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Even sadder is that Foley looks as if he doesn't even want to be there, he's not even trying to dial to phone it in.

Fucking sad...I mourn my girlish crush on him. Thank god I still have Bruce McCullough. Even if he did cause cancer, he's adorable.
Now I'm gonna go make a girl drink at my desk in my tiny blender and weep.

Dave Foley starred in what I believe was a "Dave Foley vehicle" in 1997 called The Wrong Guy and I'm convinced it all went downhill from there. It was almost so good-it's-bad if it just weren't so ungodly, squeamishly bad. It was like "The Dinner Party" and "Scott's Tots" episodes of "The Office" bad combined with like Nickelodeon children's television show humor. I wholeheartedly encourage any hardcore Dave Foley or KITH fans to go out and rent it. it's an um ... Experience.

I actually want to watch this. It looks entertaining in a craptastic kinda way. Changing 'the' to 'milk' on Office spell checker is something I would do too. I shall now turn in my Pajiba badge and gun.

Oh, and if you want an example a truly awful Dave Foley film, check out “Out of Omaha” aka “California Dreaming.” The plot is so convoluted and schizophrenic that the film has two titles.

I too was distracted by the feel-good indie music and had a split second of "well it doesn't look THAT bad" when all of the sudden I realized that the Codeine mixed with alcohol must be making me hallucinate. And there is a guy(?) in it named Cory Christmas. Dude. If that is your real name, get a fucking stage name, and if that IS your stage name...may Godopus have mercy upon you, because you're going to fucking need it.

How about Uwe Boll’s Postal? Maybe you remember the trailer, but I’m sure less than three of you actually saw the film, and all three of you belong in the crazy-pants hospital.

That's not fair, Dustin. It's not often you get the chance to meet Uwe Boll and watch him run a pre-release screening of his films, especially at a horror film convention known for snobbishness at pre-release screenings. If I could have stayed longer, I would have seen another film he had in a production and a short. It was the trainwreck factor and he did not disappoint. What a wretched film from such a well-spoken, mostly composed man.

True story: the other night I had a dream where I went back in time to the set of NewsRadio in 1996. I had a sit-down with each of the cast members about their futures.

With Phil, I just sobbed hysterically the entire time and did a terrible job or trying to warn him. I even begged him to come to the future with me. (that part of the dream bothered me...)
With Joe, I just shrugged and said "whatever makes you happy, I guess."
With Maura, I gushed about how pretty she is, and advised frequent mammograms.
With Andy, I punched him. Then I told him to lay off the drugs. Then I punched him again for good measure.
With Vicky, I just said "You're totally outclassing that other NBC redhead. You rock, keep it up."
With Stephen, ditto on the last sentence, plus a high five.
But, with Dave all I could do was shake my head sadly, advise him against poker, and facial hair, and alcohol-induced bloat, and Uwe Boll, and showing his penis on camera. After a while I stopped trying to advise him, and just made out with him instead. Because it was 1996 Dave Foley, and I owed that much to the 1996 high-school version of me.

To sum up: Dave, I worry about you.

Alcohol happened to Dave Foley, I believe. His drinking was a running joke on the Same Guys New Dresses tour DVD. Also, he was pissed for every episode of the poker show AND that horrible talent show with David Alan Grier. Don't know if he has cleaned up or not but it's way too late for his career.

Anyone else notice the blatant ripoffs of Vampire Weekend?

The first song at 0:48 was hinting at 'Oxford Comma' and the one right after that was definitely ripping 'A-Punk'.

Indie quirk on the cheap, apparently?

I was Girl Drink Drunk for Dave Foley for a very long time. Looking into his dreamy eyes when he was on a date with the Chicken Lady, the boy could do no wrong. When I saw the tour, and the gut Hecubus put on in the black spandex, I started to get concerned. Then I saw the peen shot online. Then I saw California Dreaming on cable. He looks like Mark Mothersbaugh circa now, and it's a bad thing.

"Because it was 1996 Dave Foley, and I owed that much to the 1996 high-school version of me." --- lois, this is great.

I actually got to see this at a screening test three freaking years ago!!!!! it was so gorram awful I hopes they had given up on it, but I should have known better. nobody laughed, NOBODY. I doubt any level of new editing could save it. I mean, even the other guy freaking looks like he had a better time being the other Pacey in "young americans". Oh "young americans"... how I miss thee. Now THAT was a glorious shit fest!

I love Newsradio so much that looking at that picture of old, fat, drunk, "I don't even care anymore" Dave Foley is making me cry...

Also, Stacey:

I really, genuinely, unironically enjoyed The Wrong Guy.

Dustin, could we please wait until "Suck" is actually released before we trash its box office?

I second the love for "The Wrong Guy." No matter how many times I see it, it's always funny.

Not so much on the other stuff.

And isn't the "Doughboys" on Dave's shirt that Canadian restaurant with the all-you-can-eat fried dough buffet?

My right speaker is out, so all I could hear was the music on this trailer. I don't know if it made this better or worse. I'm guessing better.

If there is a place with all you can eat fried dough, I'm kidnapping Patton Oswalt and Prisco and we are going to go up there and wreak fucking havoc.

I second the love of "The Wrong Guy." TOTALLY hilarious.

I believe that the Doughboys on Dave's shirt is a reference to the Canadian band of the same name.

I saw Dave at NXNE last year, and portly or not, it was really awesome to see him rocking out to Redd Kross.