Continuing our Ben Stiller theme, today we're taking a look at Ben Stiller's All Time Top Five cameos in other people's movies. Stiller has practically made a cottage industry of appearing for short bursts in other people's movies. It's pretty much gotten to the point where if there's a 'Frat Pack' member starring in the movie, you can count on good ole' Ben dropping by and saying something of varying humorous quality. Lately he's just been mailing it in (see: Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny), doing little more than showing up and waiting for the inevitable audience applause. But it wasn't always that way...without further ado, the All Time Top Five Ben Stiller cameos.
5) Wedding Crashers - He was pretty funny in thi...oh, wait, what's that? He wasn't actually in this one? Oh. I guess I just assumed that everyone in the so-called 'Frat Pack' cameoed since the damn thing dragged on for so long.
4) Arrested Development - Stiller had a hilarious recurring role on the gone-before-its-time sitcom as a magician--excuse me, Illusionist. His Tony Wonder--whose main trick was to make food appear to have come out of various parts of his body (at great anguish to himself), was another hilariously eccentric character in a show full of them.
3) Happy Gilmore - "You can trouble me for a warm glass of shut-the-hell-up. Now, you will go to sleep or I will put you to sleep. Check out the name tag. You're in my world now, grandma." Classic. Bonus points for the killer 'stache.
2) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - Speaking of killer 'staches, Stiller went to the well again in the absurd--but brilliant--News Anchor fight scene, sporting a the sweet 'stache and long hair as Arturo Mendes, anchor of the Spanish Language news. Truly this scene was cameo heaven, but it earns Stiller the number two spot for holding his own, beetches!
1) Extras - Another show known for it's hilarious celeb cameos, Stiller parodied (we hope) himself to hilarious effect as a director with an enormous ego. When Stiller tells the writer of the film to "stop going on about your fucking dead wife" he takes it up a notch. When he starts spouting off the worldwide grosses of his movies and kissing Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and slapping Jennifer Aniston's ass, it's the icing on the cake. It still counts!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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