Hail to the king, baby

As many of you already know, I pretty much worship the ground that the notorious B-Screen actor Bruce Campbell walks on. Haven't heard of Bruce Campbell? Not a big surprise. The Birmingham, MI native is probably best known for appearing in the low-budget cult classic Evil Dead horror trilogy, which were directed by childhood buddy and Michigan State alumni Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, The Quick and the Dead). The first Evil Dead movie actually premiered in Wells Hall at MSU to see how appealing it would be to people. People ate it up. Stephen King even wound up endorsing it. A sequel, Evil Dead 2, was made although it was basically just a repeat of the first Evil Dead with a bigger budget and slightly different plot. Finally, Army of Darkness was made and the horror-comedy nature of the film is still legendary to this day. Hard to believe Bruce Campbell accomplished all of that with just a semesters worth of school at Western Michigan under his belt.

My first memories of Bruce Campbell came 14 years ago when The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. debuted on the Fox network. It starred Bruce as the lead character, a Harvard-educated lawyer turned bounty hunter after the death of his father. It was set in the 1890s and was too soon for its time. It starred a decent cast, had some good guest stars (Terry Bradshaw, Debra Jo Rupp) and was ridiculously funny. It only would up lasting 2 seasons. I'm convinced if it debuted today, instead of in 1993, people would just eat it up.

Bruce Campbell has also played small cameo roles in each Spider-Man movie. He was the wrestling ring announcer in the first, the obnoxious usher in the second, and a goofy French waiter in what was one of the few good parts of Spidey 3. He's made his living off B-Screen Movies and sharp cameos and is the author of 3 books, one fittingly titled "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Screen Actor." Today, he lives on in the USA action-comedy Burn Notice and has several projects in the works.

Now my friends, with the help of Youtube.com, let's take a look into Bruce Campbell's greatest hits....

The famous Boomstick scene from Army of Darkness:




The classic ending of sweetness from Army of Darkness:



Another classic kickass scene from Army of Darkness:




The best scene from Evil Dead 2:



A classic Western Showdown from Brisco County Jr.:



Here's Bruce joking around on the set of Spider-Man:



Finally, here's Bruce on Craig Ferguson, talking about Bubba Ho-Tep, where he plays a 68-year old version of Elvis: