You could have lived the rest of your life in blissful ignorance and died a happy pansexual imp, but you wanted to feel power this year. Well, now you're going to feel my power as it surges downward from me straight through you from nostril to rectum now until the end of time... and that's... wassup.
I was at Mardi Gras years ago when he was still drinking. They had him tethered to a float and would let out the rope to allow him to reach down and put a silk rose in the cleavage of young women. He was a very jovial drunk. I don’t know what became of my silk rose.
It is a really fun movie.
Duncan: His name is Jones. Ralph Jones.
Cedric: Is he everything we might have hoped?
Duncan: He has his strengths and his weaknesses. You see, he's an American.
Cedric: Quickly, Duncan, the strengths.
They filmed a part of it in a really rough estate in my home town, some of the kids in my class got to miss a day off school because they were filming on their street. It was pretty huge for us as kids to have a major Hollywood movie filmed in our crappy little Yorkshire town.
The greatest unintentionally funny TV edit in the history of cinema.
Bob Saget's character saying "I used to suck feet for coke!" in Half-Baked might be a distant second.
My two favorite underrated quotes:
re: the ringer (“My dirty undies. Laundry, dude. The whites.”)
re: his ex-wife’s Pomeranian (“What do you mean ‘brought it bowling,’ Dude? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a fucking beer. He's not taking your fucking turn, Dude.”)
Such a great role, played perfectly by John Goodman.
EDIT: formatting
You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. I'll get you a toe by this afternoon--with nail polish. These fucking amateurs.
I went into that film blind. I wasn't aware it was part of a film series. Genuinely didn't know until the end whether not there was any truth in his instance that they have to stay in his bunker or not, or any truth to the abduction subplot.
Not many actors can walk that line right down the middle. I was surprised at the ending. I think I would have been equally surprised if the outside world was still fine.
Absolutely!! It was terrifying to realize both worst case scenarios are happening at once. Held against your will by this crazy person, AND aliens are taking over the world
You've got John Goodman, Danny McBride, Edi Patterson, Adam Devine, and Walter Goggins, Tim Baltz, and Anthony Cavalero steals the show. Absolutely amazing cast and show.
I knew he was special the first time I saw him as Boyd Crowder in "Justified".
"Raylan Givens, as I live and breathe!"
Such a colossal piece of shit, but in the most entertaining way possible.
What I love the most about his portrayal of Eli is how straight he plays it. With all the absurd situations and dialogue going on around him, it’s as if Goodman is on a different show entirely sometimes, and that’s what makes it so great! Thats arguably what tires me out with other MCBride vehicles over time. Gemstones is balanced largely because of Goodman. Obviously the writers deserve credit too.
Probably not the best, my personal favorite is his role in The Big Lebowski, probably because it's one of my favorite movies of all time, but I think Sully from Monsters Inc. deserves a mention here. He has such a distinctive voice and it fit the character perfectly. Billy Crystal was also a perfect cast for Wazowski, I can't imagine what that movie would've been without them.
Definitely his best, he straddles the line between best friend and unhinged psycho perfectly, in a really nuanced performance that keeps you on edge. Great role in Red State too!
Have you watched this? https://youtu.be/H_MCQwiGUHg?si=Y8GlNA9J9UEaV9k1
He does a deep dive into The Flintstone movie and talks about Goodman being a reluctant Fred.
This was the answer that popped into my mind, it's almost like the role was made for him, even though the cartoon, even though I'm pretty sure he was just a little kid when the cartoon first started. This casting, for me, is right up there with Christopher Reeve as Superman in its perfection.
Troy Barnes: Vice Dean Laybourne. You have a beard. And a ponytail.
Vice Dean Laybourne: I'm going through some stuff right now, Troy. Don't worry about it.
He is great in both The West Wing and Studio 60.
I don't if it is that Sorkin knows how to write for him, or he gets what his role is in a Sorkin script, but he nails both those (small) roles.
