In the latest issue of

TOYCOLLECTR

There is a great article about the upcoming The Mummy 1999 action figures from Factory Entertainment .

https://toycollectr.com/

or pick it up at your comic shop, newsstand, or local bookstore.

I never had much of a social childhood growing up, but I had movies, comic books, and heroic icons I empathized with and looked up to. I wanted to mainly talk about this one character, George of the Jungle, played by Brendan Fraser. This was the very first movie I ever watched.

I genuinely ADORE George's personality so much. While the movie is played for laughs, I love how he's a Tarzan knockoff, but his personality is a lot less rough around the edges and is a sweetheart. Everything about him is so ludicrously wholesome. Sure he fights the occasional wild animal, or a rich jerk, or poacher, but he's so KIND! Even though he isn't the smartest, and some of the other wild animals are far smarter than him, he still owns it, because he knows he just wants to help out. He never ignores a cry for help, whether it's a helpless parasailer stuck at a high altitude, or even a little monkey that's being treated like an outcast.

Even the crocodile tooth he wears around his neck was obtained, not by fighting a croc, but simply because it had a toothache and George helped pull it out. The narrator constantly hammers the point home by titling him *The Defender of the Innocent, Protector of the Weak, and All-Around Good Guy, George of the Jungle.* George is aware of his flaws and he's still okay at the end of the day cuz he still gets to be himself. I know it's often deemed a childish Disney movie, but shockingly, the character is so nuanced, and it inspires me. He's... just a really good guy.

This is my comfort movie, and it really helped me get through some tough times. Oh, and the humor is actually insanely clever with its fourth-wall breaks and recurring gags, and still gets me laughing hysterically. Everyone does a fantastic job, and they're all so insanely funny. Especially the porters.

But yeah. George is my hero.

Thank you, George, for showing me that it was okay to be myself.

I’m watching the movie Family Rental and had to stop it and ask. I keep seeing how much Brendan and the late, great comedian Rodney Dangerfield look a like! Can you see it too? He’d be perfect for a Dangerfield biopic flick. Someone get Hollywood on the phone STAT!

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I met him at New York Comic Con in 2022 and a friend of mine met him at Fan Expo Boston in 2021. Very humble and overall great guy.

Brendan is a talented actor besides being a charming man. I admire him so much for being himself (a lovely and kind person).

Any Fraserologist that likes to yap endlesly about him willing to answer a question?

Like what did this dude do for work since he fell off a cliff?

The character - Paul - and the movie - Journey To The End of the Night - that got Brendan the role in The Whale. Inspiration by the São Paulo song by The Weeknd feat. Anitta.