Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006 film
Craig Horlbeck · Danny Heifetz · Danny Kelly
Aired September 8, 2026
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Gambler
Flight
Cape Fear
Rachel Getting Married
Independence Day
The Bourne Identity
Film credit
Amy Adams
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Mentioned in discussions
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Molly Shannon
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:30:00Read transcript
- Molly Shannon, Amy Adams, Grandpa Chip, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Adam McKay are the principal candidates. — Craig Horlbeck
- Gary Cole is rejected as too important despite a concentrated run of jokes; Adam McKay is praised for one short driver scene. — Craig Horlbeck
- The panel agrees on Molly Shannon. — Craig Horlbeck
The most 2006 thing
The panel debates Nextel, Halliburton, the gay French villain, Amy Adams’s small role, and Sacha Baron Cohen as the most 2006 element.
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:50:14Read transcript
- Nextel phones, Halliburton, long sideburns, Circuit City, and mid-2000s celebrity references form the initial list.
- Making the villain a gay French man is proposed as especially specific to 2006.
- Amy Adams appearing in a small part and Sasha Baron Cohen appearing shortly before Borat are late alternatives.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Center Jim and Lamar; Wahlberg’s actress collaborators; Larson or Theron chemistry
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:23Read transcript
- Remove the Amy romance and center Jim’s relationship with Lamar, including the ethical conflict of point shaving and the athlete’s exceptional talent. — Bill Simmons
- Wahlberg is credited with repeatedly working opposite attractive actresses at notable career moments: Heather Graham, Diane Lane, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, Amy Adams, Mila Kunis and Brie Larson. — Bill Simmons
- Brie Larson is proposed as Wahlberg’s best chemistry despite the argument for cutting her subplot; Charlize Theron competes. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:33:26Read transcript
- Amy Adams is the recasting-couch suggestion for Nikki to make the final romantic choice less obvious, though the small, unappealing assignment is joked about. — Chris Ryan
Recasting Couch
DiCaprio; Pitt; Amy Adams; Gosling as copilot; Viola Davis as investigator
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:17:49Read transcript
- DiCaprio might accept the role and Pitt might try it; Hanks is doubted and Cruise imagined turning it comic, as American Made treats Barry Seal more lightly. — Chris Ryan
- Amy Adams is floated as a potentially stronger Nicole, disputed by a Reilly defender.
- Gosling is imagined as the copilot; Viola Davis as the surviving attendant is disputed as too small a role, then Davis in Melissa Leo’s authority role is accepted.
Recasting Couch
2023 parents Gosling and Emma Stone with Bernthal as Cady proposed; Stone perhaps too young, Amy Adams alternative.
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:48Read transcript
- 2023 parents Gosling and Emma Stone with Bernthal as Cady proposed; Stone perhaps too young, Amy Adams alternative. — Bill Simmons
- Current Reese Witherspoon becomes preferred wife alternative; Southern background and Big Little Lies support fit. — Bill Simmons
- Early-1990s alternatives: Sarandon always preferred by one, Spacek and Sally Field considered. Lange’s height and physicality may favor her over Field. — Sean Fennessey
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:19:27Read transcript
- Amy Adams receives the actor-doing-their-own-thing choice from a critic of her Brenda performance. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:19:27Read transcript
- Amy Adams receives the overacting choice from a critic of her Brenda performance. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:33:14Read transcript
- Hathaway is the first choice; no other nominee seems plausible. — Bill Simmons
- Rosemarie DeWitt is called underappreciated and deserving of a nomination, taken instead by Amy Adams. — Amanda Dobbins
- Hathaway is credited with successfully trying something different after The Devil Wears Prada. — Amanda Dobbins
- Wesley Morris’s texted choice is Rosemarie DeWitt; the tally is two Hathaway, one DeWitt.
- On returning, he reaffirms DeWitt as his winner. — Wesley Morris
- DeWitt is recalled from Mad Men as one of Don Draper’s love interests.
- Another host agrees DeWitt should have won the movie.
Podcast choices
- Speaker not identified
- Anne Hathaway
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- Anne Hathaway
What’s Aged the Best?
Rosemarie DeWitt; live music; title-drop speech; trumpet player’s toast to Ethan; Sidney’s wedding song; Debra Winger
In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 01:04:11Read transcript
- Rosemarie DeWitt is praised and her lack of a supporting-actress nomination lamented. — Bill Simmons
- The 2008 supporting-actress nominees are recalled; asked whom to drop for DeWitt, one host cuts Amy Adams, likened to Alex Smith. — Bill Simmons
- The strange, memorable live music is praised. — Bill Simmons
- A speech that says the movie’s title is enjoyed. — Bill Simmons
- The trumpet player’s rehearsal-dinner shout-out to Ethan drains the life from Hathaway’s face. — Bill Simmons
- Sidney’s Neil Young song at the wedding is praised for his beautiful voice, with jokes that he should be in a band.
- Debra Winger is chosen, with research on roles she turned down or lost: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Fatal Attraction, Broadcast News, Peggy Sue Got Married, A League of Their Own, and Romancing the Stone after a reported biting incident. — Bill Simmons
- Winger’s career is discussed: Urban Cowboy’s overwhelming screen presence, An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment making her the biggest young actress.
- Her reputation for on-set conflict is reviewed, including reported clashes with co-stars on An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment and with the Wonder Woman star. — Amanda Dobbins
- An alternative career path imagines her aging into Diane Keaton parts as a Nancy Meyers muse; she stepped away from Hollywood in the late 1990s. — Bill Simmons
- She is felt in every second despite appearing in only about four scenes. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
Christopher Lloyd, Dennis Hopper or Al Pacino as the Area 51 doctor; Demi Moore or Sharon Stone for Mary McDonnell's role; Martin Lawrence for Connick
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:22Read transcript
- Option two: the wacky Area 51 doctor should be a real famous person, such as Christopher Lloyd as a Doc Brown wink or Dennis Hopper. — Bill Simmons
- Pacino is suggested for two scenes at $10 million, with an impression.
- Option one: never having been a Mary McDonnell person (after an Amy Adams comparison), Demi Moore is wanted for four scenes, and her death would be more shocking. — Bill Simmons
- A defense: McDonnell is good in John Sails movies. — Bill Simmons
- For a three-day role, go big; Sharon Stone is suggested and would have been an unexpected death. — Bill Simmons
- Returning to recasting, Connick could be swapped for Martin Lawrence if the seat just needs a funny guy. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
Cole Hauser or Casey Affleck in Clive Owen’s role; Amy Adams or the transcript-observed “Chloe 70” in Julia Stiles’s role; Al Pacino as Conklin
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:36Read transcript
- Cole Houser is proposed as a Damon-connected replacement for Clive Owen. — Chris Ryan
- Casey Affleck is another proposal for Clive Owen's role. — Chris Ryan
- Amy Adams is proposed as a replacement for Julia Stiles. — Chris Ryan
- The Julia Stiles role is described as thankless, which makes it suitable for a stronger alternate performer. — Chris Ryan
- Chloe 70 is the observed transcript form of the preferred alternate for Julia Stiles because the role seems perfect for her. — Chris Ryan
- Al Pacino is proposed as Conklin during the period when his style was becoming self-parody. — Chris Ryan
- Pacino's ability to tackle Henry Rollins in Heat is used to answer concerns about him physically challenging Bourne. — Chris Ryan
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