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Blood: "You know, Albert, sometimes you can be such a putz…" Vic: "A putz? What's a putz? It's somethin' bad, isn't it? You better take that back or I'm gonna kick your fuzzy butt!" Blood: "[sighs] Yep, definitely a putz." Putz: a stupid, foolish, or ineffectual person; (US vulgar slang) penis (Merriam-Webster). Hmm. Yep, definitely a putz. Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr and Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff - as they relish A Boy and His Dog (1975), based on Harlan Ellison's Nebula award-winning novella, written and directed by L.Q. Jones, starring Jason Robards and a young Don Johnson. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 159 – A Boy and His Dog (1975) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland. IMDb Director: L.Q. Jones Writers: L.Q. Jones (screenplay); Harlan Ellison (novella) Cinematography: John Arthur Morrill Selected cast: Don Johnson as Vic Tim McIntire (voice) as Blood Susanne Benton as Quilla June Holmes Jason Robards as Lou Craddock Alvy Moore as Doctor Moore Helene Winston as Mez Smith Charles McGraw as Preacher Hal Baylor as Michael Ron Feinberg as Fellini Michael Rupert as Gery Be forwarned. Bill and Jeff go all fanboy over Harlan Ellison during this episode. A Boy and His Dog is Bill's pick and he already loved Ellison's amazing writing by the time he saw this film. He was a little disappointed at first because of the low budget, but he has grown very fond of the film, liking it more each time he sees it. He also points out the direct line from A Boy and His Dog to George Miller's " Mad Max" movies. The smiley-faced mushroom cloud on the poster put Chad off A Boy and His Dog for a long time, but he now sees it as a pretty cool apocalyptic story that gets a little weird at times. He loves the dog and the depiction of Man falling
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