promoting the beast

06 Jan, 2009 • posts i've written • No comments

Here’s a free idea. I just saw a billboard for the new Swayze vehicle, The Beast. Swayze is an iconic actor. Good or bad, his performances are pretty memorable. And if my memory of him on SNL playing a Chippendale’s dancer along side Chris Farley serves correctly, he knows how to have a chuckle at himself.

I think it’s time for Swayze to take over the internets. I want to see PointBreakSwayze, DirtyDancingSwayze,  WongFooSwayze, GhostSwayze, and RoadHouseSwayze interact with each other and everyone else in places like Twitter and Tumblr. I want to see mashed up trailers for The Beast featuring those Swayzes. I want to see Swayze himself cut some new clips for YouTube of those characters. Swayze’s recovery from cancer is a great story, and I think people would find Swayzes popping up across the web pretty hilarious and fun. And it might just get them interested in his new series, which besides Swayze, sounds like a pretty familar conceit.