Owen Wilson's cameo in Yeah Right! can't be duplicated

[Your Cousin Marvin]

Is he just a better actor than Jack Black and GOB ? Am I just remembering it different because i'm old and don't like newish things?

[snowballz]

You're 100% right. The Owen cameo was so organic in how it came to be. While I like Will Arnett and Jack Black better as actors, their cameos felt hella forced.

[FuzzGNU]

Is he just a better actor than Jack Black and GOB ? Am I just remembering it different because i'm old and don't like newish things?

I was convinced he knew what he was talking about. I figured the trick part was fake, but that he was into skateboarding (like Jonah Hill).

When I go back and watch it now knowing the entire backstory, I'm still impressed. The dude must have an amazing mind for memorizing lines.

[urbneathme]

i honestly believed it when i saw it as a kid. i didn't really pay attention to the names of the tricks, i was just so caught up in the idea that owen wilson skated and was friends with the girl team

[goldenbullcow]

I think it's as simple as Owen is talented and funny and Jack is not.

[PuffinMuffin]

I think it's as simple as Owen is talented and funny and Jack is not.

I don't really think that's fair. He has a lot of range when he doesn't play his character actor self, like in Bernie for instance, he knocked it out of the park.

[layzieyez]

I feel like Jack Black is playing Jack Black in a lot of his roles so seeing him do that in the context of a skateboarding video isn't too impressive.

Owen Wilson played the role of a skater and he got it right.

Arnett just played like a shit talking non-skating role so what most slap posters are accused of being. It didn't carry as much weight without the skating and was a weak jab at us supposed spectators.

[milk.razor]

i honestly believed it when i saw it as a kid. i didn't really pay attention to the names of the tricks, i was just so caught up in the idea that owen wilson skated and was friends with the girl team

Same until some old head on the aol skateboarding chat room to ruined it for me.
Though watching it again, I’m having a mandela effect about there being music during his tricks.. guess not

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Ty and Spike wrote a little dialogue for him and emailed it to him, and he was pretty baffled by all the lingo and stuff he had to say, so they explained it to him and I guess he prepped for the "role."

He did really well. I was impressed that Koston was able to switch outfits that quickly. Plus the jazz push and the sudden toe drag after the noseblunt to slow down was always funny. There's a lot of little funny moments from that skit, like how he says Spanky bluntslid that rail in TIS, but he actually did a front feeble down it. Or Carroll's casual indifferent behaviour.

[Dusty]

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i honestly believed it when i saw it as a kid. i didn't really pay attention to the names of the tricks, i was just so caught up in the idea that owen wilson skated and was friends with the girl team

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Same until some old head on the aol skateboarding chat room to ruined it for me.
Though watching it again, I’m having a mandela effect about there being music during his tricks.. guess not

Terminator X to the Edge of Panic plays during his tricks on my copy

[ok boomer]

Should get a Luke Wilson remix

[milk.razor]

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i honestly believed it when i saw it as a kid. i didn't really pay attention to the names of the tricks, i was just so caught up in the idea that owen wilson skated and was friends with the girl team

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Same until some old head on the aol skateboarding chat room to ruined it for me.
Though watching it again, I’m having a mandela effect about there being music during his tricks.. guess not

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Terminator X to the Edge of Panic plays during his tricks on my copy

Okay that sounds right. The clip on youtube mustve had it removed. I also broke my original copy and remember being so bummed that the newer version had a different soundtrack

[Southernmost]

Hats of to Gino.

[rocklobster]

I re-watched 411 #52 multiple times, zero Owen Wilson footage. The man is a liar.

I like the un-cut version, you can see the entire team struggling not to laugh during the skit:

[Shifty Flip]

Shrimp Blunt having Aquaman was also a good one.

[Lucky_Basek]

birdhouse tried to copy the idea before almost every part in Saturdays and it was contrived and irritating.
Owen will never be beaten.
Having said that, Arnette was funny in PS. Especially when he tells Olsen that he should do some tricks that someone under 30 would appreciate

[matta]

Johnny Rotten in Sorry was great

[DISTANT RUMOURS]

I re-watched 411 #52 multiple times, zero Owen Wilson footage. The man is a liar.

