Jul 21 2008 A New Matthew McComaughdy: The 'Surfer, Dude' Trailer
The ability for something more animal than man to excel in a sport; a plot involving a villain trying to capture our marginally sentient hero as part of a nefarious, ridiculous plan (it involves "digitizing" Surfer Dude); miles of blonde, flowing tresses: if it weren't for all the celebrity stoners in place of 12-year-olds, I'd swear this were a new entry in the Air Bud series (Surf's Pup?). It turns out it's Matthew McConaughey's misguided attempt at self-parody, which is much worse.
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Jul 3 2008 God Bless America, and Toby Keith
As mentioned before, Toby Keith's vigilante song-based vehicle Beer For My Horses, starring Toby, Willie Nelson, and unofficial Michigan governor Ted Nugent, recently found distribution. So now there's a truck-filled teaser trailer that doesn't even use the song that birthed it (too obvious).
I don't know if there's a gestural equivalent to a catchphrase, but I'm fairly certain that's what Tobes is trying to create here with all the elbowing in the face. Within a few months, in small town bars across America, the tradition of getting drunk and punching someone will be overwhelmingly replaced with elbowing followed by uproarious laughter as bar patrons recognize the classic "Keith Elbow."
Celebrate the Fourth by immersing yourself in this 30 seconds of truck American culture at its finest. I'll be back Monday.
