I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown

Anya ,'Sleeper'


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DavidS - Feb 15, 2012 8:00:16 am PST #18194 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Clearly it's just my deficient imagination. Mostly though I was referring to her youth and the era of 70s fashion when she was modeling. Though she had other roles, she didn't really breakthrough in film until Prizzi's Honor in '85 when she was in her mid-thirties.


Atropa - Feb 15, 2012 10:00:54 am PST #18195 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Do what now? I've never seen that movie. Uggh. At least Samantha (Bewitched) never fully gave up on hers. Also, my tag seems especially appropriate at this juncture.

Yep. She loses her powers, and that's how he knows she's Really In Love With Him, She's The Girl For Him! She also becomes kind of insipid. The movie is great up until the last 10 minutes or so.


Toddson - Feb 15, 2012 10:52:50 am PST #18196 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

And her cat deserts her!


Atropa - Feb 15, 2012 11:06:22 am PST #18197 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

And her cat deserts her!

Pyewacket!

The first time I watched Bell, Book, and Candle, when I was a tiny gothling of 9 or so, at the end of the movie I turned to my Dad and said, "That's DUMB. When I'm a witch and I fall in love, I'm not going to lose MY powers."

My Dad, being who he is, said of course I wasn't going to.


Beverly - Feb 15, 2012 11:11:38 am PST #18198 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Agree so hard with Jilli on BB&C. That one and Rear Window I had seen when I was little and remembered fondly. They disappeared into a vault somewhere for decades and I was all clappy-hands and eager to watch when they brought them out again. Rear Window is dated, but charming, still. But despite Jack Lemmon, Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs, and Hermione Gingold, not to mention Novak actually manages a smolder and Stewart is adorable and stubborn, and the gorgeous, gorgeous 50s interiors, the lose-their-powers-when-they-fall-in-love of it all just leaves a bitter, bitter aftertaste.


Beverly - Feb 15, 2012 11:12:55 am PST #18199 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Lifetime intent, to have two cats, named Pyewacket and Grimalkin.

Or alternatively, Hepzibah and Mehitabel.


smonster - Feb 15, 2012 11:43:32 am PST #18200 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

And her cat deserts her!

Smart cat.


Atropa - Feb 15, 2012 11:48:19 am PST #18201 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Lifetime intent, to have two cats, named Pyewacket and Grimalkin.

Pete has informed me that I can never name a cat Pyewacket, because it sounds ridiculous. Yes, I've shown him the movie, but that didn't change his mind. But since he's okay with vampire-themed cat names, I'm not going to complain. Much.


Fred Pete - Feb 15, 2012 11:57:50 am PST #18202 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.

Pete has informed me that I can never name a cat Pyewacket, because it sounds ridiculous.

I've been to a restaurant named Pyewacket in Chapel Hill, NC. Don't know whether it still exists. But a fine place for a Saturday lunch.


amych - Feb 15, 2012 1:27:33 pm PST #18203 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I've been to a restaurant named Pyewacket in Chapel Hill, NC. Don't know whether it still exists. But a fine place for a Saturday lunch.

Sadly, it's no longer. But still remembered by many. Also, you should come back down here for a visit sometime!