As you know, I’m a big fan of Heroes. The last few episodes have been rockin after the first half of the season seemed to drag on a bit. One thing that’s been catching my attention this year is the number of 80’s and 90’s actresses they’ve been using. Here I referred to the girlfriend from Karate Kid 2 who played Hiro’s mom. Last week, I couldn’t quite place the actress playing Luke’s mom. Well, it turns out it’s Julia Campbell from the Dana Carvey hit, Opportunity Knocks. It bugged me for days that I couldn’t remember who she was because I owned the movie and watched it many, many times. Hey, I love Dana Carvey. This week, we saw a lady try to throw a govt. sized wrench in Nathan’s plan. I recognized her immediately as the girl from The Cutting Edge, Moira Kelly. If you had a girlfriend between 1992-1995 then you probably watched this movie on VHS against your better judgement. Now, isn’t it about time they gave Mario Lopez a power?
Back in the 90’s I rocked the stand alone mustache. I did this mainly to cover a scar on my lip and try to look a little older. Now, the stand alone mustache has gotten ridiculed greatly for the past 15 years or so. It has been associated with film stars from an unsavory and destructive film industry and also with child predators. I know several God fearing family men who have been sporting the stache for most of their lives and there is only one thing they deserve from us: respect. Why you ask? Do you know the level of commitment it takes to maintain a mustache? These men somehow manage to keep it neat, trimmed, and full at the same time. I gave up the full goatee because of the mustache maintenance. I heard a man say one time that none of his children had ever seen him without a mustache. In high school, my friend Kerry’s dad had to shave his off for work and neither Kerry or his sister had ever seen him clean shaven. Kerry gets home from school and his dad is coming down from the attic. The suspense is building, but when his dad comes into view he’s wearing a dust mask. It was anticlimatic when the reveal finally happened. So, I’m just saying, let’s try to tone down the stand alone rhetoric. I’ve got two words for all the stand alone haters: Dale Earnhardt. But, if you see a guy with a stand alone and a mullet, then go ahead and laugh for all of us.
Finally, I thought the end of Monday night Raw was classic and has showed how much wrestling has changed. It used to be that most fans didn’t know about what happened back stage. It was really played up that these guys really hated each other. Now, the cat is out of the bag and everyone is in on the gag. Somehow, Monday they managed to do both at the same time. If you keep up with WWE then you know that Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are married and have two kids in REAL life. Monday night, Randy Orton gives Steph an RKO(his finishing move) after knocking out her brother Shane. This of course is not real and neither of the McMahons are really hurt. Then, they have Triple H run in to protect his wife and the crowd went wild. They “let us in” on the REAL life relationship in the midst of a staged situation. It made everything seem REAL because that’s the obvious REAL reaction for a husband and Triple H played it up superbly. He was crying and shaking and looked like he was going to rip Randy Orton apart limb from limb. Looks like we have a Wrestlemania 25 main event ready to go. Now, if only one of them would rock the stand alone.
It was a full beard and mustache that he shaved and the reveal WAS traumatic! It still haunts me to this day. That said the departure of the beard-which has made reappearances at various times–has allowed for interesting mustache interpretations such as the “Walrus.”
Hope all is going well. Give me a call if your back in Chlt soon.
I rocked the stand alone for 10 years before shaving it off for good in 1996. Best decision I ever made. And Dale Earnhardt is all the reason more to laugh our back sides off at it.