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Get Smart Parody (1997)

Cast & Crew

1. Scott Fuselier, son of FBI agent Dwayne Fuselier
2. Chris Morris
3. Unknown
4. Unknown

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not help to create or star in this video.

Description

According to Scott Fuselier, this 9.5 minute video was created for a video class assignment and was intended to be a parody of the movie Get Smart. The full video has not been publicly released, but Inside Edition obtained a copy and featured a short segment of the video in a special broadcast on May 5, 1999.

According to the Denver Post:

"One character, the 'bad guy,' is intent on vaporizing Columbine by shooting a beam from a satellite hovering high over Colorado. Another character, a 'good guy' who wears a trench coat, is intent on stopping the bad guy from vaporizing the school. The third character is a fellow who mistakenly thinks the 'good guy' stole his pen. The fourth character is a fellow who believes that he was cut off in traffic by the one who 'lost' his pen.

During the video, the trenchcoated 'good guy' fires a gun at the 'bad guy' as the bad guy runs out of the school. During the next few minutes, the characters shoot weapons at one another at various locations away from the school, never hitting each other.

They finally end up in a standoff. At that point they decide to set aside their differences. However, they don't stop the plot to vaporize the school.

The final scene shows the four walking away from the school. As they do, a beam comes out of the sky and Columbine is vaporized."

When contacted by the Associated Press, Dwayne Fuselier declined to comment on the video.

Controversies

There are some controversies associated with this video. The biggest controversy is whether or not Brooks Brown helped to make this video.

Controversy #1: Did Brooks Brown help make this video?

Inside Edition reported that Brooks Brown was part of the editing team. Brooks told Inside Edition, "It's an eerie coincidence, but I doubt it inspired them. Looking back, it's not really a comedy now, but it was done as a parody and for humor. It was made for two reasons. One, to help get a grade in video productions class, another one to promote the play we were doing at the time."

However, in his book, No Easy Answers, Brooks denies that he had anything to do with making the video and claims he lied to Inside Edition to protect Scott Fuselier. From No Easy Answers:

"So Inside Edition showed up at my door, and said that they had a copy of the video. 'Do you know anything about it?' they asked. 'Well, yeah,' I said. 'Did you help to direct it?' 'No.' I replied. 'I didn't have anything to do with it. I've just seen it.' They seemed disappointed. 'Oh. Well, we're looking for someone who did make this video who will talk to us. Because we're pretty sure that Eric and Dylan saw this video, and that was what inspired them.' Then I got worried. One of the guys who had made that video was Scott Fuselier. His father Dwayne was part of the FBI's Columbine investigation team. Inside Edition didn't know that yet, but they would figure it out before too long.

I liked Scott and his dad a great deal. 'If this comes out,' | thought, 'Scott's dad will be absolutely crucified.' So I lied. I said, 'Well, now that you mention it, yeah, I did help to make it a little bit.' It was bullshit, sure, and lots of people have told me I shouldn't have said it. But in my mind, it was a choice between watching Scott and his dad getting completely screwed-along with everyone else who had been involved in making the video-or trying to take the blame for them. After all, for me, it was no big deal. But, I thought, if Inside Edition reported that this FBI investigator's son had made a video that inspired the killers, their lives would be over. the video, and questions were raised, but fortunately Dwayne Fuselier remained on the case. Scott thought I was just clamoring for attention. Ive never been able to tell him the real reasons for what I did.' (Brown and Merritt 165).

Controversy #2: This video mimics the actual Columbine massacre in several ways.

This video depicts Columbine students shooting fake guns in the parking lot and down the same hallway Harris and Klebold shot down on April 20, 1999. One of the fake guns used for this scene resembles the TEC-DC9M used by Dylan Klebold during the massacre:

A Columbine student shoots a fake gun down the hallway at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.	A Columbine student holds a fake gun at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.
Dylan Klebold holding the TEC-DC9M in the cafeteria.	A closer look at Klebold's TEC-DC9M, minus the magazine.

In the video, a person gets shot while sitting in the same spot by the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were sitting when they were shot during the massacre:

In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.	In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.
Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.	Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.

RNN interview with Dylan Klebold (Jan. 30, 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Dylan Klebold
2. Unknown interviewer

Description

On January 30, 1998, Dylan Klebold was interviewed for the Rebel News Network (RNN) in the Columbine High School library.An enhanced version of this video was made to study facial expressions and body language.

