Sambo

A couple of years ago during the Super Bowl, my buddy BP told me his dad asked about the website I used to write for and how he could find it.  My buddy just told him to Google "Clemson Sambo" and it should be the top result (if you do that now, you can find an old article of mine from the website I wrote for before I wrote for the one I'm talking about.  Confused?).  His dad's response was "he does know that 'Sambo' is a derogatory term, right?".  Yup, Sambo is an old-timey term for people of African decent and I had no idea.

However, there is a reason I go by the name Sambo.  That's what my parents called me all the time when I was young.  Basically, before I was born, they came down to naming me either Samuel or Bo, and went with Sam, but still threw the "Bo" in there when they could.

The only reason I'm bringing this up is because I wanted anyone that may be offended by it to let me know.  If you are, then TOUGH!  I'm not going to do anything about it.

That's all,
Sambo

Random Movie Trivia - Goldeneye

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Goldeneye

• Features the highest bungee jump from a structure in a movie. The drop was over 722 ft. 
• Agent 007 kills 47 people in this film, making this the highest amount of people James Bond has killed in a single Bond film.
• Pierce Brosnan hurt his hand in his bathroom at home in Malibu before shooting began, so in several shots his hands were doubled by his 22 year old son Christopher Brosnan. Also, Famke Janssen broke a rib during the sauna fight scene.
• At the time the script was being written the producers were under the assumption that Timothy Dalton would be renewing the role of Bond. It was written to match Dalton's darker, more realistic portrayal of 007.
• Before Pierce Brosnan was cast as James Bond, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Hugh Grant and Lambert Wilson were all rumored to be in the running for the role.
• Sean Bean (006/Alec Trevelyan) previously auditioned for the role of James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987).
• "Goldeneye" is the nickname of Bond creator Ian Fleming's beachfront house in Jamaica where, between 1952 and 1964, he wrote the Bond novels and short stories.
• The only Bond film where James Bond, M and Miss Moneypenny are all recast with different actors. The only holdover is Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
• Pierce Brosnan and George Lazenby are the only 007 actors born outside the United Kingdom. Lazenby was born in Australia, Brosnan in Ireland. Unlike Lazenby, Brosnan moved to the UK when fairly young.
• Several changes had to be made to the script during production because the plot was virtually identical to True Lies (1994) which was being released at the time.
• For the scenes in which Xenia Onatopp is seen flying the Tiger helicopter, a male pilot had to be made up to look like Famke Janssen.
• Actresses considered as Bond girls were Elizabeth Hurley and Elle Macpherson.
• First of two appearances by Joe Don Baker as Bond's CIA counterpart Jack Wade, who would also appear in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Wade was created as a replacement for Felix Leiter, who had lost his leg (and presumably retired from field work as a result) in the previous Bond movie Licence to Kill (1989).

"He has a 'certain set of skills' that matched the part, but I can only assume him saying 'Bond, James Bond' in his accent sounded weird."

Stupid State Laws - Florida 16

Here comes another post about a state law that still exists on the books and why it is ridiculous (to see them all, click here):

Florida

"Pickup trucks are not allowed to be visible after 7:00 p.m.."

That is just dumb.  Why in the hell not?  I feel like every drunk redneck citizen of Florida probably owns a pickup truck and there is no way that every single one of those idiots own a garage.  And this law clearly didn't think about the "Gremlins Eating After Midnight" conundrum we have here.  You know, if you can't feed a Gremlin after midnight, then when can you feed them?  That is never clearly stated in the movie and it's not stated here.  Damn it, Florida!  I'm beginning to truly loath your stupid laws.  Then again, you have given me plenty of fodder for this post.

"Alright rookie, it's 7:01, write this idiot a ticket."
"Sarge, I think we should let this one go."
"Never!  It's not like his truck is on fire or anything."
"If you would stop playing Angry Birds for a second and look up....."
"Never!"

Saturday's Video of Saturday

Here is our weekly funny video post.  Let's see what we got for you guys:

Set up:  This is a trailer for a video game series I really like.  The original Crackdown was so awesome.  The sequel, not so much.  But this one looks like it is getting back to its roots:

Summary:  Basically, you run around and shoot people, kick people, jump really high, climb buildings, collect weapons, drive cars, and do whatever else you want and it is awesome.  It's Grand Theft Auto without the dumb side missions.  Rent the first Crackdown, it's worth it to find somewhere you can actually rent video games nowadays.

