Will “The Thrill” Butela (right) with comedy partner in crime Mike Duke.
So, apparently Videoville was a breeding ground for Hollywood all those years.
At this point, half the people who I once slung videos with — and by slung I mean we actually threw VHS tapes at each other on more than one occasion — are making it big in the entertainment biz.
Mason Hughes is Drew Barrymore’s right hand man, and an Instagram star in his own right, while Will “The Thrill” Butela continues to surface in ads every time I turn around.
Most times he’s working with his partner in crime, fellow Coupeville High School grad Mike Duke (who, for reasons unknown, shockingly did NOT work behind the video store counter), but in the ad for Peoples Bank below he’s working his sardonic magic solo.
Go. Stop reading. Watch Will, the greatest soccer goalie in CHS history (historical truth, son!), do what Will does.
It’s two-and-a-half minutes of finely-spun comedy gold, courtesy a guy who I once watched shotgun an entire batch of frozen mocha Granita drink, while Mason ran around behind us, screaming about his missing car … which Will had secretly relocated.
One of the best days ever.
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