In order for you to get today’s joke, it may help if you are one from “The Love Boat Generation”. By that I mean the era when television shows featured guest stars famous for little more than being famous. George Hamilton is one such celebrity.

George has quite the reputation regarding his deep and ever-present tan. In fact, his nickname is “The Tanned One” and there have been several jokes made at his expense to this effect. I’m merely jumping on the bandwagon. Tan. Leather. Leatherface. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s kind of like Six Degrees of Separation except not. For more information on George Hamilton, click here.

Frankly I’m not too interested in the remake that is belching onto screens nationwide this weekend. I think it’s more indicative of the decline of Jessica Biel’s career more than anything. Who’s bright idea was it to remake this film, anyway? Didn’t they know it was going to be impossible to get away with all the tricks that made the original so shocking? The fact that they didn’t involve the original Leatherface Gunnar Hansen in the remake only adds insult to injury. Oh, well. I guess they were able to snag John Larroquette as The Narrator. Did you know the that the 1974 version of the film was his first movie role? Small world.

I wanted to call everyone’s attention to the brand new Theater Hopper store. I’ve got a ton of great merchandise for you including TWO new posters and Jared’s Theater Hopper documentary now on DVD! You’d better pick this stuff up while you can. Supplies are running short. We’re still selling the original Theater Hopper poster, but there are only 28 left! Better move fast!

I want to give a shout out to Movie Comics who is sponsoring Theater Hopper for the next week. It looks like Mr. Furious has put the past controversy behind him and he is churning out new comics left and right. Visit his site and welcome him back to the web comic community.

Beyond that, I’m still tinkering around with the forums and it’s going to be great. More features, better color scheme, the whole nine. Hopefully I’ll have some more news on that by the end of today.

Take it easy!