This has got to be the best reviews of Bruce's book I've come across yet!
I'm still laughing, not at your pain and heartache mind you-- If I didn't own the book already I would have to grab a Boomstick and chainsaw, kill a few Deadites and get one--or just buy it from Amazon.com!

Seriously Duke--you add much color and flavor to an otherwise hum-drum profession.

Now I have to read "If Chin's Could Kill" again--along with all your other reviews.

He's pretty motherfuckin good isn't he? He'll figure it out soon enough. Best yet - I don't think it'll go to his motherfucking head.

I'm putting this comment on my resume by the way.

Kirsten showed up at the singing for my book, doesn't she do that for everyone?

I'll ask her when she wakes up...

Duke -- Yet another brilliant foray into madness, filmic lore, and the everlong quest of she that we must to refer to as She.

Evil Dead II is one of my favorite movies of all time, certainly Top 5. I've often strived to be both badass and goofy enough to say "Who's laughing now?" Anyway, the scene when everything in the house is laughing at our poor Ash is one of the best and funniest I've ever seen in my life.

Campbell was once described to me as the "best bad actor of all time." Does he get into his famous broad screen persona? I think he's great, personally, and he turned Bubba Ho-Tep from a ho hum number into a fun romp of a flick.

I had no idea that Campbell and Raimi went back to school days together. Very cool stuff.

I've seen this book at the bookstore a few times, and I had that longing feeling... please Lord (of your choice), grant me the 12-15 hours needed to get through this surely bountiful and entertaining retrospective...

thanks all!

and if it needs a further reccomendation, and i think it does, this book fucking rules beyond reason.

But if he thinks i'll forget the trauma, hurt, agony, slight flu, he can think again. and this time, he better think the exact opposite.

It's "airs and graces", Duke. Not sure how one would put on 'heirs'. Putting your kid on your shoulders perhaps? :-)

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nice one eric, cheers. good editing job, too.

dave; "Not sure how one would put on 'heirs'. Putting your kid on your shoulders perhaps? :-)"

exactly. bruce didn't do that once.

ahem.

A damn fine review, Duke, and now I'm feeling the need to rush out and pick this one up. Sounds highly entertaining--not unexpected, coming from Bruce Motherfucking Campbell.

thanks Joel. and yeah, entertaining as hell. incidentally, does anyone have any info on his forthcoming Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way? as i illustrate in the review, this knowledge would have been very useful a while back.

I was not that familiar with Bruce Campbell when my sister loaned me her book. It was a great read! We read the book because he knows our cousins and talks about them in the book. Recommended whether or not you're a Bruce fan.

Hysterical review, Duke! Fans of Bruce Campbell ("Evil Dead", "Army of Darkness", "Xena: Warrior Princess", "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr", "Jack of All Trades") may be interested in meeting Bruce during his tour for his audio version of the book "Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way" September 27-30, 2005 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. His second book continues the "B" movie theme with a fictional (?) bumbling B-movie actor Bruce Campbell scoring an A-list film; hilarity ensues. The audio book is narrated by Bruce himself as well as a host of other actors! More about the book and tour is on his site at www.bruce-campbell.com. Cheers!