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Ishmael
Jul 28, 2013
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The Athletes
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”?
Esquelito
Jul 27, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Many of the laughs that came from the inconsistent Jack Black effort, Nacho Libre, came from his tag team partner, the uber-thin Esquelito, played by Hector Jiménez. Jiménez has been tabbed as the Mexican Steve Buscemi (which is a compliment or an insult depending on your point of view), and we can’t imagine anyone else playing the sidekick here. Again, as with our commentary on Jack Black’s role, we still aren’t sure what we think of this movie, and wonder how much support either Esquelito or Ignacio will get.
Dave "Killer" Carlson
Jul 27, 2013
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The Athletes
Our favorite thing about Dave “Killer” Carlson is not that his name was an amalgamation of the real names of the Hanson Brothers. It was not that he was a muppet faced lovable goon. No, our favorite thing as the actor would become Mr. Marcia Brady in one of the Brady TV Movies which made him the hero of many red blooded Americans of a certain age. Seriously, that really is our favorite thing about him.
Danny Noonan
Jul 27, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Looking back, Caddyshack could have probably cast many goofing looking no-names in the role of Danny Noonan, so the question is did Michael O’Keefe do enough in this role, or was this really a movie that was run by the comedic talents in the flick? What works in Noonan’s favor is that he won the golf game at the end, but realistically when people quote this film; do they mention anything O’Keefe did? Chances are they didn’t, but considering the iconic stature of this movie, shouldn’t he have a shot?