In the Simpsons a hilarious running gag was McBain and his macho action man appearance and poorly worded one liners; a clear parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger and all his movies. In true early Simpsons spirit the character was never overplayed and was given just the right amount of screen time, which was on the Simpsons TV at the start of a few episodes; if you put all these short segments together you get McBain: the Movie! This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen, can’t wait for the sequel: ‘You Have the Right to Remain Dead’
MENDOOOZAAAAAA!
You should check out John Schwartzwelder’s books. He was a writer for the Simpsons during their best years. His books are pretty good what I’ve read so far.
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Thanks man, that’s some of the best advice I’ve gotten in a while! Which of his books are you reading?
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I read his first one, “The Time Machine Did It” and am now onto his second, “Double Wonderful.” It has the worst reviews of all of them, but it’s because the rest all revolve around the same character, Frank Burly. That’s not his real name. He chose it because it thought it would make people think that he was tough and burly, but that he would also be frank with them about the situation.
I’m paraphrasing there.
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Amazing! I think my brother (a huge simpsons fan) showed me something similar to this once, I was so happy to see it again though~!
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@ mooselicker – Word, I just ordered ‘The Time Machine Did It’, sounds like my type of book!
@ alifelessboring – Glad you’re happy!
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