Jim Carrey Before He Was Famous (Video, Early Stand-Up Impersonation Performances As A Highschool Senior)

A very young Jim Carrey, before he was famous and known the world over.

Can you imagine saying “Jim Carrey who?” Before Jim Carrey was famous, that is exactly what you would have said.

In retrospect it’s hard to even fathom a person of Jim Carrey’s fame NOT being famous… and not being such a beloved and recognizable personality (real name: “James Eugene Carrey”). As such, it is extremely interesting to look at the actor from a time when he was an unknown… a stand-up comedian who’d travel the nation and between several states and his native Canada (I only JUST FOUND OUT that Jim Carrey was a Canadian…. *mind blown*) doing shows.

And just like his work now that is absolute comedic perfection, Jim Carrey in the early days was a nose-to-the-grindstone hard worker who’d put in the hours, the time, and the money to do as many shows as he could (even sleeping in the places he’d perform). He’d practice for hours and hours in front of a mirror in order to make sure he got his funny faces down pat. Of course, all of that hard work would pay off… but it wouldn’t pay off until another nearly twenty years following these old videos of Jim Carey from 1979 and 1980, where he performs funny impersonations of then-President Jimmy Carter and many others.

What’s amazing is to hear Jim Carrey in his rare, more serious moments during the interview for this biography, where Jim Carrey talks about how he’d drive for hundreds of miles to do shows… and sometimes free shows. Where they didn’t even give him gas money. Imagine that. There was once a day when Jim Carrey needed gas money. *mind wobbles* I also must say that Jim Carrey looks freakin’ WEIRD in these interviews… granted he’s a 16/17/18 year-old kid… but still. He has a long neck. :P What’s amazing too is that the way he acts now and his comedic routines were all laid down back in these early years, despite his age you can clearly see the modern Jim Carrey in his stage routine.

The most interesting though is Jim Carrey’s evident burning passion to BE SOMEONE… he wanted to be someone so famous that he couldn’t walk the street without being recognized. And the look in his eyes, a very sad look, says it all.

Self-fulfilled prophecy? “Faith without works is dead.” This guy earned it. Great job Jim Carrey, you achieved your dream! Enjoy this video. :)

 

From Twilight Depths To Hyrule Fields. Delving Back Into the World of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

The beautiful world of Hyrule as depicted in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

I had taken a long hiatus from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess only to just recently pick it up again. I originally started playing the game before the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword… so it’s been over half a year. Skyward Sword came out in November of last year, so I think I started playing Twilight Princess in like October of 2011…

After spending over 100 hours in the game, and getting extremely, extremely close to the end, I ended up getting sidetracked and never returned! Although I recall how far I had gotten in the game….

*MAJOR AND MINOR SPOILERS for anyone who hasn’t played it yet. Read at your own risk!*

I remember how extremely tough the Snowpeak dungeon was where you race the polar bear down the mountain and then enter his fortress like residence. I became extremely annoyed too when I could not pass the section with the sliding ice enemies…. somehow I had forgotten to try simply swinging my sword at them! I kept trying to make it past them by dodging…

All I know for sure is that I was extremely close to the end of the game… This was after I had collected the second-to-last piece of the *SPOILER ALERT* Mirror Shard *END SPOILER* and I had entered the *SPOILER ALERT* City in the Sky *END SPOILER* … For some reason though, being the absolute uber-completionist I am, I went back into the overworld to make sure I had done EVERYTHING. The only thing I had not done is a lot of Fishing… I had collected all the Bugs, found all of the Heart Pieces up to that point, paid off the debts at Malo Mart and unlocked the *SPOILER ALERT* Magical Armor *END SPOILER*, found every single Poe I could think of, learned all of the new Skills, and found every Treasure Chest in every dungeon. I briefly flirted with trying to complete the Fishing minigame, but wisely gave it up.

....Midna is your cute little nude demonic imp-girl sidekick.... somehow it works without being obscene. :P

Sadly though, it was around then after messing with the stupid fishing that I got sidetracked and didn’t play for two weeks. Those two weeks turned to three and three turned into a month and a month turned into months…. NOOOOOO. I was so close… yet so very far…. to completing it.

Well, after pumping over 100 hours into Link’s debut Wii adventure from 2006 (also released sans-motion controls in a hard-to-find GameCube version), I could NOT afford to allow myself to leave it unfinished. So the other day I popped the game in after months of not playing it and decided to delve back into the Hyrulian fields of Twilight.