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Is This Movie Better With

Hosts run through a growing list of recurring 'utility player' actors/characters and decide whether the movie would be improved by their inclusion.

Is This Movie Better With has run in 178 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘It Follows’Bill Simmons

Long Legs - thinks the movie would be better with Long Legs (the recurring utility character) included

‘Friday the 13th’Bill Simmons

Picks Dr. Chuck Nichols and does a bit imagining him announcing 'my friend Pamela doesn't feel well, go back to your dessert, your coffee'; also does an extended Steven A. Smith/Jason Voorhees media beef bit as his 'better with' pick

‘Friday the 13th’Chris Ryan

Picks Tom Savini (the makeup/special effects guy) as the one who should get an Oscar, joining in on the Steven A./Jason Voorhees bit

‘Friday the 13th’Van Lathan

Plays along with the Steven A. Smith vs. Jason Voorhees bit, voicing Steven A.'s threatening lines about Camp Crystal Lake bodies, rather than giving a distinct personal pick

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Bill Simmons

Stephen A. Smith doing 'First Take' commentary on Leatherface the day after the chainsaw murders, defending him as the best slaughterhouse chef in the country

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Chris Ryan

Did a Ben Affleck impression doing Leatherface's voice/lines, riffing on recent Affleck AI news coverage

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Craig Horlbeck

Doug McCray (reacted positively to Chris's bit, says he needs to think of new guys)

‘13 Going on 30’Bill Simmons

Would like Kirk Cousins/Kirk Curb Street to appear during the magazine pitch scene (director's commentary style)

‘13 Going on 30’Juliet Litman

No one needed - cast is already small and works well (only about 4-6 characters total)

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Bill Simmons

Cris Collinsworth and Troy Aikman — a football broadcast booth calling the movie ('I'm trying to think of football for this — we go Collinsworth, we go Troy Aikman'); the menu read (Wayne Jenkins, Fergie the Florist) doesn't land a pick

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Craig Horlbeck

Plays along in the Aikman voice — 'my client's like Josh Allen out there, Mike, he's running the offense, he's calling audibles left and right' — no pick of his own

‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’Kyle Brandt

Instead of directly answering the utility player prompt, launches into a bit imagining Gus Johnson as a sports announcer calling Rambo's rocket launcher scene

Episode	Host	Answer
‘It Follows’	Bill Simmons	Long Legs - thinks the movie would be better with Long Legs (the recurring utility character) included
‘Friday the 13th’	Bill Simmons	Picks Dr. Chuck Nichols and does a bit imagining him announcing 'my friend Pamela doesn't feel well, go back to your dessert, your coffee'; also does an extended Steven A. Smith/Jason Voorhees media beef bit as his 'better with' pick
‘Friday the 13th’	Chris Ryan	Picks Tom Savini (the makeup/special effects guy) as the one who should get an Oscar, joining in on the Steven A./Jason Voorhees bit
‘Friday the 13th’	Van Lathan	Plays along with the Steven A. Smith vs. Jason Voorhees bit, voicing Steven A.'s threatening lines about Camp Crystal Lake bodies, rather than giving a distinct personal pick
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Bill Simmons	Stephen A. Smith doing 'First Take' commentary on Leatherface the day after the chainsaw murders, defending him as the best slaughterhouse chef in the country
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Chris Ryan	Did a Ben Affleck impression doing Leatherface's voice/lines, riffing on recent Affleck AI news coverage
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Craig Horlbeck	Doug McCray (reacted positively to Chris's bit, says he needs to think of new guys)
‘13 Going on 30’	Bill Simmons	Would like Kirk Cousins/Kirk Curb Street to appear during the magazine pitch scene (director's commentary style)
‘13 Going on 30’	Juliet Litman	No one needed - cast is already small and works well (only about 4-6 characters total)
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Bill Simmons	Cris Collinsworth and Troy Aikman — a football broadcast booth calling the movie ('I'm trying to think of football for this — we go Collinsworth, we go Troy Aikman'); the menu read (Wayne Jenkins, Fergie the Florist) doesn't land a pick
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Craig Horlbeck	Plays along in the Aikman voice — 'my client's like Josh Allen out there, Mike, he's running the offense, he's calling audibles left and right' — no pick of his own
‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’	Kyle Brandt	Instead of directly answering the utility player prompt, launches into a bit imagining Gus Johnson as a sports announcer calling Rambo's rocket launcher scene