Dear Dwayne,

This is an excellent question and one that has been posed to me at least 26 times a day since 1994, mostly by my cat after I’ve drowned the day’s sorrows in sweet, delicious perfume. While it is true that the character of Winston Wolf seems completely unnecessary, his entire scene wasn’t initially in the film. In the original script, Vincent and Jules drove the car to an abandoned warehouse and waited until Monster Joe showed up with his truck to haul the car away. While waiting, they were to have a fascinating conversation about Turkish cinema. Anyhoo, Keitel was supposed to play Monster Joe, but demanded a bigger part at the last second. When Tarantino politely refused, Keitel terrorized him by chasing him around everywhere fully nude, fandangler flapping in the breeze. Keitel would stalk Tarantino like this everywhere he went, even in the bathroom and once at Tarantino’s brother’s wedding. Tarantino eventually gave in and wrote the most useless part he could think of for Keitel. History would repeat itself years later on Kill Bill, when Daryl Hannah employed the same technique to land a bigger role.

Your picture pal,
Professor Popcorn

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Dear Sharon,

It was Gallagher, the watermelon-smashing cutup. They found him that way.

Your picture pal,
Professor Popcorn

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