Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Jim Carrey was the first movie star I idolized. I was the kid in 4th grade going around the playground saying "All righty then!" but not yet able to comprehend why I wasn't the most popular kid in school. But I was devout. I thought "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" was one of the funniest films ever made and I saw "The Mask" and "Dumb and Dumber" numerous times in theatres before buying them on VHS so I could watch them some more. I loved his comic timing. I loved that he just threw himself into the joke at all costs. While my appreciation for Carrey has diminished over the years simply as a virtue of growing up and discovering better comedians and actors, I continue to admire how he changed courses in his career. You see, doing stand-up, Carrey was renowned for his impressions. He could passably do the voices

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