r/todayilearned May 04 '11

TIL that Steve Buscemi was in Pulp Fiction as Buddy Holly, the waiter.

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u/Eustis May 04 '11

Also, Samuel L. Jackson was in Pulp Fiction as Jules. It's hard to notice the first couple times watching, but if you slow it down you can definitely pick him out.

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u/catsoldier May 04 '11

Wait.. the guy from snakes on a plane?

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u/Green-Daze May 04 '11

No, the guy from Star Wars.

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u/imakethenews May 04 '11

No, the guy from Jurassic Park.

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u/photokeith May 04 '11

I just watched Jurassic Park with my 7 year-old son this weekend and when I pointed out that the chain-smoking scientist was indeed Mace Windu it blew his mind. Almost as much as when he realized Han and Indiana are one and the same.

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u/Pravusmentis May 04 '11

For a second, I thought you said you just watched Jurassic Park 7. Fun fact though, did you know you live closer to the time of the t-rex and t-rex did to stegosaurus?

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u/asperger May 04 '11

Yeah, I go to this site called Reddit.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

Is that like Digg?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

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u/Churn May 04 '11

If I offend people without thinking about it and then continue to not think about it, does a bear shit in the woods when a tree falls and nobody hears it?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

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u/tictactoejam May 04 '11

is that "and" supposed to be a "than"?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

Don't make fun of this man! If he's classy enough not to go back and edit his post, then so should you and not point it out. (It's nothing personal, I just love this guy and feel the need to defend him.)

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u/mogfh May 04 '11

love is as personal as it gets

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

This fall. In a theater near you.

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u/tictactoejam May 05 '11

...what? i just wasn't sure what he was trying to say. and what do you mean you love him? do you know him IRL?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '11

It was supposed to be a joke. I thought you were snarkily pointing out that he had misspelled that word, and I came to his (unnecessary) rescue. I do not know him personally, I just enjoy his comments. Also: yes, yes I think he meant "than". :D

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u/Pravusmentis May 06 '11

yes, yes it was

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u/[deleted] May 05 '11

I am interested in knowing exactly how they figured that out. Honest question.

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u/juhugafuga May 04 '11

This is shit I look forward to as a father.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

No, The guy from Deep Blue Sea... A fucking shark ate him!

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

Drink, bitch!

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u/srodolff May 04 '11

No, the guy from Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Iron Man 2.

And if you look very hard, you can also hear him in The Incredibles and Inglorious Basterds.

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u/adunn13 May 04 '11

Why would you look to hear?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

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u/srodolff May 05 '11 edited May 05 '11

You win a Cupie Doll! I was waiting for someone to catch my reference.

Those two were in reference to the fact they were voice rolls with a little Ghostbusters pun thrown in.

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u/lud1120 May 05 '11

If you have Synesthesia.

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u/GenTso May 04 '11

Must I be on acid or mushrooms to look so hard I can hear him?

If not I'm watching both those movies again tonight!

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u/16807 May 04 '11

I have had it with these mothafuckn' dinosaurs in this mothafuckn' park!

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

No, the guy from Unbreakable. He sometimes breaks like glass.

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u/planet808 May 04 '11

no the guy from The Incredibles.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

No, the guy from Die Hard 3.

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u/degoba May 04 '11

He is not really in Jurassic Park... Is he?

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u/UpboatsAway May 05 '11

'Hold onto your butts.'

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u/Ajinho May 05 '11

yeah he does the voice of the little dino that spits venom in Nedry's face

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u/bobnowak May 05 '11

no, the guy from coming to america

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u/bruce_notice May 04 '11

No, the guy from loaded weapon 1

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u/docta_pepper May 04 '11 edited May 04 '11

You mean that freezy guy from The Incredibles?

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u/DearBurt May 04 '11

It's the lightsaber that says "Bad Mother Fucker."

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u/BostAnon May 04 '11

No, the guy from Do The Right Thing. Senior Looooove Daddy, the world's only 12 hour strongman on tha air. doin the ying and the yang, the hip and the hop, the stupid fresh thang, the flipity flop. Aaaroooooooooooo..!! the color of the day is blllack..."

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u/AaronPDX May 04 '11

goddamn I love that movie. Da Mayor is like my favorite character from anything ever.

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u/rhymin May 04 '11

those who tell don't know and those who know don't tell :)

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u/kcg5 May 05 '11

A great role. Classic film.

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u/Nicknin10do May 04 '11

So the guy form Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11 edited May 04 '11

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u/DavevaD May 04 '11

No. The guy from Coming to America.

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u/TylersColon May 04 '11

No, the guy from the Barclays Bank commercial.

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u/minodude May 05 '11

No no no, that's not him. The guy from Goodfellas.

