‘Happy Gilmore 2,’ ‘The Naked Gun,’ and the 21st-Century Comedy Movie Crisis

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Sean and Amanda are joined by The Ringer’s Craig Horlbeck to discuss all things 21st-century comedy. Before diving in though, they cover a handful of movie news headlines, including Celine Song being attached to a remake of ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’; rumors that Jeremy Strong, Mikey Madison, and Jeremy Allen White are the top choices for ‘The Social Network Part II’; and Bradley Cooper’s film ‘Is This Thing On?’ being announced to close the New York Film Festival (1:44). Then, they cover Netflix’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2,’ starring Adam Sandler, which they all had wildly different reviews of, varying from apocalyptically bad to incredibly fascinating (14:59). Finally, they talk about ‘The Naked Gun,’ starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, and use it as a springboard to have a conversation on why there are so few theatrical comedies being made and whether we’ll get more going forward (38:06). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Craig Horlbeck Producer: Jack Sanders THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY THE STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY. ORDER NOW | STARBUCKS.COM/MENU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.7	I'm Sean Fennacy.
0:41.6	I'm Amanda Dobbins. And this is the Big Picture,
0:42.6	a conversation show about comedy.
0:44.4	On today's episode,
0:45.5	we are discussing two follow-ups to some legendary Gen X comedy IP.
0:49.6	Happy Gilmore 2.
0:51.0	And The Naked Gun reboot will also be talking about this century in comedy movies.
0:55.3	What the hell happened to them?
0:56.4	Joining us today is Craig Horlebeck.
0:58.3	Hello.
0:58.5	This is our first time on the pot?
1:00.0	It is.
1:00.5	You've never invited me.
1:01.2	Welcome.
1:01.3	That's insane.
1:02.2	Okay.
1:02.4	And here you are.
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