Boo-Boo Timberlake

News Flash - Justin Timberlake will be the voice of "Boo-Boo" Bear in the upcoming "Yogi Bear" animated movie.

Imagine the scene several months ago in the film's production office:

Executive Producer - "Christmas, 2010 is coming and we need a movie where parents can dump their kids for a couple of hours relief from the whining that everyone else got better presents than they did and everything that they got was broken by noon."

Producer - "That could be tough. We've run out of TV cartoon characters from the 70s and 80s that parents can tolerate and that kids think are new and exciting. We've made Scooby Doo, Flintstones,and even Rocky & Bullwinkle movies. About all that's left is Yogi Bear. The problem is that we need big name stars to do the voice-overs and who would lower himself to do that nasal, whiny Boo-Boo. After Robert DeNiro did Boris Badenov in "Rocky", his career went down the toilet. We got Dan Ackroyd to do the voice of Yogi, but we had big name actors lining up outside the door for the chance to say "smarter than the average bear".

Casting Director - "I can't believe it! I just got a call from Justin Timberlake and he wants to do Boo-Boo!"

Producer - "Wait a minute. Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears' former boyfriend, lead singer of 'N Sync, the man who brought sexy back wants to voice-over a nasal, whiny baby bear in a kid's movie? Sign him up before he comes to his senses. He's either intentionally committing career suicide or he's got more self-assurance than Frank Sinatra in his prime."

Actually, Justin Timberlake comes across as a decent, non-ego-driven guy when he's interviewed on The Daily Show or when he hosts "Saturday Night Live". My guess is that he is doing Boo-Boo because it might be fun. Good for him.