This post title is kind of a rollercoaster. I was like oh no not Steve Guttenberg. I can’t believe he’s fallen so far. Then I was relieved he did something heroic instead then the people hate him for it.
What a ride.
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FreeEdmondDantes3 days ago
+436
He stole a car, broke into their home, and got into a physical altercation with them and kidnapped them. He saved their stubborn little lives.
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itsbirthdaybitch3 days ago
+172
I’d watch that movie
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itsbirthdaybitch3 days ago
+163
Billy Crystal and Carol Kane as the couple?
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seth9283 days ago
+99
As their Princess Bride characters
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MACHOmanJITSU3 days ago
+44
Get back witch!
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patsully983 days ago
+38
I’m not a witch, I’m your wife!
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djmikec3 days ago
+16
Have fun storming the Palisades
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omega20103 days ago
+5
HUMPERDINK! HUMPERDINK!
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patsully982 days ago
+2
I did work for the king, until the king’s stinking son fired me, and thank *you* so much for bringing up such a painful memory! While you’re at it, why don’t you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?
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wandrlusty3 days ago
+16
Are they *almost dead*?
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biglefty3123 days ago
+13
Just mostly dead.
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CitronNo451223 days ago
+7
Slightly alive.
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bradlees2 days ago
+5
They clearly said: “To Blave” which everyone knows is “To bluff” which is what you are doing Steve. I’m not falling for this “fire” you keep droning on about
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misfitx3 days ago
+2
Laughing hurts my back flareup, damn this thread.
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B00marangTrotter3 days ago
Have fun storming the fire!
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sleepinginthebushes_3 days ago
+10
The Guttenberg Dilemma
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RBVegabond3 days ago
+22
It’s like my grandfather in his last moments fighting the paramedics right after a Mac truck hit him across 4 lanes. Some people just don’t understand they’re being helped or don’t want to be saved.
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reddithoe5553 days ago
+9
This is where my first thought went. I've known several elderly who have said they're just waiting to die...
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Wolfwoods_Sister2 days ago
+3
JFC. I’m so sorry about your gpa!
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RBVegabond2 days ago
+4
My mother cried and said he can’t hurt us anymore to her brother, some people improve the world leaving it. No sympathies needed here for that man, friend.
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Wolfwoods_Sister2 days ago
+3
Oh wow. My heart. Blessings and peace to your mother and uncle. 💔 Sometimes the darkness is torn away rather than lifted.
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dabigua2 days ago
+2
"You didn't save my life - you ruined my death!"
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JerseyCoJo3 days ago
+115
F****** same
I was like No he's dead? Wait what the f***?! Then finally Of course he did!
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FrighteningJibber3 days ago
+15
I guess he was interviewed during the fire and no one recognized who he was
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Dark1sh3 days ago
+5
I remember seeing this interview in the news, the reporter had no clue, asked his name and still no idea
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SodaPopGurl3 days ago
+10
I thought I was the only one.
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Ghstfce3 days ago
+25
Steve Guttenberg just being Steve Guttenberg. Give the man some credit
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Dsarg_923 days ago
+19
It had me in the first half I’m not gonna lie.
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Jimmyg1003 days ago
+10
Did they hate him for rescuing them or are they just not fans of Police Academy?
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msut773 days ago
+5
He started the fire 1st
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ArtPeers3 days ago
+11
No, he didn’t light it. But he tried to fight it.
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Riklanim3 days ago
+11
It was always burning, since the world’s been turning.
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ClassyBroad333 days ago
+2
At least we know.. *we didn't start the fire*
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thewarfreak3 days ago
Ryan started the fire.
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Friendly-Profit-85903 days ago
+2
Whenever’s there’s a where are they now or what happened to them sort of post I think of him and police academy
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mountaindoom3 days ago
+2
Like Lieutenant Dan.
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Fantom_Renegade3 days ago
+2
We were both carpooling in that ride, believe you me
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ComplexToe3 days ago
+1
Well 2026 so far doesn't help.🙃
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ThisIsDen2 days ago
+1
I worked on PS Your Cat is Dead with him a couple centuries ago. This has a similar vibe. That said I don’t recommend the movie
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themanfromvulcan3 days ago
+1
Same here I was momentarily so disappointed.
