How about it? Now that all the fans of the FEF had some well deserved time off (not really, but isn't it funny when tv and radio personalities point out that they deserve time off...), and before I lose every single fan I ever had, I have decided to get my butt in gear. There has been numerous e-mails from the Cliff DeYoung fans around the world, which has been the glorious part about starting this site. Also, if the FEF seems to shut down that long again, assume that I have started my new business of remaking 80's movies people barely remember.
On a separate note, I wanted to point out something. Remember the old days, where people took their art seriously. Rock stars were always worrying about selling out, artists and actors avoided normal culture and lived like hermits, and we complained about these people taking themselved too seriously? Well, after listening to jingles with Baba O'Reilly and just about every Led Zeppelin song, and being inundated by commercials by Alec Baldwin, Gene Hackman, and Danny Glover, I now wish for the old days. Can't some of these people pull a Garbo or in honor of Marlon Brando they could disappear for a couple decades. Hell, drug problems don't even sideline these people. Remember back when drug problems would make someone disappear for years? Think Carrie Fisher. After Jedi, she was in rehab so long she wrote a book. Now, they don't even miss a cover on People.
Overexposure. Shouldn't one of the byproducts of the onslaught of reality shows be the lack of attention on real celebrities? Sadly, no. Instead it means that these actors are now starved for work and they sell us phone service, cars and IT solutions. Instead they must market themselves into the ground to make sure we still care. That is why the FEF has come up with the easy way for all of us to solve this. When you come across a celebrity, you must not act like you do not recognize them, that would make them act like you are some sort or rube who has no TV or culture. Instead, you must recognize them, but only from their most embarassing episode. Example: the FEF patrols down the street, when who should walk by, but Tim Robbins. Observe the exchange.
FEF: Hey! You're the guy.
TR: (condescendingly) yes, yes
FEF: You were really good in Spring Break
TR: (Jaw drops) mmm, uh yeah.
FEF: Awesome! So what's you been doing since? Do you talk much to Wendell?
TR: (sighs walks off)
Nice, other alternatives would be to use the obscure character: "Hey Merlin from Top Gun, or "Gary Cooper! but not the one that's dead..."
This tip should work, and perhaps soon actors will be buying islands from the Brando estate...
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