Odds And Ends 
Napoleon
Dynamite
The thing I'm wondering about this offbeat movie is does it have two
different endings? I remember it ending with Napoleon riding up on a
horse to his brother's wedding. My friend says that's not the ending
she remembers from the video they saw.
PACHALAFAKA – Soupy Sales
Maybe you remember the hit song by the children's comedian Soupy
Sales. Maybe not. I have it on a 45 - so if you don't know the song,
you probably won't know a 45 either. That's okay. The lyric says
they whisper it all over Turkey.
I was wondering
if Soupy Sales went all the way to Turkey to hear them whisper it,
or if someone came back from Turkey and told Soupy Sales what the
people over there are whispering. On the other hand, it could be a
made-up word and it's never been whispered anywhere, only sung in a
silly song.
The Holy
Cannoli
I got an email telling me this movie was on sale as a DVD for only
$14.95. Funny, I don't remember ever hearing anything about this
film being in the theatres. I have heard though, that some movies
never get to theaters but go 'straight to video' as if they can skip
Limbo and go straight to Purgatory for a few eons.
Fat Guy
On The Bus
Nobody wants to sit next to the fat guy on the bus, or on the train.
The other day I
saw two fat people sit on the PATH with an empty seat between them.
You couldn't fit a kindergartener in the space there. In that case,
nobody could sit next to the fat people on the train.
Before they
changed the PATH turnstiles, I would catch a glimpse of a fat guy
trying to squiggle through. I'm sure the guy is the nicest guy in
the world, but watching him jelly roll through the moving iron bar
was saddening.
Of course, he
could have used the Handicapped turnstile, and I'm sure no one would
have objected. But it was plain to see he never saw his Arbuckle
shape as any kind of handicap. It was him and that was all there was
to it.
It's heart-rending.
Mad at
the World
This is not the name of a movie, well, not that I know of, anyway.
It's just something my mother used to say to me when my frame of
mind was fixed in a certain way. Go figure.
She's been gone
the better part of two decades and I can still remember this
reprimand from who knows how long ago.
I guess it's true what they say about words, they
stay with you.
