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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:43 PM
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Give me one good reason why Pee Wee Herman couldn't have played Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver"
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 12:52 PM
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1. He never could have got into a pimp stronghold wearing that suit.
Plus the recoil from his own weapons would have knocked him over...
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 01:23 PM
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2. "the recoil from his own weapons......" LOL!
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 01:40 PM
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3. Because Travis never mentioned cleaning up the cum from the driver's seat...
only the back seat
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 03:11 PM
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4. The endless rear view mirror "I know you are, but what am I" exchanges.
"Taxi Biker" wouldn't have the same feel.

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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 04:48 PM
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9. I dunno
Him doing that shtick while Scorsese is in the backseat muttering about killing his wife - that has promise.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 05:33 PM
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10. ...
:applause::hi:
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 04:05 PM
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5. He was quite good as the drug dealer in "Blow". He also played a
Edited on Fri Mar-05-10 04:22 PM by old mark
psycho rapist in "South of Heaven, West of Hell".

Mr. Rubens is working on another PeeWee movie, although he does not need the money - Big Adventure grossed nearly $41 million, and Paul wrote, produced and starred in it.


mark
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 04:07 PM
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6. Wasn't that Laurence Fishburne?
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 04:24 PM
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7. No, the OTHER drug dealer - the hair dresser who first supplied the
guys with their pot was Paul Rubens.

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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-05-10 04:25 PM
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8. Because he would have inevitably been compared to Carrot Top.
And no one wants to see that.
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