Rewatchables Reference

• Frank the Tank at Mitch-a-Palooza – the Speaker City speech, 'nice little Saturday,' getting him to drink, the streaking through the quad, his wife finding him naked.
• The blowjob class – incredible.
• The dart gun birthday party – including the bread maker re-gifting.
• Blue dying during the KY wrestling match, followed by Blue's funeral and Will Ferrell singing 'Dust in the Wind.'
• The first meeting in the kitchen – earmuffs, hockey stick destruction, the whole introduction to the movie's concept.
• The opening scene with Juliette Lewis and the blindfolded orgy people coming out of the bathroom.
• Bill goes with Frank the Tank's full streaking sequence. Chris goes with the hockey stick/earmuffs kitchen scene.

• Getting frisked at TSA – probably the first comedy to have fun with post-9/11 airport security, set to Ryan Adams' 'To Be Young.'
• Ellen Pompeo – about to become one of the biggest TV stars of the last 40 years on Grey's Anatomy.
• 'Earmuffs' – entered the lexicon and people still say it without feeling like a loser quoting a movie line. It's like Kleenex.
• The Dan Band – became LA legends and showed up in more Todd Phillips movies.
• Snoop Dogg at a great point in his career, with his whole entourage including Don Magic Juan.
• The closing credits – put real thought into them with Kilborn crashing his car and Piven's car exploding. Phillips mastered this with 'The Hangover' Polaroids.
• The soundtrack: 'Here I Go Again,' 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' 'Dust in the Wind,' 'Paid in Full' – murderers row.
• 'You're my boy, Blue!' – in the lexicon alongside earmuffs.
• Will Ferrell's career launch – this, Elf, Anchorman back-to-back-to-back.

• Elisha Cuthbert's character being in high school – Luke Wilson sleeping with high school girls is a tough beat.
• Craig Kilborn's acting – staggeringly bad, reading lines like Daily Show jokes while surrounded by professional actors.
• Jeremy Piven's toupee – he had to go back to the shop and figure out a better look.
• Artie Lange being in this movie as the unfunny straight man – bizarre.
• James Carville – both because it's unclear why he's in it and because in 2019 most people don't know who he is.

• Juliette Lewis – incredible in only two scenes. Probably her first real comedy role and she's an untapped comedic resource.
• Also considered: Craig Kilborn, The Dan Band, Patrick Cranshaw (Blue), Seann William Scott as Peppers.

• A sequel called 'Old School Dos' was written in 2006 by Scott Armstrong – Ferrell and Vaughn turned it down. Ferrell said 'funny set pieces but it felt like repeating.'
• Todd Phillips plays the 'I'm here for the gang bang' guy in the movie.
• Will Ferrell ran naked for real and horrified locals at a 24-hour gym.
• Patrick Cranshaw (Blue) had been acting for 50 years before this made him famous. Died shortly after.
• The house is in Pasadena and was used in 'Back to the Future' 1 and 2, and 'Teen Wolf'.
• Luke Wilson was still game for a sequel in 2016.
• Snoop Dogg did 'Old School' to get into Starsky and Hutch.

• Will Ferrell – this launches him but Anchorman is probably the actual apex.
• Vince Vaughn – yes, this revives him. He gets out from under serious movie purgatory and goes on a run of Dodgeball, 'Wedding Crashers'.
• Luke Wilson – yes, this is his mainstream run alongside 'Legally Blonde', Charlie's Angels, and Tenenbaums.
• Craig Kilborn – he probably thinks so, but it's actually SportsCenter or the first year of The Daily Show.
• Elisha Cuthbert – possibly, between this and 24 season one.

• Patrick Fischler – the guy from Mad Men (Bobby Barrett's husband) and the Mulholland Drive diner scene. Very distinct, nobody knows his name.
• Patrick Adams – plays guitar during 'Dust in the Wind' as a deep background player, later becomes the star of Suits.

• Andy Dick – out of his mind in his one scene. May have literally been out of his mind.
• Seann William Scott as Peppers – really going for it, especially the dart gun jugular reaction.
• Will Ferrell screaming 'We're going streaking!' at the top of his lungs is pretty Rubinek-esque.

• Why would Ellen Pompeo's character ever date Luke Wilson? He's drunk, spills a drink on her dress, she finds out he's involved with a high school girl, and he's basically The Stepfather for her child.
• Vince Vaughn not being a cheater – they had to zip that up to keep him sympathetic, but it's unrealistic.
• The last 15 minutes of conflict/stunts to win the fraternity back could have been better.

No – they've seen this get remade over and over (Melissa McCarthy's Life of the Party). The midlife crisis elements would be labored in a series format.

• Who's the 2019 Craig Kilborn for stunt casting? Joe Buck? Jalen Rose? Trevor Noah?
• Could they have improved the Luke Wilson spot? Chris Ryan: 'Luke Wilson is Harrison Ford' – one of the worst takes in podcast history according to Bill and Sean.
• Would this movie have been better with Owen Wilson as the star? (Julia Litman said yes.)

• Sean picks Todd Phillips – about to become bigger than Apatow, producing 'A Star Is Born' with Bradley Cooper.
• Chris picks Vince Vaughn – every single line is quotable, the best he's ever been.
• Bill picks Will Ferrell – this launches the comedy career of the century.