Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink Chuck's tuna sandwich In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 00:44:10Read transcript Vincent Schiavelli's character smearing Chuck's tuna sandwich on the door after removing the mustard wins.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film Underwritten Belinda and implausible jobs In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 00:44:10Read transcript Belinda's reason for doing sex work is considered underwritten because the movie supplies no coercion, addiction, or economic explanation. Chuck's choice to leave investment banking for morgue work is also questioned. Charlotte is identified as an unpleasant and disposable character.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift What’s Aged the Worst? Sex-worker stereotype, smoking, Billy’s ideas, and Charlotte In the discussion (6) Approx. transcript time · 00:45:17Read transcript The sex-worker-with-a-heart-of-gold convention is judged dated. Shelley Long's onscreen smoking is judged unconvincing. Billy's failure to notice Chuck and Belinda's relationship for months is questioned. Billy's supposedly original ideas are criticized as weak, already invented, or limited to Love Brokers. Charlotte's obsessive dieting is described as a dated portrayal. Chuck and Charlotte maintaining separate New York apartments while engaged is questioned on cost grounds.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award Mr. Carbone; Henry Winkler In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 00:47:49Read transcript Mr. Carbone's furious complaint about being bypassed is proposed. Henry Winkler's threat to make Billy play tennis with God is an alternate.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift Is There a Better Title for This Movie? Love Brokers In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 00:48:18Read transcript Stiffs is proposed as an alternate title. Love Brokers wins as the title that best states the central enterprise.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie Boy, that Barney Rubble—what an actor In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 00:48:30Read transcript The boss’s son admiring Barney Rubble is selected as the most memorable quote.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award Modern movies need stronger sex-worker characters In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 00:48:46Read transcript Billy's chalkboard pitch is proposed as an inspiration for Alec Baldwin's sales speech in Glengarry Glen Ross. Vivian Ward, Lana, Ophelia, and Alabama are selected for a Mount Rushmore of film sex-worker characters. The principal take is that modern movies have not produced comparable sex-worker characters in decades. The ensemble of women at Billy's pitch is praised for representing a wide range of personalities.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift Casting What-Ifs Kurt Russell or Mickey Rourke as Billy Blaze In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 00:50:43Read transcript Kurt Russell and Mickey Rourke are reported as having auditioned for Billy Blaze. Kurt Russell is considered plausible based on Big Trouble in Little China; Mickey Rourke is considered a much stranger fit. Jaid Barrymore and Ola Ray's small roles are noted.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift Frat Boy Number One Award for Most Unexpected A-List Cameo Kevin Costner as Frat Boy Number One In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 00:51:15Read transcript Kevin Costner as Frat Boy Number One is the example for the newly named unexpected-cameo category. Brad Pitt in No Way Out is offered as another movie to which the category could have applied. The name is debated: dropping Costner makes it shorter, but keeping cameo helps listeners understand the award.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift Clint Howard Award for the Director Loves This Guy Clint Howard In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 00:52:24Read transcript Clint Howard wins the newly named category for a director repeatedly casting a favored collaborator.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award Grand L. Bush In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 00:52:42Read transcript Joe Spinell and Vincent Schiavelli are ruled too recognizable for eligibility. The Paradise Found desk clerk, later Rick in Bachelor Party, is proposed. Grand L. Bush, later seen in Die Hard, is selected for the opening basketball game.
Night Shift · The Rewatchables ·September 3, 2024 Night Shift The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance Mr. Carbone's nephew In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 00:53:25Read transcript Mr. Carbone's nephew wins for his brief Flintstones-watching scenes. Shannen Doherty as the Girl Scout and the opening basketball players are alternates.
