A Good Year for the Outlaw

Over the weekend, Diane and I rented “Bobby”. Great movie, everything ties together at the end, big stars, well done by Emilio Estavez, it was his labor of love and it shows.

Anyway, watching it, I realized the I have something in common with Bill Macy and Jim Belushi. To wit: In “Bobby”, Macy’s character is married to Sharon Stone’s hairdresser. He also is messing around with an operator played by Heather Graham. In his most recent flick, “Wild Hogs”, his love interest is played by Marisa Tomei.

Stay with me. So I’m watching “Bobby”, and there’s Demi Moore, who of course starred many years ago with Jim Belushi and Rob Lowe (Mr. Lowe is too pretty to be a part of this conversation, by the way) in “About Last Night.” Well, several years ago, I interviewed Jim Belushi, and while we were talking, I realized he’d been paired in movies with Kelly Lynch, Mel Harris and Rae Dawn Chong, and now co-stars with Courtney Thorne-Smith on TV.  He said he’d been “lucky” over the years.

What is the point? The point is that Bill Macy, Jim Belushi, and yours truly would be considered classic ”overachievers”. Average to below-average looking men who get to be paired with beautiful women. Anyone who has seen Diane knows what I’m talking about. Pretty, sexy, strong, independent, and somehow hanging with…me. So carry on, Mr. Macy. Straight ahead, Mr. Belushi. We have something in common, and that’s quite alright with me.