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What's Aged the Best

Elements that improved over time culturally or technically.

What's Aged the Best has run in 251 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’Chris Ryan

The decision to make Freddy a child murderer instead of a child molester has aged the best

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Craig Horlbeck

Agrees with Chris that choosing 'murderer' over 'molester' has aged well, since audiences couldn't root for or enjoy a dream-world villain who was a child molester

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Van Lathan

Jokingly presses on the murderer/molester distinction but ultimately agrees it was 'the right move'; also admires how well the dream world/boiler room concept holds up

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Bill Simmons

The movie overall holds up well: the poster, the single chainsaw/outfit for Leatherface due to budget constraints, and its massive influence (inspired Ridley Scott's Alien)

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Chris Ryan

Daniel Pearl's cinematography — easily the best aspect of the movie, ranging from Paris, Texas-style vistas to documentary-style handheld shots, remarkable given the shoestring budget

‘Talladega Nights’Craig Horlbeck

Craig's claim he could go 3-for-5 from three in an NBA game, standing wide open in the corner

‘Talladega Nights’Danny Heifetz

Rick's line about not wanting to live forever but with modern tech maybe he could hit 245-300 years old

‘Talladega Nights’Danny Kelly

The 'Laughing Clown Malt Liquor' brand detail (car sponsorship and dad's tall boy can) for Big Kahuna Burger/food-drink award

‘The Italian Job’Van Lathan

Korean driving ranges (K-Town) and 'Terrifying Samoa dudes' around LA (below the 10)

‘Hitch’Bill Simmons

The needle drops/soundtrack (Usher, John Legend, Motown hits) — highlights it as a great needle-drop movie

‘Hitch’Mina Kimes

The way Will Smith (as Hitch) talks about women and to women — better sexual politics than a lot of men today; we need a 'Hitch 2.0' to counter incel/red-pill manosphere culture

‘Hitch’Van Lathan

Riffed comedically on how a modern 'Hitch' would be corrupted by red-pill/sub-stack grifter culture, agreeing with Mina's point rather than giving a separate distinct pick; also praised the needle drops

Episode	Host	Answer
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Chris Ryan	The decision to make Freddy a child murderer instead of a child molester has aged the best
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Craig Horlbeck	Agrees with Chris that choosing 'murderer' over 'molester' has aged well, since audiences couldn't root for or enjoy a dream-world villain who was a child molester
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Van Lathan	Jokingly presses on the murderer/molester distinction but ultimately agrees it was 'the right move'; also admires how well the dream world/boiler room concept holds up
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Bill Simmons	The movie overall holds up well: the poster, the single chainsaw/outfit for Leatherface due to budget constraints, and its massive influence (inspired Ridley Scott's Alien)
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Chris Ryan	Daniel Pearl's cinematography — easily the best aspect of the movie, ranging from Paris, Texas-style vistas to documentary-style handheld shots, remarkable given the shoestring budget
‘Talladega Nights’	Craig Horlbeck	Craig's claim he could go 3-for-5 from three in an NBA game, standing wide open in the corner
‘Talladega Nights’	Danny Heifetz	Rick's line about not wanting to live forever but with modern tech maybe he could hit 245-300 years old
‘Talladega Nights’	Danny Kelly	The 'Laughing Clown Malt Liquor' brand detail (car sponsorship and dad's tall boy can) for Big Kahuna Burger/food-drink award
‘The Italian Job’	Van Lathan	Korean driving ranges (K-Town) and 'Terrifying Samoa dudes' around LA (below the 10)
‘Hitch’	Bill Simmons	The needle drops/soundtrack (Usher, John Legend, Motown hits) — highlights it as a great needle-drop movie
‘Hitch’	Mina Kimes	The way Will Smith (as Hitch) talks about women and to women — better sexual politics than a lot of men today; we need a 'Hitch 2.0' to counter incel/red-pill manosphere culture
‘Hitch’	Van Lathan	Riffed comedically on how a modern 'Hitch' would be corrupted by red-pill/sub-stack grifter culture, agreeing with Mina's point rather than giving a separate distinct pick; also praised the needle drops