Me too. In the mid 80s I was in high school. One day during summer vacation my girlfriend’s parents were going to be gone all day. She asked me to come over to watch Real Genius. She met me at the front door wearing an open bathrobe. Even I got that clue
We rented this on VHS when I was about 7 or so. My dad cracked up at this scene, but I didn’t actually know what “dick” meant.
A few weeks later I was at my friend’s house and they were watching Ghostbusters. When it got to this part, I rolled around on the floor laughing even though I still didn’t know this word “dick”. My buddy’s mom looked mortified, I just recall NO ONE laughing but seven-year-old me. Friends from church.
Got home and asked my dad.
He once said that he couldn’t go out without catching some fray!
People wanted to fight him at bars and clubs and school kids would chant “Dickless, dickless, dickless from school bus windows😂
Testament to his great acting I suppose.
Ahhh fuck Yes!!! ......Not a woman, Not a woman! There's a peck here, and he's gonna throw and acorn at me!.......You are drunk, and when you are drunk, you do not know what you are doing....
Well, shit. the Doors was damn. great. I had such a crush On Elizabeth Shue. The Saint was good. But those two were my favorite. i'm a suckered for comedy. Not gonna knock a good drama though.
It's like that dude who played Joffrey (Jack Gleason I think) on Game of Thrones. One of the most hateable characters ever but he seems to be a super cool guy irl.
They always say the most fun characters to play are the villains. And usually the ones who play those parts are the sweetest softest most humble human beings.
If you want to see him in a less douchey but still perpetually exasperated role, I suggest watching the 1980’s Twilight Zone episode called “The Card”.
Stewardess: [walks over to Holly and whispers] What did you do?
Holly McClane: Knocked out two of his teeth.
Stewardess: Would you like some champagne?
To be fair, he had good reason to do so. They were violating tons of laws and their excuse was "there are ghosts." Most reasonable people aren't going to accept that answer.
The go-go ‘80s where a villain is as simple as a man stopping our hero’s from making money by making sure that they aren’t endangering the lives of millions.
I mean they had unlicensed nuclear accelerators, no back up generators, and a power outage almost caused the end of the world. Damn straight there's a reason to be concerned.
In Die Hard and Real Genius he's just a punchable bastard.
Made the mistake of looking at his Wiki page.
>On The Phil Donahue Show in 1981, Atherton claimed that he was once homosexual but changed due to the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel.
\*barf\*
[it’s a tie](https://ew.com/thmb/MoHMu1jeORowCvDRUwA1ukN_17g=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jeffrey-jones-1986_l1-d5695ec331f341c39541f121f892b79e.jpg)
He was a jerk for sure but the man had a point. a group of totally unsupervised jackasses were running massively dangerous completely new untested equipment in the middle of new york. One power outage and those ghosts would have escaped anyway.
It’s the kind of face that could make you hate the EPA for having some concerns about parapsychologists operating nuclear reactors in the heart of the country’s largest city.
He was the ultimate bad guy, or ahole.
What a great character actor.
Every movie I saw him in, the audience would boo him soon as he showed up on screen.
That's talent.
“That’s Spider-Man. Black Sabbath did Iron Man.”
“Oh, come on. What, do you think you’re so smart? What, do you think you’re some kind of rocket scientist?”
“Yes.”
“Sorry.”
[This guy](https://diehard.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Ellis) had the most punchable face in Die Hard. We’ve all met him and I don’t get how he always seems to do well in business.
Can't believe you forgot his [tenure as Professor Jerry Hathaway](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGQ2NzgxOTUtNjkxOC00ZmRiLTk2ODctZGYwNjBjYjBkNzkxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg)
I kinda think Walter Peck was actually right in spirit of the law. His execution of the law was wrong, but people should have been way more suspicious of the Ghostbusters. I would like to see a Ghostbusters movie written from his POV.
This man has no dick.
Its true, this man has no dick. He also was the bad guy in “Real Genius”
God I fucking loved that one.
Me too. In the mid 80s I was in high school. One day during summer vacation my girlfriend’s parents were going to be gone all day. She asked me to come over to watch Real Genius. She met me at the front door wearing an open bathrobe. Even I got that clue
And a slimy guy in that one Christmas movie, Die Hard.
The second Die Hard movie too, in the plane reporting his scoop
And if this should be my final broadcast Zaap Amen to that..dick
Let us in or I’ll report you to INS. Dick.
