I will drink my weight in cola
CAN'T WAIT TILL THE FRIDAY! Willy and Balz and I have decided to have a movie night once a month. Finally! something to do on a weekend other than begging mother not to drink.
Since it was my idea, they said I could pick the first movie!! So, I picked the classic, Carnie Christmas! A Johansen tradition! I've seen it 392 times in my fourteen years on this earth (I'm not counting the polio year). I'm sure everyone has their favorite part! I would love to hear ALL yours!! Please? OK.
Mine is where Mr Ziddle does that thing where he pops his knee outta joint on purpose, and then gets his young and unqualified secretary to give him a sponge bath. But, she doesn't really know why he'd need a sponge bath instead of just some help getting off the floor, or help walking, and then Mr. Ziddle says he's not paying her to think.
Willy loves that part where Papa Carnie has a secret meeting with Mr Ziddle outside the mess hall about his desire to unionize the carnival employees. Then Mr Ziddle hires a guy to "make papa carnie's legs get broken".
Balz can't stop talking about the part where the Carnie daughter tries to get artistic with the Christmas tree the carnival employees keep on premises. Especiallly at the end, when the tree burns down because of all the gasoline, and there seems to be a couple of small children missing, about which Mr Ziddle is sad, but secretly happy, because there was some debate as to whether they were his kids or not.
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IT IS THE BEST! There's also this other part where The Carnies go christmas shopping but no one will CASH THEIR PAYCHECK! know why? CAUSE MR ZIDDLE DIDN'T SIGN IT!
Mr Ziddle is the glue.
Mr. Ziddle! I love this name!
Speaking of Ziddle, I saw Pocky Sticks at the store the other day. You gotta go to the "ethnic" section to buy them! What is up with that?
Don't you know? Ethnics make THE BEST chocolate covered sticks! Americans know nothing when it comes to this art.
i think americans are very exercised in the art of dipping their sticks...why do you think there are so many bastards here?
I take it that wasn't a chocolate reference? Was it?
you're a quick one! ; )
OH MY GOSH! I thought *I* was the only one that had ever seen Carnie Christmas!
My favorite scene is the one where Mrs Ziddle is crying about the missing small children, and Mr Ziddle goes and puts his arm around her, and then the secretary comes over and finishes putting the tree out and the Carnie daughter comes to say I'm sorry to Mrs Ziddle and then she forgives her and it's a happy Christmas again!
a very good part indeed TJ!
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