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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

year 2006decade 00sdirector Adam McKaygenre Sportsgenre Comedy
host Craig Horlbeckhost Danny Heifetzhost Danny Kellyproducer Craig Horlbeck
All 42 categories

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:17:44

NASCAR is better than expected

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 film

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Directed by Adam McKay · Sports

108 minutes

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Will Ferrell Ricky Bobby
John C. Reilly Cal Naughton Jr.
Sacha Baron Cohen Jean Girard
Gary Cole Reese Bobby
Michael Clarke Duncan Lucius Washington
Leslie Bibb Carley Bobby / Naughton
Jane Lynch Lucy Bobby
Amy Adams Susan
Andy Richter Gregory
Greg Germann Larry Dennit Jr.

Everything from the episode

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

1:06:56

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

Susan’s “hard as a diamond in an ice storm” line

Susan’s “hard as a diamond in an ice storm” line

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:06:56Read transcript
  • The category is introduced through the Road House “I used to…” line as an award for a crazy quote.
  • Susan’s diamond-in-an-ice-storm line is the host’s recurring favorite.
  • Reese Bobby threatening to put a child in a microwave is another selection.
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1:15:35

Sean Fennessey Award for Stealth Homage That Gives Every Movie Nerd a Criterion Orgasm

Possibly Ricky signing a woman’s chest as a Happy Gilmore homage

Possibly Ricky signing a woman’s chest as a Happy Gilmore homage

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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  • The participant explicitly says the resemblance may not be an intentional reference. — Craig Horlbeck
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1:15:35

The Sean Penn “I Brought My Own Pack” Award for Excellence in On-Screen Smoking

Jean Girard’s poor cigarette technique

Jean Girard’s poor cigarette technique

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

In the discussion (1)
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  • The panel calls the petite cigarette performance a five out of ten and a bad cigarette.
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1:16:07

The Tom Cruise Award for Most Valiant Attempt to Emulate a Normal Human

Jean Girard’s poor cigarette technique

Jean Girard’s poor cigarette technique

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  • The explicit cue says the bad cigarette belongs under the “Which end do I light?” form.
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1:16:07

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

“Psychosomatic” and the misunderstanding about starting a fire with thoughts

“Psychosomatic” and the misunderstanding about starting a fire with thoughts

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  • The panel explains that this flex rewards a line that grows funnier on repeated viewing, then selects the psychosomatic exchange.
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1:16:50

Best Race Horse Name from This Movie

Shake and Bake

Shake and Bake

In the discussion (2)
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  • Shake and Bake is rediscovered as a major omitted catchphrase and proposed as the horse name.
  • El Diablo and its “fighting chicken” explanation are the alternative.
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1:26:35

The Proof of Life / David Caruso Award for a Character Who Should Have Been Spun Off into Their Own Sequel

Reese Bobby

Reese Bobby

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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  • His drug-running, street-racing, absent-father backstory is imagined as a serious prestige series. — Craig Horlbeck
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1:56:12

The Dennis Peck Relationship Test

Tentatively survives: Cal and Carly, complicated by Susan

Tentatively survives: Cal and Carly, complicated by Susan

The panel proposes a new category here.

In the discussion (2)
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  • The category is explicitly proposed as the speaker’s flex, but the machine transcript does not authenticate the speaker.
  • The panel imagines Cal remaining with Carly while Ricky remains with Susan.
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