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For Sale Mar 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM

Biggest unexpected cameo from a star in a "lower grade" movie

Posted by Careless-Cat3327

Prime example - Matt Damon having a real role and singing in "Eurotrip". Genuinely didn't expect him to pop up given it wasn't an A grade movie and he was one of the biggest action stars in Hollywood at that point - The Departed, Bourne identity etc. Famous actors doing a cameo on big tv shows don't count - eg Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller, Danny Devito on Friends. Friends was the biggest tv show on network television at that point. Go. Edit \- Adding - 1. NPH in Harold and Kumar go to White castle (how did they even pitch that to him) 2. Bob Barker - Happy Gilmore. Eminem in the sequel is also extremely random. 3. Keanu Reeves - Always Be My Maybe 4. Martin Sheen - Hot Shots! Part Deux (one of my personal favorite comedy movies & one of Charlie's best movies). Martin was a bigger star than Charlie for blockbuster movies but Charlie definitely held the headlines for longer. 5. Mike Tyson - The Hangover (genuinely didn't expect to see him pop up but he definitely added so much to the movie)
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silenttd Mar 30, 2026 +1329
One of my favorite cameos ever was Billy Idol in The Wedding Singer
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6footstogie Mar 30, 2026 +386
"See, Billy Idol gets it"
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harneyjames Mar 30, 2026 +195
"You better get out of my way, Billy. You're gonna get hurt."
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lexxatron84 Mar 30, 2026 +148
Don’t you talk to Billy Idol that way!
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +46
Great movie!!
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Anstinor Mar 30, 2026 +784
Old Matt Damon AMA where he explained how the cameo happened https://www.listnook.com/r/IAmA/s/7mw94kHZ3y
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Nalurah Mar 30, 2026 +174
Thanks for sharing! That was a pretty interesting read and a sweet story about that champagne bottle
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arizonadirtbag12 Mar 30, 2026 +117
Worth noting too that Damon doesn’t sing, he’s lip syncing once the song starts. Lustra performs the song.
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Recoveringfrenchman Mar 30, 2026 +82
Classic AMA. I never miss a chance to say we miss you u/chooter . Still the GOAT, but more than that, she was my personal high water mark for when listnook was at its best. Wherever you are Victoria, whatever make you happy, and however you define success, I wish you all of it.
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Timmah73 Mar 30, 2026 +2749
Robert Patrick showing for a couple of seconds in Wayne's World as the T1000 "HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BOY?"
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idkidd Mar 30, 2026 +493
And a T-1000 walk-by in The Last Action Hero. 👮‍♂️
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976chip Mar 30, 2026 +157
Sharon Stone leaving the police station in the same scene as well.
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idkidd Mar 31, 2026 +37
My favorite scene in the film, hands down. I want a movie about *that* police station.
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mabrasm Mar 30, 2026 +52
This is the one I thought of too.
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Loki-L Mar 30, 2026 +681
Charlton Heston showing up in Wayne's World 2 as a better actor.
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bluetailwind Mar 30, 2026 +147
Gordon Street?!
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FlokiWolf Mar 30, 2026 +215
Ah, yes, Gordon Street. I once knew a girl who lived on Gordon Street. Long time ago, when I was a young man. Not a day passes I don't think her and the promise that I made which I will always keep. That one perfect day on Gordon Street.
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Bobby_Newpooort Mar 30, 2026 +75
.....^thank ^you
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thebearhimself Mar 30, 2026 +117
This scene is how I met my wife haha my friend and I were in a pub trying to remember street name in this monologue, we asked her if she knew... she did, and the rest is history. Even named our first born Aurora due to the film being the reason we met 😄
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joeloud Mar 30, 2026 +33
Excellent
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dtham Mar 30, 2026 +124
He’s great in Peacemaker, still got that scary intensity but now as a racist redneck
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Wish_Dragon Mar 30, 2026 +37
But also incredibly eloquent in another life.
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dkviper11 Mar 30, 2026 +63
They said lower grade movie!