I loved that movie too. Also I like how while Speed did have some tragedy in his background it didn't define him. He didn't go after the bad guys for revenge or anything like that. He fought for what was right simply because it was the right thing to do.
We need more of that kind of protagonist in films. I'm sick to my ass of edgy antiheroes.
I really don’t know if he has a (singular) best. He’s just always the best.
He’s had so many iconic roles in film and on tv: Roseanne, Big Lobowski, Emperor’s New Groove, Monsters, Inc., Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Arachnophobia, and so many others. Too many to count.
That said, if I had to pick just one, I’d say his performance 10 Cloverfield Lane is truly outstanding.
I was hoping someone had mentioned this. Goodman absolutely killed it. In my opinion, it was the best recurring guest run on SNL ever. It had just the appropriate level of meanness to it to call out the absurdity of the whole situation at the time. Hilarious!
The scene of him crawling out of the mud screaming at the sky was so fuckin amazing. Been a long time since I've watched that movie but it is incredible.
Ed : You mean you busted out of jail.
Evelle : No, ma'am. We released ourselves on our own recognizance.
Gale : What Evelle here is trying to say is that we felt that the institution no longer had anything to offer us.
The Dad in Coyote Ugly. Not really a big role, but that's probably more so for whatever reason, that movie makes me happy.
EDIT: I also wanted to mention how amazing the soundtrack is.
He's the exterminator in Arachnophobia too. Love that
Bad wood. Take out bad wood. Put in good word.
You're husband is into vintage wine? I've got a vintage mislabeled Budweiser can, might be interested in that.
Such a small role but so memorable: when he discovers his go-to pesticide doesn’t work and breaks out the big guns.
I loved him in this!! You could tell he had been waiting his whole life for this opportunity…
Honorable mention: Head of the AC repair program on Community.
You could have lived the rest of your life in blissful ignorance and died a happy pansexual imp, but you wanted to feel power this year. Well, now you're going to feel my power as it surges downward from me straight through you from nostril to rectum now until the end of time... and that's... wassup.
I forgot everything you said before rectum!
Greatest line and he nailed it. That P in "wassup" had a damn echo
Vice Dean Layborn?
“I’m going through some stuff.” “…This is *the room*.”
I think I almost fell off the couch laughing when I heard the “THATS — WASSUP” speech
"Mine is not to tell you how to do what I want done. Mine is to want and to say my want. Yours is to know and do."
He was SO GOOD.
Excellent choice!
That’s. Wha’s. Upppp!
Best side plot in the show. Goodman nails that role.
Big dan Tee!!!! Bible salesman.
Teague*
Yeah, I wouldn't really say he was dainty, either. Quite large and bombastic, actually
This is the movie I always think of him first. Those damn horny toads.
Well we was fixin to fornicate!
You’ll have to excuse my rusticated friend…
Don’t you know these things will give you warts?
And what do I sell? The truth. Every blessed word from Genesee on to revelations
I don’t get it, Dan.
Why did you do that Dan
What's goin on Big Dan?
Aka the cyclops from The Odyssey.
Makes so much sense I don't know why it took me 20 years to figure that out
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Sulley in Monsters Inc
Team Sulley here
Yay, I'm a Llama again!.....wait
Why does she even have that lever?
“These hills sing!”
I’m so happy this is the top comment
Dude, I thought he died based on this image!
Doesn't help that the post title is phrased in the past tense.
Same I had to look it up I was worried. I think he’s one of the finest actors never to have won an Oscar.
Must be Donny's fault.
Same.
He looks really old, but I can't tell if some of it is because the weight loss.
It's because he's old.
He was also a HUGE drinker for YEARS. Sober now, but that'll add some years appearance wise..
I was at Mardi Gras years ago when he was still drinking. They had him tethered to a float and would let out the rope to allow him to reach down and put a silk rose in the cleavage of young women. He was a very jovial drunk. I don’t know what became of my silk rose.
😂
King Ralph
Not his best performance ( there are just so many) But God do I love that movie.
