The Best Cameo? [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

SinA

06-10-2008, 07:15 PM

The search thing didn't find any similar threads.

An obvious question: What's the best cameo in a movie?

One that comes to mind for me right now is Brett Farve in "There's Something About Mary." It just seemed to me to be a fairly strong individual performance given that he's not an actor, the scene had pretty good chemistry, and his appearance caught me off guard.

Plus he's one hot meaty dude.

Team_Ramrod

06-10-2008, 07:31 PM

Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball

Lock it up; discussion over.

Coach

06-10-2008, 07:35 PM

Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball

Lock it up; discussion over.
Maria Schriver as her cunty self in Last Action Hero

tele7

06-10-2008, 07:38 PM

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000068MBS.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://www.facade.com/celebrity/photo/David_Letterman.jpg

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fezident

06-10-2008, 07:48 PM

http://www.soul2k.com/en/iso_album/cameo20.jpg

TheGameHHH

06-10-2008, 07:53 PM

I like the Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Tim Robbins cameos in "Anchorman"

jonyrotn

06-10-2008, 08:07 PM

Does Randall and Mortimor Duke in "Coming To America" qualify? If they do then that's my favorite..

TheMojoPin

06-10-2008, 08:15 PM

barjockey

06-10-2008, 09:11 PM

Kareem in Airplane

PapaBear

06-10-2008, 09:15 PM

Not a movie (well, now it is) but I always enjoyed the cameos in the series Get Smart.

barjockey

06-10-2008, 09:20 PM

John Candy in JFK

ChrisTheCop

06-10-2008, 09:31 PM

Hope I dont ruin the ending for anyone, but when I think cameo, I think
Merv Griffin in The Man With Two Brains.

The whole movie, there was a serial killer who killed his victims in the elevator.
In this scene, we find out who the culprit is:

Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: You. You're the elevator killer. Merv Griffin.
Merv Griffin: Yeah.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Why?
Merv Griffin: I don't know. I've always just loved to kill. I really enjoyed it. But then I got famous, and - it's just too hard for me. And so many witnesses. I mean, *everybody* recognized me. I couldn't even lurk anymore. I'd hear, "Who's that lurking over there? Isn't that Merv Griffin?" So I came to Europe to kill. And it's really worked out very well for me.

donnie_darko

06-10-2008, 09:40 PM

obviously its Orson Welles in the original transformers movie.

Reephdweller

06-10-2008, 10:08 PM

This is my favorite cameo...

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Mike Teacher

06-10-2008, 10:50 PM

Hitchcock in Lifeboat, followed by all his others...

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Thirty-seven of director Alfred Hitchcock's 52 surviving major films contain a cameo appearance by Hitchcock himself. The director would be seen for a brief moment boarding a bus, crossing in front of a building, standing in an apartment across the courtyard, or even appearing in a newspaper photograph (required for the film Lifeboat which otherwise provided no other opportunity for him to appear).

List of Hitchcock Cameo's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hitchcock_cameo_appearances)

TeeBone

06-11-2008, 02:50 AM

A.J.

06-11-2008, 04:00 AM

Martin Scorsese -- Taxi Driver.

realmenhatelife

06-11-2008, 04:14 AM

Damon in Eurotrip. The cameo itself is great and totally unexpected. But if you remember the context it was right when Affleck's stock was really starting to crash and Damon shows that he doesn't take himself that seriously by doing a cameo in a totally shitty movie noone would really see because it was also shooting in Prague.

Scottie doesn't know.

Freakshow

06-11-2008, 04:31 AM

Knowledged_one

06-11-2008, 04:46 AM

David Duchovny in Zoolander

EliSnow

06-11-2008, 05:03 AM

Does Randall and Mortimor Duke in "Coming To America" qualify? If they do then that's my favorite..

It does, and that's definitely a top 5 pick.

RAAMONE

06-11-2008, 05:30 AM

bob barker - "happy gilmore"

Freitag

06-11-2008, 05:33 AM

I can't tell if Mojo linked it, but I'll go with Bob Barker and/or Lee Trevino in Happy Gilmore.

A.J.

06-11-2008, 05:44 AM

hexy68

06-11-2008, 05:47 AM

Bruce Springsteen in "High Fidelity"

ChrisBrown

06-11-2008, 05:47 AM

Gorbachev in Far Away, So Close

Tall_James

06-11-2008, 05:49 AM

Hannah Montana at the end of "High School Musical 2" ?

