Great anecdote. I too miss my punk days, unfortunately I was stuck in the midwest so it was a bit slimmer pickins as far as bands coming through. Did see Bad Religion when they were starting out, Husker Du, Naked Raygun, etc.

Agreed.  First time I’ve starred someone for a typo.

What?!? I hadn’t heard that, love the original with Tyrone Power. Good choice of director too (maybe Cronenberg would be an even better one but he doesn’t seem as interested in out-and-out strange anymore).  Cheers.

I like your entire comment but I’m starring you for that last sentence.  Good stuff, Maynard.

You should do an article on minstrel shows next.  People enjoyed them at the time too.

Was that Matt Berry toward the end of the the Beverly trailer? This cast is (besides Hirsch) delicious.  I could not get enough of Clement and Plaza on Legion, so glad I’ve got a film to look forward to now.  Cheers.

I’m way late here but it kind of reminds me of “Super Milk Chan”.

Yeah I gotta say that segment was actually more horrific to me in implication than the rest, and I’m seriously baffled it’s not being talked about more.

Hard to believe Alternative Tentacles (the label started by Jello Biafra with a catalog that even by ‘86 had content more musically deviant than the Surfers) would “blanche” at content Touch and Go had no problem with. Me believes there’s a different scenario there (Biafra and Gibby personality clash maybe). Love…

Thanks for another good article in the series. I usually learn a thing or two about each feature I wasn’t aware of. So excuse me while I go try to trace Michael Chabon’s original script!?!  Cheers.

Thanks for weighing in Hoss, with about the coldest take on the medium I could imagine. Hey if you ever run into a working time machine, you should head back to 1940 and write a freelance article for Family Circle, warning parents that “funny books” not only have no literary merit, but will transform their adorable…

I would have left a trail of bodies for a porn drive-in when I was a teen.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I don’t get up to the midwest as much as I’d like anymore (really just major holidays the last few years) but now I’ve got a little something extra to look forward to. Cheers.

Never mind, I did what I should have done in the first place, googled it. Cascade is in west Chicago. I’ll have to try and talk my sis and her fam. into going next time I visit her, she lives in Milwaukee and there’s still one operating in Jefferson, WI. It was a real shame most of them disappeared too, just when…

Classic drive-ins that have been in continuous operation, or revival versions? I just know there wasn’t an operating drive-in anywhere near any of the many places I’ve lived in the last 20 years. A 90 minute drive could be anywhere from Chi-town, what are we talking about rural Indiana?

Thanks Bill, and a big FU to all the Mammon-worshiping douche nozzles who’ve been trying to convince the world that idealist is a dirty word.

Please tell me where you live (not in detail, just city, state) because I haven’t seen an operating drive-in in some time, and lord how I miss them. I will move for that.

I find it a bit ironic that you’re questioning the reading depth of someone who put the information, “...since I’ve only read about 90% of his stuff,” in their post, which you either didn’t read or glossed over and respond with “...you must not have read a lot of Stephen King.” I personally find 90% to be a lot but…

Just comic book nerds doing their thing.

No, I was more attempting to snicker with you over the original poster even attempting such a comparison in the first place (didn’t nail the delivery I guess). I can tell you know your stuff.