Ten Fun Steps

Something to which I have occasionally made reference is the fact that it was I who originated the essential premise to the Jason Lee sitcom, "My Name Is Earl". You can read "The Fun Guy" at Archive.Org (posted May 29, 2009), the original idea for it which I sent in March 2002 to Sean Daniel, who had produced the 1995 movie in which Jason Lee had his first starring role, "Mallrats" ("Mallrats" itself was named after my 1993 video, "Mall Man", which is posted at Archive.Org). To dig a little deeper into this "backstory", you may wish to read my January 4, 2009 blog, "Bits and Pieces Strike Back". That blog article is copyrighted, at least the text, for I periodically post accumulations of my blogs at Archive.Org (so you can be sure I didn't just hatch all this within the past hour). As I have mentioned numerous times before, unfortunately, this Blogspot blog site does not copyright worth a dam, as one can come back and re-edit without changing the timestamp, which is why I periodically post the text of my accumulated blogs at Archive.Org.

As I blogged at the time, I found that the premiere episode of Jason Lee's new TV show, "Memphis Beat", like much of Jason Lee's work, also made some reference to my material, though relatively little. However: I am pleased to report that, with the July 6th third episode, I once again occupy, at least for the moment, a somewhat important role in Jason Lee's work. It does require digging deep to see this, and I know how so many prefer arriving at shallow conclusions. Nevertheless, I am not one who is obsessed with only playing to the lowest common denominator. Therefore, the following presentation is for the benefit of those willing to persevere in spending the time and energy required to get to the truth about this. For newcomers to all things Steinhoff, the following may perhaps also contain implications regarding how serious my statements regarding other matters deserve to be taken.

And one more thing: tomorrow, July 7th (the day following this episode) will be Ringo Starr's 70th birthday. This fact appears to have resulted in "Memphis Beat" working a memorable Ringo Starr moment into the Steinhoff/Lee mix. I'm not sure this makes the three of us a group, however.

Step 1
Excerpt from the script for the Beatles movie, "A Hard Day's Night":
Ringo has an idea and does a Sir Walter Raleigh with his large Mac, spreading it over one of the puddles…. He spreads the coat, without noticing what he is doing, over the hole. The girl steps on the coat and disappears sharply.


Step 2
What Step 1 meant by "a Sir Walter Raleigh":
According to a famous legend he (Raleigh) once laid his plush and expensive cloak over a mud puddle so that the Queen's feet would not be dirtied.


Step 3
From the July 6th episode of "Memphis Beat":




Step 4
From the July 6th episode of "Memphis Beat":




Step 5
From my 1993 video, "Mall Man" (the title of which led to "Mallrats", Jason Lee's first starring role):




Step 6
From my 1993 video, "Mall Man":




Step 7
From the July 6th episode of "Memphis Beat" (with some sound from the Step 6 "Mall Man" videoclip included):




Step 8
From the July 6th episode of "Memphis Beat":




Step 9
From my 1993 video, "Mall Man":




Step 10
From my 1993 video, "Mall Man" and from he July 6th episode of "Memphis Beat":