Jeff Dowd, inspiration for The Dude in ‘Big Lebowski,’ joins Peter Himmelman tonight

Do you watch Peter Himmelman’s Furious World every Tuesday night? Yeah, well, we recommend it.

Are you familiar with a movie called The Big Lebowski? We read all about it in Rolling Stone last fall. It’s something of a big deal.

You know that guy in the movie, the Dude? The one played by Jeff Bridges? They say he was based on a real guy, Jeff Dowd.

Here’s where it gets interesting. That guy, Jeff Dowd, is going to be on Peter Himmelman’s Furious World tonight.

The live, one-hour show starts at 7:00 Pacific or 8:00 Mountain or 9:00 Central or 10:00 Eastern. Peter Himmelman will be the one with the turtle.

Get there a little early and login to Ustream so you can have a custom name in the chat room. I’m going as “MarkCzerniec.”

Oh yeah — while you’re waiting, go ahead and read Roger Ebert’s blog entry about Jeff Dowd from the end of January. It’s action-packed.