Most Rewatchable Scene
The blow-up in Aaron's apartment after Jane leaves the correspondents' dinner, or Jane confronting Tom about the faked tears
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- Six nominees are rattled off: the first time William Hurt anchors with Jane in his ear and Brooks on the phone, played as a clip of the F-14 dogfight interview; and the balcony scene where Hurt is asked by Aaron to name the cabinet members and stops with 'you're enjoying this, aren't you', also played as a clip.
- Hurt teaching Aaron how to anchor, leading to the jacket trick, which one host used when he started doing Countdown on ESPN, thinking of William Hurt every time he sat on the bottom of his jacket; Aaron's television disaster, recalled as the bar of what not to do the first time doing PTI, your whole world ending on live TV; the big fight after the disaster between Jane and Aaron; and Jane confronting Tom about the video trick.
- Joan Cusack running the tape to the control room, the 'Bobby, Bobby, Bobby' scene, is added after being mistaken for part of the first anchor spot; the airport ending is called an iconic movie ending, and the no-one-wins aspect of the real ending, with the 'you could get fired for things like that' exchange played, is called a really bold choice.
- The confrontation over the tears is called the most memorable scene and the clip night shows used at the time, even though it does not reflect what the movie is; one host would pick it for the five seconds when Hurt realizes what she is mad about, an authentic look of knowing someone is angry and not believing this is the thing.
- Told he likes fighting in movies, the guest answers that he does and loves arguments. — Chuck Klosterman
- The 'Bobby, Bobby, Bobby' scene is told from William Hurt's perspective: nobody stops to explain, it is all 'punch in 1145' and 'we're not going to make it', he thinks 'what have I gotten myself into' and then laughs because this is exactly where he wants to be; Holly Hunter's face acting could be a gif at any second, and the guy saying he does not think she is going to make it is a favorite bit.
- The other favorite is Jane leaving the correspondents' dinner for Aaron's house and their crazy blow-up: a movie of great yelling, from Jane screaming through the Libya special report while Paul turns and says he did not realize she was this good, to the apartment, called some of the best, most authentic yet sitcom-y yelling ever; two hosts make it their vote, noting it runs about eight minutes, feels like one take, uses the apartment Brooks scouted so the camera could move with the characters, and holds the devil speech and the 'two people' line.
- The devil monologue is played as a clip, with Craig asked to cue it: Tom, while a very nice guy, is the devil, who will be attractive and helpful, influence a great God fearing nation, never do an evil thing and just bit by little bit lower our standards, flash over substance, and get all the great women.
- Albert Brooks is called polarizing: one host is in the take-it-or-leave-it camp, another calls him one of his heroes and among the most creative and influential people of the last fifty years, funny, sad, melancholy and angry at all times here, and assumes the drunk reading-and-singing bit at home was not in the script; the scene ends with him realizing her date fell through and saying 'it was good to see you, Jane' as icy as possible; the hosts declare themselves split.
- Earlier, before the categories, the scene where Hurt tutors Aaron about reading the news is named a favorite by far, because it shows the tips and the narcissism he has trained himself with, illuminating something in his brain he could never write down, and a focused intensity about what reading the news is.