Napoleon Dynamite reading a Top Ten list on David Letterman feels like one of those perfectly weird 2000s TV moments.
Jon Heder showed up in full Napoleon mode and delivered "Top Ten Signs You’re Not The Most Popular Guy In Your High School" with that awkward deadpan style that somehow made the character even funnier outside the movie.
What makes it even crazier is that Napoleon Dynamite was never expected to become a major hit.
Released in 2004, the movie was made on a tiny budget in rural Idaho and centered around one of the strangest groups of characters ever put into a comedy.
The humor was intentionally awkward, quiet, random, and completely different from the loud comedies that dominated the early 2000s.
A lot of people did not even know what to make of it at first.
By the end of its run, the movie had become a full blown cult phenomenon, turning quotes like "Vote for Pedro," "Gosh!" and "Tina, eat the food!" into everyday phrases for an entire generation.
Even now, the movie still feels oddly unique because nobody has ever really duplicated that exact style successfully.
Did you watch Napoleon Dynamite when it first came out?
The Brewers “today’s transactions” post is gonna hit different today
Reinstated OF Jackson Chourio from 15 Day IL
Reinstated INF Andrew Vaughn from 15 Day IL
Promoted INF Cooper Pratt from AAA Nashville
DFA OF Greg Jones
Optioned OF Blake Perkins to AAA Nashville
Optioned INF Joey Ortiz to AAA Nashville
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This is absolutely beautiful. Not just Christian Yelich's clutch bomb but the camera crew catching the fan reactions and @JLevering4's call. Well done by the @Brewers and their TV network. Good to see they still have talented folks doing the broadcasts.
"It's my last go-round in March so I'm trying to make it special." - Nick Boyd
There were plenty of shoutouts and positive vibes for @BadgerMBB after the win over Purdue.
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