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Butch's Girlfriend Award

Weakest element of the film.

Butch's Girlfriend Award has run in 189 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘Apollo 13’Amanda Dobbins

The visual effects, particularly the paint chips falling off during the Saturn V launch, which look dated now; also mentions the flight surgeon/press officer character Henry being too two-faced/villainous

‘Apollo 13’Bill Simmons

The ending lacking a proper reunion scene - the astronauts land and are just greeted by strangers/military on the aircraft carrier instead of a Top Gun-style reunion with families/Sinise and Hanks in Houston

‘Apollo 13’Craig Horlbeck

The portrayal of Jack Swigert as underprepared/a wild card last-minute addition, questioning if that was historically accurate

‘Apollo 13’Rob Mahoney

The teenage daughter's storyline, specifically her blaming Paul (played by Rob's noted 'Alan') for breaking up the Beatles - calls it the most maligned/tough part of the movie

‘Speed’Bill Simmons

The bus jump scene - specifically the physics of it not going upward when the bus jumps the gap

‘Speed’Chris Ryan

The final ~20-25 minutes of the movie, particularly the contrived need to bring Annie downtown to deal with Howard, likely a holdover from an earlier draft where Harry was the villain

‘Speed’Sean Fennessey

Howard's speech near the end ('bombs need to go off, this is what bombs do') - felt forced

‘About Last Night’Bill Simmons

Joan being with the married guy Gary on New Year's Eve, right when he tells her he's married - felt iffy/inconsistent

‘About Last Night’Chris Ryan

The Swallow City Diner plotline (Danny's diner) - largely there for cheap redemption/future for Danny, full of logic gaps like Flavio letting him slide on rent three times, how he got a loan, and absurdly high burger prices ($4.95 in 1986) that don't make sense for the setting

‘About Last Night’Mallory Rubin

Picks Nick - the logic that if Gary is trying to get his marriage back together, he wouldn't be with his mistress Joan on New Year's Eve, and Joan (being smart) should know she's just the mistress

‘The Italian Job’Bill Simmons

The money/economics of the heist not making sense - the gold should have been worth much more (like $100-130 million) given the risk, and there's no realistic law enforcement/police helicopter response after they blow up Hollywood Boulevard

‘The Italian Job’Chris Ryan

Also focuses on the money not adding up - questions whether the heist crew actually profits given all the overhead costs (warehouses, cars, tech, etc.)

Episode	Host	Answer
‘Apollo 13’	Amanda Dobbins	The visual effects, particularly the paint chips falling off during the Saturn V launch, which look dated now; also mentions the flight surgeon/press officer character Henry being too two-faced/villainous
‘Apollo 13’	Bill Simmons	The ending lacking a proper reunion scene - the astronauts land and are just greeted by strangers/military on the aircraft carrier instead of a Top Gun-style reunion with families/Sinise and Hanks in Houston
‘Apollo 13’	Craig Horlbeck	The portrayal of Jack Swigert as underprepared/a wild card last-minute addition, questioning if that was historically accurate
‘Apollo 13’	Rob Mahoney	The teenage daughter's storyline, specifically her blaming Paul (played by Rob's noted 'Alan') for breaking up the Beatles - calls it the most maligned/tough part of the movie
‘Speed’	Bill Simmons	The bus jump scene - specifically the physics of it not going upward when the bus jumps the gap
‘Speed’	Chris Ryan	The final ~20-25 minutes of the movie, particularly the contrived need to bring Annie downtown to deal with Howard, likely a holdover from an earlier draft where Harry was the villain
‘Speed’	Sean Fennessey	Howard's speech near the end ('bombs need to go off, this is what bombs do') - felt forced
‘About Last Night’	Bill Simmons	Joan being with the married guy Gary on New Year's Eve, right when he tells her he's married - felt iffy/inconsistent
‘About Last Night’	Chris Ryan	The Swallow City Diner plotline (Danny's diner) - largely there for cheap redemption/future for Danny, full of logic gaps like Flavio letting him slide on rent three times, how he got a loan, and absurdly high burger prices ($4.95 in 1986) that don't make sense for the setting
‘About Last Night’	Mallory Rubin	Picks Nick - the logic that if Gary is trying to get his marriage back together, he wouldn't be with his mistress Joan on New Year's Eve, and Joan (being smart) should know she's just the mistress
‘The Italian Job’	Bill Simmons	The money/economics of the heist not making sense - the gold should have been worth much more (like $100-130 million) given the risk, and there's no realistic law enforcement/police helicopter response after they blow up Hollywood Boulevard
‘The Italian Job’	Chris Ryan	Also focuses on the money not adding up - questions whether the heist crew actually profits given all the overhead costs (warehouses, cars, tech, etc.)