but at least the hitman at least took you out for ice cream, right? That's gotta be worth something.

D'oh! Thanks for the heads up.

I willingly concede
that I took a perverse, sadistic pleasure in showing you things you really didn't want, or need, to see. Sorry bout that. This feature is all about sharing the pain.

yeah, Keith's very keen on the skateboard-riding bulldog as well. What did you think of the rest of the show? Did you find it as maddening as I did?

This
really made me want to read the book. Despite your reservations about Crowe's writing style and choice of subjects (the kids, instead of the experience of pretending to be one of the kids), it seems like there's a lot of interesting stuff in it that never made it into the film. When I asked you about this…

Hey AJR
For some reason I can't directly respond to your comment. Alas, "August" is 83 minutes of Hartnett being a dick and only five or so minutes of Bowie and Torn tearing him a new asshole. I really wanted to like this, and so did not.

To answer your questions in order: Yes. Yes. About a block away from the capitol on State Street. 2001. 1996 I believe.

For those who have seen it
What do you think of The Wackness? Is it wack? Fresh? Dope? Jiggy? Shizzle For Dizzle? Some other amusingly dated bit of hip hop slang perhaps?

I think Terminator and First Blood (and also the first Austin Powers) were more modest theatrical successes that spawned huge franchises than flops that became iconic.

It's funny because it's true.

It saddens me to say this but yes. It kinda still does.

I agree that the film would have been better had it actually starred the giant disembodied head of Cheech and Chong, a la Robin Williams in "The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen".

There was also a lot of nudity. I was shocked, yes shocked, that this slid by with a PG.

I like how
the DVD box makes it look like the film stars the giant, disembodied heads of Cheech and Chong.

Aw man
Never did I imagine that people online would have strong opinions about the Futurama movies.

When I saw Willie Nelson perform live a few weeks ago he led the crowd through a sing-along version of this song. It was awesome. Also, I would totally watch this shit on purpose.

For those who care
to know what I look like with a little more hair, here's a link to an appearance I made on a popular local PBS restaurant review show: http://www.checkplease.tv/V…

I'm guessing the answer is no
But did anyone see me on the live NBC 6' O' Clock news this morning talking about the big holiday films? It was weird. After the segment was over the anchors said to me "Has anyone ever told you you sound like a gay Valley Girl Ned Flanders? I said "They sure did, anchorenos" though that…

Oh and
I'm thinking of introducing a blog column called "Rejected Rejects" where I'll write mini-My Year Of Flops-type columns about movies I saw as potential candidates but ultimately chose not to turn into full-on Case Files. The first two films I'm thinking about writing about are "Radioland Murders" and "Critical…

It's funny that you say that cause when I interviewed Jack Black back in the day he told me I sounded like Ira Glass.