Joey Pants Award

Best character actor ('that guy' actor).

Joey Pants Award has run in 217 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Bill Simmons

Winner: Glenn's dad (the short, squatty, beer-drinking, pissed-off father). Runner-up: the cop who won't get her dad. Also mentioned John Saxon and Lynn Shaye (the teacher, who later played Magda in There's Something About Mary) as 'that guy/gal' contenders.

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Van Lathan

Charles Fleischer (the guy from the end of Zodiac); agrees John Saxon is also a 'that guy'

‘It Follows’Bill Simmons

The actor who plays Hugh (identified as Jake Weary), a 'that guy' actor he recognizes from other roles

‘It Follows’Chris Ryan

Daniel Zovatto, whom he also loved in Station Eleven

‘It Follows’Joanna Robinson

Agrees it's the actor who played in Task, helps identify him as Jake Weary

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Bill Simmons

The gas station/windshield washing guy (grandpa also offered as an option)

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Chris Ryan

Agrees with the gas station windshield guy pick, riffs on his backstory

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Craig Horlbeck

Goes along with the gas station guy bit, jokes he's a 'part timer' with a weird home life

‘13 Going on 30’Bill Simmons

Arlene, the assistant character, over other options like young Tom Tom, the frizzy editor at Sparkle, or Chris Grandy driving the cab; also jokingly notes Tim Curry as Gollum

‘13 Going on 30’Juliet Litman

Kristen Wilson (Kirsten Warren), who plays Trish the frizzy editor-in-chief of Sparkle

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Bill Simmons

Gregory Itzin (President Logan from 24), who played the warden as a full-fledged over-the-top character actor, wins the award.

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Craig Horlbeck

Suggests Michael Kelly, who plays Clyde's co-worker.

Episode	Host	Answer
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Bill Simmons	Winner: Glenn's dad (the short, squatty, beer-drinking, pissed-off father). Runner-up: the cop who won't get her dad. Also mentioned John Saxon and Lynn Shaye (the teacher, who later played Magda in There's Something About Mary) as 'that guy/gal' contenders.
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Van Lathan	Charles Fleischer (the guy from the end of Zodiac); agrees John Saxon is also a 'that guy'
‘It Follows’	Bill Simmons	The actor who plays Hugh (identified as Jake Weary), a 'that guy' actor he recognizes from other roles
‘It Follows’	Chris Ryan	Daniel Zovatto, whom he also loved in Station Eleven
‘It Follows’	Joanna Robinson	Agrees it's the actor who played in Task, helps identify him as Jake Weary
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Bill Simmons	The gas station/windshield washing guy (grandpa also offered as an option)
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Chris Ryan	Agrees with the gas station windshield guy pick, riffs on his backstory
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Craig Horlbeck	Goes along with the gas station guy bit, jokes he's a 'part timer' with a weird home life
‘13 Going on 30’	Bill Simmons	Arlene, the assistant character, over other options like young Tom Tom, the frizzy editor at Sparkle, or Chris Grandy driving the cab; also jokingly notes Tim Curry as Gollum
‘13 Going on 30’	Juliet Litman	Kristen Wilson (Kirsten Warren), who plays Trish the frizzy editor-in-chief of Sparkle
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Bill Simmons	Gregory Itzin (President Logan from 24), who played the warden as a full-fledged over-the-top character actor, wins the award.
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Craig Horlbeck	Suggests Michael Kelly, who plays Clyde's co-worker.