You must think Christopher Nolan — the Oscar-nominated director of high-brow blockbuster entertainment like “Inception,” “Dunkirk” and “Oppenheimer” — watches only the good stuff in his spare time. Art house fare. Classics. Masterpieces.

Through various interviews, “The Dark Knight” trilogy filmmaker has shared the many movies that have inspired his artistic ambition and successful career. He even appeared (with Cillian Murphy) in Konbini’s popular “Video Club” series wherein he speaks extensively about films that influenced his latest film “Oppenheimer” (now in theaters everywhere), rolling through critical favorites like Oliver Stone’s “JFK” and Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove.”

One might presume to find Nolan’s picks on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies, or Sight & Sound’s poll naming the 100 greatest films of all time.

But it turns out, Nolan likes a good laugh, too.

To honor the release of “Oppenheimer,” “The Rich Eisen Show” recently shared a clip from 2020 when the director was promoting his pandemic-era release “Tenet.”

Eisen implored Nolan to share of of his favorite films he stops and watches while he’s surfing channels on television.

“What is your remote drop movie, Christopher, wherever you’re watching television and you see a film that is a favorite of yours…?” Eisen asks Nolan in the clip.

“There are so many,” Noland says. “I flick around, and if there’s an old movie playing…I mean, God, anything by Kubrick…”

So, yes. Predictably, Nolan name-drops his hero Stanley Kubrick. Still, nothing prepared us (or Eisen and his staff) for what came next. Again, when you imagine Nolan wanting to watch a movie at home, you’d think he dusts off a projector and readies a 16-milimiter print to honor the non-digital presentation of his beloved celluloid. But just like us, he cannot resist a Will Ferrell classic either — and one set in (and named after) the great state of Alabama.

“Some of the great comedies too,” Nolan continues. “‘Talladega Nights,’ I’m never going to be able to switch that off…”

Understandably shocked, Eisen asks Nolan to confirm that’s in fact a remote-drop pick for the previously presumed-to-be overly serious director.

“If you ain’t first, you’re last,” Nolan says, quoting Ferrell’s character to everyone’s delight.

“You’re not wrong, Christopher,” Eisen replies, before asking if Ferrell knew about this.

“He does now,” Nolan said. Watch the full Rich Eisen interview with Christopher Nolan.

“Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” is Adam McKay’s silly follow-up to “Anchorman,” a NASCAR comedy starring Will Ferrell as an egomaniacal stock car racer named Ricky Bobby. Mostly filmed in North Carolina, the crew did make it to the Talladega Superspeedway for some key scenes, including the film’s final shot. While not as fresh and outrageous as McKay’s previous effort, critics actually dug this more overall, and it was another big box office hit for Ferrell.

The Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus: “Though it occasionally stalls, Talladega Nights’ mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner’s circle.” Read the reviews.

Does this mean we’ll see a comedy in Nolan’s future? You catch plenty of funny moments and characters in his movies, but he’s never dived head-first into the genre, and who would expect him to? Maybe a team-up with Ferrell? Did he consider the “Anchorman” star to play the father of the atomic bomb before casting Cillian Murphy? One does wonder now.