Pressed in a Book

Classic Pressed in a Book/ Wha’ Happened?

Previously to this iteration of Pressed in a Book, I had a neat little Wordpress blog running. That is far gone now, but I thought to kick things off here, I would present some of the better posts from the year or so it was active.

So below this point, is Classic PIAB, above is Fresh PIAB! Enjoy :)

P.S. If you want to see my most recent blogging activity, it’s been on a sports blog called Wha’ Happened? CHECK IT YO!

Classic PIAB: The Michael Cera Experiment

I wanted to write a post about Michael Cera. I think quite possibly that he is my favourite young actor from the last few years. How is this experiment going to work? I’ve no idea. We can think about it. Could I check his IMDB and rate everything ‘big’ he has been part of over the last few years? See how good everything was? Maybe. Maybe I can just search for photos on Google Images and see how many of the first page are actually of Michael Cera. Possibly! Maybe I’ll just see how much I can write about Michael Cera before I get bored. This is do-able but it would take way (WAY) too long.

So how about this: the Michael Cera experiment is me going through every thing he has ever done and then getting the names of all the characters that he has played and rate them out of 500? SOUNDS AWESOME. This way, I am just talking about Michael Cera and not the entire show or movie he is part of… because it is completely likely that there is a so-so movie with Michael Cera in it but Michael Cera might still be really awesome. I can also include photos that I get off my search on google images!

Larrabe Hicks (from I Was a Sixth Grade Alien)

This show was awesome. Well maybe it was, I don’t quite remember but honestly, a name like Larrabe Hicks is awesome. Larrabe Larrabe Larrabe… doesn’t it just sound like the name you’d give to a kid who looks like Michael Cera but when he was younger? I guess that’s why he got that role. The Hicks bit is there because only Hicks believe in aliens, even when they are purple and are actually real and are your class mates. But they aren’t really!

Skateboarder (from Twice in a Lifetime)

How cool is that name? Not very… well it would be maybe 3/4 times in your life. Imagine if your name was Skateboarder when the Skateboard craze hits again? You won’t be able to attend school any more you’ll be so darn cool. I bet Michael Cera doesn’t attend school anymore. Probably because he’s too old but even if he wasn’t old he’d be too cool. Skateboarder.

Josh Spitz (from Braceface)

Where the hell did they come up with this name? Spitz? Possibly not the best named character Michael Cera has played but it’s not his fault, the writers obviously aren’t very imaginative - they called the show BRACEFACE. I want to see it.

Crying Kid (from Walter and Henry)

This is a good name because it reminds me of the few times in Arrested Development when Michael Cera’s character gets real sad (like when he gets dumped) and he walks into the house with his head down and just falls flat onto the carpet. I think what he was doing to get that emotion out was channeling this character from Walter and Henry, Crying Kid. Good name… but imagine if the kid didn’t even cry. That would be super sad.

Max (from Doc)

Max is also the name of the best puppy dog beagle man in the world, Max. A plus thumbs up stars Michael Cera!

Michael (from Clark and Michael)

Probably the best-suited name that the writers (Michael Cera) could have given to a character played by Michael Cera and who is actually Michael Cera but not the actual Michael Cera, just the character version. Good choice Michael Cera!

George-Michael Bluth (from Arrested Development)

Probably the best named character of them all. One thing, it includes his real name (Michael, der…) and also the name George which is also a good name. The joke you see is the way they put this together. In the show George is the name of George-Michael’s grandfather. Michael is the name of his father. This explains the name George-Michael. But that still hasn’t explained the joke. The joke is that George-Michael is the name of a singer. I’m pretty sure I’m the first person to get that joke… I got it in episode 5 of season 2 I think. Quicker than anyone else!

Evan (from Superbad)

Everyone is all “OMG SO FUNNY YOU ARE SO COOL… McLOVIN!” but according to imdb, Michael Cera’s character only has one name to begin with. McLovin is only a made up name and the real person with the name McLovin is called Fogel. SHIT. I started writing this thinking that Evan would be the only character with only one name. CRAP. Now my whole joke is screwed. OK well what I was going to say was that Michael Cera’s character only has one name to begin with so it’s not actually that cool that Fogell has only one name when he becomes McLovin because you know, his friend actually only has one name. Oh man, this is so confusing. Sorry. End of paragraph.

Paulie Bleeker (from Juno)

The name Paulie Bleeker makes me think he is a bird. But he isn’t really a bird. This is also a good name like George Michael but it isn’t as good. It’s a boring name. How do I know? I can’t write anything about it. But it’s not boring because the character is awesome. So yeah… ummm… right now…

THIS.

The real experiment was how many times I could write Michael Cera without sounding dumb. The total is: 20. OSM.