Rewatchables Reference

• Bill: The airplane scene coming back from running with the bulls – sore ass jokes, 'soon you'll be dating sperm,' Daniel Stern pretending to sleep.
• Sean: The 'best day / worst day' campfire scene – Daniel Stern's monologue about confronting his cheating father at 14. 'What was your worst day?' 'Same day.'
• Chris: The scene where Yeardley Smith confronts Daniel Stern about his adultery at the party.
• Also discussed: Crystal/Tambor office scene, the harmonica scene with Jack and Billy, the fireplace fight.

• The midlife crisis angle still works perfectly.
• The shocking Curly death – remains effective on rewatches.
• Young Jake Gyllenhaal's appearance – 'has literally aged wonderfully.'
• Palance's one-arm push-ups Oscar moment.
• Billy Crystal's terrible dad one-liners – 'Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.'
• The classroom monologue about aging through decades.

• The two drunk cattle guys (Jeff) – bizarre, unmotivated villain subplot.
• The last 35-40 minutes falls apart.
• Director Ron Underwood's career IMDB – Tremors, 'City Slickers', then Adventures of Pluto Nash ('all-time bomb').
• The corny score by Marc Shaiman.
• 'City Slickers' 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold.

• Charles Bronson was contacted for Curly but said 'I'm Charles Bronson. I don't die.' Palance ended up winning the Oscar Bronson never won.
• Rick Moranis was originally Phil – had to leave because his wife's cancer diagnosis. Daniel Stern was added 3 weeks before filming.
• Bruno Kirby did NOT do 'City Slickers' 2 – possible feud with Crystal.

• Robert Costanzo (the guy at the school).
• Bill Henderson (the older dentist).
• Tracy Walter as Cookie the cook.

• Daniel Stern's wife Arlene in the party confrontation scene.
• Daniel Stern himself – carrying 'Home Alone' energy.
• Kyle Secor as the mean cowboy.

• Bill: Daniel Stern and Jeffrey Tambor should switch parts – 'Better movie.'
• Chris pitches 'City Slickers' 3 as a 10-episode Netflix series – Jake Gyllenhaal reconnects with aging Mitch (Crystal) who has moved out West.

• Crystal came up with the idea from a TV show about middle-aged fantasy vacations.
• Crystal quote about 10-year-old Jake Gyllenhaal: 'He was always performing. He would sing from South Pacific.'
• 10-11 different cows were used as Norman. Norman's birth scene shot in three different states.
• The river crossing was the toughest scene – 'the cows kept mounting each other.'
• Ganz and Mandel never went on a cattle drive.

• Billy Crystal – yes. 'This is the Billy Crystal apex.'
• Daniel Stern – 'Unquestionably yes.' Billion-dollar box office year ('Home Alone' + 'City Slickers' + Wonder Years narrator).
• Bruno Kirby – no, Godfather Part II (young Clemenza).
• Jack Palance – no, it's Shane.
• Helen Slater – yes, has to be her apex.
• Cattle vacations – yes, the movie spawned a 2-year trend.

• Nobody flips out at age 39 – should be 46.
• Helen Slater going on this cattle drive by herself – 'not buying it.'
• Daniel Stern and Helen Slater ending up together – zero interactions in the movie.
• They didn't bury Curly nearly deep enough.
• Sean's #1 nit: If Crystal's character is 39 and the Yankee Stadium story happened at age 7, that's 1959 – the Mets didn't exist yet. Crystal wore Mets gear as a promotional deal but told a Yankees fan story.

• What did they end up doing with Norman the cow in New York City?
• How did the cow get on the flight?
• If the ranch owner lost those cattle, is his business over?
• How was Palance's cigarette so perfectly dangling but not burning?

• Bill: The first script from Ganz and Mandel; also Curly's hat.
• Sean: The Mets hat from the movie.

Billy Crystal – consensus winner. Directed, starred, rode it to peak fame.

Chris Ryan's pitch: 10-episode Netflix series. Jake Gyllenhaal's character Danny is now his dad's age – reconnects with aging Mitch (Crystal) who has moved out West after divorcing his wife.