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‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

The Rewatchables

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Paul Rudd's $177 Million Movie

The film was based on a sketch Corelle created while performing with Second City about a 40 year old man hiding a big secret. Universal Pictures halted production the first week because they were worried that Corelle's character would seem too much like a serial killer. They did not like the footage from the early stuff. And they thought Paul Rudd was way too fat.

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