‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

The Rewatchables

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.6 • 13.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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There's going to be sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll, chips, dips, chains, whips … your basic Rewatchables episode. The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt revisit John Hughes’s 1985 hit ‘Weird Science,’ starring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, and Ilan Mitchell-Smith. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, and Eduardo Ocampo Talk to a State Farm agent today to learn how you can choose to bundle and save with the Personal Price Plan®. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there®. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The rewatchable is brought to you by the Ringer podcast Network.
0:04.1	Kyle Brandt, you can find him on Good Morning Football.
0:06.6	You can find him on ESPN platforms popping up from time to time.
0:10.4	I saw him on SportsCenter a few weeks ago doing his, it's like a bit.
0:14.4	It's like you're doing bits.
0:15.7	You did this for Van Pelt.
0:16.9	You did this Aaron Rogers as a mid-40s guy, how you kind of appreciate as a fellow mid-40s guy, like to watch him just get exasperated by people. I really enjoyed that. Dude, Rogers has completely stopped caring. He's always been mad at his teammates. Now he just screams at him on the field. It doesn't even matter. He's like, what the hell? I've always been this way. Now I'm just going to be me, buddy. And so you just see him walking down in the driveway, getting his mail in the Tony Soprano
0:40.8	bathroom, just yelling at it, yelling at the leafblower guy next door. Anyway, we are going to do a
0:47.6	movie that Kyle Brand has been suggesting ever since he started popping on the rewatchables,
0:52.2	which I think was about five years ago. It's weird science. This movie is bonkers, and it's next. This episode is presented by PayPal. Let's talk holiday shopping. Make the most of your money with PayPal. They give you the flexibility to pay in four. No fees, no interest. Save the offer in the PayPal app to get 5% cash back when you pay later.
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1:51.9	All right, Kyle Brandt, Sheila Benson, reviewing this for the Los Angeles Times,
1:57.3	who in the same review described Kelly LeBrock as triumphant, which I'd like to agree with.
1:59.5	And the film's greatest asset, I would also agree with that.
2:06.7	She thought the film's appeal was limited to audiences of 15-year-old boys and, quote,
2:09.8	maybe the 16-year-olds if they aren't yet too fussy.
2:15.4	And I mentioned this because I was 15 years old when I saw this movie in the theater.
2:19.0	I was the target audience and I loved it.
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