Jason Lee's coming back to television!

Exciting news for Jason Lee fans this month. Lee is set to star in a new cop show, Delta Blues, playing a cop who lives with his mom and moonlights as an Elvis impersonator. George Clooney is executive producer. It's a cable show, so I may need to finally break down and invest in cable TV.

If that's not enough reason to get cable, Lee is also working on a live action skateboarding series for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

And he's directing his first feature film, Get Back, about a couple of time travelers meeting John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1966 London. Sounds pretty wild.

Of course, we'll also be seeing Lee on the big screen in Alvin & the Chipmunks, Columbus Circle, and A Couple of Dicks.

And I thought I was going to miss Jason Lee when MNIE was canceled.

Video Days (a skateboarding video)

In 1991, pro skateboarder Mark Gonzales recruited four more pro skateboarders, including Jason Lee, to film a move called Video Days, directed by Spike Jonze. This was through Gonzales's skateboarding company, Blind Skateboards.

This video shows Lee's part in the video. He's about 21 years old here. And just like in the last video I posted, he's got something goofy to say.



UPDATE: YouTube took the sound out of this video due to some copyright infringement. This seems unfair, as the band that made the song isn't even well known. I'm all for respecting copyright laws, but I don't get how this benefits anyone. If you search diligently, you may be able to find intact clips of Video Days online. Chances are, people will post them, they will get taken down, then people will post more, etc.

If you want a little more background on the video, here's the Wikipedia page:

Video Days Wikipedia Page

By the way, if you like the first song, it's called "The Knife Song" and it's by a band called Milk. I don't know if they're still around.

Janet

P.S. Watch out for the third video, Lee's part in the Sonic Youth video 100%.

Jason Lee Skateboarding as a Teen

I've decided to post a bunch of Jason Lee videos so you can trace his career from teen skateboarder to his first big movie role in Mallrats and on to his new TV career on My Name is Earl.

I think he's a pretty fascinating guy and a very interesting actor. Okay, I think he's cute too, but that's secondary (so I tell myself).

So here is the oldest Jason Lee video I know of. Need I tell you it's a skateboarding vid? He's a teenager here, still amateur.



Over time, I'll post more Jason Lee videos, in order from oldest to newest.