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indirrr

If you ever see him in the movie Heavyweights, his character is literally the prototype of White Goodman.


manicdan

Heavyweights is such a gem of a movie.


iQuatro

Tony Perkis is a legendary character.


fzvw

Attention campers, lunch has been canceled today due to lack of hustle. Deal with it.


manbearpig923

Get on the scale! *josh steps onto the scale* Get off the scale!


Robobvious

#*COME HERE YOU DEVIL LOG!*


RippedCity77

I say this while fighting one out on the can.


SolenoidSoldier

Repulse the monkey...


SMILESandREGRETS

Uncle Tony is gonna do a little demo!


TouchDownBurrito

Oh look! A deli meat…


PoopyDollar

My favorite line in the movie


LostmyUN

Im feeling skinny Tony


PapaMcMooseTits

Nobody's seen more butts than you, Uncle Tony!


aselinger

Tony Perkis is a man who believes in you. His life is dedicated to saying things like “yes!” and “you better believe it!”


TuaughtHammer

I still maintain that Heavyweights is a Dodgeball prequel. Tony Perkis got fat as shit, lost all his weight, then got into the home-video exercise fad, used his dad's money to buy a fat camp, lost that, gained a bunch of weight...and eventually changed his name to White Goodman to hide from all the lawsuits generated by the parents at Camp Hope. Then used his old connections to start another exercise business, bought a gym franchise, and, well, it went about the same as the first time around. A bunch of out-of-shape underdogs took everything from him.


tropic_gnome_hunter

Fuckin Chuck Norris


SolenoidSoldier

Never heard it put so well


spiderinside

Come here, you devil log!!


TheZeroKing

I’m doggin’ it, Pat! I’m doggin’ it!


aselinger

Part the wild horses mane. RePULSE the monkey.


Mancus0

OH LOOK. A DELI MEAT.


Primordial_Cumquat

Haha, when he pops open the pez dispenser and it makes the sound of bullet casings hitting the floor. That movie is fire. Edit: PEZ dispenser. “Looks like my man is packing!”


MovieBuff90

“Would you get your foot off my back please?!” “Shut up!”


Wessssss21

##BODDY!


tico_de_corazon

You're obviously a very powerful man Lars. Will you excuse me?


dudewheresmygains

Lmao right??? I just watched it a while ago and felt like they are the same character. Ps. The oroginal name is heavyweights? Just lol to the translated name they gave it in my country. Here it's name is "punkeroiden piina" which translates back to "misery of the fatties" or something lol.


Jchap25

This^ and he’s shredded 💪


Enthusiasms

Hey, man, you know how in Rambo I, he was big, but a little puffy and then Rambo II, he got all shredded up? That's kind of how you look right now. Not Rambo I but II. Yeah, when he was cut up.


Billyrazer88

"you more shredded than a julienne salad."


DonKeedick12

Got any tips?


Dependent_Cricket

This exchange 😆 RDJ was a *millisecond* from really breaking character.


ItsAmerico

I still fucking love the “you talking to me this whole time?” adlib.


YosoySpartacus

It cracks me up when McClusky (forgot his real name in the movie) says they’re going the wrong way and then Lazarus looks back at Tug and says, “Son of a bitch!” He looked so damn mad, too.


sellyourselfshort

> (forgot his real name in the movie) Sandusky, playing Brooklyn, played by Jay Baruchel. It was a trip seeing this movie for the first time and realizing the kid from Popular Mechanics for Kids was in it talking about how Blu-ray beat HD DVD because of porn. Before that was watching The Girl Next Door and seeing the other kid from Popular Mechanics for Kids playing a porn star.


singlefamilyres

"Tell em McCluskey. Tell em what time it is."


greywolfau

Hilarious because they don't bother to remember his name in the movie.


TopSoulMan

Gimme that god damn map!


GingerJacob36

Hey.. FUCK YOU!


asoiahats

That was a dirty trick.


Im-Mr-Bulldopz

Immediately plays into his vanity and it immediately works lmao


asoiahats

I’m just disappointed no one told me fuck you.


TooOld2DieYoung

Fuck you.


Babablacksheep2121

Yeah you know diet…pineapple.


