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The CI ac I camas P rint Happiness is found in ’Orange County’ _________ DAISY BAIN_________ A&E Editor “Orange County” was re leased around the country on Jan. 11,2002, and proved to be as hilarious as the previews in dicated on television. The story is based on Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks), a lost teenage senior looking to find a way out of his surfing “like totally” town in Orange County, Calif. Shaun takes the viewers on a wacky tour of his outrageous family life as he makes his attempt at getting into Harvard University. The movie starts with him being a shoe-in, providing his his life as if in “Dazed and Con fused.” I would have to say that I was a little disappointed that Mr. Black didn’t have much more of a role, although his to tal of thirty minutes in the movie were worth the almost eight dol lars I paid to see this movie. One bad thing after another seems to keep Shaun from his road to a Harvard education and he is convinced the world is against him. But just like any other teen movie, in the end, all is well. Great cameos include Chevy Chase, playing the high school principal who pushes for Britney Spears as a speaker at gradua tion; John Lithgow, who plays Internet Photo correct SAT scores are sent in. Unfortunately, his guidance counselor (Lily Tomlin) does the exact opposite and sends the poor boy down a path as mis guided as the people in his life. As the story escalates we meet one zany character after another. Shaun’s loser brother, Lance, is played by the in famous Jack Black, who has no job, lives at home with their crazy al- coholic mother (Catherine O’Hara) and lives 7 A&E Shaun’s whiny but very rich father; and Ben Stiller as a fireman who interrogates Black’s character about start ing a fire. If you are in for a really good laugh and a great time watch ing a lunatic family come to life, you could really appreci ate this movie. If you are looking for a spectacular end ing, I wouldn’t recommend spending the time. One thing to remember, this is a teen flick. Translation: no room for originality, but I left with a smile on my face. 2002 A LITTLE HELP HERE, LA DIB PPP Okay, since some of us laws to take these guys out on weren’t paying attention during the spot. Body Language 101, here’s a Next, your friends are probably recap: When she smiles without not the best source of info on showing any teeth while any dealing with the opposite sex. If handy object is tightly clutched to her breast, she’s Marvin G. Baker probably not digging Guest Columnist you. If her responses are monosyllabic, it’s time for you and the ■MM Aqua-Velva to exit stage left. A clueless Norbert your buddies have nothing bet getting shot down is one of the ter to do than sit around talking saddest things you can witness, chicks, chances are the only help and it’s almost always a really they’re going to be is in passing attractive girl politely fending the fire extinguisher after you off some reactor accident refu crash and burn. This is also the gee. I got news for you guys: point at which you discover who Adrienne Barbeau and Heather your true friends really are. Evil Locklear were paid big money intent usually rears its ugly head to hang out with Swamp Thing. in the form of the phrase, “Get What I’m trying to say is this back on the horse, man....” — we all have a particular dat The guy who says this ing stratum to operate within, and shoves another shot at you and we all need to practice pick is not your friend. He’s a strug ing up on cues. gling comedian looking for ma First off, the shotgun ap terial. proach doesn’t work. I’m not As a sidebar, I’d like to also talking about an Arkansas date mention that confessing the involving abduction; I mean the girl of your dreams to a friend idea that if you ask enough girls is perfectly natural. I call this you’ll eventually get a yes. the I-don’t-have-the-guts-so- Women have an uncanny abil I-want-you-to-talk-me-into-it ity to discern if another woman ploy. It’s also one of thé stu has recently rejected you. (This pidest things men do. I don’t is the reason you can go months without so much as a smile from anything even remotely attrac tive and then two days after you propose to your girlfriend, they’re showing up at your door with a bottle of wine and two tubs of Cool Whip.) It won’t matter how much help you’re getting from Tommy Hilfinger if her loser alert goes off. Trying to be cute or clever in your ap proach doesn’t increase your odds. Iliis is specifically for the guys who walk up to the ladies with a sheet-metal screw going “You wanna,..?” I think we should have gene pool defense think your buddies have any actual harm in mind, but it’s their job as your friends to point out when you’re a few friea short of a Happy Meal. Since they have to sup port you no matter what, convincing you to enter a gunfight with a knife may seem cruel up front, but it’s far more humane in the long run. As men we can prevent a lot .of this needless suffering by drilling each other on body language. To show that I practice what I preach, I’ll start us out: If she tosses her hair, that’s good. If she tosses her cookies, that’s bad. To salvage the situation try hold ing her hair back. It’s a long shot, but persistence has paid off where hygiene has failed. Now, go get 'em tigers and remember, if at first you don’t succeed..*. 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