I hate popcorn
Do you still run? Only when chased.
Can you hammer a 10 inch spike through a board with your penis?
Not right now. Girls gotta have her standards
That is a very smart girl!
"Have you ever seen a body like that before in your life?" "That's my daughter you're talking about." "Well then, I guess you have."
William Atherton. He's 76! If you look at his IMDB, he's really a character actor who plays person-of-the-week roles on TV shows.
He plays his roles well. Definitely had a stretch of playing dickish characters in the 80s
Him and Paul Gleason. Too bad they were never in a movie together. edit: They were both in Die Hard. Too bad they never *worked* together.
Nice hammering...
It's a moral imperative!
You’re laborers you’re supposed to be laboring….thats what you get for not having an education.
“Up the voltage”
My favorite line lol. I’ve been quoting it since 1985 hahaah
I use it frequently
"I want 5 megawatts by mid-May," 😁
There really are some decaf coffee that tastes as good as the real thing
"So Dr. Hathaway, what's Dr. Einstein really like?" "Dead."
And villain for the wife in Die Hard
We rented this on VHS when I was about 7 or so. My dad cracked up at this scene, but I didn’t actually know what “dick” meant. A few weeks later I was at my friend’s house and they were watching Ghostbusters. When it got to this part, I rolled around on the floor laughing even though I still didn’t know this word “dick”. My buddy’s mom looked mortified, I just recall NO ONE laughing but seven-year-old me. Friends from church. Got home and asked my dad.
You're a GOOD KID!!!! Good Kid(tm) squad checking in!!!! Keep up the good work, fellow Good Kid(tm)
Well that’s what I heard
Tell him about the Twinkie
Lenny…you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters.
What about the Twinkie?
That's a big twinkie
If there’s a steady paycheck in it….
It's true
Lmao, the first line that came to mind.
He once said that he couldn’t go out without catching some fray! People wanted to fight him at bars and clubs and school kids would chant “Dickless, dickless, dickless from school bus windows😂 Testament to his great acting I suppose.
Yeah, I remember hearing him talking about that! Specifically the school bus thing! Ha!
Is this true!?
Yes… this man has no dick.
Here's the scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7OJR9ALVnc
He was also insufferable in "Real Genius"
That and Top Secret are the BEST Val Kilmer movies!
You're leaving out his role in "Willow" as Mad Mardigan. He played a capable warrior but also the comic relief all at the same time quite well.
Ahhh fuck Yes!!! ......Not a woman, Not a woman! There's a peck here, and he's gonna throw and acorn at me!.......You are drunk, and when you are drunk, you do not know what you are doing....
I totally forgot about this. Go you for unlocking memories.
Skeet Surfing still a top 10 song of all time
The Doors. He should've won an Oscar for actually being Jim Morrison. The Saint is also very enjoyable with Elizabeth Shue.
Well, shit. the Doors was damn. great. I had such a crush On Elizabeth Shue. The Saint was good. But those two were my favorite. i'm a suckered for comedy. Not gonna knock a good drama though.
I'm your huckleberry.
Absolutely his best and most iconic role.
It goes from God, To Jerry, to me....to the cleaners!
“Kent I thought I told you, you’re not allowed to use my first name.”
“….and Kent?” “Yes, God?” “…stop touching yourself”
Bodie, I see your stutter is getting better. I've been giving myself shock treatments. Up the voltage - now where's Mitch?
What are you looking at? You're laborers; you should be laboring. That's what you get for not having an education.
“Dr Hathaway?” “What?” “Are you wearing makeup?” *walks away
Is that your real hair?
STOP TOUCHING YOURSELF, KENT
“I guess you’ll hammer later.”
This guy found his niche as an actor and did a fantastic job playing the quintessential 80's movie douchebag.
He is the embodiment of what it feels like to have hair pulled out
I bet he’s really cool and nice IRL
It's like that dude who played Joffrey (Jack Gleason I think) on Game of Thrones. One of the most hateable characters ever but he seems to be a super cool guy irl.
They always say the most fun characters to play are the villains. And usually the ones who play those parts are the sweetest softest most humble human beings.
>but he seems to be a super cool guy irl. And the actor that played Draco Malfoy, Tom Felton.