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heroyooky Mar 30, 2026 +21
I'm so glad Robert Patrick agreed to do that. It's one of the funniest gags in the movie and makes me laugh every time.
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le_cygne_608 Mar 30, 2026 +232
There are "lower grade" movies out there, but I'll take the angle of "completely invisible amazing actors in 'beneath them' movie" with Tilda Swinton completely unrecognizable in mainstream comedy Trainwreck, and Cate Blanchett covered head-to-toe, including mask, in hazmat gear for about 20 seconds in Hot Fuzz.
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PrestonWaters83 Mar 30, 2026 +113
In this vein: Glenn Close in *Hook.*
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not_original_thought Mar 31, 2026 +36
Hook needs it's own category because you have Glenn Close, Phil Collins, David Crosby and probably a couple others on forgetting doing cameos in that
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SevroAuShitTalker Mar 30, 2026 +1368
Not really lower grade, but Sean Connery showing up at the end of Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was unexpected
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WippitGuud Mar 30, 2026 +1191
I'll see your Connery, and raise you Patrick Stewart at the end of Robin Hood Men in Tights
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captain_sticky_balls Mar 30, 2026 +673
The superior movie! Mostly because Elwes, unlike some other Robin Hoods, can speak with an English accent.
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diveraj Mar 30, 2026 +141
And Sir Patrick CAN talk with an English accent!
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976chip Mar 30, 2026 +76
Allegedly, Costner tried, but it was so bad the director made him stop.
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genericnewlurker Mar 30, 2026 +29
It's good to be the king
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prenderg Mar 30, 2026 +100
Don't forget that he was the fireman at the end of Time Bandits.
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E3K Mar 30, 2026 +76
That's a very interesting fact.
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MannyHec Mar 30, 2026 +46
I mean, he was also King Agamemnon earlier in the movie...
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Anexander Mar 30, 2026 +81
It was a throwback appearance as Sean Connery starred in Robin and Marion (1970s Robin Hood Movie).
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Accurate_Mobile9005 Mar 30, 2026 +314
Eminem in The Interview.
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tex1ntux Mar 30, 2026 +76
Gay peekaboo
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Rahgahnah Mar 30, 2026 +56
Breadcrumb trails of gayness
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Sage296 Mar 30, 2026 +32
Hector’s rectum is real!
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excited_toaster2306 Mar 31, 2026 +15
I liked his bit in that Adam Sandler movie where he's dying or some shit. I can't remember the name of the movie but somebody might help me out "You wanna f*** me, Ray!?"
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Solarpowered-Couch Mar 31, 2026 +9
"This is like Spike Lee saying he's white!!"
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Hank_Scorpio_ObGyn Mar 30, 2026 +2702
Compared to his other movies, Tom Cruise having that outlandish/completely off-brand role in Tropic Thunder comes to mind. Also Matt Damon in Deadpool 2 talking about wiping his ass with wet wipes with Alan Tudyk.
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Upbeat_Tension_8077 Mar 30, 2026 +254
I also loved Matt's cameos in the last two Thor movies with him reenacting Loki in stage plays
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ExtensionParsley4205 Mar 30, 2026 +467
He also had a cameo as “Austin Powers” in Goldmember.
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SpatulaWholesale Mar 30, 2026 +160
With Dann DeVito and Kevin Spacey... both of whom were delightful.
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Billy1121 Mar 30, 2026 +139
Hey a******, im mini-me, come and get me !
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anuncommontruth Mar 30, 2026 +69
I haven't seen Goldmember since it came out in theaters, but when I saw that movie I don't think I've ever experienced an audience laugh that hard in my life when Devito came on in that cameo. Probably the best audience I've ever been a part of for any movie in my entire life. Respectful, laughing, cheering, no one talked or walked around. Cell phones were barely a thing. And we paid like 10 bucks for a family of 4 to see it. One of my best movie memories.
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PaulBlartWallClock Mar 30, 2026 +70
And Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous
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Kwetla Mar 30, 2026 +62
He also had a cameo in Thor 3.
