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Quiz Show

Sasha Jenkins Award for Actor Who You Can’t Believe Didn’t Become a Bigger Star

Quiz Show The Rewatchables

Christopher McDonald was honored as the actor who should have become a bigger star, with discussion of why his career nonetheless worked out well.

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

In the discussion (3)
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  • Craig introduced Christopher McDonald as a mini-version of the category and praised his timing, looks, humor, and versatility.
  • The hosts agreed McDonald occupied an awkward space between leading man and character actor.
  • His work as Jack Barry and his tape-viewing double take were praised.
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Jeremiah Johnson

Most Rewatchable Scene

Jeremiah Johnson The Rewatchables

The cabin-building montage, final peace gesture, and first Crow-camp attack are explicit favorites among a broad set of frontier and action nominees.

In the discussion (11)
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  • Hatchet Jack’s frozen body, letter, and inherited rifle are nominated.
  • Jeremiah’s early fur trade with Native Americans is nominated.
  • Jeremiah rescuing the bald man and helping recover his horses is nominated.
  • The first family meal with Woman and the boy is nominated.
  • Swan teaching Jeremiah to hunt and the family building a cabin are selected as a favorite montage.
  • The wolf attack is nominated.
  • The reluctant passage through the Crow burial ground is nominated.
  • Jeremiah’s successive fights with Crow warriors and the murder montage are nominated.
  • Jeremiah’s return to the cabin is nominated for the line that some say he is dead and some say he never will be.
  • The final raised-arm exchange with Paints His Shirt Red is selected as a favorite and the film’s resolution of the feud.
  • Jeremiah’s first attack on a Crow camp is selected as another favorite for its single-shot-weapon choreography.
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The Sting

Most Rewatchable Scene

The Sting The Rewatchables

The train poker game is selected twice; the first Gondorff-Hooker meeting is another explicit favorite. The opening con, roulette loss, counterfeit handoff, train setup, fake race, revenge exchange, Salino reveal, and final con are additional nominees.

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  • The opening switch with Luther is nominated as a strong opening con.
  • The train stretch combining Lonnegan’s pickpocketing, card tricks, gin trick, and poker game is nominated as one long sequence.
  • Hooker immediately losing his winnings at roulette is included despite an objection that the bet is implausible.
  • Hooker paying Snyder with counterfeit money is nominated.
  • The poker game is selected for Newman’s comic drunk performance and the four-jack cheat.
  • Hooker apparently offering to double-cross Gondorff is nominated for making the audience question the con.
  • The fake Blue Note race is nominated.
  • Gondorff and Hooker’s exchange about revenge being for suckers is nominated.
  • Salino’s reveal as the assassin and death are nominated.
  • The final con, fake shootings, and Hooker declining his share are nominated.
  • The poker game is explicitly selected by two participants.
  • Gondorff and Hooker’s first meeting, with hungover Gondorff and their verbal sparring, is selected as another favorite.
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Airplane!

Casting What-Ifs

Airplane! The Rewatchables

Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty are preferred after a long list of reported alternatives for Ted, Elaine, Rumack, Roger, and the jive translator.

In the discussion (12)
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  • David Letterman auditioned for Ted Striker, but the panel prefers that he was not cast.
  • The studio reportedly pushed Barry Manilow for Ted.
  • Fred Willard reportedly declined Ted because he did not understand the script.
  • Tim Matheson reportedly could not take Ted while filming 1941.
  • Caitlyn Jenner auditioned for Ted and did not get the role.
  • Robert Hayes is preferred because he plays the absurdity straight.
  • Sigourney Weaver and Shelley Long auditioned for Elaine before Julie Haggerty was cast.
  • Dom DeLuise, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, and Jack Webb reportedly declined Doctor Rumack.
  • Leslie Nielsen is preferred for Rumack.
  • Pete Rose was wanted for Roger but baseball scheduling led to Kareem’s casting.
  • Harriet Nelson was wanted as the jive translator before Barbara Billingsley was cast.
  • Peter Graves initially rejected the script as tasteless before being persuaded to play Over.
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Working Girl

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Working Girl The Rewatchables

Meaning of Let the River Run; Jack and Katharine’s relationship; office-party dumplings; Ford sex scenes; whether Tess is the villain.

In the discussion (5)
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  • The lyrics and river in Let the River Run are questioned.
  • The panel asks how Jack and Katharine progressed beyond a casual or strategic relationship. — Joanna Robinson
  • Dim sum dumplings as passed office-party food are questioned and mostly rejected.
  • The panel asks whether Harrison Ford has explicit sex scenes beyond Presumed Innocent.
  • The panel asks whether Tess can be viewed as the villain for taking her boss’s boyfriend and opportunity.
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Working Girl

Picking Nits

Working Girl The Rewatchables

White wedding clothes; office secrecy; broken-leg recovery; Katharine’s vacation; Mick’s affair and proposal.

