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This Is the End
This Is the End
Film credit
Jay Baruchel
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 3
- Movies in this archive
- 3
Rewatchables episodes featuring Jay Baruchel’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
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Approx. transcript time · 01:50:04Read transcript
- Robert Downey Jr. is judged at Apex because Iron Man arrived the same year.
- Ben Stiller is considered but not affirmed.
- Vietnam War parody is judged at Apex here.
- Jack Black, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Matthew McConaughey, and Bill Hader are considered without affirmative selections.
- Politically incorrect comedies are discussed, with Blazing Saddles remaining the leading historical example.
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Bodily functions, Aja, Michael Cera, and Jay Baruchel
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:17Read transcript
- The panel settles on two bowel movements per day rather than six. — Bill Simmons
- Aja the spaniel is initially presumed dead, then identified as the dog Seth holds in heaven. — Bill Simmons
- A crude question about Michael Cera’s body is answered affirmatively as part of the film’s persona joke. — Bill Simmons
- Whether Jay Baruchel is genuinely difficult is debated using his dislike of Los Angeles and real resentment of Seth’s newer friends. — Bill Simmons
- Jay is defended as better company in Canada and as skillfully playing his own type.
- His pleasure at Mindy Kaling’s compliment is cited as a revealing moment within the caricature.
What’s Aged the Best?
Danny McBride, personal dynamics, specificity, and fan service
In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 00:33:52Read transcript
- Danny McBride is the leading answer because he repeatedly broke the other actors during filming. — Bill Simmons
- The David Spade theory of nonthreatening celebrity desirability is said to be validated by Mindy Kaling’s Michael Cera speech. — Bill Simmons
- The Jay–Seth friendship tension and their relationship with Seth’s Los Angeles friends feel rooted in real dynamics. — Bill Simmons
- Jonah Hill and James Franco insulting one another is praised for blurring performance and real friction. — Bill Simmons
- The timely Lindsay Lohan joke and Jonah identifying himself to God as being from Moneyball are praised. — Bill Simmons
- The enormous demon anatomy, recurring jokes about Seth, and period pop-culture references are praised for specificity. — Bill Simmons
- The detailed apocalypse inventory and its conversion into 127 Hours are praised. — Bill Simmons
- Jay Baruchel’s later account of disliking Jonah during filming is used to validate the tension onscreen. — Bill Simmons
- Dicks up and Scarface style are praised as compact group-decision jokes. — Craig Horlbeck
- Superbad and Pineapple Express fan service is praised for supplying reunion energy without conventional sequels.
- Combining a one-night party comedy with Night of the Living Dead is praised as a potent premise. — Chris Ryan
- Jonah's dog Aja and the video-confessional device are praised.
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 00:59:04Read transcript
- Baruchel is unanimously chosen as the character likely to die first in a horror version; a mistaken memory of This Is the End is corrected to Michael Cera’s death. — Bill Simmons
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