Monthly Archives: June 2014
Going Back to a Time When the Beer Flowed Like Wine
While the first two days of this week have been geared towards the kickoff of the 2014 World Cup (pardon the pun, but it totally works) this Thursday afternoon, today’s post will take a slight detour. Before predictions are made for both teams and players in Brazil tomorrow, Jimmy’s Daily Planet has to show a specific video for a specific sequel starring spectacularly dumb best friends. 20 years have past, yet it feels like just yesterday when blue and orange tuxedos with hats and canes were a fashion staple, a cardigan could be easily mistaken for a pullover and the “IOU” was viewed as an equivalent to cash (“Look, see this, that’s a car: 275 thou-, might want to hang onto that one”).
In this blogger’s view, Dumb and Dumber is the funniest movie ever made. Along with the superb writing that interwove a genuine emotional connection for these two clueless best buds, the casting of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne resonated far beyond a regular buddy comedy. These two were brilliant together, both comically and as each others’ reliably unreliable lifeline.
What have the Farrelly brothers set-up for Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne 20 years later as middle-aged men?
Like a good burger with just a little extra kick, here’s a taste of some of their modern day shenanigans:
Watching the new trailer is somewhat reminiscent of discovering mind-blowing news for the very first time…
“No way…that’s great. We landed on the Moon!”
It’s kind of like that.
Dumb and Dumber To hits theaters this November!
Making our Descent into Brazil
There are some good advertisements/campaigns for The 2014 World Cup in Brazil (FYI-Adriana Lima is a pretty good spokeswoman for the sport). However, there is one television commercial that truly rises above them all. Despite airing back in the summer of 1998, its quality, creativity and all-encompassing awesomeness is still uncontested 16 years later.
An Airport + The Brazilian National Team + A Futebol = Perfection
Soccer/Football/Futebol: It’s not a sport, it’s a lifestyle.
Only two more days!
Happy Monday!
The 2014 World Cup will surely kick-off with extravagant festivities and fanfare for the opening match between the host-nation Brazil and Croatia this Thursday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Four years after Spain lifted the greatest trophy in all of sports, the time has finally arrived to once again put on jerseys, t-shirts, flags and scarves with our nation’s colors, cheer on our favorite teams and players and witness the best soccer the world has to offer.
In an effort to promote this wondrous occasion, McDonald’s selected a few unsuspecting soccer savants to film who demonstrate some serious skills in everyday locations.
The beautiful game indeed.
Happy Monday!
We Know Who We’re Gonna Call
June 7, 2014.
As surreal as the nearly-transparent floating spirits themselves, the cult classic Ghostbusters will officially celebrate its 30th anniversary of being released to the world and being permanently stored into pop culture history immediately thereafter. Names like Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler (RIP) and Winston Zeddemore will re-enter our consciousness as the coolest front-line defenders against all things ghastly and marshmallow-like.
Ever since the original and the sequel, visiting a library and a museum has never been the same…
And who could forget about the ECTO-1? Ignoring the relentless chaos that would ensue with the non-stop sirens going off and lights flashing from everyday citizens, but Cadillac could have skyrocketed its sales and boosted its reputation by building and selling the ECTO-1 to the public.
Just a thought.
This momentous occasion will continue throughout the year, but today is a good time to get a little jump-start on the festivities in true ’80s fashion:
(The following dialogue is courtesy of IMDb)
Dr Ray Stantz: You know, it just occurred to me that we really haven’t had a successful test of this equipment.
Dr. Egon Spengler: I blame myself.
Dr. Peter Venkman: So do I.
Dr Ray Stantz: Well, no sense in worrying about it now.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.
The good old days, when we just did crazy stuff without filling out a silly waiver.
Memories…
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