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‘Legally Blonde’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

July 13, 2021 · Legally Blonde (2001) · Comedy · Romance · 1:23:46

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Bill Simmons▶ 28:26Discusses multiple scenes including the breakup scene, Harvard admissions montage, one woman costume party, and courtroom scenes, but doesn't pick one definitive favorite
Juliet Litman▶ 32:54When Elle nails the evidentiary hearing stuff and puts it together - 'I found that really gratifying and exciting'

Casting What-Ifs

Amanda Dobbins▶ 55:03Christina Applegate — Strongly against Christina Applegate for Elle - can't imagine it due to Reese being so integral to the movie and her career
Bill Simmons▶ 54:31Christina Applegate — Christina Applegate for Elle (would make the movie good but not A+ like with Reese); Chloe Sevigny for Vivian (would have been awesome)
Juliet Litman▶ 55:40Christina Applegate — Acknowledges Christina Applegate could have worked due to strong writing and direction, but agrees the character is so aligned with Reese it's hard to imagine someone else

Joey Pants Award

Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:00:26Bruiser the Dog
Bill Simmons▶ 57:42Bruce Thomas — The UPS guy (who was Valerie's lecherous stepdad in 90210)
Juliet Litman▶ 57:01Bradley Whitford — The guy who says Stephen Hawking stole his idea (who was Aaron in Bring It On) and one of Elle's friends who was in Brady Bunch movie

What's Aged the Worst

Juliet Litman▶ 1:00:47Bruiser (Elle's chihuahua) - chihuahuas are very turn of the century, referencing the Taco Bell commercials

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Bill Simmons▶ 1:18:56Did Bruiser invent dog television? References DirecTV channel 562 with dogs barking and running in parks

Movies Referenced (34)

Blue Crush (2002)

11 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman▶ 1:03:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

27 Dresses (2008)

3 mentions · Juliet Litman, Bill Simmons▶ 16:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Best in Show (2000)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman▶ 59:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Clueless (1995)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman▶ 6:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cruel Intentions (1999)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman▶ 8:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 16:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

My Cousin Vinny (1992)

3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Juliet Litman▶ 47:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Pretty Woman (1990)

3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Bill Simmons▶ 43:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Bill Simmons▶ 24:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Titanic (1997)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 8:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

A Few Good Men (1992)

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Bill Simmons▶ 47:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

American Pie (1999)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 59:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (4)

Bridget Jones

5 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins▶ 30:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Mann

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans▶ 1:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Tom Brady

1 mentions · Juliet Litman · Known for The Hot Chick▶ 1:04:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Wes Anderson

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs▶ 1:08:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (46)

Reese Witherspoon

50 mentions · Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, Juliet Litman · Known for Wild, Walk the Line, Legally Blonde▶ 3:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Luke Wilson

14 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Old School, The Royal Tenenbaums▶ 12:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Geoffrey Larder

10 mentions · Juliet Litman, Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Mona Lisa▶ 1:01:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jennifer Coolidge

10 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman · Known for A Cinderella Story, Shotgun Wedding▶ 11:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Christina Applegate

9 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Bad Moms▶ 9:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Selma Blair

7 mentions · Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman · Known for Cruel Intentions, Hellboy▶ 57:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Katherine Heigl

6 mentions · Juliet Litman, Bill Simmons · Known for One for the Money, Knocked Up, The Ugly Truth▶ 36:12IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Gym Class Heroes

4 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Snakes on a Plane, Never Back Down, The Last House on the Left▶ 1:02:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Arnold Schwarzenegger

3 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Terminator▶ 22:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Linda Cardellini

3 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Brokeback Mountain▶ 1:14:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Matthew Davis

3 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Legally Blonde, Blue Crush▶ 1:03:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Angela Bend

2 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Office Christmas Party▶ 33:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (3)

Amanda Brown

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Legally Blonde▶ 10:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Vanderbilt

1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Zodiac▶ 45:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 26:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cinematographers Referenced (2)

Christophe Legal

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Pink Panther▶ 1:08:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Grantland

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Other Guys▶ 38:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