Had a discussion with some friends a while back about the ol’ “replace everyone but one actor with muppets” idea.
So someone suggests Full Metal Jacket, keeping R Lee Ermy (the drill sergeant). And I said no no no.
Keep Vincent D’onofrio.
For those of you who haven’t seen it, spoilers for a 36 year old movie!
Full Metal Jacket is essentially two related short films sharing a few characters, glued together in the middle. The first half of the movie follows US Marine draftees as they go through basic training. The second half follows a couple of those guys as they take sniper fire in Vietnam.
Vincent D’onofrio only appears in the first half. His character, “Private Gomer Pyle” (a derisive nickname applied by the drill sergeant) is the subject of tons of abuse at the hands of said drill sergeant, and, eventually, his fellow draftees.
And at the end of the segment, he has a nervous breakdown, takes a rifle into the bathroom, and when confronted by the drill sergeant, blows him away, then kills himself.
So replacing D’onfrio has 3 main effects here.
1. You get to see private Pyle subject to increasingly brutal psychological and physical abuse, by muppets.
2. You get to see Private Pyle go nuts and kill, in a fit of insanity, a muppet.
3. The entire back half of the film, which is less remembered in pop culture but still a fucking brutal and harrowing story in its own right, is re-enacted entirely by muppets.
Honestly, I don’t think anything in cinema could top that. I think it would make Citizen Kane look like The Room. I need this. I deserve it.
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TV Guide - September 19 - 25, 1964
Fall Preview: 1964 - 1965 Shows
ABC
12 O'Clock High (September 18, 1964 – January 13, 1967)
ABC Scope (November 11, 1964 – March 2, 1968)
The Addams Family (September 18, 1964 – April 8, 1966)
Bewitched (September 17, 1964 – March 25, 1972)
The Bing Crosby Show (September 14, 1964 – April 19, 1965)
Broadside (September 20, 1964 – May 2, 1965)
F.D.R. (January 8, 1965 - July 23, 1965)
Jonny Quest (September 18, 1964 – March 11, 1965)
The King Family Show (January 23, 1965 – September 10, 1969)
Mickey (September 16, 1964 – January 13, 1965)
No Time for Sergeants (September 14, 1964 – May 3, 1965)
Peyton Place (September 15, 1964 – June 2, 1969)
Shindig! (September 16, 1964 – January 8, 1966)
The Tycoon (September 15, 1964 – April 27, 1965)
Valentine's Day (September 18, 1964 – May 7, 1965)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (September 14, 1964 – March 31, 1968)
Wendy and Me (September 14, 1964 – May 24, 1965)
CBS
The Baileys of Balboa (September 24, 1964 – April 1, 1965)
The Cara Williams Show (September 23, 1964 – April 21, 1965)
The Celebrity Game (April 6, 1964 - September 13, 1964 / April 8, 1965 - September 9, 1965)
The Entertainers (September 25, 1964 –March 27, 1965)
Fanfare (June 19, 1965 - September 11, 1965)
For the People (January 31 – May 9, 1965)
Gilligan's Island (September 26, 1964 – April 17, 1967)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (September 25, 1964 – May 2, 1969)
Many Happy Returns (September 21, 1964 – April 12, 1965)
Mr. Broadway (September 26 – December 26, 1964)
The Munsters (September 24, 1964 – May 12, 1966)
My Living Doll (September 27, 1964 – March 17, 1965)
On Broadway Tonight (July 8, 1964 - March 12, 1965)
Our Private World (May 5 – September 10, 1965)
The Reporter (September 25 – December 18, 1964)
World War One (September 22, 1964 - April 18, 1965)
NBC
90 Bristol Court (October 5, 1964 - January 4, 1965)
Branded (January 24, 1965 – September 4, 1966)
Cloak of Mystery (May 11 - August 8, 1965)
Daniel Boone (September 24, 1964 – May 7, 1970)
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (September 19, 1964 – April 24, 1965)
Flipper (September 19, 1964 – April 15, 1967)
Harris Against the World (October 5, 1964 - January 4, 1965)
Hullabaloo (January 12, 1965 – August 29, 1966)
International Showtime (September 15, 1961 - September 10, 1965)
Karen (October 5, 1964 – April 19, 1965)
Kentucky Jones (September 19, 1964 – April 10, 1965)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (September 22, 1964 – January 15, 1968)
Moment of Fear (May 19 - September 15, 1964 / 25 May 25 - August 10, 1965)
NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies (September 16, 1964 - September 8, 1965)
Profiles in Courage (November 8, 1964 – May 9, 1965)
The Rogues (September 13, 1964 – April 18, 1965)
Tom, Dick and Mary (October 5, 1964 - January 4, 1965)
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