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Pineapple Express

year 2008decade 00sdirector David Gordon Greengenre Comedygenre Action
host Craig Horlbeckhost Danny Kellyhost Danny Heifetzproducer Craig Horlbeck
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 59:55

The cross-joint scene is boring

The anti-cross-joint host accepts that disinterest in marijuana may explain why the movie’s signature bonding scene feels slow.

Craig Horlbeck: Missing Paper Planes from the film drives the trailer-better disappointment.

The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:43:57

Do not let your drug dealer upsell you

Craig Horlbeck: Do not let your drug dealer upsell you; the claim that bongs filter addiction is exposed as false within Saul’s own joint-heavy behavior.

The film

Pineapple Express (2008)

Directed by David Gordon Green · Comedy

112 minutes

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Seth Rogen Dale Denton
James Franco Saul Silver
Gary Cole Ted Jones
Kevin Corrigan Budlofsky
Craig Robinson Matheson
Rosie Perez Carol Brazier
Ken Jeong Ken
Amber Heard Angie Anderson
Ed Begley Jr. Robert Anderson

Everything from the episode

In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.

18:22

Casting What-Ifs

Rogen and Franco were originally assigned opposite roles, Olivia Thirlby preceded Heard, and Bryan Cranston was rejec...

Rogen and Franco were originally assigned opposite roles, Olivia Thirlby preceded Heard, and Bryan Cranston was rejected for Ted Jones as insufficiently scary immediately before Breaking Bad.

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:18:22Read transcript
  • A triple swap putting McBride as Dale, Rogen as Saul, and Franco as Red is an earlier hypothetical.
  • Cranston’s rejection for a drug-dealer role became especially ironic when Breaking Bad premiered around the film’s release.
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22:33

Roger Ebert's review
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Approx. transcript time · 00:22:33Read transcript
  • Ebert’s respect for David Gordon Green helps the panel frame the film as unusually well shot and staged for its material.
  • The car chase’s failed windshield kick is a carefully framed action gag that subverts a familiar trope.
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1:17:24

Recasting Couch

Skyler Gisondo, Tim Robinson, and Sam Richardson

Skyler Gisondo, Tim Robinson, and Sam Richardson

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Approx. transcript time · 01:17:24Read transcript
  • The panel boycotts a 2022 recast for lack of obvious young comic actors, then proposes Skyler Gisondo, Tim Robinson, and Sam Richardson.
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1:18:37

Half-Assed Internet Research

The meteorological name, real civil engineers, locations, 180 uses of “fuck,” cross joints, cable overdubbing, the sm...

The meteorological name, real civil engineers, locations, 180 uses of “fuck,” cross joints, cable overdubbing, the smoking billboard, Snicklefritz, injuries, and overlapping Superbad work

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:37Read transcript
  • Weathercasters coined Pineapple Express for an atmospheric river carrying tropical moisture in the late 1960s. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Saul’s named civil engineers and projects are real. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The hosts count 180 uses of “fuck.”
  • “Melon farmers” deliberately imitates cable overdubbing of profanity.
  • A smoking billboard triggered fire reports, and Snicklefritz came from a supervisor’s insult for a struggling PA.
  • Rogen broke a finger, and Superbad drawings were created during overlapping woods production.
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1:31:21

Picking Nits

Dale meeting Angie, insufficiently red eyes, the family fleeing home, process-server anger, easy police escape, expos...

Dale meeting Angie, insufficiently red eyes, the family fleeing home, process-server anger, easy police escape, exposed farm ventilation, unmentioned cannabis fire, and beer with milk

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Approx. transcript time · 01:31:21Read transcript
  • The film never explains how an aimless process server meets a high-school student.
  • The actors behave high but rarely look physically high despite constant smoking.
  • Angie’s family would call police rather than obey Dale and hide in a motel.
  • The hosts debate whether recipients would actually insult the process server rather than the litigant.
  • A smashed cop car should bring backup and helicopters before the heroes escape.
  • Huge air intakes reveal the farm, and the finale omits any payoff from burning the world’s best weed.
  • Angie’s father drinks Newcastle and milk together.
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1:39:50

Probably Unanswerable Questions

A possible Dumb and Dumber homage; whether Pineapple Express is sativa; the real strain’s quality

A possible Dumb and Dumber homage; whether Pineapple Express is sativa; the real strain’s quality

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Approx. transcript time · 01:39:50Read transcript
  • Two idiots pursued by two hitmen, an overestimating boss, disguises, and the shared Bubby actress form a substantial but unconfirmed homage case.
  • The panel assumes sativa and invites firsthand reports on the strain.
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1:42:36

Best Double Feature

This Is the End, Tropic Thunder, and Reefer Madness
Pineapple Express
This Is the End
Tropic Thunder
Reefer Madness
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