Friday, 4 June 2004 - 4:53 PM CDT

So far, I like yours the best. !Viva la Ginny!

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 4:55 PM CDT

No Mel Gibson death scenes?!?! C'mon!! No one fakes being evicerated like good ol' Mel.

Admnistrative Note from the QC Guy:

Special thanks to AP/Reuters for blowing the door wide open on the whole "who is Rance and check out his blog" thing. Hey if 3 million people are wrong, who wants to be right.

Bang On!!!

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 5:39 PM CDT

Who really cares who Rance is.....I want to know who the true "Administrative Staff" is.

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 6:32 PM CDT

Dear Ginny,

First things first. Is it Ginny as in "Jenny" or Ginny as in "Guinea"? At finishing school they always told us it is incredibly rude to pronounce someone's name incorrectly. Almost as rude as insulting someone without adding the proverbial cliche' "bless your heart" at the end.

Your essay was quite interesting. There aren't too many women/girls I know who enjoy watching things blow up. I wonder if we should analyze the significance of such? Nah. It would probably all just blow up in our faces in the end.

Moving on.

As to the good guys prevailing in the end, yes, that's always nice. But wouldn't you just one time like to see the Coyote catch the Road Runner? or Sylvester have Tweety for dinner? or Elmer roasting rabbit over the spit? Crikey, I'd settle for the Silly Rabbit actually getting to eat a bowl of Trix! I mean, really, who made up that "Trix are for kids" crap?? When I was a kid I'd beg my mom to buy Trix just so I could give the rabbit a freakin bowl of cereal. Unfortunately, my mom did not believe in "presweetened" cereal so I never did get to. (I never did understand this concept of my mother's considering the fact that before eating I would put 2 cups of sugar on my "unsweetened" Cheerios. Go figure.)

As to your comments on movies that a smart person can enjoy with their dumb friend, I've got a suggestion for you if you haven't already seen it. It's a movie entitled "Foul Play" starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. This is the only movie where Chevy Chase actually had sex appeal to me (not that that's relevant to anything I'm saying here). It's a comedy/thriller/action-adventure. It's got a little something for everyone, even your dumb friend.

Have a great weekend!

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 6:41 PM CDT

first off, to the great administrative gods, i owe you many yeunglings for posting my comment yesterday. you'll have to come to pa to collect. in the meantime, i am empathically sending you wave after wave of kisshugs.

now ginny, are you me? or am i you? we think so much alike. except that in heinlein's future, the favorite uniform aboard spaceship was shoulder stick-ems showing rank. the ship's brain kept it at perfect temperature to make nudity the norm. i wonder if that's why they filmed "spaceship troopers" and NOT "the number of the beast". maybe your version of fox will take the risk?!?

rance, we miss you. wave after wave of kisshugs for you, also. can't wait for the next postcard. hope you're enjoying life and not being the main course.

nastrovia!

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 7:35 PM CDT

Rance, I do too hope you come back to us soon. How do you feel being a major entertainment news story?

I also wanted to say that I also miss Wax Wings and Shorty's views on life. Hope you guys are doing well.


Too how are you going to dole out the DVPs or can you just give us all free vipers? Just wondering....

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 9:34 PM CDT

Ginny,

Very funny stuff. I love it. The best line ("4. At least one in every three movies must be made for smart people. Movies for dumb people at least have to be intelligently plotted and cast. Then smart people can enjoy movies with their dumb friends.") That's really a good idea!

Great Essay! This is a really fun blog to read. Thanks Rance.

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 11:06 PM CDT

OK, I don't know if the "Fox Studio" contest is still going on, but that's not why I'm writing. I come here to read the adventures of Rance--fantasizing that Rance is George C. Escaping my dreary and dreadful life--ruined by a love affair gone bad when a legendary funk master (literally) shattered my heart. Eating my way through misery....defending child abusers and learning the art of making sublime martinis (which, are so good that after having only two this evening, I was actually thinking....You know, maybe OJ is innocent--I mean, Katie Couric couldn't get him to crack under her heated questioning). Yeah, I know--my life, who wants it?? Not me. So I come here to read Rance/George's blog. But, if forced to participate in the Fox Studio contest, my idea would be that no TV show or movie could have precocious children but could have jack russell terriers for comic relief. Actors/writers/other biz people would actually get paid a realistic wage, say $40K a year and actors (both male and female) would have to have big fat bellies, stretch marks, chipped teeth, ragged nails, pimples, scars, and unruly hair--I think this would help boost the self-esteem of the public in general--afterall, now we would all look like movie/tv stars! I would unabashedly skewer the far right and never, ever apologize. I would have a new reality show where REAL people watch so-called reality shows and YOU see their reaction and comments--unedited. I would demand that all my proceeds/salary/bonuses be paid in cash so that the IRS would still think I make only $30K. wink wink

And finally, I would pay some unknown, underappreciated smart-ass teenager to write all my blog entries so that I can spend more quality time w/RanceGeorge, pref. in the Italian love shack.