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rmichaeljones Mar 30, 2026 +38
I loved him showing up in Jay and Silent Bob’s Reboot as Loki too.
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Even_Spite8247 Mar 30, 2026 +42
I have genuinely never heard a theater crowd go crazier than when it’s his close up and he goes “Yeah, baby!” It was nuts. Like a sports crowd watching their team score the winning points. It was comparable to Endgame and No Way Home.
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MysteriousTelephone Mar 30, 2026 +303
It’s amazing that Tom Cruise never took on any more comedic roles after this.
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +105
He would only be interested if there was a scene of him jumping out a plane. No stunt doubles necessary.
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WesTxStoner425 Mar 30, 2026 +51
Plus he HAS to run as fast as he can. It would be funny if it was just to catch a bus.
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aresef Mar 30, 2026 +24
This was the couch-jumping era, a couple years after Paramount severed ties with him.
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Justinwc Mar 30, 2026 +43
He's in Digger later this year, which is supposed to be a black comedy. There's only a short title trailer so far.
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Marvelman1788 Mar 30, 2026 +244
Also Brad Pitt in Deadpool 2  as the Vanisher.
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brainkandy87 Mar 30, 2026 +57
Brad Pitt in The Lost City was also a surprise.
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atwistedsmile Mar 30, 2026 +71
>!Sandra Bullock!< voices Brad Pitt's handler in Bullet Train, and pops up at the end of the movie too. Apparently they have the same hair stylist (Janine Thompson). Brad asked Janine to call >!Sandra!< to do a favour and be in Bullet Train, and then they asked for Brad to be in The Lost City in return. >!Channing Tatum!< also pops up as a passenger in Bullet Train, which was another fun surprise that came out of it.
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TheLateThagSimmons Mar 30, 2026 +50
*Bullet Train* and *Deadpool 2* were a straight across friendly cameo trade between Ryan Reynolds and Brad Pitt.
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BallerGuitarer Mar 30, 2026 +127
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder was a delight, but it wasn't a cameo. He played an integral role to the plot. Just because he played against type doesn't mean he was a cameo.
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GenericRedditor0405 Mar 30, 2026 +30
I would also not by any means call Tropic Thunder a lower grade movie. It’s a blockbuster comedy with an ensemble cast lol
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samushitman69 Mar 30, 2026 +33
Are those really "lower tier movies" what OP was asking for tho? One got oscar noms, A-list ensemble, Ben Stiller writing and directing, and other one was a sequel to already beloved comic book character, who's movies are blockbusters. I dont know
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Divine_Miss_MVB Mar 30, 2026 +1495
David Bowie in Zoolander. I remember the theater just erupted when he appeared.
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brooke360 Mar 30, 2026 +471
Don’t forget Billy Zane.
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ViolentSpring Mar 30, 2026 +298
Listen to your friend Billy Zane.
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Void_Guardians Mar 30, 2026 +180
He’s a cool dude
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_jump_yossarian Mar 30, 2026 +114
*It's a walk-off.*
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brooke360 Mar 30, 2026 +103
“listen to your friend Billy Zane. He’s a cool dude”
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datassclap Mar 30, 2026 +35
Put a cork in it, Zane!
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ostracize Mar 30, 2026 +30
David Bowie was the only obvious cameo in that movie. [I loved how subtle most of the others were.](https://lucythestylist.fashion.blog/2020/07/08/all-the-celebs-who-had-a-cameo-in-zoolander-2001/)
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HatOfFlavour Mar 30, 2026 +48
I had a buddy lean over to me and ask who he was, I replied well the title card that flashed up said David Bowie so I'm gonna go out on a limb here.
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hairsprayking Mar 30, 2026 +16
"I believe I could be of some assistance"
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MotchSmoth Mar 30, 2026 +303
George Clooney in the South Park movie
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yojimbo124 Mar 30, 2026 +155
Also as Stan's dog Sparky in season 1.
