Savage Steve Holland

Today marks a momentus occasion. I completed the Savage Steve Holland Collection of Feature Films. While maybe not an amazing feet to some, I found Holland's last feature How I Got Into College for $4.99. WHAT A DEAL! Its apparently a bit rare but worthless. Most people know Steve Holland as an animator, and my own generation would recognize his style as that which brought EEK! THE CAT to life every Saturday morning.

Savage Steve Holland holds a higher place in my mind than just EEK and the Thunder Lizards spin off. I attribute my sense of humor, love for random out of context jokes, gags and incites to his film ONE CRAZY SUMMER. Its one of the funniest films ever made.

Previous to this film, Holland wrote a directed one of the 1980s most favored cult films, BETTER OFF DEAD. Both this and ONE CRAZY SUMMER feature John Cusak as the leads in world filled with weirdos and psychos. I want my two dollars back indeed.

Savage Steve also directed the highly influencial kids TV series Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective, based on the popular children's mystery novels. He brought his signature charm to this project and I think him.

I tip my hat to you Savage Steve, and heres hoping one of these days you make me roll with laugher again by making another film.