Jon Lovitz: Get to Know Him

The AV Club’s Random Roles feature can be hit-or-miss, depending on how open the subject is to an examination of their cinematic C.V.

But they hit one out of the park with their Jon Lovitz feature.

Some comments:

• If you ever did a movie with Jon Lovitz, he considers you a close personal friend.
• He had a choice between SNL and filming “Mom & Dad Save the World”. Let that one sink in.
• Him and Dana Carvey were the original stars of “Bad Boys”.  If you’ve recovered from the last bullet point, let *that* one sink in.
• The interview comes to a screeching halt when NewsRadio is brought up. He really doesn’t like Andy Dick.
• Pretty sure that if Woody Allen asked him to blow him, he would.
• If it were up to him, Eddie Murphy would have won multiple Oscars.  Not for Dreamgirls or even Coming to America.  Nope, for The Nutty Professor franchise.

Enjoy.

Links of Interest 2/16

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Stay ahead of the toy trends for 2010.

As a rule, figure skating costumes are garish. Here's a look of some of the most garish.

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Have you been hearing the buzz about Google Buzz? Want to know how to use it, but have no clue? Here you go.

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There's more to Woody Allen than films and controversy. A lot more.

Going to a nice restaurant in the near future? Read this and enhance your service.

Links of Interest 6/18

No Ferran Adria? This list is bogus! Please buy me his El Bulli book. Please?

The story behind the website awkwardfamilyphotos.com

Woody Allen is reaching JD Salinger territory when it comes to being a recluse. That’s why this interview is so novel.

I’d rather they simply remade Teen Wolf 2.

What does Betty White have to say for herself these days?

Why they differentiate between the first and second Death Star here (other than to be clever) I won’t understand.

I really think “fisticuffs” should be on this list.

Do you think these things would help the world?

True story. A friend of mine saw a guy lifting weights while driving.

The Illuminati have to exist. What else could possibly be keeping me down?

Links of Interest 3/24

Movies that went wrong. I don’t necessarily agree with the assessment of Waterworld. Sure, it had problems, but a lot of them were caused by a storm that ruined a lot of the sets. You want a bad Costner movie, look to The Postman.

The creator of The Simpsons gets his chance to answer questions.

And here’s another interview – this time with comic book writer Grant Morrison.

Woody Allen wrote a piece for the New Yorker.

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It’s very hip to create a bracket during March Madness, regardless of what the tournament is about. This bracket is for the tournament of meat. I bet you can’t guess the winner before looking!

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Apparently, there’s a correlation between the stock market and the Billboard music chart. I think the more interesting story is how the guy behind this theory first came up with the idea.

A short article and then slideshow about...nerds? Geeks? I'm not sure we should be labeling them as such like this article tries to.