# The Big Lebowski: What's the big deal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778 "2008-09-23T01:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/121 "2025-11-04T03:44:08Z")
I’m just gonna go find a cash machine. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/122 "2025-11-04T18:29:47Z")
My husband has a marked resemblance to Jeff Bridges. Our bowling team’s name is Mark It Zero. I don’t think anyone in the league gets it. Philistines. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/123 "2025-11-04T18:49:34Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > I don’t think anyone in the league gets it. Philistines. “Nihilists! Fuck me! I mean, say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/124 "2025-11-04T19:00:32Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > I don’t think anyone in the league gets it. Philistines. They’re a bunch of \*\*\*king amateurs. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/125 "2025-11-04T19:15:57Z")
We thought about calling ourselves “Don’t fuck with the Jesus” but didn’t think the league would go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/126 "2025-11-04T20:17:42Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > We thought about calling ourselves “Don’t fuck with the Jesus” … “Do you have to use so many cuss words?” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/127 "2025-11-04T20:40:17Z")
Could you please keep your voices down? This is a family message board. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/128 "2025-11-04T21:07:36Z")
For your information - the Supreme Court has _roundly_ rejected prior restraint! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/129 "2025-11-04T22:00:10Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > I don’t think anyone in the league gets it. Philistines. Are they younger? Like the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers? They may not know about having to score bowling themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/130 "2025-11-04T22:08:57Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > …Little Lebowski Urban Achievers… Now that would be a phenomenal team name! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/131 "2025-11-04T23:11:44Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Are they younger? Like the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers? They may not know about having to score bowling themselves. Yes, and how proud we are of all of them. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/132 "2025-11-05T00:14:23Z")
Shit yeah! The Achievers! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/133 "2025-11-05T00:55:23Z")
> [@KCB615](#): > > Yes, and how proud we are of all of them. It doesn’t have quite the same ring without [Julianne Moore’s droll delivery](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDGZxb6YhM&t=253s). I can’t conceive of how they got her to do this role. Moore does occasionally do comedic roles but I don’t think she’s ever done anything is bizarre as this. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/134 "2025-11-05T01:50:53Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Moore does occasionally do comedic roles but I don’t think she’s ever done anything is bizarre as this. Ahem: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uyUZExVYGq8/maxresdefault.jpg "Sesame Street: Far From Seven") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyUZExVYGq8) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/135 "2025-11-05T02:34:11Z")
Well, I suppose I stand corrected. Now I kind of want to see a _Sesame Street_ rendition of _Mildred Pierce_ with Kate Winslet which I’m guessing would end with Oscar the Grouch saying to Winslet, “Let’s get stinko.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/136 "2025-11-05T05:41:41Z")
“And the Emmy goes to…” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/137 "2025-11-05T14:40:56Z")
There is some interesting casting here. There are three musicians in bit parts - Jimmy Dale Gilmore as Smokey, Flea as one of the nihilists, and Aimee Mann as a nihilist girlfriend (who gafe up her toe - iss not faaair!!). I wonder how they got those parts. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/138 "2025-11-05T14:48:34Z")
Liam (Jesus Quintana’s bowling partner) was apparently played by a crew member with no acting experience, after the Coens decided he had the right look. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/139 "2025-11-05T15:01:28Z")
Exactly! See, that’s why you need to know the story so things like, “I’ll suck yer cock of a thousand dollars” is both funny and makes sense in this 90’s post LA Noir retelling. Damn, now I want to read it again. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778/140 "2025-11-06T05:30:19Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Liam (Jesus Quintana’s bowling partner) was apparently played by a crew member with no acting experience, after the Coens decided he had the right look. Yes, Jim Hoosier, and I’ve read that they purposefully put him into a too-small polo shirt. He died a few years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778.md?page=6)