A few people this week sent me this short compilation of scenes from F.A.R.T. The Movie (which was recently dug up by the guys at FoundFootageFest), as naturally when people see a movie dedicated to farts, I’m the first person they think of.  I appreciate that.  Wikipedia describes the plot thusly:

F.A.R.T. the Movie, released in 1991, is about a man named Russell who is obsessed with farting. His girlfriend Heather despises farts and becomes angry with Russell because all he does is watch television and fart. She tells him that if the television turns into fart jokes, then Russell won’t even leave the house. Then one night, the television does become all about farts.

I know anyone can edit Wikipedia, but I refuse to do any research to verify if that synopsis is correct.  Not because I’m lazy, but because that is the greatest plot rundown of all time, and if it’s not true it would be like finding out that there’s no such thing as God, or Corgi puppies, or farts.

As I was watching the clip, I also noticed that one of the writers listed was Drew McWeeny, a guy who runs a movie site called HitFix, who I’ve exchanged emails with on a few occasions.  I asked him what the story on this flick was, because you just know there’ll be a few layers to the onion when you’re dealing with something called “F.A.R.T. The Movie”.  This was what he said:

I’d been in LA for about two weeks back in 1990, and the very first job I found as a writer was working for some shady dude out of a real estate office in Eagle Rock.  My writing partner and I wrote two sketches for him for $150 each. I honestly thought it had vanished and we would never hear mention of it again.  I’m delighted it showed up.  No.  Seriously.  Really.

Somehow I feel like there should be more to the story.  I mean, we still don’t know what “F.A.R.T.” stands for.  It’s one of history’s great mysteries. (*lights fart, sings ‘Dust in the Wind’*)

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