Run Ronnie Run! (2002)

For this month’s theme of AWKWARD LAUGHTER 2: THE FLOP we’re discussing some comedies that didn’t quite hit at the box office and it’s no surprise that some of our selections have tumultuous histories during production and post-production. Today’s discussion involves a bit of ego swinging in the editing room that left the creators involved with a bitter aftertaste. On top of that, studio executive shuffling led to this movie not even getting a theatrical release. Our “straight to VHS/DVD” discussion this month is a 2002 Troy Miller directed comedy that spun out of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk’s influential HBO sketch show “Mr. Show”. Bob and David don’t hold it in high regard in light of the fact that they were shut out of final edit. By some accounts they were relieved that “RUN RONNIE RUN!” didn’t lose more money in the theaters with a proper marketing budget. The rest of America got what they got and they probably got it out of a bargain bin at a Hollywood Video in 2004. It was right up the alley of our younger, drunker, stoner selves but could this “cult classic” have been something more? Pretty easy to find. Here’s a good link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v03ldhD7k-c and here’s a little backstory on the fallout of the project from Bob Odenkirk in 2004: https://web.archive.org/web/20070607210342/http://www.bobanddavid.com/interviews.asp?artID=116

 

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