So Dave, if the devil was handing out his own homemade candy the moment you entered hell,

what would it be?

I think one would be the memories that other people have of your most embarrassing moments from every angle.

As candy.

And then, I mean, honestly, black licorice.

Hey, everyone.

In 1989, a journalist was given unprecedented access to the entire making of a

Hollywood film, Bonfire of the Vanities.

Presumably because this one was a shewin to be a hit based on a massive bestseller, starring

Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Melanie Griffith, and helmed by the director of Carrie

and The Untouchables. But then it became one of the most thoroughly documented train wrecks in cinema history.

This is The Devil's Candy by Julie Salomon.

And this is the book pile.

A podcast about the best of books and the worst of books.

I'm Kellynne Ursk, and I'm a comic, a father.

And I've been thinking that for my funeral, I want a bonfire,

like Darth Vader and Return of the Jedi. By the way, I hope that Luke at least held an open

casket wake that was also open masks so that all of Vader's friends could pay their respects

and be just as disappointed as all we were when we saw what he looked like?

I never thought of that, because I just don't remember not knowing what he looks like under

the mask. But yeah, he does look pathetic, doesn't he? Yeah, I remember being disappointed the first

time I saw it, and then every time I've seen it since.

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