I always used to think that the Geek Squad was a subsidiary of The Good Guys/Best Buy cuz I would always see those cars parked in their parking lots. I later realized that the Geek Squad is an independent 3rd party entity. What they do is, the wait out in front of The Good Guys/Best Buy and wait for people who have just bought computers and stuff that they aren’t technologically able to set up themselves (and stuff), and they prey on them like a god damn pimp at a bus depot.

In response to a question about if black people are tired of always getting killed in movies, he said: "Of course. They hear all the complaints. They know our gripes and disagreements in the film business. It gets to the studio offices as to how we feel about things. Every now and then you get a nice Jewish kid who likes black people and they would come in, and it would be a stream of them, and have black friends and really feel the black struggle on the acting tip and it's a reason why all of us are not dying in the movie."

From Amy: "Don’t just date me, validate me."

Little did a young, stoner Justin know that well over 10 years after he decided to tape a bunch of episodes of Beavis and Butthead from TV onto video that he would one day actually watch them again. Well he might have thought that he would watch them again. What he wouldn’t have thought was that it would be like 12 or 13 years before he actually watched them (/found them). And these are the old ones; so old that they actually change the channel when a video sucks (in the later years, they barely ever changed the channel when something sucked). Anyways, the moral of the story is that I rule. And have been most entertained. A couple of reflections/anecdotes:

They were even making annoying ass Bowflex commercials way back then too (a young Mr. Justin would have never successfully been able to edit out the commercials--hitting pause is easy enough, but remembering to unpause...that's where they get you). Besides, some of those buzz clip commercials are worth the price of admission. Oi, Toni, Toni, Toni. How is that spelled, anyways?

Butthead saw a stingray on TV and was all, "Did you see that fish? It has a face on its butt." Beavis was all, "Yeah. Cool." Then Butthead was all, "I wish I had a face on my butt." Then Beavis was all, "Yeah. Cool." Then Butthead was all, "Then I could blow my nose with my underwear."

And then Mr. Justin was all, "Yeah, cool."

The video for Smells Like Teen Spirit came on and Butthead was all, "Is this what they mean when they say that videos have symbolism?"

Ironman came on and Beavis and Butthead were rocking out...and it was funny cuz I found myself thinking about how much Soundgarden sort of sounds like Sabbath and Beavis was all, "Where does Black Sabbath come from? Are they American?" Butthead was all, "No dude. They're from Seattle."

Then Beavis was all, " What is Seattle like?" And Butthead was all, "Everyone is cool there."

Then he was all...

This is the toughest fucking bad-guy-that-guy of all time. He is totally sweet too. And he ain't no studio bad-guy-that-guy either. His nickname is "The Mayor" and he grew up in Echo Park at a time when hipsters woulda gotten they boots smoked for being out there. Check out his IMDB biography:

A child drug addict and criminal, Danny Trejo was in and out of jail for 11 years. While serving time in San Quentin, he won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. Jailed for armed robbery and drug offenses, he successfully completed a 12-step rehabilitation program that changed his life. While speaking at a Cocaine Anonymous meeting in 1985, Trejo met a young man who later called him for support. Trejo went to meet him at what turned out to be the set of Runaway Train (1985). Trejo was immediately offered a role as a convict extra, probably because of his tough tattooed appearance. Also on the set was a screenwriter who did time with Trejo in San Quentin. Remembering Trejo's boxing skills, the screenwriter offered him $350 per day to train the actors for a boxing match. Director Andrei Konchalovsky saw Trejo training Eric Roberts, and immediately offered him a feature role as Roberts' opponent in the film. Trejo has subsequently appeared in many other films, usually as a tough criminal or villain.

Some quotes from Danny Trejo:

"It was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. I'd been in Soledad, San Quentin, Folsom, Vacaville, Susanville, Sierra--and here's a guy asking 'Can you act like a convict?' I remember I said, 'I'll give it a shot.'"

Of on-set competition between actors: "I've watched so many of those kinds of things turn bad, and the last thing you want to do is compete with somebody, 'cause he might be a sore loser."

On being promoted from a $50/day extra to a $350/day boxing coach: "How bad do you want this kid beat up?"

After being told the actor might hit back: "For $350 a day, give him a bat. I used to get beat up for free."

He is already"slated" (biz term) to appear in 10 FUCKING MOVIES in 2005. How crazy is that?

His past credits include:
Anchorman
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
XXX (xXx)
Reindeer Games
The Salton Sea
Spy Kids Trilogy
Six Days Seven Nights
Con Air
Anaconda
From Dusk Til Dawn Trilogy (holy shit, they made 3 of those pieces of shit?)
Heat
Desperado
Mi Vida Loca
Marked for Death (what has 4 arms and 4 eyes? Screwface)
Lock Up
Bulletproof
Runaway Train
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

I think that it is pretty funny/sad that despite all the technology and advancements that we have had, and as far as we've come, old people still have to stuff tennis balls on the bottom of their walkers. I guess the walker industry just hasn’t really been putting too much money into research and design and stuff.

I was at this meat market the other day, looking at various meats and fishes and stuff. I noticed that the place had ground round, ground chuck, and ground beef. I have heard of all 3, but I don’t really know what ground round is and I always thought that ground chuck was the same exact thing as ground beef. So, as Cliffy would say, what's up with that?

Doesn’t everybody remember that episode of Cheers where Cliffy decided he was going to be a comedian and of course he wasn’t funny at all or anything, but he ended every joke with, "What's up with that?" Which is funny.

While we are talking about Cheers, one question that I have mulled over for the last 15 years or so is: Who is better, Coach or Woodie? Don’t be too quick to just say Woodie just because you remember him better or anything like that. Coach was the man. He created the character that Woodie took over (in essence). And he had some of that Yogi Berra action in him...Anyways, I don’t really know the answer. I don’t think anyone does. And people are so hopped up on Seinfeld that they don’t even think about Cheers anymore. I may not watch it, but I still think about Cheers. I guess the whole Coach/Woodie debate is kind of like the how-many-licks-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-center-of-a-tootsie-pop question. The world will never know.

But I do love that song that Woodie writes for his lady, Kelly, since he can't afford to buy her anything nice. Sing it with me now: "Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly."

Sweet.

I had this brilliant idea to help Pixar save money: Instead of hiring all these different big name actors to do the voices for their movies, they could just hire a couple of voice impersonators who could impersonate the famous characters that they want in their films. In fact, they could probably make a whole movie with just like 3 good voice impersonators. Save hundreds of thousands of dollars...

Remember when there were rumors that there would be a Goonies 2 coming out? That would have been cool.

by Justin
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