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Dickduck213 days ago
+347
So that's why the Stonecutters made him a star...
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buntopolis3 days ago
+144
We do! We do!
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GBGF1283 days ago
+40
Attach the stone of triumph!
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Built4dominance3 days ago
+23
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
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IrememberXenogears3 days ago
+46
I always figured it was because of his work in keeping the metric system outside the US' borders.
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Sirtopofhat3 days ago
+28
Well it certainly wasn't for holding back the electric car
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GiveSparklyTwinkly3 days ago
+20
Or controlling the British crown.
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tenehemia2 days ago
+2
He's one of those egg council creeps though.
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Spindlebrook3 days ago
+12
But he never won an Oscar. I thought they rigged every Oscar night.
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throwawayinthe8183 days ago
+11
You don’t want him getting a big head.
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BK_00003 days ago
+7
I thought they had blackballed him. He's not been a star in decades.
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Complete-Morning-4293 days ago
+3
It’s a secret
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wimpyroy3 days ago
+3
Shut up…
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Dr-Mumm-Rah3 days ago
+7
Attach The Stone of Triumph!
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wrinkled_funsack3 days ago
+75
He was great in Party Down too
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SynthPixels3 days ago
+38
F****** loved him in Party Down!! Also, damn homie is definitely hittin the gym. In the era of complete d*** heads everywhere, I’m so happy to see him being rad.
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kittenmittens48653 days ago
+17
One of the best episodes!
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BleepBlorp01013 days ago
+10
No risk, no reward!
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just_cows3 days ago
+10
The Gute!!!
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forzapogba3 days ago
+5
I really needed to see him like that too because right before he had an arc in Veronica Mars where he was molester/murderer and Party Down brought me back to liking him lol
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Musashi_Joe3 days ago
+5
Oh yeah I forgot he was Woody! It's funny b/c Rob Thomas also made Adam Scott a creep for one episode in that show at some point.
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forzapogba3 days ago
+1
Yeah he was a teacher that knocked up Leighton Meester, before Gosip Girl lol. Bunch of same people pop up on iZombie too
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Fast_Allen2 days ago
+1
He was also a chi-mo in “Flower” which didn’t stick the landing.
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THElaytox3 days ago
+3
Just remember, no risk no reward!
....I f****** hate Steve Guttenburg
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ss4johnny3 days ago
+1
He was also in Veronica Mars. Rob Thomas must like him.
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MC_Terry2 days ago
+1
Partying with the Gute
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MeasurementNo03 days ago
+115
People dont even remember that he invented the bible
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Coolbluegatoradeyumm3 days ago
+35
That was his dad
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thewarfreak3 days ago
+4
Mr. Guttenberg
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qweef_latina20213 days ago
+7
And the beard and mustache combo.
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ReallyBrainDead3 days ago
+50
Remember he went on one of the local broadcasts covering the fire on site trying to convince people to evacuate. Just being a good member of the community.
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FullofLovingSpite2 days ago
+10
He was asking people to leave their keys in their cars, because they were abandoning them and running (a false report about where the fire was combined with a bad community exit route). It blocked the roads for the fire trucks. He was trying to help clear it.
It was pretty cool of him. I was watching at the time and thought, that's not THE Steve Guttenberg, is it?
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reddit-et-circenses2 days ago
+4
And the reporter didn’t know who he was
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ididmybestdammit1 day ago
+1
That reporter deserves jail time
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Bubblybathtime3 days ago
+132
That man is a gem.
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Scuba15883 days ago
+128
The story of how he became famous is hilarious. He hung around the paramount lot entrance and noticed security didn’t actually check anyone’s credentials. He just got a blank card and took it to the time clock punch in and waved at the security guards and acted like he belonged. He found an empty office (he was in this office for 2 or 3 years) and set up a phone line and people started taking his calls. He’d also hang around late and break into other offices to read scripts and treatments. He was caught by Faye Dunaway who realized he didn’t belong there but didn’t rat him out realizing he was just an actor looking for a break and posed no harm.
