Hibbert is described as a comedy writer married to Sweeney at the time. — Bill Simmons
A reported Lovitz anecdote has him recognizing the Gimp in the credits.
Tarantino bought Vincent’s Malibu with Natural Born Killers money; a different car was used for the crash. — Bill Simmons
A production assistant bought a Jheri-curl wig instead of an Afro; Jackson argued it fit the era and it became the character’s look. — Bill Simmons
The 50 ASA film stock was chosen for its proximity to 1950s Technicolor. — Bill Simmons
The Jack Rabbit Slim’s set-budget estimate is corrected to $150,000. — Bill Simmons
The pawnshop and other locations around Canoga Park, Atwater, Glendale, Hawthorne, Beverly Hills, Sun Valley and Pasadena are discussed, with several sites changed or demolished. — Bill Simmons
Butch’s apartment, Lance’s home and Jimmie’s house are placed in North Hollywood, Atwater Village and Studio City respectively. — Bill Simmons
The reported profanity count is 265. — Bill Simmons
Boxing undercard names Vossler and Martinez reportedly came from video-store colleagues. — Bill Simmons
The Malibu was stolen during filming and recovered through an altered-VIN investigation in 2013; whether Tarantino got it back is left uncertain. — Bill Simmons
Travolta researched heroin use through a recovering addict’s tequila-and-hot-water suggestion, tried with Kelly Preston. — Bill Simmons
Butch’s white 1980 Honda Civic also appears in Jackie Brown. — Bill Simmons
Whether Rose is alive and dreaming or dead at the end; Cameron leaves it open. — Bill Simmons
What sex position produced the hand on the car window without his head in frame, with a joking MythBusters-style reenactment proposal. — Bill Simmons
Whether the film is an argument that climate change would prevent icebergs, asked as a joke. — Bill Simmons
How long Jack and Rose would have lasted if both survived; both hosts think they would marry. — Bill Simmons
DiCaprio turning down Boogie Nights for Titanic is judged a good call; Paul Thomas Anderson reportedly agreed it worked out, and Dirk Diggler is called Wahlberg's Apex Mountain. — Bill Simmons
Jon Hamm as Ted; the gate-swing opening; Wendi McLendon-Covey as Rita; the $12 workout; Annie's store scenes; Jill Clayburgh casting; the cupcake scene and baking; Annie's mom's paintings; money and wedding absurdity; weddings as a movie trope; Helen's stepkids and lines; Wilson Phillips ending; ensemble performances; R-rated scatological humor; Milwaukee
Jon Hamm, in three scenes, escapes the Don Draper typecasting by playing the ultimate douchebag; "I really want you to leave, but I don't know how to say it without sounding like a dick" is the iconic line. — Bill Simmons
The opening gate swing of shame and Annie sneaking back into bed establish her character in two minutes. — Mina Kimes
Ted is a textbook narcissist everyone sees through, and making him horrible at sex is a great choice. — Mallory Rubin
The rich douchebag in relation to a woman reverses usual comedy roles; Hamm looks like an actor on vacation in a well-written part of nine or ten minutes, down to the Porsche.
Jennifer Coolidge was considered as an alternative for Rita but would have been distracting; McLendon-Covey is more subtle and would not be recast. — Mina Kimes
Rita's lines, including the semen blanket and her nine-year-old telling her to fuck off over pizza, remind viewers that married life is not idyllic. — Mallory Rubin
Other holdovers: stealing Terry Crews's class to save $12, Annie's bad store work, the Jill Clayburgh casting, and the Bo Cosby joke. — Bill Simmons
The Fiona Apple song over the cupcake scene is noted, with Maya Rudolph married to Fiona Apple's ex Paul Thomas Anderson; the scene shows how broken Annie is about baking.
Baking in general in the Great British Bake Off era, including the cupcake leaf and the carrot cake, holds up. — Bill Simmons
Annie's mom's celebrity paintings, including Taylor Swift, are a subtle touch; her AA character outs people, including Bo Cosby.
Money, and how dumb and expensive weddings are, have aged well; the wedding industrial complex is real.
Weddings work as a movie trope because they put all the characters in one place; weddings also drive people crazy. — Bill Simmons
One participant recounts the only fight with their dad, three weeks before their wedding, over inviting a cousin's boyfriend to a guest list capped around 100-125. — Bill Simmons
Helen's stepkids and her 11 or 12 passive-aggressive lines, including the drink-passing line on the plane, are favorites.
The ensemble performances, scatological humor and explicit R-rated comedy hold up; Milwaukee and Pittsburgh are underrated cities, and the "cock baby" graffiti is a favorite.
Called the most anticlimactic final question of a podcast ever: an amazing actor giving an amazing performance in a role that should not work in movies, basically stupid and larded with existential questions, and the hosts get caught up every rewatch; Heath Ledger is then named as the conversation turns to what his career would have been.
He gave only two or three iconic performances across maybe 12 or 13 movies, good in all of them: Dark Knight, Brokeback Mountain, 10 Things I Hate About You, very good in only ten minutes of I'm Not There and in the not very important Lords of Dogtown, serious fare like Monsters Ball and The Four Feathers, and movie-star attempts like The Patriot; Brokeback and Dark Knight read as the start of what would have been an incredible run.
