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He he, he said Chubbs Peterson.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...nEnpUeYOgkNh4z

He he, he retracted saying Chubbs Peterson.

So it's long arms we need then? Man, just imagine how great Chubbs Peterson would have been on this defense. The number of blocked punts and batted down passes would have been epic. He was always very disciplined about keeping his hand open and his fingers extended all the time too.

https://i.ibb.co/n8rvCh2/Chubbs-Peterson.jpg

Redemption...

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If you honestly think measurables don't factor in to a team's evaluation of a player, then you must not watch any of the pre-draft process. These players get measured at every stop along the way: Senior Bowl, Shrine Game, Combine, Pro Day, etc. If measurables didn't matter to GMs, why would that happen?

It's a factor that can help a pass rusher for the reasons I mentioned earlier. It's not the end all be all number, nothing is, but it's a factor that can be a positive or negative for a player in the evaluation process.

No question, but just trying (perhaps unsuccessfully) to poke a little fun. Whenever people talk about long arms I immediately think about Chubbs' freakishly long right forearm capped with that crudely carved wooden hand. I realize Happy Gilmore isn't to everyone's taste, but to me it's a classic. Better than Caddyshack (let the flaming begin!).

I appreciate both and laugh at them equally.

Unless a 40 time is involved Dam isnt having fun.

I guess so - I'll admit there was a moment where I thought, "he can't be responding to my post with a serious rebuttal on the value of long arms to a defensive lineman, can he?", but I guess Dam's all business as you suggested.

On the eternal Caddyshack vs. Happy Gilmore debate, Caddyshack was a good movie, but I never cared much for the Bill Murray character chasing around the puppet gopher. Sacrilegious, I know. I liked everything else about the movie, though.

You lost me at "Better than Caddyshack..." Tears in my eyes...

That's what most people say when I say that, so you're not alone. To me, Caddyshack's a good movie, but overrated a little for the reasons I stated. Happy Gilmore is pretty much great from beginning to end.

I have never even seen caddyshack.

If you take out Rodney Dangerfield's character, then maybe Happy Gilmore is better. However, he IS in the movie and pure comic genius, so it's not even close to Sandler's best version of his baby-talking schtick.

Obviously you and Pagano could not be friends.

Rodney was the GOAT of comedy

We will agree to disagree then. I think Rodney's ok, in an old-timey Milton Berle / Henny Youngman type of way, but the humor feels a bit dated to me. You might say he's the Gerald McCoy of comedians. Sandler's more of a modern SNL-type comedian (obviously), and movies like Happy Gilmore still hold up really well today. I'll agree Sandler's no longer as entertaining as he once was, maybe because his style feels more forced when used by a 50-year old guy, but he was in his prime in Happy Gilmore.

Problem I always had with Sandler (and David Spade too...probably others as well, maybe it's a habit from SNL days) is that he knows he's funny and sometimes as he delivers a joke, he kinda laughs as he's delivering it.

No he wasn’t

I think you spelled Richard Pryor wrong.

You spelled Red Foxx wrong, but Prior is his equal for sure. Prior flat out delivered. You should You Tube some of Foxx's stand up stuff. Hilarious, like crying hilarious. He wasn't always Fred Sanford.

Rodney was awesome during his day. But Prior is the greatest no comaposon

But Caddie Shack was a million times better than anything Sandler has ever done

It depends on context. I’m guessing a lot of you guys are referring to stand up comedians, and most of the "great" ones like Richard Pryor and George Carlin are dead. Perhaps in 20 years, the current crop of stand ups will be seen as classics, I don’t know. I’ve personally never been a huge fan of the genre.

In the context of movies, though, Richard Pryor flat out sucked. There can be no dispute on this point. Stir Crazy was decent, but everything else was total Sucksville. He had a worse batting average than Nicholas Cage.

I certainly won’t argue that Sandler has a 1.000 batting average himself, far from it, but all I can say is that I’ve laughed a lot harder during my 10+ viewings of Happy Gilmore than I ever did during Caddyshack.

Back in the day when Eddie Murphy was on top of his game both his stand up act & movies were outstanding.

There's a new sheriff in town, and his name if Reggie Hammond.

48 Hours FTW.

So basically what you are saying is that you are young. And didn’t see both generations. I can tell you without any hesitation Sandler does not belong in the same sentence as the likes of Rodney and Prior. Hell Chevy Chase has had a better movie career than Sandler. Eddie Murphy has too. Sandlers not as good as you think he is. He’s ok. But most of his stuff is stupid

Again. I am assuming you are in your 20-30s. Am I correct?

You gotta wash your ass.

No, you are not correct about my age. Happy Gilmore came out 23 years ago - it's not a recent movie anymore. I remember when Caddyshack was released. Look, I've seen Rodney, Pryor and Murphy plenty, but I'm just not a big stand up comedy fan, that's all. Most stand-ups don't make good movies. Eddie Murphy is obviously an exception to that (sort of, if you want to consider him a stand-up comedian, even though he rose to fame on SNL).

As far as Sandler is concerned, don't mistake my love for Happy Gilmore as some sort of Sandler fan worship. It's just a funny movie, and for me better than Caddyshack. I didn't say I liked any of his other movies.

Plenty of stand ups have become good actors and made good movies/tv shows. It’s as successful as any other transition career, maybe more so. It’s one of the safest bets you can make when creating a show around a successful comedian. And there are quite a few actors who are just killing it and they started as stand ups.

Wow this turned into an argument I could not possibly care less about.

Exactly... it's like arguing over which beer is best... if you like it and it gets you drunk who cares.

If a comedian makes you laugh your ass off who cares if another person doesn't think they are funny.

We all like different shit. Move on.:cool:

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George Carlin, on children and parents.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIlv17AwgIU


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Aamer Rahman, on "reverse-racism."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M


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I would put Pryor in there. I do love young Eddie Murphy and coked up Robin Williams though.

Can't forget Carlin either.

My kids saw Carlin at BSU, my English major daughter said it was on of the best lessons in the English language. My other child was quoted in the campus paper, “he’s the dirty old Grandpa would want to see at Thanksgiving”.

I think I appreciate him more the older I get. He had a knack for seeing the truth in things.

Putting words together you wouldn't expect: Mongolian cluster fuck

I saw carlin when I was in high school. He is an all time great!