It was while watching the Bills game yesterday at JJ’s on Elmwood (Casa di Pizza), that a couple of my friends and I came to the conclusion that Orton (Bills QB) bears a striking resemblance to the character Uncle Rico in the movie Napoleon Dynamite. We got a good chuckle just thinking about Orton and Uncle Rico. Moments later we heard someone at the bar shout, “Throw it over them mountains!”, which is a reference to a quote from the movie. It appeared that more fans were picking up on the resemblance as the game played out and as more cameras focused in on Orton on the sidelines.
Just this morning I saw on Facebook that Store716 was promoting a new t-shirt on its site. The shirt is called “Uncle Orton”, and reads, “Over the Mountains”.
The shirt sells for $15 and is available on the Store716 website (see here).
For an Uncle Rico refresher, here are some of his best lines from the movie: