When the nihilists threatened to cut off the dude’s Johnson, Donny had a heart attack while wearing a shirt that said Johnson. No joke. Also, notice Donny getting delirious and confused over the 9 and holding his arm in pain after his roll.
I noticed the grabbing his arm and when the fight broke out I said to my friend — this is in the theater opening week — “Donny’s having a heart attack.”
As we walked out of the film my friend was astonished I guessed that. Shouldn’t have been.
Donnie is actually the notorious serial killer Garland Green.. After he survived and escaped from a prison transfer plane crash in Vegas, he made his way to LA and assumed the Donnie K. alias.. It's generally considered that his bowling shirts are trophies from victims.
😆
And he faked his death once some heat got on him from the nihilists and he was afraid of being found out, so he went to work on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean. Until his crew unexpectedly was chosen to be sent into space to blow up a planet killing asteroid.
Once upon a time back in r/lebowski lore there was a poster…I can’t remember his handle but I’m sure it self applied in his parts.
That poster was a man of our time and he suggested that the league had a rule that at least one bowler on the team needed to wear a team bowling shirt with a name on it.
So Walter, in his infinite wisdom and frugality poured over all of the league bylaws and saw no reason why they could not find cheap bowling shirts at thrift stores and just wear those.
Since Donny was the easiest team member to fit in the shirts, he wore the team shirt. When Donny died, the duty fell to The Dude as he wears the infamous Medina Sod shirt at Donny’s what have you…and that about wraps it up
A similar theory I saw is that Donny’s name is actually Ray and for years Walter got it wrong and the Dude just sort of picked it up and Ray never corrected them. Because that is so Donny.
You can call me Ray, and you can call me Jay, and you can call me RJ, and you can call me Ray Jay, and you can call me RJJ, and you can call me RJJH Junior, but you don't gotta call me Johnson!
Back in the 90’s it was cool among a certain crowd to wear bowling shirts, or other obviously personalized clothes like sports club jackets or, you know, the kind of t-shirts you’d only get from being at the Washington Family Reunion 1987 Daytona Beach or whatever…as along as it wasn’t your name.
There is a fun continuation theory that Donny is Garland Green from Con Air....who was previously a classmate of Billy Madison. Garland escaped to Las Vegas....eventually making his way to the LA area.
The different bowling shirts are from his victims.
Of course, this can't work because this story takes place before the others
Ralph--Hinkley@reddit
Donny's bowling shirts in the movie.
Opening scene, E.C.
Dog scene, Ray
"Eight year olds" Mike's (?)
"They can unpost it!" Austin
"Let's go get a lane" Jug or Juz
LarsThorwald@reddit
Wait, seriously? Years on this sub and this is the first fresh piece of trivia I’ve seen. That’s interesting, man.
Haunting_Ant_5061@reddit
Were you paying attention to this sub’s stories?
super-wookie@reddit
I was scrolling.
Antique_Ad_1211@reddit
Dios mio, mang.
RedPhule@reddit
Well, there's not a literal connection, Dude
New-Scientist5133@reddit
When the nihilists threatened to cut off the dude’s Johnson, Donny had a heart attack while wearing a shirt that said Johnson. No joke. Also, notice Donny getting delirious and confused over the 9 and holding his arm in pain after his roll.
LarsThorwald@reddit
I noticed the grabbing his arm and when the fight broke out I said to my friend — this is in the theater opening week — “Donny’s having a heart attack.”
As we walked out of the film my friend was astonished I guessed that. Shouldn’t have been.
Haunting_Ant_5061@reddit
You are expert.
ExtraDependent883@reddit
Raymond Donald maybe
jimbojohnsonmd@reddit
I like the theory that Donnie is actually Mr Pink in witness protection.
BBQGUY50@reddit
Or the serial killer from Con Air
jimbojohnsonmd@reddit
Maybe they are al the same guy...
xxFrenchToastxx@reddit
He's got the whole world, in his hands ...
jimbojohnsonmd@reddit
This one as well
LarsThorwald@reddit
Fact: You never see him tip Gary.
MilesAugust74@reddit
🤯🤯🤯🤯
blackteashirt@reddit
Strangers to the left of me...
justincsw@reddit
This theory sounds fun... but I think they would have at least left LA
Unusual-Caramel8442@reddit
That’s fucking interesting, man
TempleFugit@reddit
Donnie is actually the notorious serial killer Garland Green.. After he survived and escaped from a prison transfer plane crash in Vegas, he made his way to LA and assumed the Donnie K. alias.. It's generally considered that his bowling shirts are trophies from victims.
😆
Dan_Berg@reddit
And he faked his death once some heat got on him from the nihilists and he was afraid of being found out, so he went to work on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean. Until his crew unexpectedly was chosen to be sent into space to blow up a planet killing asteroid.
uttyrc@reddit
Donnie wears a different name with every bowling shirt.
fergehtabodit@reddit
Once upon a time back in r/lebowski lore there was a poster…I can’t remember his handle but I’m sure it self applied in his parts. That poster was a man of our time and he suggested that the league had a rule that at least one bowler on the team needed to wear a team bowling shirt with a name on it. So Walter, in his infinite wisdom and frugality poured over all of the league bylaws and saw no reason why they could not find cheap bowling shirts at thrift stores and just wear those. Since Donny was the easiest team member to fit in the shirts, he wore the team shirt. When Donny died, the duty fell to The Dude as he wears the infamous Medina Sod shirt at Donny’s what have you…and that about wraps it up
LarsThorwald@reddit
A similar theory I saw is that Donny’s name is actually Ray and for years Walter got it wrong and the Dude just sort of picked it up and Ray never corrected them. Because that is so Donny.
fergehtabodit@reddit
Doesn't Donny wear a few different shirts with different names? Am I wrong?
