R.I.P. Inventor of the P.K.E. Meter

It is unfortunate that two posts today have to do with death, but such is life.

I once auditioned for a film called Analyze This as Billy Crystal's son. A playwright named Israel Horowitz got the audition. I ended up getting 1 callback, and in that callback I read with Harold Ramis, who was directing the movie. I was 13 at the time, I believe, so Ghostbusters and its popularity height in my life wasn't so far in the past. And though he certainly looked different than the man I had seen as Egon, he was still the genius who also helped give birth to that awesome cartoon I used to watch. I didn't end up getting the part, but it was a pretty cool moment to read with the one and only.

Of course, I'd be more educated over the years as to the extent of Harold's talent. Though I knew he was directing Analyze This, and I had seen Groundhog Day in the theaters, I don't think I knew he had directed it, on top of numerous other movies.

The world has lost a legend.

We bid you farewell, Harold.

Friday Night Can Bring Some Random On...

METS. NOT.....REALLY.

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Boogie Randomly Bad Boy Style

BAD. BOY. BOOGIE.
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Some Random Connie Francis for those that don't know who Connie Francis is.

And of course for those who know her well.

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How Much Less Could I Care About The Mets Being Down 4-0 to the Nats Right Now?

This Much Less.

Here's the Random Song of the Day.

THREE. MORE. DAYS. NOW.
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Some Late Night Hummel

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This guy.

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And Now I Know More About Bo.

I may have been behind many of you on these, but this weekend I went on a 30 for 30 marathon. I started with Four Days in October (about the Red Sox comeback in 2004, which was...Okay), and then kept clicking whatever was next in the 30 for 30 series (mostly having something to do with baseball, though there is a doc about the world of the sports agent I watched as well, called The Dotted Line. And in that, they covered Johan Santana's contract and the agent who locked it down.)

But then I SERIOUSLY discovered that I Didn't Know Bo.

I was born in 1985, a year before Bo Jackson went pro. So, I missed his Auburn running back days and I certainly was not conscious enough to remember what it was like to watch Bo Know Everything. PLUS, unlike many homes, my parents' TV was not tuned to sports as frequently as the latter years of my childhood. 

Anyway, my point is that I missed the era when Bo Jackson was basically the sports headline every day of the year. It's baseball season? Bo is gonna crush it, and dive spectacularly for a ball. It's football season? Yeah, Bo is gonna take off (and bulldoze anyone in his way.)

He is only a story to me, a legend that is only here in whispers of the greatest feats ever and some highlights we've had on loop since his hip injury. I missed watching the greatest athlete ever, but enjoyed every second of people telling me what I missed.

If you didn't catch Bo the first time around, or if you did and it's been too long since you thought about it or saw some highlights, do yourself a favor and watch You Don't Know Bo.

It's on Netflix, along with the other 30 for 30's, but it is also broken down on youtube. So, let's begin at the beginning, shall we?

Also, I want to get to more Mets stuff later, though there is a possibility I won't because of Passover (Good Yontif to my fellow Jewish brethren.) If I am not able to post more today, expect a Metsian post of some sort by the morning.

OH! ...And opening day is in A WEEK!!!!!!!

SEVEN. MORE. DAYS.
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Shake, Random and Roll

Brought to you by Pandora.

(Random 'Round the Clock would have been the clichè pick, but Pandora, with the first song up, thought otherwise.)

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And because at this late hour I cannot make a choice out of the photos this here internet provides for all of us, a Converted Mets Fan Scroll Show of Bill Haley & the Comets.

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One More Before I Hit the Hay...

...When did it become 3:50 in the morning?

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I've Been Randomly Not Random Enough Lately...

More to come as the day goes along.

For now, Randomly a Stevie B-side (though when you think about it, the lyrics are very poignant...)

I'm an all day sucker

Comin' to get somethin' to get nothin'

I'm an all day sucker

Coming to give something but to get none of your love.

All Day Sucker for your Love

All Day Sucker Cup for your Love

All Day Sucker for your Love

All Day Sucker Cup for your Love

All Day Sucker for your Love

All Day Sucker Cup for your Love

All Day Sucker for your Love

All Day Sucker Cup for your Love

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Randomly Driving Wheel

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...Did I just watch the crystal skull again?

As the night transitioned to late, I found myself unable to rest these eyes. So, at the behest of the Big Bad Baseball Gypsy (who, after he saw the NY premiere of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, left a message telling me to be very disappointed with it) I put the DVD into my computer ready to give it another shot. I hadn't seen it since it opened (I can't believe it's been 5 years), and the ridiculousness of it had come around to the Voodoo Guy, allowing him to have a blast with it recently. So I figured, "What the feck?" (Clearly, though, I should stop watching baseball games with the guy; something I failed to mention about Friday night.)

