Puttin' on the Ritz

[jrw]

It's becoming easier and easier to fall behind on things I intend to post. I carry them around in my head until it feels like the time of fruition, then something distracts me and by the time I look around again, I have something new I want to talk about, and things fall back farther on the stack. Ah well. Maybe it's actually a constant level of

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[silona]

ah Rob next time let me know if you need a booth babe. heh heh

it's easier to sell other people's stuff anyhow esp ones that you believe in.

[jotasbrane]

Yay! Next time, you can offer a free can of snake oil with every DVD, to help yourself get into character.

[oliana0]

I could so quote half that movie:

"Why is that toy on your head?"
"Because, if I wear it anywhere else it chaffes."

"Moles and Trolls! Moles and Trolls!! I plan this thing for weeks and all they want to do is study! We had nobody at the mutant hamster races, one entry for the Madame Curie look alike contest and he was disqualified later. Why do I even bother?"

"Was it that dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramind with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?" "No." "Why am I the only one that has that dream?"

"Kent puts his name on his license plate." "My mom does the same thing with my underwear." "You mom puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?"

"I had a little trouble with the jacket, so I, uh, threw it out. Duck!"

"Do you still run?" "Only when chased."

"Oh, yeah, well, what about that time I found you alone in your room naked with a bowl of jello?" "I was hot and I was hungry."

[joenotcharles]

You know, I noticed at the time that the scientists felt correct - I'm not a scientist myself, but I know a lot of computer geeks. But it never ocurred to me that this was something Hollywood didn't know how to get right, just that they choosing to cast the stereotypical hottie-with-fashionable-nerd-glasses for demographic reasons. Now that you put it that way, though, it makes perfect sense that most mainstream filmmakers would have no knowledge of that culture whatsoever.