Someone Make “The Handsome Men’s Club” Into A Movie, STAT

By Akela Talamasca on March 9th, 2010

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Up until now, I’ve regarded Jimmy Kimmel as a genial, uncomplicated, harmless kinda guy. I’d never catch his show on purpose, but I’ve enjoyed watching clips of his antics now and again. With last night’s episode, however, he has rocketed his way into my black little heart with a sketch called “The Handsome Men’s Club.”

I won’t spoil it for you, as part of the fun is seeing who pops up, but it’s not just that it’s funny that makes it such a gem, it’s that it’s, plain and simple, just well-done. Jimmy can craft a complete sketch, he can, right down to a denouement, if I won’t be lynched for using that term. Suffice to say that while I probably won’t make a habit of catching his show, I look forward to seeing his next viral video. But more than that, this sketch deserves the full-on movie treatment, complete with a trailer featuring the classic “In a world … ”

It would be the ultimate cameo fest, a chance for every actor in Hollywood to step up and declare themselves handsome without fear of reprisal. There would be reprisal, of course (I’m looking in your direction, Perez Hilton), but that’s just part of the fun. And you just know Rob Schneider would be in there somewhere. I mean, if “The Ladies’ Man” can become a flick, why can’t this? And just think of the heartbreak of the actors who get passed over for cameos! Final, incontrovertible proof that they are not, despite what they hold in their heart of hearts, handsome.

I invite you, dear reader, to leave your picks for Not Handsome in the comments. All those nominated will form their own group, the “We Are TOO Handsome Men’s Club”, sort of like a Legion of Doom to the Handsome Men’s Club’s Justice League. And that’s the plot of the movie, right there, done. Roman Polanski, your next project’s waiting.