“You see Danny, I can deal with the bullets, and the bombs, and the blood. I don’t want money, and I don’t want medals. What I do want is for you to stand there in that faggoty white uniform and with your Harvard mouth extend me some fucking courtesy. You gotta ask me nicely.” — Col. Nathan Jessep
That was the moment when Aaron Sorkin had me. That was some wicked ass dialogue and Sorkin has pretty much had his foot on the gas pedal since then. Those were his coke-fueled days and the crackling dialogue illustrates it. “A Few Good Men” came out today in 1992 and not only can I recite every line to it, I can pretty much apply a line from it to any circumstance in life and have it make sense. It’s in my top five.
Today in 1974 saw one of the best sequels ever released, “The Godfather Part II”. “I make him an offer he don’ refuse. Don’ worry.”
Four years ago today, in 2008, Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. There was really no fallout and the story quietly went away.
Believe it or not, Madoff was arrested 19 years to the day that “Wall Street” came out. Greed isn’t that good.
Today in 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis got married for the third time. Not that odd for a rock star, except that Lewis was still just 22 years old and his new wife was his 13-year old cousin.
Sam Cooke was shot to death today in 1964 at the Hacienda Hotel in Los Angeles. Cooke had a young women with him and they argued and she ran off. Cooke had gone to the hotel manager to demand to know where she was and the manager ended up shooting him three times under curious conditions.
Today in 1985, the Chicago Bears released The Super Bowl Shuffle.
December 11, 1998 saw the release of two iconic films, one of them was an upset winner for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Nikki Sixx was born today in 1958. Crue top five:
1. Kickstart My Heart
2. Dr. Feelgood
3. Shout At the Devil
4. Don’t Go Away Mad
5. Girls Girls Girls
Happy Birthday to my brother Joe, may all your flights be safe ones.
— Bill Hubbell