And Martin wasn't all that much of a drunk.

Yeah, but it was on every day for years. You really don't need to see all those shows. You're better off with just a few samples to give you an idea what it was about.

Comic relief!

His idea was a pretty straightforward and very corny space opera shoot-em-up with little or no subtlety involved.

That screenplay is total shit.

I was very interested in monster effects at the time, and was a long-time subscriber to Famous Monsters of Filmland. So I was a bit of an outlier in that I used to read a lot about sci-fi and monster movies, and was more in that loop than some other people my age.

Until Star Wars, it was progressively crappier Planet of the Apes sequels, Logan's Run, Omega Man, and some other fairly dismal stuff. After Star Wars, it was all Star Wars rip-offs.

Alligators?

Fucking losers.

There's that diseased store-brand bacon that is humming with trichinosis and nitrites. You don't want that, do you? DO YOU!?

Try to outlaw porn and it will just sneak in your back door.

Yeah. Heroin sandwich.

I tried to get on an elevator with Bill Clinton once and he purposely let the doors close before I got there. He made a half-assed motion toward the "Door Open" button, but I could tell he wasn't really trying.

Heh. More like "9b064ed649fc468f080," amirite?

I recall the thing that interested me in seeing Star Wars was some kind of black and white photo spread in a movie effects magazine at the time. I forget which one. There was practically no advertising. So I saw the movie opening day in a theater that wasn't quite full.

Not interested!

You can't prove it didn't happen.

It's always goddamned Ecuador.

His name is pronounced "GEE-thard."

I have noticed a lot of red, white and blue crap around these days. What a shitty color combination. I hope Betsy Ross was fired for that blunder.