Comedifans Post-Game - Episode 029

The Career of Thomas Ian Nicholas:

Probably best known as the high-cheese throwing kid pitcher from Rookie of the Year, Nicholas went on to be in other things! Unfortunately typecast--as a little league player that ends up in whacky situations--Nicholas went on to start in A Kid in King Arthur's Court. As mentioned in the podcast, it is based on a Mark Twain novel of almost the same name and the trailer starts off in a way that it appears to be a sequel to Rookie of the Year.

Sequels wouldn't be out of the work schedule for Nicholas, however. He first starred in a sequel to A Kid in King Arthur's Court called A Kid in Aladdin's Palace. This sequel was apparently not even popular by "somewhere on the internet" standards. No trailer appears on YouTube, but there is a clip from the movie by someone who, while not a Nicholas fan, seems to be a Doom 2 fan.

With the sequel bug now wiggling inside him, Nicholas went on to star in all four of the American Pie movies (that were in theaters)--sadly having me owe Sumukh a beer as I was for sure he stepped out on American Wedding.

Now in a band of some sorts, we at SAGAttack.com (I didn't ask Sumukh before writing this, but I assume he agrees) wish Thomas Ian Nicholas the best!

P.S. Don't forget about the best (sorry Nicholas...close second though) Thomas Ian--Thomas Ian Griffith! Best known as Terry Silver from Karate Kid 3, Griffith is awesome in the movie Excessive Force. Thanks to the beauty of a $4 price tag and an awesome free shipping policy by Amazon, that movie will be being owned by me very soon. It must have been sweet to be a cop or bad ass in the 90s. No one knew how to defend high, spinning head kicks! Perfect that move and you could kick undefendable ass all day long. Also, as of typing this, the full movie was available by not one but two users on YouTube. Yay, internet! Enjoy.

Episode 028 Appendix - Powder Drinking Game:

Rules:

Any time someone says energy - 1 drink

Any time there is visible electricity - 1 drink
If the electricity interacts with Powder - 2 drinks

Any time Powder does something crazy smart - 1 drink
If he's using a special power like telekinesis - 2 drinks

Any time people "don't get" or are scared by Powder - 1 drink
If he's being actively bullied - 2 drinks
If Bradford Tatum (John) is doing either - "Ten" drinks for his resemblance to Eddie Vedder

Any time Jeff Goldblum mentions Einstein - 1 drink
If it's to Powder - 2 drinks

Any time someone breaches the realms of consciousness and reality, expands the arena of normal human thought and existence, and, in turn, transubstantiates into pure energy - weep and finish your beer.

Wikipedia research allowed me to find out the fact that Powder recently was given a Bollywood remake. While the trailer isn't subtitled, it seams to be a fairly good representation of the source material. However, it does seem odd that in this version, the "Powder" character is dark in skin tone than the female lead. So, if you can't find a copy of Powder at your local library, maybe try finding a copy of Alag at your local Indian Grocer.