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Sep 18, 2026
RobHOST
rather than it being scripted.
RobHOST
The film's afterlife spawned Lebowski Fest, a touring fan convention running since 2002, complete with costume competitions and white Russians on tap.
RobHOST
And finally, in 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
RobHOST
There you go.
Trevor KelseyHOST
Oh, there's got to be something.
Trevor KelseyHOST
There's like a Lebowski Fest or something going on.
Trevor KelseyHOST
There's always something going on, like some kind of festival usually around here, isn't there not?
TJ WalkerHOST
Well, yeah.
Brendan McDonaldGUEST
now you didn't have to feel like, I like this weird movie that no one else does.
Brendan McDonaldGUEST
And I don't know, the first Lebowski Fest, I think, is 2002 in Kentucky.
Brendan McDonaldGUEST
And I went to one.
Brendan McDonaldGUEST
I feel like it was maybe 2008, 2009 over in Brooklyn at Brooklyn Bowl.
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JulianHOST
Well, they
Brendan McDonaldGUEST
do.
Brendan McDonaldGUEST
The dude is, many times, and it's the whole thing of having Lebowski Fest and the Tao of the dude and all this stuff.
Brendan McDonaldGUEST
It's like, he's supposed to be this Zen-centered guy.
Tara ReidGUEST
... and then they become massive cult films.
Tara ReidGUEST
Like, they have a Lebowski Fest every year where everyone dresses up as the Dude or Bunny or one of the characters-
TabooHOST
That's cool
Tara ReidGUEST
... of the movie.