This past week, the internet blessed us with a couple of videos that gave us a look at two struggling actors before they became the hilarious, good-looking comedians we know them as today. First, we saw
in a trying-too-hard-to-be-quirky spot for Mutual Savings Back back in 1995 (possibly the inspiration for Liz Lemon's
). Then, the
(naturally) posted a video of highlights from Paul Rudd's pre-
Clueless
gig as a
. Thank you, these videos, for reminding us that everyone has to start somewhere.
At first I thought that his
would be the highlight of Jimmy Kimmel's week. But then I saw his
,
The Boy Who Can't See Glass
. I'm also looking forward to the sequel,
.
Will Ferrell was on late night full-court press last week to promote
. According to early box office reports, it
. While his
was inspired, it was
, dug up from an old
SNL
reject pile, that really delivered. I can't be for sure whether this was because of or despite Jimmy Fallon's inability to keep a straight face.
Finally,
falls in the apropos of nothing category, but it made me laugh as much as anything else this week, so here you go.
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