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Half-Assed Internet Research

Trivia, box office, production facts.

Half-Assed Internet Research has run in 292 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘Obsession’Bill Simmons

Says this movie (Obsession) feels bigger than Blair Witch in terms of return on investment (500x budget)

‘Obsession’Chris Ryan

Compares the film to Blair Witch/indie horror lineage but is skeptical it will have the same lasting cultural impact in 10 years

‘Obsession’Craig Horlbeck

Blair Witch made $250M on a $500K budget; notes the internet helped spread Obsession's word-of-mouth in a way Blair Witch couldn't in 1999

‘Obsession’Joanna Robinson

Trivia: Michael/Mackenzie got the role because he and the other actor had no chemistry in their audition, per casting director's note

‘Ali’Bill Simmons

Albert Hall was also the boat commander (Chief) in Apocalypse Now; jokes his living room set needed more furniture

‘Ali’Chris Ryan

Confirms Albert Hall plays Elijah Muhammad in this movie

‘Ali’Van Lathan

Albert Hall, who plays Elijah Muhammad in this movie, played the fictitious character Baines in Malcolm X, who leads Malcolm's prison conversion and introduces him to Elijah Muhammad

‘Domestic Disturbance’Bill Simmons

John Travolta flew himself in and out of Wilmington during the shoot

‘Domestic Disturbance’Chris Ryan

Speculates Travolta likely declined to join the cast for their real-life bar fight, wondering if it became a divisive 'you don't know what we've been through' moment among the cast

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Bill Simmons

Shares research: Amanda Silver's film school thesis, shot in Seattle/Tacoma; Mrs. Mott's visit to Michael's workplace filmed at Biotechniques Laboratories in Redmond, WA, which was demolished two years later for Microsoft's expansion

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Bill Simmons

Apex Mountain (Rebecca De Mornay): picks Risky Business over The Hand That Rocks the Cradle for making her a star

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Bill Simmons

Matt McCoy 'this or that' — says yes (implying he'd choose this route/approval)

Episode	Host	Answer
‘Obsession’	Bill Simmons	Says this movie (Obsession) feels bigger than Blair Witch in terms of return on investment (500x budget)
‘Obsession’	Chris Ryan	Compares the film to Blair Witch/indie horror lineage but is skeptical it will have the same lasting cultural impact in 10 years
‘Obsession’	Craig Horlbeck	Blair Witch made $250M on a $500K budget; notes the internet helped spread Obsession's word-of-mouth in a way Blair Witch couldn't in 1999
‘Obsession’	Joanna Robinson	Trivia: Michael/Mackenzie got the role because he and the other actor had no chemistry in their audition, per casting director's note
‘Ali’	Bill Simmons	Albert Hall was also the boat commander (Chief) in Apocalypse Now; jokes his living room set needed more furniture
‘Ali’	Chris Ryan	Confirms Albert Hall plays Elijah Muhammad in this movie
‘Ali’	Van Lathan	Albert Hall, who plays Elijah Muhammad in this movie, played the fictitious character Baines in Malcolm X, who leads Malcolm's prison conversion and introduces him to Elijah Muhammad
‘Domestic Disturbance’	Bill Simmons	John Travolta flew himself in and out of Wilmington during the shoot
‘Domestic Disturbance’	Chris Ryan	Speculates Travolta likely declined to join the cast for their real-life bar fight, wondering if it became a divisive 'you don't know what we've been through' moment among the cast
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’	Bill Simmons	Shares research: Amanda Silver's film school thesis, shot in Seattle/Tacoma; Mrs. Mott's visit to Michael's workplace filmed at Biotechniques Laboratories in Redmond, WA, which was demolished two years later for Microsoft's expansion
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’	Bill Simmons	Apex Mountain (Rebecca De Mornay): picks Risky Business over The Hand That Rocks the Cradle for making her a star
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’	Bill Simmons	Matt McCoy 'this or that' — says yes (implying he'd choose this route/approval)