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Universal back-lot bar street; the Tombs as the model bar; cast partying; Georgetown filming refusal; shower-door accident; Lowe learning sax; McCarthy feeling apart
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- Per the hosts' research, the bar's street was on the Universal back lot, near the Back to the Future clock tower.
- Per the hosts, the bar was based on the Tombs (transcribed 'Tumes'), a Georgetown hangout one host visited in the early 90s, which looked similar.
- The hosts say the five partied a lot, and that Estevez and Moore got engaged and made Wisdom, which he directed and which bombed.
- The hosts say Georgetown would not permit filming, so the production used the University of Maryland; per Gora's book, a priest answered Schumacher's Exorcist jab by saying God wins in The Exorcist.
- Per the hosts' research, Lowe had Lakers courtside tickets and a new Porsche.
- Per the hosts' research, the shower door breaking in the Sheedy-McCarthy scene was an accident; per McCarthy in the book, Schumacher's crude outburst made Sheedy cry, which would be a bigger deal in 2020.
- The hosts say Lowe learned the sax, though some moments show he is not playing.
- McCarthy is quoted from the book saying he always felt apart from the group; he is judged a bad hang, and Judd Nelson is preferred.