NEGATIVE PRESS

I thought that it would be only be fair to include a piece of the negative press related to "Comin' At Ya!" in this month long celebration. I can't say for sure why Bill kept the negative clippings. I can only guess that he enjoyed reading them while experiencing the success of "Comin' At Ya!". From all of the negative press, I chose the following piece (a letter to the editor concerning a negative review) for the irony associated with it; I think Bill laugh if he saw that the piece was from the Bucks County Courier (appearing in the September 13, 1981 edition). The irony: Bill's ashes were laid to rest in Buck's County.






'Comin' At Ya' review by Gaul really hit the mark

Editor, Courier Times:

The Sept. 3, 1981, review by Lou Gaul of "Comin' At Ya" really hit the mark. He criticized it for its "malicious script, disgusting violence against women and blatant sexist gore."

Buried near the end of the review was an even worse point of information. Gaul mentions "the excited audience of teen-agers and kids." The real harm from such trashy pictures can be found in their molding of young minds. R-rated films such as this have no business being shown to kids and bending their minds to accept such sexist violence."

Joe Ellis, Levittown


Although the picture below is from years later, I am almost positive that this is the gesture that Bill used to salute Joe Ellis after reading this clipping.