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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby The Rewatchables

The three hosts offer separate takes: NASCAR is better than expected, this is the funniest sports movie, and it has aged better than Anchorman; a fourth discussion questions whether its budget is too glossy.

In the discussion (4)
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  • The first take is framed as starting a NASCAR podcast and settles on NASCAR being better than expected.
  • The second calls Talladega Nights the funniest sports movie and compares it with Caddyshack, Happy Gilmore, Waterboy, Kingpin, The Longest Yard, Blades of Glory, Kicking and Screaming, and Semi-Pro.
  • The third says Talladega Nights now plays better than Anchorman.
  • The last argument says big-budget gloss can weaken comedy and prefers practical, lived-in images to obvious CGI.