{"id":4103,"date":"2012-08-20T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T18:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2012-08-20T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T18:49:08","slug":"howard-dean-does-bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=4103","title":{"rendered":"Howard Dean Does B’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s 1984. Dr. Howard Dean has an internal medicine practice in Vermont, and fifth-graders everywhere love ninjas. Meanwhile, \u201cNinja III: The Domination\u201d is in theaters. In one scene, a hooded warrior is wreaking his trademark havoc on a golf course, plying the ancient mystical art of making patrol cars fly into lakes in slow motion.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s when, in a gruff tone some might associate with a guy taking the Democratic Leadership Council to task, a cop in a descending helicopter barks into his walkie-talkie. He warns all units to be on the alert. Too late: The ninja jumps onboard from a palm tree and hurls stunt doubles out the hatch.<\/p>\n

Recently, reports that that the cop was portrayed by Howard Dean, Democratic forerunner, bubbled up onto the liberal blogs Daily Kos, Eschaton and Pandagon, where Dems were urged to run out to the video store. Murmurs had persisted since late 2003, when someone noticed that the Internet Movie Database listing for \u201cHoward Dean,\u201d which mentions the former Vermont governor\u2019s turn on last fall\u2019s \u201cK Street,\u201d also credits \u201cHoward Dean\u201d with playing a policeman on \u201cNinja III.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Dean fans sought copies of the silver-boxed ninja epic shot in Arizona (originally released by legendary \u201980 schlock outfit Cannon Films). Arizona State University student Tony Cani threw a \u201cNinja III\u201d party to see if the cop was Dean. \u201cRoughly 8 minutes into the movie a police officer in a helicopter LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE HOWARD DEAN,\u201d he posted on the blog Fear Itself. The use later of a much more dashing stunt double left him undeterred: \u201cFor now though \u2014 the 15 of us in the room are willing to say tentatively\u2026 IT IS HOWARD DEAN.\u201d
\n