Tom Waits Shows Us How Not to Get a Date on Valentine’s Day

in Comedy, Film | February 14th, 2013 2 Comments

It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air. Or at least something is in the air in this deleted scene from the 1999 cult film Mystery Men. We’re not sure exactly what. In the film, Tom Waits plays the mad scientist Dr. Heller, inventor of “Fog-in-a-Tube” and “Truthpaste,” among other things. For another strange scene of cupid’s arrow gone badly astray, see our post from last year, David Lynch Falls in Love: A Classic Scene From Twin Peaks.

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  1. Ryan says . . . | February 15, 2013 / 8:41 am

    How *not* to get a date? Seemed to work out.

  2. RudiKelle says . . . | February 16, 2013 / 12:41 am

    … at least he had the common decency to take his glasses off …

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