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

Fuller Hines scene; apartment-raid or Key West nudity

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Approx. transcript time · 00:59:10Read transcript
  • The episode says it might have had Heinz step in for about 30 seconds.
  • The hosts ask for more sex happening in the apartments the detectives bust into.
  • The film repeatedly flirts with nudity in bedrooms and Key West but stops short.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Lethal Weapon franchise potential; aspirational Key West location

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:59:54Read transcript
  • A planned sequel called Still Running failed because Crystal and Hines rejected the scripts, which the hosts call an enormous missed business opportunity.
  • The main take argues this chemistry and premise could have become the Lethal Weapon franchise in a friendlier release window.
  • The hosts sketch sequels that finish one last Chicago job and then defend a Key West bar from a past enemy.
  • A separate take places Key West beside Cocktail’s Jamaica and Hardbodies’ Santa Monica and Malibu as childhood escape fantasies.
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Is There a Better Title for This Movie?

Unresolved: Danny and Ray; One Last Job; Short Time; Chicago Heat; joking alternatives

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:04:13Read transcript
  • The hosts ask who is running scared and find the title disconnected from the movie.
  • Danny and Ray, One Last Job, Short Time, and Chicago Heat are proposed.
  • The title discussion adds joking possibilities such as Bisexual Buddies and Homoerotic Chicago Cops without settling on a replacement.
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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Joey Pants

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:09:19Read transcript
  • Joey Pants wins automatically, with Dan Hadea as an obvious alternative.
  • Larry Hankin qualifies because one host did not know his name despite recognizing his work.
  • Don Calpha is recognized from Weekend at Bernice.
  • Jonathan Grease is identified through Napoleon Dynamite, White Lotus, and 90210.
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Recasting Couch

Unresolved contemporary cast

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:10:57Read transcript
  • The hosts struggle to find contemporary marketable actors around the characters’ stated age.
  • Driver and the actor transcribed as Shalamee are proposed, but age and box-office concerns complicate the pairing.
  • Donald Glover is considered because he has not made this kind of buddy-cop movie.
  • LeBron is proposed as stunt casting for the Hines role.
  • Marcelo Hernandez and Shane Gillis are comic possibilities, but no pairing is finalized.
  • Glen Powell is named as an obvious contemporary possibility, although no pairing is finalized.
  • Andrew Dismukes is floated as another contemporary casting possibility.
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What Would Tony Romo’s Director’s Commentary for This Movie Sound Like?

Basketball-commentary impressions; voice identity unclear in transcript

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:59Read transcript
  • The imitation says Gonzalez has been arrested, accused, bailed, jailed, and paroled while bringing in kilos.
  • “Ablo Smith and Wesson” triggers the imagined reaction that the joke is unbelievable.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Crystal’s prop-pistol injury; his memory of Hines; State of Illinois Center finale

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:14:11Read transcript
  • A 1986 book says its author accidentally hit his head with a pistol, split his nose, and needed plastic surgery.
  • A 2021 quote says the movie is sometimes watched as a way to visit the late Gregory Hines.
  • The finale was filmed inside the new State of Illinois Center, now reportedly sold to Google.
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Apex Mountain

Gregory Hines; Key West disputed; Dan Hedaya; Michael McDonald music videos

In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:33Read transcript
  • Crystal is rejected because City Slickers and his Oscars period are later.
  • Hines receives a plausible apex here because “now he’s a real movie guy” and the role leads toward Tap.
  • Key West is debated between this movie, Hemingway, and a Real World season.
  • Jack Walsh is selected among Chicago movie cops because he had to leave the force after refusing a Serrano buyout.
  • Jimmy Smits is rejected here and tentatively placed nearer NYPD Blue.
  • Dan Hadea is placed around Blood Simple and his Cheers role.
  • Michael McDonald music videos receive an apex while Yacht Rock is said to end here.
  • Chicago movie bars are tested for Apex, especially the bar in About Last Night and the bar in Thief that the transcript says Conn blows up.
  • Joey Pants is rejected for Apex.
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