Bush buddy
Speaking of brilliant impressions, the guy who may or may not do a first-rate George Bush in Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay but who definitely has the knack of it down in this My Space video clip is James Adomian.
There's a hilarious four-page scene between Harold, Kumar and Adomian/Bush at the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas (cheaper to replicate than the Oval Office) in a 7.10.06 draft of "Harold and Kumar 2" by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Obviously written a long time ago. The scene could have been revised 15 times since then or cut down to nothing, or it could have survived. No one I know has seen the film, but if the Bush scene is played the way its' written on pages 106 through 110, it'll be pretty funny. Okay, fairly amusing.
I rarely laugh out loud when I read comedies, but I did this time. No spoilers but it's good stuff.
ast) fairly amusing
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 25, 2008 at 6:06 PM
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D.Z.
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Mgmax: So much for Wal-Mart being generous with health care. http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/03/18/wal-mart-prevails-in-case-to-recover-health-costs/
Posted by D.Z.
at March 25, 2008 6:50 PM
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televisiontears
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Brilliantly relevant post, D.Z.
As for the actual topic, it's a decent garden-variety impression, but it seems Bush has decended into such a parody of himself in public appearances that it's almost too easy of a target.
Josh Brolin on the other hand...
Posted by televisiontears
at March 25, 2008 6:58 PM
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Luke Y. Thompson
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That fat guy who does the cable TV commercials does a great Bush too. Unfortunately he doesn't really look like him.
Posted by Luke Y. Thompson
at March 25, 2008 8:43 PM
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le corbeau
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D.Z.: Patty Hearst's dog wins prize.
http://www.king5.com/animals/news/stories/NW_021308ANB_patty_hearst_westminster_JM.ba11ece5.html
Posted by le corbeau
at March 25, 2008 9:03 PM
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D.Z.
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Mgmax: At least she didn't strap her dog to the hood of her car.
Posted by D.Z.
at March 25, 2008 9:11 PM
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Joe Leydon
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Excuse me, Jeff, but someone you know has seen the film. Thanks for nothin', bro.
http://movingpictureblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/sxsw-harold-and-kumar.html#links
Posted by Joe Leydon
at March 25, 2008 9:28 PM
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BurmaShave
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D.Z., touche.
Posted by BurmaShave
at March 25, 2008 9:49 PM
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le corbeau
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At least Wal-Mart's grandfather didn't start the Spanish-American War.
Posted by le corbeau
at March 25, 2008 10:02 PM
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le corbeau
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"Auds will be left feeling that if characters as harmless as Harold and Kumar (engagingly replayed by Cho and Penn) can wind up unfairly imprisoned, even in the context of a broad comedy, something is terribly wrong with the system."
Yes, we must make certain that what happened to Harold and Kumar never happens again-- not to Ricky Bobby, not to Nacho Libre, not even to Norbit!
Posted by le corbeau
at March 25, 2008 10:07 PM
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D.Z.
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Mgmax: "At least Wal-Mart's grandfather didn't start the Spanish-American War."
At least Hearst's grandfather didn't do business with war-mongers who were into ethnic cleansing.
Posted by D.Z.
at March 25, 2008 10:47 PM
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ZayTonday
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I saw this movie, and while the majority of it was a crapfest, the Bush scenes were the best parts of this movie. Well, that and the beginning where they're in the plane. Kumar is smoking out of some weird contraption of a bong in the lavatory. The paranoid old lady sees him through the door crack and Kumar says "It's just a bong!" and of course the passengers hear "bomb" from that.
Posted by ZayTonday
at March 26, 2008 12:19 AM
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ZayTonday
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This movie was NOWHERE NEAR as good as the first one though. It could have used Danny Leiner as director again I think.
Posted by ZayTonday
at March 26, 2008 12:20 AM
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MAGGA
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Bush seems to get put in movies all over the world as well as internationally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooclcL-JdZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnwVOK8gzzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydEjtIzf34
Posted by MAGGA
at March 26, 2008 4:38 AM
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le corbeau
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At least Wal-Mart's grandfather didn't name his sled for his mistress's clitoris.
Posted by le corbeau
at March 26, 2008 4:57 AM
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D.Z.
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Mgmax: At least when he had a mistress, he didn't run on a pro-life platform and then force her to have an illegal abortion.
Posted by D.Z.
at March 26, 2008 7:40 AM
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le corbeau
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Gyp the Blood or Hearst! Which is worse?
Posted by le corbeau
at March 26, 2008 7:52 AM
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BurmaShave
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This thread has gotten way too meta for me.
Posted by BurmaShave
at March 26, 2008 9:16 AM
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JayMaloneyJr
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A very funny film and honestly, in my opinion beyond the conceptual hilarity of the boys crashing into Camp David and meeting the president, the scene doesnt really hold up and ultimately drags.
This is a MUCH funnier film than Pineapple btw, MUCH.
Posted by JayMaloneyJr
at March 26, 2008 4:05 PM