NFL Pro Bowl or Chris Penn Movie Marathon?
Last night I was posed with a very difficult question: do I watch the NFL Pro Bowl or do I watch Footloose on AMC and then All The Right Moves on ESPN Classic?

I think the choice was obvious.

Footloose might be the greatest movie of all time. I mean, think about it...A movie that is about a rural town that bans dancing, and things only change when a rebel from the big city changes the minds of the locals. How amazing of a plot is that? AND it stars Kevin Bacon, Chris Penn and Jonathan Lithgow? Yes, I am aware the Sarah Jessica Parker was in this movie, and no in Footloose she doesn't look like Twisted Sister's Dee Snider. Also, I don't know why her character's name is "Rusty", and I'd appreciate it if everybody saved me the emails or posts on the site explaining why.

All The Right Moves is a high school football movie from the 1980's starring Tom Cruise as a stud defensive back in a small Pennsylvanian mining town. Craig T. Nelson plays the evil "win at all costs" coach, which has been a staple in EVERY football movie since (with the exception of Remember the Titans). Why hasn't Craig T. Nelson had an offer as an NFL coach yet? He plays a coach so well in All The Right Moves as well as in the TV Show Coach. I mean, isn't he more than qualified? Are you telling me after being in those two roles he couldn't manage the clock better than Andy Reid in Super Bowl XXIX or Herm Edwards in any regular season game? I just can't believe that Craig T. Nelson would compile a worse record in the NFL than Dennis Erickson. Somebody needs to hire this man. The way the Green Bay Packers' season went this year, I'd be willing to bet an awful lot of Packers fans would be down with hiring Craig T. Nelson to replace the "pair shaped loser" Mike Sherman.

Really though, why isn't Chris Penn in any movies anymore? He steals the show as Willard in Footloose, and he delivers a stunning performance in All The Right Moves. Maybe instead of Ben Stiller starring in every comedy dating back to 1999, we should throw some of those roles to Chris Penn. Just a thought.


As for the Pro Bowl, now that hockey doesn't exist, it has become the least watchable All-Star Game out there. 50% of the players that are selected to play in it don't even want to suit up. Although I did see that Peyton Manning won the Pro Bowl MVP. Well, at least that answers the questions about whether or not he can deliver in the big game...Oh wait, no it doesn't.