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Screenplay by Lincoln duo hits Hollywood’s funny bone
- JEFF KORBELIK / Lincoln Journal Star
- Apr 8, 2006
- Apr 8, 2006
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Nearly all of the 13 boys in the team photo stare straight-faced into the camera — except Rick Stempson and Andrew Stock. The two stand side by side in the back row — Rick sporting a short, sun-bleached haircut and Andrew a 1980s mullet — grinning from ear to ear as if they’re in on a joke that no one else knows about. And, in this case, they are.
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