I like the un-cut version, you can see the entire team struggling not to laugh during the skit:

Still a great skit!

It was super obvious to me he didn't do the trick, but I always thought he actually knew what he was talking about because he was rocking a lot of skate gear back then.

[PatrickSkateman]

I’m just glad it wasn’t Will Ferrell in any of the skits.

[Mean salto]

Not even saying it's good but another comedian cameo in a skate video (altho a few obvious reasons this one's not often brought up)

[Atiba Applebum]

Owen Wilson worked because it was the first one.   Then Ty and Spike thought they had to keep throwing actors in there (as if anyone gave a shit one way or the other) to parrot Spike lines.   They just let JB riff as a filmer and Will Arnett was funny just making fun of them in the van, but there wasn’t really any objective behind it.   

Just remember Spike was as responsible for Crail Films excesses as Ty was, perhaps even more so because the buck stopped with him. 

[HatRemovalService]

It was a simpler time I think, as a kid I remember thinking that shit was real for awhile haha, now it would seem so obvious unless you actually saw the actor doing tricks, but I didn’t even connect that fact he went outta frame for a second when I first saw it. That shit had some mystique to it

[CheeseSteak]

Pardon me as I point out the obvious. The film was called Yeah Right and I still watched that clip thinking Owen Wilson skated. What a time to be alive!

[Atiba Applebum]

Pardon me as I point out the obvious. The film was called Yeah Right and I still watched that clip thinking Owen Wilson skated. What a time to be alive!

Hmm never considered that along with the keyed out ramps

[Burt Ward]

I’m just glad it wasn’t Will Ferrell in any of the skits.

You wash your mouth out!

[botefdunn]

He did really well. I was impressed that Koston was able to switch outfits that quickly. Plus the jazz push and the sudden toe drag after the noseblunt to slow down was always funny.

Koston has spent his career hauling around that same tired schtick, but by god if a broken clock isn't funny at least once in its life.

[Atiba Applebum]

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He did really well. I was impressed that Koston was able to switch outfits that quickly. Plus the jazz push and the sudden toe drag after the noseblunt to slow down was always funny.

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Koston has spent his career hauling around that same tired schtick, but by god if a broken clock isn't funny at least once in its life.

Man had a rich decade plus career before being goofy and then he still had a good ten years after that.   

[KGB]

Owen Wilson worked because it was the first one.   Then Ty and Spike thought they had to keep throwing actors in there (as if anyone gave a shit one way or the other) to parrot Spike lines.   They just let JB riff as a filmer and Will Arnett was funny just making fun of them in the van, but there wasn’t really any objective behind it.   

Just remember Spike was as responsible for Crail Films excesses as Ty was, perhaps even more so because the buck stopped with him.

It was probably the first real cameo but that Rodney Mullen part at the Hollywood stars where he almost runs into Jack Nicholson has always stuck out to me. Probably the most famous person to be in someone’s part whether he knew it or not.

[Jonny7.5Alive]

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Owen Wilson worked because it was the first one.   Then Ty and Spike thought they had to keep throwing actors in there (as if anyone gave a shit one way or the other) to parrot Spike lines.   They just let JB riff as a filmer and Will Arnett was funny just making fun of them in the van, but there wasn’t really any objective behind it.   

Just remember Spike was as responsible for Crail Films excesses as Ty was, perhaps even more so because the buck stopped with him.

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It was probably the first real cameo but that Rodney Mullen part at the Hollywood stars where he almost runs into Jack Nicholson has always stuck out to me. Probably the most famous person to be in someone’s part whether he knew it or not.

What's this ?

[Dusty]

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Owen Wilson worked because it was the first one.   Then Ty and Spike thought they had to keep throwing actors in there (as if anyone gave a shit one way or the other) to parrot Spike lines.   They just let JB riff as a filmer and Will Arnett was funny just making fun of them in the van, but there wasn’t really any objective behind it.   

Just remember Spike was as responsible for Crail Films excesses as Ty was, perhaps even more so because the buck stopped with him.

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It was probably the first real cameo but that Rodney Mullen part at the Hollywood stars where he almost runs into Jack Nicholson has always stuck out to me. Probably the most famous person to be in someone’s part whether he knew it or not.

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What's this ?

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