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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Booze / SIFF / Celeb / Nerd Tom Skerritt Is A Lovely Human Being...

Posted by Kelly O on Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:10 AM

...and I can't believe he put up with so many yahoos, for so long, at Slog Happy Hour last night. Photo bombing dork-a-rama.

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I rarely smile in photos but Reverse Skerrittbombing makes me happy.

Posted by Baconcat on June 9, 2011 at 11:49 AM

Which one is you Baconcat?

Posted by jnonymous on June 9, 2011 at 11:57 AM

I like how, in the fifth picture, you can clearly see *someone* stealing the meat off of Tom Skerritt's meat plate.

Posted by Cienna Madrid on June 9, 2011 at 12:02 PM

@3: HAMGRAB!!!!!

Posted by Lindy West on June 9, 2011 at 12:08 PM

We used to park in Madison park and smoke a bowl at this really nice spot, then walk the dogs. Once, I looked up and my pot-smoker alarm said "COP" there was this old guy taking out the trash. While my first instinct was cop, the second was "tom skeritt!" who is a fixture in the area (too many times at Earnst, university village, to count)

After that we found a nice spot that wasn't in front of Sheriff Toms house.

Posted by Granny Smith on June 9, 2011 at 12:17 PM

Is Rainier beer becoming hip? I never saw anyone drink it when I lived there.

Posted by Matt from Denver on June 9, 2011 at 12:18 PM

its hip for young urban 'creative class' that the slog caters too. What is with all theses unpleasant looking women though.

Posted by goldy is a bitch on June 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM

Tom looks a bit confused by the whole thing.

Posted by very bad homo on June 9, 2011 at 12:25 PM

So glad to see everyone who showed up last night.
Oh, and after I practically ran to my SIFF shift and driving to the director's hotel, I find out he was given an electric car for the screenings and I didn't need to drive anyone anywhere.
Missed out on Skerritt and my movie for the evening. Hmph.

Posted by Enigma

on June 9, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Conclusion: the size of Skerrit's smile increases with the proximity of hot young ladies, and decreases with the proximity of dudes.

Posted by Fnarf

on June 9, 2011 at 12:26 PM

So, these are the folks that turn out to the Stranger's political crap? Wow.

Posted by Zepol on June 9, 2011 at 12:28 PM

@11: Yep, we're great! And not an overwrought ineffective and unlikeable redhead in sight, so it was a double-bonus.

Posted by Baconcat on June 9, 2011 at 12:46 PM

@6 jaeger shots with Rainier mostly

Posted by Will in Seattle

on June 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM

j e a l o u s

Posted by Puty on June 9, 2011 at 1:30 PM

You guys are all so fun and nice in real life!

Posted by care bear on June 9, 2011 at 1:41 PM

Diana is the pretty.

Posted by undead ayn rand on June 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM

Right back at you care bear! I had a great time, but was too shy to talk to Mr. Skerritt.

Posted by Lissa on June 9, 2011 at 1:54 PM

@17 I definitely had enough Top Guns to talk to him, just couldn't think of anything to say. Probably a good thing since I would've been speaking several decibels too loudly (again, plenty of Top Guns).

Cheers to the return of the Official Slog Happy! So what's the deal Stranger staffers, we back to monthly, switching to whenev you can snag a celeb? Curious sloggers want to know!

Posted by OuterCow on June 9, 2011 at 2:49 PM

I'd never watched "Top Gun" before (seriously, I kept waiting for Lou Gossett, Jr. to show up), but I sure had to laugh at the idea of a few piddly F-5E's going head-to-head against a squadron of F-14 Tomcats: like pitting a VW Beetle against a top-fuel funny car.

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