E-Mailing It In

Traina: Here's the real reason I brought up the 13 year old: Who is your all-time favorite child actor?

Osterhout: Hands down, no contest, my favorite child actor is Jeff Cohen, better known as Chunk from The Goonies. I can't tell you how many times I've done the truffle shuffle or yelled, "Hey, you guys!" As a kid, I related to his ability to cry on command to get what he wanted -- mostly food. Now I just like the fact that he made friends with Sloth. I've got a friend who looks like Sloth and approaching him took some nerve. Unfortunately, this is what Cohen looks like now. What happened to the baby fat?

Rubenstein: Great question. Way back when, Keisha Knight Pulliam was great as Rudy Huxtable. Right now, Bobb'e J. Thompson has been on a roll (in spite of an absurd apostrophe). For me, it may be hard to top Jonathan Lipnicki's cinematic star turn in Jerry Maguire, though any of the three ninjas (Rocky, Colt, or Tum Tum) could stake a claim.

Hildenbrandt: I'll always be partial to Macaulay Culkin for his fine work in The Good Son... er... Home Alone. But, in general, I like to think of favorite child actor moments as opposed to their actual body of work. So, for example: Jonathan Lipnicki's comment in Jerry Maguire ("The human head weighs eight pounds"), anyone on the dreaded "Oreo Line" in The Mighty Ducks, the time Billy Heywood getting caught watching porn in Little Big League, Squints weaseling out a kiss in The Sandlot, the kid who got the bread maker from Will Ferrell in Old School, and the entire performance of that snarky daughter in Remember The Titans. Pretty much anything and everything not involving Miley Cyrus

Osterhout: Dan's mention of Bobb'e J. Thompson reminded me of a YouTube video I saw the other day entitled "Bro Mitzvah Rap". Apparently, a Bro-Mitzvah is a Bar-Mitzvah for African Americans. In the video, Bobb'e pretty much brings down the house.

Osterhout: If Miley Cyrus could tackle, would Lane Kiffin be recruiting her?

Rubenstein: Too old.

Dan Rubenstein hosts and produces the SI Tour Guy video series for SI.com and co-hosts The Solid Verbal podcast. He can be reached at sitourguy@gmail.com. Ty Hildenbrandt writes for SI.com and co-hosts The Solid Verbal podcast. He can be reached at tyhildenbrandt@gmail.com or on Twitter. Jacob E. Osterhout is a features reporter for the New York Daily News and a former writer for Sports Illustrated On Campus. His work can also be found at the College Sports Examiner