Searching for Bobby Fischer
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Nov 6, 2026
Dave MarkHOST
That was a good answer.
Dave MarkHOST
Kind of... reminds me a little bit about this Searching for Bobby Fischer was a movie and there was this line in it that said, my son is better at this chess thing than you'll ever be about anything in your entire life.
Dave MarkHOST
A teacher who was sort of questioning his son's devotion to chess.
Dave MarkHOST
So these MacBook Pros are better in every way than any product you'll ever create in your life.
Jeff CohenGUEST
Right.
Ben PakulskiHOST
Do you know Josh Waitzkin? He's the guy who the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer was made about.
Ben PakulskiHOST
Oh, no kidding.
Ben PakulskiHOST
He's a chess champion, and he's got a beautiful line.
Jeff CohenGUEST
Right.
Ben PakulskiHOST
Do you know Josh Waitzkin? He's the guy who the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer was made about.
Ben PakulskiHOST
Oh, no kidding.
Ben PakulskiHOST
He's a chess champion, and he's got a beautiful line.
Ryan EllisHOST
And he was in other Atlantis flicks, The Twilight Zone and Oscar, that Stallone comedy, in 1991.
Ryan EllisHOST
As for the Hollywood guys and their only scene, Harry Flugelman, Joe Mantegna, runs Goldsmith Pictures, he was a mob boss in The Godfather Part III four years later, and continues to play one named Fat Tony in The Simpsons, plus had roles in two Scoring at the Movies flicks, Searching for Bobby Fischer, where he's the dad of the genius, and Red Belt.
Ryan EllisHOST
Future SNLers, or was it current SNLers? It may have been current.
Ryan EllisHOST
John Levitz, well, he was in a few things from Penny Marshall that we've covered, Big, and The League of Their Own, and is also part of the Sad Sack ensemble in Todd Solonza's Happiness.
Joe ReidHOST
And it's like, but all the actors, they're all so famous and talented.
Joe ReidHOST
In this case, it's Steven's alien who like, I think is in general, More of a talented screenwriter than a director, but he directed Searching for Bobby Fischer, and that's a very good movie.
Joe ReidHOST
Ultimately, the All the King's Men remake, which we've covered years ago on this podcast, is not a good movie and a waste of quite a few of our finest actors.
Joe ReidHOST
And in that one, Gandolfini is, you would think Gandolfini would be the main guy.
Joe PrainoHOST
I always ask people their first impression.
Joe PrainoHOST
My first impression was the kid at the end of Searching for Bobby Fischer.
Joe PrainoHOST
Remember that movie? He's like, take the draw.
Joe PrainoHOST
He offers the other chess player the draw.
Sarah Bowen SheaHOST
Hmm.
Liz WaterstraatHOST
He is or was an eight-time national chess champion in his youth and the subject of the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer.
Sarah Bowen SheaHOST
Oh, wow.
Liz WaterstraatHOST
That-- yep, that movie came out when he was 16, and at that time winning everything in sight.