For most students, the week of Memorial Day consists waiting for the school year to end, with plenty of last-minute review sessions and random movie screenings in class to fill time before the final. But within the hallowed halls of SLIFR University, it’s another story altogether. Yesterday, just before the crack of dawn, SLIFR proprietor Dennis Cozzalio dropped his latest mega-quiz on the blogosphere, in tandem with the announcement of the latest SLIFR faculty, the eminent Professor Brian O’Blivion (were you expecting someone else?). With his hiring, O’Blivion joins such distinguished faculty members as Professors Wagstaff, Kelp, Brainerd, Helsing, Jennings, Corey, Potts, and non-professorial types Messrs. Hand and Shoop.
In case you need more convincing to hear over to Dennis’ pad, his questions range from the classic (Hawks Western death match!) to the contemporary (yes, there’s a Herzog/Bad Lieutanant-related question), and from the universal (the ever-popular “last movie you saw”) to the esoteric (who else would reference both Jack Elam and Bulle Ogier?). So if you’re looking for an excuse to duck out of that family picnic a few hours early this weekend, tell ‘em you’ve got a take-home final and head on over to Dennis’ blog to take Professor Brian O’Blivion’s All-New Flesh for Memorial Day Film/TV Quiz. And remember, the password is “swordfish.”