I think that the studio would be thrilled with any sort of publicity at all for Dupree. They probably sent a big thank-you gift to Steely Dan.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
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Tom Scola - Aug 01, 2006 6:24:02 am PDT #3259 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
beekaytee - Aug 01, 2006 6:25:24 am PDT #3260 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Nice bit of cross promotion, that. Masses of ink for very little trouble. Free publicity...it even made it into the Washington Post two days this week already. The 'open letter to Luke Wilson' is pretty hilarious.
I'd expect nothing less from friends of Wes Anderson!
juliana - Aug 01, 2006 6:31:00 am PDT #3261 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I thought they were just giving Owen a bunch of shit. Maybe not....
I think they are. I think Owen's playing along with it. "Hey Nineteen" is a nice touch. Unsurprising that the WaPo isn't quite getting it....
Jessica - Aug 01, 2006 6:38:12 am PDT #3262 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Today is actually the first time I'd gone and read the original full quotes from both parties, and the press coverage on this (which I'd kind of been following in the background) now seems way off base. It seems pretty clear that they're all having a laugh at the expense of the press and the audience.
I should ask my uncle for the inside scoop -- Donald Fagen was his college roommate.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 01, 2006 6:38:36 am PDT #3263 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think they are. I think Owen's playing along with it.
He's gotta be - the "Mr. Steely Dan" comment is such a giveaway. Owen should totally show up at the concert.
Hayden - Aug 01, 2006 6:40:31 am PDT #3264 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, yeah, it's completely a joke. Glad that Owen Wilson is playing along, and even (possibly) referencing an old National Lampoon joke about "Mr. Zeppelin". (And, yeah, "Hey 19" is supposed to be the tip-off that they're kidding around. If the stationary that Steely Dan's letter is on didn't do it.)
Aims - Aug 01, 2006 6:41:05 am PDT #3265 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, then I am a little slow on the uptake.
Hayden - Aug 01, 2006 6:46:14 am PDT #3266 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Well, the jokes all assume that you are intimate with Steely Dan's ouevre.
Aims - Aug 01, 2006 6:46:49 am PDT #3267 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ah, there's the rub.
Hayden - Aug 01, 2006 6:48:10 am PDT #3268 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Damn these in-jokes! They are tearing this nation apart!