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The 2015 Fictitious Contributor Inductees

Carl Spackler

Caddyshack (1980)GroundskeeperDid you know that a few Baseball and Football franchise Halls of Fame have inducted groundskeepers to their respective Halls of Fame?  Chances are they did a better job than Carl Spackler (Bill Murray) who plied his trade at the Bushwood Country Club.We do know for certain, that Spackler is the most quoted groundskeeper of all time, and for almost all of us, the most memorable.  This is the man who ogled middle-aged women, discussed his experiences with relatives of the Dalia Lama, loved his grass (literally), “ate doody” and feuded with a gopher.As strange as it all sounds,…
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Mr. Miyagi

The Karate Kid (1984)Karate InstructorWax on.  Wax off.Easily the best role of Pat Morita’s career, Mr. Miyagi first met Daniel LaRusso who was a tenant along with his mother in the apartment building where he worked as the handy man.  He would impart his knowledge of karate to the transplanted kid from New Jersey by teaching him lessons via household chores such as painting wall as waxing cars, but mostly he taught how karate was to be used best as self-defence and not for personal gain.Miyagi would not just be Daniel’s karate instructor.  He would become his friend, his father…
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