‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel

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The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.6 • 13.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Jimmy Kimmel to blow all of their money at the disco after they revisit the 1977 hit ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ starring John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, if you like the music box series on HBO, did you know the first four films are available on HBO Max right now?
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0:27.2	I'm on there with for the prestige TV pod this week talking about yellow jackets.
0:31.8	A show that on showtime that I really like coming up on this podcast. Our old friend Jimmy Kimmel is
0:37.6	joining us. You can see him on Jimmy Kimmel live, which I think is its 20th year for Jimmy Kimmel live,
0:43.5	ABC, 20th season. I don't know if we've had the 20th anniversary yet, but I think we're in the 20th year.
0:49.2	Yeah, congrats to him. He used to work on that show way, way, way back then. He's the guy who
0:54.0	commits Moved LA. He's coming up in one second. We're going to talk about Saturday night fever.
0:59.7	And the reason we're going to talk about is because our latest music box documentary. It's called
1:04.4	Mr. Saturday Night. It's directed by John Maggio. It is one of the highest degree of difficulty films
1:10.7	I've been involved with because it is archive heavy. I'll just leave it at that. But it is an
1:16.6	incredible story about a guy who was way ahead of its time. It premieres on HBO 8 p.m. Thursday night.
1:23.3	You can watch an HBO Max right away as well on Thursday night. Coming up. You know, I woke up my
1:30.0	hair a long time and you hit it. You hit my hair. Saturday night fever is next.
1:42.4	His name is Tony Manero. Every guy wants to dance like him. He's very good. He's the best.
1:48.8	Hey man, he's crazy. Every girl wants to be with him. John Travolta is Tony Manero in
1:57.5	Saturday night fever. Catch it. Way to go.
2:06.2	All right, Jimmy Kimmel is here. We've known each other for 19 years. Actually, 19 years
2:11.6	last month, November. That was when we officially met, even though we'd been talking for a while.
2:15.6	One of the things that we bonded over was our love for a bizarre movie that became a smash hit
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