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Guest Vern Gagne
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Have you ever been so used to an actor in a particular role that when you see him or her in something completley different, you can't help but think about their other character?

 

Kurtwood Smith-Who plays Red Forman. I saw Robocop when it originallly came out. But after getting used to Red, I kept thinking Smith was going to call Robocop a dumbass.

 

Ed O'Neill-He'll always be Al Bundy. Dragnet isn't terrible, and O'Neill is fine. I keep waiting for someone to yell out Alright Al.

 

Pappa-The Seinfeld Character was in the previews of Kingpin has a crooked military officer.

Guest Hogan Made Wrestling
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Yeah, but mostly for funny shit because I identity some guy with a specific role in a movie I've seen a lot. For instance:

 

Every time Hugo Weaving shows up in LOTR, I feel like saying "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson".

 

Same thing with the guy who plays Boromir, when he first rides up to Rivendell someone in the room usually yells out "For England James!".

Guest IDrinkRatsMilk
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I have the opposite reaction with Kurtwood Smith. I expect him to blow people's hands off and say "Can you fly, Bobby?" on That 70's Show.

 

Ed O'Neill is always Al Bundy, definitely.

Jaleel White is always Urkel.

 

I cannot, for the life of me, take Leslie Nielson seriously. Granted, he doesn't have many serious roles, but the ones he does are ruined.

Guest Youth N Asia
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I think with me it's most Oz guys.

 

J.K. Simmons...he was in Spiderman, played J. Jonah Jameson. But all I could think is "Whoa! That Vern the Nazi from Oz."

 

Same with Lee Terguson...he played the bad guy in the weird science tv show as Chet, and in Oz he's a prison bitch.

 

Same with the guy from Coach who played Dober (sp)...he played a mean Nazi on Oz.

 

Enough about Oz...

 

I thought it was funny seeing the pizza guy from Men at Work playing Christopher on the Sopranos.

 

I could see Kurtwood eyeballing Robocop "Clean your room...dumbass"

Guest El Satanico
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I do it everytime i see the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket

Guest Fook_Hing_Ho
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Every time Hugo Weaving shows up in LOTR, I feel like saying "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson".

I do that all the time. Whenever we watch LOTR and he says a line, all of us watching add "Mr. Anderson" to it. Non stop fun!

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I think with me it's most Oz guys.

Who can forget Ernie Hudson (the Warden on Oz) he was Winston from Ghostbusters and also played cops in The Crow and Airheads. I don't remember any of his other roles off the top of my head, but I mark out whenever I see him in something else.

 

Now that I think about it, this happens alot with the HBO shows. Actors from Oz will pop up in other shows and vice versa.

Guest razazteca
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I do it everytime i see the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket

has he done anything else besides play a drill sergeant? Mail Call Private Pyle!

 

He ruled in Saving Silverman!

Guest Vern Gagne
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I cannot, for the life of me, take Leslie Nielson seriously. Granted, he doesn't have many serious roles, but the ones he does are ruined.

Leslie Nielson was originally a dramatic actor. He was really wooden, and not very good.

Guest NoCalMike
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I saw the actor who plays Burr Redding, in an old spaghetti western one day. He still had the same manuerisms in the face of rubber he has, except he was about 20 years younger. I was laughing the whole time.

Guest IDrinkRatsMilk
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Yeah, NoCal, if you know the name of the flick, enlighten me, cause I would seek that out.

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Speaking of Oz... Christopher Meloni in Wet Hot American Summer... what a fricken difference.... hell, take any drama Meloni's been in and then watch WHAS...

Guest C.H.U.D.
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I find Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey rather distracting in Dazed & Confused. I saw that movie dozens of times before they were "stars", now when I watch it, it's always Matthew and Ben. :huh:

Guest Jack Tunney
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Michael "Mr. Blonde" Madsen is in freakin' "Free Willy".

 

Gabriel Byrne (I think that's his name) is a Priest in "Stigmata",and Satan in "End Of Days".

 

When I saw "Dude,Where's My Car?" at the movie theater (which is something I try to forget) I said "holy shit,it's Donkey Lips!" kind of loud when he was in that one scene.Then everyone else was like,"whoa,Donkey Lips!"

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Same with Lee Terguson...he played the bad guy in the weird science tv show as Chet, and in Oz he's a prison bitch.

He was also in the Wayne's World movies. It's not right seeing him outside a prison. That pretty much goes for all the Oz actors (Like Christopher Meloni in Runaway Bride, or Eamonn Walker in Unbreakable)

Guest IDrinkRatsMilk
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Don't forget Adebisi in Ace Ventura 2. Actually, I'd say most of the Oz actors have at least had a cameo on Law and Order, or Homicide: LOTS. Cause of Fontana, you know.

Guest crandamaniac
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I saw an ad at the theater last saturday for a movie called Willard , starring Crispin Glover, of Back to the Future fame. The ad seemed like it was the total opposite of George McFly (He trains rats).

Guest CED Ordonez
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The filmography of Oz's Burr Redding, real name Anthony Chisholm

 

Dozen Kliks, A (1998)

Beloved (1998) .... Langhorne

Let's Get Bizzee (1993) .... Dillon

Murder in Black and White (1990) (TV) .... Paul Marsden

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) .... Black Plainclothesman

Putney Swope (1969) .... 3rd Cowboy

Up Tight! (1968)

 

[source: imdb.com]

 

OK, who else gets a snicker out of his first flick being "Up Tight!"?

Guest IDrinkRatsMilk
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Thanks CED. Looks like Putney Swope is the western. Now that I've seen Sola, I'll put that at number 1 on my movies to find list.

Guest Spaceman Spiff
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It was weird seeing Crispin Glover in "Charlie's Angels". George McFly busting out Matrix-style fights.

Guest Ravenbomb
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seeing Crispen Glover take a Cork Screw to the face in F13 part 4 is always great.

And donkeylips was in Evolution, too.

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I saw an ad at the theater last saturday for a movie called Willard , starring Crispin Glover, of Back to the Future fame. The ad seemed like it was the total opposite of George McFly (He trains rats).

WHOA! Willard or Ben??? Willard is the sequel I believe. I can't believe they're remaking this film....I ADORED this film when I was a kid, made me cry n' shit.

 

Dames

Guest NoCalMike
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Beecher from Oz was in Wayne's World.....he was one of guys working the show with them and in the backseat during the Queen song.

Guest NoCalMike
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Oh and The Warden from Oz was also the retarded neighbor in "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"

Guest crandamaniac
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I saw an ad at the theater last saturday for a movie called Willard , starring Crispin Glover, of Back to the Future  fame.  The ad seemed like it was the total opposite of George McFly (He trains rats).

WHOA! Willard or Ben??? Willard is the sequel I believe. I can't believe they're remaking this film....I ADORED this film when I was a kid, made me cry n' shit.

 

Dames

It was Willard

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I ADORED this film when I was a kid, made me cry n' shit.

 

Dames

You pansy.

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