Joey Pants Award

Best character actor ('that guy' actor).

Joey Pants Award has run in 206 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘The Good Son’Chris Ryan

Wendy Crewson (from The Good Son) / Daniel Hugh Kelly (from Hardcastle and McCormick)

‘The Good Son’Sean Fennessey

Cinematographer John Lindley

‘Eddie and the Cruisers’Bill Simmons

Joe Pantoliano (Joey Pants) for Eddie and the Cruisers, citing his 1983 run (Risky Business's Guido, Goonies, Running Scared, Midnight Run) and his favorite scene on the roof where he eviscerates Frank, noting the seeds of his later Sopranos character Ralphie.

‘Eddie and the Cruisers’Chris Ryan

Agrees Joey Pants is the standout, saying he's 'blowing everybody off the screen' as Doc Robbins, perfectly capturing a guy who once struck oil and is now stuck as a radio DJ.

‘Eddie and the Cruisers’Van Lathan

Highlights Joey Pants' desperation-driven performance (trying to insert himself into the Eddie mythos, pitching himself as 'technical consultant') as connecting to his later famous characters (Ralphie, Cypher).

‘What Lies Beneath’Bill Simmons

Joe Mooney — Discussed multiple 'that guy' actors including Rogan (cameraman in Anchorman), Wendy Creason, Diana Scarwood, and Joe Mooney from Terminator 2

‘What Lies Beneath’Chris Ryan

Referenced Joey Pants and discussed Rogan, but mentioned having his own 'that guy' pick that wasn't revealed in this segment

‘What Lies Beneath’Craig Horlbeck

Mentioned getting actors like those in The Matrix and compared 'that guy' actors to Robert Horry - having titles but as side characters

‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’Bill Simmons

Joe Pantoliano — Joey Pantoliano as Walter Cobb - getting mad at McClane and calling him a drunk

‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’Bill Simmons

Brenda Fricker

‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’Kyle Brandt

Brenda Fricker

‘Running Scared’Bill Simmons

Joe Pantoliano — Joe Pantoliano as Guido the Killer Pimp/Snake

Episode	Host	Answer
‘The Good Son’	Chris Ryan	Wendy Crewson (from The Good Son) / Daniel Hugh Kelly (from Hardcastle and McCormick)
‘The Good Son’	Sean Fennessey	Cinematographer John Lindley
‘Eddie and the Cruisers’	Bill Simmons	Joe Pantoliano (Joey Pants) for Eddie and the Cruisers, citing his 1983 run (Risky Business's Guido, Goonies, Running Scared, Midnight Run) and his favorite scene on the roof where he eviscerates Frank, noting the seeds of his later Sopranos character Ralphie.
‘Eddie and the Cruisers’	Chris Ryan	Agrees Joey Pants is the standout, saying he's 'blowing everybody off the screen' as Doc Robbins, perfectly capturing a guy who once struck oil and is now stuck as a radio DJ.
‘Eddie and the Cruisers’	Van Lathan	Highlights Joey Pants' desperation-driven performance (trying to insert himself into the Eddie mythos, pitching himself as 'technical consultant') as connecting to his later famous characters (Ralphie, Cypher).
‘What Lies Beneath’	Bill Simmons	Joe Mooney — Discussed multiple 'that guy' actors including Rogan (cameraman in Anchorman), Wendy Creason, Diana Scarwood, and Joe Mooney from Terminator 2
‘What Lies Beneath’	Chris Ryan	Referenced Joey Pants and discussed Rogan, but mentioned having his own 'that guy' pick that wasn't revealed in this segment
‘What Lies Beneath’	Craig Horlbeck	Mentioned getting actors like those in The Matrix and compared 'that guy' actors to Robert Horry - having titles but as side characters
‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’	Bill Simmons	Joe Pantoliano — Joey Pantoliano as Walter Cobb - getting mad at McClane and calling him a drunk
‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’	Bill Simmons	Brenda Fricker
‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’	Kyle Brandt	Brenda Fricker
‘Running Scared’	Bill Simmons	Joe Pantoliano — Joe Pantoliano as Guido the Killer Pimp/Snake