See Clips from the Films of Funny People's "George Simmons"
Summary
George Simmons, the world-famous (yet quite lonely) comedian and movie star played but Adam Sandler in Judd Apatow's "Funny People," won't be formally introduced to moviegoers until the film bows on July 31. In the meantime, however, you can get an early peek at some of the films that made Simmons a star, thanks to just-released clips from a few of his best-known hits, including "Sayonara Davey," "Dog's Best Friend," and "Re-Do." It's all part of the promotional rollout for "Funny People," centered around the launch of Simmons' official website. Ready to experience the latest and greatest in viral campaigns? Back to Article
George Simmons, the world-famous (yet quite lonely) comedian and movie star played but Adam Sandler in Judd Apatow's "Funny People," won't be formally introduced to moviegoers until the film bows on July 31. In the meantime, however, you can get an early peek at some of the films that made Simmons a star, thanks to just-released clips from a few of his best-known hits, including "Sayonara Davey," "Dog's Best Friend," and "Re-Do." It's all part of the promotional rollout for "Funny People," centered around the launch of Simmons' official website. Ready to experience the latest and greatest in viral campaigns? Back to Article
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on Jun 18 2009 12:15 PM Haha, these are all fantastic! Reminiscent of what Tropic Thunder did but all of these are a lot funnier than any of the Tropic Thunder trailers in my opinion. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 18 2009 01:16 PM In reply to this comment (#2514172) sorry, but there's no way in hell any of these are funnier than satan's alley. That tropic thunder trailer had me in stitches. (Reply to this) |
on Jun 18 2009 02:30 PM haha the Funny People clip was good. i don't even know what to say about the Dog's Best Friend one. Re-Do looks funny (Reply to this) |
on Jun 18 2009 03:28 PM Yeah these are good, but Satan's Alley was f****ing hilarious. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 18 2009 07:50 PM These clips also remind me of what they did in Tropic Thunder. This had to be Adam Sandler's influence on the movie. Hopefully he had a big hand in the script and everything else and we don't get much of Apatow's unfunny recycled crap in this film. (Reply to this) |
on Jun 23 2009 10:40 AM It's nice to know that Sandler can make fun of the 90's/early 00's-style high-concept comedy that gave him his start, yielded so few classics (Billy Madison, Austin Powers 1) and gave us so much terrible, terrible bull**** (Deuce Bigalow, Joe dirt). These were pretty on-target, and I love the simple, artless poetry of "Man's Best Friend" (even if that's going after the 80's "Turner and Hooch"). (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 23 2009 11:09 AM Oh, and everyone needs to check out their sister viral site too - for a crappy TV show called Yo Teach! Which I'm guessing stars Jason Schwartzman's character in "Funny (Reply to this) |
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