Dang, it’s hard to find a regular clip from Spinal Tap on Youtube. This will have to do. Aha! I found Big Bottom on Vimeo!
And of course, Michael McKean was in Best in Show. Note that the guy who was playing the drums in the Gimme Some Money clip is the same guy checking them into the hotel. (Ed Begley Jr.) Which isn’t surprising at all, giventhe Christopher Guest connection.
Mike correctly sized that fellow up as a geardo dufus right from the moment he started questioning Mike about what kind of gun he was carrying. The Deagle in his waistband just emphasized that Mike had been correct in his judgement. IRL, the Desert Eagle is a range toy. Nobody who actually knows what he is doing, on either side of the law, carries one in harm’s way. For me, the most hilarious part of that scene ws Mike nonchalantly dropping all the guns in the trash.