Thursday, April 24, 2008

Old school pick up.

Oh fuck.

I just finished watching this old rat pack movie on TV, I think it was called "They come running" or something. Anyways, it always fun to watch some old school seducers work their game, in this case Sinatra and Dean Martin. These guys are so fucking bad ass.

All the rat pack films usually revolve around the same shit, Sinatra (whose character is usually ALSO named Frank) & friends drink a lot, smoke, gamble, fuck girls, beat guys up and just be awesome in general. I was flicking through the channels and this is the first scene that came up.

- Sinatra wakes up in bed with a young Shirley McClain, presumably after fucking the shit out of her all night. He lights a cigarette and walks into the living room to find Dean Martin drinking straight whiskey and playing cards. They proceed to have a conversation about gambling, drinking, smoking and steak.

Cajun: HOLY FUCK! This movie is amazing!

I decide to watch the rest, and to be honest the story was pretty fucked up, even for the fifties. I imagined how a conversation about the plot of this movie would have been brought up in conversation, then I thought of the Limo driver from Spinal Tap:

Limo Driver: Oh you may be good with women, but you're no Frank, I mean that guy really deserved respect.
Cajun: Why is that?
Limo driver: Because Frank knows, I mean he's loved and he's lost, he knows.
Cajun: What do you mean?
Limo Driver: Have you ever loved a woman, then have her find out you fucked a whore from Chicago and then marry that whore to prove that she's not a whore, even though she very obviously is, and then accidentally get her shot in the back by an angry drugdealer and have her die on top of you while still wearing her wedding dress?
Cajun: No thats never happened to me, that is some fucked up shit. Frank is a hard man.

Here is a rundown of what I watched in the film:

-A woman breaks down and pleads for Frank to love her because she worships him and will do anything for him. Frank pauses, and then asks her to clean up the house (So he can invite more women over)

-Dean Martin gets stabbed in the arm after punching some guy out for making fun of his hat at a card game.

-Dean Martin seduces the nurse at the hospital, who is a nun.

- Dean is diagnosed with diabetes at the hospital, and told not to drink. In the very next scene he is drinking whiskey from the bottle in the car and not giving a fuck.

-While in the car, Frank sees a hot woman on the street and immediately stops the car to go over and seduce her. Frank gives the keys to Dean, who is still drinking whiskey from the bottle and now wearing a cowboy hat.


It got kinda fucked up in the end, but holy shit why don't they still make movies like this?

8 comments:

Steve McCarvel said...

Hell yeah, Sinatra was the man!

"To deal with women is simple… Treat every dame like a lady and treat every lady like a dame." --Sinatra in "Pal Joey"

Truth said...

Wow. I never told you this at the Super Conference, but I saw that second The Firm tour that your Jimmy Page shirt is from.

Unknown said...

I think this guy was one of my core influences back in the day as well, I've modeled the majority of my dancing (with or without music) after him.

http://www.rickastley.co.uk/

(Jaggering wasn't exactly congruent, as still wear oakley frogskins and addidas sambas)

Brian Armstrong said...

looks like its called "Some Came Running"

Tryin to download it now.

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Unknown said...

Damn you cajun! you have time write up about old ass movies but not enough time to finish the las vegas part 2 and part 3!!!!!

Alex Weber said...

Hey Cajun,

I dug this post because I have been thinking about this subject recently: old-school game. Like, our parents, or grandparents. The same concepts obviously still applied, but I don't think they were recognized as such.

It would be interesting to look at old "seduction texts" if they exist, or basically stories of dudes with the mad seduction skills from the past. Take these and compare them with what we know now... probably more similarities than differences.

Thanks!
Alex

Jon From Elmwood said...

CLOONY GOES AND RE-MAKES OCEANS 11 AND TURNS IT INTO A BIG ADD TO GAY LOVE IN VEGAS...
SINATRA SHOULD RISE FROM HIS GRAVE AND MAKE CLOONLY CLEAN HIS HOUSE SO HE CAN BANG CLOONY'S CHICKS