Creative Captioning: When Billy Met Jack
Thanks to the American Film Institute's 40th anniversary celebration for bringing together the unlikely pair below. From the balding pates to the black blazers, these two could almost be clones if it weren't for the fact that a true genetic match would have probably resulted in both of these ghosts of Hollywood past being ridiculously talented.
In any case, this mismatch makes rich fodder for this week's Creative Captioning exercise in which you tell us what's happening below. The best entry will be elevated to a position of prominence here in the blog and the writer of that entry may call him (or her) self "Official Celebritology Captionologist" for the week of Oct. 1 - 5.
C'mon, give it some thought. Submit more than one. All work and no play makes [your name here] a dull boy/girl.

(AP)
Top Captions:
1. You can't handle the receding hairline. -- Irish_Ed
2. Crystal and Nicholson celebrate the inking of their new deal for "City Slickers III: The Legend of the Tanning Salon." -- CJB
3. Two flew over the cuckoo's nest. -- Irish girl
4. Billy and Jack cackle wildly at the thought of ever shopping at Target. -- SMACK
5. By unhinging his jaw, the male Crystal can consume his weight in Nicholsons. -- Patchen
-- Updated 10.8.07
By Liz |
October 4, 2007; 10:42 AM ET
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Posted by: Anonimis | October 4, 2007 10:48 AM
Yikes-- I thought you told me Jack Palance was dead!
Posted by: Boca | October 4, 2007 10:52 AM
Jack: I'm peeing on your leg!
Billy: It feels MAHVelous!
Posted by: b | October 4, 2007 10:54 AM
Don't goose me, you sick old man!
Posted by: md | October 4, 2007 10:55 AM
Yesterday they were movie stars. Today they're has-beens. Tomorrow they'll be walking funny.
Posted by: Anonimis | October 4, 2007 10:58 AM
Jack: Here's Johnny!
Billy: I loved that scene! And the one where the kid keeps saying "redrum, redrum, redrum"
Posted by: b | October 4, 2007 10:58 AM
Jack: All work and no play makes Jack...
Billy: Whoa, Jack! Hands where I can see them!
Posted by: Anonimis | October 4, 2007 10:59 AM
Holy Crap!
Posted by: LV | October 4, 2007 11:05 AM
Billy and Jack take part in a product demonstration for hair gel - it advertised that people would take notice of the few hairs they have left. It works!
Posted by: sjcpeach | October 4, 2007 11:13 AM
YOW! Your hands are cold.
Posted by: John | October 4, 2007 11:14 AM
B.C.: Hey! How many times to I have to tell you to quit pinching my cheeks!
J.N.: Tee-hee hee hee.
Posted by: Alexandria | October 4, 2007 11:18 AM
Billy: Remember the old days when I would host the oscars and you'd win the oscars.
Jack: I wore sunglasses then for the same reason I'm wearing them now...I'm too drunk to care what you're saying.
Posted by: Oscar | October 4, 2007 11:18 AM
Jack: "So, Billy... Do you like it when I 'Analyze That'?"
Billy: "Only if you don't mind that I 'Analyze This'!"
Posted by: Pompous Magnus | October 4, 2007 11:20 AM
Yeah, that's right Billy, I've seen Kathy Bates naked.
Posted by: michael | October 4, 2007 11:25 AM
America's Sweethearts... the Joker and the jokester.
Posted by: niceFLguy | October 4, 2007 11:29 AM
I have a few:
" I must be crazy to be in a looney bin like this. Couldn't my agent have gotten me someone better to hold on to me. Like a hot, younger girl, not this old creep."
"I'm only laughing on the outside / My smile is just skin deep / If you could see inside I'm really crying / You might join me for a weep. But seriously, get off me now."
"The Truth, you can't handle the truth. The truth is that we are has been, washed up and forgotten. Or at least you are."
Posted by: Allison | October 4, 2007 11:30 AM
When Harry Met Scary
Posted by: Helena Handbasket | October 4, 2007 11:31 AM
Jack! It still works, trust me. I just don't use it as often as you do.
Posted by: Bluto | October 4, 2007 11:31 AM
I'll pretend to be scared of you if you pretend that you find me funny.
Posted by: L8yF8 | October 4, 2007 11:33 AM
lol, Helena Handbasket, I thought of the same thing.
Posted by: Anonimis | October 4, 2007 11:33 AM
When Scary Groped Harry
(Helena deserves half the credit for this one.)
Posted by: niceFLguy | October 4, 2007 11:36 AM
Hey Jack, this is the face I make when I'm at the proctologist. What about you?
Posted by: fft5305 | October 4, 2007 11:37 AM
BC: Hey, Mr. Handsy McGrabsalot, that's private property!
Posted by: Anonymous | October 4, 2007 11:38 AM
First in line for the Early Bird Special, can you believe our luck?
Posted by: Cubeland, MD | October 4, 2007 11:41 AM
JN: You let go of mine, I'll let go of yours.
