18 december 1981

Be­gin­ning the long over­due na­tion­al heal­ing di­a­logue about Neigh­bors (1981).

Is Neigh­bors genius?

It was re­leased 18 De­cem­ber 1981, the same day as Andy Kaufman’s Heart­beeps.

So maybe one should have just skipped the movies this week­end. Or take an ex­tra joint.

It’s ALSO the same day as Sharky’s Ma­chine. Which I like, but still that’s a fuck­ing bizarre weekend.

I’m not jok­ing when I say this is le­git­i­mate­ly fascinating:

And there’s a school of thought that Noth­ing But Trou­ble (1991) is the most Aykroyd thing pos­si­ble by man. 

But I think Neigh­bors has a slight edge.

Doc­tor De­troit (1983) is also peak Aykroyd. Only the Ayk could have a wish ful­fill­ment pow­er fan­ta­sy about be­ing some­one so repellant.

You can also claim to love Ghost­busters (1984) (per­haps, but who can tru­ly see in­side the hu­man heart) but only a tru su­per­Ayk can love Neighbors.

Ja­son Goad says:
“It’s al­ways weird re­al­iz­ing John Belushi was only 33 when he died … Neigh­bors movie and Con­ti­nen­tal Di­vide made it seem like he was in his 40s.”

That’s some hard living.
 
 

—ja­son malmberg

Flom­mist Ja­son Malm­berg is a sim­ple man who be­lieves in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art some­times. Copy­right © 2018 Ja­son Malmberg.

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