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James Gammon
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 3
Rewatchables episodes featuring James Gammon’s films
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- James Gammon is considered, but familiarity with his name weakens his That Guy case. — Bill Simmons
- Chelcie Ross wins because the hosts recognize his face and roles before recalling his name. — Bill Simmons
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- Charlie Sheen’s movie peak is weighed against the much larger commercial run of Two and a Half Men. — Rembert Browne
- Tom Berenger’s Major League performance is weighed against Platoon and his broader 1980s run. — Bill Simmons
- Margaret Whitton and James Gammon are treated as definite Apex Mountain winners for this movie. — Bill Simmons
- Dennis Hayesbert's later President Palmer role keeps Serrano from being an uncontested apex. — Bill Simmons
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Rejected roles, alternate endings, Milwaukee production logistics, baseball-player casting, injuries and stunts, Wild Thing history, sequel tensions, cast friendships, and Margaret Whitton’s dispute with Ron Shelton
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- Wesley Snipes reportedly turned down Do the Right Thing, although the role is not identified in the discussion. — Bill Simmons
- Tom Berringer reportedly turned down the Crockett role on Miami Vice. — Bill Simmons
- An alternate ending exposed Rachel Phelps as secretly supporting the team, but test audiences preferred her as a straightforward villain. — Bill Simmons
- Milwaukee stood in for Cleveland during filming, including County Stadium and local crowd scenes. — Bill Simmons
- About 20,000 extras were recruited for the Yankee-game crowd scenes. — Bill Simmons
- Dennis Haysbert recalled being emotionally overwhelmed when the team ran onto the field as the crowd roared. — Bill Simmons
- Former player Steve Yeager was the technical adviser, played the third-base coach, and doubled for Tom Berenger at catcher. — Bill Simmons
- Former major-league player Willie Mueller played Yankees pitcher Duke Simpson. — Bill Simmons
- The discussion says Chelcie Ross had pitched in college, although twenty years had passed since he had thrown a ball. — Bill Simmons
- Steroid use reportedly helped raise Charlie Sheen's fastball for the movie. — Bill Simmons
- A filming shoulder injury led Charlie Sheen to stop for cortisone shots and anti-inflammatories on the way to work. — Bill Simmons
- Mitch Williams adopted Wild Thing with the Cubs, and the movie sequence is credited with creating the closer-entrance-music tradition. — Bill Simmons
- Wesley Snipes complained about repeated sliding after getting strawberries, and Steve Yeager answered that he had done it for twenty years. — Bill Simmons
- The fictional owner plans to move the team to Miami, and the discussion connects that premise to later Cleveland and Florida baseball history. — Bill Simmons
- The hosts find Willie Mays Hayes’s wall of dirty black gloves creepy when imagining him bringing a date home. — Rembert Browne
- A Jake-and-Lynn marriage scene intended to follow the Yankee game was filmed and deleted. — Bill Simmons
- Dennis Haysbert's Yankee-game home run reportedly traveled 315 feet down the left-field line and hit the top of the wall. — Bill Simmons
- In Dennis Haysbert's account, the close cast went to bars together and joined James Gammon’s poker games. — Bill Simmons
- Charlie Sheen recalled James Gammon arriving badly hungover and called him an absolute warlock. — Bill Simmons
- The oral history says Sheen coordinated women flying into Milwaukee, and Sheen compared it with women passing each other on the road during Young Guns. — Bill Simmons
- Burnson mistakenly punched Charlie Sheen while filming the ending and left a welt. — Bill Simmons
- Stacey Carroll's limited acting career and departure from the business are discussed in connection with Dorn's wife. — Rembert Browne
- Margaret Whitton’s work on Major League and a settlement involving Ron Shelton and Bull Durham are discussed at the end of the research block. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
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- Having Jake Taylor win with a surprise bunt instead of a home run is introduced as an Aged Best answer. — Bill Simmons
- The movie’s slow motion, especially Willie Mays Hayes running in pajamas during the opening, is offered as another Aged Best answer. — Rembert Browne
- The opening credits’ documentary-like Cleveland images are praised for establishing the city and stakes. — Bill Simmons
- Casting performers who look and move like baseball players helps the games feel credible. — Bill Simmons
- Charlie Sheen’s youth and physical credibility as a pitcher hold up especially well. — Bill Simmons
- Bob Euker as the lifelong local radio hack is praised throughout and is ultimately chosen as the winner. — Bill Simmons
- The movie captures the day-to-day aspect, ebb and flow, and checkpoints of a baseball season. — Bill Simmons
- The roster’s pre-Moneyball specialization, including speed, defense, and relief pitching, feels ahead of its time. — Bill Simmons
- James Gammon’s Lou Brown is praised as a funny, credible manager rather than a sentimental caricature. — Bill Simmons
- The film captures baseball's rule-bending, dugout drama, rituals, and superstitions. — Bill Simmons
- Using the Yankees as the final villain restores their evil-empire role after a weaker decade. — Bill Simmons
- The worst-to-first pennant story delivers the kind of baseball-movie magic the hosts want from the genre. — Rembert Browne
- The grizzled manager's absurd hunch succeeds even though putting in Charlie Sheen should not work. — Rembert Browne
- The Wild Thing sequence is credited with creating the closer-entrance-music tradition that followed. — Bill Simmons
- The R rating, swearing, and adult jokes give the sports comedy an edge missing from safer versions. — Rembert Browne
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