Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
I noticed, to my great surprise, that I recently recorded three 1960’s Italian science fiction movies; this would’ve hardly been surprising if I liked 1960’s Italian science fiction films or could remember more than five minutes ago; but, I prefer my science fiction without a bossa nova sound track. And, there’s the slapping. For some […]
Read More A Covid RantStar of the movie, Gregory Walcott, told director Ed Wood that his script was the worst he’d ever read; but, that was only because the script to Rocky V had yet to be written. ♠ Plan 9 was named ‘Worst Film of All Time’ in the book “The Golden Turkey Awards”. Ed Wood named “The […]
Read More Terribly Written Facts about Plan 9 from Outer SpaceThe horse’s head left in the bed of the producer was real. It was originally going to be part of Marlon Brando’s lunch. ◙ The words “mafia” and “mob” weren’t used in the movie due to input from the Italian-American Civil Rights League, who felt it would stereotype Italian-Americans. They told director Francis Ford Coppola […]
Read More Facts About The Godfather You won’t Turn DownWiggly Adams was exasperated. “They still haven’t broken through the wall. These are the laziest workers I’ve ever hired” Professor Colin Winston chuckled warmly, “You’re the one who had to save money by hiring fewer whippers” “Well, the people I hired to whip the workers aren’t whipping hard enough. Perhaps if I hire someone to […]
Read More Mystery of the Mummy’s Cell PhoneThere are no gunfights, car chases, martial arts and, if there IS a topless scene, it happened while I was in the bathroom. ♦ They call it “Citizen” Kane, but you never get to see his long form birth certificate. ♦ He called his sled, “Rosebud”, which is not a sled name. Sleds have names […]
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Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 