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{{quote|''"It's safe to say that in the course of making some of the worst movies possible, Ed Wood has brought more joy to more people than 99 percent of the artists who've ever lived. If that doesn't inspire you, then you're dead inside."''|'''Nimby Smith''', ''[[Cracked
Who was Ed Wood?
Short Answer: '''Ed Wood''' was that rare mix of [[Giftedly Bad|relentless motivation and determination combined with a complete lack of natural talent]]. He was that guy who made ''[[Plan
Long Answer: Throughout his life, Ed Wood loved movies and wanted to make his own. In his teenage years, he became a marine (eventually claiming to have fought at Guadalcanal while wearing a bra and panties under his uniform; of this experience he once said that he wasn't afraid of being killed, but he was scared shitless of being merely wounded - likely because he was afraid a medic would discover his secret when he was patching him up). Later, he would join a freak show as a bearded lady. In the late forties, Wood would begin his career in movies. One of his first works was a play called ''Casual Company'', based on a novel that was based on his life at the Marines. To foreshadow what was to come, the play suffered from extremely negative reviews. His first actual film would be in 1953, ''[[Glen or Glenda]]'' (based loosely on his novel ''Death Of A Transvestite''), a semi-autobiographical tale about transsexuality and Ed Wood's love for crossdressing. During this time, he met and eventually became friends with [[Bela Lugosi]]. This was when the ''[[Dracula (
Ed Wood would later become part of the [[B-Movie]] scene, befriending people such as Vampira ([[The Fifties]] equivalent of Elvira) and [[Phony Psychic|the Amazing Criswell]]. In 1955, his first horror film ''[[Bride of the Monster]]'' was created. It contained Bela Lugosi whipping a 400-pound wrestler named Tor Johnson, and stock footage of an octopus.
Wood would attempt to create a film called ''The Ghoul Goes West'', which would've been the previous film in a western setting. Unfortunately, Bela Lugosi died just after filming a small scene. However, Wood improvised and used the clips for the now infamous ''[[Plan
[[It Got Worse|But things would soon take a turn for the worse.]] After the filming of ''Night of the Ghouls'', which would not get released until 1987, Wood would turn to writing for exploitation films, such as ''[[The Violent Years]]'' and ''[[The Sinister Urge]]''. Then in the early seventies and the last years of his life, he would end up writing for porn flicks, a career that did not agree with him: although Wood's previous films were bad, they were never sleazy. Wood would undergo a drinking problem and eventually die of a heart attack while watching football.
Two years later, Wood would be named in ''The Golden Turkey Awards'' for worst director. Soon after that, the man achieved cult status. Three of his films would get riffed by [[
Less than 16 years after his death, Wood's life would become the plot for the 1994 film ''[[Ed Wood (
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: He was a tough as nails Marine who loved Angora sweaters.
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