>Under the category of 90% of the cool stuff I know I learned looking up something else :
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>while checking "There Will Be Blood" on IMDB for another thread I noticed Paul Thomas Anderson also directed Punch Drunk Love.
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>(it was the reason Danial Day Lewis agreed to do TWBB)
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>I forgot how surprised I was by that movie and how much I liked it - especially as the star was Adam Sandler whom I have always otherwise found unwatchable
>( Canteen Boy anyone?)
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>He is Wonderful in this (it is not a comedy - though as far as I'm concerned neither is his other stuff)
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/>
>Odd, felt the same about Jerry Lewis. Not at all my kind of humor but directed by Scorcese in King of Comedy and playing off Deniro's Rupert Pupkin he's brilliant.
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>And his story arc on the much under-rated "Wiseguy" on TV was one of the best guest spots on TV in that era (another, of course, was Kevin Spacey's Mel Profitt on the same show)
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http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/11/arts/television-wiseguy-recruits-some-stylish-acting-support.html?pagewanted=all&src=pmThe only thing separating us was I found him unwatchable in that one too.
Can I put you on my schedule for next week? The rock and roll hall of fame? The best steak in Cleveland at no cost to you?
I see the mighty Indians host the Astros next Thursday through Sunday. The Astros doth suck but you can't beat fun at the old ball park. Maybe you will even pick up a few things about a sport you think bores you. It's a beautiful game for those with a sense of nuance, which I know you have. There is nothing better than a triple or a double play turned by the real exerts, so fast you can't believe it.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=14981453&topic_id=11493214
