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Now I want to see a mashup titled "Leaving Las Vegas in 60 Seconds." A bunch of drunks bet each other that they can race from Vegas to Salt Lake City... it would be a very short movie and the I-15 North will be a massive pileup of bodies and steel when it's done.

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"Oh noooo! That a massive pileup of bodies and steel is blocking the entire I-15 North! We can't get to Utah anymore, it's impassable and impossible! What'll we do NOW?"

(THINKS FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN SUPPRESSES A GIGGLE AND HEADS BACK TOWARD DENNY'S--THE FANCY ONE, ON FRONTIER STREET--FOR A "MOONS OVER MY HAMMY")

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Gio Ribisi is another Scientologist. Do I see a theme here?

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They do tend to flock together.

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Oh- flock. Sorry, I misunderstood.

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<<Camille, sudden impact trauma would be one good way to cut short the traditional lingering death scene>>

*furiously scribbles new ending to the Queen Consort...*

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<<there’s plenty more whimsy where that came from>>

That poor dog, how long was he holding in this whimsy?

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We offered him use of the puppy pads, but apparently he felt that was beneath his dignity.

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I hope he at least got a nice bone for his trouble.

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<<his underworld confederates call him “The Carpenter,”>>

He's only just begun...

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Now I'm having flashbacks to that Crocker Bank commercial from 1970:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97X9huy7pHQ

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OMG! You found the original version!

As a music trivia buff, I am impressed!

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Growing up in the Greater Los Angeles Media Market, I saw that damn commercial ten times a day. I don't think I knew until years later that it was an actual popular song and not just a jingle for a local bank.

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The Carpenters version, believe it or not, was a cover of the commercial. Paul Williams....because of course....wrote and performed it int he commercial.

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Wow. I didn't know any of that, but it makes instant and perfect sense.

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Better Living Through Bad Music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27ve_Only_Just_Begun

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<<In fact, many of our celluloid heroes only reach their peak of raw sexuality when behind the wheel.>>

This paragraph brought to you by the American Petrochemical Institute.

API. It's not just for bees anymore.

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<<What is? Hope? Dignity? My will to live...?>>

With Angelina? My erection.

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Love Fast, Die Young, Leave a Good-Looking...uh...well, deflated looking...

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I meant more premature exasperation for her, but OK.

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