Friday, July 3, 2009

Not a Movie Star; But a Cameo Star

Kids grow up with great dreams and aspirations, some being the next great Micheal Jordan, others dream of being a movie star. I am not that picky, I have to be completely honest and tell you that I have never had any dreams to be a movie star. I'd be a happy camper to just be a cameo star. "A cameo role or cameo appearance is defined as; (often shortened to just cameo) a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video, games, and television."

In today's blog, I am going to tell you about the five cameo roles that I wish I could have played.

Number Five: "It's all ball bearings these days."
Fletch: Airfield Mechanic Guy
The scene at the airfield when Chevy Chase is talking to the two grease monkeys. I want to be the one how says at 2:38 in this clip, "I always kid him bout it, what are you doing up there? You doing some stunt flying or, something." Priceless! Oscar Worthy performance.

Number Four: "Get him a body bag Johnny, Yeeaahh!"
The Karate Kid: Tommy
The Final Fight, Johnny vs. Daniel Son. Thirty seconds in to this priceless clip Tommy is in the background cheering on Johnny at top of his lungs. I would have felt overly privileged to be cast as Tommy. I think the rest of my life I would have been known as the "body bag guy," and I don't think I would have a problem with that.

Number Three: "Relax...I'm a professional."
Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Garage Attendant, 5:20 into this movie clip, Ferris pulls the Ferrari into the garage, and asks the shady garage attendant, "Hey how ya doing? You speak English?"He then replies, "Uh, what country do you think this is?" Classic line. Through out the rest of the movie he can been driving through the streets of Chicago with the Star Wars theme playing in the background. I would have loved to be that guy.

Number Two: "Pull over...pull over"
Dumb and Dumber: The Pee Drinking Cop, at 2:40 in this scene, this mid-west scene cop asks the boys, "You...you fellas been doing a bit of boozing?" And later in the scene, he is about to take a swig from one of the bottles and he says, "you keep your mouth shut if you knew it was good for ya buddy." Then his facial expressions after drinking it is awesome.

Number One: Biggest Trouble in Little China.
Big Trouble in Little China: :33 seconds into this clip, out comes the "Chinese Pancho Villa"; and to let the Chang Sings know he means business, he tickles the ivories, and he's not playin' the piano kids. I do believe if I was able to play this role it would up my toughness status to a whole other status.

2 Hey Oh's:

angie said...

still nobody has commented huh? sad. well here's a comment to prove i read this. I thought it was funny.

Tyson Pyle said...

GET HIM A BODY BAG!!! My personal favorite.