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napalmnacey3 days ago
+53
So Police Academy is a biopic where he does the same thing, just with being a cop instead of being an actor.
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MuhThugga3 days ago
+24
Spielberg did a similar thing at Universal where he would duck away from the studio tour and go to an empty office. Eventually, people just assumed he worked there.
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Finito-19943 days ago
+30
That was debunked. His dad got him a job.
All these rich and successful old fucks wanna pretend they have an origin story despite succeeding against no adversity
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B00marangTrotter3 days ago
+11
Yup, Steve was working on CBS shows pretty young.
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Aguy_incognito2 days ago
+1
My local paper has a vanity press section. Fell good story about lot boy who worked his way up to manager!(dads dealership) local teen wins tennis title!(daughter of billionaire businessman and state senator) etc….
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Bubblybathtime2 days ago
+1
Yeah those "I came to town with only a dollar to my name but I made it big" stories are always suspect. More often than not it turns out they came from a wealthy family with connections.
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jampapi2 days ago
+5
So he was the OG Maeby Fünke?!
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Maskatron2 days ago
+5
Surely.
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B00marangTrotter3 days ago
+3
Jamey Kennedy has a rather funny story too. Played his own manager.
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Heiminator3 days ago
+2
So that’s where he learned how to break into places
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Fantom_Renegade3 days ago
+1
That is WILD🤣🤣
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GWSDiver3 days ago
+1
It’s a Hollywood-Style “Catch Me If You Can”.
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SpellHausMagic3 days ago
+38
He truly is. Always loved him.
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Skittleavix3 days ago
+55
I remember seeing him on TV being interviewed on the street by a news crew during the aftermath, and he just introduced himself as “Steve”. Seems pretty down to Earth.
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lostroadrunner223 days ago
+43
‘I’m being told you are an actor?’ Was my favorite part of that.
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please_and_thankyou3 days ago
+13
Not during the aftermath, it was the middle of the day! Things are being rebuilt though, the plants are green and lush again, and two of the at least six (if I’m counting right) burned schools have reopened.
edit: the burned schools are operating in other locations. Office buildings, the high school was in a Sears for almost a full year, and spaces on other campuses.
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SpellHausMagic3 days ago
+13
Yes, he seems kind and humble.
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Dsarg_923 days ago
+7
I’ve always liked listening to his motivational videos on IG. He seems like a very well grounded person.
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FunetikPrugresiv3 days ago
+1
Interesting... I had heard back in the day that he was an a******. Maybe I'm misremembering.
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maxheadflume3 days ago
+77
lol this lead me to the article about D*** Van Dyke, and I quote: “Van Dyke, who evacuated his home alongside wife, Arlene Silver, said he was struggling to unfurl his fire hose when help arrived. “
Well played, D***.
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FrighteningJibber3 days ago
+9
At his age I can just imagine how difficult that would have been! Poor D***.
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ProfessionalBench8323 days ago
+4
Have you seen his wife?! It can't be that difficult (his wife is dummy thic and I'm there for it)
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erlend_nikulausson2 days ago
+1
Thought you were joking. One Google search later, “nope, they’re right.”
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Much-Switch-82443 days ago
+31
I live in LA and watched the fires live while it happened. He was on the streets in the Palisades asking people to leave their keys so he could drive their cars off the roads so the firemen could get through. Johnny Cool 🥹♥️
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SgtHulkasBigToeJam3 days ago
+53
Cocoon 2: Palisades Fire Boogaloo
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Just_Candle_3153 days ago
+29
[There acrually is a Cocoon 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoon:_The_Return) and this was oddly not the title
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SgtHulkasBigToeJam3 days ago
+7
Missed opportunity
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CarlySimonSays3 days ago
+6
Underrated series
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Doc-11th3 days ago
+21
time for Police Academy 8
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Illustrious-Egg55653 days ago
+7
F*** yes-I hate that they haven’t made any new movies in that series for a long time
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hunkman30003 days ago
+5
This is classic Mahoney behaviour
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napalmnacey3 days ago
+3
I was saying up thread that Mahoney is just Steve being himself.
