Table of Contents
Instructions for Enjoying this Book xi
Foreword: Saying What Can't be Said xii
Introduction: Lotta Ins, Lotta Outs, Lotta What Have You 1
Chapter 1 I Won't Say Hero, 'Cause What's a Hero 7
Quiz: How Dude Are You? 9
How to Dude-ify Your Office Space 12
How to Dude-ify Your Car 13
How to Dude-ify Your Living Space 14
At Least It's an Ethos 15
Duderonomy: Rules to Live by, and Sometimes Break 17
Dude Libs 23
Chapter 2 Parts, Anyway. The Actors and their Roles 25
The Dude 27
Walter Sobchak 31
Maude Lebowski 37
Jesus Quintana aka the Jesus 41
The Stranger 45
Brandt 49
The Big Lebowski 53
Nihilist #1/Uli Kunkel/Karl Hungus 57
Marty the Landlord 62
Da Fino (Private Snoop) 65
Smokey 69
Bunny Lebowski/Bunny La Joya/Fawn Knudsen 72
Sherry in Logjammin' 75
Little Larry Sellers 77
Liam O'Brien (The Jesus's Bowling Buddy) 79
Saddam Hussein 81
Ralphs Checkout Girl 83
Donny 86
Chapter 3 Way Out West. Origins and Inspirations 87
A (Not Quite) Interview with the Coen Brothers 88
Jeff "The Dude" Dowd: He's the Dude. So That's What You Call Him 89
Peter Exline: His Rug Really Tied the Room Together. His Car Was Also Stolen. (Separate Incidents) 97
"Big" Lew Abernathy: "We'll Brace the Kid. Should Be a Pushover" 106
Jaik Freeman: The Real Little Larry 113
John Milius: An Inspiration for Walter. He's Not Housebroken 119
Chapter 4 Are we Alonep or, How the Big Lebowski Became a Cult Classic 125
Times Like These Call for a Big Lebowski? 126
That, and a Pair of Testicles 128
Shut the Fuck Up, Donny! 129
And We Do Enter the Next Round-Robin 130
Zat's Why Zay Sen Me … I Um Exphurt 131
Chapter 5 The Achievers, and Proud we are of all of Them 133
Los Angeles 134
Chiang Mai, Thailand 137
Carlsbad, California 142
Los Angeles 147
Fort Collins, Colorado 154
San Francisco 159
The Academic Symposium-Louisville, Kentucky 162
Chapter 6 Lebowski Fest, If You Will It, Dude, It is no Dream 167
First Annual Big Lebowski What-Have-You Fest 168
Second Annual Lebowski Fest 171
Lebowski Fest West, Las Vegas 174
Third Annual Lebowski Fest 175
Lebowski Fest West, Los Angeles 178
Chapter 7 Reference Materials, A By-Your-Side Guide to Watching the Big Lebowski 189
¿Parla Usted Achiever? An English-Achiever Translation Guide 201
In the Parlance of Our Times 207
The Big Lebowski Ultimate Soundtrack 210
Lebowski Locations 214
The Best of the Eagles 235
Afterword 235
Art Credits 237
