Posted by Jeff Rife on 12/05/05 18:45

Derek Janssen (djanss@nospam.charter.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> And at this traditional point in the thread, I'll fulfill my official
> duties as one of the three people in North America who remembers that
> Lucas *didn't* write or direct it, and that the project was primarily
> the brainchild of Willard "Radioland Murders" Huyck and Gloria "Temple
> of Doom" Katz--
> For whom no script was too stale-sitcom and borscht-belt for Lucas to
> NOT sugar-daddy entire movie projects for, out of eternal gratitude for
> their writing the first "American Graffiti". (qv. "More American Graffiti")

All true, but "Howard" was a fun, dumb comic book movie. It wasn't faithful
to the actual comic, but had *a* comic book spirit. If "The Tick" live
action TV show can make it on DVD, "Howard" can. Both are pretty stupid,
but both have some hilarious moments.

--
Jeff Rife | "As we sit here and idly chat, women--female
| human beings--are rolling around in strange
| beds with strange men, and *we* are making money
| from that."
| "Is this a great country, or what?"
| -- "Night Shift"

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