Well, dear readers, I’ve decided to write some of today’s notes yesterday. No, that doesn’t sound right. I’m writing some of tomorrow’s note today. No, that doesn’t sound right. Today is Friday even though it is Saturday and I’m writing these notes on location during what I presume is my last day here on this show. Tomorrow, which is today, you will be reading these here notes which were written today and yet also yesterday. You see, when one writes the notes the day before they appear, one is writing them the day before they appear and yet when you are reading them it is not the day before it is the day after. It’s all very confusing, isn’t it? In fact, what the hell am I talking about?
I arrived this morning (yesterday morning) to find that someone had brought in Krispy Kreme donuts. I had one – it had chocolate icing on top and nuts on top and some kind of chocolate cream inside and it was totally disgusting. I then spoke to the writer of our show who was totally shocked to find out this was my last day. He was, in fact, bowled over by the news as he feels that I am the glue that has made the show good this season. I decided to have lunch with my main editor and the beautiful gal I share an office with. We went to P.F. Chang’s. Actually, we haven’t “went” yet, we’re about to go. When I return I will tell you what we ate today, or yesterday. Today/yesterday I ate some almond and cashew chicken that was not very wonderful. I had some rice, too. And my very close personal friend, Mr. David Wechter, came along with us. So far, no one has said anything to me about anything, although our post production supervisor had recently found out I’d been on The Partridge Family and wanted to know all about it. Well, I suppose when I go in to say goodbye at the end of the day (yesterday but really today) it will be interesting.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button so I can continue this dramatic recitation.
Well, finally it is the today of today. At the end of the day of yesterday, the Man came in to the edit bay, watched the piece I was watching, and then afterward thanked me and said I’d been very helpful, which was very nice. Actually, I think it’s fine and I’m looking forward to the next few weeks of editing the book. David thinks I’ll be getting a “deal” call in a couple of weeks, so that will be nice, too. The nicest thing is that today is now today not yesterday.
Yesterday evening I had an end-of-show massage, and that was nice, too. Very relaxing indeed. I then tried to watch a motion picture entertainment entitled Anger Management. I lasted twenty-five minutes. I knew I should have turned it off after five minutes but I kept thinking, “I should keep watching.” It’s always fun to see Jack Nicholson, and I wasn’t even minding Adam Sandler. What I minded was the complete unbelievability of the set-up (the airplane scene). They lost me right there, and then even when the occasional funny thing happened I just didn’t find it funny because it was so forced and labored. I really do like comedies that are funny, and I really don’t mind how “out there” they are, as long as they are not stupid in their construction. It’s why a movie like Tootsie will always be funny to me (one example out of many) – it’s a totally farcical comedy, but the set-up is believable, and everything that happens, no matter how far out, is believable. Same with the classic Billy Wilder comedies. I do know there are some pretty funny comedies which aren’t really believable, but they are really funny funny and one forgives. Anger Management was not funny funny and I had to shut it off because I knew if I kept watching I would actually need anger management.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must go hither and thither and yon and do errands and whatnot. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite funny funny films – first classics, and then newer comedies, say from 1990 on. I’ll be back in a short while to tell you what new DVDs I picked up and to take part in our lively and sparkling discussion. Also, our Unseemly Live Chat will be tomorrow at six o’clock Pacific Mean Daylight Savings Time. Let’s have loads of lovely posts, shall we?