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    Kill Coyote, Will Travel

    Bear Bryant's Junction Boys draw Rick Perry (plus one security detail) toHouston

    Chris Baldwin
    Apr 28, 2010 | 4:48 pm
    • Gene Stallings and the Junction Boys owned the night.
      Photo by John R. Lewis
    • Texas Children’s Hospital President and CEO Mark A. Wallace and wife, ShannonWallace, left, were all smiles with Gov. Rick Perry and Gary L. Rosenthal, TexasChildren’s Hospital board of trustees member.
      Photo by John R. Lewis

    When Herb Wolf heard that the Texas A&M Junction Boys — essentially legendary football coach Bear Bryant's torture center test case team — had been chosen as the honoree for the Texas Children's Cancer Center's annual major fundraiser benefit, he was one skeptical Junction Boy.

    "I didn't know if anybody would show up," Wolf said. "I thought whoever came up with the idea might be fired. But look at this. It's amazing."

    Wolf gestured toward the crowd that would soon fill the Hilton America- Houston's largest ballroom, a throng more than 100-tables strong that included coyote-terminator Gov. Rick Perry and his plus one: A very large security detail. (Maybe, they were expecting another beast downtown.)

    Wolf wasn't the only one pleasantly taken aback by the turnout Tuesday night. After all, past "An Evening With The Texas Legends" events have featured Lance Armstrong, Roger Clemens and Apollo astronauts. There was a natural wonder if a bunch of old college football players in their 70s who are largely famous only as a group could draw the people — and the money — for the cancer center. But more than 1,000 people did show and raise $668,000 for the Texas Children's Cancer Center.

    It helps to pick a story from the school where the governor went. This is the first year that Perry has attended the Texas Children's Cancer Center event and he left little doubt what lured him, changing a Bible psalm to, "And the wicked will have their (University of Texas) Orange cut off."

    It was a Texas A&M lovefest — and everyone played along, even if Junction Boy Gene Stallings, who later coached the Aggie football team when Perry went to the university, admitted that the governor didn't exactly draw his attention back in those days.

    "(Perry) was on the Yell squad," Stallings said of the male cheerleaders at A&M, who are chosen in a student body vote to lead the yells at school events, particularly sports events. "He wasn't really around the football team and our players. But I'm a big believer and admirer of his now."

    Perry's security team — which has the Secret Service look down with earpieces and black jackets — is a collective admirer of ensuring the governor has plenty of space. Perry's team declared this a no-interviews night and the Governor Cops took pains to enforce that, with one tagging this innocent CultureMapper as a potential trouble maker.

    "Those guys think (Perry's) going to be President some day," Junction Boy Bob Easley said, observing the scene.

    Dr. David Poplack — the director of Texas Children's Cancer Center — was more taken with one of the most unconventional dinner entrances ever. The Junction Boys walked through a long line of Texas A&M Ross Volunteers, who raised sabres high to form an arch of swords — while a Texas A&M choir belted out a song.

    "That was one of the most impressive dinners we've ever had," Poplack said. "The entrance with all the swords and the choir alone was something else."

    When you're trying to cure pediatric cancer (Poplack's stated goal and one that he never shies away from) and nearly 20 percent of your annual funding comes from philanthropy, "impressive" is important at these events. Attendees who paid $300 per person or $3,000-$50,000 per table were amused by the Junction Boys' stories from the stage with former Houston Chronicle and Houston Post sports columnist Mickey Herskowitz trying (often vainly) to keep order as the night's interviewer.

    In truth, most of the Junction Boys didn't need a setup man. Most sports fans know the story of Bryant's infamous Junction, Texas summer camp, when the then first-year Aggie coach Bear Bryant brought two busloads of 100 players to a drought-stricken, tiny Texas town and preceded to put them through a death march of a training camp, one that would result in about 100 lawsuits today. More than 60 players quit the team before the end of the 10-day camp.

    The 36 who stayed are called Junction Boys — and on this night (with 28 of the living 32 showing), comedians.

    "I look over in the locker room one day and Bob (Easley) has on a pair of woman's panties," Billy Huddleston said. "I ask Bob what's going on and all he said was, 'All my underwear was dirty.' "

    Dennis Goehring recalled the typical blunt way Bryant reacted when he asked if he could get one of those summer jobs the coach had been handing out. "First of all," Goehring remembered Bryant barking, "we don't have a job for you. Second, you're not a football player."

    Stallings focused on his prayers for mechanical intervention. "We went on buses down a hill to the river and I was thinking, 'If the brakes would just fail.' Every time," Stallings said. "That would have been a way out (of the grueling camp) without having to quit."

    Long after Perry and his security moved on, the Junction Boys lingered around an emptying ballroom, trading more stories and quips.

    "It shocks me that people still care about a bunch of old farts like us," Junction Boy Ray Reed Barrett said. "Who would have pictured that?"

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    Movie Review

    New movie Friendship pairs Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd in a bizarre bromance

    Alex Bentley
    May 16, 2025 | 3:30 pm
    Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd in Friendship
    Photo courtesy of A24
    Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd in Friendship.

    Comedian Tim Robinson has gained a cult following thanks to series like Detroiters and I Think You Should Leave, in which his brand of cringe comedy is on full display. The former Saturday Night Live writer/performer has had a few small movie roles over the years, but he’s now getting his first starring role in the off-kilter Friendship.

    Robinson plays Craig, a mild-mannered suburbanite with a wife, Tami (Kate Mara), and son, Steven (Jack Dylan Grazer). Craig has a boring life that involves little more than going to his middle manager job while wearing the same clothes day after day, anticipating the next Marvel movie, and helping Tami out with her at-home floral business.

    He gets a jolt of energy when Austin (Paul Rudd) moves into the neighborhood. The two men seem to hit it off, with Austin — a weatherman at a local TV channel — even taking Craig on a couple of impromptu adventures. But when Craig commits a couple of faux pas at a group gathering at Austin’s house, their bond starts to fracture.

    Even though the film is written and directed by Andrew DeYoung, it’s clear that Robinson had a big influence on the style of comedy it features. There are no big set pieces with a slew of jokes coming one after another. Instead, the film forces the audience to try to vibe with the very particular type of wavelength it’s giving off, one that could almost be called anti-comedy for the way the laughs come out of left field.

    The 100-minute film is full of random comedic moments, like Steven kissing Tami on the lips, Craig being obsessed with his plain brown clothes, a group sing-along, and more. More often than not, it’s the way Craig reacts to both normal and abnormal situations that gets the laughs. The character is needy and oblivious, two traits that combine to make many of his actions cringeworthy.

    Perhaps most importantly for this type of movie, many things in the story go unexplained or don’t make sense. Seemingly crucial elements are brought up only to fade away just as quickly, while other parts that appeared to be throwaway sections get callbacks later in the film. DeYoung and Robinson are determined to keep the audience on their toes the entire time, never knowing what to expect next.

    Robinson has the perfect face for a story like this, one that’s bland enough to blend into the background but memorable enough to sell the jokes. His demeanor is also excellent, never becoming too expressive, even when he gets angry. With long hair, a mustache, and a certain swagger, Rudd is a great complement to Robinson. Only in a film like this would an everyman like Rudd be considered the suave and cool one.

    There will be some that will see Friendship and come away wondering what the hell they just watched. But anyone who goes in knowing that they’re about to witness a comedy that challenges their sensibilities will likely have a great time.

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    Friendship is now playing in select theaters.

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