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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

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The Den of Thieves Benihana Award for Scene-Stealing Location

San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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Approx. transcript time · 01:28:07Read transcript
  • Chooses the location flex category and praises San Francisco’s varied landscape and cinematic range. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Other Bay Area films, recognizable landmarks, and the city’s advantage over Boston are discussed as support. — Joanna Robinson
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Half-Assed Internet Research

The intelligence-agency prank, phone-phreak inspirations, and the mathematical consultant.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:30:10Read transcript
  • The director was reportedly fooled by a prank claiming naval intelligence wanted script changes. — Bill Simmons
  • Phone phreakers and Apple’s blue-box origins are discussed as context for the characters. — Joanna Robinson
  • The panel reports that mathematician Len Adleman supplied authentic lecture material and was persuaded by the chance for his wife to meet Redford. — Joanna Robinson
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Apex Mountain

Scrabble tiles and evading motion sensors qualify; the major actors mostly do not.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:18Read transcript
  • Redford is rejected for Apex Mountain here. — Bill Simmons
  • River Phoenix is probably rejected; Stand by Me, My Own Private Idaho, and Running on Empty are alternatives. — Bill Simmons
  • Poitier is rejected, with 1967 identified as his stronger period. — Bill Simmons
  • Aykroyd is rejected, and Species is preferred for strange Kingsley performances. — Bill Simmons
  • The slow walk to evade security sensors is accepted. — Bill Simmons
  • Scrabble tiles are accepted. — Bill Simmons
  • Seinfeld wins for the name Cosmo. — Bill Simmons
  • Geese sounding like a cocktail party is discussed, but its use in another unidentified film prevents a clean claim of originality. — Joanna Robinson
  • Sneakers is preferred to Blue Chips for a Mary McDonnell character being pursued by an old flame. — Bill Simmons
  • Dances with Wolves is preferred for McDonnell herself. — Kyle Brandt
  • Braille Playboy is suggested as an Apex candidate. — Bill Simmons
  • Helium-voice humor is enjoyed but not given its Apex here.
  • A later tangent awards ceiling-vent crawling to John McClane after considering Jurassic Park. — Joanna Robinson
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Picking Nits

Convenient vents, Cosmo’s motivations, Liz exposing the operation, and Crease’s incomplete travel request.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:38:07Read transcript
  • Carl’s access through ceiling vents seems to make the elaborate voice-password operation unnecessary.
  • Movie vents are criticized as implausibly spacious, clean, and accessible.
  • Marty is questioned for never checking what happened to Cosmo; his fugitive status is offered in defense. — Bill Simmons
  • Cosmo’s redistribution plan seems inconsistent with his wealth, threats, and violence.
  • Redford and McDonnell’s nearly identical feathered hair is mocked. — Kyle Brandt
  • Liz’s computer-dating remark unnecessarily exposes the operation, although it fits her irritated cover persona. — Kyle Brandt
  • Crease requests first-class airfare but neglects lodging and other travel expenses. — Kyle Brandt
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