There will never be another Nature Boy

On Sunday night at Wrestlemania, it marked the end of an illustrious career that will never be matched in terms of worldwide popularity and accomplishments.

If you are a wrestling fan, you know that I am talking about the one and only 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair.

Now it was the worst kept secret as everyone knew Flair was going to retire judging by all his interviews building up to Wrestlemania.
Yet despite all that, people still watched and I was one of them. I like most knew it would be an emotional affair as it was the curtain call on a career that spanned 35 years.

The match itself was a classic match, and I know that word 'classic' gets tossed around, but this was in every sense of the word.
It wasn't a typical match in which two wrestlers faced each other and tried to get the win, this one told a story. This of course is the mark of an great match when it comes to pro wrestling.

Yet despite 99.9% of all wrestling fans thinking and ultimately knowing it would be Flair's swan song, we still got behind him like he could pull it off. When he had Shawn Michaels locked in the figure four in the middle of the ring, we collectively thought, 'Could he actually win this thing?'
Because that's what Ric Flair could do better than any other pro wrestler. He could make you think no matter how much the deck was stacked against him and there was no way he could be victorious, he seemingly always came away a winner.
So here we were all watching this match with certainty he would retire, yet when he had Michaels in this figure-four we second guessed our predictions of a Flair loss.
Classic Flair...

When Michaels mouthed the words "I'm sorry...I love you" and dropped sweet chin music on Flair for the final time, it was almost a surreal moment. It was the end of the 'Nature Boy', it was the end of the limousine ridin', jet flyin', kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing, son of a gun, it was the end of an era...

Seeing Flair in the middle of the ring, the flash bulbs going off, and the tears flowing from his eyes everyone knew this was a truly historic, yet very sad moment.
As for myself, I felt a small lump in my throat but managed to fight back any actual tears. Yet for some fans they simply couldn't, and I don't blame them because Ric Flair, despite his character of the guy who lived high society, was and still is the most genuine and emotional wrestler we have ever seen.
That is why I think so many fans were emotionally vested in this match. When Ric Flair was ringing off entertaining and hilarious promos we were happy, when Ric Flair cheated his way to a win back when he was 'the dirtiest player in the game' we hated him, and when Ric Flair cried so did we. As a pro wrestler that's what you have to do be successful, and Flair did it better than anyone else.

Very few people are able to transcend their respective industry, whether it be entertainment, business, medicine, or any other industry that exists today.
Yet I think it's safe to say that without a shadow of a doubt, Flair transcended pro wrestling.
If you don't believe me check out the response he got here

Thanks for the memories Ric, you truly are in a class of your own.

To do list with movie characters

Here is just a random list of shit I would want to do with certain movie characters:

-Get really messed up on copius amounts of acid and play Space Harrier with Raoul Duke

-Play Super Bases Loaded 2 with Pedro Cerrano. Unbeknownst to Cerrano, I would put in a code where he couldn't hit a curveball in the game and I would try and get him to say "Fuck you Jobu....I do it myself"

-Go to a zoo with John McClane and challenge a family of bengal tigers to a fight.
(note-John McClane would do all the fighting)

-Train for the UFC with John Kreese

-Challenge Egon Spengler to an ice tea drinking contest. Then when we both have to take a massive piss I would ask Egon if we can "cross the streams."

-Take David Wooderson to a high school dance and se how long it takes before he gets arrested or maced.

-Have Trent Walker play my good buddy J.E. Skeets in a game of NHL '94

-Walk into a burger chain in suburban Pennsylvania 'sans' shirt with Jeff Spicolli and see how long we can last before we get kicked out.

-Participate in an easter egg hunt with Marshal Samuel Gerard

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Wow...that's a shitty way to go out

It's sad when people pass away. It's really sad though when people pass away at a young age with so much promise ahead of them.

Today though, I want to take a look at some of Hollywood's worst "unexpected exits".

