I think everyone has a cameo in a show or movie that they think would just make the whole thing better for them. It doesn’t have to be terribly realistic or even have any reasoning behind it, just something you’d like to see for the sheer novelty of it. (If your “dream” cameo DOES make sense, then more power to you)
My picks: For some reason, I would pay money to see either Danny Trejo or Vinnie Jones in an episode of Buffy. Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain it. Maybe I think they need someone to show up who just projects that aura of bad-assness that those two do so well.
Another pick would be Mattias Hues. He’s done the b-movie psycho so well (In my opinon) that I’d like to see what Joss would do with him. Again, no real logic there, just an idea that has sprang upon me and won’t let go. (Also the tiny, almost insignificant annoyance that for some reason most of the vamps I’ve seen on there all seem to be teenagers. I know it’s geared towards a younger demographic, but didn’t anyone get bitten when they were thirty?)
Dave Foley on ER, just for this funny moment: Abby (NewsRadio’s Lisa) and Dave look at each other, seem confused, as though they know each other, and then go on without saying a word.
I think it would be humorous to see Guinan or Q in the background of a scene in the next Star Wars movie, just to witness the ensuing choas that would result between die-hard SW and Trekkie fans that hate the other movies.
As a corollary to that, Walken should really have a walk on/cameo in an episode of the Dead Zone miniseries on USA. (or has he? I’ve only caught the thing once or twice.)
Okay… can anyone remember if it was Michael Keaton (which works) or Tom Hanks (not so much) that had the guest spot on Happy Days as some type of karate using bully… or something to that effect?
I’m thinking of Winkler and Keaton in Night Shift, here.
I was watching 1940s House last night on PBS, in which a middle class family from 2000 lives in a London suburb under wartime conditions. Every once in a while they visited, or were visited by, people in character from that period, such as an air raid warden or a grocer. I kept hoping that Queen Elizabeth would show up, dressed in her motor mechanic’s uniform she wore in the latter months of the war as a teenage defense volunteer. Alas, no.
With all the Mavel Comics movies coming out, I’d love to see Spiderman clinging to a wall in background of The Hulk movie. Or a newspaper article talking about Daredevil sitting on Professor X’s desk. Something before the movies dry up and they jump the shark with a Spidey vs. Wolverine flick. Who am I kidding, that’d be cool too!
That’s what I’m talking about: in the next X-Men flick, I want to see Cyclops reading the morning paper and say something like: “Man, they’ll let anyone in nowadays”
On the cover is a picture of everypone’s favorite webcrawler.
Or in the Punisher movie, they need a scene with some reporters. In the front row should be our Spider-hero’s more normal identity.
And at some point, there should be a barroom scene with a couple of the X-Men walking out the front door.
Imagine at the end of The Punisher flick; he, The Punisher, finishes all the punishing of people needing to be punished. Tired and bloody, he falls into his Lazy-Boy. His ear twitches, someone else is in the room. In one fluid movement The Punisher dismounts his recliner, grabs a nearby firearm and points it into the shadows. A puff of smoke emanates from the dark corner followed by a spent cigar that lands at the vigilante’s combat boots. Barely a second passes before out leaps the most famous Canadian mutie who’s every said ‘Bub’. Wolvie lands on top of Mr. Castle with his claws pointed at The Punisher jugular and The Punisher has an AK47 aimed at the Xman’s head.
It was definitely Tom Hanks. The Fonz used to pick on him when he was younger, so now he was back to settle the score. The scene I remember vividly was Hanks, wearing a karate robe with black belt, doing a slow-mo karate kick on the Fonz, who went flying backwards out the saloon doors at Al’s. Everyone thought that was it, of course, but then the Fonz came back through the doors, grabbed Hanks, was triumphant, etc.
PolishSausage: The “official*” Spiderman/Wolverine movie would be waaaay too dark to ever get filmed. But it would be fun to see.
[sub]*It was an actual one-shot comic from the early 90s (I think). Spy from Logan’s past goes on a suicide run against everyone who ever did her wrong… Grim ending, but fairly well done story.[/sub]
White Lightning: Originally published as a comic book. She left a little pink heart shaped locket on her targets’ bodies. Peter leaves his Spiderman underwear home, and has to rent a costume from a shop to go out crimefightin’. Has an amusing bit where he jumps the Berlin Wall, then has to do a spastic breakdance routine to get through the minefield he didn’t think would be on the other side.
