As we prepare to handle our business, we had a few mailbag opinions on the Rushmores.
Rushmore of sugar: Sugar Bowl, booger sugar (great slang for cocaine), “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and of course “Brown Sugar” and that is with all apologies to the Sugar Hill Gang and their original and everlasting impact on the rap genre.
Rushmore of most talented brother-and-sister combos: Michael and Janet Jackson (Sorry, LaToya. And Tito.) Warren Beatty and Shirley McClain narrowly over the Cusacks over the Gyllenhaals, Eric and Julia Roberts — fellow Campbell High grads, and Smyrna looks out for Smyrna friends — and, of course, Luke and Leia Skywalker.
Rushmore of acting performances in a musical biopic. Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, Sissy Spacek as the Coal Miner’s Daughter, the dude that played Pinto in Animal House as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison. (Side note: I have not seen the newest Elvis flick, and I was not as high on the cat who played Elton John as most others.)