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To truly understand Andrei, you have to understand how much 70’s pop TV knowledge is crammed in his head.

shimmeringjemmy walked in the bedroom eating some fruit.

“Peach?” I asked
“Nectarine…” she replied.

I promptly went into a high pitched voice,
“I’ll pick the nectarine and throw it down to you”

She looked at me puzzled.

“I suppose there’s little use trying to explain the Koozbanian Geefle and Gonk.”

I have since attempted to explain.

Gonk: “Let’s call it ‘cooperation.'”
Geefle: “No… let’s call it, ‘Shirley.'”

Note: no images are to be found via google at all. Score!

shimmeringjemmy and I have still not seen SW III.

🙂

Classic Pairings

So, I brought up the question… Who would you consider the next Tracy/Hepburn

My answer may seem a bit off but I’ll try to support it:

With a natural sense of chemistry and the ability to go over the top and still very subtle, I’d have to go with:
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (old comment also exposed)

I rented 50 First Dates strictly on the merits that I actually adored The Wedding Singer.

Now I have to admit I had a really low tolerance for Adam Sandler. Happy Gilmore, Waterboy, Big Daddy… couldn’t stomach any of them. But with WS there’s a balance that we see in Sandler’s work. The balance comes from Drew Barrymore.

If it were just WS I could chock it up to Barrymore saving Sandler on screen. But the chemistry strikes a balance and they are able to find that point again in 50. Surprisingly with relatively different characters. I say relatively because it’s still obviously Sandler and Barrymore. But to be honest, Spencer was always Spencer. But he slid into role after role very well.

So… Sandler/Barrymore. That’s my pick for the next Tracy/Hepburn. 🙂

So, every now and then I present readers with a question. And in my drugged haze of Tylenol and dear codeine I find myself with a distraction.

I like Classic films. Desk Set with Tracy and Hepburn… A classic pairing…

So.. I put it out there…

Who would you cast as a contemporary Tracy/Hepburn?

Now I don’t mean remakes of their work. I mean, what male/female comedic pairing do you think could be termed the new Tracy/Hepburn….

I’m going to post my opinion and then screen it. I’ll show mine before the end of the week. You show me yours :?)

So, lately, I’ve gotten in the habit of actually using DirecTV to watch movies that otherwise I just wouldn’t typically watch… well, willingly.

Today’s was “Little Nicky“, Adam Sandler’s son-of-the-devil film.

This was actually a surprisingly good film. I am horrifically surprised and a bit ashamed.

But… go rent it.

As for Seattle and catching up… more posts forthcoming.