Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this time with special guests Jess Dunne and Luke Dunne, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, Valerie Breiman’s Going Overboard.
Shecky Moskowitz is a cruise ship waiter who dreams of being a stand-up comedian. However, he finds himself at odds with the ship’s resident comedian, Dickie Diamond. Shecky’s comedic ambitions become decidedly more complicated thanks to a series of overlapping plots involving rock band Yellow Teeth and General Noriega.
At time of recording, it was ranked 16th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes
- Recorded 9th August 2022.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- Going Overboard at The Internet Movie Database.
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- Kelly Earley at The Daily Edge looks back on the history of DVD players, December 2018.
- Daniel Cerone at The Los Angeles Times reports on the production of Going Overboard, December 1989.
- Adam Sandler talks to NBC News about working with Bill Cosby, July 2013.
- Adam Sandler talks to Entertainment Weekly about how Chris Rock didn’t make it on to The Cosby Show, July 2010.
- Marah Eakin at The A.V. Club offers an oral history of Remote Control, February 2021.
- J.R. Taylor for Entertainment Weekly reviews Going Overboard, August 1995.
- Michael H. Price at The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports on the release of Going Overboard to capitalise on the success of Billy Madison, September 1995.
- Donald Liebenson at The Los Angeles Times reports on the lucrative market in repackaging early films from comedy stars like Adam Sandler, September 1995.
- Luke Morgan Britton at NME discusses Adam Sandler’s reputation, and his high- and low-brow projects, February 2020.
- Karen Han at Polygon wonders when Kevin James is going to get his Uncut Gems, April 2020.
- Anna Menta at Decider argues that Adam Sandler is the king of basketball movies, June 2022.
- Adam Grinwald at Collider looks back at Adam Sandler’s abiding basketball fandom, June 2022.
- Ellie Harrison at Business Insider reports on Adam Sandler’s threat to make a movie “so bad on purpose” if he does not receive awards recognition for Uncut Gems, December 2019.
- Travis M. Andrews at The Washington Post reports on Adam Sandler’s behind-the-scenes persona, May 2021.
- David Ehrlich at IndieWire reflects on the use of Adam Sandler’s star persona in Funny People, July 2017.
- Maria Pasquini at People reports on Ariana Grande’s jokes about the size of Pete Davidson’s penis, June 2018.
- Lucia Graves at The Guardian reports on Bill Cosby’s life and career, April 2018.
- Terrence McCoy at The Washington Post reports on the sexual offences of Stephen Collins, October 2014.
- Rebecca MacAttee at E! Online looks back at Stephen Collins’ comments about Jessica Biel’s photoshoots, October 2014.
- Dave Grohl talks to Rolling Stone about making Studio 666, February 2022.
- Dave Grohl talks to Nerdist about how John Carpenter came to score and appear in Studio 666, February 2022.
- Jesse David Fox at Vulture looks back on Adam Sandler’s life and career, June 2022.
- Michael Fraiman at The Canadian Jewish News looks back on the eighties popularity of the “insult comedian”, July 2019.
- Nathan Rabin at Decider looks back on Going Overboard as an early Adam Sandler vehicle, August 2015.
- Daniel Montgomery at Gold Derby reports on Adam Sandler’s “Razzie Redemption” award, February 2020.
- Seth Simons at The New Republic reports on the alt-right movement within American comedy, February 2021.
- Kevin Fallon at The Daily Beast reports on Louis C.K.’s pivot to the alt-right, December 2018.
- Claire Carusillo at Gawker reports on Louis C.K.’s performance in Kyiv during the Russian invasion, February 2022.
- Morgan Phillips at Fox News identifies Adam Sandler as a prominent Hollywood Republican, February 2020.
- Megan Rosenfeld at The Washington Post reports on Terry Moore’s claims to have been married to Howard Hughes, June 1983.
- Karina Longworth talks to Vox about Terry Moore and Howard Hughes, November 2018.
- Doree Lewak at The New York Post reports on how Terry Moore responded to a wave of Oscar snubs including Jennifer Lopez and Adam Sandler, January 2020.
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