Mike Ryan Ruiz
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Wow, similar names.
in Airplane, and before he did Airplane, he was not a comedic actor.
He was a serious actor.
He was doing dramatic roles, and that's why they cast him for that role in Airplane, was because they wanted the most serious actor to just deliver these ridiculous.
One time, there was a show called Life's Too Short.
It was on HBO.
It was Ricky Gervais produced, and it had Warwick Davis, who's the guy that plays Wicked.
That show was amazing.
It was a great show.
One of my favorite episodes is Liam Neeson Comes, because there's a lot of cameos from people.
Val Kilmer, all-time performer.
The Liam Neeson one is the one you need to watch.
But it's still not this, right?
So in this show, Warwick Davis plays himself, and he's down on his luck.
He's trying to get acting roles, but he's friends with Ricky Gervais, and he's always like, hey, can you guys do anything for me?
And he's in their office all the time, and they're like, yo, you're bothering us.
Liam Neeson drops by, and he's like, I want to make the transition to comedy.
And Ricky Gervais is like, oh.
No, it's a great one.
No.