The Far Future of Hollywood

I'm truly worried about the direction Hollywood is headed.  Recently, they have made remakes of Robocop, Conan the Barbarian, and Red Dawn.  All three of those movies' originals are only a few decades old.  In the near future, we will getting remakes of Point Break, Bloodsport, and Naked Gun.  Once again, all of these are remakes of movies younger than I am.  Knowing this, what is going to happen in the far future of Hollywood?  In 30 years, are we going to see remakes of movies that came out recently?  Do we really need a remake of Twilight in 2040?  No, but that's mostly because the originals sucked.  What else are they going to remake that doesn't need to be remade?

Hell, they remade Spider-Man less than a decade after the first one came out.  Does this mean that we are going to see Harry Potter remade in the future?  And if they do remake the Potter series, are they going to make all eight movies?  That seems absurd!  Will we see The Hunger Games rebooted?  I hope not because I'm telling you now, if you haven't read the books, it doesn't end well (I hated the last book in that series).  Will Michael Bay's clone remake Transformers in the future?  Or how about some of today's funniest comedies like The Hangover (only the first one), Dumb and Dumber, or something like Bridesmaids?

Sadly, I am really scared for our children's movie-going future.  Not only will their options be to see either The Expendables 24 or Fast & Furious 51, they will probably have another Avatar reboot coming out.  Hollywood, please hire some original thinkers soon or our children will suffer....and me.

"Sly and Arnold's clones promoting The Expendables 24."

Weekly Picks of the Week - Week 7

Picks in Bold

Rankings based on Coaches Poll
All lines provided by Sportsbook.ag

#10 Georgia Bulldogs @ #24 Missouri Tigers (+3)

12:00
CBS

#2 Auburn Tigers (-3) @ #6 Mississippi State Bulldogs

3:30
CBS

#12 TCU Horned Frogs @ #3 Baylor Bears (-8.5)

3:30
ABC/ESPN2

#11 Oregon Ducks (-3) @ #17 UCLA Bruins

3:30
FOX

#4 Mississippi Rebels @ #14 Texas A&M Aggies (-2)

9:00
ESPN

USC Trojans @ #13 Arizona State Sun Devils (+2.5)

10:30
ESPN2

-I've always wondered how often the ball changes possession at the bottom of a fumble pile.

-I have a weird Fantasy Football Theory and it goes like this: whichever team has the most players playing after the 1:00 games is generally the winner of that weekly match-up.  Basically, the more players a team has playing in the 4:00 Sunday afternoon games, Sunday night game, and Monday night game has a better chance of winning.  This season, I am 2-0 when I have the most players playing in the later games and 1-2 when my opponent has the most.  I don't know why this is, but it seems to work out more often than not.

-Funniest thing I heard Recently - 19 freshmen named Peyton enrolled at the University of Tennessee this year.  Peyton first started as QB at Tennessee roughly 19 years ago.  You do the math.

-I should have finished 3-3 last week but got hosed on a late missed FG that hit the post and the cross-bar in the Nebraska v. Michigan State game.  Plus, I decided to go with Mississippi State at the last second but forgot to change it on last week's post and wouldn't have felt honest if I just did it anyways after posting it.  Oh well, that's life.  In any case, I guarantee a winning week or your money back.

-Last Week's Funniest College GameDay Sign:

"I couldn't decide between these two, so they both win."

-Alright, enjoy the seventh week of college football.

Last Week's Results: 2-4
Season Results: 18-15

"There were two reasons to look forward to Katy Perry being on College Gameday, but then she wore that sweater and we never got to see her two reasons.  What a shame."

Dream Journal Part 2

I started having the most vivid dreams a couple of years ago and decided to start writing down any that I could remember when I woke up in a Dream Journal.  Like all dreams, they are pretty damn weird, but my dreams are also hilarious.....but still weird.  Here are a couple of those dreams:

• I'm a New York Yankee with 398 career home runs.  My teammates Jayson Werth has 399 homers and Mark Teixeira also has 398 home runs.  Tex and I both get homers in our first at-bats.  Later in the game, Tex gets his 400th as does Jayson Werth.  I then have a chance to make history by getting back-to-back-to-back 400th career homers, but instead leg out an infield single which gives me a cycle for the game.  Then I woke up.
• I'm in my sophomore year in college at Clemson and get a pot-luck roommate.  Somehow I get the same guy I roomed with freshman year (a guy I haven't talked to since freshman year because it didn't go well).  Later, I am on way back from class and see Eric (he lived on our hall) who was setting up for a comedy show and he tells me he is really nervous.  I give him some advice along the lines of "get that first laugh and all will be fine".  During the show, my dad shows up and we wrestle.  Then I woke up.
• I'm attacked by helicopters and Halle Berry's Catwoman saves me.  Then I steal an assault rifle from a guy in mid-air and shot that guy.  That's all I remember, but it was awesome.

"Thanks, Halle Berry."