# Ed Wood .. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153 "2009-11-03T10:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/41 "2009-11-05T17:40:00Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I just found out a interesting coinkydink! > > OK, it was mentioned here & various places about the Jan 10, 2008 death of Maila Nurmi aka Vampira. What I did not know until today was who died five days later- the Rev. Lynn Lemon, pastor of the Hollywood Baptist church & financier of PLAN NINE! > > I met him at the L.A. Nuart premiere of THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR.- he was a tall dignified gentleman with a deep resonant voice who spoke very respectfully & charitably about Ed’s spiritual quest. Also saw Paul Marco, Conrad Brooks, Delores Fuller, and Bela Lugosi Jr there. Besides Rev. Lemon, I also met & conversed with for the first of three times- Uncle Forry! A few years back, I saw a bunch of interviews with people who’d been involved with Ed Wood in one way or another. Reverend Lemon was one of them ,and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by his demeanor. He laughed a lot, and seemed highly amused by the whole affair and his own small part in its making. The only person interviewed who DIDN’T have fond memories of Ed Wood was Bela Lugosi Jr., who regarded Wood as a talentless idiot who took advantage of his father. Which is probably true… though it’s not like anybody else was offering the old man better jobs. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/42 "2009-11-05T17:45:04Z")
Having written, produced, and directed a radio production with absolutely no resources, I feel very impressed by Ed Wood, and I have a lot of respect for what he did. it’s like that story about the studio executive who applauded every film he saw, simply because _it got made_. And Ed Wood did this not just once, but multiple times. And you can still get his stuff. This is no small achievement. Try getting copies of some random B-movie from the 1950s. And, of course, his stuff may be bad, but it’s _entertaingly_ bad. I’ve shown it at Bad Film Festivals. I’d never do that with, say, _The Star Wars Holiday Special_ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/43 "2009-11-05T21:31:31Z")
As goofy and enjoyable as \*\*Plan 9 \*\*is, I wish that **The Sinister Urge** had been his big hit. It was closer to his heart in that it dealt with porn and cross-dressing and had more entertaining bad acting (with all respects to Dudley Manloves scenery chewing in **P9** ). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/44 "2009-11-06T01:47:41Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > But **Plan 9…** is different. There’s something so charming about its giddy incompetence. As with most things related to the arts (and yes, it is at least _related_ to art), I don’t think an argument is going to convince people who don’t feel the same way about it, but it’s one of the few unquestionably bad movies I actually enjoy watching. This is it. Most awful movies you have to leave after ten minutes but **Plan 9** , for all its flaws, entertains. Ed Wood always struck me as a guy with so many ideas in his head that he would still shoot only one take, no matter how much money he had, because he needed to move on to the next idea. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/45 "2009-11-06T01:49:34Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Dudley Manloves Best. Name. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/46 "2009-11-06T03:48:21Z")
Mike Nelson said it best: “When you name your kid Dudley Manlove, you pretty much garauntee he’s going to grow up gay.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/47 "2009-11-06T10:10:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > And, of course, his stuff may be bad, but it’s _entertaingly_ bad. I’ve shown it at Bad Film Festivals. I’d never do that with, say, _The Star Wars Holiday Special_ [Funny you should say that…](http://www.xkcd.com/653/) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/48 "2009-11-06T13:11:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > And, of course, his stuff may be bad, but it’s _entertaingly_ bad. I’ve shown it at Bad Film Festivals. I’d never do that with, say, _The Star Wars Holiday Special_ Somewhere a baby Ewok just died. You know HOW cute a BABY Ewok is ? Shame on you. And I agree with the poster above about film. I don’t think most people realize just HOW expensive movie film was back then. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153/49 "2009-11-06T13:30:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Somewhere a baby Ewok just died. You know HOW cute a BABY Ewok is ? Shame on you. Have you seen the SWHS? After you watch Malla and Itchy and Lumpy you can come and talk to me about how cute Wookiies are (no Ewoks in the SWHS). And how lame, Life Day – my Og! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153.md?page=2)