Blind Item #8 - The Biopic - A Dancing Boy Blind Item
Here's a sneak preview of a forthcoming dancing boy story (with a CDAN bonus that wasn't on twitter)...
In case you missed it on twitter...
Coming soon: The Biopic - a Dancing Boy Blind Item. It survives today as a print in a storage locker, and a few grainy VHS transfers, memorable only to the cast and crew.
But this student flick (from 1997) - and in particular one scene - was inspired by the same story behind a shockingly similar scene in an independent movie a year later, the first produced by a certain permanent A list front man turned movie producer.
Both are musical biopics, the star of the latter one shrouded in mystery.
My prep for this one part? A kids meal at the Sizzler, and a hair cut (along with a small hoard of screaming children) at the Fantastic Sams. The director - we'll call her "mom" - took me to the mall, and bought me a school uniform. By then I wanted to go home and play Nintendo.
I'm thinking that because of the age of the latter actor no such prep was needed.
Here's something more - that wasn't on twitter. The actor, a friend of mine, who played the lead role in the short had his own special scene. In it, and according to the director, the musician he plays learned to sing in the same place where a string of boys auditioned for a certain director at basically the same time. I thought he got in on the first take, but a number of them were shot.
In case you missed it on twitter...
Coming soon: The Biopic - a Dancing Boy Blind Item. It survives today as a print in a storage locker, and a few grainy VHS transfers, memorable only to the cast and crew.
But this student flick (from 1997) - and in particular one scene - was inspired by the same story behind a shockingly similar scene in an independent movie a year later, the first produced by a certain permanent A list front man turned movie producer.
Both are musical biopics, the star of the latter one shrouded in mystery.
My prep for this one part? A kids meal at the Sizzler, and a hair cut (along with a small hoard of screaming children) at the Fantastic Sams. The director - we'll call her "mom" - took me to the mall, and bought me a school uniform. By then I wanted to go home and play Nintendo.
I'm thinking that because of the age of the latter actor no such prep was needed.
Here's something more - that wasn't on twitter. The actor, a friend of mine, who played the lead role in the short had his own special scene. In it, and according to the director, the musician he plays learned to sing in the same place where a string of boys auditioned for a certain director at basically the same time. I thought he got in on the first take, but a number of them were shot.
Sizzler had a great salad bar.
ReplyDeleteSelf serve ice cream 👍🏼
Delete+1 on their soft serve
DeleteGoddamn I just CANNOT read these Dancing Boy Blinds. You need a team of scientists working 24/7 round the clock to decipher the frigging things.
ReplyDeleteA team of literate writers would have been preferred.
DeleteAnother Dancing Bore blind, yay/wn
ReplyDeleteI heard when Sizzler closed the employees found out by showing up one day and all the doors were locked and boarded, no warning at all.
ReplyDeleteNever been to Sizzler but when I was a kid we would go to Ponderosa a few times a year. Yum, cafeteria style steak.
ReplyDeleteSame here. East coast? Ponderosa was for special occasions
DeleteI loved Ponderosa as a kid. Before that it was Bonanza.
DeleteHey! Anyone remember Applegate's Landing? They had a tiny door for kids. It was the tops.
DeleteI could go for a great chef salad, they need a takeout salad chain.
ReplyDeleteSaladWorks.
DeleteSizzler was the fancy place to eat where I grew up.
ReplyDeleteI love how this has turned in to a Sizzler blind, and no one is even trying to guess what the hell the rest of the blind is about.
I don’t really care. Do you?
Delete+1000😂😂😂
DeleteAs far as chains go, Texas Roadhouse has pretty good steaks.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, Texas Roadhouse. Took my mom there for Mother's Day. It was a hot day, and a long wait, and somebody wound up passing out in front of the bread station. An ambulance was called. It was an unfortunate incident, and the waiter apologized profusely for the delayed bread service. 😓
DeleteDo you now suffer from PTSD?
