I assume that everyone has already seen Fishing With John but then I remember that some people haven’t really seen anything. Some people don’t live in urban environments. They live surrounded by boxstores and get their culture recommendations, not from stoned crazy people, but from television. These poor bastards might never even have heard of Fishing With John.
Fishing With John was a 1992 fishing show. Actor, musician and artist John Lurie would take various celebrities fishing. Here’s the synop:
John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn’t stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime in Fishing with John. Traveling with his special guests to the most exotic and dangerous places on earth, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Long Island, goes ice fishing with Willem Dafoe at Maine’s northernmost point, braves the Costa Rican jungle with Matt Dillon, takes Tom Waits to Jamaica, and searches for the elusive giant squid with Dennis Hopper in Thailand.
It sounds stupid and it is. But it’s also great. Fishing With John is not only the best fishing show ever made but also the best celebrity show. You don’t even need to believe me. After the jump, you can watch episode 2 – featuring the grouchy and whining Tom Waits.
2 comments
Patrick Caza
January 6, 2010 at 6:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
thank you so much, Owl, for posting about this
its so hilarious
Tom Waits not wanting to fix the fishy bait on the hook because he looked him in the eyes and now «they had a relationship»… rofl !
we didnt get that show in french canada
have a splendifuble day !
btw, i dont know if I should tell you that, you might think I’m some sort of punk, but I lived at fort Goofs in Kensington market some time ago
ahh, Toronto…
que de souvenirs !
Ryan Oakley
January 13, 2010 at 9:13 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You’re welcome.
The fort was in its last days and coming down when I moved to Toronto. I lived in the College Hostel for three years until the landlord changed and the new one paid me leave after an unsuccessful attempt at eviction. And I semi-knew some of the BFGs in the way that everyone in the market semi-knew everyone else in the market. Doubt any of them would remember me now.