You guys may have heard of that Alexander Hamilton Broadway show...

Well, since it was so successful, I propose that another production be created, based upon the life of Martin Van Buren's vice president, Richard Johnson. In case you are not familiar, he is famous for:

(1) Always wearing a red vest

(2) Proposing an expedition to the Great American Desert with the goal of locating a chasm leading into the Hollow Earth, in order to conquer and Christianize all its lands and peoples,

(3) His octoroon slave/mistress and illegitimate children upon whom he publicly doted, and for

(4) Disappearing from Washington for almost a year during his vice presidency to manage a tavern in Kentucky.

Who wouldn't want to watch that?

Starring Paul Wall as Richard Johnson.

Is that the one with all them singin' cats?

Where in Kentucky?

I was thinking of something along the lines of Jersey Boys, except this time it would be about an all girl band from Germany called The Yoga Panzers.

captdownshift wrote: Starring Paul Wall as Richard Johnson.

Holy E36 M3 I ain't heard that name in years. Hahaha

That sounds awesome.

The female lead in Hamilton and I graduated high school together--class of 500, so I kind of knew her in passing but doubt she remembers me and I wouldn't have recognized her now if it weren't for her recent fame. I think I had one conversation with her and told her the next musical the drama department put on should be the blues brothers.

Btw, we knew she was going to be big back in high school. Watching our high school plays and musicals with her was like if Lewis Hamilton showed up to a local track day.

Paul Wall would play a great shady jeweler in a low budget movie of some sort.

In reply to 92dxman:

A mortician by day, who steals fillings and crowns and designs and produces world famous jewelry by night that is shrouded in mystery as his jewelry designer name is a ghost name and the origins of the designs and person who produced them is unknown.

Who in flaming perdition is Paul Wall?

Duke wrote: Who in flaming perdition is Paul Wall?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gZhBzOOuTrQ

He's most famous outside of the south for the second verse on Nelly's "Grillz."

In reply to G_Body_Man:

after sidewayz, grillz didn't help Wall much, if anything I think that it pigeon holed him into a persona that he wouldn't be able to escape once 13 year olds started putting chewing gum wrappers onto their teeth to mimic him. Latching onto the coattails of a guy known for a bandaid on his check who had a sidekick with was known for for wearing a phantom of a opera mask probably wasn't the best career move.

Murphy Lee is probably just glad that opted for the chain and that he's not rolling around St. Louis with this as his teeth

In reply to captdownshift:

Yeah. As soon as Nelly hit, we knew that grills were pretty well played-out. But hey, at least popular culture went back to chains.

Well, this took an unexpected turn...I try to get you guys to talk about something high brow like miscegenating 19th century politicians, and look what happens.

In reply to JamesMcD:

i'm at fault as John Lithgow would've been the prudent casting decision

captdownshift wrote: In reply to JamesMcD: i'm at fault as John Lithgow would've been the prudent casting decision

And when Johnson himself leads the expedition into the hollow earth, perhaps they will find that the entrance is guarded by a troop of Sasquatch.

Huckleberry wrote: Is that the one with all them singin' cats?

I was in a Las Vegas casino several years ago and when I went to cash out, the lady at the window asked me if I’d like to see any shows.

I told her there was one that I was interested in but I couldn’t remember what it was called. She said, no problem sir can you just describe it to me and I said, yeah, it’s the one where that dude gets eaten by a lion…I’d pay to see that.