In the discussion (17)
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  • Tess wearing white to the wedding is criticized.
  • Nobody questioning Tess’s repeated use of Katharine’s office is criticized.
  • Katharine’s rapid recovery from a severe broken leg is challenged.
  • Whether Katharine would be fired for stealing the idea is debated.
  • Katharine vacationing soon after transfer is challenged.
  • A previously planned vacation and perhaps ten days or a couple of weeks on the job are offered as explanations.
  • Katharine expecting a proposal but traveling without Jack is challenged.
  • She knew many people at the resort, knew the hotel operator, and had enough money to take the trip anyway.
  • Alec Baldwin having sex with Doreen in Tess’s bed is challenged as implausibly brazen.
  • His Motor Trend reading and birthday lingerie gift are cited as signs he might cheat; adultery is also framed as more culturally tolerated in the period.
  • Mick proposing publicly only days later is challenged.
  • Tess answering “maybe” is defended as fair and as a good movie scene.
  • The friends encouraging Tess to accept despite knowing about the affair is challenged.
  • Period gender norms and a boys-will-be-boys attitude are offered as explanations for the friends’ response.
  • Mick’s boat-loan business is questioned.
  • High-school coach is proposed as an alternate job, then rejected because he should not be near students.
  • Used-car salesman is proposed as a better-fitting job.
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Working Girl

What’s Aged the Worst?

Working Girl The Rewatchables

Remote work breaks the plot; workplace treatment; hair; Jack undressing Tess; paper trails.

In the discussion (8)
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  • Remote work and LinkedIn would prevent the broken-leg absence from enabling the plot.
  • Most hairstyles and workplace treatment of women are proposed.
  • Reading Motor Trend in bed and gloomy ferry shots are proposed.
  • The hot dog crumb on Jack’s mouth is debated and ultimately defended.
  • Jack not washing his hands is criticized.
  • Sleeping together before closing the deal is proposed but disputed.
  • Hard-copy records, dictation, and day planners are proposed as obsolete plot machinery.
  • Jack removing Tess’s dress is criticized as unnecessary.
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Working Girl

The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?

Working Girl The Rewatchables

Everyone except Tess.

In the discussion (6)
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  • Every character except Tess is proposed as bad at their job. — Amanda Dobbins
  • Jack is criticized for lacking ideas and initially avoiding the meeting. — Amanda Dobbins
  • Katharine is criticized for taking vacation and bringing no visible ideas. — Amanda Dobbins
  • Trask subordinates and Nora are criticized for passivity and poor execution. — Amanda Dobbins
  • The arbitrage group is also judged unsuccessful. — Amanda Dobbins
  • Jack is criticized for failing to ask basic questions about Tess’s background. — Amanda Dobbins
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Working Girl

What’s Aged the Best?

Working Girl The Rewatchables

Let the River Run and its score; supportive work husband; clothes; underestimated heroine archetype.

In the discussion (10)
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  • Let the River Run, the score, and their repeated use are selected.
  • Jack as a supportive work husband is proposed.
  • The late-film roundtable is proposed.
  • Jack ordering tequila before it became common is proposed.
  • Harrison Ford’s clothes and the character-defining costume design are proposed.
  • The underestimated hot-mess but intelligent heroine archetype is proposed.
  • Guessing which scenes followed a late night is proposed as a rewatching game.
  • The short-lived Sandra Bullock television adaptation is discussed as an enduring curiosity.
  • Never burn bridges because today’s junior employee may become tomorrow’s senior partner is proposed.
  • The Officer and a Gentleman homage at the end is proposed.
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Working Girl

Most Rewatchable Scene

Working Girl The Rewatchables

End elevators; bar meet-cute; opening; wedding.

In the discussion (16)
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  • The opening credits, ferry, Statue of Liberty, and New York skyline are proposed.
  • The Spacey limo encounter and Tess’s typed insult are proposed.
  • Tess’s early office exchange with Katharine is proposed.
  • The bar meet-cute is a final choice. — Joanna Robinson
  • The fight after the party is proposed.
  • The luau wedding, bathroom scene, cameos, and Trask dance are proposed.
  • Jack changing his shirt in the office is proposed.
  • The postcoital conversation is proposed.
  • Jack visiting Katharine while Tess hides is proposed.
  • The boardroom and elevator showdowns are proposed.
  • Tess meeting her new assistant is proposed.
  • Jack caring for an unconscious Tess is proposed for its physical comedy despite later objections.
  • The boss-secretary impersonation farce is proposed.
  • The elevator ending is a final choice.
  • The wedding is initially selected and then withdrawn for the elevator.
  • The bar is another final choice.
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The Longest Yard

1974 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Van Lathan

Aired June 19, 2024

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