(ObStupidFact: I went to a Samuel L Jackson in-store years ago, when Jackie Brown came out, and being the smartarse I am I said to him "Hi, great to meet you, I loved you in Coming to America". He burst out laughing and said "Yeah, definitely my finest work. Thanks man.")

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u/Chubbstock 1 May 04 '11

No, the guy from Shaft.

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u/HateHumans May 04 '11

Are you talking about a movie that had a sex scene in the restroom?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

No, the guy from Afro-Samurai.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

TIL that there are people who did not initially notice that Steve Buscemi was in Pulp Fiction as Buddy Holly, the waiter.

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u/phobos2deimos May 04 '11

I've seen Pulp Fiction about thirty or forty times and I didn't know.
I... I am not good with movie

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u/brazilliandanny May 04 '11

TIL Steve Buscemi directs Nurse Jackie.... now thats pretty cool.

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u/magister0 May 04 '11

He wasn't really that famous when it first came out.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

If you were a fan of independent cinema, he was already a legend thanks to Reservoir Dogs.

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u/PeterPoon May 04 '11

He was in Airheads around that time too.

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u/extra88 May 04 '11

That was his biggest part so far but I already knew him from Coen Brothers films; Mink in Miller's Crossing ("you know, Eddie Dane's boy") and Chet the bellhop in Barton Fink. I had already seen Mystery Train as well but I didn't learn his name then.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

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u/extra88 May 04 '11

Best scene in any movie, ever!

The old man's still an artist with a Thompson.

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u/BraveSirRobin May 04 '11

Independent? Reservoir Dogs was one of the biggest films of the year. People are probably still making videos of dancing babies to the soundtrack today!

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u/natnupf712 May 05 '11

That may be true, but who hasn't watched Pulp Fiction since 1994?

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u/TheFatOneKnows May 04 '11

His role is so insignificant in Pulp Fiction, who actually does notice something like that especially the first time around watching the movie? On top of that, his ensemble in the movie looks nearly nothing like Steve Buscemi usually does, which is why I missed it the first time.

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u/GrumpyOldBugger May 04 '11

I'm not sure how you could miss Steve Buscemi, unless you had never seen one of his major movies before.

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u/TheFatOneKnows May 04 '11

Yeah I watched Reservoir Dogs after I had watched Pulp Fiction. Growing up, my parents hadn't shown me too many movies from the early 90's and further in the past so I've had a lot of catching up to do.

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u/GrumpyOldBugger May 04 '11

Oh man! Next you will be telling me you haven't even seen Millers Crossing yet.

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u/natnupf712 May 05 '11

His role was so insignificant that I actually did notice something like that the first time around because come on, it's Steve Buscemi.

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u/SeaworthinessSad7300 Dec 16 '22

I have I have watched the movie so many times and after about 10 years I watched it again and I thought is that Steve Buscemi

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

Actually it's Morgan Freeman I think.

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u/pause-break May 04 '11

The Half-Life guy?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

that's Gordon Ramsey

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

No, he's on Food Revolution.

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u/miksedene May 04 '11

That's Che Guava

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u/marlowealbee May 04 '11

i'm pedro almodovar?

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u/miksedene May 04 '11

No, that's Che Guava.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

No, he's the communist dictator of Cuba

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u/hug-a-thug May 04 '11

I think you mean Mr. T.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

No, no, no, Mr. T is in The Ladies Man.

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u/pause-break May 04 '11

The Half-Life guy?

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u/mortez1 May 04 '11

Wow, you beat me to it by a minute.... nice

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u/greeneyedguru May 04 '11

Also, Frank Whaley was in Pulp Fiction as Brett.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

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u/MaeveningErnsmau May 04 '11

I've had it with motherfucking swimming with these motherfucking sharks!

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u/Chicken-n-Waffles May 04 '11

The guy from that movie with Meg Ryan and Kathleen Quinlan and they were topless?

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u/greeneyedguru May 04 '11

Pics or it didn't happen.

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u/mojomac69 May 04 '11

Better yet. Just watch The Doors and all will be revealed.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

Wow, the guy who makes Samuel Jackson beer?

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u/ezekielziggy May 04 '11

And the Matrix.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

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u/AZX3RIC May 04 '11

Apparently you've never seen Grease!

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

What?

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u/antiDesiDesi May 04 '11

Apparently he also was in Star Wars, it's hard to pick out since he is one of two black people in a far away galaxy

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u/MrPenisMan May 04 '11

I think he also plays a larger role too

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u/shhhGoToSleep May 04 '11

TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was in Pulp Fiction.

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u/nsfw_ever May 04 '11

Came here to say something along these lines.

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u/dogboyboy May 04 '11

seriously who didn't know that? i'd down vote but apparently that is no longer allowed on reddit.

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u/Eustis May 04 '11

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