William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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We were fairly certain we were the only people there who had read any of the books. How is that possible?
Maybe no one else in the audience was willing to learn another language just to read books by some foreigner?
My favorite preview experience was when the Escape from L.A. trailer first showed Kurt Russel's face and my friend shouted "SNAKE PLISKEN! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!!!"
Maybe no one else in the audience was willing to learn the language of those foreigners just to read some books?
I dunno. I grew up thinking HHGTTG was vast and obvious and ubiquitous, but I'm beginning to think possibly not so much. Last year when Hec and I became godparents to my friends' baby daughter, we cracked up during the baptism rehearsal when the priest explained that we'd all be getting little towels for baby-drying and we'd have to keep track of the towels, which sparked a whole lot of very childish Zmayhem snickering about knowing where our towels were and taking on the solemn godparently responsibility of making sure our godbaby grew up to be the kind of woman who always knows where her towel is.
Our godbaby's mom, who at least has the excuse of having grown up in Hungary, looked baffled and vaguely threatened and turned to her husband, who is a thoroughly home-grown California-born UC-educated boy and thus has no such excuse, for an explanation. He shrugged and whispered, "Honey, I think it's a drug thing."
He's a sweet guy and I love him, but t rolls eyes forever
It appears that Kevin Spacey watches Smallville.
Also, I saw an ad for Elektra that said that some showings of Elektra would have a preview for The Fantastic Four.
Well, there was that episode of South Park about the intelligent towel who just wanted to sit around getting stoned all the time....
the solemn godparently responsibility of making sure our godbaby grew up to be the kind of woman who always knows where her towel is.
This strikes me as exactly what godparents are supposed to do.
It appears that Kevin Spacey watches Smallville.
dies from the shock
dies from the shock
Also, he called it a "great show."
It appears that Kevin Spacey watches Smallville.
dies from the shock
I have heard he likes the young-uns.
He shrugged and whispered, "Honey, I think it's a drug thing."
Bwah! So grateful I had just finished my coffee (which is a drug thing because it got my rusty brain wheels turning enough to finish this costing in time for my meeting).
I agree, I thought HHGTTG was ubiquitous, but it was probably just in the circles I operated in.
This strikes me as exactly what godparents are supposed to do.
Totally what Ginger said.
It appears that Kevin Spacey watches Smallville.
Bet he's totally in it for the Clex.
I grew up thinking HHGTTG was vast and obvious and ubiquitous, but I'm beginning to think possibly not so much.
See, I thought that, too. And I think in the 80s/early 90s, it was closer to the surface of the mainstream or something, or more people who'd read it remembered details. But damn it, I got my sister towels for her 42nd birthday, and she didn't get the joke! I had to explain it. I know she's at least seen the TV series, and probably read the books, but 20 years have allowed those memories to fade from her mind.
Oh well. At least they were nice towels.