"Wait, what?!?"
January 7, 2015 6:23 PM   Subscribe

 
Nicole Kidman has eclectic taste in men. I always figured she was kind of a snob but I think I was wrong; she seems like a good time.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:36 PM on January 7, 2015 [6 favorites]


In Hell they give you a list. The list shows every time you could have had sex, but didn't.
posted by leotrotsky at 6:45 PM on January 7, 2015 [147 favorites]


There's a special circle for Jimmy Fallon. It's in Dante. It's called "The Worst Circle".
posted by turbid dahlia at 6:50 PM on January 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


Oh, no, he may have to settle for his pick of a million or so hyper-attractive, personable and intelligent men and women and others half his age.
posted by Slap*Happy at 6:55 PM on January 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


The thing about putting on a video game? When there is a women sitting around in your apartment talking to you? Yeah. Sometimes I am stupid.
posted by Justinian at 6:55 PM on January 7, 2015 [11 favorites]


But in my defense it was Civilization IV: Brave New World so I have that going for me.
posted by Justinian at 6:56 PM on January 7, 2015 [42 favorites]


Wow, this is so much more delightful than I expected it to be.
posted by likeatoaster at 6:57 PM on January 7, 2015 [11 favorites]


Nicole Kidman was coming over and he didn't even change out of his sweatpants? Even I have more game than that.
posted by Area Man at 6:57 PM on January 7, 2015 [15 favorites]


Ah, missed connections. Reminds me of the time Jennifer Aniston appeared on The Daily Show and Jon Stewart began to reminisce about an earlier occasion on which she appeared on his show. They had both been single at the time and he had invited her to have something to eat with him after the show. He expected it would be just the two of them, "kind like a date". Aniston, apparently, did not realize this, because when she appeared at the restaurant, she had ten of her friends with her. The next guest after Aniston had been watching this back stage and helpfully told Jon Stewart, "Dude, if she brings ten people with her, it's not a date."
posted by orange swan at 7:01 PM on January 7, 2015 [6 favorites]


Oh, no, he may have to settle for his pick of a million or so hyper-attractive, personable and intelligent men and women and others half his age.

He's married to a film producer seven years his senior.
posted by padraigin at 7:12 PM on January 7, 2015 [45 favorites]


In Hell they give you a list. The list shows every time you could have had sex, but didn't.

Even for Hell that would be cruel and unusual punishment.
posted by Dip Flash at 7:17 PM on January 7, 2015 [4 favorites]


Ooh boy, you don't often get to luxuriate in such intense embarrassment and awkwardness that is wholly good-natured and delightful.

I love how they both lose their cools and just babble incoherently for ten minutes.
posted by painquale at 7:19 PM on January 7, 2015 [24 favorites]


Jimmy Fallon's complete disbelief and then total mortification was hilarious to watch, and Nicole Kidman was so charming. I watched this this morning and didn't expect it to be so delightful, but it really was. Just a totally unscripted, unexpected moment in the usually thoroughly predictable late night talk show interview.

I love that apparently Kidman sprung this revelation on him with no warning, because they obviously must have mentioned it in the preshow interview thing where they go over the talking points with guests, but judging by Fallon's genuine reaction, she did not say that this was the direction she would take this anecdote in. Amazing, I kind of love her now.
posted by yasaman at 7:20 PM on January 7, 2015 [40 favorites]


The thing about putting on a video game? When there is a women sitting around in your apartment talking to you? Yeah. Sometimes I am stupid.

I've done that. It was like that scene in Ghostbusters 2 when Louis asks Janine to play Super Mario Brothers.
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 7:23 PM on January 7, 2015


Yes, Kidman comes across as so fun and charming here. It's a testament to just how good an actress she is that it's such a surprise to find out what she's really like in person. And to how incredibly skilled she is with accents. I always forget that she has an Australian accent because she never uses her own accent in her roles.
posted by orange swan at 7:24 PM on January 7, 2015 [4 favorites]


I love how all the comments (which I usually don't read on youtube)are along the lines of "Rick, you had ONE job!"!
posted by Asbestos McPinto at 7:41 PM on January 7, 2015 [5 favorites]


I have had variations on this conversation a couple times with women, years after the fact. Seeing it on national television between two of the beautiful people types was awesome. Also they both seem like genuinely nice people.
posted by MrBobaFett at 7:42 PM on January 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


