Movies: The 40 Year Old Virgin
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Hello and welcome to The Best Movies You've Never Seen, our movie podcast where I, Stephen Fennec, take a movie that I know that my co-host Trevor Long hasn't seen before, hence the name of this show. And we talk about it. That is the show. That's been going on for five years now. Really? Five years in we are. Oof. Yeah, and 250-ish episodes. This is our 250th episode. There you have it.
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Boom. 250. Including a couple of recasts. So, you know. Yeah, well, you know. That's pretty good. 250th edition. It's pretty good. This week we are talking about The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and this is explicit language warning. Okay, there is some swearing. If you are a parent with children and you chose this podcast while the kids are in the car, it ain't our fault. It was released in 2005, starring Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, a great comedy cast, co-written and directed, co-written by Steve Carell, by the way, co-written with Steve Carell and Judd Apatow. Judd Apatow directed it. Now, the writing team, they did a bit of research. They were given stacks of academic studies of older virgins.
Really? Who's doing academic studies on that? Well, they were happy to see that most of these virgins were not too dissimilar to their main character. Wow. Yeah. Now, filming took place in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley between January and April 2005. It was shot in Studio City, LA, San Fernando Valley, Ventura Boulevard. Now, according to Seth Rogen, Steve Carell was pretty establishing himself. Now, this is according to Seth Rogen. Steve Carell was so nervous that the movie would be shut down by the studio that he had the writers prepare a backup version of the script that didn't contain a single swear word. Wow. So they're worried they're going to go, well, listen, mate, there's a bit, you know.
They had this other as well. That's amazing. So this is pre The Office for him. It is, actually. I've got to ask you as well, which version did you see? Now, there is a couple. The generic version. Whatever came up. What was your runtime? What was your runtime? I don't remember. Because there is an uncut version. I reckon I'm going to have scenes in here that you – I've got it on Blu-ray, and it was – I owned the disc, and it was, I reckon, the theatrical – the non-theatrical version. It was the director's, like, a longer cut. A couple of scenes extra, but nothing to worry about. Okay. Yeah, so what were your impressions before? Had you seen this, not seen this? No, I'd heard of it. No, hadn't heard of it.
Hadn't heard of it? No. Wow. Mate, I don't think you understand. I don't just not watch movies. I don't pay attention to the entertainment reports. Sorry, Dickie. This is the same bloke who sent me on WhatsApp a trailer thinking, how long did you know about this? I went, of course I knew about this. That one's a big deal, but you've never mentioned it to me. Yeah, well, I thought. That's more of a tech question, you know what I mean? Okay. Yeah, no, I had nothing. And I had no idea that Steve Carell was in this. Because I'm a big Steve Carell fan from The Office. So, you know, I had no idea about this cast. So where did you watch it? What platform was it on? I just searched Fetch. I think it came up on one of the streamers.
Right. Like Stan. And you don't remember the runtime? No. Okay. I reckon I've watched the uncut and it doesn't matter because the scenes that were added were just there for comedy.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the podcast and episode context for The 40-Year-Old Virgin discussion?
0:06–5:30
2
How was The 40-Year-Old Virgin made and who were the key creatives?
5:30–25:40
3
What casting choices and early careers shaped the film’s ensemble?
25:40–32:49
4
How does the movie introduce Andy and set up his virginity storyline?
32:49–48:04
5
Which standout comedic scenes (waxing, speed dating, bookstore) define the film?
48:04–53:04