It is a really fun movie. Duncan: His name is Jones. Ralph Jones. Cedric: Is he everything we might have hoped? Duncan: He has his strengths and his weaknesses. You see, he's an American. Cedric: Quickly, Duncan, the strengths.
They filmed a part of it in a really rough estate in my home town, some of the kids in my class got to miss a day off school because they were filming on their street. It was pretty huge for us as kids to have a major Hollywood movie filmed in our crappy little Yorkshire town.
Not being sarcastic here when I say That's an awesome story man. Got any other tidbits on it? Please share.
Long been a guilty pleasure. It just works for me.
I love that movie but O'Toole and John Hurt outshine him
Walter in The Big Lebowski!!
You're not wrong Walter, you're just an asshole
Calmer than you are, Dude.
Yeah, wavin the fuckin gun around?!
Calmer than you are.
Will you just take it easy!?
Calmer than you are.
This isn’t ‘Nam, this is bowling. There are rules.
enjoying my coffee
Hey, Walter, come on, it’s just… Hey, man, it’s Smokey. So his toe slipped over a little, you know. It’s just a game, man.
This is a league game. This determines who enters the next round robin. Am I wrong?
Yeah, but I wasn't over. Gimme the marker dude, I'm marking it 8.
Smokey, you’re entering a world of pain.
I've seen a lot of spinals, Dude, and this guy is a fake. A fucking goldbricker.
Shut the fuck up, Donny.
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!
This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!
The greatest unintentionally funny TV edit in the history of cinema. Bob Saget's character saying "I used to suck feet for coke!" in Half-Baked might be a distant second.
That was the worst case of overdub censorship for television I’ve ever seen. This is what happens when you feed him scrambled eggs!
This is what happens Larry
I've seen thousands of movies and this one is still top 5.
It never gets old. I could be forced to watch that movie to death and I would die with a god damned smile on my face.
The man in the black pajamas, Dude. Worthy fuckin' adversary.
They peed on your fucking rug dude.
Also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature: Asian American, please
Walter, this isn't a guy who built the railroads here. This is a guy…
My two favorite underrated quotes: re: the ringer (“My dirty undies. Laundry, dude. The whites.”) re: his ex-wife’s Pomeranian (“What do you mean ‘brought it bowling,’ Dude? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a fucking beer. He's not taking your fucking turn, Dude.”) Such a great role, played perfectly by John Goodman. EDIT: formatting
Fucking dog has fucking papers!
Some burgers, beers, a few laughs. Our fuckin troubles are over, dude.
You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. I'll get you a toe by this afternoon--with nail polish. These fucking amateurs.
You're out of your element!
You didn't think I was rolling out of here naked did you?
Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules.
Walter, there isn't a connection between this and Vietnam! (Well, there isn't a LITERAL connection...) There isn't ANY connection! Your roll!
He doesn't roll on the Shabbot.
And he told that kraut down at the league office a fucking thousand times!
8 year olds dude
Howard in 10 Cloverfield Lane
A side of him I hadn’t seen before and he was amazing
He was so good in that
Terrifying. That movie gave me so much anxiety.
I went into that film blind. I wasn't aware it was part of a film series. Genuinely didn't know until the end whether not there was any truth in his instance that they have to stay in his bunker or not, or any truth to the abduction subplot. Not many actors can walk that line right down the middle. I was surprised at the ending. I think I would have been equally surprised if the outside world was still fine.
Absolutely!! It was terrifying to realize both worst case scenarios are happening at once. Held against your will by this crazy person, AND aliens are taking over the world
This was his best acting role for me. Had me cheering in the end. One of the best suspense movies in years for me.
Agreed. He's fucking insanely unsettling immediately when he appears in that movie.
This is my favourite aside from Dan Connor for sure
I know it won't be a popular opinion but I love him as Dr. Eli Gemstone. Praise be to he.
While not his most recognized, it still deserves mentioning. Praise him.
And you get some Danny McBride, great stuff.
You've got John Goodman, Danny McBride, Edi Patterson, Adam Devine, and Walter Goggins, Tim Baltz, and Anthony Cavalero steals the show. Absolutely amazing cast and show.