And then there is the story that Julia Roberts, back when she wasn't a huge star, asked David Letterman's producer if Dave would be interested in going out with her and the producer said no. So Dave at least had someone else to blame for that missed opportunity. Jimmy, well... video games, Jimmy? Fucking seriously?
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 7:48 PM on January 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


Johnny Carson once had an on-air conversation with Dyan Cannon about her dating someone and he brought up that they once gone out and why wasn't he in the running. She laughed hysterically for about five minutes.
posted by Ber at 7:54 PM on January 7, 2015 [4 favorites]


The following bit on the show is even more flirty.
posted by efalk at 7:54 PM on January 7, 2015 [11 favorites]


I have to say my estimation of Fallon went up at least a couple of notches while watching this clip. In the midst of this monumentally embarrassing reminiscence, he still had the killer instinct/presence of mind to go for the joke - the chagrined pebble-kick as he pretended to walk offstage, lying down on the "psychiatrist's couch", etc.

I'm still not sure how I feel overall about Mr. Bubbly McExcitable being given the goddam Tonight Show; but I feel less bad about it than I did before, so I guess that's progress.
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:59 PM on January 7, 2015 [4 favorites]


Johnny Carson once had an on-air conversation with Dyan Cannon about her dating someone and he brought up that they once gone out and why wasn't he in the running. She laughed hysterically for about five minutes.

Hmm. Cary Grant, Johnny Carson *weighs hands up and down*

Yeah, I would have to laugh. Sorry, Johnny.
posted by padraigin at 8:01 PM on January 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


I love how they barely even manage to get to the film she's on there to promote.

"I'm not saying I have a thing for Keith Urban- I just enjoy his music---"
posted by BungaDunga at 8:14 PM on January 7, 2015


I was pretty pathetically oblivious to women's attention when I was young. I try not to think about the all the opportunities that I blew off with my dunder-headedness. My ex eventually had to say "are you going to me out or what?"
posted by octothorpe at 8:15 PM on January 7, 2015 [2 favorites]


It was more delightful than I was expecting it to be and I have been smiling about it all day because it was actually kind of sweet. Real people doing goofy real people things.

If the only thing that survives our civilisation is a clip of the "Wait, what?" and the sound of all of his mental gears hitting each other simultaneously, then we will not have lived in vain.
posted by nfalkner at 8:16 PM on January 7, 2015 [7 favorites]


octothorpe: you need a verb in that last sentence, stat.
posted by nfalkner at 8:17 PM on January 7, 2015 [57 favorites]


This was nice! He had exactly the kind of reaction to learning this that I would have had, right down to "Wow, did you make a good decision."
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 8:25 PM on January 7, 2015


octothorpe: you need a verb in that last sentence, stat.

too late already assuming and judging
posted by Conspire at 8:28 PM on January 7, 2015 [21 favorites]


oh no that was delightful
posted by poffin boffin at 8:37 PM on January 7, 2015 [2 favorites]


I've always liked Jimmy Fallon and I remain consistently impressed with Nicole Kidman. Even, or especially, Bewitched. But yes, this is just awesome.
posted by emmet at 8:44 PM on January 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


Oh my god efalk, you're right, that bit was totally flirty and adorable. They really are delightful together. I would watch hours of Nicole Kidman fucking with Jimmy Fallon and both of them collapsing into giggles.
posted by yasaman at 8:50 PM on January 7, 2015


I was thirteen, she was 16. we hung out together once and had an Orange Julius at the mall food court after a promotional event for the film BMX Bandits. She was really impressed by my knowledge of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.

This story could be true, but it isn't.
posted by humanfont at 8:50 PM on January 7, 2015 [5 favorites]


Oh my god efalk, you're right, that bit was totally flirty and adorable.

SO CUTE
posted by zutalors! at 8:57 PM on January 7, 2015 [1 favorite]


And then there's this mother of all missed dating opportunities. And it happened to a MeFite!
posted by orange swan at 9:00 PM on January 7, 2015 [3 favorites]


I'm still not sure how I feel overall about Mr. Bubbly McExcitable being given the goddam Tonight Show; but I feel less bad about it than I did before, so I guess that's progress.

::checks::

For a second there I thought maybe I had the Tonight Show confused with something that Jay Leno didn't piss away for the better part of two decades.

Ok, maybe that was a little harsh. Still, I think Fallon's actually doing a pretty decent job, every time I catch an episode. You can tell he loves it. That counts for quite a bit. Also, you sure can't knock the house band.
posted by brennen at 9:18 PM on January 7, 2015 [9 favorites]


True, brennen, to be fair I should have mentioned that I certainly don't think Leno deserved it/did it justice either.

