Ty Webb wrote:One of my favorite books is Half Baked: A Pot Smoker's Guide to Film and Video. It's basically a compilation of reviews of movies that are great to watch high. Except the reviews aren't reviews as often as they are the hilarious ramblings of two very stoned, very funny guys.

But in the introduction, they mention how the invited Ebert to review a movie as a "guest author" (other guest authors in the book include Ben & Jerry of ice cream fame and Donal Logue). Ebert wrote back, lamenting that spoiling the pure experience of watching a film by getting high was "wrongheaded."

I think that tells me everything I need to know about Ebert. Fuck him.

gravitypinsusdwn wrote:
Can I borrow this book? It sounds awesome...

EDIT: Nevermind- Found it. It is called Baked Potatoes, not Half Baked.

murderedman wrote:Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens is fantastic. Highly recommended.

Ekkssvvppllott wrote:You know the second Friday the 13th, the one wherein Jason dons a sack on his head, before getting wise to the hockey mask?

Well, one Halloween, when I was about nine-years-old, I dressed up like that. Had my mom sew a pillow-like sack for me and then I cut two holes out for the eyes, just like Jason did. Then I added a little fake blood to the mix, grabbed a fake knife or sword of some sort, and went out trick-or-treating.

Every other house I went to, people mistook me for a Klansman.

(At the time I had no idea what the Ku Klux Klan was.)

mr.arrison wrote:I can't believe Siskel and Ebert were able to land a career doing broadcast TV movie reviews. They both pretty much suck. Not that Friday the 13th was good, it's just painful to watch them argue, and the Ebert dude cares way too much about what is clearly shit. Move the fuck on....

punch_the_lion wrote:

mr.arrison wrote:I can't believe Siskel and Ebert were able to land a career doing broadcast TV movie reviews. They both pretty much suck. Not that Friday the 13th was good, it's just painful to watch them argue, and the Ebert dude cares way too much about what is clearly shit. Move the fuck on....

Aren't you being a tad harsh? The arguing is what made their show what it was. I think Ebert going overboard on a Friday the 13th movie is hilarious. I need to find their review of Jaws: The Revenge.