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Along Came Polly

Half-Assed Internet Research

Ferret bites; jump location; Baldwin coaching; sweat gag

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:23:48Read transcript
  • The ferret reportedly bit Stiller during production; the thought of using it as toilet paper successfully alarms a viewer.
  • Leland Van Lew's name is an aged-best addition, and his jump building is identified as the AT&T Tower at 611 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, qualifying the assumption that all filming was in New York.
  • Hamburg reportedly rewrote the boardroom speech the night before; Hoffman struggled until Baldwin talked with him at lunch, after which the finished performance emerged.
  • The basketball sweat gag reportedly used glycerin, a trampoline and twelve takes of the man's chest hitting Stiller's face.
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:46:56Read transcript
  • IBS is tentatively proposed for Apex without a firm conclusion.
  • Apex rejects Stiller, Aniston, Hoffman and spanking; Meet the Parents is favored for Stiller, and Capote/Mission: Impossible III for Hoffman. Messing receives a probable yes during her Will & Grace era.
  • Apex rejects Komodo dragons, Stiller bathroom mishaps and White Chocolate in favor of Jason Williams; throw pillows are only a possibility.
  • IBS remains only possible Apex; salsa and ferrets are rejected, while hippo monologues receive a probable yes and direct agreement.
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Along Came Polly

Picking Nits

Honeymoon decision; disastrous date; chemistry; no Knicks scene; expensive loofah

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:46:26Read transcript
  • Going upstairs to a tiny apartment while expecting bowel trouble is a major nitpick; its bathroom would provide no privacy.
  • Leaving Lisa with the conspicuously attractive scuba instructor is nitpicked; leopard-print speedos provoke a comic detour.
  • The disastrous bowel-trouble date should end the relationship, and the couple's basic attraction is considered implausible despite Polly's insistence it is genuine.
  • The absence of a Knicks scene is a major nitpick given both actors' fandom; a hypothetical 2003–04 team scene and Anthony Mason jersey for Sandy are imagined.
  • Polly's$200 loofah seems inconsistent with a waitress's finances, but poor spending choices and the illusion of wealth from cash tips are offered as defenses.
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Along Came Polly

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Hoffman’s basketball; origin of shart; bathroom scenes and reviews; Crocodile Tears

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:57:34Read transcript
  • The nature of Crocodile Tears remains uncertain: a family comedy, childhood tragedy or Bad News Bears-style film is debated, and the bagpipe scene's content is unknown.
  • Hoffman's actual basketball ability is an unanswerable question, with coordination here and a Love Liza scene suggesting competence rather than proving it.
  • Whether Hamburg coined shart is unresolved; the panel's view is that the act and probably the term predated the film, but the film popularized it.
  • Hamburg's theory that bathroom scenes harm reviews is debated against the acclaimed There's Something About Mary; actual feces is proposed as the critical dividing line.
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Along Came Polly

The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

Four more weeks together; Hamburg imagines a family in Costa Rica

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:41:53Read transcript
  • Hamburg reportedly imagines the couple unmarried with children surfing in Costa Rica; the panel instead predicts roughly four more weeks together, possibly followed by Reuben returning to Lisa.
  • The game-used Hoffman basketball is the main memorabilia choice; Craig's loofah choice is attributed as a pre-recording comment.
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