BC: You go first.
Posted by: b | October 4, 2007 11:43 AM
Okay, okay! My heart and my mind will follow! Just let go already!
Posted by: Great Stone Face | October 4, 2007 11:48 AM
Jack: Don't Jonny Fairplay me, I'll Danny Bonaduce your A _ _ !
Posted by: MLF | October 4, 2007 11:51 AM
They can't *handle* the truth.
Posted by: Kelli | October 4, 2007 11:53 AM
Following the advice from good friend Dennis Hopper, Jack plans for his retirement by only dating bankable comics.
Posted by: Lisa1 | October 4, 2007 11:54 AM
Billy and Jack cackle wildly at the thought of ever shopping at Target.
Posted by: SMACK | October 4, 2007 12:00 PM
Billy: If you laugh with your mouth wide open, it reduces chicken neck.
Jack: But if you'd clench your teeth like this, it might hide your goiter.
Posted by: SMACK | October 4, 2007 12:07 PM
Even thought the target was in the middle, the sharpshooter was told to aim 4 inches to the side - it didn't matter which way.
Posted by: not bluto | October 4, 2007 12:10 PM
JN: Sing "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story.
Posted by: Doug Wann | October 4, 2007 12:28 PM
I vote for michael. I nearly spit my coffee all over the keyboard!
Posted by: CMC | October 4, 2007 12:32 PM
I vote for SMACK's comment.
Posted by: byoolin | October 4, 2007 12:39 PM
Billy Crystal cracks up after hearing the details of Jack Nicholson's daily fiber regimen.
Posted by: cjbriggs | October 4, 2007 12:49 PM
You can't handle the receding hairline.
Posted by: Irish_Ed | October 4, 2007 12:50 PM
Billy Crystal finally learns who danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.
Posted by: cee_jay | October 4, 2007 12:56 PM
Billy: Hey Jack, looks like you forgot to brush your hair too.
Posted by: LBH219 | October 4, 2007 1:01 PM
Billy and Jack acting out a scene from the latest Depends commercial....no more missing out no life because of bladder problems for these two!
Posted by: Shocked and Awed | October 4, 2007 1:04 PM
BC: Does my breath stink?
JN: Yes. Are these my teeth?
Posted by: Doug Wann | October 4, 2007 1:05 PM
I meant "on life" not "no life"...woops
Posted by: Shocked and Awed | October 4, 2007 1:05 PM
Two flew over the cuckoos nest.
Posted by: Irish girl | October 4, 2007 1:07 PM
Jack: Oops, please pardon me!
Billy: Oh the stench, the humanity!
Posted by: Gamey | October 4, 2007 1:08 PM
You can't handle the receding hairline.
Posted by: Irish_Ed | October 4, 2007 12:50 PM
lol. gets my vote.
Posted by: Anonimis | October 4, 2007 1:10 PM
Billy Crystal reacts after finding out Jack Nicholson just punk'd him out of his Hoveround.
Posted by: Gordon | October 4, 2007 1:22 PM
Billy Crystal (b1948) screams in horror at the sudden realization that he looks older and fatter then Jack Nicholson (b1937). Jack at least has years of hard partying and models to look back on. What the hell did does Billy have to look back on pastries and cheese?
Posted by: carefree | October 4, 2007 1:23 PM
Maybe we shouldn't have started the metamucil today.....
Posted by: SCGirl | October 4, 2007 1:23 PM
"Maybe we shouldn't have started the metamucil today....."
BAWHHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Posted by: Anonymous | October 4, 2007 1:33 PM
JN: Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!
BC: Stop the insanity, Jack! You're channeling Susan Powter!
Posted by: aj | October 4, 2007 1:34 PM
"How about those NY Mets?"
Posted by: WDC 21113 | October 4, 2007 1:39 PM
You've got due process, Mother's Day, supermarkets, the FBI, Medicare, air conditioning, AT&T, country clubs, Congress, a 2-car garage, state troopers, the Constitution, color television and democracy. They've got BILLY JACK.
Posted by: Also Ran | October 4, 2007 1:42 PM
I'd ask who's giving who the wedgie here, but I'm not even sure they know.
Jack Nicholson wears sunglasses to protect his eyes from the glare of Billy Crystal's enormous forehead.
Posted by: ASinMoCo | October 4, 2007 1:58 PM
"S'awright!!"
Posted by: Ad Jr. | October 4, 2007 2:07 PM
We both have wavy hair, its wavying goodbye.
Posted by: Milhouse | October 4, 2007 2:20 PM
"eHarmony, where matches are so close, they're really creepy."
Posted by: Philaphied | October 4, 2007 2:22 PM
When Harry Met Scary!!
Best one by far!!!
Then SMACK's chicken neck line...
Posted by: my vote | October 4, 2007 2:30 PM
It took me forever to get ready to day--10 minutes!
Glad we ain't broads, huh?
