Will these four men become as famous as Forrest?
Four magicians have set out to walk nearly 3,000 miles across the United States -- from San Francisco to New York City.
And their reasoning is not much different from Forrest Gump's: Because they felt like it.
SF Weekly spoke to the crew via phone on Thursday as they walked down El Camino Real through San Mateo, carrying 50-pound packs and pushing a shopping cart; they are on their way to Yosemite.
"Nobody believed we were serious," said 28-year-old Edwin Bond. "But as soon as we started people offered to help or contribute in any way they could."
So we ask what kind of people would want to make that trek and why?
Well, the Hawaii natives tell us they were all street performers -- magicians, jugglers, and balloon artists, whose careers came to an end when the government in Waikiki bulldozed the streets where they performed.
The crew -- which includes Bond, Michael Nelsen, Bulla Lepen, and Arthur Stout -- got together and decided to take their magic on the road. And since none of them had seen all of the United States, they came up with this ambitious goal to walk across the nation to showcase their street performance, and document it along the way. Once they get to New York, they plan to turn it into a television series.