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George Clooney’s High School Senior Picture!
From 1979, so 18 years old. So. Bloody. Handsome! You can find more pics at Classmates.com, or just make a Google!
OK, so let’s review the age problem here (because I haven’t discussed it enough on the show):
It is VERY UNCOMMON for adult actors to play older than their actual age.
If we have to choose a 5-year or 10-year reunion, this would have to be 5-year, as a 10-year reunion would make George Burnett 28 yo.
if this is a 5-year reunion, then George Burnett would have graduated HS in 1981. Making George Burnett 22 yo. Um… OK…? De-Aging a 24-year-old by 2 years? What does that buy them?
But let’s not forget about CRUSHER. Who said that he had “crushed some quarterbacks back in ‘75.” So let’s expand this. The YOUNGEST George could be would have him as a freshman in the ‘74-‘75 school year when Crusher was a senior, Class of ‘75. That would make George Class of ‘78: So 1986 would be an 8-Year-Reunion? Nope. Maybe Crusher is talking about the first half of his senior year, which would be ‘75-’76, making this very possibly a 10-Year-Reunion for Crusher, Class of ‘76. So, is George the same age as Crusher — they are pick-him-up-at-a-reunion level friends. OK, Fine. Then we’re back to George being 28 years old if he is Class of ‘76. So Clooney is playing 4 years older than his actual age. Again, what does that buy them? Other than the ability to just do a reunion show without giving ANY THOUGHT to the very, very important SHOW BIBLE THINGS like this!!
Next Week: S7 E18 “Concentration” (2/8/86)
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