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Give me a break, I have a 6 year old daughter and have seen this movie about 15 times.

Furtherman

06-11-2008, 05:55 AM

bobrobot

06-11-2008, 06:25 AM

Frank Zappa in The Monkees film, "Head."
He was also on their TV show, wherein he portrayed Mike Nesmith, who, in turn portrayed Frank Zappa!!! HA HA HA!!!

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http://www.fashionstate.com/monkees/57mnzappa.jpg

A.J.

06-11-2008, 06:40 AM

Phil Spector, Easy Rider.

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Knowledged_one

06-11-2008, 07:15 AM

a young sean connery in the Longest Day

EddieMoscone

06-11-2008, 07:26 AM

Does Randall and Mortimor Duke in "Coming To America" qualify? If they do then that's my favorite..

I was going to be silly and say Rob Schneider in the Sandler movies or Stan Lee in the comic movies, but the above answer is absolutely correct!

Jujubees2

06-11-2008, 07:30 AM

The only person with a speaking role in Mel Brook's Silent Movie.

http://digitalzen.smugmug.com/photos/199218899-M.jpg

Rockvillejoe

06-11-2008, 07:37 AM

suzanne pleshette (RIP), in the final episode of bob newhart's 2nd comedy series.

he woke up in bed with her, creating the idea that the entire 8 year series was a dream.

it was fucking brilliant.

TheMojoPin

06-11-2008, 07:42 AM

a young sean connery in the Longest Day

Does that really count?

A cameo really seems to be a brief role with somebody recognizable for the audience to immediately go, "hey, it's...!" At the time of TLD, Connery wasn't really anyone famous and was just a nobody actor playing a minor role in a huge film. Sure, after the fact in hindsight it's an awesome cameo...but is it REALLY a cameo?

It's a conundrum.

Earlshog

06-11-2008, 07:47 AM

Ron and Fez on Top Chef

ChrisBrown

06-11-2008, 07:50 AM

Ron and Fez on Top Chef

really? when was that?

realmenhatelife

06-11-2008, 07:54 AM

While I wont name specific cameos for it, The Muppet Movie is fucking awesome and deserves some kind of recognition

Servo

06-11-2008, 07:55 AM

Ron and Fez on Top Chef

Actually, it was The Next Food Network Star. But Top Chef would have been awesome.

ANC

06-11-2008, 07:56 AM

Ron and Fez on Top Chef

That was The Next Food Network Star

ANC

06-11-2008, 07:57 AM

Actually, it was The Next Food Network Star. But Top Chef would have been awesome.

beat me to it ya hump!

Team_Ramrod

06-11-2008, 08:00 AM

I like A.J.'s from Hot Shots:Part Deux

I also Like Billy Zane in Zoolander

pennington

06-11-2008, 08:04 AM

Kevin Smith as a computer geek in Live Free or Die Hard.

realmenhatelife

06-11-2008, 08:06 AM

I think there is confusion over 'cameo' and 'small role' If you're in mroe than one scene I don't think it can be a cameo

Earlshog

06-11-2008, 08:10 AM

Actually, it was The Next Food Network Star. But Top Chef would have been awesome.

I stink!

http://www.dianahsieh.com/blog/uploaded_images/millionaire_idiot_fail-713308.jpg

Furtherman

06-11-2008, 08:11 AM

Kevin Smith as a computer geek in Live Free or Die Hard.

That wasn't a cameo. He had a principal role. He was listed in the opening credits.

Donnie Iris

06-11-2008, 08:19 AM

ZigZagBigBag

06-11-2008, 09:12 AM

val kilmer in true romance.

KC2OSO

06-11-2008, 09:46 AM

Well done. Nice codpiece too!

http://www.soul2k.com/en/iso_album/cameo20.jpg

MadMatt

06-11-2008, 11:54 AM

mikeyboy

06-11-2008, 12:45 PM

Does that really count?

A cameo really seems to be a brief role with somebody recognizable for the audience to immediately go, "hey, it's...!" At the time of TLD, Connery wasn't really anyone famous and was just a nobody actor playing a minor role in a huge film. Sure, after the fact in hindsight it's an awesome cameo...but is it REALLY a cameo?

It's a conundrum.

