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Meet the Parents

Probably Unanswerable Questions

SimpliSafe; Jack smoking; Gaylord name; male nursing; further polygraph questions; Christmas setting

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:43:00Read transcript
  • Did Jack’s monitoring gadgets inspire SimpliSafe? This is playful speculation.
  • Would a Vietnam veteran and CIA operative such as Jack really never have smoked?
  • Why would parents name a child Gaylord Focker? A family-name explanation is speculated about but not confirmed.
  • Did the movie harm the reputation or appeal of male nursing?
  • What else did Jack ask during the truncated polygraph session? Politics, partners and drugs are imagined.
  • Why not make this a Christmas movie? Replacing the rushed wedding with an engagement holiday would enable recurring seasonal viewing.