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John Mahoney
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 6
- Movies in this archive
- 7
Rewatchables episodes featuring John Mahoney’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
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- Edward Burns is placed at his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Maxine Bahns and Mike McGlone are placed at their apexes. — Bill Simmons
- Amanda Peet and Cameron Diaz are rejected as pre-apex. — Bill Simmons
- John Mahoney is judged already established through Frasier and earlier films. — Bill Simmons
- Long Island’s apex is debated through the Islanders, Amityville, Nancy Meyers, and geography.
In the discussion (2)
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- Moonstruck is selected because John Mahoney, Anita Gillette, and Robert Weil appear in both films. — Sean Fennessey
- Both movies are described as interested in the impossibility and inevitability of relationships.
What’s Aged the Best?
Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, Mike McGlone, Edward Burns, John Mahoney, and brotherly conflict.
In the discussion (6)
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- Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston are praised. — Bill Simmons
- Mike McGlone and Edward Burns butting heads are praised. — Bill Simmons
- John Mahoney is singled out for praise.
- Burns’s effort to inherit a New York relationship-film tradition is praised while his limited psychological darkness is debated.
- The father’s no-women-on-the-boat rule is enjoyed as a period-specific family rule. — Bill Simmons
- Brothers settling disputes with boxing gloves is proposed. — Bill Simmons
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Wheelchair gun expert (Professor Finley actor)
In the discussion (11)
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- Fred Thompson is described as a former that-guy who became recognizable by name. — Bill Simmons
- Tobin Bell is another former that-guy. — Bill Simmons
- Gary Cole is a former that-guy, though he still qualified in 1993. — Bill Simmons
- John Mahoney is described as having graduated from that-guy status around Say Anything. — Bill Simmons
- Brian Libby is a that-guy candidate, with Silent Rage and Shawshank roles recalled. — Bill Simmons
- Joshua Malina is another former that-guy. — Chris Ryan
- Clyde Kusatsu is a that-guy candidate among the investigators. — Chris Ryan
- Steve Hytner is another investigator that-guy candidate. — Chris Ryan
- Anthony Peck is another that-guy candidate, with his Die Hard with a Vengeance role recalled. — Chris Ryan
- Kusatsu and the actor playing Seinfeld’s Kenny Banya are runners-up. — Bill Simmons
- The wheelchair gun expert, recognized as Professor Finley from 90210, is the final that-guy choice; the actor’s name is not recalled. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
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- John Mahoney’s character is criticized for returning a psychologically scarred Kennedy agent to presidential protection. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (4)
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- Dreyfuss is eligible because he is barely in the movie, with two scenes and some speeches; John Mahoney is considered. — Bill Simmons
- Fox and Sheen are in the movie too much to qualify. — Bill Simmons
- Dreyfuss on the talk show insinuating about Sidney makes the award his to lose.
- That TV appearance is likened to the blueprint of what Trump did over the last five years.
In the discussion (6)
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- Ione’s role is placed at her apex because Diane is judged her best character. — Bill Simmons
- Cusack’s career is described as having a Say Anything peak and another around Conair, Being John Malcovic, and High Fidelity.
- John Mahoney and Cameron Crowe are rejected as peaking here, and Lauren Dean’s Joe is debated against Enemy of the State. — Chris Ryan
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or The Breakfast Club is preferred for 1980s high-school-movie apex. — Judd Apatow
- Singles wins Seattle-movie apex even though Say Anything may be the better film.
- Better Call Saul is offered as the stronger nursing-home-fraud example.
Casting What-Ifs
John Cusack beat Christian Slater after Robert Downey Jr. declined; Jennifer Connelly, Elisabeth Shue, Pamela Adlon, Julia Roberts, Dick Van Dyke, Lawrence Kasdan, and Richard Dreyfuss figure in other casting or directing possibilities.
In the discussion (6)
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- Cusack beat Christian Slater for Lloyd, while Robert Downey Jr. turned the role down. — Bill Simmons
- Jennifer Connelly and the actress rendered Elizabeth Shoe auditioned for Diane. — Bill Simmons
- Pamela Adlon auditioned for the friend role played by Amy Brooks, and Julia Roberts was also considered. — Bill Simmons
- Dick Van Dyke met Crow and James Brooks about playing Diane’s father before John Mahoney was cast. — Bill Simmons
- The director rendered Lawrence Kasten had been set to direct but stepped away from Crow’s personal project. — Chris Ryan
- Richard Dreyfuss read the script and wanted to play Lloyd.
What’s Aged the Best?
The real Cusack siblings, Mahoney’s proud-father reaction, deep supporting cast, organic title drop, and durable soundtrack
In the discussion (5)
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- John and Joan Cusack playing siblings gives the relationship an extra lived-in quality. — Bill Simmons
- John Mahoney’s overwhelmed reaction to Diane’s fellowship is singled out as recognizable proud-parent behavior. — Bill Simmons
- Lauren Dean, Pamela Adlon, B.B. Newworth, Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, and Stone Gossard appearing in small roles shows the cast’s unusual depth. — Bill Simmons
- The film says its own title naturally when Diane tells Lloyd he can say anything to her. — Bill Simmons
- Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes,” the Replacements, Living Colour, Fishbone, and the observed Red Hot Chilipvers create an era-specific soundtrack that still works.
In the discussion (2)
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- The panel initially struggles to find any overacting and tentatively offers John Mahoney. — Chris Ryan
- Stiller wins for forcefully delivering Michael’s claim that he understands her in a way Troy never will.
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
The unnamed actor playing Lelaina’s stepfather
In the discussion (3)
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- John Mahoney is rejected because the panel knows him by name.
- The actor playing Winona Ryder’s mother’s new husband wins because the panel recognizes him without knowing his name.
- Joe Don Baker is another candidate but is considered too well known by name.
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
The unrecognized actor playing Lelaina’s stepfather
In the discussion (5)
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- John Mahoney is proposed for Grant from Good Morning Grant.
- David Spade has one effective scene in his familiar comic mode.
- A cameo candidate is named only in the unresolved transcript form “Indie Dick.”
- Jeanne Tripplehorn’s uncredited cameo is easy to miss.
- The actor playing Winona Ryder’s mother’s new husband wins because every brief appearance produces a joke, even though the panel cannot name him.
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Films in the archive
Code of Silence
1985
In the Line of Fire
1993
Primal Fear
1996
Reality Bites
1994
Say Anything...
1989
She's the One
1996
The American President
1995