Hey, that’s … Joe Don Baker.

Yup, Joe Don Baker aka “The Whammer.”

Chuckles Johnson and his ponytail will go apeshit on your ass.

You guys watch Joe Don Baker movies?

Heart poundin’!
Veins throbbin’!
Eeeeeye on the sammich!!!

MITCHELL!! And I’ve been making that joke ever since Die Hard II: Snow Day!

Chief Karlin: So, what’s your name?
Fletch: Fletch.
Chief Karlin: Full name?
Fletch: Fletch F. Fletch.
Chief Karlin: I see, And what do you do for a living, Mr. Fletch?
Fletch: I’m a shepherd.
Chief Karlin: Officers, could you excuse us for a few moments?
Fletch: Yeah, why don’t you guys go down to the gym and pump each other.
Chief Karlin: Why are you doing this, Mr. Fletch?
Fletch: I like men. I like to be manhandled. I like you.

****

Chief Karlin: Dipshit! You go back on that goddamn beach and you won’t live to regret it! All right?
Fletch: Hey, you and Tommy LaSorda!
Chief Karlin: Yeah.
Fletch: I hate Tommy LaSorda!
[punches glass out of the picture frame]

****

Fletch: Can’t keep me here, chief.
Chief Karlin: Maybe I’m not going to keep you in here. Maybe I’m going to blow your brains out.
Fletch: Well, now, I’m no lawyer, but I do believe that’s a violation of my rights.

Damn! Ya beat me to the “Mitchell” jokes! Well I can still reference “Final Justice.” How about “He’s basically a huge baby with a hat.”

norbizness with the timing

Even his NAME says “Is that a beer?”

That’s… Charles Durning, isn’t it?

Let’s see how many old jowled actors it takes to find Fred Thompson!

Yeah, but can Fred Thompson debase Linda Evans, lose a verbal battle with a seven year old, and make a little old lady walk home?

Sadly, Probably.

Let’s see how many old jowled actors it takes to find Fred Thompson!

Well, at least the Republicans have a sizable farm team for presidential candidates!

UPDATE: Rudy gets a toupee, heads up the Prizzi Family! Film at 11!

Cuddly Fred:http://badexample.mu.nu/archives/Beauregard.jpg

Collectible Fred:http://www.collectingpez.com/pics/droopy2d.jpg

Fred in the Watergate era:http://varifrank.com/images/harry.jpg

Sex Machine Fred: http://web.mit.edu/mtg/www/2005/FAL/photos/show/IMG_8929.JPG

Fred Greenstreet:http://english2.mnsu.edu/larsson/gr%20images/greenfez.jpg

That Fletch scene is the best “main character vs. Chief of Police” scene this side of Lebowski.

M. Emmet Walsh. M Emmet Walsh!

Later, he would throw the styrofoam cup into the Potomac River

This cannot be! He has a strong interest in Law and Order!

Hey, check out this short, satirical “You Tube” video blasting O’Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and other right-wing pundits. You’ll love it! And, it’s done by an evangelical pastor!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hh3xwuH-rE

HOT MERGING ACTION!

Was Fred undercover for his ChiCom bosses on the Roseanne Barr show when he was her tough but tough talkin’ boss?

Fred Thompson employed Roseanne Barr? My god.

F. Thompson, Charles Durning, Lane Smith, and Sorrell Booke, in that order.

Joe Don Baker SHOULD be on this list. MITCHELL!!!

Lane Smith DID play a President, he was Nixon in “The Final Days.”

You could maybe even sneak in Patrick Swayze based on his middle name (“The name…is Dalton!!!” -Road House).

You know, I was two pictures down before I realized that none of these were of Fred Thompson.

That’s the price you pay for being a “hey, it’s that guy!” class actor: you get confused with other, “hey, it’s that guy” class actors.

Until sometime around 1998, I always confused Tia Carrere and Jennifer Lopez. They both did similar movies, but then…I don’t know, Jenny from the Block took off whereas Tia was exiled to direct to video.

