Orson Welles Should've Been In...

[JonFromMaplewood]

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" as the boulder.

[Lawrence Orbach]

This thread can end now, with.....

Orson Welles as 'Boss Hogg' in The Dukes of Hazard. THINK ABOUT IT.

(or Uncle Jessy)

[buffcoat]

Some dude on the show stumped Tom and John with Cutter's Way.  It's a pretty good 80's neo-noir, though when I rewatched it recently I noticed enormous holes in the mystery plot that I hadn't before.  If Welles played John Heard's role it would be a great example of his doing anything for money, since it's integral to the character that he's a disfigured Vietnam vet.  (Welles was 50 when the US started sending ground combat forces to Vietnam.)

Does this have anything to do with Berke Breathed's wheelchair-bound Vietnam vet of the same name?

[cavorting with nudists]

Does this have anything to do with Berke Breathed's wheelchair-bound Vietnam vet of the same name?

Dunno.  Wikipedia tells me that the novel on which the film was based, Cutter and Bone, was published in '76 while Breathed's character got the name sometime between '78 and '80. The film character has prosthetic limbs but doesn't use a wheelchair, and their personalities are not very similar.

[JonFromMaplewood]

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" as the boulder.

FOR THE RECORD, I WROTE THIS BEFORE HEARING PATTON'S NEW ALBUM. I AM NOT NICK MADSON.

[Eric Fishlegs]

Orson Welles Terrorizes Jim Henson and Frank Oz

This seems as good a place to post this clip as any. Don't ask me what the Hell is going on here, but Frank Oz and Jim Henson both seem to be stunned speechless.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Actually the 'weird footage' is from a bit on Conan (Muppet Faces of Death) that was spliced in. Still, it's pretty eerily funny.

[not that clay]

Music from Orson Welles movies:

http://www.wqxr.org/programs/movies/2011/sep/24/

[buffcoat]

Orson Welles Terrorizes Jim Henson and Frank Oz

This seems as good a place to post this clip as any. Don't ask me what the Hell is going on here, but Frank Oz and Jim Henson both seem to be stunned speechless.

That's a beautiful thing.  Someone has some talent at sussing out two weird things and mixing them together seamlessly.

It's always amazing to me how much Jim Henson sounds like Kermit T. Frog.  He hardly modulates his voice at all.  I'm now frightened of Kermit after this video and those coffee commercials.

[Sea Sick]

new here, long time listener.
I'm a cartoonist. Do you think a webcomic devoted to this topic would be worthwhile?

[JonFromMaplewood]

new here, long time listener.
I'm a cartoonist. Do you think a webcomic devoted to this topic would be worthwhile?

Not a bad idea at all.

While we are back on this topic. he could have fit in nicely as a movie studio producer in S.O.B.  Basically, he would be the same character that he was at the end of the Muppet Movie.

[Sea Sick]

oooh! Good one. I'll start working on a comic this week. Will probably post it on tumblr and this thread asap.

[mike_b]

Please draw Orson Welles in Head, disapproving of the general goings-on.

[cavorting with nudists]

Please draw Orson Welles in Head, disapproving of the general goings-on.

No, Welles should have taken the Frank Zappa role, leading a bull around and dispensing wise advice.  I'd take wise advice from Orson Welles over Frank Zappa any day. (Well, maybe not career advice.) Plus, Welles could have stood in for both Zappa and the bull.

[Austin From Chicago]

Altered States. The ape.