Carl Weathers (1948-2024)
And then for them to move on to Creed and Paul, Creed's son, taking the mean, Carl's role really was an iconic figure in the world of so, you know, just to leave his mark with that role was good enough, but not for Carl Weathers. Beyond the Rocky franchise, he showcased his talent in a variety of roles. He appeared in notable films such as Predator. I remember that, of course, I remember happy Gilmore. What a great movie that was
And he escaped sports, and then he existed in the entertainment industry, which is a cesspool of human filth. And then the character arc, like you said, going into comedy with Adam Sandler and then Phil on Swellcast, reminded me that he was on arrested development, and his whole character on arrested development of being this acting teacher for Tobias and being just a cheapskate. And the whole idea of being a cheapskate is that, do you want to learn how to be an actor?
Because I know that's what God didn't put us on this earth to be divisive and tear down each other. He brought us on this planet in whatever way we came to help each other out and to love each other and to make each other feel good about things. Life is. Sometimes it is shit. I mean, it really is. I mean, we go through a lot of things in our life. But one of them shouldn't be to inflict pain on each other
You don't know what you got till it's gone. And we really don't scrutinize human beings, or at least appreciate or scrutinize them until they're dead. And then we're like, man, we should have probably lived life like they lived life, avoiding, like I was saying, all those trappings of this earthly plane. And Carl Weathers is a representation of that in its purest form. And I don't know, I haven't