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Tom Hanks Will Never Die

DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
edited November 2010 in Social Entropy++
TOM HANKS

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Tom Hanks was born on July 9, 1956 in Concord, California, a most unremarkable place. His dad, Amos Mefford Hanks, was apparently related to Abraham Lincoln through his mother, Nancy Hanks, and that's awesome. His mom, Janet Marylyn, wasn't related to anyone famous, but that's okay. As a young boy, Tom was a geek, a spaz, painfully shy with everyone, and prone to making up amazing songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1jeJwrnz2A

So after he grew up, Tom went and studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and after two years, transferred to California State University, Sacramento. Except for going to lots of plays, nothing good really came out of this so he dropped out of college and moved to New York.

After some some TV and film appearances, Tom landed a lead role on the ABC TV show Bosom Buddies, which unfortunately ran for only two seasons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnabEmFL-yY

Tom did some more stuff after that, but they're not important. What is important is that in 1987 he teamed up with Dan Akroyd and made Dragnet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II3DfPbffUw

And in the next year he starred in the critical and commercial success Big, the fantastic film where a young boy gets his wish of being older granted and subsequently has sex with a fine woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX3pMcSXrYs

Unfortunately there were a string of failures after that, with The 'Burbs, Joe Versus the Volcano, and The Bonfire of the Vanities all being quite terrible. Turner and Hooch changed all of that though, with Tom delivering his best performance to date.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrI9eSwgixc

He made some other movies after that. Sleepless in Seattle, a film about a man stalking a woman he doesn't know, Forrest Gump, the film that inspired The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apollo 13, a Ron Howard film, and Cast Away, a heart-warming story about a man and his volleyball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Rv_7kWfBc&feature=related

So what else is Tom doing these days?

Well he's driving an electric car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl2CmfG1AAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDFP9Q1910

He's updating his own Youtube channel and Twitter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGtSGPDU_Y

and he's eventually going to play Robert Langdon again in a sequel to Angels & Demons.

Now, you're probably asking yourself, "Why did Jeff Goldblum make this thread?"

Well it's because Tom Hanks is a national treasure and we should all take this time to talk about how awesome he is.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    oh thank god I thought he died for a second there

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I thought you were going to tell me he died. I would have had to cry like I did at the end of Philadelphia

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    tom hanks?

    tom hanks

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    oh thank god I thought he died for a second there

    This is what went through my mind.

    I would have been devastated.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    oh thank god I thought he died for a second there

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    oh thank god I thought he died for a second there

    Jesus Christ me too

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  • QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Go to 7:47
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncwcsk74JUE&feature=related

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'm posting in a neville thread because I like neville and I enjoy his threads

    Also because I like Tom Hanks.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    brothers malcolm-mark, rename the thread "fucking white people"

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    motherfucker is too nice

    he's hiding something

    probably runaway bodies that he fucks constantly or something

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    just watched apollo 13 today

    involuntarily said "i love tom hanks"

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Hank Toms is his evil doppelganger. Has a goatee and everything.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Did you know that whenever you hear the voice of a Tom Hanks Character in a toy like a talking woody

    it's actually the voice of his brother Jim Hanks?

    true story

    He also voices Woody in all the toy story video games.

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Malkovich Malkovich

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Anjin-San wrote: »
    brothers malcolm-mark, rename the thread "fucking white people"

    sounds like I should rename it to (RIP) Tom Hanks

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Did you know that Tom Hanks' sweat smells like strawberries.

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H1HYYKplBE

    @4:20 "Tom Hanks! That's the guy. Funny guy, Tom Hanks. Anything that comes out of that guy's mouth, its ging to be a stitch!

    I have aids.

    Ahahahaha!"

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    While I was skimming the OP I was really scared it was going to end

    HE PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING DUE TO A SUDDEN HEARTATTACK

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I like Tom Hanks.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Otm Shank

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Tom Hanks is wonderful

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Otm Shank

    :^:

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I agree with everything you said except for "Unfortunately there were a string of failures after that, with The 'Burbs, Joe Versus the Volcano being quite terrible."

    Because the Burbs and Joe Versus the Volcano are both excellent movies. Also no one has shit fits like Tom Hanks and he has some great ones in The Burbs!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RtPNdBmVJk

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  • ShrieveShrieve Game Designer CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    How dare you make a thread where everyone thinks where everyone thinks that someone died. From now on everything celebrity related thread should start with:

    TOM HANKS IS STILL ALIVE, CARRY ON.

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWoD2sQ9LiU

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64tpUmDzPIc

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I would trust Tom Hanks with my life

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Shrieve wrote: »
    How dare you make a thread where everyone thinks where everyone thinks that someone died. From now on everything celebrity related thread should start with:

    TOM HANKS IS STILL ALIVE, CARRY ON.

    Also this.

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    DrIanMalcolm wrote: »
    I would trust Tom Hanks with my wife

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  • SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    is it still considered a key party if it is just tom hanks and i placing our keys in a can of pbr with the lid cut off?????????

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    This is the best thread I have ever had the pleasure of posting in.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'm sorry

    did you just call "The 'Burbs" a "failure?"

    we're not friends anymore

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Tom Hanks has made me cry TWICE

    Once in Forrest Gump: "Is he smart? Or is he like..."

    And once in Toy Story 3.

    Tom you magnificent son of a bitch.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I will straight up cut a motherfucker who says The Burbs wasn't fantastic.



    It was the fuckin Burbs man. It was awesome.

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  • RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I have been trying desperately to find the meltdown at the end of The Burbs where Tom pleads with the EMTs to take him to the hospital in a sad defeated voice because it is singularly hilarious every time I watch that movie, which is a lot because it is awesome as previously stated.

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    The Burbs was not as good as Turner and Hooch

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  • FedoraFedora Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Joe Vs. The Volcano...terrible?

    You are now dead to me.

    Butler #1 and bugboy are my new favorite forum twins.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Castaway is pretty fantastic I reckon

    it doesn't follow your standard arc, I mean it's a pretty well defined three acts but the second act is unique

    the tooth extraction scene oh my god

    and the whole thing with the extra length of rope ugh

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I danced on the Big piano. It was a prettygood trip highlight. I couldn't play any songs on it though ablooabloo.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Fuck, seeing this thread scared me for a second there. :(

    Anyway, Big was pretty great.

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