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Dirty Work The Rewatchables September 21, 2021

The questions ask how Artie Lange outlived both costars and whether the movie helped create Little Nicky.

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The survival of Artie Lange despite a well-documented hard life is treated as statistically astonishing.
The Satan cameo is proposed as a possible seed for Little Nicky.

Dirty Work The Rewatchables September 21, 2021

The note-to-self device, period soundtrack, bloopers, Jack Warden, Jim Downey, Artie Lange, and Chris Farley lead the discussion.

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The note-to-self recorder remains a funny extension of the lead comic persona.
A rapid sequence of three period pop hits fixes the comedy firmly in the late 1990s.
Closing-credit bloopers are praised as a comic tradition associated with the Cannonball Run films.
Jack Warden holding the invented old-men magazine remains a strong visual gag.
Jim Downey's homeless-man routine repeatedly sets up sentimental music and wisdom only to be cut off.
Jack Warden's long supporting career is celebrated through The Replacements, 12 Angry Men, Shampoo, The Verdict, and Heaven Can Wait.
The compact jokes about stopping people and the brothers’ parentage are praised for efficiency.
Artie Lange's casting looks smart because the film helped lead to his later radio career.
Chris Farley's final film role preserves one of his strongest short comic appearances.
The catalog of note-to-self lines is praised, with the beer reminder called the most memorable.

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1998

1998 film

Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey

Aired September 21, 2021

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