We love Rodney Dangerfield, but is the best use of his talents putting him in a situation where he his co-stars are pre-teen girls? Based on Ladybugs, where he was a soccer coach for those aforementioned females, we know the answer.

Another film we almost forgot, “Real Steel” is the story of a former boxer who programs a robot boxer (in the future, apparently robots replace humans in boxing) with his skills and knowledge. The movie is absurd in many ways, but when you have Hugh Jackman in it, and excellent production, it is easier than you think to lose yourself in the plot.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Real Steel (2011)

Actor:
Hugh Jackman

Role Portrayed:
Trainer/Programmer of Robot Boxers

Why you should vote for him:
Residue from Wolverine.

Why you should not vote for him:
The featured athlete is….a robot.

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Normally we don’t want to see middle aged strippers, but we are making an exception for Cassidy (Marisa Tomei), whose life mimicked that of her biggest fan, Randy “The Ram” Robinson, in its own way. Tomei erroneously won the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for “My Cousin Vinny”, but had she won for her role as the depressed stripper (and she was nominated) would there have been an uproar? We don’t think so.



The Bullet Points:
Movies Appeared:
The Wrestler (2008)

Actor:
Marisa Tomei

Role Portrayed:
Stripper

Why you should vote for her:
Her acting was great, and she was the perfect mirror to the “Ram”

Why you should not vote for her:
She was not exactly an athletic character, and did not move the athletic plot along.

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Caddyshack (1980)

Groundskeeper

Did 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, Caddyshack would not have been half of the movie without him, and we have one of the many films where we worship the genius of Bill Murray, and with that we are inducting our first character from Caddyshack.

The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is proud to welcome Carl Spackler to the Class of 2015.