After I saw Balaban do that thing with the spur-winged goose I puked into my turtleneck. I was totally blown away. It reminded me of that Steve Coogan thing. That was on Sideways. One night Coogan dropped by with a jug of the moonshine and Alex Payne challenged Tom Church to a little drinking contest. Well, you can imagine—after round two Payne fell over onto his back like a dog, with all his limbs straight up in the air. Then Coogan stepped in and went ten rounds with Church. They got totally plastered and went over to Jim Taylor, who was playing poker with the grips, and they just beat the ever-loving daylights out of him. Jim was crying but he looked sort of happy too. I didn’t get it. I puked in my turleneck.