Those are cool too. Two of my favorites of that type are Ted Knight in Psycho and Bill Murray in Next Stop Greenwich Village.

Servo

06-11-2008, 12:58 PM

I stink!

http://www.dianahsieh.com/blog/uploaded_images/millionaire_idiot_fail-713308.jpg

That pic is sad and hilarious at the same time.

Furtherman

06-11-2008, 01:12 PM

Bill Murray in Next Stop Greenwich Village.

That reminds me, Bill Murray's cameo (although I'm not sure if it qualifies... he was seen twice in the movie) in The Darjeeling Limited was the funniest part of the movie.

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Donnie Iris

06-11-2008, 01:22 PM

That pic is sad and hilarious at the same time.

I thought so too...

But I looked it up and it's not real. I think the link was on that scopes site or something like that.

CruelCircus

06-12-2008, 01:22 AM

Linda Lavin in "The Muppets Take Manhattan."

KidNothing

06-12-2008, 03:07 AM

I have to say the "surprise" at the end of Iron Man...(but it was good for the few who got it)
The Hulk is supposed to have a few good ones.

Rockvillejoe

06-12-2008, 03:45 AM

I'm not sure that it would be entirely considered a cameo, but Christopher Walken's small role in Annie Hall was very memorable. Side note, those quick scenes were originally scrapped by Woody until he was convinced during final cuts to leave them in.

actually, the cameo of marshall mcluhan in that movie was hilarious. "you know nothing about what you are talking about". the key of course was that you knew who he was, and not just some old fart.

A.J.

06-12-2008, 04:12 AM

Does that really count?

A cameo really seems to be a brief role with somebody recognizable for the audience to immediately go, "hey, it's...!" At the time of TLD, Connery wasn't really anyone famous and was just a nobody actor playing a minor role in a huge film. Sure, after the fact in hindsight it's an awesome cameo...but is it REALLY a cameo?

It's a conundrum.

Does this count the same way?

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Donnie Iris

06-12-2008, 04:44 AM

Freakshow

06-12-2008, 05:12 AM

I thought so too...

But I looked it up and it's not real. I think the link was on that scopes site or something like that.

That woman does kind of look like a monkey. William Jenning Bryan would not agree...

TheMojoPin

06-12-2008, 07:11 AM

Does this count the same way?

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No way, Hackman had been around by that point.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Christopher Walken in True Romance yet. Plus it's got a few "after the fact" cameos with likes of Brad Pitt and Gary Oldman.

A.J.

06-12-2008, 07:15 AM

No way, Hackman had been around by that point.

Understood....but I meant that was because he was so unrecognizable in that role: unless you knew the voice.

barjockey

06-12-2008, 06:47 PM

http://re3.yt-thm-a01.yimg.com/image/1/f11/683242296

jonyrotn

06-12-2008, 07:26 PM

I thought Bruce Willis in Ocean's 12 was pretty clever..

joethebartender

06-12-2008, 11:21 PM

Mike Teacher

06-12-2008, 11:45 PM

The Three Stooges in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

For me Cameo =

Person playing themselves, or a character outside their traditional place/medium.

Short screen time.

Little/nothing said.

That small brooch thingy with the profile face on it.

I think the defintion is temporally elastic.

PapaBear

06-13-2008, 02:19 AM

temporally elastic.
I'm going to make it my goal to say this in a conversation within the next 7 days.

MagillaGorillaz

06-13-2008, 06:11 PM

While I wont name specific cameos for it, The Muppet Movie is fucking awesome and deserves some kind of recognition

The best cameo in that ws this one:

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back had a ton of them too.

And it's not a cameo but when they mention something fro another movie. In Fifty First Dates, the memory center is Callahan Institue which is named after Tommy Callahan from Tommy Boy.

Another kinda cameo was the space ship from the original Star Wars showing up at the end of Revenge of the Sith.

TheMojoPin

06-23-2008, 10:32 AM

Here's the Onion's favorite 19 movie cameos. (http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/little_more_than_a_cameo_19)

Great call on Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet. That's an amazingly effective cameo.

A.J.

06-23-2008, 10:39 AM

Here's the Onion's favorite 19 movie cameos. (http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/little_more_than_a_cameo_19)

Great call on Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet. That's an amazingly effective cameo.

Goddammit!!! I can't believe I forgot about David Letterman in Cabin Boy!!!