In conclusion, get off my late-night TV.
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:23 PM on January 7, 2015 [2 favorites]


Jesus, this is a very specific form of pain I know well.

When I was a junior in high school, an insanely gorgeous senior took me out, got me some beers, then drove us to a dark spot near the river. She looked at me and said, grinning, "So how 'bout it?" And I swear to you I said, "How 'bout what?"

Those are real words my brain told my mouth to say, and I really said them.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:46 PM on January 7, 2015 [72 favorites]


This is super precious on so many levels
posted by Hermione Granger at 10:01 PM on January 7, 2015


Those are real words my brain told my mouth to say, and I really said them.

"Don't you have a boyfriend?" isn't my biggest regret in life, but it probably makes the top ten.
posted by brennen at 10:19 PM on January 7, 2015 [10 favorites]


I still see her sometimes when I visit my home state. I always avoid eye contact.
posted by brennen at 10:21 PM on January 7, 2015 [2 favorites]


In Hell they give you a list. The list shows every time you could have had sex, but didn't.

I imagine it must include a long list of people you shudder to imagine even partially disrobed, with a few close family members thrown in to up the horror.
posted by Dynex at 10:30 PM on January 7, 2015 [4 favorites]


So charming! I love the look in her eyes when he's telling his side, trying to draw out the bit about the cheese for some laughs. He had no clue where that story was going.

Also - her last lie about what's in the box!! Yowza.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 10:54 PM on January 7, 2015


That was completely great! Thanks!
posted by Kwine at 11:54 PM on January 7, 2015


Glad I got to see this. Yesterday on the radio, the announcer said it was Jimmy Kimmel, and I was having trouble imagining that.
posted by dywypi at 3:20 AM on January 8, 2015




A few times in my life, I've been walking along,minding my own business, when all of a sudden a memory comes back unbidden from like 20 or 25 years ago and I go: "Oh, that's what she meant!".
Wish my sudden insights learned to operate in real time.
posted by signal at 4:48 AM on January 8, 2015 [6 favorites]


octothorpe: you need a verb in that last sentence, stat.

"ask", the word was "ask".
posted by octothorpe at 4:48 AM on January 8, 2015 [4 favorites]


Dave Foley tells a (very, very bitter) story about a missed opportunity with a young Uma Thurman.

The list of things Dave Foley has to be bitter about is very long indeed.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 5:04 AM on January 8, 2015 [9 favorites]


I was pretty pathetically oblivious to women's attention when I was young.

I have always been oblivious. I'm lucky to have found my wife when I did.

She has even witnessed me being oblivious. One day I was waiting outside my office building in Seattle's Pioneer Square, waiting for her to pick me up. A woman walked by and said she liked my backpack. I gave her instructions to the nearby Tom Bihn store.

When I got in the car, my wife asked what she had said and I told her. She said "She was chatting you up." My response: "Huh?"

So yeah, I'm lucky that my wife was able to plow through my obliviousness to indicate her attraction. Otherwise, I might still be out there bumbling around alone.
posted by Fleebnork at 6:08 AM on January 8, 2015 [4 favorites]


In Hell they give you a list. The list shows every time you could have had sex, but didn't.

Still works if the list is short!
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 6:26 AM on January 8, 2015 [5 favorites]


Man, Nicole Kidman's accent is great.
posted by Quilford at 6:37 AM on January 8, 2015


Part of me thinks that Dave Foley story about Uma Thurman is classic Nice Guy material. But another part of me is willing to concede: yes, turning down 19 year-old Uma Thurman is pretty much the double gold medal of fidelity.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:35 AM on January 8, 2015


As someone who has also been at least that oblivious*, I'd really like to know what the video game was so I can maybe pick it up if I haven't played it.

*I pretty much lump the first thirty years of my life into a big "Hey, man, whatever it took to end up with biscotti" pile, so no regrets
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:35 AM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]


I was at a film festival with a friend (both of us dudes, both of us decked out in punk rock regalia). We had just finished watching our film and took the back exit out of the theatre, where we ran into Clea Duvall in the parking lot. This was before Girl, Interrupted, but we both still recognized her.

She tried to bum a smoke off of us, but neither of us smoked. She complemented my friend's mohawk and he mumbled a thank you. She asked us what movie we had seen and I told her. "I hear that's a good one," she said. "It is," I said. She lamented that she had to stick around for another couple of hours so that she could do a Q&A after her movie. "Then," she said, "I guess I'm going to see if there's anything fun to do in this town. Where are you guys off to?"

