Chuckles the Clown
You can feel the panic in these final few videos. College was probably only weeks away. Friends were departing. There was hardly anyone left to put in front of the camera. The result was improvisational garbage like this that was more about my need to keep the tape rolling than it was anything else. The sole impetus for this was that I had come into possession of a clown outfit. (What, such things never happened to you?)
I just deleted a bunch of text about how bad this movie is and I'll tell you why. Yeah, sure, this is one painful flick. My accent is something that should be hunted down and killed. I barely knew what a documentary was, much less a mockumentary. But at the end of the day, this was probably the only Danman Production that revolved around a character rather than a plot of irretrievable complexity. Good effort, me.
This was prized in Danman lore for one reason: that basketball shot. Holy crap. I was supposed to miss. Yet somehow I sunk it. Jami's still smarting from it, I guarantee you.


3 Comments:
You hit the nail on the head. It's the only one that takes place in the here and now and features actors playing people their own ages. (BREAKDOWN and TWILIGHT ZONE get close, but they both have one character who's supposed to be "old.")
I just watched Chuckles. You could never in a million years make that shot again. I think it was that shot that forced me to give up my dreams to be an NBA player and decide to become an attorney. I have you to thank for this. -Jami
The ass-kicking you took in Chuckles doesn't compare to what happened to you in Godfathers Part One.
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