Blonde Dumbass. Or just Dumbass.Ever meet anyone who just can’t stop yapping? Well, if not, let me introduce you to Timothy Treadwell, the dumbass. Oh wait, it’s too late- he got eaten by a giant Teddy Bear back in 2003. You think I’m joking? I’m totally serious. If you want a really good laugh, check out the Warner Herzog film Grizzly Man, where you will see shot after shot of this egomaniac supposedly sent to Alaska to ‘protect’ the bears. From what I wonder? When I saw this film in the video store, I thought. Hmm. Looks interesting. Werner Herzog. Good. Alaska. Nice. Wildlife. Lovely. Bears. Cute. Interesting? Yes. But it is something so unusual, so unexpected. Consider it: weepy New-Age Hippy types crying over Treadwell’s death, he and his girlfriend being eaten alive by a giant grizzly bear (their bodies were found in the bear’s stomach later on- clothes and all), and Treadwell’s utterly bizarre rants. Apparently, before being eaten by a giant bear, his great blow to his esteem was losing out the role of Woody on Cheers to Woody Harrelson. Treadwell was also on The Love Connection at one time, I learned, and when he and his girlfriend died, their friends stuck their ashes in a tobacco tin. I kid you not. Are you thinking The Big Lebowski? That was a coffee can.
But seriously, the only tragic thing is that his girlfriend died- I feel sorry for her, for she was not as stupid as he. But seriously folks, a fascinating film it may be as a psychological study into the rambling mind of a nut, why do we reward morons with books about them? Yes, I know Chris McCandless is another one, but he only starved in a bus while this guy got eaten. O Excelsior.
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