The Train List
Since Train is pulling a Googs today, I thought I’d do a little list in his honor:
Top 5 Movie Slackers:
5. Actor Slacker
Floyd (Brad Pitt) – True Romance
With just a few minutes of screen time, Floyd nearly stole the whole movie.
Slacker attributes include:
- Not leaving his couch during the entire film.
- Smoking out of a honey bear.
- Doesn’t appear to actually work.
Memorable Quotes
“Get some beer and some cleaning products!”
“Don’t condescend me, man. I'll f***in' kill ya, man.”
4. College Slacker
Bluto (John Belushi) – Animal House
Bluto. The man, the myth, the legend.
Slacker attributes:
- Doesn’t bathe...or at least, not often enough.
- Loves Alcohol like parents love their children.
- A little dense.
- Relishes a good “gross-out” joke
- Takes in food like a Hoover vacuum.
- Able to sleep in the most uncomfortable positions imagineable.
Memorable Quotes:
“Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the f***ing Peace Corps.”
“Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
3. Retail Slacker
Randall (Jeff Anderson) Clerks I & II
If you’ve worked in either Retail or Food services, you’ve worked with Randall.
Slacker Attributes:
- Does nothing.
- Doesn’t care about anything.
- Probably hates you.
Memorable Quotes:
“This job would be great if it wasn’t for all the customers”
“I know I hate people, but I love gatherings. Isn’t it Ironic?”
2. Office Slacker
Peter (Ron Livingston) Office Space
You may have worked with Randall, but you wanted to BE Peter.
Slacker Attributes:
- Skips out on work.
- Plays Tetris in front of boss.
- Just doesn’t give a @#$%
- Loves Kung Fu
Memorable Quotes
“You see Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care”
“Yeah, I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work”
1. Grand Poobah of Slack
The Dude (Jeff Bridges) – The Big Lebowski
To the dude, slacking is nearly an art form.
Slacker Attributes:
- Pretty much everything about the Dude screams slacker. The way he dresses, his cadence, his lack of a job, etc, etc. When it comes to slack, the Dude is as hardcore as they get.
Memorable Quotes:
“Oh the usual. I bowl, drive around. The occasional acid flashback”
“Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber.”
Top 5 Movie Slackers:
5. Actor SlackerFloyd (Brad Pitt) – True Romance
With just a few minutes of screen time, Floyd nearly stole the whole movie.
Slacker attributes include:
- Not leaving his couch during the entire film.
- Smoking out of a honey bear.
- Doesn’t appear to actually work.
Memorable Quotes
“Get some beer and some cleaning products!”
“Don’t condescend me, man. I'll f***in' kill ya, man.”
4. College SlackerBluto (John Belushi) – Animal House
Bluto. The man, the myth, the legend.
Slacker attributes:
- Doesn’t bathe...or at least, not often enough.
- Loves Alcohol like parents love their children.
- A little dense.
- Relishes a good “gross-out” joke
- Takes in food like a Hoover vacuum.
- Able to sleep in the most uncomfortable positions imagineable.
Memorable Quotes:
“Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the f***ing Peace Corps.”
“Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
3. Retail SlackerRandall (Jeff Anderson) Clerks I & II
If you’ve worked in either Retail or Food services, you’ve worked with Randall.
Slacker Attributes:
- Does nothing.
- Doesn’t care about anything.
- Probably hates you.
Memorable Quotes:
“This job would be great if it wasn’t for all the customers”
“I know I hate people, but I love gatherings. Isn’t it Ironic?”
2. Office SlackerPeter (Ron Livingston) Office Space
You may have worked with Randall, but you wanted to BE Peter.
Slacker Attributes:
- Skips out on work.
- Plays Tetris in front of boss.
- Just doesn’t give a @#$%
- Loves Kung Fu
Memorable Quotes
“You see Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care”
“Yeah, I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work”
1. Grand Poobah of SlackThe Dude (Jeff Bridges) – The Big Lebowski
To the dude, slacking is nearly an art form.
Slacker Attributes:
- Pretty much everything about the Dude screams slacker. The way he dresses, his cadence, his lack of a job, etc, etc. When it comes to slack, the Dude is as hardcore as they get.
Memorable Quotes:
“Oh the usual. I bowl, drive around. The occasional acid flashback”
“Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber.”
posted by Casey at 12:52 PM
25 Comments:
Casey, I can't believe you didn't include Linklater's Slacker in your list? Not even a mention. Inexcusible.
David Carradine as Bill. Didn't do sh*t the whole movie except blow on his flute and make sandwiches as the assassin Kingpin of the world.
John Cazale as Fredo Corleone. Whiner, Whino, Wanker. While the whole rest of the family is getting down running and gunning for the business Fredo scratches his head.
Sean Penn and Judge Reinhold in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Fast food jobs, getting drunk, skipping school, sleeping at school, and trying to sleep around. A slacker movie all around.
Alan Ruck as Cameron Fry in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
He'll keep calling me, he'll keep calling me until I come over. He'll make me feel guilty. This is uh... This is ridiculous, ok I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go. What - I'LL GO. Shit.
