelphia, terrier songs, American Bitch and pet-owner movies receive affirmative responses.
  • Lynch’s Apex is Glee.
  • Posey’s peak is tentatively placed in the mid-1990s, with Dazed and Confused and Guffman mentioned, although her lack of a clear major peak is lamented.
  • Levy’s Apex is Schitt’s Creek, including the added significance of working with his son.
  • Best in Show is at least a top-ten comedy ensemble; Anchorman and Bridesmaids are comparison candidates, and Anchorman becomes the tentative best ensemble rather than an enumerated top-ten list.
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