What’s Aged the Best?
Title and jokes; reruns; Deflategate reference; common ground; Mona Lisa’s styling
In the discussion (7)
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- The spoken title is enjoyed, as is the convertible answer to the beans-and-flatulence joke.
- The Joey Callo name momentarily evokes Joey Gallo and his later baseball namesake.
- Bruce McGill’s anecdote about laughing at himself on an airplane illustrates the film’s durable rerun appeal; he is considered too established for That Guy eligibility.
- Belichick’s Mona Lisa Vito reference during Deflategate is selected as a particularly strong example of the movie’s cultural afterlife.
- The screenplay’s pattern of people underestimating one another before finding common ground remains satisfying and warm.
- Mona Lisa’s wardrobe, particularly the biological-clock jumpsuit, remains striking and is compared with The Nanny’s clothes.
- Mona Lisa’s styling includes shoulder pads, a black suit with purple trim and gold studs, and appealing unmade-up hotel-room moments.