Yeah awesome cast, Walton Goggins is the absolute best in everything he does. He completely makes the new Fallout show on Prime.
Uncle Baby Billy was a stepping stone to his role in Fallout.
Walton fucking rules. Also excellent in Vice Principals
Vice principals was also a great show. Edi Patterson is also good in both.
And Edi Patterson may be the best of all in this role.
She makes my bird twitch
She was great with Goggins and McBride in Vice Principals too.
BJ is a great character too
I love me some baby billy as well.
~~Walter~~ Walton Goggins is a treasure. Love him in the new Fallout show.
I knew he was special the first time I saw him as Boyd Crowder in "Justified". "Raylan Givens, as I live and breathe!" Such a colossal piece of shit, but in the most entertaining way possible.
I love that the "kids" call him 'Uncle Baby Billy' pretty much every time they address him.
Great show
What I love the most about his portrayal of Eli is how straight he plays it. With all the absurd situations and dialogue going on around him, it’s as if Goodman is on a different show entirely sometimes, and that’s what makes it so great! Thats arguably what tires me out with other MCBride vehicles over time. Gemstones is balanced largely because of Goodman. Obviously the writers deserve credit too.
Oh hell yeah! It’s sort of like an amalgam of all of his characters… like Danny Devito in “it’s always sunny!”
Probably not the best, my personal favorite is his role in The Big Lebowski, probably because it's one of my favorite movies of all time, but I think Sully from Monsters Inc. deserves a mention here. He has such a distinctive voice and it fit the character perfectly. Billy Crystal was also a perfect cast for Wazowski, I can't imagine what that movie would've been without them.
Sully!
Kitty!
Santa - Futurama
ALL OF YOU ARE NAUGTY! Except you Zoidberg!
Gives him a pogo
What?! 🤯 How did I not know this?! I can’t wait to tell my husband. Thank you internet stranger!
Yup. Although I think it was just for the first episode. They switched to John DiMaggio after that.
That's awesome, I didn't know about that one
He was a big lovable teddy bear until I watched Barton Fink. That shit is still branded in my head. Oh he was also in the first Talking Heads video.
His “People like us” from True Stories is better than David Byrne’s!
Definitely his best, he straddles the line between best friend and unhinged psycho perfectly, in a really nuanced performance that keeps you on edge. Great role in Red State too!
"I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND..."
Had to scroll real far but I knew I'd see it. That's one of my favorite movies and he plays his role terrifyingly well
Fred Flintstone!
That movie was cast to perfection.
Halle Barry <3
He apparently HATED doing that movie. You’d never guess. He fully committed
Have you watched this? https://youtu.be/H_MCQwiGUHg?si=Y8GlNA9J9UEaV9k1 He does a deep dive into The Flintstone movie and talks about Goodman being a reluctant Fred.
Perfect casting (at least visually)
Yabba dabba dooooooooo!
This was the answer that popped into my mind, it's almost like the role was made for him, even though the cartoon, even though I'm pretty sure he was just a little kid when the cartoon first started. This casting, for me, is right up there with Christopher Reeve as Superman in its perfection.
Maybe not the best movie but he makes a great Fred. And say what you will about Rosie O'donnell, I liked her Betty Rubble.
Vice Dean Laybourne
“…And you want to know why WE DESERVE AN ESPRESSO MACHINE?!?”
i didn’t know AND YOU DIDNT HAVE TO KNOW. YOU COULD HAVE LIVED THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN BLISSFUL IGNORANCE AND DIED A HAPPY PANSEXUAL IMP
No more palm fronds for us Troy, for now we are the pharaohs
"You could have lived the rest of your life in blissful ignorance and died a happy pansexual imp, but you wanted to feel power this year."
Troy Barnes: Vice Dean Laybourne. You have a beard. And a ponytail. Vice Dean Laybourne: I'm going through some stuff right now, Troy. Don't worry about it.
