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Just Sh–ty To The Sh–! Been “Wondering Years” About Frasier’s Theme Song

Posted on October 3, 2009 by sgottahurt

Usually, when I’m web surfing, I’m channel surfing. I needed to state that so you can understand why stumbling across these two discoveries blew. my. mind.

It may not be fair to say these beloved sitcoms were Just Shitty, and through the powers of the TripleDoubleU (and outstanding do-gooders uploading to YouTube), they magically became The Shit. I’m merely pointing out that the, um, points of contention these two videos address were Just Shitty moments from the original programs.

Who out there really thought the closing theme from Frasier was The Shit? Maybe Skittle Man, but I’d venture to guess not too many others. But if you slap it up, flip it, rub it down, you get this:

Likewise, The Wonder Years focused heavily on voice over work, courtesy of Home Alone baddie, Daniel Stern. Narration is perceived as a big, lazy, no-no in screenwriting, so imagine how ahead of the curb the 80’s classic would have been if Danny Stern had been left out of the equation. (It’d be tantamount to The Hills, only without the pop music filler…)

JusWondering… Do We Need 9, Nine, And District 9 When We Already Had The Nines?

Posted on May 30, 2009 by sgottahurt

I’m well aware that there’s been much ballyhoo about the fact that we’ll see a few movies this year that all have to deal with the Roman Numeral IX. There’s three – count ’em, three – similarly named, though completely different, films:

The amazing looking animated film called 9, which is based on the animated short called 9.
Rob Marshall’s follow up to Chicago called Nine, which is the musical remake of Fellini’s 8 ½.
Peter Jackson’s production of District 9, which is a filler product until he can get the video game movie Halo off the ground.

And for the record, we already had a Ryan Reynolds flick (as if he’s a genre) two years ago that was called The Nines.

What is it about understated titles that these filmmakers and producers find so appealing? Does it save on toner? Why couldn’t they have used different numbers, or even letters for that matter? There are a lot of numbers and letters ripe for the plucking.

In the spirit of beating a dead horse, why don’t we take a look at a gallery of movie posters that kept the titles simple for the hearts and minds and marquee changers of America: