I’m sorry, but I REALLY like today’s buzzComix incentive sketch (click here to vote if you want to see it). The sketch perfectly encapsulates a period of my life where I would come home from school, watch Thundercats, eat a Little Debbie snack cake and play Guess Who?! I’m tellin’ ya, this is the kind of stuff X-Entertainment covers in spades.

Although I think the joke is really obvious, I guess I don’t know how well it is going to go over with you guys. Some of you may have never played Guess Who?! or are too young to remember it.

The rules were pretty simple. Basically, you and your opponent grab one card from a deck and keep it hidden from each other. You then take turns asking each other questions about the picture on your opponent’s card in an attempt to figure out which individual specifically they are hiding from you.

In front of you is a little flip board with about 30 other characters. Using the process of elimination, you flip down the portraits that don’t fit the profile.

So if you ask your opponent, “Does your person have glasses?” and they say “No,” you flip down all of the faces wearing glasses.

Problem is, that glasses question would eliminate about half of the playing field. So games didn’t last very long.

Man, that was a little more long-winded than I anticipated. Wanna talk about movies? Let’s shall.

Cami is really excited to see Guess Who? this weekend and I can’t really figure it out. It doesn’t seem up her alley. She’s not a hardcore Bernie Mac or even an Ashton Kutcher fan, so I do not understand the appeal. To me, it looks like a lightweight sitcom interpretation of a far superior movie.

Honestly, what purpose is there to remaking 1967’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? First of all, you’re not going to ever top a cast that included Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn – so don’t even try.

Second, the context of the original was perfectly metered. It took the delicate subject of race relations at the height of the civil rights movement and literally brought it to your dinner table. But it managed to do it with a light touch and, at times, comedically. No small task.

I have to think Sidney Poitier must be rolling his eyes at the proposition of a remake that will basically distill the concept down to “BLACK AND WHITE PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT!” – to which the audience will reply with a thunderous “A-DUHHHHHHHH!” when the credits roll.

Seriously, if I wanted a bunch of jokes about the differences between the races, I could go to any comedy club and at least order a beer to go with it. All I know is if Ashton Kutcher starts riffing on how small the bags of peanuts airlines give you are, I’m walking out.

Oh, well. Methinks I doth protest too much. I’m going out with Cami tonight and her sister. We’ll have a grand ole time, I’m sure.

If you’re looking to have a grand ole time, you should really think about registering in the THorum and participating in this week’s Friday Five. It’s so simple your 6 year-old brother could do it. We ask you five questions, you answer them! It’s a great way to introduce yourself to the community and learn something about the people who already post there at the same time!

By the way, I know I haven’t been mentioning it much, but a week from now I will be in Kansas City with my good friends with Zach “The Maniac” Miller and Mitch “The Bitch” Clem at the Kansas City Comicon Comic Book Convention. We’ll be sitting on Artist’s Alley and you can’t miss us. I just ordered a giant 2′ x 4′ fire engine red banner with the Theater Hopper logo splashed across it. If you’re in the area, come down and say “Hi.” All three of us would appreciate it!

Talk to you guys soon! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

And no… Clem isn’t that bitchy. Just a little bit!… ;-D