Most Rewatchable Scene
The opening monologue, Marie DeSalle performance, Laura’s breakup reasons, record-store selling, Ian fantasies, Laura’s job list, the finale, and store arguments
In the discussion (13)
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- The opening “music or misery” monologue and the line about being reached earlier are nominated.
- Jack Black’s first entrance and the brief Charlie phone outburst are separate nominations. — Bill Simmons
- The narration about a man being shot and betrayed by his girlfriend as Rob enters the club is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Laura telling Liz four reasons for the breakup is nominated, including Rob’s alarm that sleeping with someone else during Laura’s pregnancy counts as only the first reason. — Bill Simmons
- Rob playing the Beta Band for store customers and watching for reactions is nominated as a record-selling scene. — Bill Simmons
- Charlie returning Rob’s call before Ian arrives, followed by four imagined responses to Ian, is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Laura reading Rob’s private list of five dream jobs is nominated.
- DJ Rob introducing Sonic Death Monkey and the final performance of “Let’s Get It On” are selected as the closing run. — Bill Simmons
- The entire busy-Saturday hand-selling sequence is nominated for showing Rob, Barry, and Dick use three different selling styles. — Joanna Robinson
- Seeing Marie DeSalle play, with everyone swooning together, is separately selected. — Rob Mahoney
- Barry’s entrance ending with the Cosby-sweater insult is selected. — Chris Ryan
- The Side One, Track One list argument and its Captain Beefheart dispute are selected.
- The Tim Robbins fantasy ending with the patchouli-store insult is selected.