Rewatchables Reference

• The opener – kids keep coming out of the minivan, naked kid wearing holster, daughter throws up.
• Larry shows up for dinner and tries to sell everyone on hydroponics.
• The principal tells Gil and his wife that Kevin needs a special school.
• The entire birthday party – Cowboy Gil, kid with pail on head, grandma and helium, the stripper mix-up.
• Helen breaks into Gary's room and finds the porn tape; Keanu explains 'slapping the salami.'
• The big Little League celebration dance – Bill says it's the best moment of Steve Martin's career.
• Grandma's roller coaster ride story.
• Jason Robards asking his son for advice – 'There is no end zone.'

• Leaf/Joaquin Phoenix's performance – you're not surprised he'd win an Oscar someday.
• Keanu Reeves – fun to see in the early Bill & Ted stage, and he's genuinely good.
• The thumb trick – still crushes with little kids.
• How they talk about money – everything has to be paid for, more relatable than most movies.
• Todd as every parent's worst nightmare boyfriend who turns out to be okay.

• The baseball scenes are all terrible – the pop fly is up for 15 seconds.
• Todd's racing career subplot gets shoehorned in.
• The last 20 minutes are overly rosy – everything works out.
• The dream sequence of the kid on the tower shooting everybody – would never fly today.
• Steve Martin is clearly not 35 – he was 44 playing a 35-year-old.
• Cool being biracial used partly to make Larry seem more tawdry – zero percent chance today.

• Robin Williams was rumored for Gil Buckman.
• Dan Aykroyd or Bill Murray as possible alternatives.
• The real issue is Steve Martin was too old and Hanks/Keaton/Costner were too young.

• Harley Jane Kozak – Bill gives it to her.
• Dennis Dugan as Gil's boss.

Clint Howard after the first Little League game – calling into the radio show threatening to throw himself off the Verrazano Bridge.

Kathleen Turner in the Harley Jane Kozak part – right age, brings the 'she must have been a smoke show five years ago' quality.

• The porno tape was 'Blonde Goddess' (1982) – a parody of Indiana Jones with 'Louisiana Smith.'
• Dianne Wiest and Mary Steenburgen are best friends, met as waitresses at the Magic Pan.
• Set in St. Louis but filmed in Florida – palm trees and Publix visible.
• Martha Plimpton was bald from another role, wore a wig, then shaved into the Mohawk.
• Grandma (Helen Shaw) – final film, died in 1997 at age 100.
• The 1990 TV series flopped after 12 episodes – Leo DiCaprio played the Leaf Phoenix character.

• Steve Martin: No – apex is 1979 (The Jerk, SNL, comedy tours).
• Mary Steenburgen: Might be this movie.
• Ron Howard as director: Beautiful Mind (won the Oscar).
• Harley Jane Kozak: Definitely this.
• Randy Newman: 'Toy Story' or this.
• Tom Hulce: Amadeus.
• Parent comedy movies as a genre: Yes, 'Parenthood' is Apex Mountain.

• The pop fly is up for 15 seconds – long enough to run 100 feet into the outfield.
• Rick Moranis singing in the classroom – way too long, a fast-forward.
• Having sex photos developed at the local photo place – nobody did that.
• Steve Martin is 44 playing a 35-year-old – should have just made the character older.

• Would you have watched a 2000s sequel about Cool?
• What's Kevin Buckman's job now?

• Chris: Jason Robards' 1935 Ford convertible.
• Bill: Tom Hulce's hair/wig.

• Chris: Dianne Wiest – amazing in every scene, Oscar nominated.
• Van: Steve Martin – five-tool performance.
• Bill: Ron Howard – this opened the door for the next 30 years of his directing career.

Craig liked it a lot – had nostalgia for the late '80s, thinks it looks better than movies now.