The Big Lebowski Was Inspired By This Real Dude Jeff Dowd | UPROXX

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[@AdhamOhm]

The real Dude acts more like Walter than the Dude.

[@andrewbrewer8381]

That's just like your opinion man (I agree hahaha)....

[@meghanmacandrew7625]

this doc really tied the room together

[@Toastsandy]

I think the character is mostly based on Jeff bridges personality.. he's waaaay more chill.

[@SoulStar2332]

A little column a and little column b...🤷‍♂️

[@joycetaylor5597]

Jeff Bridges is more the Dude than this guy. I love the movie. It's art.

[@WarriorMigs24]

The Big Lebowski will always be a classic forever

[@nicholasbright5802]

literally just watched this last night... what a time to be alive

[@ehansen1053]

A good reminder to always make sure you are your idealized self no matter what happens in life. A true legend doesn't need to be anything other than their ideal selves.

[@robroberts1473]

luckily the dude in the movie is not like this dude.

[@onedaxster]

I like this Dude. Certainly not as much as Bridges' Dude, but I gotta hold respect for him. He can provide a good amount of energy when he feels it and otherwise could care less about the world around him now. It's like he went from Walter to the Dude.

[@kevinlynch756]

Jeff Dowd is a pain in the ass.Jeff Bridges is multi faceted ....man.A lot of facets going on with the Duder.

[@deepfreezevideo]

Not only is he a pain in the ass but he doesn't remember the people who helped him along the way either.

[@unpretedudeista7745]

Thanks for this!

[@funkyjeff77]

I swear I have goosebumps!!! HERO !!!! Great documentary!!!

[@rachelmcadams5135]

LOVE THIS. MORE DOCS

[@craigroberts3218]

Jeff Dowd? The Dude is a Marketing Genius? BLOWING MY MIND.

[@stevenpeters6909]

You kind of sense that this guy' life is nothing but a marketing ploy itself, even from his being with the Seattle Seven

[@orangutang]

The real 'Dude' seems like Donnie, Walter, Maude, and the Dude all mixed into one.

[@thevelointhevale1132]

Jeff's 'Dude' was laid back ... this Dowd Dude is hyper and obnoxious ... Jeff IS the 'Dude' ...

[@Haze-Haze]

"The Dude abides" This guy is so awesome they made a movie loosely based upon his character!

[@illuminateyourlife3401]

I salute you Duderino 👍😎

[@C.Hawkshaw]

I ❤️ the Dowd dude. Watching this doc I was laughing and smiling through the whole thing!

[@dudereno21]

We're all the Dude, man..

[@higgins382]

I am a certified Reverend in the Church of the latter day Dude.

[@unpretedudeista7745]

Me too! =)

[@MatthewShanklin]

Me too Dude.

[@Pomiferous]

I'm not sure that is a zone worth entering.

[@chikamat]

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[@aninjawolf37]

Keith Graham brooooo

[@arckocsog253]

Seems like a very unique guy!

[@TheTriplelman]

"Obviously your not a golfer man"

[@HotzAlexander]

nice piece guys.

[@robertstewart8930]

The Dude abides.

[@JohnDoe-id1es]

5:45? What on Earth was he blathering about?

[@paratheio8931]

DUDE 👍😂!!!

[@shvinehoond]

The real dude is nothing like his lame hipster fans

[@lucastyler2152]

Lol

[@lucastyler2152]

Dudeism is not dressing up like The Dude it can be bit it’s mostly about going with the flow not worrying about the little things

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Right. But dudes like the real dude are extreeeeeemely hard to find.

[@LOLCRAZEDmonkey]

as soon i saw him coughed smoking one, i knew that he was a legend!

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

The king in the palace asks his court joker sitting near him: "what's the difference between you and an ass?" The joker says to the king, "it's a few feet at most sir!"

[@the_other_dude]

Righteous The Dude *Abides*

[@Pomiferous]

Totally 70's man.

[@shmackatrotsky5394]

Jeff Bridges' Dude is like a combination of Dowd and Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye

[@nihilioellipsis]

It's very cool that he understands the concept of holy fool and that he is one.

[@nishyu9101]

woah! this guy has some character man!

