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Yeardley Smith

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The Legend of Billie Jean

Apex Mountain

The Legend of Billie Jean The Rewatchables

Helen Slater is disputed; Christian Slater is rejected, while Honda Elite scooters and self-haircuts are endorsed.

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  • Helen Slater prompts debate among this film, Supergirl and The Secret of My Success, with box-office failures weighed against the Michael J. Fox opportunity.
  • City Slickers is counteroffered; expectations for Slater are compared to Elizabeth Shoe and Kelly Preston, with a hypothetical Working Girl role.
  • Christian Slater is rejected.
  • Honda Elite scooters are endorsed and Lou Reed’s 1985 advertisement is recalled.
  • Billie Jean’s self-haircut is called unmatched and immediately iconic, leading to COVID haircut memories.
  • Peter Coyote is weighed against Ken Burns narration and E.T.; E.T. is preferred.
  • Billie Jeans prompt comparison of the film, song and tennis player, with uncertainty about the filmmakers’ reaction to the shared name and a Billy the Kid interpretation.
  • Fair being fair and short-haired women are proposed; specific haircut memories remain uncertain.
  • Sturby Beach and Corpus Christi movies are endorsed; Yeardley Smith’s apex is The Simpsons, Barry Tubb’s Top Gun, and Keith Gordon’s Christine; Joan of Arc has other peaks.
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The Legend of Billie Jean

Half-Assed Internet Research

The Legend of Billie Jean The Rewatchables

A real slap, concealed hair, vanished locations and uncertain Benatar/haircut stories are discussed.

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  • Putter’s mother reportedly slapped Yeardley Smith for real, leaving her face numb; Smith reportedly refused a haircut and used a concealed ponytail.
  • Smith’s comic timing is praised; City Slickers and an uncertain sitcom memory are discussed.
  • The miniature golf course is reported replaced by the Texas State Aquarium, and an abandoned-mall video is mentioned.
  • The claim that Benatar called this the worst movie ever made is repeated with explicit doubt and a settle-down response.
  • Fast-Rewind accepts visitor-submitted anecdotes, so stories about Helen Slater’s haircut opinions are treated as unverified.
The Legend of Billie Jean poster
The Legend of Billie Jean

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

The Legend of Billie Jean The Rewatchables

Richard Bradford is selected, with Yeardley Smith and Barry Tubb discussed.

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  • Yeardley Smith as Putter is recognized primarily as Lisa Simpson.
  • Barry Tubb is already known as Wolfman in Top Gun; Richard Bradford as Mr. Piat is recalled from the cop-bar scene in The Untouchables.
  • The responses settle on Bradford because the actor was recognizable without his name being known.
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The Legend of Billie Jean

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The Legend of Billie Jean The Rewatchables

The abused-child rescue and bounty-seeking couple sequences are nominated.

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  • The Kenny rescue or couple shooting for the reward are offered, with a qualification that the latter is enjoyable despite taking the movie sideways.
  • Yeardley Smith is reported to have questioned Putter’s first-period subplot.
  • Saving Kenny while on the run strains the story, and the grandmother placement prompts a dark joke that she could be worse.
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The Legend of Billie Jean

1985

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