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COREY ANDERSON

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    Who runs serpentine better: Will Ferrell or Alan Arkin?

    A co-worker noted he has high hopes for the new "Land of the Lost" movie, judging by its trailer. He specifically referenced the scene in which Will Ferrell's Dr. Rick Marshall instructs Will and Holly to run in a serpetine fashion to escape a T-Rex. An exasperated Ferrell screaming "Serpentine!" recalls one of the funnier moments in the Peter Falk/Alan Arkin comedy from 1979, "The In-Laws." Who runs serpentine better — Ferrell or Arkin?

    "The Land of the Lost," 2009 (about 3 seconds from the very end):



    "The In-Laws," 1979:


     

     

    Illustration by Hugh Bennewitz

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    Web Editor Corey Anderson graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a B.F.A. Degree in Visual Communications. He has worked for City Pages, Minnesota Parent, Q Magazine, Conseco Finance, The Rake, and City Pages again, before joining MinnPost in August 2007. His satirical pieces have been featured in the New York Times, the New York Post, Newsday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Tampa Tribune, Defamer and Wonkette.

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