Friday, June 24, 2005
Slurms McKenzie
Same Futurama episode as the previous post' title.
Thank you ESC for proving that there are crazy cat men in the world. And thanks to Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel for bringing them into our houses.
Watched Grass and Meet the Fockers last night. Grass is a documentary about the drug war in america, mainly focusing on marihuana. I'd already seen most of it thanks to the IFC, independent film channel, but Joan never had, so we rented it. It's very good while at the same time mind-numbing. Woody Harrelson narrated and did a great job. The mind-numbing parts are the facts and numbers they give. I knew Jimmy Carter was pro-legalization but didn't know it was an actual campaign promise, and would've been passed if one of his aids hadn't been arrested for blow. But it was interesting to see the Religious Right up to their usual shenanigans of "saving this great country." It's nice to know that history is cyclical. My favorite part is when Nixon ordered extensive government testing of the drug and they found that the private use of weed by adults in their homes was almost completely harmless. And Nixon didn't even read the report. He threw it in the trash and increased efforts to stop marihuana from being smoked. And then of course ran into a little hot water and got the hell outta dodge.
Meet the Fockers was funny, but the situations were so outlandish that they were a little hard to believe. And since Joan has a hard time suspending her sense of belief, she did not like it. If you kept in mind it's a MOVIE and isn't supposed to be real, then it is funny. And Dustin Hoffman and Babs Streisand did amazing jobs in their roles as parents. I think Yentl really helped Barbara nail the Jewish mother thing. And the fact that she's Jewish.
Everyone be good and have a pleasant weekend.
Thank you ESC for proving that there are crazy cat men in the world. And thanks to Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel for bringing them into our houses.
Watched Grass and Meet the Fockers last night. Grass is a documentary about the drug war in america, mainly focusing on marihuana. I'd already seen most of it thanks to the IFC, independent film channel, but Joan never had, so we rented it. It's very good while at the same time mind-numbing. Woody Harrelson narrated and did a great job. The mind-numbing parts are the facts and numbers they give. I knew Jimmy Carter was pro-legalization but didn't know it was an actual campaign promise, and would've been passed if one of his aids hadn't been arrested for blow. But it was interesting to see the Religious Right up to their usual shenanigans of "saving this great country." It's nice to know that history is cyclical. My favorite part is when Nixon ordered extensive government testing of the drug and they found that the private use of weed by adults in their homes was almost completely harmless. And Nixon didn't even read the report. He threw it in the trash and increased efforts to stop marihuana from being smoked. And then of course ran into a little hot water and got the hell outta dodge.
Meet the Fockers was funny, but the situations were so outlandish that they were a little hard to believe. And since Joan has a hard time suspending her sense of belief, she did not like it. If you kept in mind it's a MOVIE and isn't supposed to be real, then it is funny. And Dustin Hoffman and Babs Streisand did amazing jobs in their roles as parents. I think Yentl really helped Barbara nail the Jewish mother thing. And the fact that she's Jewish.
Everyone be good and have a pleasant weekend.
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