[@chrisse1711]

U see, the Dude minds! This aggression will not stand, man!

[@balerjohnson3099]

The Dude ? ....Seems to be the DUDE !

[@motoessentials]

He's the dude man, so that what you call him

[@convair52]

...sometimes there's a man - I won't say a hero, 'cause what's a hero? But sometimes there's a man - and I'm talking about the Dude here - sometimes there's a man... Well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there, and that's the Dude, in Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man, and the Dude was most certainly that, quite possibly the laziest in Los Angeles county, which would place him high in the running for laziest worldwide. LOL!!! What an introduction by the Coen Brothers about the Dude.

[@linniejaynmes1429]

OMG, no way!! I love this movie. The real dude seems even cooler in real life.

[@kaillimc7078]

That exactly what I was thinking!

[@jesslee5480]

not sure how i feel about him being a marketing genius

[@watchweepwatchweep5376]

same it's kind of weird... but kind of awesome too.

[@trufantom21]

This just killed the movie for me.......and I fkn loved that movie.

[@trufantom21]

Yes...you are right....this will not destroy it. Thanks dude.

[@curanderoverde]

I'd watch a movie with the real dude

[@tonyetzu]

So this is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.

[@lukaszwawrzyszczuk6591]

Jeff bridges is the dude

[@bartsanders1553]

The Dude is our John Falstaff.

[@jeffkoehncomedy2370]

Shout out to Jeffrey Peterson (The 420 Comic), to the Dude's left at 0:21. I got to perform on the 3rd Annual "Chromic-Con" with Dowd and Peterson last year. The Dude was the guest of honor (It was his Birthday). He's actually a super nice guy, and very entertaining with his stories....like how he once dropped acid with Bob Hope out in Twenty-Nine Palms!

[@sleeeeep]

This is the dude. The movie dude is based off this dude. He is the dude. Jeff bridges does his version of the dude.

[@samlangford1688]

I prefer the fake dude. The real dude is really nuts!

[@JohnWhite-i8d]

The duuuude.... Not abiding man! He won't abide!

[@jsryanreynoldsdeadpool6210]

look up andy uitvlugt his look and personality is closer to jeff bridges chosen role. almost like he researched a good percentage of The Dude off him secretly too. but tbh hes just the new real life dude in his 40s in canada.

[@kevinmednis5202]

whats that song at 3:54?

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Probably Country Joe or somebody like that.

[@_Father_Stone]

Song at 2:08 anyone?

[@C.Hawkshaw]

A very rough stab at it would be Dick Dale?

[@skirbs9394]

is it bad that i prefer the fake dude then the real

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Lots of people prefer movies to real life.

[@deepfreezevideo]

This was Jeff Dowd's "student film": kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYiwdGt4pdpnfK8

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

I prefer Jeff Bridges.

[@Ard.cfc90]

The real Life Dude is Walter 🤣

[@farcydebop]

To me, it looks like he inspired more Anton Chigurh.

[@zejose5369]

where can i buy that shirt?

[@howtoteachscience]

It's pretty rare. I found one on eBay by accident. She said it was from a Lebowski con.

[@jigrodrigues]

3:40 says it all

[@GaryPotocki82]

Anne Ramsey Long lost Brother

[@geraldking4080]

Is this your homework Larry?

[@jshepard152]

You're killing your father Larry.

[@archiepancakes5186]

Fucking A

[@nw8000]

Hes not the dude! I am the real dude and so is my WIFE!!

[@stinkywizzleteats2126]

There could be the dude 2

[@ILordSpawnI]

6:12 Wow

[@russellleblanc1539]

Mmm I'm glad her provided the inspiration for "The Dude" but I can see myself losing patience with this guy fast. Thou he gave "inspiration" we all need to remember he's Jeff "The Dude" Dowd, not Jeff "The Dude" Lobowski, who inspired people to follow a new freeform let it go way of life. I can see myself never getting sick of JD-L, thinking.. this man is so chill. How can you hate him? He don't give a f*** who's President, or if you don't like him.. He just wants to have a good time.

[@tonyetzu]

All ever wanted was to get his rug back.

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Shut up, Walter!

[@jshepard152]

With Brandt as my witness...

[@1qwasz12]

Walter is based on director John Millius.

