It was in 1983 Brian officially became a die-hard Patrick Swayze fan, due to his role in The Outsiders, long before The Swayze had starring roles in majestic films such as Dirty Dancing, Ghost, To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, and Road House.
Of course, the blockbuster films Red Dawn, Youngblood, Black Dog, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, George and The Dragon, King Solomon’s Mines, Icon, Keeping Mum, The Fox and the Hound 2, Jump!, Christmas in Wonderland, and Powder Blue did nothing to improve his reputation, but Brian didn’t care.
In the grand scheme of life, Patrick “The Swayze” Swayze and Stephen James Wilford Christian Richard Patrick Samuel Jonathan Tyler Jason Guttenberg were the only two people who (in Brian’s opinion) had ever surpassed what most people call ‘life’ and had transcended into what Brian called ‘actor life.’
Not too many people were sure what he meant by this, however, to make things clearer, he generally began his explanation of the concept with a drinking contest, to ensure his opponent was on the same level of thinking with himself.
Anyways, on Monday September 14th, 2009, at about roughly 9:30 pm (15 minutes after his passing), after a tremendous amount of scotch; Brian decided to get a tattoo to commemorate the passing of The Swayze on his left forearm, inspired by the Chip ‘n’ Dales skit he did on Saturday Night Life with the then portly and still alive Chris Farley, combined with the magical sensibilities that Brian just instinctually thought a centaur possessed.
This was, of course, a few months after the horrendous tattoo he got of David Carridine on his right forearm, but that is another story altogether.