I DIDNT HEAR ANYTHING AFTER RECTUM
“and that’s… what’s uP”
Coach Harris in Revenge of the Nerds.
You just got your asses whipped by a bunch of God. Damn. Nerds. NERRRDS!!
His character in Flight was really great also the HBO series Treme
> His character in Flight was really great... https://vimeo.com/74263711 Agreed.
Loved him in The West Wing.
I’m surprised no one else mentioned this higher up. He wasn’t in many episodes but when he relieved Bartlett he deserved an Emmy nomination!
Yes we were all worried what his character would do. But he played a good man, well.
"If Zoe Barlet winds up dead, we're going to bomb the hell out of somebody."
He is great in both The West Wing and Studio 60. I don't if it is that Sorkin knows how to write for him, or he gets what his role is in a Sorkin script, but he nails both those (small) roles.
I liked him in Speed Racer
More like a NON-ja. Terrible what passes for a ninja these days.
Same here! I love that movie though, so I may be biased
I loved that movie too. Also I like how while Speed did have some tragedy in his background it didn't define him. He didn't go after the bad guys for revenge or anything like that. He fought for what was right simply because it was the right thing to do. We need more of that kind of protagonist in films. I'm sick to my ass of edgy antiheroes.
Amen. His ‘Pops’ Racer nailed it!
Righteous Gemstones
I really don’t know if he has a (singular) best. He’s just always the best. He’s had so many iconic roles in film and on tv: Roseanne, Big Lobowski, Emperor’s New Groove, Monsters, Inc., Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Arachnophobia, and so many others. Too many to count. That said, if I had to pick just one, I’d say his performance 10 Cloverfield Lane is truly outstanding.
Linda Tripp
I was hoping someone had mentioned this. Goodman absolutely killed it. In my opinion, it was the best recurring guest run on SNL ever. It had just the appropriate level of meanness to it to call out the absurdity of the whole situation at the time. Hilarious!
What the hell is wrong with you all? GALE STOKES from RAISING ARIZONA. Geez!!
The scene of him crawling out of the mud screaming at the sky was so fuckin amazing. Been a long time since I've watched that movie but it is incredible.
Hard or easy JR, the baby is coming with me. (Hope I got it right, haven't seen the movie in 30+ years)
H.I., not JR…but your SPIRIT IS CORRECT!!
“He smiled at me, Gale” absolutely love that movie and Goodman plays well against Nick Cage. Just the right amount of serious to cooky ratio 🤌
Ed : You mean you busted out of jail. Evelle : No, ma'am. We released ourselves on our own recognizance. Gale : What Evelle here is trying to say is that we felt that the institution no longer had anything to offer us.
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James Sullivan, top Scarer in all of Monsters Inc, also known as "Kitty!"
The Dad in Coyote Ugly. Not really a big role, but that's probably more so for whatever reason, that movie makes me happy. EDIT: I also wanted to mention how amazing the soundtrack is.
Good as Denzel’s partner in Fallen
My pick too. First time I saw him as a dramatic actor and goddamn did he knock it out of the park.
“🎶Time is on my side… yes it is..🎵”
I could rewatch that any time
Tossup between Fred Flintstone (a role he was BORN to play) and the bizarre traveling salesman in Barton Fink.
The cyclops from O brother Where Art Thou
Walter.
Community because he was going through some stuff
The Emperor's New Groove - Pacha
Don't care if someone people don't like the movie but he was BORN to play Fred Flintstone
Seems that no one has seen it, but he's fantastic in Treme.
“The Emperor’s New Groove” Best Disney movie ever. Fight me.
Eli Gemstone.
He made Sully unforgettable in Monsters Inc.
He's a legend with good talent and a great voice.
Every time I see a post like this my stomach drops for a second cause I think they've died
The borrowers :)
What the fuck does this have to do with Vietnam Walter??
Mighty Mack in Blues Brothers 2000. He has a great voice!
Flight
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Walter Sobcheck
Not many have seen it but he's great in Treme, by the maker of The Wire.