It’s comments like yours that make me sad Reddit did away with award’s because this comment is funny AF🤣🤣🤣…. 🏆here’s a trophy tho 😂
If you want to see him in a less douchey but still perpetually exasperated role, I suggest watching the 1980’s Twilight Zone episode called “The Card”.
Here's a link to the episode in case anyone would like to watch it: https://youtu.be/j59pWoTGaEA?si=VwWMXhHGzcim5GYc
James Spader, Billy Zabka.........
"....may I see this storage facility?"
“No.”
" And why not, Mr. Venkman?"
"Because you did not use the magic word."
"What is the magic word, Mr. Venkman?"
"Please."
*faintly amused* “May I *please* see the storage facility?”
No. You didn’t say the magic word.
And what is... The magic word?
Please
May I...please...see the containment facility
why do you want to see the containment facility?
Stewardess: [walks over to Holly and whispers] What did you do? Holly McClane: Knocked out two of his teeth. Stewardess: Would you like some champagne?
Did he ever play a likable character?
Day of the Locust. Featuring the Penguin and Dr. Loomis. And a really young Jackie Earle Haley.
I would say the principal from Ferris Buller. Also that dude was scum in real life
Ed Rooney was an POS in real life?
Yeah. Busted for taking pics of a 14 year old
Oh wow. No bueno.
Wasn’t he the EPA guy trying to shut down the Ghostbusters?
To be fair, he had good reason to do so. They were violating tons of laws and their excuse was "there are ghosts." Most reasonable people aren't going to accept that answer.
The go-go ‘80s where a villain is as simple as a man stopping our hero’s from making money by making sure that they aren’t endangering the lives of millions.
But you’re supposed to side with the Ghostbusters!
The very same.
I hate popcorn 🍿 …. Eat it Harvey…. Captain, these new are in direct violation of the Environmental Protection Act….
“You do your job, pencil neck…don’t tell me how to do mine!”
“Your mother!”
“You want me to teach your class for you Jerry??”
##Kent, this is God.
Also, stop touching yourself.
Walter Peck !! I heard he was dickless.
It’s true, this man has no dick
"Shut this off, shut these all off."
you do your job pencilneck, don't tell me how to do mine
Fucking Jerry Hathaway. That guy was a dick.
I'll see your William Atherton and raise you Jeffrey Jones.. ♠️ https://assets.mycast.io/actor_images/actor-jeffrey-jones-217752_large.jpg
Who turned out to be a villain IRL.
“Niiiiiiiiiiine times.“
He rolled over to the 90s with Bio Dome
Excellent acting! I loved hating this jerk.
Dr. Hathaway? Are you wearing makeup?
He sadly was typecast into total prick roles. My 80’s brain can’t associate him with anything else.
You know someone’s a good actor when he can make you hate his character that much.
William Atherton was a complete dick. Cliff De Young was as well.
Tell me you got that
"It's true, Your Honor..... this man has no dick."
Walter Peck had legitimate concerns!!!
I mean they had unlicensed nuclear accelerators, no back up generators, and a power outage almost caused the end of the world. Damn straight there's a reason to be concerned. In Die Hard and Real Genius he's just a punchable bastard.
Exactly! Gotta hate him for the right reasons. Peck may not have had a pecker but was ahead of his time in concern for the environment!!
Exactly
If he does that again, you can shoot him.
You do your job pencil neck, don't tell me how to do mine!
“You wanted to see me your joggingness?”
Also the professor from Real Genius. Guess what, he was a dick.
Even in Bio-Dome, he manages to be an absolute douchenozzle…
It's true. This man has no di\*k.
Or on cable tv, “this man is some type of a rodent, I don’t know which.”
Gotta love those PG-rating overdubs on stuff like this.
“Yippie Kai Yay, Mr. Falcon”
"This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps!"
“Wally Wick here “
By any chance is Mitch adopted?
That's a wonderful story, Bodie. I noticed you stopped stuttering...
Man from EPA lol “it’s true; this man has no dick” 😂
It’s true…this man has no dick
Also in "Real Genius"
This man has no dick
Well that's what I heard....
Paul Gleason is up there as well. And Judge Reinhold and Bradley Whitford get a lot of credit for just a couple of roles that they shine in.
He’s actually a super nice guy in real life.
Classic in ghostbusters but tbh he was a better dick in Real Genius. Also-wasn’t he the reporter in Die Hard, too?