Delete@Brayson...We have Salad Express here and they're wonderful! For $10, you get a salad that takes up a whole take-out container.
ReplyDeleteThese blinds are impossible to decipher. I guess i’m not alone since all the comments are about sizzler!
ReplyDeleteWe had Bonanza, which I think was a low rent Ponderosa.
ReplyDeleteWe had a Sizzler in Michigan briefly in the early 90's. My friend who had moved here from CA was ecstatic when it opened. It was pretty decent. Last year I went to a Ponderosa for the first time. Ewww.
ReplyDeleteYes @twounstable, about as East Coast as it gets.
ReplyDeleteLinking back to Michael Stipe again.
ReplyDeleteNot really sure what we're guessing here, but what I'm getting is:
The student flick with Dancing Boy had a similar scene (supposedly based on a real indecent) as a scene in VELVET GOLDMINE (1998, produced by "frontman" Stipe- Both have been called out in this blog).
I don't know which scene is being referred to or why it is significant, someone who has seen VG more recently can figure out that part.
Incidentally, DB mentioned this college short before, and it's about Morrissey. Where/ when did Morrissey learn to sing?
Also, I know I have a weird memory for these details but most readers don't, so PLEASE start posting links to relevant past blinds.
All I know about Sizzler is that scene in Slums of Beverly Hills. I grew up in Michigan and Ponderosa was the thing. My family was cheap, so we didn't go often (birthdays and special occasions), but when we did, we'd fill up on salad and soft serve and take the meat and baked potato home for another meal.
ReplyDeleteBonanza was around too, but not in my area. They were great for playing the alphabet hand in road trips though.
Thanks MsDrtMover & twounstable, yes sometimes a good salad hits the spot.
ReplyDeleteI don't get what is real and what not anymore in these blinds...
ReplyDeleteThis is by FAR the best comment thread of all the blinds for the last several days. You guys are making my work day tolerable.
ReplyDeleteEvery Friday my mother and I would go to Sizzler. I loved it. Texas Roadhouse does have good steak and the mushrooms are to die for. Their green beans are good too.
ReplyDeleteNo more Sizzlers in San Diego!! Now I'm hungry for cheesy bread and steak!!
ReplyDeleteI like Velvet Goldmine guess.i bet the sex scene with Obi Wan and Batman
ReplyDeleteSo every time from now on a Dancing Boy Blind comes out can we just talk about Sizzler?
ReplyDelete@Tuesdi, Sizzler or anything else we know really happened.
ReplyDeleteBwahahahaha @Brayson
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of food, my work had and ice cream truck brought in for staff today! Hooray!
ReplyDeleteWhere does Golden Corral figure into this all?
ReplyDeleteI could go for Golden Corral right about now.
ReplyDelete@Sara, I guess the controversial scene is the one where Christian Bale and Ewan Mcgregor have sex. It's been years that I don't watch Velvet Goldmine. I had such a crush on Christian Bale!
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of Golden Corral. But I am a giant fan of ice cream - I'm jealous @Farmgirl
ReplyDeleteWe always called it Pondagrossa. And I think Golden Corral is a little overrated.
ReplyDeleteNow...Pizza Ranch Buffet...that’s another story!! ��
I loved Morrisons too. Never heard of Pizza Ranch, sounds delightful.
ReplyDeleteSara speaks fluent Dancing boy. It is a lost language. Dancing boy guy, I am begging you- if you do make a movie, please let someone else write it. Use your ideas if you must, but you are a horrible writer.
ReplyDeleteNever been to a Sizzler- Ponderosa was our thing in Ohio. Along with White Castle. Now my kids like to go to Cicis pizza for all you can eat pizza and salads. Quantity over quality there.
"We goin' Sizzler, We goin' Sizzler!"
ReplyDeleteI miss Sizzler so much. There's one in Puerto Rico, but they don't have malibu chicken. We go to the one in Orlando when we are in town, haven't been there in a while though...
