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Since Tom Waits has a new album on the way, here’s a random table of characters from his songs. No matter how you work them into your game, they’re bound to add a little weirdness.
Correction: As it turns out, Tom’s teasers weren’t for a new album announcement. They were for the video of “Hell Broke Luce” from Bad As Me . Wishful thinking on my part, I guess.–Steve
- George W. Bush from “The Road to Peace” (WWPHITM? Dennis Quaid)
- The Captain (A one-eyed dwarf who’s fond of gambling.) from “Singapore” (WWPHITM? Peter Dinklage)
- The hooker from Minneapolis from “Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis” (WWPHITM? Marissa Tomei)
- A man in a blue trench coat (Never trust him) from “Telephone Call From Istanbul” (WWPHITM? Donald Sutherland)
- Hannibal, or maybe just Rex (He knows karate. Voodoo, too) from “Goin’ Out West” (WWPHITM? Gary Oldman from True Romance)
- The Jersey girl from “Jersey Girl” (WWPHTIM? Alyssa Milano)
- The Black Rider from “The Black Rider” (WWPHITM? Johnny Depp)
- The neighbor from “What’s He Building In There?” (WWPHITM? Tom Waits)
- The soldier in “The Day After Tomorrow” (WWPHTIM? Mark Wahlberg)
- Frank from “Frank’s Wild Years” (WWPHITM? Jeremy Piven)
- Big Joe from “Big Joe and the Phantom 309 (WWPHITM? John Goodman)
- The hobo in “Cold Water” (WWPHTIM? Jim Beaver)
- Philly Joe Remarkable from “Heart Attack and Vine” (WWPHTIM? George Clooney)
- Presley from “Burma Shave” (WWPHITM? Nicholas Cage from Wild at Heart)
- The cook from “Filipino Box Spring Hog” (WWPHITM? Woody Harrelson)
- John from “Gun Street Girl” (WWPHTIM? Johnny Knoxville)
- Peoria Johnson (He can break out of any jail with a fish bone) from “Fish in the Jailhouse” (WWPHITM? Steve Buscemi)
- Big Jack Earle from “Get Behind the Mule” (WWPHTIM? Robbie Coltrane)
- The guy on shore leave in “Shore Leave” (WWPHTIM? Nathan Fillion)
- Your second cousin from “The Heart of Saturday Night” (WWPHTIM? Ken Marino)
