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The Rewatchables

‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

The Rewatchables

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.614.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

It’s CR Month, which means it’s time to crank up Wang Chung and take a ride on the wrong side of the road in Los Angeles to revisit William Friedkin’s ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ starring William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, and John Pankow. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/REWATCHABLES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The rewatchables is brought to by the Ringer podcast network

0:08.6

where you can find the big picture with Sean Fennacy coming off a heroic live Oscars telecast.

0:13.8

Yes, and I predicted correctly that F1 would win best picture, and I feel very good about it.

0:18.0

I can't believe Will Smith hit Chris Rock again.

0:20.4

That was unbelievable. Why did he do that Smith hit Chris Rock again. That was unbelievable.

0:21.7

Why did he do that?

0:22.9

I don't know.

0:23.4

I came back for more. Came back for more. The sequel to the slap. That's Chris Ryan right there. It is. You can watch him and listen to him on the watch. It's true. Yeah. Big picture sometimes. Sometimes. bunch of different ringer pods.

0:35.9

More importantly, it's CR month.

0:38.1

Let's go.

0:39.0

A lot of talk.

0:39.9

We're taping this.

0:41.1

Fargo's CR month.

0:38.5

Let's go. A lot of talk. We're taping this. Fargo's about to come up as we're taping this tonight. So this is the third movie of CR Month. We did. Sicario is the first movie. And people are already saying like, where does this go from here? Is it? I think it should end. I think this should be the last month of the show.

0:54.7

Like, we did it.

0:56.9

But we were talking, could there be a from here. Is it... I think it should end. I think this should be the last month of the show.

1:11.6

Like, we did it. But we were talking, could there be a feast? Oh, yeah. He was like... Could there be a carnival? San Gennaro. I want to do like VR experiences, like in the film Disclosure, but with you inside of the game. We're reenacting other stuff. I was thinking, like, that, where they filmed to live and die in LA, there's a couple

1:15.4

areas that are just not far from our downtown Spotify office.

1:19.1

One of them is right next to where Major Domo is, basically where the entire scene

1:23.9

before the chase scene.

1:25.5

But yeah, anyway, to live and die in LA, the third movie of CR Month, and it's next.

1:30.9

This episode of The Rwatchables is presented by TikTok.

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