Friday, March 7, 2008

Another Bad Break For Lou


HEY! Let's crap all over a dead guy! Doesn't that sound like fun?

Of course it doesn't.

But tell that to MGM.

The movie studio just released a new "Collector's Edition" of The Pride Of The Yankees, the classic Lou Gehrig biopic starring Gary Cooper as The Iron Horse and Babe Ruth as Babe Ruth. So where does the corpse-crapping come in? On the DVD's so-called "Featurettes!" Read the list and see if you can find it:

The Making Of The Pride Of The Yankees
The Man Behind The Iron Horse
What He Left Behind
Always - The Story Behind The Song
Lou Gehrig's Disease: The Search For A Cure
Curt Schilling: A Legend On A Legend
Spotted it, didn't you? The ketchupiest, most sweatsocky Redsock 'hero' wedding his flab to the world's greatest team's greatest martyr! You know what would be even better? Burning every Lou Gehrig picture and making his name illegal! Might as well!

Thanks a lot, Hollywood! As-effing-usual!

6 comments:

I'm Bill White said...

What's next? Dane Cook doing commentary on a Brewster's Millions DVD?

Wailin' Suzyn said...

"The Man Behind the Iron Horse" makes me a little ... queasy.

Anonymous said...

Working title: "Curt Schilling: A Legend On A Legend"

Actual title: "Curt Schilling: A Legend Spills Gravy On A Legend and Then Flags Down the Waitress to Bring a Napkin and Soda Water or Something"

BernBabyBern said...

In a related development, Goose Gossage will do a commentary track on the upcoming DVD, "Curt Schilling: What a Jerk!"

Anonymous said...

These Hollywood pinkos are so out of touch.

Anonymous said...

Maybe they chose Schilling because there wasn't anyone with enough grit on the Yankees to do it ...