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| You truly don't get any cooler than this. Photo courtesy of tomcruise.com |
Every time Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" comes on the radio, moviegoers of the 1980's can't help but immediately picture the one and only Tom Cruise, flipping bottles behind his back in full badass glory.
For numerous reasons, this tribute site will begin with Cruise being noted as the best bartender of all time. Still in his mid-twenties and charming as ever, Cruise plays Brian Flanagan, a young man who turns the mixing of drinks into a metaphysical morality play via concise philosophical diatribes. In addition to dazzling our theater-going eyes and lighting up the screen like a Flaming Dr. Pepper, we empathize with Flanagan's coming-of-age battle and root for him as he resists the famous "f*** me eyes" and steals the heart of his beautiful soulmate.
Of course, Flanagan delivers what is hands-down the greatest insight regarding everyone who has ever worked in the service industry, commenting on how people begin working nights in order to free up days for their "real gig," concluding that in reality, "Days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, your life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours." Amen, Tom.
On directory sites such as Facebook, you can find dozens upon dozens of men out there with the birthname of Brian Flanagan. Contrary to the reaction of some, being born as "Brian Flanagan" remains vastly different from the guy in Office Space already being named "Michael Bolton" prior to the singer's rise.
When one bears the same title as the best bartender in history, named one Sir Brian Flanagan, well, there can simply be no greater honor.
This is why Tom Cruise will always be...the best bartender.
