June 7, 2005

I'm sorry.

I know it's cruel.

But who on earth is encouraging Pauly Shore to resurrect his "acting" career?

Like ... I know it's tough, buu-uuddy ... but your heyday is in the past, it is long LONG gone, and your original success was a strange one-time thing anyway, and had to do with the early chaos of MTV and now those days are gone, that entire world is gone ... so ... stop. Stop it with the comedy specials, and the little movies ... please. It's painful.

My advice is: suck it up, face reality, give up the ghost, stop trying to "resurrect" your career, and join the next cast of The Surreal Life like any self-respecting washed-up celebrity would do.

Posted by sheila
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I saw an ad for his new show and was disturbed. Poor guy... he actually thinks he's talented....

Good blog, Red. :)

Posted by: Alli at June 7, 2005 12:17 AM

It's Alli! The Cubs fan! :)

Yeah ... it's sad. Like, it must be hard to give it up ... but really, Pauly, give. it. up.

Posted by: red at June 7, 2005 12:20 AM

Sheila,

I was just watching a DVD of Dodgeball with my son and there was some promo of him touting some dvd release movie of his. I was taken aback!

He was so uniquely unfunny back then (despite his weird self-assuredness that he was immensely so). And now, older, heavier, even MORE unfunnier. It was so painful and sad at the same time. A Norma Desmond for the new millenium...

Posted by: bill at June 7, 2005 1:06 AM

Its very disturbing. He's always annoyed the crap out of me. I don't even think i'd want to see him on the Surreal Life

and speaking of "come backs" did you hear that Molly Ringwald might do a Sixteen Candles sequel (sp)??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: mere at June 7, 2005 6:05 AM

Molly, step away from the sequel.

Posted by: red at June 7, 2005 7:53 AM

I know it's cruel and kinda ageist, but I think there are certain Hollywood personae that should have "expiration dates" tattooed on their butts.

Some of these would be general: as in "Do not hire for anything involving acting after December, 1996" (That would be Kato Kaelin). Others could be more specific, such as "Do not hire to play ingenue after May 2005" or "Refuse to give job to if he's still doing stoned surfer-dude character past the age of 30"

I mean, I live in "flyover" land and I knew when to retire my cute cartoon-character t-shirts and denim jumpers as being "too young" for me - you'd think people making millions in Hollywood would be able to figure out a stale schtick.

Posted by: ricki at June 7, 2005 8:29 AM

As for the Molly Ringwald thing, what are they gonna call it? "38 Candles"?

Actually, I can see ONE outside chance that the movie might actually be kind of funny, if they played it for really broad camp (think Molly in a comic Miss Havisham type role), but somehow I think it's gonna either be Molly trying to still somewhat seriously play the young-forsaken or else it will be some kind of "hey, how did we all become soccer moms?" un-funny "family" comedy.

Posted by: ricki at June 7, 2005 8:32 AM

Hey, if it'll bring Jake Ryan back, I'm all for it!

Mmmmmm, Jake.

Posted by: Lisa at June 7, 2005 10:27 AM

Jake Ryan! What a babe!!

Posted by: red at June 7, 2005 1:06 PM