Totally Fake Classic Movie Anecdotes: Mae West Edition

“… Miss West was repulsed by the smutty innuendoes written into the script. ‘Can’t we clean this up?’ she’d ask, ‘There’s no place in the pictures for this kind of smutty talk!’ Film crews would also have to watch their salty language in front of Mae, who would not tolerate profanity of any kind. Directors often learned of Miss West’s prudishness the hard way- after someone on the set upset her delicate sensibilities…”

Hollywood Math

Novelty Song + Unrelated Script - Famous Version of Novelty Song = It'll Still Be a Hit Movie, Right?!?

Blind Kiyomi Sunday MST3K Quote

"The Feliz Navidad dancers!"

-From the MST3K riffing of The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

Blind Kiyomi Saturday Bad Movie Quote

"You can't piss on hospitality! I won't allow it!"

-Michael from Troll 2

Hilarious Quotes About Bad Movies

"Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way."

-Roger Ebert

Totally Fake Classic Movie Anecdotes: Mary Pickford Edition

"...Any set in which Miss Pickford found herself would soon find itself awash in plentiful liquors and licentiousness. 'She'd down one drink and up would go her legs. The costume mistress would be beside herself when Miss Pickford ripped off her clothing to expose her breasts and vaginal region. She ruined many a dress in this manner,' noted a studio executive. Extra money would have to be budgeted to deal with her debauchery..."

WTF?!? Moments: Skidoo

Paramount wanted a picture that would excite the young people of the late 1960's. With their usual fare striking out with the so-called "hippies", they did what any "with it" studio would do- hire elderly director Otto Preminger, Jackie Gleason and Carol Channing to head up a cast of stars who most assumed had already passed away to make a 'Today' picture- Skidoo!

There are many scenes that are WTF?!? Moments in this mess- Elderly celebrities embarrassing themselves, Jackie Gleason tripping on acid, Carol Channing doing a striptease in front of Frankie Avalon... But the scene that tops them all for bizarreness is actually the credits. Otto Preminger himself, sounding like Colonel Klink, asks the audience to stay in their seats while Harry Nilsson sings the end credits. It's as bizarre as it sounds and the "song" even made it onto the soundtrack.

While the rest of the soundtrack (aside from Ms. Channing's croaking) has gained some fans over the years, the bizarre song from the most bizarre film of the 1960's still holds up as an example of what happens when Hollywood tries too hard to be hip.