Bubba Ho-Tep

Zee was lucky enough to get a Best Buy gift card for Xmas. He used most of it, save for $10, on the "Carnivale" DVD set and a couple of CDs. Sucks when you have $10 left, especially at Best Buy. Honestly, if you don't have the money to supplement your $10, what the hell are you going to buy?

For months he has talked about how he missed the ultimate purchase that day. Last summer, he and I surfed the web, watching movie trailers, and got completely stoked over a new Canadian flick - "Bubba Ho-Tep". It's a Bruce Campbell movie ( Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Zena, etc.). Don't get me wrong, I think Bruce Campbell is a bit of a dork. My ex-brother in law, the man with the completely goofy, "limited edition" swords - over 25 from stupid production companies capitalizing on Lord of the Rings, Blade, Highlander, Zena - was a Army of Darkness freak. He could spend three or four hours just blah-blah-blahing about the movie. I remember going through this dialogue for the eightieth time while sitting at Waffle House, and seriously considering impaling him with my fork.

However, the premise of Bubba Ho-Tep is pretty great. Elvis Presley switched identities with an Elvis impersonator in the early 70s. The impersonator, living as Elvis, died of drug abuse. The real Elvis is stuck in a nursing home in rural Texas. Elvis has to join forces with the real JFK ( in a older black man's body, it's another f-ed up story) in order to fight a mummy who has broken into the nursing home to steal the resident's souls. Elvis, being both erudite and redneck at the same time, christens the mummy "Bubba Ho-Tep".

Today was payday, and I felt that Zee needed some cheering up. I ganked his Best Buy gift card, and made a run at lunch for the movie. Completely worth it, if you are into camp and goofiness. Made me feel great.