Brimley is amazing, but my favorite impression is Paulie from Rocky IV.  ("Rocky, I fed ice creams to my robot and now he's dead.")

Brimley is amazing, but my favorite impression is Paulie from Rocky IV.  ("Rocky, I fed ice creams to my robot and now he's dead.")

GAWDDAMMIT!!!

GAWDDAMMIT!!!

Great book. That's where I got the "wreck some cars" quote.  (I'm pleasantly surprised to find someone else here who read it!)

Great book. That's where I got the "wreck some cars" quote.  (I'm pleasantly surprised to find someone else here who read it!)

Shriver appeared in one scene from "Last Action Hero" - at the premiere of "Jack Slater IV," becoming increasingly exasperated at Arnold plugging Planet Hollywood.  (I will go to my grave defending that film.)

Shriver appeared in one scene from "Last Action Hero" - at the premiere of "Jack Slater IV," becoming increasingly exasperated at Arnold plugging Planet Hollywood.  (I will go to my grave defending that film.)

While making "Cannonball Run," Hal Needham epitomized my theory of film when he said, "screw the dialogue, let's wreck some cars."

While making "Cannonball Run," Hal Needham epitomized my theory of film when he said, "screw the dialogue, let's wreck some cars."

Trivia: "Smokey and the Bandit," first and best of the Burt Reynolds/Hal Needham movies, opened the same weekend as a weird, limited-release sci-fi movie called "Star Wars."

Trivia: "Smokey and the Bandit," first and best of the Burt Reynolds/Hal Needham movies, opened the same weekend as a weird, limited-release sci-fi movie called "Star Wars."

I loved the Who, even back when they were the Hillbilly Buggerboys!

I loved the Who, even back when they were the Hillbilly Buggerboys!

"I heard your dad went into a restaurant and ate everything in the restaurant and then they had to close the restaurant."

"I heard your dad went into a restaurant and ate everything in the restaurant and then they had to close the restaurant."

"Why you…if I had my gun…"

"Why you…if I had my gun…"

"Turn that frown upside down! …That's a smile, not an upside-down frown!"

"Turn that frown upside down! …That's a smile, not an upside-down frown!"