ReplyDeletewonder if it's still there?
There is an ORIGINAL Sizzler still in Ventura, CA. Went there several months ago and it was quite the blast from the past.
ReplyDeleteI bet this thread is like porn to INSIDERHER!
ReplyDeleteLoved Bonanza/Ponderosa. I wish they still had them.
ReplyDeleteAs for the blind, I'm with Teusdi.
Squirrel!
ReplyDeleteThe local Sizzler (the one on Wilshire in Miracle Mile), closed down many years ago and is now a hobo habitat. There were a couple that I used to go to as a kid, one in Eagle Rock on Colorado, near the Glendale border, right by the Eagle Rock Plaza (not sure if it's still there), and another one in the Verdugo Valley area of Glendale (also not sure if it's still around). I think there is/was also another one in the South Pasadena area.
ReplyDeleteI remember a kid singing Tutti Frutti in Velvet Goldmine.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there will ever be an all mac & cheese buffet.
ReplyDeleteSizzler really was a special occasion back in the day, c. 1970s. Thanks @sandybrook for starting this nostalgia celebration. I always remember the steaming baked potatoes wrapped in foil that they'd bring out.
ReplyDeleteFucking A man, how much feedback do you have to get telling you that the majority hates these bullshit, rambling, incoherent non-interesting tales before you stop posting them?
ReplyDeleteReading the comments has been far more interesting then the blind itself. If the blind is meant to be artistic rambling that we are meant to find intriging then that objective went completely out the window! I love reading about the American way of life on here.
ReplyDeleteSizzler was a treat when we had to go to church or visit the grandparents. We responded to bribes!
ReplyDeleteI love the dancing boy. I bet his movie will become one of the greatest movies of all time. I look forward to his posts!
ReplyDeleteAhh Yes, the classics...
DeleteGone with the Wind
On the Waterfront
Casa Blanca
...and Dancing Boy gets the Meat @ Sizzler
Or is it.... "Dancing Boy gets his Salad Tossed @ Sizzler"
DeleteIn the Midwest we had Sirloin Stockade with the big cow on wheels outside with a sign in replaceable letters for specials. Sometimes you'd see this big cow on wheels in front of someone's house announcing their 40th Over-the-Hill birthday or such. How embarrassing!
ReplyDelete@Kno Won Uno, I don't know about a buffet, but there is a tiny "chain" of all-Mac & Cheese restaurants in New Hampshire.
ReplyDeleteAll the Sizzlers where I am disappeared 20+ years ago, but there is still a Bonanza if one knows where to look. But I do prefer Longhorn's steaks to Texas Roadhouse (the latter wins on the cinnamon-buttered rolls, though).
Dancing Boy/Sizzler corporate synergy I can't wait
ReplyDeleteSalt Lake City is still riddled with Sizzlers. Also, Utah has Chuck-o-Rama (aka Upchuck o rama).
ReplyDeleteGotta have those all you can eat buffets to feed the Mormon families with 6-8 children! Seriously, these buffets will never go out of business in that state.
I've only seen them while traveling, but I am a fan of Iron Skillet. Usually found in gas stations and truck stops.
There is a Sizzler near Tacoma,Wa. I haven't ate at Sizzler for 20 years as the one in town I lived in was shut down. If curious Sizzler location finder. https://www.sizzler.com/locations
ReplyDeleteThere are about 5 real commenters here today, max. 90% of the names are one person, mental masturbation for a lonely guy. Today reminds me of the "Kardashian family" conversations that went on endlessly a few years ago, likely the same person.
ReplyDeleteOh CiCis is awful. A good pizza buffet isn't impossible to do, but CiCis is definitely not a good pizza buffet.
ReplyDeleteI have Velvet Goldmine and watch it religiously. If someone could turn this blind (or several or all DB blinds?) into a semi coherent question, I'm pretty sure I could give a definitive answer...
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