"From the studio that brought you Daddy Day Care"

Julia and I just got back from The Simpsons Movie, which was fronted by a trailer for Daddy Day Camp, the sequel to Daddy Day Care, in which Eddie Murphy inexplicably starts a day care center in spite of being actionably inept.

This trailer is remarkable. Here are some highlights...

1. Eddie Murphy has been replaced by Cuba Gooding, Jr. Think about that. Eddie Murphy, the man currently best known for his multiple roles in the career-defining Norbit -- a film so bad, you can rent it from the McDonalds "Red Box" service -- was not willing to appear in this sequel. For his stand in they had to get Norbit co-star and Oscar^tm winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Best Actor, Radio¹)
2. In fact, this film is so un-promising that absolutely nobody from the original wanted to be involved, as evidenced by the ominous phrase, "From the studio that brought you Daddy Day Care." Really. You thought it was overboard when they started marketing films as being "from the producer of" other films. Well, they've taken it a step further. My question: Why not say it's from the studio that brought you Spider-Man 2?
3. One of the best trailer lines, possibly ever...Cuba's skeptical wife, upon hearing his premise-inducing plan to take Daddy Day Care to its next logical step, points out: "But you hate the outdoors!" Sounds like a recipe for ZANY!!!

Will DDC2 be the next Snow Dogs? Or will it turn out to be another Boat Trip?² Keep your browser tuned to Furdell Dot Com -- your headquarters for all things Daddy Day Camp-related -- for round-the-clock coverage. You know, you should really set our site as your browser's home page.

¹ I assume.
² I think that how you interpret the last two sentences says a lot about you as a person.