Stuck In My Craw #1

I might have to turn this into a reoccurring feature. There are a lot of things that bug me. There are a lot of general things that bug me and a bunch of small specific things which are usually examples of the larger general things.

Here is one of of those general things:

When an actor is referenced in a television show by name and then said actor shows up playing a different character. I'm not sure if that made sense, but it will after these examples!

• In Friends one of the guy's favourite movies of all time is Die Hard. In fact they watch it over and over again. So how is it that not one of them notices that Ross' young girlfriend's father looks exactly like Bruce Willis/John McClane?!? Obviously in television we have to suspend our disbelif in some cases. I'd have no problem if they had never brought up Die Hard at all and then Bruce showed up playing Elizabeth's father. I can easily say, "Well, inu the Friends Universe Bruce Willis doesn't exist so neither does Die Hard." That works in my brain. I am sure to bring this point up whenever those episodes air much to the chagrin of my family and...friends.
• Oddly, this example is also Friends related. In 30 Rock Jack watches Friends. This makes sense, Jack/Liz etc. exist in a fictionalized version of NBC. What doesn't make sense is when flipping David flipping Schwimmer shows up and plays a character other than himself (Greenzo)!

Yeah, there are more but you get my point. Anyways, that's what's stuck in my craw.



Stay tuned,

T