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16:21 – 19:11… actor for this movie, which is unbelievable. We'll talk about that in a second. Billy's hosting the Oscars when that wins. And it's like the ultimate apex mountain moment. This movie is the fifth biggest movie in 91. This dude that he cast, who is the second choice, we'll get into casting what ifs, wins the Oscar, then does the one handed pushups. Yeah. And then Crystal's making jokes about it for the next two hours. And it was like one of the most famous Oscars moments ever. It's just not going to get any better for Billy Crystal. Do you think, I feel like they tried to like have some sort of magic …
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this because, so Jack, Jack. Palance. Jack Palance. I always want to say Palance. Palance. Jack Palance wins for best supporting actor for this movie, which is unbelievable. We'll talk about that in a second. Billy's hosting the Oscars when that wins. And it's like the ultimate apex mountain moment. This movie is the fifth biggest movie in 91. This dude that he cast, who is the second choice, we'll get into casting what ifs, wins the Oscar, then does the one handed pushups. Yeah. And then Crystal's making jokes about it for the next two hours. And it was like one of the most famous Oscars moments ever. It's just not going to get any better for Billy Crystal. Do you think, I feel like they tried to like have some sort of magic like that this year with like engineering it so that the Bozeman award would go last so that they would have like a moment like that? Yeah. I think it's really hard to engineer those. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I think that's one of the ways that like Kimmel distinguished himself when the La La Land Moonlight thing happened because he was good on his feet and Crystal was always so good on his feet. I mean, that's what made him such a good host. It wasn't that he sang those songs or whatever at the beginning of the show. That stuff is fine. But he was awesome coming out of the commercial break, ready to comment on the whatever ridiculousness had just happened. Just so I just, I guess it's just kids. He would do a lot of Nicholson banter too, right? Talking to the audience. Yeah, for sure. You know what else happened this year? He became the Clippers super fan. Right. The 92 Clippers went 45 and 37. Larry Brown took over halfway through the Danny Manning and they ended up losing a pretty banger of a series to the Jazz in five. It's like a solid series. Those games will be on. A first round series? Yeah. So best of five series. Early Malone and Stockton kind of hitting their peak, but Danny Manning and like a Clippers crowd that actually has energy. Who else is on that team? Like Olden Polonese? Yeah, it's, hold on. I'll find that for you, Sean. I have that right here. Love to know who's on the 95 Clippers. We have some Ron Harper. Oh, sure. Sound nice, yeah. Little Doc Rivers, Charles Smith. Oh, yeah, good team. Charles Smith before they gave him to your Knicks. Ken Norman, Olden Polonese. Loi Vaught. Ooh, Loi Vaught. The Buddha, James Edwards was there. So, yeah, not a bad team. Where did they used to play? Who? The Clippers. San Diego. No, no, no. I mean like in the 90s where they had like- Oh, the sports arena. The sports arena. That's tough. Let's talk about Jack. This is a weird best supporting Oscar. Yeah, it is. He's in the movie for 20 minutes? Not even that. I counted. He arrives at the 35th minute of the movie and he's gone by the 53rd minute of the movie. He basically has one long scene and a couple of one-liners. I don't feel like it's an Oscar travesty as much as like it's just kind of inexplicable.
65:18 – 68:04… know that, but I will say when she showed up on screen, I was like, this is the best casting I've ever seen in my life. Okay. That makes a lot of sense. Apex Mountain. Billy Crystal, yes. Bruno Kirby. No. Young Clemenza. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think Godfather too. And he played young Clemenza. The gun at the doorframe? Yeah. With the narrow. Yeah. Daniel Stern, unquestionably yes. Yes. Cattle Vacations, I'm going to say yes. Cattle Vacations. Cattle Vacations. Well, it depends on whether or not you consider Westworld a cattle vacation. Ooh. You know? Good call. Movie scenes with Running of the Bulls? How …
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The river crossing was the toughest to shoot because the cows kept mounting each other. Yeah, they did. And then Crystal's daughter was his real daughter, Lindsay, who's apparently a gem. Okay. I've heard great things about her. I didn't know that, but I will say when she showed up on screen, I was like, this is the best casting I've ever seen in my life. Okay. That makes a lot of sense. Apex Mountain. Billy Crystal, yes. Bruno Kirby. No. Young Clemenza. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think Godfather too. And he played young Clemenza. The gun at the doorframe? Yeah. With the narrow. Yeah. Daniel Stern, unquestionably yes. Yes. Cattle Vacations, I'm going to say yes. Cattle Vacations. Cattle Vacations. Well, it depends on whether or not you consider Westworld a cattle vacation. Ooh. You know? Good call. Movie scenes with Running of the Bulls? How many others are there? I don't know. Gosh, I can't think of any right now. That's a real Hollywood flex. We got to go shoot it in Pamplona for one scene in Cities Lickers. And they really did shoot it. Those guys were there and they were doing it. I'm sure there's like a historic installment of world cinema that features the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona. It's like a Russell-lini movie that you're missing. CR, you fucking clown. How'd you forget about this movie? Jack Palance. It's got to be Shane for him. I don't care that he won the Oscar. He's in fucking Shane. I think so. He's in this movie for five minutes. He's a fucking bad guy in Shane. Definitely Shane. Helen Slater, obviously, created in the internet and led to Billie Jean. It's Billie Jean. It used to be her apex. She was kind of floated around for a while. She was in a really pivotal Seinfeld. Supergirl. She was Supergirl. Love her. Good career. I was expecting more of a mutual appreciation society for her from the both of you. I feel like she checks a lot of boxes for Bill and Chris. Patricia Wedig, definitely. 30-something's going. I just want you guys to know how much I hated 30-something and how much I made fun of it. I have never heard about this. Let's go. Yeah. I've never seen it. My mom loved it. I used to argue about it. I used to do imitations of the characters. You've got to open up to me. I have cancer. A question. If 30-something had come on like five years ago, do you think it would be like your favorite show? No. No. Because 30-something was annoying. This movie is in a similar vein of storytelling, though. You know, the sort of like coming to grips, but with no sense of humor. The only sentimental TV show I ever liked was Party of Five. Those five orphans really got me. That was the only sentimental TV show? Because otherwise you— Like the corny, sentimental TV shows that are— I hate to break it to you. There's some sentimentality in Miami Vice, Bill. Eh, fair. Fair. That can't be true, what you just said. That's the only sentimental— I mean, shows that are— Can we talk this out a little bit? Those like Seventh Heaven type shows, I was just out on— No, but like, did you like the first season of Grey's Anatomy? No. Do you find ER sentimental? I guess not. No. ER's a good show.
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