Tommy Boy The Rewatchables
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Tommy Boy

Most Rewatchable Scene

Tommy's first sales meeting

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  • The scene concept is amorphous for this movie, which is built from two-to-two-and-a-half-minute bits; the list could have run to 20.
  • The opening credits are phenomenal: the little kid running, shifting to older Farley graduating and falling, with comedy inside the credits; the others agree it shows who the character is right away and speeds up the usually boring credits.
  • Tommy's first visit with his dad in hard hats, the kung fu, Spade's dismissiveness and the new office set up that Spade's character will hate him; the 'It's called reading' exchange is cited.
  • A personal favorite, though maybe not most rewatchable: Tommy on the boat with Julie Warner, starting with real acting about his father's death, the boat tilting, the heckling kids, and her threat to them.
  • Farley proves a surprisingly good actor there, but he would be scarier than Julie Warner to the hecklers.
  • The boat scene matters enough that it returns for the ending.
  • Julie Warner is listed at 5-2 but seems 4-9 or 4-10, prompting draft-measurement jokes and an elevated-curb observation.
  • Tommy's first sales meeting falls apart as he reenacts a car accident with 'new guy's in the corner puking his guts out'; anyone who doesn't laugh is dead inside.
  • A six-year-old's first viewing named the sales meeting his favorite part; the scene is cringeworthy as their only chance at a sale while he sets model cars on fire and Spade shoots darts at him; it is called that speaker's favorite, most rewatchable.
  • Watching Spade's horrified reactions is a fun way to watch the movie; the puking line is iconic.
  • The sales meeting leads into the gas-station door scene and 'What'd you do?', tied to a son denying he knocked over a wrestling glass; a 'Benny Boy' sequel joke follows.
  • A roughly ten-minute stretch is submitted as one rewatchable run: Fat Guy in a Little Coat, the Carpenters sing-along, the roadside fight and the diner with the waitress.
  • Of those four bits, the Carpenters 'Superstar' sing-along is a favorite, with the song called the ideal choice.
  • The later sing-along callback is loved, and the road-trip stretch is a favorite, especially the waitress deadpanning 'God, you're sick' after the biscuit bit. — Sean Fennessey
  • Small moments also stick: Richard picking Tommy up at the airport, the suitcase, the M&Ms in Richard's car; the movie is like 65 sketches stitched together, and the diner scene is named a favorite.
  • The diner is the pivotal moment where Richard sees Tommy can sell, and it could have been hit harder; still, someone so pathetic you have to give them money is a good idea.
  • Tommy catching Richard watching the woman in the pool and the repeated jokes about Buddy Wackett and the Yankees are a favorite.
  • As the hosts tell the story, Fat Guy in a Little Coat began as a bit Farley did in the SNL offices that Spade had to endure, then became a song in the movie; it is joked to become the country's post-quarantine anthem.
  • The diner scene is probably the pick, with a shout-out to the climax: Zelensky signing for 500,000 brake pads and the factory cheer gave chills on rewatch. — Sean Fennessey
  • The first sales meeting with the new guy puking his guts out is picked as a favorite that gets that speaker every time; the same speaker notes 'Sal and I had the same'.
  • Setting the model cars on fire is picked as cringeworthy and physically beautiful. — Cousin Sal