The more you know ....

It's way too complicated to go into the reasons why, but early this morning I was reading the Wikipedia page for Savage Steve Holland, the writer-director of the cheap-and-bizarre-but-charming-and-amusing mid-80's John Cusack comedy, "Better Off Dead. "



First of all on that page, there's a long, impassively written Cliff Notes synopsis of the movie that's pretty hilarious. I have to wonder what someone who has never seen "Dead" would make of it.

Secondly, though, is the factoid that during the three years before he shot "Dead," Holland also designed and animated the Whammies. The Whammies were the 'Noid-like cartoon creatures that magically descended and made off with the money of losing contestants on the (almost certainly rigged) game show, "Press Your Luck."

This is something I did not know.