Probably Unanswerable Questions
Most unrealistic part of the Mikey-Lorraine scene; Trent's after-school special story; whether Trent made it as an actor; why anyone hung out with Mike; salami for breakfast
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- Most unrealistic in the Mikey-Lorraine scene: Heather Graham alone at a bar with no one circling, both swing dancing at a high level, her asking him to dance and being attracted to him.
- The swing dancing is the most unrealistic, like figure skating, when Mike cannot get dressed.
- Trent's after-school special story is judged embellished, since the oral history says the dialogue was drawn from their lives.
- Asked whether Trent made it as an actor, the answer is no; guesses include the par three, waiting tables at the 101, and bartending back in Chicago after two or three years.
- When was Mike ever fun? He had to be talked into Vegas, cannot gamble, is an unfunny comedian, throws friends under the bus, is stuck on an ex dating Pierre, cannot golf, is somehow an accomplished swing dancer, and cannot seal the deal with Heather Graham.
- Pushback: that makes the others monsters, since Mike is homesick and relatable; the glory-days answer is a joke about the set of Rudy, and neither Cameron nor Mike is someone you would actually hang out with, though both are great characters.
- Ron Livingston's character carries the burden of Mike's problems.
- Is Ron Livingston's character unwrapping a roll of salami for breakfast the most unrealistic thing? One host defends it and fetches soppressata from his kitchen on air.