[sub]I didn’t wanna sound like a complete comic-book geek, but ya outed me.[/sub]
Yeah, 39, go figure. I always knew MS thought of me as just a number.
To continue the highjack one more post:
The book was a single issue, prestige format printing. Basically, a graphic novel, but done in comic book format. (Glossy high-stock paper, but softbound, and standard comic sized.) I’m working from memory here, as my copy’s somewhere in one of these boxes, and it’d probably take me 2 days of digging to locate it. If you want me to do so, drop me an email, and we’ll take the highjack off the board.
It wouldn’t surprise me to hear this had been released in 5 or 6 different formats, as this was right about the same time Marvel went nuts with the multiple cover releases of the 1st issue of X-Men, ditto with the McFarlane-Spiderman book, etc. etc.
Back to the OP:
What about a walk-on in the new Indiana Jones flick (if it ever sees the light of day) by Carrie Fisher or Mark Hamill? Or possibly a ST:TNG actor doing the same in the next X-Men movie?
[sub]Yeah, the bit with Danny Glover in Maverick made me laugh out loud. I’m easy to amuse.[/sub]
Barry Allen (John Wesley Shipp), secret identity of The Flash, is driving to Metropolis for a convention of forensic scientists and stops to gas up in Smallville (he’s driving instead of just runing because of all the luggage he has to carry). Some trivial incident occurs (maybe some boxes fall off a shelf) and Clark Kent moves at super-speed to avert disasater, which no-one else can see except Allen, who’s well-accustomed to high-speed movement. Allen is naturally intruiged by this kid who can move (amost) as fast as he can and decides to hang around for a day or two. Allen remembers that he got his own powers from a freak work accident and hypothesizes that Clark got his abilities the same way, so Allen starts checking out the local Luthercorp facilities which kicks off this week’s conflict, etc etc.
At some point, Clark and Allen run into each other (maybe literally) and after some initial skittishness on Clark’s part (he tries to avoid Allen, but finds Allen is too fast and experienced to evade), they get along. Clark has heard some vague rumours from Chloe about a red-suited vigilante hero in Central City, and along the way makes some mildly derisive comments on Allen’s “goofy suit”. Allen talks about the good he’s done in Central City and suggests that one day Clark might try the same in Metropolis. Allen also demonstrates the technique of seeming to carry on two conversations at once by zipping back and forth, which Clark uses at the end of the episode.
At Allen’s farewell scene, Clark waves goodbye to Allen’s car and muses to himself that no matter what, he’s never gonna wear a silly suit.
Although Shipp will be familiar to many of Smallville’s viewers from his work on Dawson Creek, I’m not sure how many viewers will remember Shipp’s short-lived but highly underrated Flash series.
Gggaaaahhh… I’d actually find out what network runs Smallville for this. No offense to fans of the show, I’m just not interested.
Mrs. Skeezix used to tape The Flash for me, as it aired while I was at work, back when. The very last episode (I think) featured the return (this is important, in a bit) of Mark Hamill’s wonderfully over-the-top Trickster to Central City. As she wasn’t too interested in the show (though she watched it just enough to be dangerous, which I’ll get to in a minute) she usually only watched it whilst doing laundry, playing with the cat, reading, etc. etc. So, when she saw Mark Hamill onscreen that night, she reaches the conclusion that it’s a rerun, and kills the tape.
CBS fails to renew the series. No one puts it into syndication for years (and I only caught one or two episodes on the SciFi channel). I still haven’t seen the final episode. It cannot possibly half as good as what I’ve built up in my head, by this point. But I still wanna see the bloody thing.
Sara Gilbert as a patient on “Scrubs” who thinks that Eliot is her sister, but only part of the time.
Peter Fonda on “That 70s Show” as the cranky owner of a local drive-in that’s going out of business. He could spend the whole episode chasing the gang for trying to steal souvenirs like speakers and stuff from the concession stand.
Wayne Rogers on “Scrubs” as Dr. Cox’s equally smarmy and cranky father.
“Y’know, son, I knew a guy in the army who was just like you.”
"Really, Pop. Did you two save each others lives while under fire, bond forever as, oh gosh, blood brothers; and promise to look out for each others families if either of you got killed? 'Cause now that I’m all growed up and after the way you ran out on me and Mom, I was so hoping to one day get me “a whole new daddy” to wuv and protect his 'ittle bitty boy!
“No. He was an overbearing wiseass I used to get drunk with all the time. As soon as I could get out of the service and away from him, I did. Last I heard he froze his ass off in Korea for eleven years.”
