And Dirty Dan, a character Bridges says closely resembles his own father. "Junior is an amalgamation of a bunch of characters I met while hanging out with," Bridges said.

Jack Callahan told police he thought his father was possessed by a demon called “Dirty Dan” and believed it could be exorcised by dunking his father underwater multiple times.

It’s the saga of Pecos Bill, who was raised by coyotes, and Slue-Foot Sue, who likes to ride down the Rio Grande River on a catfish. They come to the dusty town of Prairie Dog to aid Granny, who is ...