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Philo Beddoe
Sep 15, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
There was a fifteen year period where Clint Eastwood was about as high you could get in movie royalty and fans would watch his movies regardless of the premise. As long as you got to see Clint beat someone up or shoot some people, generally you were happy.
Eastwood was not known as a comedic actor, but one of his most successful characters was the bareknuckle boxer, Philo Beddoe in the two Comedy/Action films, “Every Which Way but Loose” and “Any Which Way You Can”. His sidekick was an orangutan (yes an orangutan) and he ran afoul of a motorcycle gang and the police usually with comedic results. Of course, any Eastwood fan wants to see him beat people up, which he does, and when he does lose, it is because he did the job on purpose. You have to remember, Clint Eastwood only loses, of he wants to!
Here is our issue with these films, and it isn’t the orangutan. It is Sondra Locke, the woman who stank up many Eastwood films in this period. What he saw in this mousy looking bad actress is beyond us, but Clint could have (and should have!) done so much better. Maybe Eastwood and Paul McCartney share the same puke colored glasses when they look at women.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Actor:
Clint Eastwood
Why you should vote for him:
For many, Clint Eastwood is a movie god.
Why you should not vote for him:
His best friend was an orangutan.
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Pedro Cerrano
Sep 15, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Before he was the President of the United States on 24, Dennis Haysbert was Pedro Cerrano; the home run hitting, voodoo worshipping curve ball whiffing, chicken sacrificing Right Fielder for the Cleveland Indians. Cerrano may not have been part of the core group that the movie focused on (nor was it a character that you really needed in the movie), but it was a very nice complimentary character that stole a few scenes, and hit a home run to tie the game up in the tie-breaking game. Now if only Haysbert would endorse Allstate Insurance as Cerrano.
The Bullet Points:
Movie(s) Appeared:
Major League (1989)
Major League II (1994)
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
Actor:
Dennis Haysbert
Position Portrayed:
Right Field
Played for:
Cleveland Indians
Why you should vote for him:
Because this is Jack Bauer’s favorite President!
Why you should not vote for him:
Watching the character slum it through in the third installment was heartbreaking.
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Paul Blake
Sep 15, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Necessary Roughness is not exactly a great football film. It isn’t terrible either, and much of that is because of Scott Bakula whose earnest demeanor just made everything believable….even in a film with as many gridiron related plot holes as this.
Ogie Oglethorpe
Sep 15, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
It was Ned Dowd’s minor league hockey career that apparently inspired his sister, Nancy to pen what would be an instant sports classic, Slap Shot. Ned was cast as Ogie Oglethorpe, the goon that scared goons. It wasn’t a huge role, but we just couldn’t leave a character named Ogie Oglethorpe off our ballot.
The Bullet Points:
Movie(s) Appeared:
Slap Shot (1977)
Actor:
Ned Dowd
Position Portrayed:
Enforcer
Played for:
Syracuse Bulldogs
Why you should vote for him:
In a movie about goons, he was the one that was feared the most.
Why you should not vote for him:
It was not a large role…or even a small one.
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