The film starts with Roger Briesewitz teaching us how to make fried chicken, when all of a sudden the need for dental transcripts arises, and it becomes clear that we must find a way to contact the elusive Peter K. Lam, and then the search begins.....
Joe Doyle, doctoral candidate and erstwhile redneck stumbles into the middle of Wigstock 1992 as he searches for a barbecue grill in New York's East VIllage. Opening scenes shot in the late Village Idiot... This film is unedited and was shot direct to video, and was the first application of our new camcorder, hence the somewhat shaky camera work at times, and occasional presence of time-date stamps. Nevertheless, this film captures 1992 New York City at its best...
The story of two urban redneck doctoral candidates on a quest to find the country, and eat at every fast food restaurant between New York City and Wawarsing, where Joe Terwilliger's parents make a brief cameo appearance before the return to NYC dressed in camouflage, stalked by cats and raccoons, and still hungry for some fast food. Note the extra toppings on the burgers we had at Roy Rogers (fortunately no longer with us...), not to mention Vend-a-bait....
Every year on the first Saturday after the first Monday in Labor Day, since its inception in 1991, the Weirdo Formal Invitational Central Park Golf Classic has been held in Central Park, starting from Columbus Circle at 12:30PM, and terminating at the Key West Diner and Cafe on Broadway just South of 96th street. The videos you will see will amaze you. The people you meet when you play golf in tuxedos in the park are amazing. Joe the Lifter is one such character. Here you will see how we met him while filming the tournament the first year. Subsequently we have run into him every year in Central Park, several of which will also be shown below. Amazing but true... Joe has not failed to meet us yet in the subsequent eleven years. Enjoy these videos and be amazed at the lifting powers of this real New Yorker.... His antics at lifting strangers in the park have been immortalized independently in song by God, the Band, who met Joe independently in Central Park. He is also beloved by Handshake Squad in Tampa.... A true pop icon for our time, we present the original videos of the one and only Joe The Lifter!