Crispin Glover

This guy played the father of Michael J. Fox on ‘Back to the Future’, and the film he was appearing on Letterman for was a piece of crap called ‘River’s Edge’. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out why this one received good reviews, as it definitely ruined a Monterey Friday night for me about 10 years ago. Bad script, bad acting and they took a crowbar to the thing so they could jam a lot of odds and ends into it. Many of those involve Dennis Hopper, who inexplicably has dresser drawers stuffed full of marijuana and likes to dance with mannequins.

It’s supposed to be a film that portrays how immoral and oblivious the new generation of American kids really are. Crispin Glover plays a kid who appears to be very into speed, though you never see his character doing whatever would make a person act so wired, scatterbrained and certain. It’s a lot worse in real life for this guy, as this appearance is a train-wreck. He decided it would be a good idea to load up on acid before the show. I’ll let you decide how he did. Below the fold you’ll find his return appearance about five years later, and Dave really wants to talk about this first one.