Let’s Just…

Let’s take an iconic horror villain and reboot the story making the character female…

Remember when Apple & Pepsi gave away a million iTunes downloads?

Let’s take over a franchise, use the same colors & mascot and give it a similar name…

Let’s disrespect, fight with, & cry for defunding of law enforcement. Oh, wait, no Mardi Gras because not enough law enforcement?

Let’s offer high-speed wi-fi so climbers can tweet out their ascent instead of unplugging and enjoying the wonders of nature…

Let’s not spend money to upgrade our ranch vehicles & cause an employee undue physical stress ending in his death. Oh, let’s give the family $7,500 in compensation…

Let’s raise the price of our EVs so consumers can’t get the tax rebate…

Most EVs won’t qualify for the rebate currently…

Let’s show the rival political party voters how to switch parties in order to gain primary votes…

For the month of August on “Sunday Cinema” we will be looking at the comedy specials our parents didn’t want us to see. Comedians who are the true “kings of comedy” that made us laugh and changed the comedic landscape forever…

Our first exposure to Sam was on Rodney Dangerfield’s “Young Comedians Special” that aired on HBO. He blew up the 1980’s with his screaming & crass humor. This was his last recorded special before tragically dying in a drunken car crash (surprisingly he wasn’t the drunk)…

The video posted says pt. 1, but this is the entire VHS recording…

5 Messed Up Movies

5 movies that I thought were messed-up when I saw them:

“Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness”. I saw this movie at the local Family Video store, the embossed cover showing the title in dripping bloody lettering with a silver razor blade at the bottom caught my eye. Filmed in mid-80’s video format, Mike Strauber caught his wife in bed with his best friend. Taking off alone, Mike began to descend into madness with self-mutilation and later escapes from a mental institution to go on a murderous rampage. Tons of low-budget but super-squeamish special effects, the corkscrew scene still makes my stomach churn. When looking on iMDB, I saw that it spawned 4 sequels. Crazy…

Someone posted a copy of the movie online, be aware that it may make you sick…

“Video Violence”. Another one of those “eye-catching” video boxes that got my attention of a burned & bloody hand holding onto a VHS tape being inserted into an old-school VCR. The tagline reads, “When renting isn’t enough!!” and it’s another movie filmed using a 1980’s video camera. A couple from New York City move to a small town in upstate New York to run a video rental store. The townspeople treat them rudely as outsiders and only seem to rent violent/horror/porn videos. A mysterious tape shows up in the return bin that shows the violent execution of the town’s postmaster, who was said to have moved to Florida after retiring. One thing leads to another and the video store owner and his wife find out what happens to outsiders and those who try to move out of town. It spawned a sequel that featured 2 of the characters starting a 24 hour violence cable channel filled with cheesy commercials & television shows.

Someone posted the first movie online, again – this could make you squeamish…

“Faces of Death”. When I saw the first video, I was totally creeped out. There was a warning on the box stating that it shouldn’t be viewed by children, the elderly, or the squeamish. I thought that everything was real, including the monkey dinner scene. Years later I learned that in-between real archived film clips there were supposed “re-creations” of actual things that were reported as happening. It spawned 6 sequels, I had only viewed 3 of them (2,3,4).

Someone posted the first movie online, even YT has a disclaimer about its contents…

“Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974). This film has been rebooted several times, the latest being 2022 via Netflix. The original was so bizarre and crazy, just watching it gave you anxiety. Learning about the making of the film makes it that much worse knowing what the actors and film crew had to endure. It wasn’t very bloody, but more of the psychological aspect that got you.

Check out this behind-the-scenes documentary to give you a better understanding of the film and how it was made…

“Session 9”. I think my wife & I rented this movie because of David Caruso (she was a HUGE “CSI: Miami” fan at the time) and the plot sounded interesting. An asbestos abatement company wins the bid on decontamination of an abandoned mental asylum. Things start going awry as the group explore the grounds & poking through old files and such. The ending was really messed up, stuck with us for quite a while. It was shot at a real abandoned asylum and needed little as far as set dressing because much of the old equipment and files were still scattered around the building.

I could only find the trailer, not available anywhere as far as streaming or otherwise…

Well, those are 5 of the messed-up movies I could think of off the top of my head. I am sure there are more out there, be sure to share with us some of your favorite messed up movies!

