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What's Aged the Worst

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What's Aged the Worst has run in 234 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘Domestic Disturbance’Bill Simmons

Agrees celebrities freely bar-hopping has changed, shares anecdote about Jon Hamm casually joining him at a Boston bar during filming of The Town in 2009 as an example of how normal this used to be

‘Domestic Disturbance’Chris Ryan

Same take as Sean - big movie stars being able to freely hang out at bars in the towns they film in has aged worst; today's A-listers couldn't do this without heavy security

‘Domestic Disturbance’Sean Fennessey

The idea that a movie star could casually go out and socialize in a town while filming without being mobbed - notes stars like Austin Butler or Timothy Chalamet couldn't do that today the way Vince Vaughn/Steve Buscemi did in 2001

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Bill Simmons

Casting Ernie Hudson's character (a non-special-needs actor playing a special needs person) wouldn't happen today; also notes the movie leaves the abused child's storyline unresolved with no therapy or follow-up

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Joanna Robinson

The Solomon character/subplot is implausible and glossed over — a gardener fired for having a child's underwear in his toolbox is later rehired with no consequences, and the abused child is never shown getting help

‘Ghostbusters’Bill Simmons

Points to the Ghostbusters theme song controversy (Huey Lewis's 'I Want a New Drug' vs. Ray Parker Jr.'s theme, written in a week) as a dated/aged element, then pivots to the Eddie Murphy casting 'what if' as a related aged/legendary Hollywood story; ultimately argues Eddie Murphy in the movie 'wouldn't work' and breaks his brain, though later argues the upside would have been higher.

‘Ghostbusters’Chris Ryan

Believes adding Eddie Murphy would have unbalanced the film ('blot out the sun'), arguing the movie works because the cast revolves around Murray; says it 'wouldn't be what it is' with Murphy, though a small guest-spot role might have worked.

‘Ghostbusters’Van Lathan

Agrees Eddie Murphy wouldn't have fit, comparing it to the star-overloaded Lakers team with Nash/Howard/Gasol—'not enough basketball'—and says Ernie Hudson's everyman role works precisely because it's understated, which Murphy couldn't have done.

‘Kindergarten Cop’Bill Simmons

The kid looking up little girls' skirts for comedic effect (and the mom's relief he's not gay), plus the two adults sharing one hotel room instead of getting separate rooms

‘Kindergarten Cop’Kyle Brandt

Rectal thermometers - the practice of taking a kid's temperature rectally instead of orally; also mentions climbing the rope in gym class as another dated/dangerous element

‘The Nice Guys’Bill Simmons

Had trouble finding what's aged the worst because the movie's aged really well and it's set in the 70s when it's supposed to age badly

‘The Nice Guys’Chris Ryan

The exterior shots of LA that were actually filmed in downtown Atlanta - you can tell the streets are too narrow or there's too much foliage in different places

Episode	Host	Answer
‘Domestic Disturbance’	Bill Simmons	Agrees celebrities freely bar-hopping has changed, shares anecdote about Jon Hamm casually joining him at a Boston bar during filming of The Town in 2009 as an example of how normal this used to be
‘Domestic Disturbance’	Chris Ryan	Same take as Sean - big movie stars being able to freely hang out at bars in the towns they film in has aged worst; today's A-listers couldn't do this without heavy security
‘Domestic Disturbance’	Sean Fennessey	The idea that a movie star could casually go out and socialize in a town while filming without being mobbed - notes stars like Austin Butler or Timothy Chalamet couldn't do that today the way Vince Vaughn/Steve Buscemi did in 2001
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’	Bill Simmons	Casting Ernie Hudson's character (a non-special-needs actor playing a special needs person) wouldn't happen today; also notes the movie leaves the abused child's storyline unresolved with no therapy or follow-up
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’	Joanna Robinson	The Solomon character/subplot is implausible and glossed over — a gardener fired for having a child's underwear in his toolbox is later rehired with no consequences, and the abused child is never shown getting help
‘Ghostbusters’	Bill Simmons	Points to the Ghostbusters theme song controversy (Huey Lewis's 'I Want a New Drug' vs. Ray Parker Jr.'s theme, written in a week) as a dated/aged element, then pivots to the Eddie Murphy casting 'what if' as a related aged/legendary Hollywood story; ultimately argues Eddie Murphy in the movie 'wouldn't work' and breaks his brain, though later argues the upside would have been higher.
‘Ghostbusters’	Chris Ryan	Believes adding Eddie Murphy would have unbalanced the film ('blot out the sun'), arguing the movie works because the cast revolves around Murray; says it 'wouldn't be what it is' with Murphy, though a small guest-spot role might have worked.
‘Ghostbusters’	Van Lathan	Agrees Eddie Murphy wouldn't have fit, comparing it to the star-overloaded Lakers team with Nash/Howard/Gasol—'not enough basketball'—and says Ernie Hudson's everyman role works precisely because it's understated, which Murphy couldn't have done.
‘Kindergarten Cop’	Bill Simmons	The kid looking up little girls' skirts for comedic effect (and the mom's relief he's not gay), plus the two adults sharing one hotel room instead of getting separate rooms
‘Kindergarten Cop’	Kyle Brandt	Rectal thermometers - the practice of taking a kid's temperature rectally instead of orally; also mentions climbing the rope in gym class as another dated/dangerous element
‘The Nice Guys’	Bill Simmons	Had trouble finding what's aged the worst because the movie's aged really well and it's set in the 70s when it's supposed to age badly
‘The Nice Guys’	Chris Ryan	The exterior shots of LA that were actually filmed in downtown Atlanta - you can tell the streets are too narrow or there's too much foliage in different places