Rewatchables Reference

• Winner: The dinner scene – 'Is this corn hand-shucked?' (Bill Simmons).
• Winner: Dreyfuss blowing his top – 'He's not gone. He's never gone.' – then opening the door (Sean Fennessey).
• First therapy scene with Murray and Dreyfuss – 'What if my heart stops beating?'
• Bob waiting for the doctor to call at the diner.
• Bob teaches Siggy to dive – the whole diving sequence.
• Bob gets off the bus and screams 'Dr. Leo Marvin!' in the middle of town – and it works.

• Dr. Marvin's Wagoneer – great to see those '80s Wagoneers.
• Julie Hagerty – comic genius from Airplane! to Lost in America to Marriage Story.
• Dreyfuss's wardrobe – his summer vacation outfits are epic.
• The 'Don't hassle me, I'm local' t-shirt.
• The era of mainstream American comedies with movie stars – high concept, easy watch, 25 of these between 1987-1994.

• The movie can be viewed as Bob being a sociopath who steals a guy's family, tortures everyone, drives Dr. Marvin insane until he's catatonic – yet Bob is our hero.
• Dr. Marvin goes completely insane and becomes a murderer – wouldn't be played for laughs today.
• The movie's commentary on psychiatry – the most messed up person is the psychiatrist, which is a dated take given modern views on mental health.

• Woody Allen was approached to play Dr. Leo Marvin, considered to direct and possibly co-write – he said no.
• Patrick Stewart was also approached for Dr. Marvin.
• Robin Williams was the first choice for Bob but they couldn't pull it off.
• Phil Hartman would have been great as the Dreyfuss character (Van Lathan).

Winner: Richard Dreyfuss – he really dials it up a couple of times.

• Winner: The Guttmans – the diner owners, co-winners (Bill Simmons).
• Tom Aldredge as Mr. Guttman – also Carmela's father on The Sopranos.
• Reg E. Cathey (Carcetti's guy from The Wire / Querns on Oz) – in one scene.

Bill Murray – this is a Bill Murray vehicle, he is the center of the conversation, genius at the center of it.

• Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as the daughter Anna if they wanted to go younger/high school age.
• All-black cast version: Sterling K. Brown as Dr. Leo Marvin, Sanaa Lathan as the wife, JB Smoove as Bob (Van Lathan), Tracy Morgan as Bob (Sean Fennessey).

• When they blew up the house, they built a three-quarter-size model replica on a different lot.
• Steven Spielberg allegedly spent $250,000 campaigning for Murray to get an Oscar nomination.
• Murray and Dreyfuss did not get along – Murray told Dreyfuss 'Everyone hates you. You are tolerated' and threw a glass ashtray at him.
• Charlie Korsmo was the original choice for T2 but did 'What About Bob?' instead; later got a physics degree from MIT and a JD from Yale.
• Richard Dreyfuss sued Disney years later for back pay/royalties.

• Bill Murray: No.
• Richard Dreyfuss: No.
• Charlie Korsmo: Yes, as an actor (his post-acting achievements are higher though).
• Julie Hagerty: No.
• Death therapy: Yes, apex of death therapy as a concept.
• Patient-shrink movies: No, probably Analyze This.

• Bob's OCD craziness kind of comes and goes depending on the scene – can't leave his house but then is fine with strangers.
• The Guttmans are always around – they run a diner but are constantly in a fishing boat with no fishing poles across the lake.
• What was Dr. Marvin's plan when he tried to blow Bob up? Nobody has ever committed suicide by blowing themselves up in the woods with black powder.
• July 31st to Labor Day is a very long vacation for a psychiatrist – 35 days away from patients.

• More of a movie than a show – the premise is basically one joke for two hours, hard to sustain over 10 episodes.
• In Treatment was kind of similar, tracking patient progress over years.

• Was Leo a murderer? Should he have gone to jail for attempted murder?
• Was Bob's previous doctor foisting Bob on Dreyfuss one of the all-time best foists?
• Why wasn't there a sequel? (The stars hated each other).

• The 'Don't hassle me, I'm local' t-shirt (Bill Simmons).
• The puppets Dr. Marvin uses (Van Lathan).
• The Wagoneer (Sean Fennessey).

Winner: Bill Murray – unanimous.