I'M NOT NO LIMBURGER!

In Preston Sturges’ “Sullivan’s Travels” Joel McCrea plays John Sullivan, a successful director of comedies who comes to believe that it is his mission to helm a serious film.

He sets off on his quest to make “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

This will be his big statement. It will be a drama of great Meaning and Purpose.

Well, what he ultimately discovers along the way is that comedy is important, and that it too has great Meaning and Purpose.

He realizes that the ability to bring joy into peoples’ lives is a singular gift.

Substitute “Mesopotamia” for “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and you pretty much have the story of The B-52s.

And on a side note: Veronica Lake, I love you.