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Self_Reddicate Mar 30, 2026 +107
Yes, this is the best one in the entire thread. The movie is close, but by then South Park was a big deal. His first season cameo is wilder because of how random it is for GEORGE CLOONEY to be voicing a dog on a weird, toilet humor show by a couple of nobodies.
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Deuce_part_deux Mar 30, 2026 +45
Apparently George Clooney played a pretty big role in spreading the South Park "pilot" around Hollywood. It makes me wonder what happened between early South Park (where he voiced Sparky and the ER doc in the movie) and later South Park where they kind of ripped him a new one (the "SMUG" episode and Team America). I know Team America isn't technically South Park, but like, it sort of is.
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pseudoart Mar 30, 2026 +34
They’re probably just pulling his leg. George Clooney is infamous for long and crazy pranks and seems genuinely like a fun guy. A little too much, maybe. Check out the kitty litter story.
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jnwatson Mar 30, 2026 +44
George Clooney essentially greenlit South Park the TV show after seeing Jesus vs. Santa.
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mydogisatortoise Mar 30, 2026 +657
From Jay & silent Bob. Matt & Ben, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher.
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Ok-disaster2022 Mar 30, 2026 +163
The one rule for Carrie Fisher was no allusion or reference to Star Wars.  Really wish they would have alluded to Blues Brothers instead. 
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radioactivez0r Mar 30, 2026 +42
or The 'Burbs
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liquidben Mar 30, 2026 +10
I think she also lead the therapy session in Austin Powers
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Niel15 Mar 30, 2026 +137
Fanboys too, much more lower grade and had Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams.
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delicious_toothbrush Mar 30, 2026 +17
And Shatner
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cianne_marie Mar 30, 2026 +32
I don't think anyone expected Alanis in Dogma. Or did we know she was in it? I can't remember anymore.
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Tylerdurden389 Mar 30, 2026 +60
Matt and Ben were in practically all of Kevin Smiths early films (Clerks being the exception). They were all close friends back then.
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pourthebubbly Mar 30, 2026 +18
And Ben attributed his career to Kevin at his Walk of Fame star dedication ceremony
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valeyard89 Mar 31, 2026 +12
No, but it's Miramax. So I'm sure it'll be Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. They put those guys in a bunch of movies. You know, those kids from Good Will Hunting? You mean that fuckin' movie with Mork from Ork in it?
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ConstantRefills Mar 30, 2026 +29
Chris Hemsworth in Jay & Silent Bob Reboot
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gr8d4ne Mar 30, 2026 +49
And George Carlin
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TroubleshootenSOB Mar 30, 2026 +15
Affleck was the bomb in "Phantoms". Apple sauce, b****
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JEveryman Mar 30, 2026 +67
Also Dogma. The fact that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck never got too big to just do a random Kevin smith movie is always a treat.
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Ibaka_flocka Mar 30, 2026 +47
But they’re the main characters, not a cameo
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ChemicalRascal Mar 30, 2026 +31
It's a really long cameo
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Ahnarcho Mar 30, 2026 +12
And alanis morissette!
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alexlp Mar 30, 2026 +26
James Van Der Beak and Jason Biggs in their hay day too.
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MysteriousTelephone Mar 30, 2026 +437
Patrick Stewart - Robin Hood Men In Tights Like he was a respected Thespian actor and Star Trek icon at that time, way above a Mel Brooks comedy, but turned up just to mirror the Sean Connery cameo in Prince Of Thieves.
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slyseekr Mar 30, 2026 +174
Let's thank the cast of TNG for goofing off so much on the set that it eventually forced Sir Patrick to have a sense of humor about his work.
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willstr1 Mar 30, 2026 +112
IIRC Frakes was the one who convinced Sir Patrick Stewart to watch Galaxy Quest
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Slippy_27 Mar 30, 2026 +71
I dunno I wouldn’t count a Mel Brooks comedy as lesser-than. He is the rarified air of Hollywood comedies back then. Yes he made goofball comedies, but he’s very well respected by the industry and comedians especially have him on a pedestal for good reason.