Posted by: SJK222 | October 4, 2007 2:42 PM
At this point, the event organizers began to regret serving the LSD-spiked Koolaid.
Posted by: Angela | October 4, 2007 2:42 PM
Jack, I don't know what you're looking for, but it's a little to the left.
Posted by: JF | October 4, 2007 2:45 PM
Billy Crystal can't believe Jack's "Wall of Crap" defense was so effective.
Posted by: OD | October 4, 2007 3:02 PM
Jack: "I can't wait to jab him with the adrenaline spike."
Billy: "I can't wait for him to jab me with the adrenaline spike."
Posted by: OD | October 4, 2007 3:05 PM
Jack: And then I told the waitress, make me a chicken salad sandwich, hold the bread, hold the mayo and take the chicken salad and.....
Posted by: b | October 4, 2007 3:11 PM
Crystal and Nicholson celebrate the inking of their new deal for "City Slickers III: The Legend of the Tanning Salon."
Posted by: CJB | October 4, 2007 3:31 PM
Nicholson reluctantly agrees to play Crystal's life partner on the planned HBO remake of "Soap".
Posted by: CJB | October 4, 2007 3:37 PM
"No, Billy, THIS is a spinal tap!"
Posted by: CJB | October 4, 2007 3:40 PM
Billy: One little murder and you are Jack the Ripper.
Jack: Ever dance with the devil?
Posted by: DJ | October 4, 2007 3:59 PM
Billy: I hope I got enough on-the-job training for my next movie, Jack.
Jack: What's the movie?
Billy: "Proctologist to the Mob." Let me give you a sample!
Posted by: cdintaman | October 4, 2007 4:01 PM
Nicholson and Crystal debate the merits of the taste of regular versus orange Metamucil.
Posted by: Pinky | October 4, 2007 4:19 PM
Nicholson and Crystal simultaneously electrocuted onstage.
Posted by: Pinky | October 4, 2007 4:21 PM
I'll see your flabby double chin and raise you one!
Posted by: Chele Fernandez | October 4, 2007 5:06 PM
Billy: "Be sure to say 'when' when they are filling in your lines with Botox."
Jack: "Be sure to say 'when' when they are pulling your skin back during the face lift."
Posted by: Kiki | October 4, 2007 5:09 PM
The paternity test confirms their darkest fears.
Posted by: RD Padouk | October 4, 2007 5:13 PM
Overheard... two Hollywood legends reminisce about the good ole days and make expressions from their favorite starring role.
Legend 1, "Here's mine from City Slickers! Not 2, though; that wasn't that funny."
Legend 2, "Here's mine from [insert name of any Jack Nicholson movie, EVER]. Funny thing, I smile like this all of the time now."
Posted by: Kelly | October 4, 2007 5:16 PM
That's right Billy, I'm marrying your daughter.
Posted by: RD Padouk | October 4, 2007 5:26 PM
That's right Billy, I'm going commando.
Posted by: RD Padouk | October 4, 2007 5:32 PM
"Even thought the target was in the middle, the sharpshooter was told to aim 4 inches to the side - it didn't matter which way."
Ah, not bluto, you are so.... on-target today! That killed me!
Posted by: Bogta | October 4, 2007 5:32 PM
Billy: It is so nice when you can sit with someone and not have to talk.
Jack: Get out of my way son, you're usin' my oxygen.
Posted by: glendale | October 4, 2007 5:36 PM
Zero-sized actress Lara Flynn Boyle, center, gamely endures a rendition of "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" from two fringe-topped crooners.
Posted by: Thor | October 4, 2007 8:10 PM
Jack, I don't know what you're looking for, but it's a little to the left.
Posted by: JF | October 4, 2007 02:45 PM
EXCELLENT@
Posted by: Karen | October 4, 2007 9:25 PM
Old dogs sport new tricks at Target mascot tryout.
Posted by: Mr. Natural | October 5, 2007 1:02 AM
Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor share a laugh as they attend the AFI screening of the cult classic "Billy Jack." (The Post earlier mistakenly identified the actors as Billy Crystal and Jack Nicholson.)
Posted by: Mr. Natural | October 5, 2007 7:38 AM
aggkk!!! I look as old as Jack!
Posted by: gamecock | October 5, 2007 8:53 AM
Billy Crystal clearly forgot that when standing next to Nicholson, your ass will probably get grabbed.
Posted by: lydacole | October 5, 2007 8:59 AM
By unhinging his jaw, the male Crystal can consume his weight in Nicholsons.
Posted by: Patchen | October 5, 2007 4:03 PM
Billy: You got the "gentleman's thong" in the Oscar swag bag too? I thought that was only for hosts.
Posted by: aj | October 6, 2007 3:08 PM
Nurse Ratched, Nurse Ratched! McMurphy voided!
Posted by: Martini | October 6, 2007 11:23 PM
The amazing new future camera captures Jon Steward and Steve Carell at the 2030 AFI tribute to fake news.
Posted by: Ruby C | October 8, 2007 12:19 AM
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