Basic Instinct
1992 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Mallory Rubin · Van Lathan
Aired April 14, 2026
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- The That Guy debate contests excluding Wayne Knight, Stephen Tobolowsky and James Rebhorn; Roxy is rejected under the category definition and Rebhorn is tentatively accepted. — Bill Simmons
- Further That Guy candidates are Jack McGee, Bruce A. Young and Chelcie Ross; no firm single final selection is established. — Chris Ryan
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Charles Martin Smith; Midnight Run gangster; Chelcie Ross; Brad Sullivan
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Approx. transcript time · 00:59:06Read transcript
- Richard Bradford, Don Harvey and Billy Drago are considered before Charles Martin Smith is proposed, with disagreement over whether his established career disqualifies him. — Bill Simmons
- Jack Kehoe is mentioned, then an unnamed Midnight Run gangster associated with the moron-number-one/two exchange becomes a personal favorite; the precise character number remains uncertain. — Bill Simmons
- Chelcie Ross is remembered from Major League and Hoosiers, while Brad Sullivan is recognized as the Canadian interrogation subject. — Bill Simmons
Best Former That Guy / Former Joey Pants Award
The panel proposes a new category here.
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Approx. transcript time · 00:55:08Read transcript
- A Bruce McGill Award for a That Guy who graduated is floated, or bequeathing the Joey Pants award to McGill as 'the McGillicuddies'; taking it from Joey Pants is resisted, though designations have moved before. — Chris Ryan
- Joey Pants graduates named are Bruce McGill and Chelsea Ross, who plays the senator and completes a sports-movie Mount Rushmore with Hoosiers, Rudy and Major League. — Bill Simmons
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Robert Swan as Rollin Butcher
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Approx. transcript time · 01:06:13Read transcript
- The actor who played George, Chelcie Ross ('Chelsea Ross'), with Hoosiers, Major League and Rudy, may have become too well known to be a That Guy. — Bill Simmons
- The winner is the actor who played Rollin ('Roland') Butcher, the dad who becomes assistant coach: Robert Swan, who was also in The Untouchables. — Bill Simmons
- George's barbershop introduction is praised; he was the other planned pick but is almost too prominent. — Ryen Russillo
In the discussion (2)
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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
Half-Assed Internet Research
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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Approx. transcript time · 00:57:38Read transcript
- 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
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Films in the archive
Basic Instinct
1992
Hoosiers
1986
Major League
1989
Rudy
1993
The Last Boy Scout
1991
The Package
1989
The Untouchables
1987