Cool Kids on Will Ferrell: He’s our guy for the swimsuit issue

February 19th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

So, Will Ferrell has used the same bit for, I don’t know, some time now. You know, the “hey, I’m a wacky character wearing wacky clothes — or maybe even a mustache! — and I’m going to say odd, yet hilarious one-liners to you or maybe directly into the camera. Ha! I am funny.” It’s a bit I feel I would tire of. This is not the case, however. I enjoy these new Bud Light and Old Spice commercials; I will go see Semi-Pro. Hey, why not? Seems funny enough. I suppose Ferrell’s ideology of not diverging from what made him great in the first place is probably the way to go. (Just like Ozzie!)

Anyways, Ferrell is down with the 21-35 key demographic. This we know. But man, I didn’t know he was this well liked.

In focus groups convened before Sports Illustrated made its deal with Ferrell, young males said “get the guys out” of the swimsuit issue, said Andrew Judelson, the chief marketing officer for the magazine.

They didn’t want famous athletes posing with their swimsuited girlfriends or wives, as in the past, but they didn’t mind seeing the right male.

“We asked if we got a funny or relevant guy who resonated with them, like Will Ferrell, and they said he’s funny and he’s in movies we love going to,” Judelson said.

If I’m ever in one of these focus groups, I’m just going to tell them I want to see a whole movie of Will Ferrell drinking coffee with a monkey. Hey, they pay you no matter what your answers.

Rick Majerus bares it all

January 18th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

You know, when St. Louis scored an embarrassing 20 points in a loss to George Washington last week, I felt sorry for Rick Majerus. Why, he could be at Iowa instead this year, feasting on burritos to his heart’s content. Instead, yeah: his team scored 20 points in a game. But you know, he’s always seemed like a jolly old feller, so I’m sure he’s doing OK. And as a recent Sports Illustrated article has taught us, (via Larry Brown Sports) he sure is a jolly guy, especially when he’s naked.

Another player remembers Majerus calling him up to his hotel room on various occasions, and “he’d answer the door in his towel and I’d come in and the towel would fall off and it was like nothing had happened. He’d just be standing there buck naked. One year he had this lower-back injury, and he would have the trainer massage it with the ultrasound. But instead of just lowering his pants a little bit, Majerus would pull his pants down to his ankles and sit in a chair and coach us. Sometimes he’d be like, ‘Guys, bring it in, take a knee.’ We’d come in, and we’re just like, No way this is happening.”
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Majerus kept telling [former Utah player Michael] Doleac that he needed to keep six inches between himself and his opponent in the post. When Doleac was caught shortly after leaning on his man, the coach erupted. “‘Jesus ****in Christ, Doleac! When a guy catches the ball in the post, you gap him six inches!’” Doleac recalls Majerus yelling. “Then he turns to the guys sitting on the baseline and says, ‘Six f***** inches,’ and he says, ‘the size of the average white d***!’ and pulls it out.”

This sort of reminds me of that scene in Borat where him and Azamat are fighting naked and sticking their nether regions in each other’s faces. Sexy time! It also reminds me of just about every Will Ferrell bit. Because if Will Ferrell’s taught us anything, it’s that recycling the “hey, look at my weird naked body!” shitck is comedy gold. Unless you do it all the time like Will Ferrell. Then it just gets annoying.

While R downsizes his design project with a shovel…

October 25th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

As you might have noticed, R is having a bit of a rough day. Essentially, he’s eyeballs deep in a design project due in a couple of hours and, through no real fault of his own, blogging has slipped a few notches on the priority list.

R has promised to be back soon, but until then - and in honor of the World Series - here’s a classic SNL clip that sends up all that is wrong with Little League baseball.

I can laugh wholeheartedly here … even though my dad was, minus the alcohol, almost exactly like this at my youth soccer games. He was quite the, um, motivator.

“I walked into one room and it was an empty office with pitbulls fighting.”

July 17th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

Sadly, I didn’t catch any of the ESPYs last night. I was too busy watching the return of Sloan (where has that girl been?) on “Entourage,” you dirty rascals.

Apparently though, while presenting Shaun White with his award for Best Olympic Athlete, Carmen Electra gave him a hug on stage while he proceeded to touch her chest for two minutes. (Last part may or may not be true.)

Anyhoo, here’s a particularly hilarious spot for the ESPYs in which Will Ferrell’s Ricky Bobby takes ESPN to task.

Watch, learn and enjoy.