I saw The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico today. It’s a mockumentary about a (fictional) Canadian country music legend, and contains a mix of actors and real musicians. Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard have fairly large parts (as themselves, waxing on about their memories of the infamous Terrifico to the “documentary” film crew). There are a bunch of other musicians with appearances of various lengths, including Colin Linden and Ronnie Hawkins.
Guy is a somewhat hapless country musician who gets his start by winning 8 million dollars in the lottery. He spends most of his time drunk, stoned, and bumping into things. Occasionally he sits down to play and sing. There’s also a midget, a doomed trip to Nashville, the infamous “hump the drum” tour, and frequent head trauma.
I haven’t laughed so hard in ages. Some of the music is pretty good too.