Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby The Rewatchables
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

NASCAR is better than expected; Talladega Nights is the funniest sports movie; it has aged better than Anchorman; big-budget gloss can weaken comedy

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. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The last argument says big-budget gloss can weaken comedy and prefers practical, lived-in images to obvious CGI. — Craig Horlbeck
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