...I'm not exactly sure where to begin with this one. I guess we should all start with the control for bad movies: The Star Wars Prequels. So, where does The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull rank in terms of Star Wars Prequality? Not....really close to there, but by no means ranking near the Originals, or a good movies in general. But when you throw all concern of not having a good time out the window, you don't feel like you've wasted your time, and you could even come close to enjoying yourself (rather than sleeping.)

Let us then start with the good, and preface it by saying that I watched it through the credits (if only to give John Williams his due.) 

Automatically, Steven Spielberg at this stage of his career is far and superior to George Lucas in terms of execution. This immediately is evident and is thankfully there throughout. The acting holds up (to an extent, with the script given [though it's not TERRIBLE]). My man Ray Winstone is always awesome, and of course there's Harrison Ford, who has an absolute blast being back in the Indy role. And Shia Labeuf is actually a pretty good actor, and unlike other young actors in other shitty movies, because Spielberg has honed his craft over the years (unlike Lucas) he actually knows how to take care of business in that regard. AND he is mostly (relatively) using real sets or locations, and you can feel the actors interacting with things that are actually there. The Indy portion of it is good as well (to an extent.) Ya know, all the archeology stuff and what not. Though it wasn't necessarily at it's best, you mostly got a feel you were in the Indy universe, and it wasn't totally disgusting (though South Park may think otherwise, and I generally agree with them, especially 'cause it's hysterical. I'd link it...but it MIGHT be a little to early in the morning for what I would link...) 

And there's plenty of over-the-top stereotypes that...let's face it...we American moviegoers have eaten up over the years (or have been spoon fed...)

There were other good things...liiiiike.....illustrator Rudolfo Dimaggio...

But it was mostly over lit. In that modern oversaturation of white light that can be found in CBS dramas quite a lot. And yeah, the Russians were the natural place to go in the story of Indiana Jones, and since they've established long ago it was a supernatural universe, aliens were actually a "natural" place to go too since the 50's were big-time into space and sci-fi and all that shit. And hey, I like aliens. I even believe pretty firmly there is no way there ISN'T life out there. But the way it was delivered, especially the climax, didn't really punch me across the face the way a good climax punches you across the face and you're all like, "Whoa! Thanks, wow. I wasn't expecting that but I'm very glad you punched me. Wow. That was GREAT," and was more like, "Wow. You punched me. What the hell?- Asshole." 

...And they kept clearly dying (in real life.) You know what I mean? I know I've already established that I've excepted the Indy universe as being supernatural. But there were TOO MANY close calls after all these years of us being ok with every hero escaping all those bad guys' bad shots and falling off waterfalls THREE times and shit like that. When it happened in this installment, everything just felt TOO unbelievable, and I just....it just didn't work.

At least NBC gave them the rights to Howdy Doody...

Anyway, I've made it this far. I might as well watch Japan and the Netherland Kingdom at 6...

Enjoy waking up everyone.

Here's some Random Thieves in the Night.

SLEEP. WILL. COME. SOON.
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Randomly Manu at Midnight.

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Random Funk Late Night

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Dr. Random

Brought to you by the Big Bad Baseball Gypsy's abode.

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Anybody Remember THIS Random Shit?

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Randomly Fela On This Thursday Afternoon

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It's Randomly Raining Purple

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How Did I Miss This Information?!

It would appear the news that J.J. Abrams is directing the next Star Wars went completely over my head. I loved his Star Trek, so this would appear to be coming together nicely, and also prompts the next Star Wars Track of the Day.

Think about it like this:

People make fan films of Star Wars all the time. 

Now, a fan, who also happens to not only have sharpened his filmmaking skills over time, but his science fiction chops as well (though I could care less for Lost) is going to make a Star Wars fan film...

But he's being given LUCASFILM MONEY to do it.

Fans know exactly what they want.

Fans want more of the last thing they read and they liked.

That's what fans want. They liked that thing you did...

They would like another one of those, please.

 Neil Gaiman, British Author, interview in The People Vs. George Lucas

NOW. BOUT. HAMILL.

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I Got a Random Dirty Mind on this Snowy Friday Night

I'm watching the Top 10 Right Fielders and Left Fielders RIGHT NOW on MLB Network. And guess who are NOT on it...?

That might be a joke that entered the blogosphere or the Tweetosphere all at the same time, so I understand the unoriginality of it.

Seriously, though, you guys...We should stop joking about the outfield...

This post actually has nothing to do with baseball. This post has to do with Prince.

The Random Song of the Evening is certainly for primetime play.

Make sure your kids are tucked in tight before this one.

If they could even understand what Prince was saying, they...might have some questions....?

So, close their doors and let your ears take in the mind of one of the greatest.

And certainly one of the dirtiest.

Have a Funky Friday Night, folks.

Some form of baseball is almost here.

SIX. TEEN. MORE. DAYS.

LET'S. GO. METS.

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