Forever Ducky

I am back. I am not one for CBS sitcoms. I was thinking about "Two and a Half Men" the other day. I started to think of Jon Cryer. Recall back in the 80s he was the poor man's Matthew Broderick. Where Matthew Broderick got choice roles, WarGames, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, etc. Jon Cryer got "Max Duggan Returns". He got the shit end of things.

Think about it. Even when he got to work for John Hughes and then star, Molly Ringwald, he did not get the leading role. He got the 2nd banana, possibly gay, but certainly uncool friend part. He will forever be known as Ducky from "Pretty in Pink".

I was thinking of putting that cast in the "where are they now" file. Where is Molly Ringwald? What about Andrew Dice Clay? Andrew McCarthy? Okay, James Spader and Jon Cryer got TV jobs. But where the fuck are they now?????

Even when both Cryer and Broderick worked with John Hughes, it was Matthew Broderick that got the cool role. The hero, the righteous dude. Not Cryer. He got to be Ducky.

Now, he gets to work with Charlie Sheen, who at least got to play a "hood" in Ferris Beuller. Funny how things work. Then again, Jon Cryer could be Andrew McCarthy? Ain't that sad?

Ciao!