Vienna
at the turn of the century - memories of Freud. Plucked from the Vienna
School For Wayward Children ( where we were forced to learn complex
choral arrangements and how to stuff tiny weenies into small cans) by
the esteemed Neurologist and Psychiatrist, I was to become an intregal
cog in the development of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis. I became Dr.
Freud's guinea pig and at times, whipping boy. At this time, the
"Talking Cure" as it was initially referred to, was a quite
new and bold experiment. Upon entering his office for the first time, I
was told to lay down on his couch. As I did so, he turned to me and
said, "No, with you - face down." For the first few sessions I told the
doctor of my reoccurring dream of being viciously shampooed by an alter
boy named "Toots" while his golden retriever stood on it's hind legs and
sang "Sweet Betsy From Pike." He claimed it was all very Oedipal, and
that I was the only male patient he'd worked with that suffered from
penis envy. I was then forced to take copious amounts of cocaine with
the good doctor and perform ( nude, wearing only oven mittens) the last
act of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" with finger puppets and a clothing
dummy. I found the procedure humiliating and inane, but Freud became
visibly aroused. For the next 2 weeks, no matter what I said, Freud's
response was always a sarcastic, "yeah, right ,dickwad." It was around
this time that Carl Jung broke all ties with Freud due to the fact that
the doctor kept calling him "Puddin'" and intentionally used a hard "J"
when pronouncing his last name
Sunday, July 26, 2015
For some reason I've been thinking a lot about the movie DELIVERANCE.
Initially, the great British director, John Boorman, hired me to play
MOUNTAIN MAN #4. In the now famous scene where John Voit's character is
tied to a tree and MOUNTAIN MAN #1 says "He's sure got a purty mouth.
Ain't he got a purty mouth?" I was supposed to say "Not really. It's OK,
but not particularly special." And then flustered, they untie him and
leave. However, Mr Boorman felt the scene lacked suspense
and a certain dramatic element. Ned Beatty, who had been complaining
about not having enough to do in the film, piped up with "How about they
fuck me in the ass?" Boorman was elated - "Capital idea, Beatty!" he
exclaimed, and the movie changed direction and is now considered a
masterpiece. My part was ultimately cut from the movie entirely and I
never worked for Boorman again.
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