"Siskel & Ebert" 21/Chapter 27/Flawless/Stop-Loss/Run Fatboy Run (TV Episode 2008)
Clips shown for the review."The Hoff's Best Film... Ever!" The Hoff's Best Sports Film Ever! (TV Episode 2013)
Clips are shown"MsMojo" Top 10 Hilarious Workout Scenes in Movies (TV Episode 2017)
First Run gets an honorable mention.- Run Fatboy Run is #8.
- It's on a television a couple of minutes in.
The World's End (2013)
When Simon Pegg's character is running towards The Hole in the Wall, he briefly looks up and the camera shows the sign for the pub, but it is partially obscured so that only "The Wall" is seen. He then barrels through a hedge and makes it to the pub. This is a reference to a scene in Run Fatboy Run which also stars Pegg. In that movie, his character is running a marathon and eventually has to get past "the wall", a figurative obstacle where runners have to get past their mental and physical fatigue in order to complete the marathon.- While talking to Hector (Simon Pegg), Clara (Rosamund Pike) checks the list for August, possible names for a product related to erectile dysfunction. In Run Fatboy Run Dennis (Simon Pegg) runs the marathon for a charity called National Erectile Dysfunction Awareness
Unique Congratulation (Short 2014)
DVD on the shelf."Countdown" Episode #72.80 (TV Episode 2015)
Chris tells the story of how he got offered his role in the film."Diminishing Returns" Hot Fuzz (Podcast Episode 2019)
Discussed.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Dennis compares Whit to Captain Bly while they are playing with model boats- SPOILER: When Dennis is completing the marathon the news reporter says, "Truly this is the lonliness of the long distance runner."
Wacky Races (TV Series 1968–1969)
Dennis compares Whit to "Peter Perfect out of 'Wacky Races.'"Marathon Man (1976)
The scene in which Dennis' friend pays the taxi fare with his rolexCujo (1983)
Whit says, "It was like running a marathon with Cujo."
Rocky (1976)
Dennis attempts to drink a glass of egg yolks ala Rocky Balboa and ends up gagging on them."The London Marathon" 27th London Marathon (TV Episode 2007)
The films main character played by (Simon Pegg) pledges to run the 2007 London Marathon.
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