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thenewgreen  ·  4011 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Surprisingly touching reminiscences on the Princess Bride from Mandy Patinkin

One of the great films from my childhood. I was in love with Buttercup as a kid, thought Vinzini was the smartest man alive and whenever we "played" Princess Bride, I got to be Inogo Montoya because I was the oldest kid in our family and dammit, I got what I wanted.

I just saw this: #Candypatinkin





humanodon  ·  4011 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man, I was so bummed to find out that Andre the Giant was actually a human with gigantism rather than the scion of a race of giants.

That sword fight was the greatest thing for me as a kid.

Tangentially, (or not at all), I was checking out another one of flagamuffin's posts and it lead me to another video by the same guy where they're also doing BMX moves at a dance. Guy's voice is great.

thenewgreen  ·  4010 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a great parody of one of my favorite montages.

user-inactivated  ·  4011 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...what the hell was the point of that.

thenewgreen  ·  4011 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not really sure. Sorry, I suppose I felt like you had to waste 3 minutes of your life too.

The NPR interview was great though, I enjoyed his reminiscing, especially about the "revenge business" line. -Good stuff.

user-inactivated  ·  4011 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just expected some sort of ... tie-in ... to something. I expect more from Jimmy Fallon!

thenewgreen  ·  4011 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Me too, the guy is pretty damned talented imo. I'm a fan.