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‘So I Married an Axe Murderer’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
October 17, 2023 · So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) · Comedy · Romance · 1:42:21
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Most Rewatchable Scene
Bill SimmonsThe opening coffee shop scene where Charlie orders a cappuccino and does beat poetry▶ 26:09
Big Kahuna Burger Award
Chris RyanDiscussed the butcher shop scene's poor butchery and health code violations, including Nancy Travis slapping meat with a knife▶ 36:06
What's Aged the Best
Bill SimmonsMultiple picks: The Queen Elizabeth dartboard in the bathroom, drunk beer drinking dads on 70s recliners with bottles next to them, and the movie credits in the beginning with the Boo Radleys and giant cappuccino cup as representing the fun 90s era when everybody tried to copy Goodfellas▶ 48:45
Chris RyanAgrees with Bill's assessment of the 90s Goodfellas-copying era, saying 'I miss that era'▶ 49:38
Dion Waiters Award
Bill SimmonsDiscussed Elizabeth Shue in The Saint and Nicole Kidman in Days of Thunder/The Peacemaker but didn't settle on a specific pick▶ 55:13
Sean FennesseyDenise Richards — Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones (nuclear physicist) in The World Is Not Enough▶ 55:35
What's Aged the Worst
Bill SimmonsCan't see Amanda Plummer as a crazy person without thinking of her Pulp Fiction role - she's too typecast and over the top▶ 1:02:39
Is There a Better Title?
Bill SimmonsPissing into the bitches' ocular cavities / So I pissed into the bitches' ocular cavities▶ 1:06:39
Chris RyanDoesn't like the current title, thinks it was trying to copy 'When Harry Met Sally' style but didn't offer specific alternative▶ 1:06:17
Sean FennesseyDiscussed punctuation issues with current title but didn't offer a clear alternative▶ 1:05:35
Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Bill SimmonsThey have flirt energy, but not like what would they talk about at dinner energy▶ 1:10:14
Chris RyanHarriet and Charlie don't have any chemistry because all their scenes getting along are montages, so we don't see why she would like him▶ 1:09:55
Picking Nits
Bill SimmonsNancy Travis has the worst taste in men of any actress in the last 35 years - citing her characters' choices across multiple films including Charlie the broke poet▶ 1:11:37
Sean FennesseyCharlie is one of the 10 worst movie characters in history - we know nothing about him except he has Scottish parents and he's a poet, no clear job or career▶ 1:10:32
Apex Mountain
Bill SimmonsNancy Travis — Nancy Travis (yes), pre-Silicon Valley San Francisco (yes), Haggis (probably yes), Weekly World News (yes), McEwen's Export Beer (probably), Scottish Weddings (unclear)▶ 1:21:37
Chris RyanScotland - citing incredible 90s run with Teenage Fan Club, Scotland making Euros, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Braveheart, and Trainspotting▶ 1:24:35
Is This Movie Better With
Bill SimmonsSteve Buscemi — Strong support for Steve Buscemi (as Tony or hotel check-in guy), Danny Trejo, Sam Jackson, and J.T. Walsh all could have easily been in this movie▶ 1:33:04
Coach Finstock Life Lesson
Bill SimmonsGet your marriage annulled if you find out on your honeymoon that your spouse is brutally widowed multiple times▶ 1:39:21
Movies Referenced (46)
| Title (year) | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne's World (1992) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 7 | Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan | ▶ 2:36 |
| Pulp Fiction (1994) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey | ▶ 1:03:08 |
| Shrek (2001) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Sean Fennessey, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 3:01 |
| Good Time (2017) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 18:38 |
| The Rock (1996) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 10:34 |
| Basic Instinct (1992) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 10:34 |
| Fargo (1996) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 44:28 |
| Last Man Standing (1996) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 1:12:49 |
| Robin Hood (2010) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Sean Fennessey | ▶ 57:49 |
| The Cat in the Hat (2003) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Sean Fennessey | ▶ 7:11 |
| The Fugitive (1993) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | ▶ 15:19 |
| The Help (2011) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 0:22 |
Directors Referenced (6)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Allen | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Bill Simmons | Annie Hall | ▶ 50:02 |
| Euros Lyn | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 1:21:11 | |
| John Colorado | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | Hancock | ▶ 31:32 |
| Andrew Davis | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | The Fugitive, Under Siege | ▶ 15:19 |
| Monty Python | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 21:35 | |
| Steve Cohen | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | The Goonies | ▶ 1:05:18 |
Actors Referenced (92)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Myers | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 63 | Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | ▶ 2:36 |
| Nancy Travis | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 18 | Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan | So I Married an Axe Murderer, The Vanishing, Three Men and a Little Lady | ▶ 6:20 |
| Phil Hartman | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 18 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey | So I Married an Axe Murderer, Jingle All the Way | ▶ 21:14 |
| Alan Arkin | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 10 | Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey | Argo, Little Miss Sunshine, Glengarry Glen Ross | ▶ 22:10 |
| Amanda Plummer | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 8 | Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan | Pulp Fiction | ▶ 51:57 |
| Eddie Murphy | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 8 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey | The Nutty Professor, Beverly Hills Cop II | ▶ 4:07 |
| Dr. John | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 7 | Sean Fennessey, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 18:12 | |
| Anthony LaPaglia | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 6 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 39:45 | |
| Audi Resendez | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 6 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 1:26:25 | |
| Charles Grodin | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 6 | Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan | Midnight Run | ▶ 21:25 |
| Sean Connery | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 6 | Bill Simmons | Dr. No, The Untouchables, The Rock | ▶ 47:03 |
| Andy Serkis | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 5 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey | ▶ 4:07 |
Writers Referenced (4)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Paglia | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 9 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey | ▶ 30:30 | |
| Jack Kerouac | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 12:27 | |
| Roger Ebert | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 23:55 | |
| Anthony Bourdain | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | The Big Short | ▶ 12:38 |