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The Legend of Billie Jean
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Barry Tubb
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 2
Rewatchables episodes featuring Barry Tubb’s films
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Apex Mountain
Honda Elite scooters and self-haircuts: yes
In the discussion (9)
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- Helen Slater prompts debate among this film, Supergirl and The Secret of My Success, with box-office failures weighed against the Michael J. Fox opportunity. — Bill Simmons
- City Slickers is counteroffered; expectations for Slater are compared to Elizabeth Shoe and Kelly Preston, with a hypothetical Working Girl role. — Bill Simmons
- Christian Slater is rejected. — Bill Simmons
- Honda Elite scooters are endorsed and Lou Reed’s 1985 advertisement is recalled. — Bill Simmons
- Billie Jean’s self-haircut is called unmatched and immediately iconic, leading to COVID haircut memories. — Chris Ryan
- Peter Coyote is weighed against Ken Burns narration and E.T.; E.T. is preferred. — Bill Simmons
- Billie Jeans prompt comparison of the film, song and tennis player, with uncertainty about the filmmakers’ reaction to the shared name and a Billy the Kid interpretation. — Bill Simmons
- Fair being fair and short-haired women are proposed; specific haircut memories remain uncertain. — Chris Ryan
- Sturby Beach and Corpus Christi movies are endorsed; Yeardley Smith’s apex is The Simpsons, Barry Tubb’s Top Gun, and Keith Gordon’s Christine; Joan of Arc has other peaks. — Bill Simmons
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- Yeardley Smith as Putter is recognized primarily as Lisa Simpson. — Bill Simmons
- Barry Tubb is already known as Wolfman in Top Gun; Richard Bradford as Mr. Piat is recalled from the cop-bar scene in The Untouchables. — Bill Simmons
- The responses settle on Bradford because the actor was recognizable without his name being known. — Bill Simmons
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