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The Longest Yard
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James Hampton
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 2
Rewatchables episodes featuring James Hampton’s films
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Apex Mountain
The Longest Yard as Burt Reynolds’s retrospective apex; The Longest Yard among football movies; the 1974 Maserati
In the discussion (8)
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- Smokey and the Bandit is selected as Burt Reynolds’s commercial apex. — Bill Simmons
- The Longest Yard is proposed as a retrospective apex because it remains among his most memorable films. — Bill Simmons
- Eddie Albert, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, and Harry Caesar receive career-context discussion. — Bill Simmons
- The Longest Yard is selected as the best football movie over a large field of alternatives. — Bill Simmons
- The 1974 Maserati receives an immediate vehicle apex. — Bill Simmons
- Saturday Night Special is considered for movie-song apex and compared with its use in Blue Collar. — Bill Simmons
- The observed Anacott/Anacoste Steel reference remains more closely associated with Wall Street. — Bill Simmons
- The movie is jokingly tested against other notorious West Palm Beach incidents. — Bill Simmons
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
The performer playing Unger
In the discussion (4)
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- James Hampton is considered a That Guy for most listeners despite his familiar Teen Wolf role.
- The observed Ed Lauder is considered too identifiable by name by part of the panel. — Bill Simmons
- Harry Caesar is proposed because Granville is more memorable than the actor’s name. — Bill Simmons
- Unger wins because the panel does not know the actor’s name but would recognize him as Unger. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
James Hampton as Caretaker; modern equivalents for Joe Kapp, Ray Nitschke, and Sonny Sixkiller
In the discussion (5)
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- James Hampton was reportedly intended for Unger before pushing to play Caretaker. — Bill Simmons
- The observed Joe Cap and Ray Nitchke are identified as real football stars in the cast. — Bill Simmons
- Kirk Cousins is proposed as a present-day Joe Cap equivalent. — Bill Simmons
- Khalil Mack and Fred Warner are considered as Ray Nitchke equivalents. — Bill Simmons
- The observed player is reported as a former University of Washington quarterback who also played in the WFL. — Van Lathan
Casting What-Ifs
James Hampton reading for Coach Finstock before Michael J. Fox suggested him for the father
This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.
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- James Hampton reportedly read as Coach Finstock before Fox asked him to read as the father. — Bill Simmons
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