[Chief5959]

Here is a question for this week. If you were the director of a fictional account of the Grateful Dead who would you pick to play the band.

[bobbybobbob]

bob - jack nicholson
phil - chevy chase
jerry - the big lebowski


hippies - the extras from "day of the dead"

[Crazy 9.5 Fingers]

Jerry - Val Kilmer (he has gained some serious poundage since The Doors)

Phil - Fred Gwynne (RIP) he was Herman Munster in The Munsters

Bob - have to go with Meryl Streep

[strumminsix]

Bob - Ted Danza
Jerry - Santa Claus

[caspersvapors]

for years Ive always thought Bill Paxton would make the perfect Bobby, nobody else comes close

[GratefulFloyd]

i think it would be too hard to cast a jerry, or maybe it would be hard to do a good performance of him, he's too unique, i dont think anybody could do jerry justice imo

[bodiddley]

Jerry...Skipper from Gilligan's Island

Bob...Gilligan

Phil...The professor

Yes, I know 2 of the 3 are dead.

[BlobWeird]

The skipper as Jerry hahahah that is classic!

The old billionare scientist from Jurassic Park would be Jerry

Bobby would be played by a horse. Mr Ed maybe.

Phil would be done by Ted Danson (Sam Malone from Cheers) haha

And if its the 90's Vince would be played by James Lipton from Inside the Actors Studio

[amyjared]

Jerry - Horatio Sanz (from SNL) or Warren Haynes

Bobby - Al Pacino (cuz he screams, too) or Adam Sandler

Phil - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Mickey - Leonard Nimoy (remember Mickey doing him?)

Billy - The guy who played Scotty on the old Star Trek show (I know, he passed away)

[tigerstrat]

70's-80's era:

Jerry: Johnny Depp
Bob: Jim Carrey
Phil: Keifer Sutherland
Billy: Russell Crowe
Mickey: uhhhh Joaquin Phoenix
Keith: hmmm... Edward Norton
Donna: Catherine Zeta-Jones
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[grateful4booze]

This is hard. I would remake it completely different like Mission Impossible or Wild Wild West.

Bob - Susana Hoffs from the Bangles

Phil - Grace Jones

Jerry - Rosie O'Donnel

Keith - Liza Minelli

Bill - Keith Moon

Donna Jean - Phil Lesh

[tigerstrat]

70's-80's era:

Jerry: Johnny Depp
Bob: Jim Carrey
Phil: Keifer Sutherland
Billy: Russell Crowe
Mickey: uhhhh Joaquin Phoenix
Keith: hmmm... Edward Norton
Donna: Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Pigpen: Paul Giamatti

and yes, most or all of the actors are already too old (but at least they are living!!! )

[BlobWeird]

Rosie O'donnell and Liza Minelli. Priceless!

[jonpaul]

i've always thought if they made a movie, Eugene Levy would have to play Jerry. If you've seen pictures of Jerry without the beard, they could be brothers. plus he has music chops (writing his duo's songs for A Mighty Wind) so he could play the part. phil would be played by the shaggy-haired kid from Revenge of the Nerds...you know, the one that dances at the end. that's about all i can think of.

[mttourpro]

Funny thing, we were just talking about this very question. Jim Carrey was mentioned for Bob and Grizzly Adans for Jerry. Leonard Nemoi (Spock) would HAVE to be Mickey.