See a Broad to Get That Bodiac, Lay'er Down an' Smack 'em Yack 'em!

David Zucker, the comedic geinus behind the Airplane! movies has now set his sights on Michael Moore and plans to put out a little comedy about the left wing soon.

This should be cool.

New Hunter S. Thompson Flick Coming Out

Well, I guess this is what I get for not frequenting The Great Thompson Hunt more often...I missed the boat on the upcoming documentary, Gonzo, about Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

The New York Times reviewed it yesterday and I will have to get up to the Cedar Lee to check it out sometime after it opens here in the rust belt next week.

Just going on the review, it seems that the documentary might fall prey to the trajectory that the Good Doctor's career did...his public image later carried him much more than his earlier literary genius did. In his last 15 years or so, Thompson's writing, in my opinion really fell off and he had to rely on the (partially-fabricated) persona of a drugging, hard-drinking mountain man, rather than the astute observer of American life who many of us fell in love with.

It's a real shame, too. Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72 is one of my favorite books of all time. If you can cut through some of his fantastic side stories, it's really the most compelling campaign narrative I've ever read. To pull a McGovern staffer's quote from the review article, it was "the least factual, most accurate account" of the election.

All this said, I'll be sure to check it out. My only hope is that they don't waste time with hanger-on John Cusack, who seems to get his mug in every Thomson post-mortem I come across.

As Promised

Sweet Transvestite, from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

You go, girl!

"Say, Do Any of You Know How to Madison?"

The little Clinton joke I currently have over on the funny picture up top made me wax nostalgic for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, so I had to throw up The Time Warp.

Will have to post up that transvestite song later on in the week.

Enjoy!

What Ever Happened to John Hughes?

While I don't often ask myself this question in those quiet moments, I did find this LA Times article from this week a nice step back in time.

Hughes made some of the most popular movies around when I was growing up, including Weird Science, 16 Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Breakfast Club.

I guess he's kind of a recluse now.

Addendum...some people had the "Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out, John!" feeling when he rode off to Chicago's north shore.

Wow. This is Cool.

Came across a totally cool shadow puppet movie by this guy, Raymond Crowe.

He's Australian.