Jack Black hosts SNL

As an FYI, Jack Black is hosting the season opener of
Saturday Night Live this coming Saturday, Oct. 4.

Woo hoo!

For lots more on Jack Black, see the following:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/magazine/28BLACKT.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/movies/28UDOV.html

JACK BLACK Dave Frishberg may be a jazz singer and Jack Black an actor, but both are hipster comedians of manners. Mr. Frishberg had his seriousness about jazz formed by bebop in the 1950's, when jazz musicians were widely accepted as philosopher-heroes. Mr. Black â?? whose new movie "School of Rock," in which he plays a grade-school teacher of rock manners, opens on Friday â?? had his seriousness about rock formed in the early 1980's, when Ronnie James Dio was acting out Arthurian male fantasies in Black Sabbath. Both Mr. Black and Mr. Frishberg are now operating in an era when the music of their youth seems grandiose and a bit old-fashioned; both are trying to intimate that they're aware of this problem. But if they are jaded, they are also generous performers who mean no harm. Make no mistake: Mr. Black's loving parodies of early-80's metal singing â?? in television appearances, and in this movie â?? are the steamrollers that have paved the runway for groups like the Darkness. When he sings the AC/DC song "It's a Long Way to the Top," in "School of Rock," humor is intended. But it is enough to send you back to the original.

What do you think he goes? Maybe 215? I've got two words for Jack Black…por….

No wait, two other words: Shallow Hal. Other than the 70's porn my wife makes me watch :) , that may be the worst movie I've ever seen.


3. How tall is Jack? He seems to be on the small side.
Yes, Jack isn't exactly the Jolly Green Giant. His height has been stated as anything from 5'4" to 5'6".

5. How much does Jack weigh?
I'm sure it's no secret that Jack has lost some weight in the past year or two. However, as to the exact amount…that's kinda personal dontcha' think? As far as his diet habits, I heard him mention once that he cut back on the carbs.

I met Jack Black at the 9:30 Club a few years ago when Tenacious D played. i was up in the balcony right to the left of the stage, and he was hanging out during the opening act. He was real short, but it looked like he had lost a lot of weight then, compared to how he looked on the HBO Tenacious D shows.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
What do you think he goes? Maybe 215? I've got two words for Jack Black…por….

why do you care how much Jack Black, or anyone else for that matter, weighs?

Shouldnt you be more interested in arguing if the person is funny, or a good actor or a great singer?

Maybe you should change your name to shallow hal?

He won't last long. All funny fat guys die early!

John Belushi
Chris Farley
John Candy

Originally posted by G.Love:
He won't last long. All funny fat guys die early!

John Belushi
Chris Farley
John Candy

Plus Bill Hicks.

Roy chubby Brown and The two Ronnies and Bernard Manning are still alive.

Perhaps thats just American funny guys then.

But being fat (actually he's more chubby than fat these days) and dumpy is part of his schtick. The persona that HE chooses to create give rise the question.

Originally posted by Bubba:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
What do you think he goes? Maybe 215? I've got two words for Jack Black…por….

why do you care how much Jack Black, or anyone else for that matter, weighs?

Shouldnt you be more interested in arguing if the person is funny, or a good actor or a great singer?

Maybe you should change your name to shallow hal?

Buddy Hackett held out for a long time and Rodney Dangerfield is still going strong. Has a young hot wife too.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
dumpy is part of his schtick. The persona that HE chooses to create give rise the question.

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I really dont agree with either of those comments. I think it just relects the negative way you judge and view people.

Shallow Rhett.

ah, the pot calling the kettle black!

Originally posted by Bubba:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
dumpy is part of his schtick. The persona that HE chooses to create give rise the question.

I really dont agree with either of those comments. I think it just relects the negative way you judge and view people.

Shallow Rhett. [/QB]

Being a (fat) schlub isn't part of Jack Black's schtick? Christ, he plays a character named "Fred Schlub". What more evidence do you want?


We haven't had a comedy at F-M in a while, so "Superer" comes at a good time. As we all know, comedy is a hard genre to write. Hell it's probably the hardest genre to write. Plenty of people are funny, but not many people can write funny. Can Marlowe write funny? We're about to find out, eh?

"Superer" is the sequel to the hit superhero parody "Super Movie." Fred Schlub, a.k.a. "The Triumphant" – not Triumphant Man or Triumphant Boy, just "The Triumphant" – is joined in his attempt to fight evil using no powers whatsoever by his mysterious niece Cherry Fox and bumbling best friend Al Arthurs. "The Triumphant" must foil the evil plot of the serendipitously named Erektra. One wordâ?¦ AWESOME!

Jack Black as Fred Schlub, Seann William Scott as Al Arthurs, Lacey Chabert as Cherry Fox and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Erektra comprise a surprisingly good cast. Jack Black as the overweight, powerless superhero is as natural as they come. Seann William Scott as the bumbling security guard is a perfect fit, and Zeta-Jones as the stunningly beautiful villain also works. In other words, the cast fits, and the directors are right for this genre. French Stewart turns in a powerhouse performance as "nearly everyone else." ;)

Originally posted by Bubba:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
dumpy is part of his schtick. The persona that HE chooses to create give rise the question.

I really dont agree with either of those comments. I think it just relects the negative way you judge and view people.

Shallow Rhett. [/QB]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
ah, the pot calling the kettle black!

Well I am shallow.

But I would consider myself above criticising peoples body types. I have not been in a playground for 12 years.

I have small tits and I break out more often than I'd like…see, it's not so bad! Thicker skin, people…thicker skin!

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Being a (fat) schlub isn't part of Jack Black's schtick? Christ, he plays a character named "Fred Schlub". What more evidence do you want?


Shallow Rhett.

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chlub also shlub    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (shlb)
n. Slang
A person regarded as clumsy, stupid, or unattractive.

this belies your own attitude of finding fat people unattractive.

blah blah blah… after seeing the trailer for "school of rock" i'm so there. sounds like it's going to a great movie in the way "bend it like beckham" was. funny, well acted… can't wait :D

Rupert on survivor is fat. Fat goes a long way on a desert isle, IMHO.

Yes, but if some woman came on here and proclaimed she had a set of 34 D's, you and have the board would be all over her body type like a bunch of dumb little teenagers.

Originally posted by Bubba:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
ah, the pot calling the kettle black!

Well I am shallow.

But I would consider myself above criticising peoples body types. I have not been in a playground for 12 years.

huh, huh. huh, huh. He said 34D's!!!

I take it the source of "their" frustrations must have something to do with tits.

You know, if they are that bothersome, they have doctors now for those sorts of things. :roll:

Partial to 36D's personally!

(Heaton/Rotheray)
Close your legs, open your mind
Leave those compliments well behind
Dig a little deeper into yourself
And you may find

Come over here just sit right down
Needn't comb your hair, needn't pout or frown
I hear you've turned our young men
Into dribbling clowns

36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?
36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?

Make their day and go ahead
Remove your clothes lie on their bed
Just a last gasp chance or an outside bet
To the easily led

And before you do just what you do
Here' one thought for you to chew
The men who run the business that you sell
They screw you too

36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?
36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?

You're just another 365 night stand
But you're so handy, you're so handy
You cheapen and you nasty every woman in this land
But you're so handy, you're so handy

Your picture's hanging pretty on the squaddies' walls
You're Steven's, Andy's, you're Ian's, you're Paul's
Your body's through of fondly in the rugby mauls
But you want more

36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?

36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?

36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?

36D so what (D) so what
Is that all that you've got?
He was trying to save his job
He was, he was trying to save his job