surelyyourenotserious.com
Cooter Slams New Dukes Movie

CooterIf you will recall, last year I posted about the impending release of the new Dukes of Hazard movie. Due to the relentless march of time, they movie is almost here and, from the movie trailer I can see that my prediction of “the most sucktacular movie of all time” seems to be safe. Every scene in the trailer that includes Jessica Simpson’s Daisy is full of raunchy double-entendre that I’m quite sure Simpson herself did not really understand. And there are several clips in which “Stifler” and Knoxville, playing the Duke boys, seem to have left the set of the Dukes of Hazard and stumbled onto the set of American Pie 4.

Now, I have to confess something here. It’s not easy for me to admit, being a hard core geek, but when I was a young niblet, I was a huge Dukes fan. As I gained wisdom with age, I learned that “red neck” is not a desirable title and shed almost all vestiges of the lifestyle… almost. I’m still a NASCAR fan and have a favorite driver, even though I can’t help but make fun of the ridiculous southern accent that is the language of NASCAR.

I do still have some respect for the original TV series and I take it seriously when one of the original cast members cuts loose on the Hollywood version. Ben Jones played the lovable Cooter on the TV series (and was later elected to Congress… wow). He now runs a Dukes of Hazard museum and is the most outspoken of the original cast. He posted a news item on his web site concerning the new movie and I think it needs to be shared. You can read the entire post here.

The folks who love our show have kept it alive and well, despite the lack of respect it has been shown by “Hollywood” … The “Dukes” movie is a sleazy insult to all of us who have cared about the “Dukes of Hazzard” … Ours is a classic family show with positive values, great action, wonderful slapstick comedy, mighty fine country music, and a very gifted cast who had great chemistry … I haven’t seen the film, but I have read the script, I’ve talked to a lot of people who worked on the set, and I’ve seen the raunchy t.v. commercial. Frankly, I think the whole project shows an arrogant disrespect for our show, for our cast, for America’s families, and for the sensibilities of the heartland of our country. Unless they clean it up before the August 5th release date I would strongly recommend that true blue Dukes fans hold their noses and pass this one up. And whatever you do, don’t take any youngsters to see it. As plain as I can put it, the only thing this movie shares with our show is the title.

So there you have it. Cooter says, “No!” and I am inclined to agree.

And yet more poo.

Yep... more poo. I have found that the more I work with youth, the more I find myself using more and more obscure references to “curse” words. (And apparently I use the word “more” more and more as well.) I caught this fine example in today’s Dilbert:

Monkey Hurlage

Niiiice.

Another great source for alternative expletives is the movie “Elf” (which I watched last night), especially if you check out the DVD extras and get to see all of Will Ferrell’s ad-libbing. (On a side note, I love “Elf” and give it four grins. I feel that this is Will Ferrell’s best (and cleanest) movie yet.)

Stop working so hard!

Nobody notices what I do, until I don’t do it.

WBQotW #33 makes me sad. Not because I feel the pain of this experience, but because I know so many people who do. They should try to be more like Wally and me. We do as little work as possible to avoid setting the precedent expectation of productivity. But if my boss is reading this, then rest assured the above statement was purely non-factual and only stated for the sake of humor. Oh, and please pay no attention to the time stamp of this post.

© Copyright 2004-2005, Light-Spark Design
Powered By WordPress