"Oh," I said, "I was actually just going to go to the grocery store and pick up some milk."

She laughed, shook her head said "well, I hope you enjoy your milk," and walked back into the theatre.

At which point, my friend immediately started punching me over and over in the arm. "Buy some milk?!?"

I pointed out that he hadn't even managed a single unmumbled word himself, Romeo. He held that at least that was better than blowing off Clea Duvall to buy milk.
posted by 256 at 7:43 AM on January 8, 2015 [14 favorites]


I watched this last night on TiVo and it was really cute and funny, made both seem more human, but what you don't see in the clip is it goes on and on throughout the night on the show. Later they play a guessing game and Kidman keeps it up and keeps getting Jimmy to break and admit he's embarrassed.

It totally reminded me of Kristen Wiig on Weekend Update doing the Flirting Expert gag the way she was going after him.
posted by mathowie at 7:46 AM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]


Speaking as one who went out for a drink with someone I thought of as far, far above my paygrade, ending up at her place, drinking her champers and then in bed with her - and STILL didn't get it - early adult male is a condition which makes me delighted and surprised that homo sapiens has made it this far.

(It wouldn't have worked. She wanted to take me to see her play polo that weekend.)
posted by Devonian at 8:04 AM on January 8, 2015


nfalkner: "octothorpe: you need a verb in that last sentence, stat."

He accidentally a word.
posted by symbioid at 8:24 AM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]


I think it's less obliviousness than low self-esteem.

At least for me, when I was younger the idea of a girl being interested in me just didn't occur as a possibility because I thought so little of myself. It wasn't missing cues, it was missing the concept that there could even be cues at all. The idea of being told I was the lost King of Mars would have been more easily accepted than someone liking me.
posted by Sangermaine at 8:53 AM on January 8, 2015 [17 favorites]


That interview was hilarious, but what had me laughing tears was the game of Box of Lies that he played with her right after. You thought the awkward sexual tension stopped at the end of the interview?
posted by zompus at 8:57 AM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]


signal: "A few times in my life, I've been walking along,minding my own business, when all of a sudden a memory comes back unbidden from like 20 or 25 years ago and I go: "Oh, that's what she meant!".
Wish my sudden insights learned to operate in real time.
"

CLAM CHOWDAH!

Also - totally squeed and laughed and fell in love with the two of them. I <3 Jimmy Fallon. Usually that sort of thing seems so... fake. But he's so goddamned sincere you can't help but love it. Unless you're a real angry cynical bastard. And I usually am an angry cynical bastard.
posted by symbioid at 9:10 AM on January 8, 2015


I don't get all the "young guys don't get it" comments - Jimmy Fallon would have been about 30 at the time of this anecdote. Not a high school/young kid. I think the set up made his confusion make sense - he just had no context that she was coming over for a date/hookup type situation and was likely a bit starstruck also. I do find it super cute that she was interested in him though, since she was hitting her stride as a bigger star at the time and he was still an SNL guy.
posted by zutalors! at 10:13 AM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]


A few times in my life, I've been walking along,minding my own business, when all of a sudden a memory comes back unbidden from like 20 or 25 years ago and I go: "Oh, that's what she meant!".

When I was 18 I was hanging out one night with a girl I had been friends with for a while, and she asked me what good books I had read lately. I don't remember what book I mentioned, but after I answered she looked at me and said, in this kind of oddly-emphatic tone, "There's one I like right now called P.S. I Love You."

The conversation kind of lurched forward awkwardly from there, and then about a year later I woke up in the middle of the night, sat bolt upright and cringed, realizing just how oblivious I had been.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:26 AM on January 8, 2015 [4 favorites]


Back when I was about 19, there was this really cute guy hanging around a lot. He sort of made friends with my roommate, I thought he was into him. He'd show up when the bar I worked at was closing (so would my roommate), say hi to me all the time, invite himself along for post-work nosh, etc etc. It all read to me like he was into my roommate (far better looking than me) and my roommate was kind of ignoring the signs.

