BILLY BOB AT THE BAT.Byline: - Glenn Whipp The Bad News Bears may have stunk stunk v. A past tense and the past participle of stink. stunk Verb a past of stink stunk stink on the field, but the 1976 hit comedy was good enough to spawn To launch another program from the current program. The child program is spawned from the parent program. (operating system) spawn - To create a child process in a multitasking operating system. E.g. two sequels and a short-lived TV series. But by the end of the 1970s, Coach Buttermaker's foul-mouthed, lovable lov·a·ble also love·a·ble adj. Having characteristics that attract love or affection. lov losers had fallen out of favor. Nobody was sorry to put them in the rear-view mirror rear-view mirror Noun a mirror on a motor vehicle enabling the driver to see the traffic behind rear-view mirror rear n (Aut) → rétroviseur m . Which makes it odd that a new version of the ``Bears'' stands as one of the summer's must-see movies. Pair the inspired casting of Billy Bob Thornton Robert George (Bob) Thornton (born July 10 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA whose career lasted from 1985 to 1996. He was a 6'10" 225 forward. He holds career averages of 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 283 total games. in the Buttermaker role originally played by Walter Matthau with talented director (and huge baseball fan) Richard Linklater (``School of Rock''), mix in Thornton's ``Bad Santa'' writing team, and you've got the makings of a remake re·make tr.v. re·made , re·mak·ing, re·makes To make again or anew. n. 1. The act of remaking. 2. Something in remade form, especially a new version of an earlier movie or song. that could actually surpass the original. ``It does seem like a good fit, doesn't it?'' Thornton says. ``I've been wanting to do this for a while, and everything just came together. The movie's still relevant. Parents still drive their kids into the ground and take the whole sports thing too seriously. We still need a guy like Buttermaker to set them straight.'' In the PG-13-rated update, Buttermaker has gone from cleaning pools to exterminating pests. (``Depending on what day it was, the rats were easier to work with than the kids,'' Thornton cracks.) He still drinks, smokes and swears and, after an improbable victory, takes the team to Hooters This article is about the two restaurant chains collectively using the shared Hooters brand. For other uses, see Hooters (disambiguation). Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Inc based in Atlanta, Georgia, and to celebrate. (``The two times I've been to Hooters, I've seen kids there,'' Thornton rationalizes.) And the Bears' star pitcher remains a girl, played by newcomer Sammi Kraft. ``One of the great things that Richard Linklater did was keep the tone of the original,'' Thornton says. ``I was a huge fan of the movie and a huge fan of Walter Matthau. He played the lovable grouch better than anyone. I'd be honored to be mentioned in the same breath as him.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) SAMMI KANE KRAFT, left, BILLY BOB THORNTON and TIMMY DETERS |
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