I had totally forgotten about that strange billboard on LaBrea, I think it was, in Hollywood featuring this disturbing poster. Then, just the other day, Tim and Eric Awesome Show had Tommy Wiseau on their show as a “guest director,” introducing him with clips from his infamous self-made independent feature The Room.

Then I vaguely remembered the local commercials featuring the film’s trailer, which I had seen when I first moved to Los Angeles at the end of 2002. I had no idea what a cinematic masterpiece was lurking just under my nose.

On April Fool’s Day of this year, Adult Swim aired the The Room in the time slots usually reserved for Tim and Eric Awesome Show as well as repeats of Tom Goes to The Mayor, so I enjoyed a 30 minute sneak peek of the movie. Now, I have to order myself a DVD of the movie, since I know realize how empty my film collection seems without it, now that I’ve had a small taste of its greatness.

I thought I might be lucky enough to find this on Netflix, so that I could watch it on my already beloved Roku Player, but had no such luck. Then again, nothing really worth anything ever comes easy. Am I right, Johnny? Or am I right?