Beauty Day

Before the bodythreatening antics of Jackass came crashing into public consciousness there was Ontarios Ralph Zavadil aka Capn Video who cascaded off roofs into snowbanks jumped off ladders into halfempty swimming pools and drank eggs through his nostrils Beauty Day is a rambunctious documentary about this irrepressible pioneer of localaccess cable shenanigans who entertained and outraged viewers in the small city of St Catharinesuntil a special Easter Show featuring a fat rabbit and adorable puppies none of which were hurt got him kicked off the air for good With a nod to Werner Herzog Cheel follows the life and times of Capn Video and finds that the Capn is still quite a firecracker Written by Laurence Kardish