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Most Rewatchable Scene

Quiz Show The Rewatchables

No single consensus: the Van Doren–Stempel game/montage run and the Goodwin–Van Doren friendship/Connecticut run were the leading preferences.

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  • The Chrysler opener was praised, though its Sputnik button was criticized as overly obvious.
  • Stempel’s first appearance inside the 1950s quiz-show set was nominated.
  • Van Doren’s interview and the producers’ uncertainty about whether he took the bait were nominated.
  • The Paymer–Azaria comedy-team exchanges were nominated.
  • Stempel learning he must lose, including the $70,000 humiliation line, was nominated.
  • Van Doren beating Stempel after recognizing the audition question was nominated for its “what would you do” tension.
  • The “things are looking up for Charles Van Doren” montage was nominated.
  • The fake shoe-tie used to delay the limousine was nominated.
  • The chocolate-cake confrontation between Charles and his father was nominated.
  • Stempel’s testimony was nominated.
  • The network president lobbying Van Doren and warning that speculation becomes fact was nominated.
  • Charles confessing to his father and Schofield’s reaction were nominated.
  • Van Doren’s statement about borrowed wings and an unbuilt foundation was nominated.
  • The ending was included among the candidates.
  • One preference was the stretch from Van Doren beating Stempel through the montage and shoe-tie.
  • A competing preference was the Goodwin–Van Doren near-friendship from the club through the Connecticut visit.