Nerdy, 13-year-old Clarence can't keep his mind off his favorite actor, Jan-Michael Vincent. It's 1970. John Wayne rules the box office and Bobby Sherman climbs the record charts. Though a series of fan letters to Vincent, Clarence concocts a goofy, unintentionally erotic Western movie with leading roles meant just for himself and JMV.

Pulled from YouTube over copyright issues, Jan-Michael Vincent Is My Muse can only be seen on this Web site. The video premiered at the Newfest film festival in 2002 and quickly became a festival favorite around the world.

Running Time: 5:49  —  Watch the Video

Directed, Produced, and Written by Jim Tushinski  —  Animation by Tim Haselman

What Critics Are Saying

"Gleefully goofy...says more about the ambiguities of the reception and appropriation of popular-culture icons, in just over 5 minutes, then do most academic treatises."

-- LA Weekly

"Hilarious!"

-- Chicago Reader