Monday, September 14, 2009

Dirt Dancing

To Dead Foo:  Thanks for Death, Patrick Swayze
Yes, I know that Patrick Swayze was in the movie Ghost. But really, the headline, "Swayze is Ghost" is a bit hackish, don't you think?

Patrick Swayze, the star of amazing films such as Point Break and Road House had the time of his death today at the age of 57. Swayze was Hollywood's most effeminate tough guy of all time, with the crossed arms of Paul Lynde and the right cross of Clint Eastwood.

Swayze soiled the underwear of millions of teenage girls when he not only acted as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing, but did all his own dancing, and wrote and sang his own heartfelt ballad, "She's Like the Wind."

Pretty much everyone chose the doomed smoker to miss the next 50-year storm: the Oracle, Deady Money, Le Chowd, Thanatos, Miss of Death, Death Knell Belle, The Crippler, Kerberos, Wednesday, and The Grim Reaper. Betcha these geniuses had Kennedy, too.

A post-mortem press conference that details what it's like to die and the other mysteries of the universe will be held by Whoopi Goldberg at Swayze's funeral. (See--I did throw in ONE Ghost reference for you!)

I'll see you in the next life, Bodhi. I guess you're getting all the sleep you need now, mijo.