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MSU alum, award-winning actor John Goodman voices campaign ad for Lucas Kunce
By Susan Szuch, Springfield News-Leader,
1 day ago
A notable Missouri State University alumnus lent his voice to Senate candidate Lucas Kunce's most recent ad campaign.
Actor John Goodman narrated the ad "Family values, or something else," where Goodman tells voters they can vote for family values with Kunce or "something else" with Sen. Josh Hawley. The ad also highlights Goodman and Kunce's shared background, something the Democratic candidate has emphasized throughout the campaign.
"Lucas and I both learned family values is really about people taking care of each other and doing the right thing through good times and tough times," Goodman said in the video.
"Family values didn't mean cruelty. It didn't mean fake patriotism. It didn't mean telling people how to live or family profits," Goodman said in the ad. "It didn't mean leaving folks behind or making life harder for hardworking people and it sure as hell didn't mean robbing people. None of that is family values. That's something else."
“Kunce’s idea of ‘family values’ is letting men into girl’s bathrooms, crushing girl’s sports, and destroying family farms by banning gas and diesel," Jackson said. "Kunce is good for Hollywood liberals and bad for Missourians. It’s nuts, but it’s Kunce.”
John Goodman is an award-winning actor who was born in Afton and attended what was then Southwest Missouri State University in the 1970s. He came to the university to play football, but ended up falling in love with acting there, according to an MSU bio written during the school's Onward and Upward Campaign.
"I was so fortunate to find that passion at Missouri State, where there were great, caring people to teach me," Goodman said. "They opened doors for me. They guided me to use my eyes and ears. I learned to observe life honestly so I could apply it to my craft and, later, my life."
Goodman is best known for his role in the TV show "Roseanne," for which he won a Golden Globe award in 1993. He has also starred in numerous Coen Brother movies, including "The Big Lebowski" and voiced James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in the 2001 Pixar movie "Monsters Inc."
Goodman chaired the university's largest and most recent fundraising campaign and is a longtime supporter of arts and theater. An amphitheater, and the permanent home for Tent Theatre , is named in his honor.
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