Later that evening, Klebold and Harris were caught with stolen property after breaking into a van. They were arrested not far from the scene of the crime and released to their parents. After a short court hearing, they were both placed into the Juvenile Diversion program and given an early release. This incident was dubbed "The January Incident."

In the interview, Klebold is standing near the location where he killed Kyle Velasquez.

Dylan Klebold being interviewed for the RNN in the Columbine library on January 30, 1998. The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.

The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed. The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.

Interview with Rich Long

This video has never been released to the public.

Cast & Crew

1. Eric Harris
2. Mike Vendegnia
3. Eric Veik

Filmed by Veik, this project was a practice run of an interview Vendegnia was supposed to conduct with their teacher, Rich Long. Harris pretended to be Mr. Long while Vendegnia asked him questions. For example, when asked what technology was used to keep the school computers safe, Harris said, "I use a shotgun, I keep the old shotgun under the desk." When asked about keeping up with growing technology, he said, "I use drugs."

CHS Highway Patrol (Late Aug/Early Sept 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Eric Harris
2. Eric Veik
3. Chris Walker
4. Mike Vendegnia

Description

Harris' character being arrested in "CHS Highway Patrol."

According to Eric Veik, CHS Highway Patrol was made to be a parody of the T.V. show COPS. Harris and Veik play the bad guys, while Walker and Vendegnia play the roles of police officers. In the video, two cops see two guys beat someone up and put him in the trunk of Harris' car (the person is actually a dummy) while patrolling behind the W. Coalmine McDonald's.

Driving separate cars, the cops pursue the suspects into Clement Park where they are arrested. Then they all drive to Columbine High School's parking lot. This video appears to have been filmed over the course of three separate days since Harris is seen wearing three different outfits.

As Harris' character is being arrested on the pavement in the parking lot, Van Halen's Humans Being is heard playing from a car radio.

Car Wax commercial parody (September 15, 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Dylan Klebold
2. Eric Harris
3. Eric Veik
4. Mike Vendegnia
5. Chris Morris
6. Michelle Hartsough
7. Unknown additional people

Description

Harris, Klebold, and their friends made a parody of a MADtv infomercial-style parody "selling" a car wax product called Spishak Spishwax that could withstand anything, including a wrecking ball. In their parody, they use a bike instead of a car. The video is filmed behind Blackjack Pizza.

After "waxing" the bike, they dump all kinds of things on top of it, light fireworks underneath the bike, and then they smash it to pieces - Klebold uses a sledgehammer and Harris uses a crowbar. At the end, Klebold chases the "bike's owner" away with a baseball bat yelling, "what the hell are you doing to my sister's bike!" According to Vendegnia, this video project was never completed because they lost interest.

Carwax MADtv parody.	Carwax MADtv parody.

Mock kidnapping (Sept. 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Eric Harris
2. Brandi Tinklenberg

Description

Harris puts on black gloves and mockingly grabs Tinklenberg around the neck with a black strap to kidnap her in the hallway of Columbine High School. In this video, Eric is wearing a custom t-shirt he made that says "TIER" on the back; "TIER" is the name of one of his custom Doom .wads.

Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.	Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.

"Eric in Columbine" (Sept. 1998)

Cast & Crew

• Eric Harris
• Eric Veik
• Mike Vendegnia
• Brandi Tinklenberg

Description

Veik follows Harris and Vendegnia around Columbine High School with the camera over a period of a few days just for fun. At one point, they enter a classroom and walk past Dylan wearing his Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral t-shirt as he walks in the opposite direction. At another point in the video, Vendegnia makes an "L" sign on his forehead at another student to call them a loser and Harris tells him he doesn't like it when people do that and tells him not to do it.

The segment where they all walk down to the commons and sit at a table was filmed on September 9, 1998.

Eric Harris walking down the hallway at Columbine.	Eric Harris in the Commons.

Brooks Brown interviewing Dylan Klebold (Oct. 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Dylan Klebold
2. Brooks Brown

Description

Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza. This interview was part of a longer "farewell" video made for their their theater teacher, Sue Caruthers, when she was leaving her position at Columbine High School.

Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.	Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.

