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419 - The Rebel Set
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"My plan is based on the interesting fact that if you take a train from L.A to new york there's 4 hour stopover in Chicago." - It's the SAT caper!
"That is the biggest sub-sandwich I've ever seen."
(I'm from New Jersey. Joel should have said Hoagie. Then it would have REALLY been funny!)
"...Plenty enough 2 forget u can't act." Hey u're in this film too, bud!
OWWw, your implant must've inflated again!
Tell Zappa to turn the music down... Ruth Underwood wants her vibes back!
"You know what the trouble with you Beat guys is?"
--You're so Fifties!
Y'know, guys, if this is what being "Beat" was all about, I'd rather be a shallow Post-Boomer -- like you!
Oh, wait a minute, it's a little late for acting lessons! They've started filming already!
"Honey, uh... Kazan wants me for On the Waterfront II: Electric Boogaloo!"
"Johnny feels dark hands pressing him onward. The voices in his head get meaner..."
"And thus did mighty Samson overcome the Philistines..." By hitting them on the head with a sitting stick and wearing a priest costume??
"Do you know anyone who is giving away a million dollars?" Ed McMahon?
Tell me Johnny, what do you think of the new free trade agreement?
I hafta go horsies...
Oh, thanks for being so supportive of my acting career that I took to a life of crime!
(at the newsstand) "Well, let's see...'Rubber Fantasy', 'Latex World', uh, 'Butt Biters', and 'Newsweek'. That'll do."
Guys, if this is what being Beat is all about, I'd rather be a shallow post-boomer. ...like you!
"A cock's comb?" By Henry Miller. "A cock's comb?" By Henry Miller. "A cock's comb?" By Henry Miller...
Then Johnny transmogrifies,He's a shape-shifter and he breaks the forth seal.
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I never get tired of hearing Tom Servo scat!
I love this episode. C'mon.
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...There are a disturbing number of kids in that "lost children" building.
Heh, Gypsy's eye going out as she nods off while Crow outlines his afternoon in Chicago is priceless.
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You know, if I could stretch this short to over 2 hours, and make it about a mentally disabled adult instead of a child, I bet it could win multiple Oscars!
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File this under 'Can't Be Unseen': When Joel is filling in his "Paint-by-Numbers Mark Rothko" what does he draw?
Here's a hint: It's a part of the anatomy of a little less than half of the population.
"You're a boat anchor!"
@26:00, She's miming & moonwalking 2 a flute!
Y'know, I didn't hold up much hope for the short in the first couple of minutes, but then Joel'n'the Bots caught fire and really started ripping into it. This is becoming one of my favorite shorts.
The feature itself wasn't an instant favorite, but it grew on me very quickly, thanks to the riffing on Edward "Chief" Platt and that I Sing Whenever She Sings Whenever I Sing Whenever She Sings Guy.
Another favorite of mine, another ep that I'm surprised hasn't gotten more laughs. (Hey, c'mon! Jazz jokes, a great short, the "Who Is Meritt Stone" finale, and a climactic fight in NEWARK, People! This is a certified gem!)
Paint-By-Number Mark Rothko, that kills me every time!
BTW, The Art Institute of Chicago really is free on Tuesdays--and Evanston is a great place to kill time...
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Is it weird that I'm actually starting to find this film intriguing?
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I'm 90% certain that some of the same Jazz music in this film was used in Manos.
DIRECTOR: Mr. Louis, we're going to put a strange white child in your lap for several minutes and film it...hope you don't mind!
JOE LOUIS: Man, you Canadians are weird...
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Whoa! A "Mirror, Mirror" version of the Attack of the Giant Gila Monster kid. That goatee really evils him up a notch.
Good luck giving that hat back to Colonel Blake; he's dead.
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*sniff*
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I was so disappointed to find out this wasn't about the Egyptian god Set.
OK looks like it's pulled from all the free sites, unless you want to watch it in parts. Hulu has it (echchch no thanks their ads are horrible!) Netflix has it on streaming though.
They're on fire during that short!
Worth it for the short alone, but the movie gets less excruciating in the second half.