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"Riffless"
It's been a few days since I wrote a few riffs on Golden Pond, apologies to the Fonda family. And because I don't take the time to write anything anymore, here's another post from yesteryear.
Tonite is friday and the best day of the week to catch a sci-fi flick from back in the day. [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJkkygHUiA }When black and white cinema verite was as common as color is today. Great movies, imho. They all had the same plot:
Young teens: "Dave, you've got to believe us! We just saw a flying saucer in the desert."
Dave: "Yeah, right. I was born but not yesterday. Now get that jalopy outta here. Hey, rolled and pleated seats. You young teens got it goin' on."
Teens: "Dave, sure we're still wet behind the ears. Sure we don't know jack-diddly. Sure, our hormones are on red-alert, but we just [ seen ] a flying saucer from Mars. Or Venus? Or Uranus?"
Dave: "Watch your mouth, boys! Now get that piece of junk outta here, before I run you all in. Git, I say."
Teens: "No one believes us. What are we gonna do?"
Then there's:
Scientist: "Gentlemen, after countless days of research with the greatest minds in the world, we have perfected an anti-defamation, er, anti-galactic nerve ray, which will blow the pre-historic mutant to smithereens."
Reporters: "Hey, thanks, Doc, for breaking it down into laymen's terms. Hey, Smitty, hold the phone, I got the evening paper's headline. Give me a nickel for the phone."
And:
Teens: "Dave, the old man is dead. And he had a gelatin-like blob on his hand. Then it consumed him. Then it ate the doc; then his nurse. We've got to warn the town. Dave, you're the sheriff. You gotta do something."
Dave: "Yeah, right. You teens have been reading too many science fiction books. Now git outta here, 'fore I run you all in."
They don't make 'em like they used to, v.c.
P.S. Boyfriend: "You may look like Ellen, but you're not Ellen. What has happened to my darling?"
Ellen: "You betrayed us. And now you must die. I am an alien life force who has taken over Ellen's body."
P.S.S. And thanks to the Hootster for mentioning me in one of his latest forays.
Tonite is friday and the best day of the week to catch a sci-fi flick from back in the day. [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJkkygHUiA }When black and white cinema verite was as common as color is today. Great movies, imho. They all had the same plot:
Young teens: "Dave, you've got to believe us! We just saw a flying saucer in the desert."
Dave: "Yeah, right. I was born but not yesterday. Now get that jalopy outta here. Hey, rolled and pleated seats. You young teens got it goin' on."
Teens: "Dave, sure we're still wet behind the ears. Sure we don't know jack-diddly. Sure, our hormones are on red-alert, but we just [ seen ] a flying saucer from Mars. Or Venus? Or Uranus?"
Dave: "Watch your mouth, boys! Now get that piece of junk outta here, before I run you all in. Git, I say."
Teens: "No one believes us. What are we gonna do?"
Then there's:
Scientist: "Gentlemen, after countless days of research with the greatest minds in the world, we have perfected an anti-defamation, er, anti-galactic nerve ray, which will blow the pre-historic mutant to smithereens."
Reporters: "Hey, thanks, Doc, for breaking it down into laymen's terms. Hey, Smitty, hold the phone, I got the evening paper's headline. Give me a nickel for the phone."
And:
Teens: "Dave, the old man is dead. And he had a gelatin-like blob on his hand. Then it consumed him. Then it ate the doc; then his nurse. We've got to warn the town. Dave, you're the sheriff. You gotta do something."
Dave: "Yeah, right. You teens have been reading too many science fiction books. Now git outta here, 'fore I run you all in."
They don't make 'em like they used to, v.c.
P.S. Boyfriend: "You may look like Ellen, but you're not Ellen. What has happened to my darling?"
Ellen: "You betrayed us. And now you must die. I am an alien life force who has taken over Ellen's body."
P.S.S. And thanks to the Hootster for mentioning me in one of his latest forays.
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