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About Last Night

Casting What-Ifs

About Last Night The Rewatchables

Bill Murray and Nick Nolte; alternate director and Debbie contenders.

Reported casting history is retained with uncertainty where the transcript signals it.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:24:27Read transcript
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Ghostbusters

Who Won the Movie?

Ghostbusters The Rewatchables

Bill Murray as Peter Venkman wins, with Ivan Reitman receiving a serious secondary case.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:55:30Read transcript
  • Bill Murray and Peter Venkman are the immediate winner answers.
  • Ivan Reitman receives a strong case for controlling the action and knowing how much spectacle the comedy needed.
  • The final majority returns to Murray because he carries the movie and provides a definitive example of why he is funny.
  • The film's improvised, haphazard production is contrasted with the safe polish expected from modern franchise production.
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Bill Murray / Peter Venkman
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Ivan Reitman
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Bill Murray / Peter Venkman
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Bill Murray / Peter Venkman
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Ivan Reitman
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Ghostbusters

Gandolfini Butter on My Ass So It Pops in My Mouth Award

Ghostbusters The Rewatchables

The Keymaster title, Murray working a crowd, and the firehouse poles are the leading pure-enjoyment choices.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:52:24Read transcript
  • Keymaster is praised as a nickname and adapted into basketball pairings.
  • Bill Murray introducing the team to the crowd outside Dana's building is chosen for his effortless command of the city.
  • Sliding down the firehouse poles is another winner because the simple fun has largely disappeared from contemporary spaces.
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Ghostbusters

Apex Mountain

Ghostbusters The Rewatchables

The panel assesses many people, properties, places, creatures, and concepts rather than selecting one episode-wide apex.

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:42:14Read transcript
  • Ghostbusters is accepted as Bill Murray's apex by some, while Groundhog Day remains a strong rival.
  • Ghostbusters is treated as Dan Aykroyd's apex because he wrote it and remained the franchise's custodian, though Trading Places is considered.
  • Aliens is preferred as Sigourney Weaver's apex.
  • Groundhog Day is preferred for Harold Ramis as a director, while Ghostbusters remains a contender.
  • The marshmallow mascot, ghost movies, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, New York Public Library scenes, dog transformations, occult architecture, and ghost combat each receive separate apex checks.
  • Ghostbusters narrowly beats Ghost as the apex ghost movie, with Poltergeist and newer horror franchises also considered.
  • Ghostbusters is considered Ernie Hudson's best-known role, while Oz is noted as substantial work; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids beats it for Moranis.
  • The movie is favored as the apex of ghost combat after Ghosts of Mars is raised as an alternative.
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This Is the End

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

This Is the End The Rewatchables

Danny McBride is the funniest person of his generation

Danny McBride is declared the funniest performer of the prior fifteen years and the successor to Will Ferrell. His recurring overconfident persona is compared with Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Will Ferrell. His entrances, breakfast, ration argument, insults, and laughter at Michael Cera’s death are cited as examples. The limited-film-role, heat-check shape of his career is praised rather than treated as a weakness. Pineapple Express 2: Blood Red is identified as an apocalypse project within the film and as the prospective real sequel plot.

In the discussion (5)
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  • Danny McBride is declared the funniest performer of the prior fifteen years and the successor to Will Ferrell.
  • His recurring overconfident persona is compared with Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Will Ferrell.
  • His entrances, breakfast, ration argument, insults, and laughter at Michael Cera’s death are cited as examples.
  • The limited-film-role, heat-check shape of his career is praised rather than treated as a weakness.
  • Pineapple Express 2: Blood Red is identified as an apocalypse project within the film and as the prospective real sequel plot.
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Stripes

Who Won the Movie?

Stripes The Rewatchables

Bill Murray wins without debate; Ivan Reitman is mentioned only as a possible alternative.

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:10Read transcript
  • Bill Murray is the unanimous winner.
  • Ivan Reitman is acknowledged as a possible case but immediately rejected in favor of Murray.
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Bill Murray
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Bill Murray
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Stripes

Picking Nits

Stripes The Rewatchables

Haircuts, the Pom Pom raid, EM-50 promotion and design, an impossible basketball throw, and a missing double-date scene are questioned.

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 00:37:01Read transcript
  • Bill Murray and Harold Ramis keeping movie-star hair while other recruits receive crew cuts is questioned.
  • The reason military police raid the Pom Pom mud-wrestling club remains unclear.
  • The late-arriving recruits being promoted to the military-vehicle project is judged implausible.
  • The supposedly advanced vehicle looks too much like a minivan or Winnebago.
  • The indoor-basketball throw through the window follows no plausible shot trajectory.
  • One more double-date scene is requested to deepen the four central characters.
  • The bag underneath his head is there and then not there, but that continuity issue is explicitly dismissed.
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Stripes

Apex Mountain

Stripes The Rewatchables

Warren Oates, military comedies, and movie mud wrestling receive positive apex cases; most individual stars are rejected or debated.

In the discussion (11)
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  • Bill Murray is rejected because Ghostbusters provided a stronger later peak.
  • Harold Ramis is debated as a newly cool movie star here, while Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters brought larger later influence and wealth.
  • John Candy is rejected.
  • Military comedies about joining and training are given a strong apex case, with the broader military-movie claim treated as weaker.
  • The actress identified by the machine transcript as P. J. Souls is rejected in favor of Halloween.
  • Sean Young is rejected in favor of the Blade Runner, Wall Street, and No Way Out period.
  • The actor whose name the machine transcript renders as Laracette is rejected because he became a major television star.
  • Goofy future-tense closing credits are discussed, with Animal House preferred.
  • Warren Oates receives a clear apex verdict.
  • Ivan Reitman is rejected.
  • The mud-wrestling sequence is proposed as the apex of mud wrestling in movies.
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Stripes

Half-Assed Internet Research

Stripes The Rewatchables

Research covers Army access, Warren Oates’s Wild Bunch stories, on-set injuries, improvised accidents, surprise haircuts, Murray–Young friction, and a John Candy fight-night dinner.

In the discussion (8)
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  • The military reportedly supported the film with Fort Knox access and real troops as extras.
  • Warren Oates chipped a tooth when actors dragged him through mud without warning him.
  • Warren Oates reportedly entertained the cast with stories about The Wild Bunch and was liked even by Bill Murray.
  • The actor whose name is transcribed as Laracette broke his nose running into a door during an unused take and wore makeup afterward.
  • Murray’s suitcase blow was accidental and remained in the film.
  • Most basic-training haircuts were surprises, producing genuine reactions.
  • A disputed story says Murray and Sean Young clashed over improvisation; the panel explicitly marks it uncertain.
  • John Candy hosted the cast for homemade spaghetti and the Leonard–Duran no-más fight.
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Films in the archive

Ghostbusters

1984

Stripes

1981

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

Rewatchables episodes featuring their films

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Ghostbusters

1984 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Van Lathan

Aired April 28, 2026

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Stripes

1981 film

Bill Simmons · Brian Koppelman

Aired June 22, 2021

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