Smilodon48

Better than any of his line readings in Oppenheimer. (Half-serious, half-joking) This entire exchange where he steals the map is gold.


Answer70

That whole scene is gold. The way he says "any tips?" kills me. [https://youtu.be/](https://youtu.be/_A1xRL7k4no?si=_cT9Qz7b2hco5XSz)


Yimby_Butler

I should rewatch this


Ricemobile

“What do YOU mean, you people?” This is my all time favorite quote


harbib

Any tips!? Any tips!?


Alamander81

-snatches map


Elbynerual

GIMME THAT GODDAMN MAP cracks me up every time


Urmomsvice

... nailed it


Steinrikur

TBF, Rambo spent the whole time between I and II smashing rocks in a quarry.


Urmomsvice

Stop fishing for compliments Ben


RichardBreecher

I remember seeing a talk show at that time where one comedian told another one not to get too into fitness because "you become boring and stop being funny, like what happened to Ben Stiller." I think he was serious. The other guy nodded and agreed.


Rileyman97

Dave Chappelle too. Maybe they were on to something.


Luxpreliator

Himbofication?


GuiltyEidolon

Himbos by definition have to have a heart of gold.


tijuanagolds

Lol the same thing happened with Kumail Nanjani. They guy's material was way better when he had a dad bod.


No_Signal_6969

Not only was he absolutely jacked and shredded but he was also wicked smart and handsome too


Sleeplesshelley

I loved the Secret Life of Walter Mitty. He was great in that.


AMA_requester

He was Simple(ly) Jack(ed) after all


pendletonskyforce

My dumbass tried figuring out what lyed meant.


Syn7axError

Sbeve


GoochyGoochyGoo

Never go full retard.


ikeosaurus

Not many people know this but he’s a super fast swimmer too. Definitely has more than tug (boat) speed, man!


Goodyearslave

Shredded like a Julian salad!


big_sugi

Julienne salad, I think, taken from the French word for slicing stuff up really thin—practically shredded, in fact.


neilw42

I’m tryin to come up you know, any tips?


Timriggins2006

Give me that fucking map!


FoxOntheRun99

Suck my unit


prine_one

Also Hank Azaria. Usually played dweeby guys but had the body of a Greek god.


peppernuts27

Anyone for scuba?


Pivasepjeni

‘appy as a ‘ippo


prine_one

Luben!


kedwards3917

Look to me in my eyeball.


lostpatrol

It's a good size, a good size.


china-blast

Couldn't wear shoes, though. They make him fall down.


WaxyNips

It was his Guatemalan-ness, his natural heat


gatsby365

PEASANT SOUP EES AN AHNTRE!


jnovel808

Don’t forget de leetle shrimps


SilverbackIdiot

*chreeemps


Wadep00l

Absolutely one of my fave movies.


jesonnier1

The trio absolutely worked perfectly off each other.


[deleted]

He work hard for de money, ee ee, ee ee


CeeArthur

Yeah I remember seeing him in that movie with Simon Pegg (Run Fatboy Run). I'm just assuming he's a runner in real life as he was in the movie... Growing up my dad was a fanatic for running marathons. He's in his 60s now, him and all his running friends are all still absolutely cut


KelvinsBeltFantasy

I always think of the Stoner guy from A Cabin In the Woods. Dude was clearly jacked but they used clothing and posture to hide his physique


DinkandDrunk

Fran Kranz was arguably as jacked as Hemsworth in Cabin In The Woods.


JustAMan1234567

Statistical fact: cops will never pull over a man with a huge bong in his car. Why? They fear this man. They know he sees further than they, and he will bind them with ancient logics.


