48 Hrs. The Rewatchables
48 Hrs.

Unintentional Comedy Award

Nolte's look into the camera after Reggie falls asleep in the car; Reggie sleeping in the open-top car on a cold San Francisco night after the fight, fed only a Zagnut; Jack's apology

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  • There is not a lot of unintentional comedy because the intentional comedy succeeds; the one moment comes after Jack and Reggie beat each other up and the bathroom confrontation where Reggie finally talks: they wait for the car in the parking garage, Reggie beds down in the back seat asking Jack for a bedtime story and gets a profane refusal; an aside notes Frank McRae once played defensive tackle for the Bears.
  • The camera then stays on Nolte, who takes a hit from his flask, looks around and stares into the lens before the cut, probably just drunk; the other host's picks are the idea that Eddie Murphy could sleep in an open-top sedan on a thirty-degree San Francisco night after a fight with Nolte having eaten only a Zagnut, and Jack's apology exchange, hilarious because Eddie accepts it.