'82 movies & Warhol on a boat 🚢
Put on your celebration face.
Since we last spoke, I got older but Matthew McConaughey stayed the same age. And yes, the above photo is real! Thanks to my friend Matt for somehow accosting Larry David, and thanks to Larry David for taking "Hey, could you hold up this sign?" and just RUNNING WITH IT.
BOOKS I LOVE:Â Remember when your pre-pandemic attention span returned? Lately I've been reading books and watching entire movies in one sitting, and it's like a chip of my old self has crawled back into my body.
The top left pic is from THE BOOK TOUR, Andi Watson's new graphic novel about a sweet Brit who gets into some tragic misunderstandings on the road. I loved it.
I'm also reading ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE, the epic Hollywood handbook by legendary screenwriter William Goldman. He wrote it in 1982, at a time when he says the film industry was in crisis.
My 8-year-old is blazing through tons of stuff, including WITCHES OF BROOKLYN, KATIE THE CATSITTER, GOLDIE VANCE: THE HOCUS-POCUS HOAX and the EXPLORER ACADEMY series.
I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING: I don't remember much about the Oscar telecast--it could've used more music, laughs and animals--but I *will* say that my daily diary comics are still rollin' over at patreon.com/whitneymatheson!
And now for an important
public service announcement...
On Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, cable channel MeTV is airing the famous Andy Warhol episode of THE LOVE BOAT! I've never seen the ep in its entirety and don't have cable, so if you suspect this paragraph is a scheme to snag an invitation to your basement, YOU ARE CORRECT.
(Related: MeTV is my dream channel. Sunday's lineup alone includes M*A*S*H, COLUMBO, vintage ED SULLIVAN with the Rolling Stones and Richard Pryor, THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, THE TWILIGHT ZONE and ALFRED HITCHCOCK. If you don't leave the house that day, I don't blame you.)
Shout-out to Rick, Gerry, Diane, Charlie, Chris and Chad for sending me super-encouraging emails. Shout out to Lloyd the snail. Get in touch at whitmath@gmail.com or by scratching your message on burnt toast and tossing it out the window.Â
Standing in the shower thinking,
Cousin Oliver
"Nobody knows anything."
- William Goldman
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