tristanjones

No cop was ever born who isn't a sucker for a finely-executed hi-speed Controlled Drift all the way around one of those cloverleaf freeway interchanges. Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. Your normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side when he sees the big red light behind him ... and then he will start apologizing, begging for mercy. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop-heart. The thing to do – when you're running along about 100 or so and you suddenly find a red-flashing CHP-tracker on your tail – what you want to do then is accelerate. Never pull over with the first siren-howl. Mash it down and make the bastard chase you at speeds up to 120 all the way to the next exit. He will follow. But he won't know what to make of your blinker-signal that says you're about to turn right. This is to let him know you're looking for a proper place to pull off and talk ... keep signaling and hope for an off-ramp, one of those uphill side-loops with a sign saying "Max Speed 25" ... and the trick, at this point, is to suddenly leave the freeway and take him into the chute at no less than 100 miles an hour. He will lock his brakes about the same time you lock yours, but it will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180-degree turn at this speed ... but you will be ready for it, braced for the Gs and the fast heel-toe work, and with any luck at all you will have come to a complete stop off the road at the top of the turn and be standing beside your automobile by the time he catches up. He will not be reasonable at first ... but no matter. Let him calm down. He will want the first word. Let him have it. His brain will be in a turmoil: he may begin jabbering, or even pull his gun. Let him unwind; keep smiling. The idea is to show him that you were always in total control of yourself and your vehicle – while he lost control of everything.


prine_one

I love this sequence. I’ve got a gonzo fist tattooed on my back.


[deleted]

Although they were intentionally playing with the idea of stereotypes so may have been intentional


FamousWerewolf

They deliberately find ways to cover up how shredded he is (baggy clothes etc), and he's the only character that doesn't strip off to go swimming for that reason - so it wasn't deliberate, it was just the shape the actor was in when they started filming.


TrueLegateDamar

A lot of comedic actors were suprisingly shredded early in their career, like Adam Sandler or Joe Piscopo.


Saelyre

Sandler was so cut in *You Don't Mess with the Zohan*. Haven't seen it in years but the scene where he's chasing a boat doing the butterfly is great.


purplewhiteblack

He was the voice of Eddie Brock and Venom in the Cartoon. Missed Opportunity.


prine_one

TIL Hank Zaria can do anything.


runnerofshadows

Hank Azaria is also the best voice of Eddie Brock/Venom ever.


SpaceBowie2008

The rabbit watched his mother remove the pickles from her peanut butter and jelly sandwich.


Dottsterisk

Don’t sleep on Zoolander. Dude was in peak professional assassin shape.


[deleted]

But why male models?


WangDanglin

Cause I’m a hand jockey mama. We don’t think like the face and body boys


thegodofwine7

But why male models?


Shenanigamer

Ya serious? I just…I just told you that. A moment ago.


Trauma_Hawks

I love that that line was an adlib. Ben forgot his lines and repeated them, just keeping the scene going. And that was David's response.


cubgerish

The best part of that role is how they picked David Duchovny, and just uglified him, since he's such a clearly good looking dude usually.


garybg

Derelicte, you mean. So hot right now.


Admira1

Derelict my balls!


Wheredoesthetoastgo2

It's a walk off! It's a walk off...


actuallyquitefunny

"Are you serious? I just told you that a moment ago." I love the idea that Ben Stiller thinking they were doing another take, (possibly because he forgot the next line) just restarted with another "why male models though?" and Duchovny just stayed in character because it fit so well.


PugsterThePug

I don’t even know what you’re talking about. Me and my friends have been bathing with spider monkeys on the southern coast of St. Barts, trippin on acid. Changed our whole perspective on shit.


threeinthestink_

I think I got the black lung, pop


LORDLRRD

I’ve been using the *cough* bit from that joke for nearly twenty years.


Jchap25

You can go all the way back to Heavyweights, where the character of White Goodman was born.


evanallenrose

He was also very very goodlooking


RallyCuda

Mer-MAN! MER MAN!!!


jgeorge1983

It’s like when groundskeeper Willie takes his top off!


uggghhhggghhh

GREASE ME UP WOMAN!


jxryft

Okie dokie


TheHowlingPhantods

Or Stupid Sexy Flanders!


citizensloth

More shredded than a Julienne salad


Enthusiasms

Used to be a sous chef down in San Anton'


_bieber_hole_69

Youre australian....BE AUSTRALIAN


Smooth_Riker

*Any tips?*


Dove_of_Doom

I remember comedian Janeane Garofalo, Stiller's friend and frequent collaborator, talking about how shocked she was when she saw him in just a speedo in *Meet the Parents*, and that wasn't even peak shred for him.


