Game / activity
Keaton Casting
Curtis names an actor who got a role Michael Keaton reportedly almost played; Katie, Brad and Ryan must identify the assigned movie. They compete individually. Each turn allows three tries, with a point lost for another guess and a year hint after the first miss. Curtis adds improvised hints. Repeat actors and films are allowed, but the specific assigned movie is required. Katie is permitted a movie list. Four casting rounds lead into a lightning round.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Source-reviewed whole-game verdict; local round wins and intermediate totals are not treated as another final result.
Winner: Katie
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Within the recorded rounds · 15 recorded contributions
Follow the round structure (5)
Casting round 1
Katie opens with a first-try success; Brad’s repeated Pirates guess explicitly counts against him. Ryan reaches his answer on the third try.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Katie · Johnny Depp → Pirates of the Caribbean
Katie answers Pirates of the Caribbean on her first try. Curtis explicitly awards three points.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad · Johnny Depp → Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Brad guesses Edward Scissorhands, then Pirates of the Caribbean after the 2005 hint. Curtis counts the repeated-film guess and says another point is lost. After the improvised remake hint, Brad gives Lone Ranger as his third guess. All three are rejected. Curtis reveals Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with Keaton considered for Willy Wonka.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan · Eddie Murphy → Beverly Hills Cop
Ryan guesses Norbit, then Trading Places after the 1984 hint. The California clue leads to Beverly Hills Cop, accepted on his third try.
Casting round 2
Katie cannot identify Lethal Weapon. Brad’s Tom Hanks guesses fail; Ryan’s John Candy turn ends with Ryan answering Splash first, followed by Brad repeating it.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Katie · Mel Gibson → Lethal Weapon
Katie guesses What Women Want. The 1987 clue, a title meaning “a deadly gun,” and further franchise context do not produce another movie answer. She says she has no idea; Curtis reveals Lethal Weapon.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad · Tom Hanks → Splash
Brad guesses Philadelphia, then Big after the 1984 hint, then Turner and Hooch. Curtis rejects each and reveals Splash.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan · John Candy → Splash
Ryan guesses Planes, Trains and Automobiles, then Uncle Buck after the 1984 hint. Curtis says he has mentioned this movie on the podcast. Ryan first answers “Splash”; after “Damn it,” Brad repeats “Splash.” Ryan owns the turn, and the game moves on.
Casting round 3
Katie gets Speed immediately. Brad reaches Get Shorty after two misses, and Ryan gets Ghostbusters immediately.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Katie · Keanu Reeves → Speed
Katie answers Speed on the first try and is marked correct.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad · John Travolta → Get Shorty
Brad guesses Battlefield Earth, then Pulp Fiction after the 1995 hint. Curtis gives an opposite-of-the-title clue, leading Brad to Get Shorty, which is accepted.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan · Harold Ramis → Ghostbusters
Ryan answers Ghostbusters immediately and is marked correct.
Casting round 4
Katie repeats the previous film for Bill Murray, Brad gets Groundhog Day after a miss, and Ryan reaches The Fly on his third guess.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Katie · Bill Murray → Ghostbusters
Katie asks Ryan to repeat his previous movie, then answers Ghostbusters herself and is marked correct. She says knowing little about movies keeps her from overthinking: she picks each actor’s most prominent title.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad · Bill Murray → Groundhog Day
Brad first guesses Charlie’s Angels. After the 1993 hint, he answers Groundhog Day and the game accepts it.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan · Jeff Goldblum → The Fly
Ryan guesses Jurassic Park, then Big Trouble in Little China after the 1986 hint. The clue that it involves a bug leads to The Fly, marked correct.
Lightning trivia
Three trivia prompts follow the casting rounds. No general lightning point schedule is stated. The owner accepts retaining the announced final totals—Brad 3, Ryan 6, Katie 12, with Katie winning—without reconstructing unstated per-item awards.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Katie · Michael Keaton’s real name
Katie answers Michael Douglas and is marked correct, thanking whoever mentioned it earlier.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad · A Pittsburgh institution
Brad answers the Pittsburgh Steelers, joking that they are a dance act. Curtis rejects it and gives Mr. Rogers as the answer.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan’s turn · Steelers Super Bowl wins
Ryan answers six and says Curtis likes to say three to tease him. Curtis replies that the answer was four and says the point is lost. This preserves the podcast’s adjudication, not an independently verified sports fact.
The segment is recorded; individual answers are not available in this archive entry.