Today’s episode of Marchy McFly was done. It was over. I recorded it hours and and was putting the finishing touches on it. This was the original title was MARCHY McFLY 6: “You Think That Stupid Disguise Would Get By Me?” (27 of 31) and the original image was this:

But, then I received word from former/future guest Chris that actor James Tolkan, mostly remembered for Top Gun and even more so as Mr. Strickland himself in the first two Back to the Future films (and a distant relative in the third installment), has passed away at the age of 94.

Even though most of today’s episode deals with the 3 minutes and 20 seconds of Marty screwing up again because being called “chicken” is so bad. And, even though I recorded part of the episode while eating in a Sheetz near our motel in Fredericksburg, VA – and the second part hiding from the rain behind that same Sheetz. And even though my ego is writing checks my body can’t cash…Wait what was I talking about?

Such a SLACKER! Oh yeah, even though that’s what most of the episode is about, I had to take a few moments in the beginning to pay respects to the man. The image for this episode and the title of this episode do not follow the same theme. They aren’t from the 200 seconds of this episode I was covering.

And that doesn’t matter one bit. RIP James Tolkan.