Good call on the Sean Penn.
As for Linklater's flick, no one character in that movie jumped out as one of the great film slackers. Nobody character in the film is really super-memorable.
When I think back on the film, I recall the conversations everyone has (Madonna's pap smear for example) but not really the characters who deliver the lines.
Sorry to alter the post MCP, but I felt a Floyd photo was necessary...and seriously, the guy just comes off a week off and then takes a Googs day? that can only come from one person I know...
I love the list and think the top 5 is solid: Here's my list of Honorable Mentions:
* Comic Book Slacker: Jason Lee as Brodie in Mallrats...I guess you could say every Kevin Smith character is another form of slacker, but he gave Brodie the best lines...no job, lived in the parents of his parents basement, spent way too much time at the mall...basically MCP's life before he moved to the 935
*Cameo Slacker Stephen Wright as Guy on the Couch in Half-Baked: not sure what more I can describe other than, waking up periodically in the movie to hit the bong and then roll back around...
*Lodge Slacker Dude: a little bit better since the (theeehawks) have been playing, but spent three months off during of the summer and manufactured approximately 2 posts...and 3 comments...meanwhile staying on a steady regiment of a daily 5 hours of FIFA 06 play
It's all good on the pic Jimbo. I was having trouble finding a picture of Floyd.
Good call on Brody. It was neck & neck between Brody & Randall for my Kevin Smith pick.
And Steven Wright in "Half Baked" is a BRILLIANT choice. I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it.
As for Googs...sickness following vacation has turned into his new trademark.
Oh...and I have to give a shout out to the Duke.
I picked up World War Z on Friday and I am totally loving it! This book is @#$%ing awesome!
yeah...he was looking ill as he was swiggin' a bottle of vino on Monday...
As a work of fiction its great. As a commentary on our world state its superb. I can only imagine how much reading he had to do in order to succinctly render his characters culturally and optimally. GET YOUR LOBO READY! Of course the French fighting in the catacombs of Paris just further reinforces how weak sauce the French are.
Dont forget some other great Retail slackers, David, Jay, and Cal...the smart Tech Team from the 40 year old virgin.
Cal
"I hired a 90-lb girl to work in the stock room at Smart Tech for you, okay? I should've hired a 300-lb guy to lift the 60-inch flat screen, but instead I hired a hot girl who can't lift an iPod to bring you out of your funk. "
David
I gotta tell you something. I'm really excited about it. Uh, for the first time, today, I woke up, I came to the store, and I - I feel confident to say to you that if you don't take this Michael McDonald DVD - that you've been playing for two years straight - off, I'm going to kill everyone in the store and put a bullet in my brain!
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I feel like the CIA. I saw the post before it was deleted. Do I say what it was? Or who it was directed to? Can I use language like that?
The carrier of the secret....Only Goose knows...and he may never tell
I love that this post is generated by a guy who spends most of his day at PEMCO scouring the internet for all the latest comic/movie news and or posting on this blog..
Shouldn't this post really be titled...
"the Pot calling the Kettle Black"
Don't dog MCP train. I know he's training to survive Zed, as for you, you're at home being an F-6 with 15% survival draggin. When the panic hits he could be your only hope.
actually i scored a 42% survival rate
Train sounds like me coiming out of a Pantera show when I was 15...
I knew a stripper in Arizona who's stage name was Pantera. For the life of me I cant remember her real name.
Besides the Name similarity to Jimmy's post, she has absolutely no relevance whatsoever. Just random thoughts from the Goose
PS. Goose scored a 29% on the scale
I knew a stripper in Arizona who's stage name was Pantera. For the life of me I cant remember her real name.
Besides the Name similarity to Jimmy's post, she has absolutely no relevance whatsoever. Just random thoughts from the Goose
PS. Goose scored a 29% on the scale
42% my ass. You don't live above the tree-line any more, Train. That was back in Colorado. In fact, you get "sick" so much that you might be undead right now.
And you are so Champ Kind it's not even funny. Just because you have 2 kickass nicknames that are slightly derogatory don't get all mad and act like it's your time of the month or something.
Hey Train,
Don't take this the wrong way, but good reason or no, I was pretty much going to tease you no matter what.
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Goose,
I dig the "40 Year Old Virgin" shout out. The employees of Smart Tech totally belong on this list.
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Duke,
I'm only up to "The Great Panic" but I love the way it's being set up for the domino's to really start falling.
I love the way that it's interwoven into areas you don't see these type of stories covering (Organ Smuggling, the Phalanx Drug, etc)
This is all going to end in "Insurance Civil War" isn't it?
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Yes, Joe I am undead and your brains will be the first that I eat.
Pretty much, anybody involved in arbitration or administration is going to get wasted. Oddly enough, the only people left are survival nuts from Utah/AZ, and hippie tree hugger terrorists from OR,WA,AK. They combine the best of brutality and environmental strength.
btw: The Israel scenario was one of my favorite chapters.
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