Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Shakiest Gun Shot Liberty Valance (and missed)
A couple of weeks ago I was suddenly struck by some memories of a movie I watched repeatedly as a kid: The Shakiest Gun in the West. I remembered the line "...a...seven-shooter?" and realized that entire scene was a comedic riff on a much better film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Just now I happened to read the plot synposis of Shakiest Gun, and even the basic premise (educated/effeminate wimp sets out to civilize the west) is borrowed from Liberty Valance. It's probably been at least 14 years sine I watched Shakiest Gun...maybe I'll keep it that way. My fond memories of Don Knotts might be safest left alone.
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Hey! We just watched Liberty Valance last week! Weird coincidence. It was all right, I guess. It was no Will Ferrell movie.
:-O
I kid. :-)
Heh. I should watch LV again; it's been three years now since I've seen it.
Are you gonna grow the Jesus beard again? It's so funny to see your avatar the way you used to look -- we've gotten so used to the preppy Matt it's hard to remember you in the OG style. :-)
See you and Jen sunday -- we're so glad her retinas are properly affixed again.
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