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Happy Gilmore

1996 film

Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Josh Safdie · Benny Safdie

Aired December 10, 2019

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Happy Gilmore The Rewatchables
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Approx. transcript time · 01:05:18Read transcript
  • Nominees include Ben Stiller and Bob Barker.
  • Vern's silent partner Jack, identified as Sandler's New York University roommate Giaraputo, never speaks.
  • Bob Barker is called an all-time Dionne Waiters performance and gets a vote.
  • Joe Flaherty, Lee Trevino, Nealon and Alan Cover (as transcribed) are added as nominees.
  • Nealon is preferred by another participant.
  • The case for Barker: five memorable minutes like 21 points; Nealon is the coach who draws up the winning play.
  • A vote is cast for Bob, and another participant goes Nealon.
  • Vern is floated as a candidate for grounding the movie as a credible golf announcer.
Happy Gilmore The Rewatchables
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Happy Gilmore

What’s Aged the Best?

Happy swing; Kevin Nealon; ninth-green sprinkler trick; Tuesday's Gone; "go to your home" and "tap it in" lines; homeless caddy; Julie Bowen; Shooter McGavin; Ben Stiller's orderly; alligator fight; Subway commercial

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Approx. transcript time · 00:46:57Read transcript
  • The Happy swing is athletic and hard to pull off; Sandler golfs but is not thought to be very good.
  • The Nealon scene is called the best use of Kevin Nealon in a movie, and he should appear in every movie.
  • Aged-best items include the ninth-green sprinkler trick and Tuesday's Gone.
  • The "go to your home" outburst is something everyone says when playing golf.
  • "Just tap it in" applies to a lot of life.
  • Alan Covert's homeless caddy is called the best; he is in every Sandler movie.
  • Julie Bowen is named; everyone had a crush on her, and her "Happy, look out" yell sticks.
  • Shooter McGavin is called perhaps the number one sports movie villain, with details like his phony Portland interview and turned back before introductions.
  • A real-life Shooter is compared to Brooks Kepka and Nick Faldo.
  • Ben Stiller's orderly, the air conditioner falling, the piano in the reborn happy place and the alligator fight are added.
  • Whether the role helped McDonald's career is questioned, since he worried about typecasting as a villain.
  • The Subway tie-in is called probably the best-aged thing and a legitimately good commercial.
Happy Gilmore The Rewatchables
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Happy Gilmore

Most Rewatchable Scene

Opening credits; Kevin Nealon energy scene; unresolved: auction scene, batting cage with Chubbs, Bob Barker fight (one later switched to the opening credits; picker unidentified)

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Approx. transcript time · 00:29:17Read transcript
  • A coin flip settles that the opening credits count as their own candidate; they include the hockey footage, the skate line, Happy with his dad and the fake-penis rake and gas-pump sequence.
  • The opening origin story is called insane and dark: the mother moves to Egypt, the father dies at a hockey game, and Richard Kiel takes a nail in the head.
  • A child's first viewing of the gas-pump bit and the first documented "you think you better than me" are recalled; the credits are scored with Tuesday's Gone.
  • Tuesday's Gone is called the best Skinner song; it was also used in a 1993 film rendered 'days and confused' in the transcript, and the band got a bump from Sweet Home Alabama in Forrest Gump.
  • The girlfriend breakup is called a direct rip-off of Stripes, still amazing in execution.
  • The Waterbury Open double bogey with the shirt off and Jump Around is a candidate, along with the driving-range invitation and the batting cage.
  • The Chubbs alligator line is a favorite joke.
  • The clubhouse scene with the gold jackets and the ninth-green sprinkler trick is called the best.
  • The Bob Barker fight at the Pepsi Pro Am is a candidate; Barker's real boxing stance and the MTV Movie Awards best fight are recalled.
  • The happy place, tainted and pure, is a candidate, and Julie Bowen is called a rocket ship from that scene.
  • Joe Flaherty's Red Lobster subplot with Shooter, Frankenstein's foot, the auction scene and the Ben Stiller subplot are added as candidates.
  • The Bob Barker scene is called the best and most rewatchable, including Barker getting madder in the build-up.
  • The first picks named are the auction scene, the batting cage with Chubbs, and Barker.
  • One participant switches their pick to the opening credits, and another says they might do the same; who switched is not identified.
  • The Kevin Nealon energy scene is called a favorite and was a constant reference on the Uncut Gems set.
  • During a later category, one participant says the rewatchable went to Barker, and another asks whether they changed the rewatchable to the opening sequence; the question is not answered.
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