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BJoe19763 days ago
+2
I was just thinking that this sounded like something that would have happened to Mahoney in one of those movies.
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_Fizzgiggy3 days ago
+24
Goddddd why are elderly people so stubborn. I watched those fires from the safety of my own home. When the fires come you need to leave!!!!
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IolausTelcontar3 days ago
+12
Seriously, those people were assholes.
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Hotel_Arrakis3 days ago
+23
What a life:
* Invents the printing press
* Stars in "Police Academy" franchise
* Rescues old people from fires
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projecktzero3 days ago
+9
Don't forget he has his own Bible.
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brumac443 days ago
+15
I can't remember what film it was, but he was shaving his face, then he shaved his neck. And I thought that was weird, until he took off his shirt and it looked like he was wearing a sweater. That's what I always think of when I hear of Steve Gutenberg.
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OtherUserCharges3 days ago
+14
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? He do.
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Training_Coach_95863 days ago
+12
His episode of party down is how i have ever since imagined he lives his life. Headline does nothing to disabuse that notion. Good on ya steve.
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chaluparobin3 days ago
+9
oh man, the places my mind went until I got to “during palisades fire”….
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Sasquatcheeethree3 days ago
+11
I just can't not like this guy as I watched a lot of police academy as a kid even the stupid cartoon lol
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Neil_Salmon3 days ago
+11
He posts videos online with really positive messages and life advice. It should feel very artificial and saccharine but, from him, it feels like it comes from an honest place.
I'm sad he kind of disappeared from movies - he had a great run in the 80s. I love Short Circuit - some aspects of that movie have aged horribly but, otherwise, it works really well.
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napalmnacey3 days ago
+5
Short Circuit, Cocoon 1 & 2, the Police Academy movies, the Three Men films.
I enjoyed those a lot when I was a kid and watched them repeatedly (The Police Academy movies were taped off the TV which censored or cut out the rude bits).
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americanoperdido3 days ago
+7
You can thank the Stone Cutters.
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Ok_Ear22513 days ago
+14
Wait, so it was a mutual euthanasia betwixt the elderly couple?
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CountVanillula3 days ago
+34
No, they just thought *Three Men and a Little Lady* was utter garbage.
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Ok_Ear22513 days ago
+16
We all have our lines....
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Fun_Pressure54423 days ago
+12
Yeah exactly, they were holding out for carrot top to save them, they have standards
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R3luctant3 days ago
+16
Rollercoaster of a title.
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Fickle_Goose_44513 days ago
+8
Damn, doing pretty well for being over 400 years old.
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Deep-Assignment41243 days ago
+3
You are thinking of Matt Gutenberg.
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AmericanRudeboy3 days ago
+6
I’d expect nothing less from a Stonecutter.
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Horror_Neighborhood93 days ago
+7
He’s f****** fantastic in that recurring role he had on “Veronica Mars”.
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Complete_Entry3 days ago
+6
"You're not a real cop!"
"Everything is on fire!"
"Those movies sucked, and I'll never trust a no-homer!"
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za193 days ago
+5
1 man and a couple
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Starscream1473 days ago
+6
An Officer you *can* trust.
👮
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CokeMooch3 days ago
+4
That is so Steve Guttenberg.
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87StickUpKid3 days ago
+5
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? We dooooo!
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Civil_Zone81373 days ago
+6
I’ve dreamt my whole life that Steve Guttenberg would come through my door and whisk me away. Always the bridesmaid…
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Striking_Prize48223 days ago
+4
The whole “ old people stubbornly believing their house will be spared from natural disaster “ trope is real and not funny . In Altadena , the fault was very much with the guy asleep on the job who didn’t run the emergency alert system , but you had old folks with sparks the size of dinner plates falling on the house next to them not budging because they hadn’t gotten official word yet.
