Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, starring Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Hank Azaria, Rip Torn, Vince Vaughn, Alan Tudyk, Justin Long, Stephen Root (add more)
The "questions" section is for any random questions that occurred to you while watching this film, or anything you didn't entirely understand, and which Google or the IMDb can't help with. Submit them as a question, and hopefully someone will answer (the bold comments in brackets) - check back regularly. If the answer is wrong, or missing information, please use the "clarify answer" option. Don't feel limited - want to know what music played in a certain scene? Whether this was the first film to use a certain effect? Here's the place to ask!
There's a guy in the bleachers with Gordon's wife during a championship game. He looks a lot like David Hasselhoff, but it's not. I was wondering if anyone knew who it was. [It is David Hasselhoff. He played the coach of the German dodgeball team, but when his team lost he hooked up with Gordon's wife.]
When Stiller is trying to flirt with the one lady at her house he says "Freakinare" or something. Whatever it is, what does it mean? [I think you may be mishearing "freaky naughty", which is pretty self-explanatory.]
In the commentary the director remarks about how he hated working with an actor and he/she won't work again. Does anyone know who this might be? [The whole commentary is a joke - they decided to parody other Hollywood commentaries instead of giving a serious one. The actor he was talking about was Ben Stiller, who turns up late for the commentary then leaves early. (The rest of the film is then the commentary for "There's Something About Mary"). So Ben Stiller is the actor, but it's not meant to be taken seriously.]
Can somebody please tell me all of the celebrity cameos throughout the film and where? [David Hasselhoff plays the coach of the German dodgeball team. William Shatner plays the host of the game. Chuck Norris plays the third judge. Lance Armstrong plays himself, and he was actually afflicted by cancer in the way he describes. I believe he says in the film he won the Tour de France 5 times since - that's now increased to six. A real dodgeball player, Tobias 'Sniper' McKinney played for the German Blitzkreig team.]
Could someone explain the joke behind ESPN 8 always being called 'The Ocho'? [There are many ESPN channels today. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic. ESPN2 is sometimes referred to as 'The Deuce' so that is where they most likely get 'The Ocho' from (8 in Spanish).]
What is the significance of the third judge being Chuck Norris? The thing is that everybody in the theater laughed when it showed it and he gave the thumbs up, I'm just wondering what it's all about. [There were many celebrity cameos throughout the film. It's just kind of strange that Chuck Norris would do this.]
Why did the treasure chest given to them at the end have "Deus Ex Machina" written on it? ["Deus Ex Machina" means "God out of the machine." It's from Greek plays, wherein a god would appear at the end of the story to solve a problem. Nowadays it basically means that a totally new plot element appears out of nowhere and solves everything. It's an easy (and cheap) way out.]
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