Little late on the day's post but whatever; I'm here now. I recently found out that they're making a new buddy cop film with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. I believe the film has the potential to go either way on the funny-or-not-scale, but it got me thinking about awesome buddy cop duos. So I figured I'd use today to talk about a few I've thought up.
Betty White and Samuel L. Jackson: "Salt N' Peppa' Foreva'"
Yeah, I went there. The idea of mixing old, white ladies and cool black guys is certainly overplayed in the comedy world but only because it's damn funny. Rather than be new partners like most cop buddy movies, this one would change it up. They've been partners for a while now but have never had any of the life changing and bond strengthening adventures that occur in cop movies. They never even see each other outside of work; their relationship is business and nothing else. That is until one day they stumble across a case so full of one-liners, hookers, narcotics, kung fu, and explosions that they come out of it better friends than ever. It would probably end with the two deciding to stay on the force together rather than end up separated when they go to live with their respective children. And I promise that if it's up to me, we won't have to listen to White try to rap. Unless maybe she's unsuccessful and ends up getting tackled like in the Snickers commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Sv_z9jm8A Either way we better see more of an old, white lady being pummeled somewhere in this potential flick.
Tommy Chong and Jason Statham: "Brits and Bongs"
I really just want to see Chong play the world's most chill police officer. Statham is in there not only because he's a good opposite to Chong (opposites are the key rule to forming cop duos) but because as far as I know he has yet to play a run of the mill police officer. Whether good or bad, he's always a bad-ass so it makes sense to give him a job where he's expected to put his life on the line to protect the people. But here's the catch: Chong and Statham are using their job to smuggle pot to and from Britain. Chong uses his connections with local dealers and Statham, with dual citizenship, provides the international liaison to their system for spreading the love (Chong's motivation) and making money (Statham's motivation). Hilarious, high-risk, and just plain high hi-jinks ensue.
Bill Hader and Seth Rogen: "Superjustice"
I've admittedly stolen the duo but I haven't yet heard any suggestions of giving the cop duo from "Superbad" their own spin-off. For good measure they could even bring McLovin' along on some of their calls. The movie would basically just be a more in-depth look into their lives and jobs than we got from their first appearance. Base it all around a case involving ludicrous amounts of drugs and you've got yourself a comedic tale for the ages.
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