*Best Picture

Probably my favourite movie so I'm glad you guys did a commentary of it. And I fully agree they don't really make movies like this anymore (although Chef kinda has that feel-good quality of it). I always thought it was justifiable that Will knows so much. I think it kind of goes hand in hand with his fear of failure. He read books to make himself impenetrable to others (i.e being dumber than anyone). But he never pursued college or something further than reading because of his fear of failure. Overall I agree that most geniuses are geniuses in only a specific category, but I also don't think him being that smart hurts the movie.

As for the "It's not your fault" scene. While it is quotable and a bit melodramatic, I don't think it's the case that it kind of fixes all his issues. I think its obvious he was making progress before the scene, and even after the scene he doesn't immediately go and chase after the girl. Will still takes time to realize what he really wants and chase after it.

Just my 2 cents, overall it was a fun episode to listen to

George Plimpton did ads for Intellivision, not ColecoVision. Intellivision was the first real challenger to the Atari 2600, with graphics that actually looked like something and this weird controller with a movement disk and a keypad. The ColecoVision was the next generation (and the system I had). It too had a keypad, but also an actual joystick. The controller must have been good for just general hacking, as you could still buy generic replacements in RadioShack for decades afterwards.

There's a documentary called "Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself!" Jonathan Coulton has a song about him called "A Talk With George" that appears on both his live albums.

Haven't listened yet, but I'll be disappointed if nobody mentions that this is the film that spawned the best porn parody title ever. You all know that one, admit it.