All politics aside, at least from an acting standpoint, Reagan was the 1940s equivalent of Bill Pullmann: a forgettable ham-and-cheese sandwich actor. In INDEPENDENCE DAY, Pullman led troops into battle…that, not the alien invasion, was the real science fiction.

Why is it actors turned politicians are generally embarassing zeroes like Gopher from the Love Boat, or Fred-freakin-Thompson, that I can’t tell apart from Joe Don Baker?

Why is it actors turned politicians are generally embarassing zeroes like Gopher from the Love Boat, or Fred-freakin-Thompson, that I can’t tell apart from Joe Don Baker?

because they cant get the really hot chicks as C-list actors, where you can get hot chicks AND lobbist cash being a C-list congressman.

Hey, guys? Charles Durning is twenty times the man Fred Thompson will ever be:

Served with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. He landed at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 during the Normandy invasion. He was awarded several decorations, including the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Hearts.

Former professional boxer.

Survived the bloody D-Day assault on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Took him 50 years to talk about his experiences of that day.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001164/bio

He is not off-limits. I just think he is a better man then Fred Thompson. And i would never confuse one for the other.

Also, Durning is actually a GOOD actor.

That was all. Snark may now resume.

I hope he does run. Because, then, USA will have to pull his shitty “Law & Order” episodes off the air and maybe (hopefully) run the good ones with Chris Noth.

Usually I have to venture to Dailykos to see this many stone idiots assemble in one place.

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.

This is it. You Glorious Bastards! You’ve done it.

It’s everything I’ve been thinking about F.T.’s so-called ‘Hollywood Star Quality’ but couldn’t express.

This is the thread that sinks Fred Thompson’s campaign. Alert the media!

Thank You Thank you thank you thank You.

I suspect many of you know “Mitchell” only from MST3K, and therefore are not aware of the ultimate “Mitchell” scene — a sweating Joe Don slobbering all over Linda Evans’ (surprisingly large) bare feet. All right, all right, I’d slobber all over them too, but it would be less profoundly disturbing.image.

I’d rather it if Joe Don were pondering a run — at least he worked at being a bad actor.

I’m surprised anyone would ever have confused Tia Carerre and Jennifer Lopez — before Lopez became a three-ring circus she was actually a fairly good actor, whereas Tia was never anything but a face.

I wrote:

“I’d rather it if Joe Don were pondering a run — at least he worked at being a bad actor.”

Ok, I retract that patently silly statement — Joe Don would *never* ponder a run.

The Visigoth said, You know, I was two pictures down before I realized that none of these were of Fred Thompson.

Yep, and there’s also out-of-touch syndrome: I don’t have cable so don’t see much TV, and don’t see many movies either. So actors who look like a type (e.g., older- jowly -man or cute -skinny -woman) tend to blend together.

M Emmet Walsh!

I love that man. Is he president yet?

Word on the street’s you’re a jerk.

HW – uh, who was that intended for?

For more Big Freddie ranting and humor check this out. (You may have to copy and paste) http://www.newsgroper.com/fred-thompson/

I’m with Andrew. Charles Durning does not deserve scorn. Although I must confess that I used to confuse him, not with Fred Thompson, but with Brian Dennehy. Also a far better actor than Thompson.

M. Emmet Walsh? The best, especially in Blood Simple.

In addition to surviving Omaha beach on D-Day, Charles Durning also survived the massacre at Malmedy.

He’s no hack.

The scorn isn’t aimed at Charles Durning. The joke is aimed at the Hey-It’s-That-Guy-ism of Thompson …

Freddie is just mean. Check out what he says about the Romney family here: http://www.newsgroper.com/fred-thompson/2007/08/14/mahatma-romneys-magic-bus/
(Hope you didn’t have to copy and paste)

You’re all wrong. THIS is a pic of Fred FredThompson.

http://www.goesping.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Fred_fredburger_x.gif