Dan_Berg@reddit
You're not wrong...
uttyrc@reddit
Well, I guess we can close the case on that one.
tjfraz@reddit
And the night he dies he’s wearing says Johnson.
OnlyHalfBrilliant@reddit
An' we cut off your chonson!
charatix@reddit
Johnson?
FloydDangerBarber@reddit
You can call me Ray, and you can call me Jay, and you can call me RJ, and you can call me Ray Jay, and you can call me RJJ, and you can call me RJJH Junior, but you don't gotta call me Johnson!
blaknight34@reddit
What do you need that for dude?
FlammenwerferX@reddit (OP)
He’s got to feed the monkey, man
Pupikal@reddit
That had not occurred to us
Apprehensive-Bite373@reddit
That had definitely not occurred to us Dude.
Silverward@reddit
Separate incidents?
Stalwart_Penguin@reddit
Is that some sort of eastern thing?
MarcoMarti1981@reddit
Far from it dude
uttyrc@reddit
Hey man, be careful, there's an eastern thing here!
thelonghauls@reddit
A drop of golden sun?
Uberduck333@reddit
Well dude, we just don’t know
FlammenwerferX@reddit (OP)
That’s why they sent me I’m an expert
MonolithicShapes@reddit
He fixes the cable?
Moose_on_the_Looz@reddit
Don't be fatuous u/MonolithicShapes.
sandwich486@reddit
Ich bin expert.
HoosierCheesehead@reddit
That's a good name, Walter.
LarsThorwald@reddit
Shut the fuck up, Johnson.
Ok_Television9820@reddit
Back in the 90’s it was cool among a certain crowd to wear bowling shirts, or other obviously personalized clothes like sports club jackets or, you know, the kind of t-shirts you’d only get from being at the Washington Family Reunion 1987 Daytona Beach or whatever…as along as it wasn’t your name.
Donny was just hip like that.
Environmental-Ad-523@reddit
It's complicated man there's a lot of in's and out's.
Top_Wheel6343@reddit
That's his ex, Ray
Salty-Reporter-7938@reddit
Did the whole world go crazy? Am I the only one who gives a fuck about the rules? Mark it zero!
R_Similacrumb@reddit
The fuck you talkin about?
Klutzy-Somewhere-544@reddit
He is the serial killer from Con Air escaped. The shirts he wears with different names are shirts of his victims.
Antique_Ad_1211@reddit
Were you listening to the Dudes story??
VeganElduderino81@reddit
One of his victims
mudmart@reddit
He's a ghost only Walter can see...
SkibbydoozerOG@reddit
Undeniable
neurodude@reddit
It’s the guy whose tighty whities were in the briefcase that were thrown over the abutment
chinookhooker@reddit
Who the fuck are you? Man?
LevelGrounded@reddit
Sometimes, there’s a man. And I’m talking about Ray here. He’s just the man for his time and place. Fits right in there.
DigitalBoy05@reddit
He's the guy who fixes the cable
amtrak90@reddit
Every shirt is a man he’s killed.
Corona_Cyrus@reddit
He’s a guy running an insurance scam, addicted to LVTs, used to drive a truck, his son burned down his trailer
thefeckcampaign@reddit
I’m throwing rocks tonight.
Turbulent_Ad9508@reddit
There is a fun continuation theory that Donny is Garland Green from Con Air....who was previously a classmate of Billy Madison. Garland escaped to Las Vegas....eventually making his way to the LA area.
The different bowling shirts are from his victims.
Of course, this can't work because this story takes place before the others
Puzzleheaded_Yam8471@reddit
That's fucking interesting, man.
Botosi5150@reddit
Ray Coleman
2O2Ohindsight@reddit
Donald Ray
rounding_error@reddit
Johnny Ray? Faye Ray? Link Wray? Sting Ray?
Who wants to know?! Who wants to know?!
2O2Ohindsight@reddit
Donnie?
DaniLabelle@reddit
Guess we can close the file on that one
_WillCAD_@reddit
Just someone who used to hang out with Doe and me.
cageycrow@reddit
Oh yeah, I get it! Yeah, Yeah!
Puzzleheaded_Gene909@reddit
WAYYYTOGO DONNAY
Landscape-Strong@reddit
One thing for sure, THAT team doesn't have bowling shirts, so I bet he got it at Goodwill... so who knows?
Ornery-Scholar9973@reddit
He’s throwin’ rocks tonight!
BuffaloNonsense@reddit
8 year olds, Dude.
Straight_Ruin_7784@reddit
You don't know who ray is?
DaniLabelle@reddit
Beaver? Uhhhh, you mean Ray...? I mean, you know the guy?
Gonzostewie@reddit
It don't matter to Jesus.
tnunnster@reddit
The previous owner of Donnie's bowling shirt.
kharringtonvideoarts@reddit
Someone who stayed on the list.
PeterJordanDrake@reddit
A dead man's uniform? Karma...
imyourrealdad8@reddit
Man in the black pajamas. Worthy fuckin adversary
FleshyPartOfThePin@reddit
He still owes me an egg mcmuffin.
brbgonnabrnit@reddit
Throwin rocks tonight Dude