ALRIGHT, Let’s Begin.
So, I Found This Photo Over The Weekend, And I’ve Been Trying To Think About How To Explain It, It’s Significance, And The Significance Of The Cache Of Original Material I Found Along With It.
In Case You Can’t Tell…
…’Cause Most Of Y’all Can’t…
…I’m The Snappy-Dresser On The Left.
Go Ahead.
Look Again.
Now…
…Don’t I Look Like “JAMES BOND”?!?
GREAT!!!
Because That’s Exactly Who I Was Supposed To Be At The Time This Photo Was Taken.
This Was The Promotional Photo For The 1996/1997 High School Parody Film, Made For A Class Project.
The Name Of The Flick Was…
…And NO I’m NOT Lying…
“4 “DICKS” AND A CHICK“
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YES, My Peeps…
…I PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE That Was The OFFICIAL Title.
Seriously.
That’s The Really REAL Name.
We Got Away With Calling It That Because We Were A Band Of Four (4) PRIVATE DETECTIVES.
And…
…Since The Nickname For A PRIVATE DETECTIVE Is “PRIVATE DICK”…
…Well…
…That Was Considered Acceptable.
So…
…I Mean, Come On…
…Who Among You Wouldn’t Call At Movie By A Name Like That If You KNEW It Was Going To Be Acceptable?!?!?
Remember…
…You’re 17-Years-Old.
EXACTLY, My Peeps!!!
Damn Near ALL OF YOU Would Have Totally Gone For It.
And We Were No Different.
The “4 DICKS” Were PARODIES Of…
“JAMES BOND“
“COLUMBO“
“THE HIGHLANDER“
“ELIOT NESS“
…And The CHICK Was…
“BETTY CROCKER“
(Codename: “HOOVA“)
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I’m Totally Not Making This Shit Up, My Peeps.
This Was Our Class Movie.
Doesn’t It Just Figure I Was An “A/V” Geek, Also?!
SURE IT DOES!!
O.M.F.G.
Just Remembering All Of This Is Making Me Laugh, And Laugh HARD.
The Plot Went Something Like…
…We Were Hired To Steal “Colonel Sanders” Famous Chicken Recipe For “Hardee’s”…
…Or Some Such Nonsense…
…And Our Contact On The Inside Was “The Colonel’s Former Mistress” Whom Just So Happened To Be…
…Yep…
“BETTY CROCKER“
…Though We Didn’t Know It Was “BETTY” At The Time.
We Were Using Her Codename, “HOOVA“!!!
(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! !!! !!!)
Sheesh.
Yeah.
We Were So SO AWESOME…
…
…NOT!
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Well…
…We Thought We Were At The Time.
So That’s Good Enough To Justify Our Actions.
At Least…
…I Think It Does.
Maybe?!
ANYWAY…
…Regardless Of All The Nonsense And Whatnot…
…This Class Was Where I Developed My Already Budding “A/V” Skills That Helped Me Get Into The Idea Of Becoming A JOURNALIST For The NAVY.
I Already Knew I Was Going To Go Into The NAVY.
That Plan Was Fixed.
Set.
Nothing Was Going To Change My Mind.
And Nothing Did Change My Mind.
The Only Change Was The Job I’d Be Doing.
I Was Actually Considering A Few Possibilities Before Finding-Out About The “JO” Rate In The NAVY.
“JO” Being The NAVY’S Abbreviated Term For A JOURNALIST.
BAAM!!!
That’s All She Wrote.
I Knew What I Wanted To Do.
Period.
And By Gum I Did It, Too.
And I Owe A Bundle Of The Skilled-Knowledge I Went Into The Journalism Program With To THIS CLASS.
I Took The Class Twice, Actually.
As A Junior AND As A Senior.
They Had A Special Stipulation For The Class That Allowed Me To Take It The Second Time.
And I Loved It.
Absolutely Loved It.
That’s One Of The Few Things I Loved About That High School…
…The “A/V” Program.
The Rest Is History.
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So…
…Quickly About My Cache Of Material, Found Along With The Silly-Ass Photo Above.
I Found My Personal Mother-Load!!!
Scenes I’d Written.
Plot Outlines.
Character Ideas.
Titles.
You Name It, I Found It.
And It’s All MINE!!!
(MMMUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!)
MINE MINE MINE!!!
So…
…As Time Goes On…
…Be Expecting Me To Toss Some Of That Original Material On You.
I Have Everything From…
…Horror Scenes…
…To A 1920s/1930s Radio Serial Show Outline.
From A Disaster Epic…
…To En Erotic Love-Story/Murder-Mystery.
It’s All Here, Kids.
Well…
…Not All Of It.
I Have More…
…
…Somewhere…
…Someplace…
…But I’ll Find It.
So BE READY, My Peeps!!!
This Could Get Really REALLY INTERESTING!!!
At Least, I Sure As Shit HOPE IT DOES!!!
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I’ll Be In-Touch, My Peeps.
HOLLA AT Y’ALL L8R!!!
PEACE!!!
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