I don’t know why it is. We need more people like Steve Gutenberg willing to deal with cranky illogical wrath from someone they save. He’s a mensch. .
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jackandsally0606093 days ago
+4
Star of the tower of terror movie? That Steve Guttenberg?
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popculturella3 days ago
+4
Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
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Tomazito703 days ago
+4
Then cut to The Blue Oyster Bar scene…
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Jonesy11383 days ago
+3
Did the old man scream at him “why don’t you just kiss my rosey red ass, Mahoney!”
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TheLearningScientist3 days ago
+3
Mr. Sansweet didn’t ask to be saved. Mr. Sansweet didn’t want to be saved!”
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Dry_Jellyfish6413 days ago
+3
Police Academy actor charged with burglary
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chinanigans3 days ago
+3
Cocoon 3 looking wild
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Arizona_Pete2 days ago
+3
To be fair, I believe their criticism was that they were being saved by the star of 'Police Academy 4 - Citizens on Patrol' and not the superior, 'Police Academy 6 - City Under Siege'.
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UrsusRenata3 days ago
+8
Elderly? They probably wanted to go down with the house. It’s tough to set up a whole new life at 85.
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zbambo3 days ago
+4
«Guttenberg reflected, "They hated me. I mean, the woman's hitting me in the head. I go, 'Lady, you can't stay in this house. Your house is going to burn down!' And it probably did."»
Probably.
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Comprehensive-Fun473 days ago
+2
That got me too. Like he never checked to find out? That's hilarious.
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OldAdministration7353 days ago
+2
Maury Povich is still alive?
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PartialWorth3 days ago
+2
Fine, let's do a new Police Academy, too.
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BigGrayBeast3 days ago
+2
Steve Guttenberg becoming the next Chuck Norris.
I did not see that coming.
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PurpleCaterpillar823 days ago
+2
Steve Guttenberg… the guy with the YouTube channel Audiophiliac who reviews audio equipment? Or is there another…
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EmperorDPants3 days ago
+2
This is what made Steve Guttenberg a star... in my heart :D
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EvilTwinCities3 days ago
+2
“Relax, elderly. I am from Cocoon.”
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Business_Television93 days ago
+2
I can’t read his name without thinking of the Stonecutters. I mean they made Steve Gutenberg a ⭐️
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Iconclast13 days ago
+2
I mean, he wasnt IN the Palisades when he did this, but thats what he says
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Defiant-Glass-65873 days ago
+1
Wonder if they still hate him?
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Limberpuppy3 days ago
+1
I would watch that movie.
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beuhring3 days ago
+1
His episode on Party Down is peak television
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Emily_Postal3 days ago
+2
My favorite episode of Party Down.
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beuhring2 days ago
+1
Mine too!
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EasilyLuredWithCandy3 days ago
+1
I follow him on Instagram. He is the most positive dude!
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TheLewisReddits3 days ago
+1
The old couple might not have appreciated the rescue, but he had to try! It's like the Gute always says "no risk, no reward!"
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booberryyogurt2 days ago
+1
Don’t forget that he abused his fairy’s magic, took out archduke Ferdinand, and plunged the world into WWI!
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DigOk38162 days ago
+1
He was up in Northern Canada at the time....
RIP Norm
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Ok-Border30792 days ago
+1
short circuit fux
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StNic542 days ago
+1
The old couple must have been yelling “Mahoney!” and “Get me Proctoorrrr!” the whole time
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Picnut2 days ago
+1
Any news on if their house caught fire, or was in the path of the smoke at least?
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Shyface_Killah2 days ago
+1
I take it they weren't fans of *Police Academy?*
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cleverinspiringname3 days ago
They didn’t live in the palisades, Steve Gutenberg is a menace
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thatlad3 days ago
-4
And people wonder why the world thinks americans are dumb:
The world is on fire, let's just sit here and watch TV.
And then you have guttenberg, living in a country known for people refusing to leave their homes and being well within their right to shoot anyone for being on their property....smashes in and attacks them against their will.
I get the intent, but his actions were just as reckless
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