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wonderwife Mar 30, 2026 +32
I stand by my statement that Mel Brooks is a genius who has always pushed the edge of what is appropriate/acceptable to the point that watching a Mel Brooks movie 5 months after it is released is an exercise in pearl clutching combined with an aria of, "omg, we can't say/do that anymore!"
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bobber66 Mar 30, 2026 +79
Arnold in The Rundown
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ACSanchez2 Mar 30, 2026 +25
And also an amazingly fun movie!
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weefees Mar 30, 2026 +78
James Brolin AND Morgan Fairchild in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure wo0O0ow!
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easyPandthenutsackrs Mar 30, 2026 +25
"paging Mr. Herman, Mr PeeWee Herman, you have a telephone call"... After the scene ends and Brolin and Fairchild walk away and peewee gets caught looking at the camera and the quickly looking away like nothing happened always kills me!!
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turbo332 Mar 30, 2026 +541
Liam Neeson in Ted 2 was both crazy and fantastic.
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +480
"I've been led to understand that Trix are exclusively for children". 10/10 cameo
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NoSpoilerAlertPlease Mar 30, 2026 +77
Well they say Trix is for kids…
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +159
If I purchase this box and take it back to my apartment, I won't be followed?"
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squidward_smells_ Mar 30, 2026 +77
Uh, no, I don't think that's in our budget here
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976chip Mar 30, 2026 +79
I won't forget what you've done here for me today.
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squidward_smells_ Mar 30, 2026 +74
I would prefer that you do.
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NoSpoilerAlertPlease Mar 30, 2026 +42
No that’s not really in the budget here
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Likeabhas Mar 30, 2026 +95
Not a movie but Liam Neeson in Derry girls was a superb introduction for the episode
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emjaywood Mar 30, 2026 +26
Liam also had a great cameo in the tv show Atlanta.
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MyLonesomeBlues Mar 30, 2026 +12
You probably know this but Liam Neeson became a fan of Derry Girls because of old friend Helen Mirren who told him about the show. He became a fan and then asked about appearing in it.
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RockerElvis Mar 30, 2026 +95
He is amazing at [improv.](https://youtu.be/huJ81Mq2y34?si=fRS3KXtkiSiu4irU)
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BobSacramanto Mar 30, 2026 +27
I knew what that link was going to be before I clicked it, but I clicked it anyways. Dude is the GOAT of improv.
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ZedekiahCromwell Mar 30, 2026 +44
The best part of this joke is the stinger after the credits. https://youtu.be/sFLb8GdqnXs
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +18
First time ever seeing this! Thank you.
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Mysterious_Fix_7489 Mar 30, 2026 +539
I mean Brad Pitt showing up for .25 seconds in Deadpool kinda counts. It's a big film but he's by far the biggest star in the film.
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jrgman42 Mar 30, 2026 +196
And Ryan Reynolds reciprocating in Bullet Train.
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Brawlrteen Mar 30, 2026 +31
I thought it was channing tatum
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jrgman42 Mar 30, 2026 +49
Channing Tatum had a few minutes and some speaking lines. Ryan Reynolds was a .25 second flash.
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BobSacramanto Mar 30, 2026 +24
Is this a sex thing?
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whobroughttheircat Mar 30, 2026 +24
Wasn’t that Channing Tatum?
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So_be Mar 30, 2026 +539
Scotty doesn’t know
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Luxpreliator Mar 30, 2026 +92
Pretty decent song too.
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cianne_marie Mar 30, 2026 +30
Instant smile on my face, no matter what's going on. Just cracks me up.
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Ctrl-Alt-Distract- Mar 30, 2026 +86
Don’t tell Scotty
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NoSpoilerAlertPlease Mar 30, 2026 +65
I did her on his birthday…
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +46
She told him she's at church.
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Scottywin Mar 30, 2026 +29
They did it to me every Sunday in his van :(
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MozeeToby Mar 30, 2026 +21
Club Vandersexxx!
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Horknut1 Mar 30, 2026 +107
The Always Be My Maybe one is one of my favorite points in cinema. It's not my kind of movie, but that series of scenes puts it much higher for me. Sail as the entrance song was the cherry on top.
