Back in July, I celebrated Aliens turning 35. In honor of starting Marquette 35 years ago, I decided to go with Rodney Dangerfield’s most successful movie. I tweaked the colors to be more in line with my alma mater. It’s not his best sadly. His best as the lead would be Easy Money and obviously Caddyshack in the ensemble. School is amusing but the movie is really the kinder, gentler, PG-13 Rodney for a larger audience. Plus, why did he dye his hair blonde? He looked just great with the silver/gray.
In his defense, the movie’s jokes do hold up and it’s probably shown to death on Comedy Central and all the zombie cable channels that have to fill time. He sadly never captured the same success with Ladybugs or Meet Wally Sparks. He definitely didn’t disappoint as Mr. Burns’ lovechild on The Simpsons and what a performance in the uneven, heavy-handed Natural Born Killers. Rodney was perfect in the role of Juliette Lewis’ creepy, pervy father. I knew he could act yet holy cow. Seeing him trying to seduce his own daughter was unnerving. Not only because it was Rodney Dangerfield, he was incredibly convincing.
Anyway, I miss Rodney! I miss the thrill of a new semester of school and the promise it always had. Probably why I enjoy going to office supply stores or equivalent at Target.
Welcome September! Or what we call it in Austin. The last full month of Summer.