Actor Crispin Glover, who co-starred with Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in the popular 1980's movie "Back To The Future" is often remembered for his appearance on Late Night with David Letterman on July 28, 1987, to promote the movie River's Edge, in which he starred. Unbeknownst to Letterman and the audience, Glover appeared in character as "Rubin," from a then-unreleased movie Rubin and Ed, wearing platform shoes and a wig. Rather than a conventional interview, Glover staged an Andy Kaufman-like shtick. After being goaded by a woman in the audience (who some argue had been planted), Glover became incensed and stated that he "knew that this was gonna happen" and that "the press, they can do things, they can twist things around". After a failed attempt to challenge Letterman to an arm-wrestling match, Glover delivered an impromptu karate kick just inches from Letterman's face while shouting, "I'm strong... I can kick!". Letterman then abruptly ended the segment by walking off stage, saying "I'm going to check on the Top 10", and the program cut to commercial. When they came back, Letterman had kicked out Glover.

The subsequent confusion and controversy surrounding his appearance was compounded by the fact that Rubin and Ed was not actually released until 1991; however, the movie had been in development since before Back to the Future — Crispin had actually already devised Rubin's "look" by 1985. Almost no-one, apparently including Letterman, understood what Glover was doing and the interview became the hallmark of the "weird" TV guest.

Glover returned to the Letterman show two weeks later and participated in a more nearly standard interview, but used a variety of delay tactics to avoid explaining the incident. Glover then appeared two years later promoting a record album. When again asked about his first appearance, Glover launched into a long story, mentioning meeting a fellow resembling himself named Rubin, and needing to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson simultaneous to his appearance with Letterman. Here Letterman cut him off to talk about the album Glover was promoting, as the time allotted for the interview was more than halfway over. Glover has subsequently refused to go into detail about the reasons for his behavior on the show, other than to mention that he's flattered that fans are still speculating on the performance over 20 years later. Glover has also mentioned that he prefers there to be an "air of mystery" about the appearance.

METRO "DYNAMITE" BLAST FROM THE PAST

JERRY'S WORLD

Oh, I can just picture those rotten McCarty kids and how they must have celebrated Easter.  As I think about it, I get more jumpy than Bugs Bunny during Wabbit Season.  Those kids are turning what used to be a fun holiday into another day of whining and screaming.

First the little brats don't even dye eggs any more.  And if they do, they dye their eggs in that rotten pastel food coloring dye that barely makes the egg turn a color.  When I was a kid, we'd spit on a solid colored egg.  We used toxic dyes to make our eggs bright and we loved it.  Oh, our Mom would put the poisonous dyes in a bowl, blow the color away, and Walah!  You'd get a brightly colored egg that you could be proud of!  The dye was so strong it would soak right through the shell and stain the albumen.  But we ate the eggs anyway because we was happy with what we had!

And these kids' parents don't even know what should be in an Easter Basket.  Oh, they'll get cassette tapes, perfume, socks, and whatever else you can find in the checkout lane at K-Mart.  When I was a kid, we got a huge Easter Basket loaded with enough sugar to make Raymond Burr climb out of the grave and run the 50 yard dash.  We'd chew off the ears of our solid chocolate bunny, then pick its eyes out, and then we'd crack a tooth trying to eat its solid chocolate carcass. With no teeth, all we could eat was those sugary, pink and yellow fiberglass chickees, but we loved it!  We ruined our teeth on cheap candy and we was better for it.

And you can bet your butt that my Mom will be hiding a bunch of those money filled plastic eggs for the little grandbrats so they can hunt all over the house to find money.  Last year, Kevin found over $400 and Danny's wallet was missing. When I was a kid, all we searched the house for was foiled covered chocolate footballs so that my Mom didn't step on them.  Cause if she did, she'd kick the crap out of us.

Well this year, let those little brats ruin their own Easter. While they're whining and playing their stupid games, I'll be sitting at home with my big Easter Basket eating my rabbit ears and picking plastic grass out of my yellow chickees. And I'll be loving it!

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MC-EASTER QUIZ

Hopefully, all McCarty grandbrats, as well as the just plain original brother brats, who visited Ma McCarty's house over Easter knew the traditional rituals for Easter there. But, for those who didn't make it, or for those who need a refresher for next year, here's a short quiz. Check out the answers at the bottom.

1. When you can't find where your Easter basket is hidden, you should first:

A. Shrug your shoulders and take the Sports section to the bathroom.
B. Whine and cry.
C. Claim somebody else's basket as yours.
D. Go the refrigerator and get a pop, drink it till it's half full, then leave it someplace.
E. Look for plastic eggs, instead.

2. When you find plastic eggs, open them and discover you only got a nickel and a few jellybeans while another grandbrat got $48.50 and a movie pass, you should first:

A. Congratulate the other lad/lass on his/her lucky find.
B. Take the other lad's/lass/s lucky find away from him/her.
C. Whine and cry.
D. Complain to parents who tell you to tell Grandma.
E. Return to looking for your Easter basket, instead.

3. When dying Easter eggs and somebody makes fun of your egg, you should first:

A. Graciously laugh along with the joke.
B. Shake more swirling dye into the water and dip, dip, dip.
C. Boast to a fellow grandbrat about the time you drank the whole bowl and dyed the inside of your stomach purple.
D. Whine and cry.

ANSWERS: 1. B; 2. C; 3. D