He showed up at our apartment and I was like "Oh, sorry, roommate's not home, I'm heading out but he should be back in a few minutes if you want to hang around" and bounced. Totally oblivious. About six months later was hanging out with the former roommate and he says "So hey, whatever happened with Dude? He was seriously into you." *headdeskheaddeskheadesk*
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 10:32 AM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]


symbioid, ditto. They disarmed me. Last time I found myself thinking about Fallon it was when he had Russell Brand on, totally owning him comedically in a way that made me love Brand and dislike Jimmy. Now I have love for all. And I too had a magical "snobby" assumption about Kidman in my brain. Not now. Humans are fickle we.
posted by aydeejones at 11:02 AM on January 8, 2015


Heh. He looked pretty blindsided by that. I wonder which Nicole Kidman version it was because if it was the messy-red-hair pre-plastic-surgery Kidman, the younger Jimmy needs to be punched. Hard, and a couple of times.
posted by Zack_Replica at 11:12 AM on January 8, 2015


> "'ask', the word was 'ask'."

Hmm ... "Ask" is a pretty classic verb to go with there, about on par with "take", I'd say. It definitely works better than "count" or "drown" given the context, and is less narcissistic than "check", albeit less direct than "eat". "Help" would have been an OK choice but vaguer, and it's good that the creepy implications of "let" were avoided.

All in all, I give your ex an 8 out of 10 in choosing an appropriate verb for that sentence.
posted by kyrademon at 11:14 AM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]


I don't get all the "young guys don't get it" comments

The Fallon Fallacy is real--a modernized male maladaptation--but the opposite is actually far more typical, especially among young guys: Men are overconfident and almost instinctively perceive female interest where there is none. (Or as my friend always says when Beyonce appears on the teevee: "She wants me!")

For every dude beating himself up with "Coffee meant sex!" there are three more guys lunging in for the kiss and getting the lemon face*.

*I looked for a video clip of Leo DiCap molesting his elderly aunt in Wolf of Wall Street, but alas.
posted by dgaicun at 11:21 AM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]


I loved this whole thing - two adults admitting mutual (if past) attraction while remaining respectful of their relationships, and being hilarious.

Though to be completely honest, I kind of ship them now.
posted by duvatney at 12:03 PM on January 8, 2015 [5 favorites]


I don't get all the "young guys don't get it" comments - Jimmy Fallon would have been about 30 at the time of this anecdote. Not a high school/young kid.

I assure you I was not much less oblivious when I was 30.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:17 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]


"--but the opposite is actually far more typical, especially among young guys..."

I don't know abut that. Those guys may just happen to stand out more, and thus are more memorable. It's easier to notice the action of a few than it is to notice the inaction of many.
posted by Stu-Pendous at 12:17 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]


I don't know abut that. Those guys may just happen to stand out more, and thus are more memorable

Nah. Research shows that men more typically over-perceive female sexual interest.
posted by dgaicun at 12:35 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]



I assure you I was not much less oblivious when I was 30.

The stories that inspired the comment were about 19 year olds/Orange Julius etc. And yeah, my point is that I don't think it was his age, it was that the setup didn't really lead him to think it was a romantic deal but more of a work thing.
posted by zutalors! at 1:06 PM on January 8, 2015


it was that the setup didn't really lead him to think it was a romantic deal but more of a work thing

I agree. It isn't as if it would be good form for him to start hitting on a woman who supposedly came over to meet with him in connection with a possible part in a movie. That, however, doesn't adequately explain the sweat pants, his decision to start playing video games, or the used Chinese food (did he offer it to her?)
posted by Area Man at 1:10 PM on January 8, 2015


To be fair, I very much got the impression that the sweat pants line was Kidman ribbing him (as in, "you may as well have been wearing sweat pants"), not an actual fact.
posted by 256 at 1:14 PM on January 8, 2015


Fwiw, I have over perceived female interest and been completely oblivious. I believe way more of the latter than the former, but then I also believe I've proven myself not best placed to be the judge of that. Two sides of the exact same coin I suspect.
posted by vbfg at 1:15 PM on January 8, 2015


If you notice that you have a tendency to over-perceive and that it creates uncomfortable situations for you and people you like, you might respond by going too far in the other direction.
posted by Area Man at 1:23 PM on January 8, 2015


I appreciate the advice and I don't wish to derail any further but that's me the awkward young man, not me the mostly functioning adult. I did notice, I took action. Healthy social activities is action, not locking yourself in a box for fear of a self you don't understand. That would be the crazy person reaction.

I'm just trying to make the point that you're not necessarily misplaced confidence kid or hopelessly inept. There's a damned good chance you're both.
posted by vbfg at 1:40 PM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]


I kind of fell in love with Nicole Kidman when she was in the mini-series Vietnam in the '80s. She looked like this back then and I think I partly fell for the role she played as well. That kind of drifted away once she (apparently) had surgery and pretty much took on that generic 'movie star' look. Watching her in a slightly-less contrived way (as opposed to every photo I've seen of her in the last two decades or so) made me like her all over again, helped by her relatively 'normal' way of behaving.

