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Ghostbusters

Casting What-Ifs

Ghostbusters The Rewatchables

Michael Keaton is the favored alternate Venkman, Jeff Goldblum interests the panel as Egon, and numerous reported candidates receive credibility checks.

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  • Chevy Chase's claim that he declined Venkman is treated skeptically, though a preliminary conversation is considered possible.
  • Michael Keaton is the favored Venkman alternative because he had already played comparable fast-talking comic leads.
  • Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Steve Gutenberg, and Richard Pryor are listed as other reported Venkman possibilities with varying credibility.
  • Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, and Jeff Goldblum are discussed as reported Egon candidates; Goldblum draws the most interest.
  • Daryl Hannah, Denise Crosby, Julia Roberts, and Kelly LeBrock are reported as Dana audition possibilities, though the panel doubts some claims.
  • John Candy is reported to have declined Louis Tully after proposing a German accent; Sandra Bernhard reportedly declined Janine.
  • Paul Rubens is mentioned as an alleged Gozer possibility, but the claim is explicitly doubted.
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Stripes

Apex Mountain

Stripes The Rewatchables

Warren Oates, military comedies, and movie mud wrestling receive positive apex cases; most individual stars are rejected or debated.

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  • Bill Murray is rejected because Ghostbusters provided a stronger later peak.
  • Harold Ramis is debated as a newly cool movie star here, while Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters brought larger later influence and wealth.
  • John Candy is rejected.
  • Military comedies about joining and training are given a strong apex case, with the broader military-movie claim treated as weaker.
  • The actress identified by the machine transcript as P. J. Souls is rejected in favor of Halloween.
  • Sean Young is rejected in favor of the Blade Runner, Wall Street, and No Way Out period.
  • The actor whose name the machine transcript renders as Laracette is rejected because he became a major television star.
  • Goofy future-tense closing credits are discussed, with Animal House preferred.
  • Warren Oates receives a clear apex verdict.
  • Ivan Reitman is rejected.
  • The mud-wrestling sequence is proposed as the apex of mud wrestling in movies.
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Stripes

Half-Assed Internet Research

Stripes The Rewatchables

Research covers Army access, Warren Oates’s Wild Bunch stories, on-set injuries, improvised accidents, surprise haircuts, Murray–Young friction, and a John Candy fight-night dinner.

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  • The military reportedly supported the film with Fort Knox access and real troops as extras.
  • Warren Oates chipped a tooth when actors dragged him through mud without warning him.
  • Warren Oates reportedly entertained the cast with stories about The Wild Bunch and was liked even by Bill Murray.
  • The actor whose name is transcribed as Laracette broke his nose running into a door during an unused take and wore makeup afterward.
  • Murray’s suitcase blow was accidental and remained in the film.
  • Most basic-training haircuts were surprises, producing genuine reactions.
  • A disputed story says Murray and Sean Young clashed over improvisation; the panel explicitly marks it uncertain.
  • John Candy hosted the cast for homemade spaghetti and the Leonard–Duran no-más fight.
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Stripes

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Stripes The Rewatchables

John Candy wins as Ox; Dave Thomas, Judge Reinhold, and Conrad Dunn are runners-up.

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  • Dave Thomas is a runner-up for the mud-wrestling announcer.
  • Judge Reinhold has a high success rate with very few lines.
  • Conrad Dunn is another runner-up for Francis.
  • John Candy wins for Ox.
  • Candy’s wider career is celebrated while the panel wishes his early death had not prevented another defining 1980s comedy vehicle.
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Stripes

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Stripes The Rewatchables

Conrad Dunn wins as Francis; Donald Gibb, John Candy, and two actors whose names the transcript renders as John Deal and Larichette are also discussed.

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  • John Deal, using the machine transcript’s spelling, and Donald Gibb are raised as recognizable supporting candidates.
  • Conrad Dunn wins because every later appearance made the panel identify him as Francis.
  • Warren Oates is rejected as too famous for the category.
  • An actor whose name the machine transcript renders as Larichette is debated because he was not famous then but is unmistakable now.
  • John Candy is moved toward the heat-check discussion.
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Stripes

What’s Aged the Best?

Stripes The Rewatchables

The breakup setup, John Candy, Judge Reinhold, throwaway jokes, the women, poker running gag, score, deleted scene, Murray–Ramis friendship, and Warren Oates lead the praise.

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  • The wet-blanket girlfriend telling the likable loser he is going nowhere is treated as a comedy setup copied for decades.
  • The first training sequence, especially the log obstacle, is explicitly added as another thing that aged best.
  • John Candy’s first appearance, long hair, cigarette, and Eisenhower greeting still land immediately.
  • Judge Reinhold’s short role is praised as part of a strong early-career run.
  • Lines such as the furs answer, the drug answer, and Ramis’s strip-search head movement reward repeated viewing.
  • Sean Young and the other actress playing a military-police character are praised as charismatic women with agency; the latter’s strong late-1970s run is recalled.
  • Candy repeatedly exploiting the character Cruiser in poker remains an effective running gag.
  • Elmer Bernstein’s score is praised for shifting between jaunty and lower-register military themes.
  • A deleted South American subplot has LSD, an unauthorized paratrooper mission, guerrilla capture, and escape; cutting it is judged correct because it derailed the film.
  • The Harold Ramis and Bill Murray friendship is itself described as something that aged best.
  • Warren Oates and Sergeant Hulka also remain durable strengths.
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Stripes

1981

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Stripes

1981 film

Bill Simmons · Brian Koppelman

Aired June 22, 2021

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