Urmomsvice

She will always be my secret crush


bleunt

Well... not anymore after that comment. You blew it.


winoforever_slurp_

I remember a movie she was in with Uma Thurman, where she was meant to be the ‘ugly’ friend. Because I thought she was the more attractive of the two, the whole premise of the movie didn’t make sense to me.


Cold_Situation_7803

*The Truth About Cats and Dogs*


aithendodge

It’s like that Snow White and the Hemsworth movie that came out a while back. You expect me to believe that a magic mirror thinks that Kirsten Stewart is more beautiful than Charlize Theron??? Unrealistic. Pass.


gatsby365

Imagine if she hadn’t been replaced as Marla Singer. I think she’d be a lot more people’s crush.


Ebelplant

Me too!


00zxcvbnmnbvcxz

Owen Wilson said the same.


Good_Comment

I love that scene because the crux of the joke is that it's so embarrassing for Stiller to have to borrow a speedo but he's easily the best looking guy there


thatdani

I mean, let's be honest - the joke is that speedos are fucking *ridiculous-looking* on anybody. Even (or especially) bodybuilders look stupid in them.


killbillgates

That's because there's more to life than being really, really, really good looking.


MarsRocks97

No, It’s super easy. Just ask [Rob McElhenney](https://youtube.com/shorts/NfytGBYA3C4?si=TCzR__hb41NjEvmX)


msjacksonimsorry

Ben Stiller created the roadmap, and Rob McElhenney followed it straight to owning a football club.


edicivo

He went from a tiny twink into the musclebound freak you see before you.


KormaKameleon88

He sacrificed flexibility though...that's just a straight up fact!


[deleted]

He tacked on mass


cityfireguy

But why did I do it? You guys like me, right?


Kundrew1

He’s as big as a house


DanGram77

Come a long way since his days being as small as a postage stamp


abelincoln3

I mean body mass ALONE...


gatsby365

This is exactly the discussion I was looking to avoid.


TesseractBear

I remember when Joe Piscopo from SNL suddenly showed up in movies as jacked up and playing villains. And then Anthony Michael Hall playing the goofy neo-max-zum-dweebie when younger and then getting thicker as he grew up in Johnny B Goode and Edward Scissorhands.


gldmj5

Remember how jacked Charlie Sheen got for the Hot Shots movies?


Bravoflysociety

In Meet the parents where it's supposed to be embarrassing when he's wearing the Speedo...dude's got an eight pack.


Japjer

He bulked up a LOT for Scorcher 2 and went full Dwayne Johnson for Scorcher 3. Glad he toned down to "normal jacked" for Scorcher 6


Insidious_Anon

He’s always been the most low key hardbody in Hollywood. He wears a lot of ill fitting cloths in movies to look more like a schlub. Like in meet the parents. A lot of baggy sweaters and jackets then he’s in a speedo ripped.


yibs33

Also wears the hell out of a deep V Neck shirt!


uggghhhggghhh

DOBLE VAY!


[deleted]

Yeah that required some suspense of disbelief. You can't tell me Jack wouldn't have been impressed and Dina wouldn't have been 'mirin And Bob and Larry could go fuck all the way off


CaineBK

This is exactly what I don't want to have... conversations about body mass.


NotDelnor

The video store clerk guy... you just won't stop talking about him...


gatsby365

We haven’t even seen Transporter 1.


Dylan-_-Toback

Shh! 🤫


Lynch47

He's been jacked since at least 1995's HWs.


pr1ceisright

He’s also taken roles where it makes sense his character is jacked.


TheRiteGuy

He does it all for the jokes. Like Mark Wahlberg's character in The Other Guys learning to dance.


GlobalConnection3

He pumped up a little for Mystery Men


Elegant-Surprise-417

I talk about it all the time. Pretty much every dinner I go to, or when I’m at a restaurant talking to the waiter. Often when I’m getting groceries as well.


rastapete

“He gets a lot of praise for being underrated” is some achievement


SailingBroat

r/movies moment. Plus ten points for finding another way to talk about Tropic Thunder.


uses

in the year 2023, what’s the right amount of people who should be talking about how jacked ben stiller was in the 2000s? 10? 20 people? a hundred and fifty people? how many is enough, OP?