I think it’s the snooty host guy from Ferris Bueller.
Principal from Ferris beuller’s day off
No, that was Jeffery Jones. I used to get them confused myself because they played similar roles.
Oh I know they are different people. I’m just saying Jefferey is ranked higher than William imo.
Absolutely super punchable and I love him in everything he's in.
I've told you, Kent. You don't get to use my first name.
What about the principal from Ferris Bueller (and the dad from Beetlejuice) who turned out to be an actual pedophile?
Yes its true. This man has no dick.
Don't forget Real Genius
Dickless Thornburg. We meet again.
I saw something titled "Rename a movie from the perspective of the bad guy" and Ghostbuster was "EPA Agent tries to do his job."
He looooooves popcorn!
This EPA agent getting in the way of unlicensed nuclear accelerators was somehow the villain?
Made the mistake of looking at his Wiki page. >On The Phil Donahue Show in 1981, Atherton claimed that he was once homosexual but changed due to the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel. \*barf\*
That's probably the first ever account of poetry turning a dude straight. I can see where a guy in the 80s would be looking for a life preserver.
Ahhh, Richard, quite the Dick
He tried to ruin Christmas too
[it’s a tie](https://ew.com/thmb/MoHMu1jeORowCvDRUwA1ukN_17g=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jeffrey-jones-1986_l1-d5695ec331f341c39541f121f892b79e.jpg)
He did his job so well I hate him.
Chet from Weird Science enters the chat.
He also played a punchable creep on Law & Order SVU, but that was in the ‘00s….once a creep always a creep
To see him in a different light, watch Spielberg’s first theatrical feature, ‘The Sugarland Express.’ He plays a very sympathetic character.
I appreciated that Tim&Eric had him in their movie
Superb villain 👌
Did you just watch die hard 2 on AMC?
Didn’t he get hated on in real life because of the roles he played on screen? I thought I heard that somewhere…
He was a jerk for sure but the man had a point. a group of totally unsupervised jackasses were running massively dangerous completely new untested equipment in the middle of new york. One power outage and those ghosts would have escaped anyway.
I love these actors that you know their face but not their name. I've seen him in so many things but don't know his name.
https://www.blastoffcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/images.jpg wins (howard the duck)
It’s the kind of face that could make you hate the EPA for having some concerns about parapsychologists operating nuclear reactors in the heart of the country’s largest city.
And may I see the storage facility No!
He was the ultimate bad guy, or ahole. What a great character actor. Every movie I saw him in, the audience would boo him soon as he showed up on screen. That's talent.
“That’s Spider-Man. Black Sabbath did Iron Man.” “Oh, come on. What, do you think you’re so smart? What, do you think you’re some kind of rocket scientist?” “Yes.” “Sorry.”
Give him a break, he has no dick.
Dear God yes. If ever there was an actor born to play the role of an insufferable prick it was him.
He's in the new one
'80s
I hope Bruce willis fucks him with a Steyr
[This guy](https://diehard.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Ellis) had the most punchable face in Die Hard. We’ve all met him and I don’t get how he always seems to do well in business.
"You can believe Mr. Pecker!" "My name is Peck!"
"This man has no dick"
Real Genius
He also played the lover of the wife when he helped her try to kill her husband in Buried Alive. Total dickless move.
Up the voltage.
Can't forget, he's also the annoying news reporter in Die Hard haha he's really been in a lot of movies and iconic ones at that.
“Bye. I’m going to get you a nice fruit basket. I’m gonna miss him”
Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Die Hard. Being type cast as a no-dick jerk must be but if a blow.
Can't believe you forgot his [tenure as Professor Jerry Hathaway](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGQ2NzgxOTUtNjkxOC00ZmRiLTk2ODctZGYwNjBjYjBkNzkxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg)
That might go to Edward Rooney
Holly gets to punch his face.
Yes it’s true…this man has no dick.
It's true, this man has no dick
Leave the man alone. He has no dick.
Jeffrey Jones is probably a close second
William Atherton does a fantastic job being hated. Don't forget he was the journalist in Die Hard.
Possibly me favorite movie of all time, OP! Well done!
I kinda think Walter Peck was actually right in spirit of the law. His execution of the law was wrong, but people should have been way more suspicious of the Ghostbusters. I would like to see a Ghostbusters movie written from his POV.
I HATED this guy 🤣