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Josh Mostel
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 6
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- 5
Rewatchables episodes featuring Josh Mostel’s films
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 film
Bill Simmons · Van Lathan · Charles Holmes
Aired January 2, 2024
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The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
David Paymer and Josh Mostel as the Ben and Jerry's guys
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Approx. transcript time · 01:00:27Read transcript
- Nominees are Robert Costanzo and Noble Willingham ('find the fish or find new jobs').
- A rare combo team vote goes to the Ben and Jerry's guys, Pamer and Mostel, with agreement that they are great in every scene.
- A 1991 blockbuster scene hinging on pairing ice creams with meals is a riveting 90 seconds and a parody of Western showdowns, though the flavors like rum raisin are basic.
- The ice-cream scene almost made the most rewatchable scenes list.
- Mostel is more this character than Billy Madison's principal, got weirdly market corrected by Wayne Knight, and should have been in Jurassic.
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:19:41Read transcript
- Candidates include Sean Young throwing 140 miles an hour in two scenes, McGinley, Josh Mostel and Hal Holbrook; Martin Sheen is ruled ineligible for too many scenes. — Brian Koppelman
- Terrence Stamp as Sir Larry is the personal choice for two appearances, including the yacht wide shot. — Brian Koppelman
- A yacht scene on the movie that shall not be named failed in Puerto Rico, so Billions has avoided copying it. — Brian Koppelman
- James Karen gets a shout-out, including his puzzling "No, no, you're welcome" on the phone, but Stamp wins. — Brian Koppelman
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Approx. transcript time · 01:18:18Read transcript
- Franklin Cover had a huge part on The Jefferson's, a show nobody under 40 remembers, and Josh Mostel is known by face rather than name. — Brian Koppelman
- The Joey Pants Award is only for someone you recognize but can't name, unlike the Dion Waters Award; McGinley is ruled too famous because of Platoon, so Franklin Cover is the guy. — Brian Koppelman
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