Thursday, October 09, 2003


CARL WEATHERS FOR GOVERNOR?
What do the following movies have in common?

Predator
The Running Man
Batman & Robin

They all feature two actors who went on to become Governors. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura. The question for conspiracy nuts, tarot card readers and tinfoil hatters of all stripes: Which movie will spawn another Governor? Carl Weathers from Predator is my bet. He just looks Gubernatorial. And he's from Louisiana, just the sort of state that might turn to Apollo Creed in the 21st century.

Or it could be Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Maria Conchita Alonso or, god forbid, Richard Dawson from The Running Man (I doubt that his Family Feud years will hurt him, though that looney send-up of a Nazi prison camp might). But Batman & Robin, while being the worst of the three movies, offers bigger names. George Clooney? Alicia Silverstone? Chris O'Donnel? Governor Uma Thurman?

Sure makes politics more fun (despite my pessimistic note below).

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