Saturday, June 27, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
FW: Bored...
From: Eric Smith
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:02 PM
To: Collins Lindsay; Nick Collins
Subject: Re: Bored...
Chazz Michael Michaels - I was on the fence with this one. I didn't like the movie, so that was a major strike against CMM. I could have replaced Phil Weston with this one and put this CMM at #9. After further review, I do hear by remove Phil Weston from the list and put CMM in the #7 spot. There were some great lines in that movie and the scene with Jenna Fisher on the bed was pretty funny. I think the supporting cast really helped him get on the list.
Steve Butabi - It wasn't a great roll, and the movie was OK at best, but I had to put it on the list because it was his staring roll. It's now a LOCK at the #10 spot for that reason. Any future additions to the list will not bump this roll from the list.
Buddy - After review, jumped ahead of Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
Harold Crick - could have been a little higher on the list, but comedic value to the movie was my top factor on the list (see Ricky Bobby). In additions, I must admit that I never say the movie all the way through.
Ricky Bobby - Say what you want about the movie, some of the funniest lines to ever come out of Will Ferrell's mouth were in that movie(as with John C Riley). Furthermore, the guy has two first name!!
Thoughts before I finalize the list.
1) I have not seen Zoolander in a while. I need to watch again to make sure Mugato isn't to low on the list.
2) Is Will Ferrell's roll as Mustafa in the first two Austin Powers movies list worthy? The scene when he falls off the cliff still cracks me up. "I think I have broken my leg... I am going to try and stand on it.. CRACK!. Ohhh!!!!"
List Version 1.2
Top Ten Will Ferrell Movie Rolls
10) Steve Butabi – A Night at the Roxbury
9) Mugato – Zoolander
8) Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly – Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
7) Chazz Michael Michaels – Blades of Glory
6) Buddy – Elf
5) Harold Crick – Stranger Than Fiction
4) Brennan Huff – Step Brothers
3) Ricky Bobby – Talladega Nights
2) Frank "The Tank" Ricard – Old School
1) Ron Burgundy – Anchorman
Best Cameo Appearance
Chazz Reinhold – Wedding Crashers
(Honorable Mention)
Big Earl – Starsky & Hutch
From: Collins Lindsay
To: Eric Smith; Nick Collins
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 12:18:04 PM
Subject: RE: Bored...
Deep thoughts below…
From: Eric Smith
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:12 PM
To: Collins Lindsay; Nick Collins
Subject: Bored...
Systems are down at work and I am a little bored right now.
What do you think of this list...
Top Ten Will Ferrell Movie Rolls
10) Phil Weston – Kicking & Screaming - never saw it!
9) Steve Butabi – A Night at the Roxbury - never saw it!
8) Mugato – Zoolander
7) Buddy – Elf – move up on the list, to # 5
6) Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly – Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
5) Harold Crick – Stranger Than Fiction – should be #3
4) Brennan Huff – Step Brothers
3) Ricky Bobby – Talladega Nights – awful movie, imo, take off the list and replace with Blades of Glory (Chazz Michael Michaels) and move up to #7)
2) Frank "The Tank" Ricard – Old School
1) Ron Burgundy – Anchorman
Best Cameo Role:
Chazz Reinhold – Wedding Crashers - agreed
(Honorable Mention)
Big Earl – Starsky & Hutch - never saw it!
Among Us
Today is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 80.
I've alluded to this fact before, but I find these tidbits of information from a daily email I receive called The Writer's Almanac. They send me a daily poem, and then little gems of information about the day in history from a literary, historical, or cultural point of view.
Anyway, in the paragraph about MLK, it reminds me that he was only 26 years old when he was asked to lead a boycott of the infamous segregated buses. Twenty-six! That's how old I am today. I am a cube monkey. Let's not make any comparison between the two of us beyond the number of days we've been on this earth at this point in our human experience.
It goes on to mention that had he known what the unintentionally assumed role of "civil rights leader" would encompass, that he might have declined the role. I think that's pretty magnificent. At first reading, it might sound kind of... selfish? You know, had he known all that would be to come in his life, personally, maybe he would have said no. If he'd know that he'd be murdered in his prime, he'd say no. But I think what that really says, to me anyway, is that he was human, a young man, just like the rest of us. Not a super-human who was born with martyr-like subconscious, but your normal average guy. Who went on to become a revolutionary.
I guess what I'm really getting at is this: there will be more of him to come. In male, female, young, old, gay, straight, black, white, rich, poor, married, single, parent, childless, religious, atheist forms. And the fact that he was just normal young adult like the rest of us, struggling to make decisions on which battle to fight, which stand needs to be taken, which debate you should jump in on (there are tons in this day and age) - is pretty awesome. There are more MLK's out there among my demographic, making waves and not even knowing how big they will crash on shore.
{Note - this was written many months ago, but kept in draft mode in my inbox. Just publishing it today, 6-5-09. The first sentence is obviously incorrect as of today's date.}
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