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Shelley Long
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Casting What-Ifs
Keep Robert Hays as Ted, Julie Hagerty as Elaine, and Leslie Nielsen as Rumack
In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 01:01:22Read transcript
- David Letterman auditioned for Ted Striker, but the panel prefers that he was not cast. — Bill Hader
- The studio reportedly pushed Barry Manilow for Ted. — Bill Hader
- Fred Willard reportedly declined Ted because he did not understand the script. — Bill Hader
- Tim Matheson reportedly could not take Ted while filming 1941. — Bill Simmons
- Caitlyn Jenner auditioned for Ted and did not get the role. — Bill Simmons
- Robert Hayes is preferred because he plays the absurdity straight. — Bill Hader
- Sigourney Weaver and Shelley Long auditioned for Elaine before Julie Haggerty was cast. — Bill Hader
- Dom DeLuise, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, and Jack Webb reportedly declined Doctor Rumack. — Bill Hader
- Leslie Nielsen is preferred for Rumack. — Bill Hader
- Pete Rose was wanted for Roger but baseball scheduling led to Kareem’s casting. — Bill Simmons
- Harriet Nelson was wanted as the jive translator before Barbara Billingsley was cast. — Bill Simmons
- Peter Graves initially rejected the script as tasteless before being persuaded to play Over. — Bill Hader
Casting What-Ifs
Demi Moore, plus many alternate Tess candidates.
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:21Read transcript
- A Jim Bridges version starring Demi Moore is reported. — Amanda Dobbins
- Molly Ringwald was reportedly considered too young; Michelle Pfeiffer, Madonna, and Shelley Long were considered. — Bill Simmons
- Lorraine Bracco reported auditioning unsuccessfully. — Bill Simmons
- Mike Nichols reportedly threatened to leave unless Melanie Griffith was hired. — Bill Simmons
- Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn, Meg Ryan, and Cher are discussed as other possibilities. — Bill Simmons
Producer review
Positive
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:09:56Read transcript
- The producer calls the film charming, funny, heartfelt, and consistently watchable. — Chris Ryan
- Michael Keaton's performance balances awkwardness, irritation, lovability, and pathos without exhausting the audience. — Chris Ryan
- Keaton is proposed as a plausible Michael Scott because of that balance. — Bill Simmons
- Shelley Long is praised, with a wish that the movie gave her more comedy. — Chris Ryan
- Belinda's morgue dialogue is singled out as funny before Keaton takes over the movie. — Chris Ryan
- Charlotte's rigid parents are praised as comic supporting characters. — Chris Ryan
- The discussion closes by considering Keaton in several Tom Hanks and Robin Williams roles. — Chris Ryan
Apex Mountain
No clear individual apex
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:58:13Read transcript
- Michael Keaton is rejected as at apex but his debut is treated as an extraordinary leap and his funniest film performance. — Bill Simmons
- Henry Winkler, Shelley Long, Ron Howard, and Barney Rubble are rejected as apex cases. — Bill Simmons
- Idea men and early-1980s entrepreneurial New York are considered plausible period apexes. — Chris Ryan
- Sex-worker comedies are assigned Risky Business rather than Night Shift. — Chris Ryan
- Morticians are assigned Six Feet Under; Jumpin’ Jack Flash is rejected. — Bill Simmons
Half-Assed Internet Research
Keaton preparation, cast friction, and the Stutz
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:57:08Read transcript
- Michael Keaton reportedly played 10th Avenue Freeze-Out to enter Billy Blaze’s character. — Bill Simmons
- Henry Winkler named Shelley Long as an annoying co-star and described framing disputes over their relative height. — Bill Simmons
- Billy's car is identified as a rare 1981 Stutz IV-Porte built on a General Motors platform. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Worst?
Sex-worker stereotype, smoking, Billy’s ideas, and Charlotte
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:45:17Read transcript
- The sex-worker-with-a-heart-of-gold convention is judged dated. — Bill Simmons
- Shelley Long's onscreen smoking is judged unconvincing. — Bill Simmons
- Billy's failure to notice Chuck and Belinda's relationship for months is questioned. — Bill Simmons
- Billy's supposedly original ideas are criticized as weak, already invented, or limited to Love Brokers. — Bill Simmons
- Charlotte's obsessive dieting is described as a dated portrayal. — Bill Simmons
- Chuck and Charlotte maintaining separate New York apartments while engaged is questioned on cost grounds. — Chris Ryan
The most 1982 thing
Chuck's Rubik's Cube and solution guide
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:37:16Read transcript
- The illustrated ensemble poster is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The sex-worker-with-a-heart-of-gold setup, Quarterflash theme, Burt Bacharach score, and Shelley Long haircut are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Billy's dashboard Rolodex is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Chuck solving a Rubik's Cube with a guidebook wins. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Macchio; Feldman; unconfirmed Shelley Long; cut Harrison Ford
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:59Read transcript
- Ralph Macchio reportedly nearly played another child, Tyler; Thomas rescued his audition by thinking about his dead dog and moving Spielberg to tears. — Bill Simmons
- Feldman’s part reportedly disappeared in rewrites. Shelley Long being offered Mary is an unconfirmed internet report, with Night Shift and Cheers making the alternative outcome seem fine. — Bill Simmons
- Ford’s cut principal appearance reportedly concealed his face, but a recognizable Star Wars actor could still distract in this world.
What’s Aged the Best?
The Rock as a free-agent acquisition
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:41:13Read transcript
- The Rock as a free agent acquisition for Fast Five is like Durant to the Warriors ('the rant to the Warriors' as transcribed) but the happy, fun version: a superstar added with no fallout, apart from him and Vin Diesel getting a little snippy on social media.
- Vince's dramatic return, his feelings hurt over the chip in the car and his slamming of Dom's concept of family with 'how's your family now, Dom? Where's Liddy?' (as transcribed), cuts deep; insulting Vin's concept of family is the worst thing you can do to him, other than maybe insulting his car.
- Gal Gadot, now one of the most famous actors around, looks unbelievable, and the slow-motion bikini walk at the beach club with Han puts a new group of 13-year-olds through puberty every year; whoever thought of the bank vault dragging through the streets behind two cars should brag about it to strangers forever, imagined as interrupting every introduction of a Fast Five producer.
- Dom's explanation of the team he needs is recited, a chameleon, a fast talker, surveillance, guys to punch through walls, weapons and two precision drivers who never lose; on the GM scale with Bob Myers and Daryl Morey it is a performance graded A plus, since he knew days ahead he would need someone to open a wall, 'the Daryl Morey of Vice' (as transcribed).
- Asked whether a winner was picked, one host names The Rock as free agent acquisition, the best version of Durant to the Warriors, likening it to Cheers extending its run by replacing Shelley Long with Kirstie Alley and enlarging Frasier; without new A list blood after Paul Walker's death the franchise could not have continued; the other calls that fair, since The Rock becoming the most famous person in Hollywood made it okay for Helen Mirren to fight a submarine with cars by part eight.
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