Posted By Russ Emerson on June 25, 2004 at 9:16 am
John of Castle Argghhh! has spotted the latest meme to surface: “which of the top 100 grossing movies of all time have you seen?”
I rarely go to the movie theater anymore. I like seeing a good movie on the big screen; I just don’t like being wedged into a theater with a couple hundred boorish teenagers.
I’ll distinguish between films I’ve seen on the big screen, in bold, and those I’ve seen on cable/pay-per-view/DVD, in bold italics. See the extended entry for the list.
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Posted By Russ Emerson on June 24, 2004 at 11:41 pm
Have I mentioned that my all-time favorite musical group is the Moody Blues? No? Well, I don’t want to come off sounding like an infatuated teeny-bopper or anything….
I’m not saying that I would walk over my own grandmother (if I had one left) to go see one of their concerts, but I would. Maybe.
The band did a guest spot on The Simpsons (who hasn’t?) and parodied one of their songs (but who hasn’t?)
[Homer and Ned attempt to flee the hotel casino where they have apparently married a couple women of easy virtue.]
W.O.E.V.: Somebody help! Our husbands are trying to ditch us!
[The word goes out over the P.A. system… Homer and Ned try to make their escape, but run into security guards, Seigfried & Roy lookalikes w/ a tiger (to which Homer exclaims “A lion!”), Drederick Tatum, and finally…]
Homer: [shriek] The Moody Blues!
Graeme Edge: Cold hearted Homer, ditching his wife, while ancient Ned runs for his life.
Justin Hayward: Chips of red and blue and white, but we decide which….
John Lodge: Can the poems, it’s ass-whuppin’ time.
Ray Thomas [pulling a dagger out of his flute]: I want fatty.
That never fails to crack me up.
Ray Thomas has pretty much retired from the band due to health issues – including gout, an ailment with which I am intimately familiar. He wasn’t looking too mobile the last time I saw the band in concert – I thought he might have had a hip or knee replacement. He’ll be much missed.
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