For those who have looked behind my personal wizard’s curtain and witnessed the random directions that my mind’s compass tends to point me, this will seem par for the course. But for those of us joining the program already in progress…
…I act on impulse most of the time. I can channel it and focus it from time to time – that is, until another impulse overrides the first impulse and sends me in another direction. Thus spaketh the man with A.D.D.
Occasionally, I’ll think of a movie moment from the library in my head that I can’t shake until I share it with someone. Maybe I’ll see it on TV or maybe my brain synapses just shuffled it up to the plate – but I’ll keep it on replay like a song stuck in your head. Quotes and nostalgic recreations help dull the urge to share, but I find the best way to purge that urge is to just show the damn thing to someone until I get ‘yup, that takes me back’ response.
So now… I’m bringing it back to the people. Let’s see how many of us share the same memories of movie moments – and the key word is SHARE!!! Let’s leave some comments and see how many of us click through these itty bitty clips.
An ounce of disclaimers: There’s no rhyme or reason to what I’ll choose. These are just clips that make me happy for some reason. They could be stupid. They could be insulting. Silly. Fun. Smart. Well-made. Not well-made. Campy. And did I say ’stupid?’ The point of this is to not be cynical or snobby or instigating – it’s just to have FUN.
I mean – why the hell not?
So here’s the first of hopefully many more clips to come. Please sit back (hopefully while you’re at work handling other people’s money) and enjoy… ‘Wonderwheel!’
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Ahhh, “The Toy” such a great 90s movie! Maybe I’ll rent it this weekend in honor of MLK,Jr day
It’s well worth the trip to, well, ANY video store. It’s just such a wrong movie in so many right ways… I mean, the kid’s last name is Bates, and every adult calls him ‘Master Bates.’ For me, I always get a kick out of Gleason mugging it up and going ‘ooomph.’
It looks I said 90s movie – but I know it’s 80s (for the record – don’t want to ruin my street cred). Oh, and I know you love that Richard Pryor’s name is ‘Jack BROWN’…genius.
Subtlety is not The Toy’s strong point. Thank God. The other thing I like is that in 80’s movies, they only need one person to clean an entire department store and they need them there overnight. Does the store really need a night janitor? Who’s he cleaning up after? Do they just let the store go to shit during the day? I mean, that’s a LOT of work for one guy… but it looks like all he does is vaccuum the whole night. It’s like the REALLY cool thing is that if you get to work the night shift, you don’t really have to work. You can just f–k around and entertain yourself any way you want in this ’secret world’ without any repercussions – things like having a mannequin come to life for sexual purposes or having a millionaire’s daughter like Jennifer Connelly ride a kiddie horse pre-boob reduction (a travesty against God). When you look at it that way, I guess cleaning WOULD be a drag.