Raul Julia
I remember as a kid I enjoyed the Addams family movies. The pride of Puerto Rico enjoyed a storied career in film and television. He landed himself a golden globe, emmy and SAG Award for his role in "The Burning Season" in 1994.
Julia passed away as a result of a cancer related stroke in October of 1994. While Julia does have a solid resume as an actor his last film ever made was Street Fighter: The Movie where he played M.Bison.
I f'ing loved this movie because it was so bad it was good, plus when Van Damme (played Chuile) busted out the sonic boom kick in the final fight on M.Bison I just about shit my pants.
So I guess when Guile beat Bison...he beat him for good.....ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

Rob Pilatus (member of Milli Vanilli)
What can you really say about these guys at this point in time. I respect them for having the balls for going out there and actually lip synching and dancing like idiots knowlingly they weren't the actual singers.
It's funny because they had their grammy revoked as a result of the admission they don't actually sing, yet every time I see Britney Spears "perform" she doesn't do much singing either yet her grammy still stands...
Anyways as embarrassing as that was for Milli and Vanilli they never really got much of a shot at redemption. Pilatus was found dead at age 32 in a hotel room of an apparent drug overdose.

Dana Plato
Dana Plato's story can be seen as tragic by some. I think it's tragic because she was a young mother, but the circumstances leading up to it I don't find tragic.
Anyways, Plato was a star of the hit 80s tv show "Diff'rent Strokes". She had a string of bad luck after I guess, and ended up robbing a video store.
Desperate to get back into Hollywood she made a porno flick called "Different Strokes". Nice little play on words I suppose. Anyways, she passed away in her sleep in May of 1999. Some may say that having your last movie being of a pornographic nature is sad and wrong. I say it's amazing and right and I would play it during the memorial service.

John Candy
Oh man! John Candy is just an awesome dude. Well, was an awesome dude. Uncle Buck is a great movie for those guys who are about to become uncles, and even I get a bit misty when I still see Cool Runnings.
He kicked ass on SCTV and every time I puke I always am reminded of Spaceballs where he played Barfolemew Barf. But I don't throw up a lot anymore so those times are few and far between.
While Candy has a pretty solid lineup of kick ass movies, his last one was 'Wagons East'. He actually died on location filming this movie.I saw a bit of this and it was shit, and what's even worse is in the IMDB trivia about this movie it says:

John Candy did not want to make the film, but was contractually obligated to do so.

Ah nothing adds to the artistic element of the movie by forcing an actor to be in it.

So how close are we on those back to the future 2 predictions?

Back To The Future 2 was made in 1989 I believe.
Robert Zemeckis' idea of how the future would look like at 2015 was honestly amazing. But how accurate were his predictions?
Well it's 2008 and I think it's safe to say Zemeckis was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off!
But how off is he?

Flying cars
Last time I checked all cars were still running on the ground. Having flying cars would be awesome and certainly help with traffic congestion in major urban areas such as Chicago or New York City. But I think Al Qaeda killed any dream of flying cars. Thanks Al Qaeda.....ya dicks

Will it or won't it?
It won't


Jaws 19
I guess this was supposed to be a parody of the ongoing Jaws sequels they were making at the time. However I think they stopped shortly after BTTF II was made.
If any movie franchise has a shot at making 19 films one would think the frontrunner is Friday The 13th, Halloween, or Nightmare on Elm Street. Wait, the American Pie franchise makes a new movie once every like three weeks now.

Will it or won't it?
It won't

Hoverboards
Fuck man, if there was anything I wanted from BTTF II it was a hoverboard. I remember reading years later that there actually was a hoverboard.
Alas though, this was not true at all. I bet that a company can make one today but they won't...mind you we still have 7 more years to see a hoverboard come out, but dont bet on it.

Will it or won't it?
......ahhh I say it won't, but I hope it will

Cubs win the world series
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sure these is another 7 seasons of baseball for this to happen, but who are we kidding? It's the Cubs...I mean they might get close and maybe even get to a world series, but they are not going to win shit. If a guy came up to me and said he was from the future, and all I had to do was put down 5 bucks on the Cubbies at the beginning of say like the 2011 season and that I could turn it into 500, I would say no thanks I don't believe you, I'd rather use that 5 bucks to get a combo number three from Taco Hell..errr Bell.

Will it or won't it?
I think you will see a hoverboard before you see a "Cubs World Series Champs" t shirt.

Baseball in Miami
Amazingly they got this one right??? Well kinda...
See Marty sees a bulletin that says Chicago defeats Miami. Now we all know Miami has had a team for quite some time now and they have won two championships, but it remains to be seen if they will win one in 2015. If they do does this mean Robert Zemeckis can actually see the future?
I would say no because if he did then he wouldnt have sunk money into a movie project called "Bordello Of Blood".
ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

Will it or won't it?
It has already happened...someone ask Zemeckis the numbers for this years powerball lottery asap.

