Red Ships of Spain

Too soon?

Nay.

Let us bask in Goulet.

Yes, Robert Goulet, the famed singer, actor, voice-man and member of the Canadian Walk of Fame, passed away Tuesday while awaiting a lung transplant – a little inside, I know.

But it’s hard to think of Goulet and not immediately picture Will Ferrell at his peak, back before he decided sports comedies were the only things that make people laugh. For Ferrell-as-Goulet, whether he was hawking cell phones, his ‘Coconut Bangers Ball: It’s a Rap!’ CD or haranguing Jon Stewart on the ‘Night of Too Many Stars,’ was comedy at its highest level. Here, along with Alec Baldwin, it’s a family affair involving the Brothers Goulet. Good times.

Unfortunately, now Ferrell spends his time ice skating with Napoleon Dynamite. As Goulet would say, ‘You wouldn’t hire a clown to fix a leak in the john.’

Does that make sense? Maybe it’s not supposed to.

Whatever. I nailed it.

-Andy McCullough, feature editor

Published on October 31, 2007 at 12:00 pm