[@lakedavidson]

this guy tries, therefore is not the dude

[@soyraminla6549]

Wow, I’m disillusioned 😟😢

[@blekpero]

Reminds me of slavoj zizek guy.

[@trufantom21]

Dead ringer

[@DirectorsOnNature]

no way? this is based off a real ... dude?

[@thedukeofcalifornia129]

That was shienni

[@pierceaero3005]

'So, Grampa Spicoli Dude? Like Spicoli from Ridgemont but from the freaking Flintstone days?! Bridges was the real Tucker, Against All Odds, man! Not this Caucasian swallower! Have a Sasparilla con Flan Tortilla! Gouge Ebb Tide mixed Ethyl and Mary Jane Croft on The Lucy Show and had to apologize to Barb for killing his own chances. Opium Poppy felt Penny Metal and died. Beau! Help your brother! Michelle Pheiffer would.' What John John, Jackie, Eunice, and the Tony Dow would say if they could. Probably.

[@mutajen3695]

This guy almost ruined my love of that movie, man

[@tmcge3325]

Sorry, this clown is NOT The Dude!

[@Tendomcgoobin]

Seriously how do people like this pay their rent

[@chrisoleary9876]

The Dude is dead! Long Live The Dude!

[@evileyemcgaming]

i never know it was bace on some one

[@Spoofsinyourface]

Yeah, nah dude. I'm more the dude than this dude. Just had to like voice my opinion man. Now I'm going to sleep.

[@tonyetzu]

He is more like an overweight Kramer.

[@theultimatecatloverchannel9432]

He ruins The Dude for me. He's gross.

[@isafakir]

yawn

[@jeremymullins1294]

take a nap man.

[@bozephus4844]

Ummm, ya' know... etc.

[@vinayseth1114]

3:50 - 'No politician in the world has ever been a leader'- Umm, Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin?

[@twod0ves]

kennedy is trash

[@losttango]

MLK was the leader. JFK followed, quite slowly. But yeah, exaggeration.

[@vinayseth1114]

@@losttango Yep. MLK. Gandhi. Very very few, but they've been there. In current times, the New Zealand PM comes to mind-very successful in battling the pandemic in her country.

[@salstress]

this guy is super annoying and obnoxious. kinda makes me like the movie less.

[@dividepaths]

sals tress shhhhhhhh

[@catholicdad]

John Doe rofl

[@vinayseth1114]

No he's not. Are you a Westerner? Perhaps you've been brainwashed into thinking that only a monotonous voice is acceptable enough to listen to.

[@jaredf3844]

The movie wasn't based on this guy... This guy decided to try and act like the dude for a bunch of dumb millennials after the movie came out

[@JFizoust]

You know it's funny or cool or whatever for a while. Then you realize it's just a guy who can't get a girl, barely makes rent, and spends all his money on booze. When it's someone like Jeff Bridges (young) it's appealing, but when they get into their 50's, 60's, 70's and still living the same lifestyle it's just sad. My home town is full of "cool" people who do the same shit every single weekend. You end up working in a factory your entire life and never seeing the world.

[@grendlsma]

I would say that Mr. Dowd has accomplished more in his life and seen more of the real world than the vast majority of folks that you might consider successful.

[@marioiacolucci]

+grendlsma is he still alive?

[@creatrixtrodler6659]

Most saddest people are judgmental bitches,have a good day.

[@TetraSamurai]

It's all about moderation. If you go through life with a "fuck it" attitude all the time, you'll be a lonely and poor son of a bitch for your whole life. However, it's actually beneficial to go through life with a "fuck it" attitude towards things that you can't control.

[@RuneFun12]

Not that sad really... We are all going to die anyway so nothing really matters that much does it ?

[@kuddos]

This movie is so overrated.

[@kuddos]

But, that's like your opinion man.

[@isafakir]

but it's approved by the famous zen master bernie glassman - how could that be over rated :-)

[@isafakir]

@Kuddos Feher actually it's not like his opinion, it is his opinion.

[@dravendfr]

isafakir "Yeah? Well, that's like- uh, your opinion, man."

[@TomSmith-sj2zq]

...yeah...chinatown is a great movie watch that.