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Carlo Simone's avatar

Damn but if that isn’t a woman who has GUFFAWED at a Cobb salad.

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Yoyo JoJo's avatar

Did she reverse honk at least twice during that guffaw? You bet your sweet oikos she did.

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Schnitzel bob's avatar

Nia Vardalos is also from Winnipeg, and any time anyone from Winnipeg gets the slightest bit famous the local media won't shut up about it, so she was extra ubiquitous in the early 2000s here.

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OhMyBalls's avatar

Ah Winnipeg, the poor man's Edmonton.

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Schnitzel bob's avatar

YOU MOTHERFUCKER COME SAY THAT TO MY FACE!

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OhMyBalls's avatar

Please note my utter lack of surprise that the "Friend" you and your mom bumped into was a dude.

MBFGW is the new NKOTB. Acronyms bay-bay!

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Bengar's avatar

"Time is fluid in this cinematic world" - brutal by WaPo. Made me laugh out loud. Glad this feature is back, Vince.

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Torgo's avatar

This actually makes me want to watch it and I've not seen the other two.

Is Nathan Fielder supposed to entertaining or annoying?

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OhMyBalls's avatar

Yes!

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Rob Pastore's avatar

I'm so excited... I haven't even read this one yet - but this is my favorite feature!

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SHough610's avatar

Vince, you’re right to be suspicious. I actually know exactly where that In n out Burger is. It’s not directly across the street from where the fight was. It’s POSSIBLE Majors saw the fight from In n Out Burger but not bloody likely. If he was driving down North Orange Dr.? Yeah, he’d have possibly seen it.

Oh no… am I going to turn this into the JFK shooting?

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Wes Lawson's avatar

Plenty of artists peter out/retreat to early successes after their initial inspiration has been exhausted (Kevin Smith), but it's always something to see a one-and-done like Nia Vardalos, whose career since MBFGW (which I never saw) is a wasteland of crappy, long-forgotten romcoms. Also Larry Crowne. Kind of surprised she didn't pop up in either Mamma Mia, which were produced by Playtone.

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JohnnyYukon's avatar

I can only hope Halpern sees your typo about your mom and weighs in.

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Vince Mancini's avatar

Justin Halpern’s mom is legally banned from “weighing in” in 27 states and Puerto Rico.

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