Napolean Dynamite Festival

[ski_faster]

So who is going to the Napolean Dynamite Festival The 24th & 25th of June? Napolean Dynamite Festival
Tator tot eating contest
Moon Boot dance contest
Lean how to break the wrist and walk away at the Rex Kwon Dojo

[Jumper Bones]

You know, I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm Napoleon'd out.

I was in Hot Topic last night, and they had tons and tons of napoleon dynamite shit. So much that it was on 50% off clearance.

[scoober]

"We'll have the hot twins from the happy hands club"

I'm there.

[13]

That's probably the most pathetic thing I've ever heard of.

And strangely I bet there will be lots of hot chicks there.

[Woodsy]

pathetic .........

lots of hot chicks there.

so you've been to Preston, eh?

[Duker]

not a lot of hot chicks there. Unless they come up from salt lake. But the preston locals are often lacking teeth and such.
I live about a half hour from preston and there seems to be quite a contreversy surroudning this festival. Apparently Napolean moved to hollywood and cant come. They then tried to get Pedo to come (who is from logan) but he said he wanted $3000 and a body gaurd. The city was not willing to shell out. So we now have napolean dynamite festival with no napolean or pedro.

[Jumper Bones]

this is too funny

maybe I'm not napoleoned out after all.

[LAN]

"We'll have the hot twins from the happy hands club"

I'm there.

You're fantasizing about the hot twins from the Happy Hands club?

[sabes35]

not a lot of hot chicks there. Unless they come up from salt lake. But the preston locals are often lacking teeth and such.
I live about a half hour from preston and there seems to be quite a contreversy surroudning this festival. Apparently Napolean moved to hollywood and cant come. They then tried to get Pedo to come (who is from logan) but he said he wanted $3000 and a body gaurd. The city was not willing to shell out. So we now have napolean dynamite festival with no napolean or pedro.

If they could get Kip, it would rock.

[InspectorGadget]

My wife's cousin - who is currently living with us - will be there. It borders on incest for me to say she's hot . . . .

I'll wave as I pedal my bicycle through Buzz's beloved Cove, that's close enough for me.

[Buzzworthy]

ISP Gadget, wave to the blue house on the hill when you ride by. I used to puit a hose out for the riders if they needed agua, spring agua.


We just watched that movie last night for the first time and it is kinda cool to see a lot of places we have been.

My coworker got the autograph of the big dude who smashes the tots in Naps cargo pocket the other day in Logan at the Golden Corral. Funny.

[Duker]

Logan at the Golden Corral. Funny.

Not funny. Golden corral is the source of the worlds worst mud butt.

[girlski0912]

You know, I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm Napoleon'd out.

I was in Hot Topic last night, and they had tons and tons of napoleon dynamite shit. So much that it was on 50% off clearance.

Jumper- WTF were you doing at Hot Topic?????

[Jumper Bones]

Jumper- WTF were you doing at Hot Topic?????

looking for my next junior-high-school girlfriend...

[splat]

I was in Hot Topic last night, and they had tons and tons of napoleon dynamite shit. So much that it was on 50% off clearance.

The smart money will shop for that stuff the day after the festival.

[freshies]

the real Pedro will be in SF this Fri night DJ'ing and hosting some ND theme party....too lazt to look it up, so Google it for deets, but read it in yesterday's Datebook in the SF Chronicle.

On a side note, I was @ Sundance 2 yrs ago when ND was shown, and partied with Pedro at the Levis house party...was pretty funny.

[KevinDineen]

Apparently Napolean moved to hollywood and cant come.

Maybe they can get Matt Harvey to stand in:

http://powdermag.com/av/berman05/

[Woodsy]

Napoleon fans have a sweet time in Preston

By Doug Smeath
Deseret Morning News

PRESTON, Idaho — People from all over the country gathered here Friday and Saturday to show off their sweet skills, meet their favorite characters and see where it all began.

Tucson resident James Lee, 17, left, shakes hands with Dallas native Bryan Demke, 15, Saturday at Preston High School in Preston, Idaho. The two were awaiting results of the Napoleon Dynamite Festival contests for Napoleon look-alike, moon-boot dance and impersonation. Rich Bailey, center background, of Moscow, Idaho, was also a contender in the contests.

Tyler Sipe, Deseret Morning News
By some estimates, as many as 3,000 people flocked to this southern Idaho town of 5,000 for the 2005 Napoleon Dynamite Festival over the weekend, competing to eat the most tater tots, doing their best impressions of Napoleon and the gang, trying to throw footballs as far as Uncle Rico or just wandering the streets, seeing the sights and collecting autographs.
They were here to celebrate "Napoleon Dynamite," the hit movie that, since its release in 2004, has brought international attention to Preston, the town where it was filmed and set. The Preston Chamber of Commerce put together the festival as a nod to the film that just about everyone has been quoting for the last year or so.
There were lots of "Vote for Pedro" T-shirts, lots of moon boots, lots of side ponytails.
And lots of Utah license plates.
Ken and Virginia Burgess and their daughter Becki, all of West Valley City, were in Providence, Cache County, when they heard about the festival happening just over the Idaho border. They decided they had to check it out.
"We saw the movie, and we thought it was cute," Virginia Burgess said. "We're looking for Tina."
Tina, Grandma Dynamite's pet llama, is just one of the many characters who left an impression on the movie's fans and one of the memorable sights people on the streets of Preston were hoping to see.
There was a lot of interest in the Deseret Industries thrift store on State Street, where Napoleon bought his stunning — if a bit out of a date — suit for the prom. There were performances by the Happy Hands Club, famous for converting last decade's hit songs to American Sign Language. And many of the movie's stars were on hand to offer up autographs and begrudgingly repeat their infamous lines from the movie.

And while there were some visitors who, like the Burgesses, stopped by because they happened to be in the area, there were many more die-hard fans who came from far and wide — in recreational vehicles announcing they were "going to the friggin' festival!" and vans with license plates reading "LUCKY."
David and Liz Parkinson of Spanish Fork brought their four kids to Preston to check out the city that inspired a family favorite.
"It's our whole family's favorite movie," Liz Parkinson said. "My kids watch it all the time, and I'm glad — they could be watching something lots worse. We wanted to show our support that a family-friendly movie can be so successful."
"And we love Kip," David Parkinson added.
Indeed. Seven-year-old Connor Parkinson perked up when Dad mentioned Napoleon's brother, Kip Dynamite, and offered his nearly dead-on impression of Kip's love song to his new bride, LaFawnduh, on their wedding day:
"I love technology, but not as much as you, you see. But I still love technology, always and forever."
Wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a liger — Napoleon's favorite fearsome beast, half lion, half tiger — Connor grinned proudly when asked about it.
"It's probably my favorite animal, too," he said.

[Red Baron]

Our sports anchor is a huge ND fan, so we sent him and a live truck up to Preston to cover it for our newscast last night...he was in heaven; and best of all, got to cover a tetherball contest for the first time in his career...

[A-wreck]

Complete with a Lafawnduh look a like.