Part Three - The Esther Project

It's part three already and still no sign of Esther. How long can we stand the suspense? In the segment we're about to see today, we find that Don's search has led him down another dangerous road.

Finding flaws in this movie is pretty easy I'll admit, but it bears repeating once again just how much funnier it COULD have been had Don continued with the dragging of old brown suitcase and the wearing of dark formal jacket. And now, for some reason, even his smart-looking tie has gone AWOL! Why would we chuck out the tie? It's not as if the tie was inconvenient to carry like the suitcase. (We should have had him wearing a little red BOW-tie from the start anyway.) I'm surprised a sock or shoe wasn't lost during this third installment.

Even without the props, there's still some fine acting on display here, especially by the trio of no-good thugs (George, Doug and Joe) who obviously don't like being interrupted during their back yard jamming sessions. While I often employed George and Doug for my cinematic endeavors, this would be Joe's one and only film credit. (And doesn't he look like one of the Monkees on the album jacket he's holding?) But in a true story that I'm guilty of retelling many times, Joe (in real life) would eventually end up marrying the lead actress in this picture - the ever mysterious (and soon to make her debut) Esther! Played by his future bride, Brenda. And it's all thanks to the producer/director... me! The children they would bring into the world owe their entire existence to this awkward, silly movie of mine. Think about THAT for a minute, why don'tcha.