Rain Man The Rewatchables
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Apex Mountain

People's Court; Barry Levinson; the 1949 Buick Roadmaster; Qantas; Caesars Palace; road trips caused by fear of flying; 97X

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  • Tom Cruise: no for this movie, though a case is made for 1988; another view puts his peak at 1996 with Mission: Impossible, his first production, and McGuire.
  • Asked directly, the reply is "No, I think I'm going to go with" what a co-host is saying. — Chris Ryan
  • Hoffman's Apex is Kramer vs. Kramer, as decided on an earlier episode; Outbreak and Sphere are mentioned jokingly.
  • People's Court never got better: crushing it in the late 80s and prominently featured in the number one movie, part of the 4:30-6 p.m. TV block with Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.
  • Asked if he had heard of People's Court, the answer is vaguely; Judge Judy took it over. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Barry Levinson is a yes for this period: best director and the number one movie at the box office.
  • Levinson was also key to 30 for 30; once he committed, other directors followed.
  • Levinson pretty much invented modern TV with Homicide a couple of years later and has perhaps the most underrated behind-the-scenes career, though his filmography is called hit and miss.
  • Diner created a template everyone ripped off, and Levinson was already an Oscar-nominated screenwriter before that, having written ...And Justice for All in the 70s.
  • Kasdan is proposed as the winner of a most-underrated tournament; Grand Canyon is mocked.
  • Valeria Galena's Apex is Hot Shots.
  • Road-trip movies: no, though this is a great road-trip movie shot sequentially; a list follows: Easy Rider, Thelma & Louise, Almost Famous, Blues Brothers, Midnight Run, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Smokey and the Bandit, Dumb and Dumber and Tommy Boy, with Road Trip, Vacation and Due Date added.
  • Handheld TVs, the Sony Watchman, were a thing for about three years.
  • Who's on First: not its Apex overall, but perhaps for the last 40 years.
  • The 1949 Buick Roadmaster and Qantas Airlines are yeses; Qantas is still throwing the no-hitter.
  • Wheel of Fortune: no.
  • Caesars Palace: yes, still the greatest casino gimmick in Vegas, versus New York-New York being grim inside.
  • Blackjack: no, with personal blackjack peaks recalled instead.
  • A case is made for Cincinnati: this film, the Reds, the Bengals making the Super Bowl, and WKRP reruns.
  • The Apex of road trips caused by a main character afraid to fly: this and Midnight Run, right next to each other.
  • One last Apex: 97X, bam, the future of rock and roll, which has never been topped.