Anyone who has seen US daytime TV over the last 3 weeks probably knows the story of Ted Williams, the homeless guy who was plucked from the streets by Dr Phil McGraw, given a bath and a makeover, sent through rehab and is soon to be deposited into a high profile, high paying announcers job.
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Ted Williams - Before and After |
AND... anyone who has seen John Landis' 1983 comedy smash, 'Trading Places
' must be getting a feeling of deja vu.
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Before the Dukes got involved |
The uncanny similarity to the story of Billy Ray Valentine, a homeless con artist, plucked from the streets by a couple of high rolling commodity brokers in order to test a theory and satisfy a bet makes me wonder who Dr Phil will select for the Louis Winthorpe III character in this bizarre nature versus nurture experiment?
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After the experiment was started |
The current favorite is football commentator Joe Buck. A blend of goofy, good-looking and geeky who would not be out of place wearing a urine soaked Santa suit, drunkenly stuffing a salmon into his shirt while sporting a 2 day beard.
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Joe Buck, the real life Winthorpe III |
Hopefully, somebody will put a stop to this craziness before a New Year party on a train leads to an embarrassing encounter between a gorilla and a guy in a monkey suit.
Slap the Penguin would lose it's reputation if we published a story that mentions the movie Trading Places without posting a gratuitous Jamie Lee Curtis picture, so here it is guys.
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This story just got much better |
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2 comments :
Oh, man. Trading Places is one of the best movies of all time. I like your role selection!
Thanks JM, I like the movie too. Even if it did get a little silly at the end.
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