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IvarTheBoned Mar 30, 2026 +23
Keanu was great in this
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dragontracks Mar 30, 2026 +10
This was a great cameo. And it gave us the song "I Punched Keanu Reeves".
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_segasonic Mar 30, 2026 +662
Doesn’t really match the star level of Damon, Pitt etc. but Bill Murray’s cameo in Zombieland is the single greatest cameo in cinema.
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jpiro Mar 30, 2026 +602
"Any regrets?" "I don't know. Garfield, maybe." Absolute f****** gold.
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neo_sporin Mar 30, 2026 +183
The fact his role in Garfield really just came down to mistaking Joel Cohen for Joel Coen is one of my favorite Hollywood stories…
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Kids_see_ghosts Mar 30, 2026 +72
I’ve always assumed he either said that as a joke or made it up so he can have best of both worlds of doing a lowbrow film for a dump truck full of cash while pretending he didn’t mean to be a “sell out.” And only did it accidentally.
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Long_Pig_Tailor Mar 30, 2026 +17
I definitely prefer to think it's true and just thought it was something like The Studio's Scorsese *Kool-Aid* thing and figured Coen had some crazy take on Garfield or the name just happened to be the same. It's way more entertaining to me to imagine a way he really did just get it mixed up.
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Upbeat_Tension_8077 Mar 30, 2026 +27
His flashback cameo in the second one is probably my favorite part of that sequel besides Zoey Deutch's performance
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sheetskees Mar 30, 2026 +48
Tenacious D Pick of Destiny had Ben Stiller as the ~~record store owner~~ guitar center employee, but the standout cameo in the movie was Tim Robbins.
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Fabricati_Diem_Pvn Mar 30, 2026 +324
Community was never big. So I definitely count Owen Wilson in his 5 second cameo towards the end of "Investigative Journalism". Which also has Jack Black in it, but Wilson was the much bigger star at that point.
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bardsworth Mar 30, 2026 +84
And those cameos were only possible because of their involvement with Harmon's failed pilot for "Heat Vision and Jack".
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JEveryman Mar 30, 2026 +77
Just going pretend like green Dale's most famous alumni, Luis Guzman, actually did a cameo to play himself.
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HasaDiga_Eebowai Mar 30, 2026 +19
I'm pretty sure he did, no?
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blobfish_bandit Mar 30, 2026 +122
Johnny Depp in Tusk lol. I remember watching that and finding it so random when he popped up.
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imthegayest Mar 30, 2026 +54
his daughter and Kevin smith's daughter are best friends. they're actually in the beginning when just in long stops at a convience store. they were the clerks
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blobfish_bandit Mar 30, 2026 +12
That's pretty awesome to know. Still shocked me when I saw it lol
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Psychological_Cow956 Mar 30, 2026 +181
Ewan Mcgregor in a million way to die in the west Channing Tatum in Bullet Train.
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thatswhathemoneysfor Mar 30, 2026 +169
Channing Tatum in This is the End
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DysenteryFairy Mar 30, 2026 +35
I think you mean Channing Tat-yum.
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enjoiturbulence Mar 30, 2026 +20
Thought it was "Taint-yum" because of the whole sex-slave thing.
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Halio344 Mar 30, 2026 +20
He really wanted to be paid for weird sex things..
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +11
Ewan McGregor in Nanny McPhee 2. I never imagined Obi wan crossing into Nanny McPhee world.
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Townscent Mar 30, 2026 +144
Drew Barrymoore in Scream, though that was more of a bait and switch marketing ploy
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FivebyFive Mar 30, 2026 +58
And so well done. After that you really didn't know what was going to happen. 
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paddy233 Mar 30, 2026 +109
A TV show, but when Brad Pitt showed up on Jackass for a the fake kidnapping prank and then dresses up like a monkey wrecking havoc I was like “wtf, how did they get him!?” [Link](https://youtu.be/VFVvmu0j6WY?si=V5oN7LdMcxn6HlLU)
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +43
The best part about this clip is you can tell HE HAD fun doing it.  I remember watching it as a kid and telling my dad and sisters. They laughed and told me "they probably used a stunt double & did a bait and switch".
