When Harry Met Sally... with Dana Stevens

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2020

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Summary

It laid the groundwork for her entire film career. It set the mold for every rom-com that followed. Though it wasn’t her directorial debut, you just don’t do Nora Ephron without covering When Harry Met Sally. We invited Slate critic and podcast host Dana Stevens (Culture Gabfest, Flashback) to discuss the 1989 classic and ask the big questions. How is Billy Crystal so damn charming? Which Meg Ryan hairstyle is best? And most importantly...can men and women be friends???

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0:00.0	What got came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your
0:23.5	podcast with somebody, you want the rest of your podcast to start as soon as possible.
0:29.5	You know, he's not that Jewish, even though he's still very Jewish.
0:34.3	You know, I know, I know.
0:37.3	I was hearing a little too much into Mike wasowski.
0:40.9	Yes.
0:41.9	And when you watch Monsters Inc, it's easy sometimes think, oh, Billy Crystal is doing
0:45.0	himself.
0:46.0	But then you watch like video footage of him doing the vocal performance.
0:50.9	He's bringing it up.
0:52.1	You realize Mike wasowski is Billy Crystal with 80% more Borsch belt.
0:56.7	Right.
0:57.7	He's like, come on, Sally.
0:59.6	You know, I can't even do it.
1:00.9	I can't even do it.
1:01.9	I picked that line because the quotes page for when Harry Matt Sally is roughly 80 pages
1:07.9	long, it comprises almost the entire script.
1:11.1	And most of it is the back and forth Ratatad dialogue.
1:14.9	And I couldn't find another good quote that didn't involve you having to say six separate
1:20.3	lines to lead into it.
1:22.7	Yeah.
1:23.7	She likes, you know, she spreads everything out evenly.
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