"boredalways" (boredalway666)
09/27/2020 at 22:44 • Filed to: RabbitHoleLopnik, Weekend Pass, 80's comedies, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Jeep CJ-7, Jeep, CJ-7, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, The Day of Swine and Roses, The Days of Swine and Roses |  0
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For whatever reason, I’ve been thinking of this stupid 80's comedy, Weekend Pass. Ok, not really — it’s the refrain from the theme song and it’s eightiesness.
(Was going to post the trailer, but noticed some brief nudity. Google it, if you must...Oooo, a CJ-7)
Anyway, my curiosity led me to search if the whole film was on YT, Dailymotion, or a streaming site. Welp, it’s not readily available.
So I decided to look at the cast list just to see if anyone moved on to more noticeable work. No one stuck out... except for one:
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Phil Hartman!
Damn, I miss him.
So I start looking at his Wikipedia page. Had no ideal one of his earliest rolls on screen was 1978. Of course, I hit the sad stuff — being the victim of a murder-suicide by his then wife.
Then I came across this little nugget of information supposedly offered (among other accusations) by his longtime friend, actor Jon Lovitz:
The Day of Swine and Roses??? Considering Hartman was at the height of his popularity, and Lovitz being a well respected supporting character actor in the industry at the time, I was dying to see if I could find any information on the planned film’s plot. But so far, I’ve found nothing.
Except the obvious first link:
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(ETA: NSFW lyrics)
Why did this search have to end with Christian Zombie Vampires...another catchy refrain
ttyymmnn
> boredalways
09/27/2020 at 22:53 |
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That Weekend Pass song may be quintessential 80s, but wow, it’s terrible.
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boredalways
> ttyymmnn
09/27/2020 at 23:12 |
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It is.
ranwhenparked
> boredalways
09/27/2020 at 23:14 |
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I don't remember this at all. Nice quick shot of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium though, real shame what happened to that.
WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
09/27/2020 at 23:17 |
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That fact kinda reinforces it being quintessential 80s though.
Chariotoflove
> boredalways
09/27/2020 at 23:21 |
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The refrain sounds like “we can pass”, and I keep thinking “in that car? no t so sure”.
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ranwhenparked
> Chariotoflove
09/27/2020 at 23:37 |
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In 1984? They were sharing the road with diesel Chevettes and Rabbits
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ttyymmnn
> WilliamsSW
09/27/2020 at 23:45 |
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But there were some great theme songs to come out of the 80s.
These are just the few that come to mind.
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WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
09/28/2020 at 00:09 |
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I was thinking of songs in general. There was a lot of crap in the 80s.
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Chariotoflove
> ranwhenparked
09/28/2020 at 01:03 |
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I know. I drove one of those Chevettes. That’s why I said not so sure. It depends.