"And we know Bruce Campbell from way back, so that was a lot of fun"
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The line carries the easy warmth of a veteran comedian remembering a set where the work felt like play. Kevin McDonald, best known from The Kids in the Hall, gestures to a shared history with Bruce Campbell, the cult hero of the Evil Dead films and a perennial scene-stealer in genre TV. Saying they know each other "from way back" folds decades of alt-comedy clubs, genre conventions, and overlapping circles into a single shrugging understatement. It signals the way long careers braid together behind the scenes, where familiarity becomes a creative shortcut.
Both men built personas rooted in exaggerated physicality and deadpan absurdity: McDonald with awkward sincerity and rubbery anxiety, Campbell with swaggering slapstick and self-aware bravado. Put them in the same room and their comic wavelengths line up. On projects like Sky High, where McDonald played the brainy Mr. Medulla and Campbell boomed through as the drill-sergeant gym coach, that chemistry became part of the texture of the movie. The rapport implied by "from way back" tells you why the day-to-day felt loose and inventive, the kind of atmosphere where bits are traded freely and the best gag sometimes arrives between takes.
There is also a nod to fandom in the remark. Both men are fixtures of cult taste, beloved by audiences who treasure crossovers and cameos as signs of a shared universe. Hearing that they go back amplifies the pleasure: the joke extends offscreen, into a continuity of friendships and chance encounters that keeps the subculture alive.
At heart, the comment is about trust. Knowing someone well enough to play without preamble makes comedy braver and stranger. It turns risk into sport. And for performers who have lasted through changing trends, returning to a familiar partner is a reminder of why they started: not for prestige or box office, but because, with the right people, it is a lot of fun.
Both men built personas rooted in exaggerated physicality and deadpan absurdity: McDonald with awkward sincerity and rubbery anxiety, Campbell with swaggering slapstick and self-aware bravado. Put them in the same room and their comic wavelengths line up. On projects like Sky High, where McDonald played the brainy Mr. Medulla and Campbell boomed through as the drill-sergeant gym coach, that chemistry became part of the texture of the movie. The rapport implied by "from way back" tells you why the day-to-day felt loose and inventive, the kind of atmosphere where bits are traded freely and the best gag sometimes arrives between takes.
There is also a nod to fandom in the remark. Both men are fixtures of cult taste, beloved by audiences who treasure crossovers and cameos as signs of a shared universe. Hearing that they go back amplifies the pleasure: the joke extends offscreen, into a continuity of friendships and chance encounters that keeps the subculture alive.
At heart, the comment is about trust. Knowing someone well enough to play without preamble makes comedy braver and stranger. It turns risk into sport. And for performers who have lasted through changing trends, returning to a familiar partner is a reminder of why they started: not for prestige or box office, but because, with the right people, it is a lot of fun.
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