Monday, August 10, 2009

Where are They Now? Fletch and Dazed and Confused

I don't know what it is about "Where are They Now?" articles or shows, but it's something that fascinates Americans (and possibly Canadians too). It is imperative that I know what has happened to the people who starred in my favorite movies, and what they are doing now. Otherwise, I simply wouldn't know those things, and that would be more painful than getting paddled by O'Bannion or watching the Chevy Chase Show. Speaking of which, two of my favorite movies of all-time are Fletch and Dazed and Confused.

Thanks to Dan Weeser* for forwarding an email from Greg Weeser* with a Where Are They Now? gallery for Fletch. Here are some of my favorites:
-James Avery, who played Detective #2 and had the line "Looks like heroin, Gene" (which, for unknown reasons, is one of my favorite lines from the movie), became a judge and moved to Bel-Air, where he lived in a mansion with his wife, three kids, butler, and nephew from Philadelphia.
-The "now" picture of Kenneth Mars (who played Gail Stanwyk's father and head of Boyd Aviation, Stanton Boyd) confirms that Mars is, in fact, homeless.
-They actually did a "now," not of Fred "The Dorf" Dorfman (as he is presumed to have died in 1987), but of the guy who was speaking at the banquet introducing Fred right before Fletch took over the mic. Good work.

Thanks to myself for clicking on the link to the Where Are They Now? gallery for Dazed and Confused. Here's what I found interesting:
-Randall "Pink" Floyd (Jason London) has not thrown for about 2,000 yards next fall.
-Cynthia Dunn (Marissa Rabisi) is married to Beck.
-Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins) now blogs. Loser.
-Co-stars Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, and Renee Zellweger have yet to be heard from.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just saw Wiley Whatsisface in a movie at south by southwest. He's actually kind of funny in it. Unrecognizable, though.

Anonymous said...

I had no idea that Judson starred in a second movie with Jason London.

Anonymous said...

Wiley Wiggins is also anxiously counting down to the 1,000,000th time he's brushed his hair back behind his ears.