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1977 film

Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan

Aired June 4, 2024

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Slap Shot The Rewatchables June 4, 2024

Al Pacino for Reggie; Nick Nolte for Ned; Jack Carlson replaced by Dave Hanson.

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Al Pacino wanted Reggie, but Hill chose Newman; the hosts joke about accommodating Pacino's height.
Jack Carlson's WHA playoff call-up led to Dave Hanson replacing him as a brother and Jerry Houser playing Killer Carlson.
According to the performer playing Johnny Upton, Nick Nolte sought Ned Braden, but former university player Ontkean won the role. The hosts prefer the outcome and Nolte in North Dallas Forty.

Slap Shot The Rewatchables June 4, 2024

Censored television versions, the sequels, the swastika helmet and dated cultural associations.

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Potentially nine-hour bus rides if Charlestown is Pennsylvania, although the setting seems intended as New England.
Bad daytime television: Hawaiian showcase, soap operas and bowling.
Edited television versions mutilate the film, including darkening the bottom of Dillon's nude scene.
Seeing Melinda Dillon later as the mother in A Christmas Story creates a jarring association with Suzanne.
The claim that the Hanson performers rejected a Universal spinoff is treated skeptically; the later sequel is dismissed.
The harsh language and Jerry Houser's later role as Marcia Brady's husband are cited.
Putting a bounty on an opponent now recalls the Saints' Bountygate scandal.
Maxim's 1998 declaration of Slap Shot as the best guy movie feels dated, as do the two sequels.
The bus driver's swastika helmet.
The decline of Dickie Dunn's sentimental sportswriting is disputed: similar columns and credulous sourcing still exist.
Dickie Dunn's dismissive response to his daughter's complaint about being insulted.

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