The Frankenstein Roast (Oct. 30, 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Dylan Klebold
2. Zach Heckler
3. Brooks Brown

Description

Klebold, Heckler, and Brown 'roast' the Frankenstein play's cast and crew. This video has never been released in full, but we have various clips. Credits go to PopcornDemonica from Reddit for putting all of the clips together.

Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.	Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.

Frankenstein play rehearsal (Nov. 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Dylan Klebold
2. Zach Heckler
3. John Savage
4. Other students
5. Sue Caruthers

Description

Filmed by Brooks Brown's father, Randy, this shows some moments from a rehearsal of Frankenstein.

Dylan Klebold talks with Sue Caruthers during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.	Dylan Klebold gets his shoulder dusted while walking through the door during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.

Dylan and Nate ride to Columbine (Winter 1998/1999)

Cast & Crew

1. Dylan Klebold
2. Nate Dykeman

Description

While listening to The Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall," Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman film their morning drive to Columbine High School. Dykeman wanted to make the video to show his family members what his daily life was like. "Flowers on the Wall" was part of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

Trench Coat Mafia: Hitman for Hire (Dec. 1998)

Cast & Crew

1. Eric Harris
2. Dylan Klebold
3. Chris Morris
4. Eric Jackson
5. Eric Veik
6. Mike Vendegnia

Description

Originally titled Revenge for Hire, this video was made for Harris' Government Economics class as part of the (fake) business he was assigned to create. According to Harris, "The business is basically to kill people who anger our clients."

In this video, Veik hires two hitmen, Harris and Klebold, to take out a jock (Vendegnia) who keeps harassing him.

This video was filmed on a few different occasions between December 2-10, 1998. The filming locations included Columbine High School and the backside of the Cooper 7 theater. You can also read Harris' paper assignment he turned in for a grade.

Rampart Range (March 6, 1999)

The Rampart Range video features Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, Philip Duran, Mark Manes, and his girlfriend Jessica Miklich shooting various firearms at trees and bowling pins in a wooded area off the beaten path of Rampart Range, a now-defunct shooting range in Pike National Forest.

The portion of the video released to the public shows the group firing weapons on March 6, 1999. In the video, Harris and Klebold fire three of the four firearms used in the Columbine massacre: a sawn-off Savage 311-D 12 gauge side-by-side shotgun, an Intratec DC9M semiautomatic pistol, and a sawn off Savage-Springfield 67H pump action shotgun.

The fourth firearm used in the attack - a Hi-Point 995 carbine rifle - is not seen in the final video edit, but Miklich describes Harris shooting a rifle that matched the Hi-Point's description. It's likely that this firearm was on a portion of the tape that was cut.

"Harris and Klebold fired a rifle which Miklich described as being all black in color and resembling the description of a Highpoint rifle. Miklich said this was fired at a greater distance and appeared to be quite accurate." (11k, p.8177)

Firearms seen in this video:

• .45 Ruger
• Mini-30 carbine
• Intratec DC9M semiautomatic pistol
• Sawn-off Savage 311-D 12 gauge side-by-side shotgun
• Sawn off Savage-Springfield 67H pump action shotgun

Firearms edited out of this video:

• Hi-Point 995 carbine rifle

American Dreams ("Breakfast Run") (April 19, 1999)

American Dreams was filmed the morning of 4/19/99 and is known as the "Breakfast Run" video. This video was filmed for one of Dylan's school projects and features Eric Jackson, Dustin Gorton, Eric Harris, and Dylan Klebold. (11k, p.10736, 10770)

The film begins at Eric Jackson's house where Klebold runs out of the house, jumps into the passenger seat of Gorton's Chevy, and they take off down the street. The video then cuts to the interior of the car where Gorton is driving, Klebold is in the passenger seat, Harris in the backseat behind the driver, and Jackson is in the backseat behind Klebold filming. They drive to Burger King, where Harris orders Cinnaminis and jokes about having a little ketchup with his Cinnaminis. The video ends with them driving to Columbine High School and navigating through the student parking lot.

Where this video was recovered

This video tape was recovered from the left breast pocket of Dustin Gorton's jacket. (11k, p.10736, 10770)

• Evidence #4541 Fuji 8mm video tape inside item #4513.
• Evidence #4513 Black leather Wilson jacket (XLT) found in kitchen/cafe area. (FBI ERT, p.15724, 15705)