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And the Best Actor Is ... Gary Player!
April 14, 2009 By: Bill Bryant Golfdom InsiderGary Player is an unabashed animal lover. The globetrotting South African has all manner of animals roaming his ranch and golf course in South Africa. He's also a devout environmentalist who believes that Al Gore knows what he's talking about.
So when Advanced Sensor Technology (AST), a company that says its soil sensor technology helps golf courses conserve water, came to him with the idea of starring in a video short alongside a lovable tan-and-white bulldog named UgMo, it all seemed a perfect fit.
Gary Player loved UgMo on screen. But off-screen the dog did him wrong.
Player even professes his affection for UgMo (also an AST company) during the promotional video, which is hilarious and reveals Player's talents as a fine comedic actor. "I cannot tell you how I love this dog," Player says as he and UgMo romp around on a golf green. "I looked into this dog's eyes and I just saw something. He's something special."
Now, as the late Paul Harvey used to say, for the rest of the story.
"I hate that damn dog," Player told a crowd of golf course owners, operators, designers and developers at the Golf Inc. Conference in St. Augustine, Fla., recently. "I was sitting in the car with him, and he pooped in my hand. I was wearing a black shirt and he snotted all over it."
Player was nearly in tears as he told the off-camera stories, as was his audience.
The nearly eight-minute video seems destined to gain cult status for at least a dozen great lines delivered by a wry cast. But the topper is reserved for O'Brien, the superintendent, whose reaction to Player driving away in a black Escalade with O'Brien's dog in the back seat is fall-out-of-your-seat funny.
Until it gets to YouTube, "The Inheritance" can be found at One Hilarious Short Film
If you want a good laugh, don't miss it.
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