The Shallow End of the Pool

In my last post, I jokingly referred to an upcoming (made-up) major motion picture entitled "Ernest vs. Pauly Shore." The joke, for those who didn't get it, was two-fold. Firstly, it was a riff on a recent trend in Hollywood to crossover two established franchises ("Freddy vs. Jason," "Alien vs. Predator"). The funny part was supposed to be that Jim Varney, who played Ernest in approximately 732 of those films, is dead, and Pauly Shore, late 80's-early 90's MTV icon, may as well be. Unbeknownst to me, however, Pauly isn't quite as finished as we all thought.

Special thanks to Sweetie Guy Hutchinson, who has his own wonderful blog over here, for bringing the following to my attention: Pauly Shore has written and directed a new film, and it actually looks really funny. It's called "Pauly Shore Is Dead," and you can check out the trailer for it at www.paulyshoreisdead.com.

The entire staff here at The Shallow End of the Pool would like to formally apologize to Mr. Shore for reporting the premature death of his career, although, to be frank, I'm sure this new movie won't do much to revive it.