NIGHTLY ADVENTURES

Elaine is not able to travel so we spend each evening from 6:40 PM to midnight watching TV.

At first, we tried to watch network TV shows, but the sitcom plots (if you can call them that) were so dumb and the canned laughter so insulting that we gave up on that idea.

Example:

Father: "Well, son, did you have a test at school today?" (Loud laughter.)

Son: "Yeah, dad."  (Moans and Oh's)

Father:  "How did you do?"  (Raucous guffaws.) 

Son: "Not good.  That new pretty teacher doesn't like me!"  (Gasps and laughter)

Father:  "Oh really?"  (Whoops and whistles and loud guffaws)

Do you see what I mean?

If it is absolutely necessary to watch one of such shows, we will shut off the sound and enable "closed captions."

By the way, a while ago I decided to watch reruns of my one-time favorite show: "Frazier."  I was surprised to hear canned laughter.  Why hadn't I been aware of that before? 

Last night we watched two movies.

Winter Romance (I think) about the Graff Hotel in Forrest Ridge, Montana.  We found this movie to be pleasant, but not memorable, except for the jeans that the male lead wore constantly for two weeks. They clung to his skinny legs like a tight girdle, and they sported a white paint spot and raggedy edges.

The Blind Side about Michael Oher, who was helped to overcome his Ghetto background and reach his full potential as a student and a famous football player.

I have lived in the Baltimore area now for 62 (!) years but I have never followed football and didn't know that Michael played for the Ravens for eight years, Shame on me!

This was a "feel good movie!"  I highly recommend it.

At midnight Alexa nagged me to take my pills and go to bed. I did so, but I stayed awake long enough to hear Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. It got my interest with a couple of things:

Senator and Governor of South Carolina Strom Thurmond married two Miss South Carolina beauty queens - 20 years apart! 

His main claim to fame was as the Senator who conducted the longest filibuster ever given by a lone Senator. Over 24 hours.

He also voted against every Civil Rights legislation and was the Dixiecrat candidate for President in 1948,

In one of the States there is a contest to crown the "armpit queen."  I can't find anything about it, but it sounds interesting.

ENOUGH!

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