- Published in The Athletes
Ishmael
Somewhere perfectly in the middle between Randy Quaid making us laugh as Cousin Eddie and going batshit crazy and wrecking his career, he was the innocent Bowling prodigy named Ishmael. He was equal parts straight man and funny man, which is a rare accomplishment in any movie and shows the ability of how the Farrelly brothers to equally distribute comedic lines. Ishmael was a good character, but was it close to being as good as Woody Harrelson’s “Roy Munson”?