Power Laces and Self Drying/Fitting coats
I am willing to bet somewhere in Japan they have these items. I really think they do...
Self fitting coats would just be convenient as hell as would power laces. When you think about it, power laces dont actually look like they take a lot effort to make. I can see Lebron James wearing a pair of these by 2015. But if he didn't have the plastic pastel blended hat then he would just look "un-cool".

Will it or won't it?

It so will happen by 2013

Biffco Enterprises becomes the richest company in America
Seiously any guy who can incorporate his first name into his company title is a guy who has balls. Plus Biffco just sounds fucking awesome!
I think this could be a stretch as Microsoft from what I hear is a company that has done pretty good over the past few years.
Now I am not a "wall street" kind of guy, but from all accounts Microsoft seems to have this locked up...
Unless Biffco invents and sells the hoverboard!

BOOYAH!

Will it or won't it?
I hope to god it does happen....


So yeah, the "future" as it looked in 1989 is very much not like what it was supposed to be in Zemeckis' mind. But it's always good to dream and believe...

Cubs win the world series....oh shit that's priceless

"The Day Oscar Tomorrow...."

Just some random thoughts from the 80th annual Academy Awards from last night.

-Jon Stewart is a wicked host. Best line of the night when Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won for best song (Once). After a wicked speech, Jon Stewart "He's so arrogant"

-Solid moment was when they brought back Marketa Irglova to say her thank you, because they cut her off and her speech was solid.

-Best thank you speech may have been a tie between those two and Javier Bardem. The last part in Spanish was a nice touch.

-I liked how there was no front runner this year. It made for much more exciting results, although I think Daniel Day Lewis was a lock for best actor even though I have not seen the film, I had heard enough about his performance I took him in my Oscar Pool.

-Best presenters clearly was Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill. But when Steve Carel asked "is this being broadcast in Belgium?" I lost it!

-The whole bit about the secrecy of the envelopes and results was beyond lame, but Stewart saved it after a nice ad lib joke.


-Viggo Mortgensen sporting a Montreal Canadiens wristband.

-It was awesome seeing an ex-stripper winning an Academy Award...'nuff said.

-I'm pumped that No Country came away with best film. It was one of the few I had a chance to see this year. I can't say it was better than the other ones nominated, but it was better than Juno. I still am baffled as to why that was nominated for best film...

-Overall a solid show, but nothing really memorable sticks out.

Movies I instantly want to see as a result of the Academy Awards:

There Will Be Blood (tried seeing it before but didn't have time)
Eastern Promises
Away From Her
In The Valley Of Elah

Like asking my penis to divide 34 by 19...

My dad always loved the show Married...With Children. I actually enjoyed it a lot to when I was younger. However, a lot of the jokes did go over my head at the time, but every time Ed O'Neal grabbed a newspaper, went offscreen and I heard the toilet flush I cackled with youthful glee.

Anyways, I remember being somewhat torn and confused about some of the females on the show. Of course, I am talking about Peg and Kelly. Now as a young boy, instinctively I was attracted towards Kelly. She was closer to my age, had that bleach blonde hair,was clearly a trick, and just seemed like a fun girl to "expirement" with.

That being said, I was also very partial towards Peggy. Now this defied logic for me at the time, but thinking about it today it makes sense.

Now Peggy was a very attractive woman for her age. Plus she always wore those gaudy outfits, yet they were skin tight and showed off quite an impressive figure. Plus she never walked around, she always bounced and that hair....that huge haven of red curls.
But I think what clinched it for me was that she just always wanted to get waxed and taxed by Al. She was permanently horny...

At the time none of this made a lot of sense, but after all of these years, now it makes perfect sense and my johnson is no longer confused.

It can think clearly now and enjoy things such as lemonparty.

What you can find in matthew mcconaughey's house

I am almost sure matthew mcconaughey now officially has a vagina.
Don't believe me?
I'm 89% positive this is true that matthew mcconaughey owns:

A dusty Tae-Bo vhs tape which hasn't been used since 1996
A Venus Razor (triple bladed)
A scented lilac candle
A Huge Bag Of Doritos
A copy of "Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul"
Sex In the City season 3 on DVD
A Persian throw rug with archaic designs related to birds
3 Industrial size jars of Nair
An autographed photo of Ricky Schroeder circa 1984 Silver Spoon days
Raspberry Chapstick
Pink I-Pod Nano
Jagged Little Pill CD
An abundance of Diet Pepsi
A Jamie Oliver kitchen set
Crest Whitening Strips

And this clip never gets old.......