Got Some Microderm Abrasion And A Taste For Brow Lifts
Why don’t people respect Will Forte’s genius? Really. The first time we all saw MacGruber (back in the Piven episode last January), did anyone even DREAM that one day we would eventually see him morph into a plastic surgery addict with a “taste for brow lifts”? Your Uncle Grambo would argue the neg on that one — everyone thought it was a toss off skit that satisfied Lorne’s penchant for pushing the envelope with what can and can’t be said on TV (“Hand me that bucket of bum sperm!”). However, with the benefit of hindsight, it seems crystal clear that Forte always had this sort of endgame in mind for MacGruber, which to me only reinforces his twisted brilliance.
Sure, Andy Samberg gets all the geek (and the girl) love for being the face of SNL’s digital shorts and Kristen Wiig is thisclose to breaking out as one of the first TRUE female comediennes accepted by the mainstream since the Roseanne Barr train got derailed in the mid `90s, but neither one of them can hold a candle to Forte’s unparalleled genius in developing characters and then pushing them beyond one-trick pony status to the outer limits of awesomeness (case in point, “The Falconer”). If anyone other than myself, The Grizz and Nummer actually saw “The Brothers Solomon” when it was in theaters for four days back in September, they too would be singing his praises on high. But for now (and perhaps for always), Forte remains an underappreciated enigma. Here’s hoping more people come around to his Overall Greatness™. Now quick, round up all the pubic hair you can find!
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1. Mo Diggs wrote on October 16th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
In the early ’90s I felt Adam Sandler would be a star.
In the late ’90s Will Ferell.
I have that feeling about Will Forte
2. Johnny Loftus wrote on October 16th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
That’s not our only problem, MacGruber!
JTL
3. Grizz wrote on October 16th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Janine, look in the sky!
4. Uncle Grambo wrote on October 16th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Okay, on three … MAKE A BABY FOR DAD!
5. JPMcKrengels wrote on October 17th, 2007 at 11:09 am
I’ve been missing Forte’s GW for a while.
6. gorilla wrote on October 17th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I enjoyed his work on the Black.E.T. network.
Hi DARE!
7. rjwhite wrote on October 17th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
I have to say- this cast, right now… it’ll go down as one of the show’s best. Gaurandarnedteed.
8. whatevs (dot org) | p.h.c.f.y.s.b. » The Grizz’s Crowning Achievement wrote on November 8th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
[…] It’s been a good week for The Grizz. Not only was he awarded with Central Michigan University’s inaugural “Young Journalist Of The Year” award (an event your Uncle Grambo was fortunate enough to attend), but now — and perhaps more importantly — his righteous praise of “The Brothers Solomon” in The DetNews will forever be immortalized in the form of a pull quote on the DVD’s cover! SO BEST! Don’t believe the 14% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, “T.B.S.” is running neck and neck with “Superbad” as this year’s best comedy. Seriously. It was so good, The Grizz bought a bootleg copy off a street vendor during an NYC run a few weeks ago to give to Nummer as a post-wedding gift during a sneak preview of “Saw IV”!!! If that doesn’t speak volumes about its Overall Greatness™, I don’t know what will. Except, perhaps, this formula…Forte + Arnett + Grizz Pullquote = 2007′S MUST PURCHASE OF THE YEAR! […]
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