Two Little Bits, Related by One Man

-Anyone think it is funny that Machete may make more money at the theatre domestically than Grindhouse, the film that spawned it. It has to have one more good weekend, and it seems like it could eclipse the 25 million dollars that the combined might of Planet Terror and Death Proof produced in their initial theatrical run. This success makes me wonder if any of the other trailers from Grindhouse might now become full-length movies now too. Is a Don't movie in the cards?

-The Comedy Network up here was showing a standup comedy concert marathon this weekend, and I happened to flip it on during Margaret Cho's Beautiful from 2008, and I said to myself that I would watch it to the end unless she mentioned the series All-American Girl, the single-season show she starred in in 1994. But she did. At this point, she has to let it go. Seriously, it has been 16 years. I know that she feels like she got totally screwed on that deal, but most people let that slide after a while, at least publicly. I have a feeling she might even mention it one night on Dancing with the Stars.

Now these two items are related thusly: Grindhouse was codirected by Quentin Tarantino, who directed and appeared on an episode of All-American Girl (and also dated Margaret Cho).

EDIT: Astute reader Jimmy J. Aquino from A Fistful of Soundtracks noticed that I said that QT directed Planet Terror. I put that movie down in error, when I meant to put Grindhouse. I appreciate the correction.

Tags: machete, danny trejo, robert rodriguez, margaret cho, quentin tarantino, death proof, planet terror, grindhouse, don't, adgar wright, comedy network, beautiful, all-american girl