Post hole
Mark has rented the SLY office / house out to the producers of The Bigger Whiter, sequel to the hit film The Big White, which was partially filmed in Whitehorse a few years ago. As a result, the Flog will be out of commission for a week or more.
We don’t have all the plot details, but it’s our understanding that in this film, rather than trying to pull an implausible insurance scam to get the money to help his Tourette’s-afflicted wife leave the snow-bound hell of Alaska, the character played by Robin Williams will take an easier approach and simply try to move several keys of cocaine during one zany summer. Not surprisingly, the script calls for several scenes in a “drug house,” which are suddenly in shorter supply after the recent demolition of 810 Wheeler in Old Town. We’re confident that no drugs are moved let alone consumed from Mark’s house, so we can only assume our HQ was chosen as the drug house location because someone came away with the wrong impression after seeing Mark’s toddler playing in the yard after one too many fruit popsicles.
While the film’s producers were hoping Mark and his family would leave during the upcoming shoot, he’s planning to stick around–apparently, in the hopes that he’ll get a shot at a cameo as the autistic brother of Holly Hunter’s character. He’ll also have his hands full trying to keep the recent squirrel activity in his yard from becoming a problem for the crew. For inspiration, he’s rented Caddyshack and intends to watch it at least once a day until it either ceases to be funny… or he blows up his entire yard.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Where’s Billy Connolly? Everybody wants to know.