"I used to think you were a swell guy. Well, to be honest, I thought you were an imbecile. But then I figured out you were a swell guy...A little slow, maybe, but a swell guy. Well, maybe you're not so slow, but you're not so swell either. And it looks like you're an imbecile after all!"
-- Amy Archer to Norville Barnes, The Hudsucker Proxy
It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast! This time, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Hudsucker Proxy, the 1994 comedy film directed by Joel Coen, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Amy Archer, Tim Robbins as Norville Barnes, and Paul Newman as Sidney J. Mussburger!
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In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan making it to the finals of her pinball tournament, Xan listening to our Drunk Cinema episode "Spaceballs" to bring back some memories, putting fish in a 1924 percolator, Sam Raimi co-writing the script, Raising Arizona making both of us Coen Brothers fans, Al the Argus Chief editor being a Perry White prototype, Anna Nicole Smith's Za-Za being an homage to Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Chantal Hutchens, Jennifer Jason Leigh's Amy Archer being reminiscent of Rosalind Russell and Katharine Hepburn, Xan wanting to know where "hudsucker" comes from, our learning that there were two Twister movies, Tim Robbins channeling Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau, Bruce Campbell's chin giving Matt Smith's chin a run for its money, John Mahoney appearing on The Simpsons as Sideshow Bob's dad, The Hudsucker Proxy being a tribute to the films of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges, other actresses up for the role of Amy Archer, Joel Silver wanting Tom Cruise as Norville Barnes, Clint Eastwood being offered the role of Sidney Mussburger, the death of Waring Hudsucker being inspired by a real-life incident, the Hula-Hoop and the Frisbee being products of Wham-O, Xan using her hula hoop to play a prisoner on Krypton, lawn activities like Jarts and Cornhole, the deus ex machina toward the end of the movie literally being a god in a machine, Norville forgetting to deliver the Blue Letter, Amy being enamored with Norville's altruistic nature, the Hula Hoop Kid convincing other kids to want Hula Hoops, Smitty getting off on Amy smacking him in the face, Waring Hudsucker returning to Earth as an angel with a ukulele, Moses stopping time to save Norville from falling to his death, the irony and karma of Mussburger being committed to a sanitarium, Norville pitching the Frisbee, Xan's cats being epic farters, my upcoming story for DC Comics' Terrors Through Time 2022 Halloween anthology, From Hell taking me back to being in Whitechapel every time I watch the movie, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing From Hell, the 2001 period slasher film directed by The Hughes Brothers, starring Heather Graham as Mary Kelly, Johnny Depp as Inspector Frederick Abberline, Sir Ian Holm as Sir William Gull, and Robbie Coltrane as Sgt. George Godley!
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