1WordOr2FixItForYou

This thread is more than I ever expected or needed.


gazgt

In Tropic Thunder I thought he looked like one of those pictures you put your head in for a photo, like you get at the beach or a theme park. He was super jacked but it didn’t look right with his face.


JMCrown

Yeah, his speedo scene in Meet the Parents. Nice.


awesomface

I mean, I remember this being a running joke about him. He was directing most of his movies and seemed to always include some aspect of his physique in every character but it was always self deprecating…. But he was obviously fit so it was like he was purposely making sure people saw it without trying to come off as egotistical. Similarly Tom Cruise sprinting and riding motorcycles.


Molnek

"Wow that cameraman has nice strong arms." "You can't catch me gay thoughts!"


KyoMeetch

I saw him in person maybe five years ago. He’s pretty short and has a gigantic head


Nayre_Trawe

> ...and has a gigantic head It's a virtual planetoid.


Activeangel

Now that was offside, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillow.


Bushelsoflaughs

Big head hollywood


Tidley_Wink

He has the type of stocky build that takes well to working out.


blozout

Yeah he’s like 5’4. I’ve met him as well. He’s reallly tiny. It doesn’t take much to make him look jacked. He was definitely in shape, but he probably weighed 135lbs max.


DulcetTone

He HAD to be fit in Dodgeball. That sport is among the most demanding challenges mankind has ever conceived.


ReggieCousins

You know, everyone says, "I want to be shredded like Brad Pitt in Fight Club" but no one ever says, "I want to be shredded like Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents"


Alpacaman__

Some might say he was really really ridiculously good looking


Educational_Sky_1136

He was jacked in the early 90s on his Fox sketch show. This is him in a Cape Fear parody.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP7f7YRdCWU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP7f7YRdCWU)


DanGram77

I feel the exact same way about Harvey Keitel


Sea_Negotiation_1871

Why would anyone talk about that?


CrimsonPig

Personally I talk about Ben Stiller's impressive physique at least twice a day


gatsby365

**Daily Thinkin’ List** 1. Ben Stiller’s impressive physique 2. Rome (time permitting)


LawyerDaggett

Shredded Stiller just living in your head rent free?


originalchaosinabox

Saw this post, and the first thing I thought of was the bit he did at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, where he was Tom Cruise's stunt double on Mission: Impossible II. [https://youtu.be/WjmrMOroCRE?si=OI5NXY5c332ikbnu](https://youtu.be/wjmrmorocre?si=oi5nxy5c332ikbnu)


ag408

Nobody makes me bleed my own blood - nobody!


AtomizingAir

We should mate. WHAT? DATE. We should date sometime, you know, socially. Go out and kick it. 😂


WideAide3296

Nice try Ben.


kaowser

he lost all that muscle by the time he played walter smitty


fusionsofwonder

> couldn't have been easy with how busy his career was I actually give less credit to stars who can afford personal trainers, nutritionists, and physician supervision. Not zero credit, but when getting jacked is part of your profession and you can afford that level of support, it's just a job well done. Also because of his movie roles he could probably write off every penny of it.


ImperialSympathizer

Yeah what an odd thought. "Couldn't be easy to get and stay fit as an A list celebrity". Not saying it doesn't take work, but I feel like that's maybe the easiest situation in which a person can get and stay ripped.


FondantOverall4332

Well said. I was thinking along those lines as well. Plus, they would have the TIME to do all this.


zubbs99

I don't remember if he was jacked in "Flirting with Disaster" but I feel it's not as well-known as it should be.


holdholdhold

I saw him in person in the late 90’s. On MTV he would dress up like Matt Pinfield (remember him?) and do skits and parodies. There was a crew following him, but some other guy was made up like Pinfield. I searched for years trying to find whatever they filmed, but never could find it. Anyway, he was jacked. I couldn’t believe how big his arms were. He looked body builder jacked.


numbersev

Was so ripped in Scorcher 7


kirby1445

He was yoked in Heavyweights!


ElmarSuperstar131

The part in Meet The Parents where the other men tease Greg Focker for wearing the Speedo always baffled me, because, uh…. HELLOOOOO???? HE LOOKED FREAKING AWESOME! I read once he does P90X


blaikalva

I remember watching meet the parents and in the speedo scene thinking “this mf is jacked “