Jesus Peace Not Hippie Peace

"Now, which is it gonna be: read Groggy's blog or get a dislocated elbow?"

Notice a certain stetson-doffing hippie cretin in the most popular posts column today? That's because A.V. Club linked my Billy Jack article in a discussion of pop culture fashion. This garnered said article a gobsmacking 1,900 pageviews in the past 24 hours. For basis of comparison, the next most popular article has 115 pageviews in the past week.

Heck, these single-day pageviews alone make it the 5th most popular post in this blog's four year history. I knew my strategy of sloth and inertia would eventually pay off. Plus Tom Laughlin has finally justified his existence.

So yeah, thanks for the link A.V. Club, it's very much appreciated. Don't be strangers.

Busy weekend ahead, with new reviews Sunday or Monday. Happy Easter if I'm not around.

I Taught Him Everything He Knows!!!

Here's something amusing. Check out Wikipedia's page on The Searchers, and you'll see Footnote 14 is from a most peculiar scholarly source:



This is almost as odd - and strangely flattering - as the time someone contacted me via Facebook last year to help with a T.E. Lawrence museum exhibit.

Still, this bodes well for my career as a critic. Now you'll all be able to cite my brilliant commentary on Leprechaun in the Hood in your upcoming thesis paper. And my Earth-shattering, epochal critique of Howard the Duck will surely be as revered by future cineastes as Pauline Kael's review of Bonnie and Clyde is today.

Groggy Dundee: Wikipedia Approved! Now if that's not a ringing endorsement...

Mid-Week Update

Some bits of news to catch up on:

- Two TV legends have passed away this week. Barbara Billingsley, June Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver and Tom Bosley, Mr. Cunningham from Happy Days. I have precious little experience with Leave it to Beaver, but I was a regular viewer of Happy Days for some time. Bosley and Marion Ross were (along with Henry Winkler) the show's foundation, keeping things together even in the dread days of Scott Baio and Ted McGinley (*Hank Hill shudder*). RIP to both.

- In happier news, Jeffrey M. Anderson of Moviefone penned a superlative tribute to John Wayne. Definitely worth a look.

- DVD Savant wrote a surprisingly scathing review of that renowned horror "classic," The Exorcist, which raised some hackles (and, in another Pittsburgh Yoohoo moment, received the support of many, including yours truly). His review convinced me to finally see the flick, which failed to impress me; I hope to review it soon, as I have many the same problems as the venerable Mr. Erickson.

- Budd Boetticher's excellent Western Ride Lonesome is on TCM at 8 tonight! I didn't get to review it after my first viewing, so stay tuned.

Pittsburgh Yoohoo

Groggy Dundee favorite DVD Savant put out a great, glowing review of Inglourious Basterds today, which is pretty much a polar opposite of my rather negative take on the film. I submitted a comment to his e-mail and Mr. Erickson was kind enough to post it on his page.

I guess this is celebrity of the most esoteric sort, being name-dropped by a moderately-popular online film critic. Still, it's pretty cool by my standards, especially given the respect in which I hold the Savant.

If you wanted useful commentary, read the two other reviews I submitted earlier today and pipe down. It's finals week besides.