I've been, in the past, I'm that totally clueless guy too. Many times. Too many times to even want to think about it. I'm both oblivious to these kind of clues and desperate not to offend (because I'm constantly telling myself that 'there is no way in hell she likes you and you should consider yourself lucky she's even talking to you). When we queue up to get into hell, you better hope you're not behind me, because that list will take me a while to get through :-(
posted by dg at 2:14 PM on January 8, 2015


When they walk past each other as he's going back to the desk, and she swats him as she passes. I am personally oblivious about communication through touch - my wife has pointed this out to me after the fact, a la Fleebnork - but I am endlessly fascinated when I see other people in action.
posted by sockshaveholes at 2:39 PM on January 8, 2015 [3 favorites]


I kind of fell in love with Nicole Kidman when she was in the mini-series Vietnam in the '80s.

Dead Calm for me. I was considering proposing it for FanFare.
posted by phearlez at 3:02 PM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]


The Fallon Fallacy is real--a modernized male maladaptation--but the opposite is actually far more typical, especially among young guys: Men are overconfident and almost instinctively perceive female interest where there is none. (Or as my friend always says when Beyonce appears on the teevee: "She wants me!")

Anyone remember Pop-Up Video? There was a classic one, I think Chris Isaac & Wicked Game. The best bit was dueling quotes from Isaac and model Helena Christensen who was in the video. Isaac recalls her being into him or sensing some attraction. HC's statement was.... not supportive of that. It doesn't seem to be on the PUV website at the moment, sadly,
posted by phearlez at 3:10 PM on January 8, 2015 [1 favorite]


I find some comfort in all this because Jimmy Fallon is obviously much better at this than I am, and if he could be that dumb, what chance did I ever have?

As for the story and exchange itself, it's charming and funny, in part because they each had happy endings regardless. It lessens the pain we all know so well.

I know that pain so, so well. I never had my happy ending like they did. God, I'm lonely.
posted by Capt. Renault at 3:38 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]


Missed Connections: I was the beautiful movie star who came to your apartment; you were the dork who ate cheese & played video games.
posted by NorthernLite at 3:50 PM on January 8, 2015 [6 favorites]


I kind of fell in love with Nicole Kidman when she was in the mini-series Vietnam in the '80s.
Dead Calm for me. I was considering proposing it for FanFare.

By the time Dead Calm came out, my then-partner held an almost pathological hatred for Nicole Kidman so, although I watched it, there was a price to pay. Now that's no longer an issue, I should watch it again. That may just be the thing that prompts me to spend even more of my 'spare' time on MeFi.
posted by dg at 4:10 PM on January 8, 2015


That, however, doesn't adequately explain the sweat pants, his decision to start playing video games, or the used Chinese food (did he offer it to her?)

I think every bit of his behavior is completely explicable in terms of the deer-in-the-headlights feeling most guys would get when told, "Nicole Kidman is coming over to your apartment."
posted by straight at 4:13 PM on January 8, 2015 [2 favorites]


I do believe that the story is true but I do not believe that Jimmy found out the truth right there before our eyes (that he had misread Nicole's intentions that day.) I think that happened at some point prior. I do believe that all that awkwardness and all the out-of-control laughing was real. This may have been the first time they discussed it between them. Still very funny and very human.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 5:00 PM on January 8, 2015


I think every bit of his behavior is completely explicable in terms of the deer-in-the-headlights feeling most guys would get when told, "Nicole Kidman is coming over to your apartment."

Play it cool... play it cool... don't change your clothes, she'll be able to tell and you'll look super fake. Keep it cool. Just keep playing KOTOR. Women love HK-47.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 5:40 PM on January 8, 2015 [5 favorites]


Statement: Everybody loves HK-47.

Observation: HK-47 is awesome.
posted by Justinian at 1:20 AM on January 9, 2015


I bet he was suuuuuuper stoned.
posted by naju at 12:11 PM on January 9, 2015 [2 favorites]


Agree. Q -What are you doing right now? A -"just walking down the street" = getting super stoned.
posted by bonobothegreat at 8:31 AM on January 12, 2015


sockshaveholes: "When they walk past each other as he's going back to the desk, and she swats him as she passes."

On top of that, she does like a complete Revenge of the Nerds laugh at the same time. The entire thing is just incredibly wonderful and unforced.
posted by scrump at 1:03 PM on January 14, 2015


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