Bad and Worse, Meet Worst

I stumbled across this piece of news a few weeks ago, but it’s taken me this long to come to grips with the unholy trinity of Warren Zevon, Mitch Albom and Kevin Smith. A year before he died, Zevon, the most overrated songwriter of his generation, collaborated with Albom on the song, “Hit Somebody,” about a Canadian farm boy who grows up to be an enforcer for a professional hockey team. Albom, a lifelong hockey fan and master of smaltz, penned the lyrics, while Zevon composed the music. I'm sorry, but you have to hear it for yourself.  



As if this weren’t bad enough, Kevin Smith, arguably the worst filmmaker of his generation, is currently in talks with Albom to produce a movie based on the five-minutes-and-thirty-three-second-too-long tune. Theoretically, a movie about a 1970s Canadian hockey goon could be a lot of fun, but this ain’t no "Slapshot." Smith said he envisions the film as being more dramatic in nature, and possibly entering into awards season chatter down the road.

“I never once thought about winning awards or anything, but that movie I think can do it,” Smith said. “If I play my cards right and we get the right people in it, it could be an award-type movie. This the one I really want to do in a big, bad way.”

I've been racking my brains about a worst collaboration. A Tyler Perry-Jason Whitlock-Darius Rucker joint would probably beat this one out. But only barely.