![]() In this voiceover, Skinner mentioned that while Lewis and Clark were the ones that got the credit for charting America and reaching the west coast, the other explorer duo of Leslie Edwards (Perry) and Bartholomew Hunt (Farley) have been lost to history. Īlso, Froemming, between the murals in the credits and the voiceover from Principal Skinner himself, Harry Shearer, did you do a double-take like myself and check to make sure we didn’t pick a Ken Burns documentary? I kept thinking there would be a bunch of inappropriate murals of Native Americans being slaughtered like the murals in Pawnee City Hall. Not the one Trump is trying to bring us back to, rather the day of the settlers. While I try try to burn the memory of Matthew Perry from my brain, why don’t you start this off?īrown: So right away, the credits roll with a bunch of images of old-time America. And unfortunately, “Almost Heroes” - despite having a solid cast (minus Matthew “Speedball” Perry, I call him that because I think he killed Chris Farley) and Christopher (REDACTED) Guest directing - falls into the (REDACTED) sandwich of these films. He was part of an SNL cast that blew up and branched out with some of the best, most absurd films that I still enjoy today: Adam Sandler with “Billy Madison” and “Happy Gilmore ” Farley and David Spade with “Tommy Boy” and “Black Sheep ” Norm Macdonald with “Dirty Work” and so on.īut among that brilliance was also a lot of (REDACTED). So, you know, probably not the best way to go out.įroemming, give us some an initial thought while I go hunt for some eagle eggs.įroemming: I, too, loved Chris Farley’s comedic genius growing up. “Almost Heroes,” unfortunately, has the distinction of being Farley’s last major role before his death via drug overdose.Īnd… he has to carry Chandler from “Friends” in this. Hell, I remember doing the Matt Foley skit from “SNL” in a social studies class in high school. As an awkward big guy myself, Farley struck a chord with me when I was a teen and it still sticks with me now. In all honesty, this is kind of a somber pick for me. So, let’s relive the days of discovery and Manifest Destiny with “Almost Heroes.” Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 8 percent Our take:īrown: I think it’s time the JOE-DOWN went on a journey.īetween last week’s look into a Saturday of detention with “ The Breakfast Club ” and a pending polar vortex sheltering us Minnesotans for the next week as our state becomes Hoth, I wanted to explore… without leaving the warmth of my apartment. Plot Summary: (From Rotten Tomatoes) A group of misfits explorers in 1804 lead a bumbling, ill-fated expedition in an attempt to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark. Starring: Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Eugene Levy
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