For the month of August on “Sunday Cinema” we will be looking at the comedy specials our parents didn’t want us to see. Comedians who are the true “kings of comedy” that made us laugh and changed the comedic landscape forever…

We rememeber the “Carlin on Campus” & “Playin’ with Your Head” specials from HBO (which are available online in audio-only format), this is a black & white raw recording of his standup in Passaic, NJ where he really lets loose and shows his genius…

Someone posted this raw video online, be wary of the sound quality…

Good Gravy, Not Again!

I guess Adidas thought this was okay because Christians are hated in this country. I wonder what kind of backlash there would have been if it had been Jewish or Muslim references…

Who gives a shit? What about Robert Kraft & his girlfriend? There’s a 38-year difference between those two. Now if the rumors are true Dane met her at 17 but waited until she was 18 to start dating…

When are people going to learn that it’s much easier to ferret out plagiarism these days than before the internet? There’s no “maybe”, they took lines word-for-word from a poem by a prisoner…

A sequel that probably didn’t need to get made, the title comes from a psychological or other mental disorder that affects 2 or more people. With Lady Gaga being added to the cast bets are that Harley Quinn will make an appearance…

The new powers-that-be at WB felt the finished Batgirl movie wasn’t up to snuff to be released to theaters and didn’t want such a hot IP relegated to streaming platforms. Interesting to learn Keaton will once again put on the cowl within the DCEU…

Here we go yet again. Amazon Studios is “reimagining” the 1989 film “Road House” with Jake Gyllenhaal taking Patrick Swayze’s place as Dalton. Conor McGregor has been added to the cast as an “original character” and not playing himself…

Mountain climbers in France will have to pony up a $15,000 deposit to summit Mont Blanc. This is to cover the cost of a rescue & funeral. The mountain is being accessed by so many inexperienced climbers that the mayor of Courmayeur felt the costs for rescues/funerals shouldn’t fall to French citizens.

I thought a comedian make a joke about this, getting stuck on It’s a Small World and having the song constantly play for hours. This happened recently…

For the month of August on “Sunday Cinema” we will be looking at the comedy specials our parents didn’t want us to see. Comedians who are the true “kings of comedy” that made us laugh and changed the comedic landscape forever…

“Dice” was an icon of late 1980’s stand-up comedy. His misogynistic humor & chain-smoking attracted thousands to attend sold-out shows at Madison Square Gardens. Being banned from MTV was a badge of honor for him. This was his first HBO special, the one that truly launched his career into the stratosphere…

Someone posted the entire 1989 special online, a classic to behold…

For the month of August on “Sunday Cinema” we will be looking at the comedy specials our parents didn’t want us to see. Comedians who are the true “kings of comedy” that made us laugh and changed the comedic landscape forever…

Probably the first recorded special of Richard Pryor, this video was released in 1985 but recorded in 1971. Here is his raw genius onstage making people laugh. We remember his later special, “Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip”, which is available as an audio recording if you search for it.

The “official” account for Richard posted this online, so check it out!

Everything’s Fine

We’re not in a recession says the person that inflation is “transitory”… A comment on a YouTube video about the recent GDP numbers says it all – “They can redefine what “recession” means but that’s not going to lift people out of struggling economically any more than redefining hunger will stop people from physically starving….”

“MCU Burnout” was evident at the recent SDCC & people called out the virtue signaling at one of the panels…

The “Restoring Artist Expression” Act (or RAP Act) is being introduced to prevent rapper’s lyrics from being introduced into court cases. Young Thug & Gunna are on trial for racketeering, their lyrics & social media are being used as evidence...

A lawmaker in the Phillipines has proposed a bill making “Ghosting” a criminal offense…

Someone offered a Lambo in exchange for a flawless Lebron James triple Logoman card from Panini…

Spain has launched a “body positive” campaign declaring all women’s bodies are “beach bodies”…

Sprite is trying to become more environmentally friendly by ditching their green bottles…

A Leonard Cohen tribute album is coming out in October featuring an array of different artists from Norah Jones to Iggy Pop…

Could Wade Wilson be Van Wilder???

Although not completely unusual (there are cycles of drought), it is crazy to see what was hiding on the bottom of Lake Mead…