"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.