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dulz Mar 30, 2026 +31
Owen Wilson in Girls' Yeah Right! skateboarding video was pretty dope at the time
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jimbobdonut Mar 30, 2026 +53
NPH’s cameo in Harold and Kumar was before he was Barney in HIMYM. I believe he was doing mostly theater at the time. His role in H&K helped him get the role as Barney since it was a so different than Doogie Howser.
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Darmok47 Mar 30, 2026 +29
He had that small role in Starship Troopers, but yeah he was very much kind of a washed up TV actor when he did Harold & Kumar. His biggest successes came after.
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Huge-Digit Mar 30, 2026 +167
It's funny in the movie, F1, the real F1 drivers can't believe they're in a movie with Brad Pitt, and Brad Pitt can hardly believe he gets to hang around real F1 drivers.
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xotorames Mar 30, 2026 +39
I like Piastri's mom talking about this: "We watched the F1 movie... In one scene he's standing next to Brad Pitt in the driver line up when they're singing the national anthem. And so when I spoke to him the next time I said, 'I know you've met Brad Pitt', he said 'I'm pretty sure I haven't'. I go, 'Mate, I saw you. I saw him standing next to you'. He goes, 'Ah, yeah.. I didn't talk to him though'. I said, 'Why not?' He goes 'What are you going to say to that old guy?"
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NeedsToShutUp Mar 30, 2026 +75
Happy Gilmore 2 had the same energy of an entire generation of Golfers who loved the first and would do anything to be in a cameo. John Daley stands out.
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5th_heavenly_king Mar 30, 2026 +27
i watched it this weekend and it was clear that the athletes that were in the movie really wanted to be in it.
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Lucky_Locks Mar 30, 2026 +21
My favorite line in the F1 movie though is when he cuts off Max "That was very naughty." Just such a Max line I love it haha.
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Houseofbluelight Mar 30, 2026 +40
Alice Cooper playing himself and educating us all on the history of "Mil-ay-walk-ay." Alice Cooper playing himself as Freddy Krueger's abusive, alcoholic stepfather. Alice Cooper playing himself as a schizophrenic un-housed person possessed by Satan and stabbing physicists with bicycles.
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nickyeyez Mar 30, 2026 +99
50% of you have no idea what a cameo is...
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Federico216 Mar 30, 2026 +18
It's one of those words that have literally lost its meaning. Makes me nonplussed.
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Specialist_Heron_986 Mar 30, 2026 +17
Chris Hemsworth in *Vacation*. His brief appearance in an otherwise unremarkable movie was...memorable.
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No_Tamanegi Mar 30, 2026 +16
Sting in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
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TheDarkWarriorBlake Mar 30, 2026 +16
Danny Glover appearing in the Mel Gibson-led Maverick and the two sharing a moment of recognition. Blew my mind as a kid.
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lambopanda Mar 30, 2026 +32
Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal in Drive Away Dolls.
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FalcoLX Mar 30, 2026 +77
Matt Damon as fake Loki in Thor Ragnarok and Love and Thunder. He also played Liz Lemon's boyfriend in 30 rock.  Seems like he likes these silly roles. 
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yeahright17 Mar 30, 2026 +15
He was in DP2 as well. I love Matt Damon for it. If I were a movie star, I'd like to think I'd show up and do random stuff all the time just for fun.
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OtterLLC Mar 30, 2026 +15
David Letterman in Cabin Boy. “Wanna buy a monkey?”
