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‘So I Married an Axe Murderer’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

October 17, 2023 · So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) · Comedy · Romance · 1:42:21

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Bill Simmons▶ 26:09The opening coffee shop scene where Charlie orders a cappuccino and does beat poetry
Chris Ryan▶ 26:11The opening coffee shop scene

Big Kahuna Burger Award

Bill Simmons▶ 35:24The butcher shop scene where Mike Myers helps behind the counter with meat cuts
Chris Ryan▶ 36:06Discussed the butcher shop scene's poor butchery and health code violations, including Nancy Travis slapping meat with a knife

What's Aged the Best

Bill Simmons▶ 48:45Multiple picks: The Queen Elizabeth dartboard in the bathroom, drunk beer drinking dads on 70s recliners with bottles next to them, and the movie credits in the beginning with the Boo Radleys and giant cappuccino cup as representing the fun 90s era when everybody tried to copy Goodfellas
Chris Ryan▶ 49:38Agrees with Bill's assessment of the 90s Goodfellas-copying era, saying 'I miss that era'

Great Shot Gordo Award

Bill Simmons▶ 49:45The cappuccino scene
Chris Ryan▶ 49:44The cappuccino scene

Dion Waiters Award

Bill Simmons▶ 55:13Discussed Elizabeth Shue in The Saint and Nicole Kidman in Days of Thunder/The Peacemaker but didn't settle on a specific pick
Chris Ryan▶ 55:08The guy who says 'I'm next'
Sean Fennessey▶ 55:35Denise Richards — Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones (nuclear physicist) in The World Is Not Enough

Den of Thieves Benihana Award

Bill Simmons▶ 56:51Mentions the hotel at the end and the poetry place as scene-stealing locations

Butch's Girlfriend Award

Bill Simmons▶ 57:03the last 15 minutes
Chris Ryan▶ 57:11the comedy after Grodin and Stephen Wright - the slapsticky 'oh, my balls' stuff
Sean Fennessey▶ 57:17the slapsticky comedy when he's being chased on the roof

What's Aged the Worst

Bill Simmons▶ 1:02:39Can't see Amanda Plummer as a crazy person without thinking of her Pulp Fiction role - she's too typecast and over the top

Is There a Better Title?

Bill Simmons▶ 1:06:39Pissing into the bitches' ocular cavities / So I pissed into the bitches' ocular cavities
Chris Ryan▶ 1:06:17Doesn't like the current title, thinks it was trying to copy 'When Harry Met Sally' style but didn't offer specific alternative
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:05:35Discussed punctuation issues with current title but didn't offer a clear alternative

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Bill Simmons▶ 1:07:00Do you think that story is true? Or was that Myers just coming up with it?

Best Quote

Bill Simmons▶ 1:08:04He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillow
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:07:46Float away, you fairy!

Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Bill Simmons▶ 1:10:14They have flirt energy, but not like what would they talk about at dinner energy
Chris Ryan▶ 1:09:55Harriet and Charlie don't have any chemistry because all their scenes getting along are montages, so we don't see why she would like him

Picking Nits

Bill Simmons▶ 1:11:37Nancy Travis has the worst taste in men of any actress in the last 35 years - citing her characters' choices across multiple films including Charlie the broke poet
Chris Ryan▶ 1:10:24Charlie getting Harriet was a charity case in almost any other scenario
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:10:32Charlie is one of the 10 worst movie characters in history - we know nothing about him except he has Scottish parents and he's a poet, no clear job or career

Apex Mountain

Bill Simmons▶ 1:21:37Nancy Travis — Nancy Travis (yes), pre-Silicon Valley San Francisco (yes), Haggis (probably yes), Weekly World News (yes), McEwen's Export Beer (probably), Scottish Weddings (unclear)
Chris Ryan▶ 1:24:35Scotland - citing incredible 90s run with Teenage Fan Club, Scotland making Euros, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Braveheart, and Trainspotting

Is This Movie Better With

Bill Simmons▶ 1:33:04Steve Buscemi — Strong support for Steve Buscemi (as Tony or hotel check-in guy), Danny Trejo, Sam Jackson, and J.T. Walsh all could have easily been in this movie
Chris Ryan▶ 1:33:10Steve Buscemi — Steve Buscemi as Tony would have been good
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:34:20Philip Baker Hall — Philip Baker Hall as Arkin

Just One Oscar

Bill Simmons▶ 1:34:36Mike Myers
Chris Ryan▶ 1:34:42Mike Myers — Mike Myers for supporting actor for Stewart

Best Double Feature

Bill Simmons▶ 1:36:56Rear Window
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:37:02Suspicion — Suspicion (Hitchcock film with Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine)

Coach Finstock Life Lesson

Bill Simmons▶ 1:39:21Get your marriage annulled if you find out on your honeymoon that your spouse is brutally widowed multiple times

Movies Referenced (48)

Wayne's World (1992)

7 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 2:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Game (1997)

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey▶ 10:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Pulp Fiction (1994)

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:03:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Shrek (2001)

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 3:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Rock (1996)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 10:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Basic Instinct (1992)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 10:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Fargo (1996)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 44:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Last Man Standing (1996)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 1:12:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Pacific Heights (1990)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 10:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Robin Hood (2010)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 57:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Cat in the Hat (2003)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 7:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Fugitive (1993)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 15:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (6)

Woody Allen

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Bill Simmons · Known for Annie Hall, Deconstructing Harry▶ 50:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Euros Lyn

2 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 1:21:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗

John Colorado

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons · Known for Hancock▶ 31:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Andrew Davis

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for The Fugitive, Holes, Under Siege▶ 15:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Monty Python

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 21:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Steve Cohen

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Goonies▶ 1:05:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (91)

Mike Myers

63 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery▶ 2:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Nancy Travis

18 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for So I Married an Axe Murderer, The Vanishing, Three Men and a Little Lady▶ 6:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Phil Hartman

18 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for So I Married an Axe Murderer, Jingle All the Way▶ 21:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Alan Arkin

10 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey · Known for Argo, Little Miss Sunshine, Glengarry Glen Ross▶ 22:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Amanda Plummer

8 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Pulp Fiction, The Fisher King▶ 51:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Eddie Murphy

8 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey · Known for Harlem Nights, The Nutty Professor▶ 4:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dr. John

7 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 18:12IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Anthony LaPaglia

6 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Empire Records▶ 39:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Audi Resendez

6 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 1:26:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Charles Grodin

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Midnight Run▶ 21:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Sean Connery

6 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Dr. No, The Untouchables, The Rock▶ 47:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Andy Serkis

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 4:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (4)

Jaime Paglia

9 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 30:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jack Kerouac

4 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 12:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 23:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Anthony Bourdain

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for The Big Short▶ 12:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