Kicked off this Wednesday morning by doing an early lab run, where I told the lab tech I feel like we’re friends now because I’ve seen her several times in the last week or so. In truth, I’d like being friends with her, because we talk about stuff, always calming when someone’s sticking needles in you.
I woke up earlier than I needed to, but there was a character tapping on my brain, and since it’s the character whose section I’d been working on most recently, that’s a good sign. Fingers crossed I get a bit of writing done today.
Last night at dinner, Tom and I got on the topic of Steve Martin (we were talking about one of his movies we watched with a random assortment of friends that didn’t really catch anyone’s interest). I feel like I grew up with Steve Martin because of television, most notably his early work on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.” Of movies he’s been in, I said I probably liked him in Parenthood best, probably because I really liked the movie and its cast, but I also liked him in Father of the Bride and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I mentioned that in the romantic comedy vein, 1984’s All Of Me with Lily Tomlin is a favorite. Then I checked, and yes, I do own it, so it was last night’s movie rewatch.
Not sure what films are on the agenda for today. I may try to find one that will somehow play into the character I hope to get back to writing. She’s a true cinephile. Maybe I can find a movie that would make her laugh and believe in a hopeful ending, two things in short supply during this time of her life.
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Today, for me, a fun rewatch of 1983’s Trading Places. I read that Dan Aykroyd’s been working on putting together a sequel to take advantage of Eddie Murphy’s success in making sequels to some of his other films. Of course, the Duke brothers, as played by Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy, are no longer with us, but just as much as they’d be missed would be the late Denholm Elliott as Coleman the butler. But if Ackroyd, Murphy, and Jamie Lee Curtis reprise their roles, I’d watch it.
And for the little magpie who’s part of the Neverending Saga, I watched 1995’s French Kiss with Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, and Timothy Hutton. Though my character’s living in 1975 in my plot, twenty years later, I’m sure she’ll be utterly charmed by this romantic comedy. I even got some editing and writing done on her behalf today.
I also love All of Me. And now I’ll be hearing that guy with heavy Indian accent say “Fix bowl?” over and over in my head.
“Back in bowl? Back in bowl!” He’s great.
I loved Trading Places. If they were to make sequals, though, I’d probably watch it, but it would need just a touch of help from Weird Al, to really put a twist on that dollar. But, that’s like making a sequal for History of the World, Part 1, or Clue just to make a 4th ending. It can’t be done.
Well, if Dan Akroyd gets his way, we may both be watching and judging that sequel!