Friday, 4 June 2004 - 11:10 PM CDT

Hi Ginny, I read few good ideas, why don't you make movies?
"2. Everyone working at Fox Studios must keep a classic book that could never be made into a movie on their bedside table, and be able to discuss it in the commissary. "
It's the best of all. Do you have any suggestion of books?
I can tell that you found the principals law in movies, needed to bring people in the theaters.
You're with the small people

I'm with those who like blockbusters
(for the large public audience)

Every kind of people to made a world

Nice blog
Sincerely, Mel

Saturday, 5 June 2004 - 8:10 AM CDT

Reading some of these posts makes me nauseous. Ohhh the possibility of interacting with a celebrity. I will therefore post and sing the praises of the great celebrity in the pathetic hope that they will find me inspiring and witty and therefore invite me to their palacious abode in Beverly Hills were they will make wild passionate love to me. The extent of brown excrement on the tongues of some posters has reinforced the fact that I never wish to be famous.

Saturday, 5 June 2004 - 8:55 AM CDT

To ginny: I'm with you on that one. Let's say ta-ta to hollywood and make a new entertainment capital. We can even make our own huge sign! Maybe Rance can provide the funding? Grease the wheels with the "Ginnywood" elite!

To Rance: Desperately awaiting your postcard, although I am sure "several thousand leagues from nowhere" leaves you limited scope for scenic views! Probably a lot of water - Looking at my bottle of Evian and thinking of you. Mwah
Hugs, Starry

Saturday, 5 June 2004 - 9:30 AM CDT

Ginny, my sentiments exactly! The only thing I would add: Roberto Benigni lead the organization for the year.

Saturday, 5 June 2004 - 10:34 AM CDT

Steve's dilemma: should he agree to allow the talent-less girlfriend of the money to star just to get his movie made?

Well, that depends. If this project is something that is truly close to his heart, a movie that really means something and that he feels has the potential to actually touch people emotionally, then he should walk away and find other financing. It would be less painful to not make the movie at all than if it was made so poorly, so ineptly, that it became a mockery of everything that it should be.

If, on the other hand, he wants this project to go forward just to get his image onto celluloid, then fuck it. Take the money and run, and maybe bang the talent-less girlfriend too, just for justice's sake.

I'd probably use those same moral guidelines if I was in charge of Fox Studios, or anything else for that matter. Which probably goes a long way to explaining my current station in life.

Keep writing. I'm enjoying this immensely.

Saturday, 5 June 2004 - 5:25 PM CDT

It's "Ginny" as in "Ginny and Tonicky."

Saturday, 5 June 2004 - 5:29 PM CDT

Rance,
Can you pass on the following messages to your colleagues in Hollywood? Thank you.

Let George Clooney know that "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is one of the best films of the past 10 years and that he should not get discouraged just because it didn't make much money. He's a brilliant director and it would be a shame if this were his only movie.

Please tell the Coen brothers, Spielberg, and Lucas to get back to their roots. Coen brothers back to creating and writing their stories, Spielberg back to making exciting adventure films, and Lucas back to basic special effects.

Actually please let all of Hollywood know that we the viewers don't like CGI. So far only a few films like Lord of the Rings has taken the time to do it right.

Tell Tom Hanks to do a really dark character.

Tell the Wachowski brothers to try again with Matrix 2 and 3. We'll all pretend the original 2 and 3 were never made.

Find Tim Roth and throw him onto a movie set.

Lastly please tell Sofia Coppola that I love her.

I'm sure I have more notes for you to pass on but that's all I got for now. Thanks again.

Saturday, 5 June 2004 - 5:33 PM CDT

I have a few suggestions for the classic books:

1. "Ethics for Dummies" by Huma Nity
2. "The Bible" by Christ O. A. Croissant
3. "Sense and Rancability" by Jane Austen

--- slightly off topic:
I maaaaay have a hint to where Rance is on vacation ... for an few days now I am catching up here and I'm about 80% through the blog and the comments. Today - my head full of strange seafood stories - went to our largest supermarket and guess what ... the shrimps were completely sold out! Never saw this before ....
Well, I wont't tell where this happened ... would be like telling the end of the next Harry Potter book ... :o)

Keep it up!
equinox

Monday, 7 June 2004 - 9:39 AM CDT

Bravo! ginny, couldn't have said it better myself.

I would add
Good Guys aren't allowed to say dumb things that are considered "cute" after blowing off the limb or head of a Bad Guy.

*Over-Muscled Good Guy blows off the head of Bad Guy X with a gun the size of a small buick*
Sidekick: "What happened to Bad Guy X?
Over-Muscled Good Guy: "X? Oh, he lost his head"

*pause for "dramatic" effect*

the one person in theater with bad hygenie chortles

Wednesday, 30 June 2004 - 9:13 AM CDT

i dont mean to be rude,but your blog is kinda boring.ive been reading for a month.and it doesnt seems to be worth all the hoopla .everybody was talking about how you are some sort of celeb.maybe you are but this blog is lame.i was hoping the blog would be a little more edgy.im just getting tired of reading it.really im sorry to say this .i dont like to be mean .but i just dont think its very good. and the guest blogs are kinda silly. kelly