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EndeLarsson Mar 30, 2026 +43
You dare calling Eurotrip "lower grade"??? Oh, the horror!!! Matt Daemon should be honoured to have been accepted in such a masterpiece of a comedy!!!:)
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +27
"Mi'SCUSI"
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AudibleNod Mar 30, 2026 +74
Orson Welles - The Transformers Movie
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A-Bone Mar 30, 2026 +38
> Orson Welles 'Get money.  Get paid…' -Orson Welles, probably 
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AudibleNod Mar 30, 2026 +47
What kids nowadays don't quite understand is that before Robin Williams's Aladdin, it was rare to have big named stars do voice over work in cartoons (it happened but it was rare). Tom Hanks and Tim Allen (he was big at the time) did Toy Story not long after. And now, if you don't have a big name in a feature animated movie you'd better have certified bopper (**cough K-Pop Demon Hunters*). Orson Welles being in Transformers would be like Taylor Swift doing a commercial for frozen peas now.
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +29
Williams also did it for cut price because he wanted his "voice to live on & to make children happy". The director didn't think they could land Williams. He chose to do it because he's an awesome guy. Rip 🙏
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abgry_krakow87 Mar 30, 2026 +27
Ryan Reynolds in “A Million Ways to Die in the West”. The sole purpose of his appearance was to get shot lol
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SoulxxBondz Mar 30, 2026 +11
Chris Evans in Free Guy - Not really a low-grade movie, but same range as those being discussed here.
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Careless-Cat3327 Mar 30, 2026 +66
Adding - 1. NPH in Harold and Kumar go to White castle (how did they even pitch that to him) 2. Bob Barker - Happy Gilmore. Eminem in HG2 is also extremely random. 3. Keanu Reeves - Always Be My Maybe 4. Martin Sheen - Hot Shots! Part Deux (one of my personal favorite comedy movies & one of Charlie's best movies). 5. Mike Tyson - The Hangover (genuinely didn't expect it)
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NoSpoilerAlertPlease Mar 30, 2026 +39
I loved you in Wall Street!
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Jidarious Mar 30, 2026 +25
I hate to appear pedantic, but I have to set this straight. NPH didn't do Harold and Kumar a favor here, his career was just short of over when that movie came out. The part went against type and was so good it revitalized his career, otherwise many people probably wouldn't even know who he was.
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SilentSwine Mar 30, 2026 +82
Neil Patrick Harris wasnt super well known when Harold and Kumar was made. He was in the awkward transition from child actor (known for playing Doogie Howser) to adult actor with little to no well known roles. It was actually his cameo in Harold in Kumar that revitalized his career and helped him get the part in How I Met Your Mother that turned him into the A-lister he is today
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mabrasm Mar 30, 2026 +28
He’s said before that he’ll do anything with the directors of those flicks because they revitalized his career.
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psimwork Mar 30, 2026 +22
Came to say basically this. He was kind of a punchline at the time. I would say arguably his biggest film role between his TV time and Harold & Kumar was "Starship Troopers" and the audience reaction to seeing him was "LOL DOOGIE!!!". And the funny thing is that the *initial* reaction in Harold & Kumar was likewise, "LOL DOOGIE!!!". But then minutes into it, suddenly it was "holy shit. Doogie Howser is f****** hilarious." And then yeah - once he got known for playing a womanizing a****** in this, it was totally not surprising to see him play another womanizing a******. Only after all that did we actually get to see that Neil Patrick Harris could actually act.
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CoffeeStrength Mar 30, 2026 +18
Hot Shots! Part Deux is an amazing movie that everyone needs to watch at least once. The sheer amount of jokes-per-second(JPS totally a metric, don’t look it up) in that movie is insane. Has to be one of the highest of all time? Like almost every scene has some level of physical comedy, slap-stick, and parody while still taking itself serious (which is just another layer of a joke).
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Silverward Mar 30, 2026 +15
The overlapping narration, plus “I loved you in Wall Street!” was such a great 1-2 punch of a gag
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el-capitancreamsicle Mar 30, 2026 +12
If it matters, from NPH himself: He knew nothing about the movie, Harold and Kumar, one day one of his friends that had been doing auditions came to him and told him that he had just auditioned for the movie NPH was going to be in. NPH was like “no I’m not in that movie“ and then he called his manager and had him find out about it eventually got the script and liked it.
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