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Return of the child star
Jun. 19th, 2005 01:59 pmI just wanted to point out that there's been a fair amount of discussion about breasts lately from various corners of my Friends List. I can dig it. Carry on.
So last night was an odd visit to the casino. Not really for any poker-related reasons, just from other experiences, the first of which involved me going to the bathroom before starting my poker session. ( This involves poo! )
The great experience from that night, though, was at the end of the night when I was cashing out my chips. The cash cage guy (one I wasn't already familiar with, for a change), kept looking at me as I handed him the chips and while I was waiting there for him to count. I was wondering if maybe I had run into him before and he was trying to remember if he knew me. Finally, as he was getting my money out, he said, "You look like someone from a movie." I said, "Oh, yeah?" He goes, "Yeah...what was that...oh, Flight of the Navigator." I was stunned. Anyone remember that one? A Disney movie from the 80's...man, I loved that movie, actually. :) I go, "What, that one with the spaceship?" He goes, "Yeah! That little kid! You're like him, but all grown up!" I laughed and said I'd tell my friends...they'd like that. Then I got the hell out of there.
Flight of the Navigator!? So firstly, that's a pretty obscure movie to drag out of memory. Secondly, that's a pretty obscure kid to then mentally age and compare to someone you meet at a casino. How bizarre was that! In any case, though, I couldn't resist a little online research, and I found a treasure trove of photographic nostalgia on this Russian fansite. The kid's name is Joey Cramer, and IMDB says he didn't do a whole hell of a lot. :) Still...I can't get over how weird that exchange was. :) Oh, my research also confirmed a suspicion I had since I was a wee lad...it was Paul Reubens doing the voice of Max! Been right for twenty years and didn't even know it. :) Anyway, like I said, I loved that flick as a kid. Anyone else?
Some odd neighborhood news: our local McDonald's has, for whatever reason, put a spotlight up on its roof. You know...one of those rotating jobbies? It apparently went up while I was back in NYC, according to momz, so it's been up a good week or so now, I guess. Now...this isn't a bustling metropolis down here, so you can imagine that this damn spotlight is the brightest thing in our night sky. Plus it rotates around and basically blankets the city's night with it's light-house beam. It's really weird! It's angled up, so it's not like it's shining in people houses or anything, but what the hell is it for? And all night long? Like people are going to get lost and need to find their way back to a closed McDonald's? Is it a signal to the aliens to bring more alien beef patties? Bizarre.
Some more news from the antiprohibitionist front. ( Read more... )
Remember a while back I was thinking about TV show crossover universes? I thought another fun thing to do (for various definitions of "fun,") would be to check out inconsistencies in the universe. By this I generally mean actor recycling, which always leads to amusement. (I really hope NYPD Blue never crosses with Law & Order, by the way. My favorite actor swap was Captain Cragen from L&O on NYPD Blue as an unabashed titty fiend. Too funny.) A big example off the top of my head isn't even due to a crossover...it was internal. In SVU, the ADA that replaced Super Whore is played by an actress who was previously on the show as a perp, which I found greatly amusing. Within the context of the story, this could probably just be explained away by them just happening to look alike, which I guess is plausible. Anyway, though, I happened across something bigger the other day. I was watching an old episode of Cheers, and Frasier, during a bar discussion, mentions that his father has died, and did so before Frasier became a psychiatrist. Well, as the show Frasier tells us, Frasier's dad is indeed alive and well. I also randomly remembered an episode of Cheers where they actually flash forward to the future after Frasier has died. His will is being read, and only present are Lilith and Frederick. This, of course, makes sense in the context of Cheers, but not really in the context of Frasier. Where's Niles? Would Lilith (or Frederick) even be there? Anyway, who cares, right? :) It's far better to watch shows and enjoy them than have the creators worry about every little nitpicker out there. Still, makes for interesting stuff to think about.
Or not. Maybe I just have too much time on my hands. :) Peace!
So last night was an odd visit to the casino. Not really for any poker-related reasons, just from other experiences, the first of which involved me going to the bathroom before starting my poker session. ( This involves poo! )
The great experience from that night, though, was at the end of the night when I was cashing out my chips. The cash cage guy (one I wasn't already familiar with, for a change), kept looking at me as I handed him the chips and while I was waiting there for him to count. I was wondering if maybe I had run into him before and he was trying to remember if he knew me. Finally, as he was getting my money out, he said, "You look like someone from a movie." I said, "Oh, yeah?" He goes, "Yeah...what was that...oh, Flight of the Navigator." I was stunned. Anyone remember that one? A Disney movie from the 80's...man, I loved that movie, actually. :) I go, "What, that one with the spaceship?" He goes, "Yeah! That little kid! You're like him, but all grown up!" I laughed and said I'd tell my friends...they'd like that. Then I got the hell out of there.
Flight of the Navigator!? So firstly, that's a pretty obscure movie to drag out of memory. Secondly, that's a pretty obscure kid to then mentally age and compare to someone you meet at a casino. How bizarre was that! In any case, though, I couldn't resist a little online research, and I found a treasure trove of photographic nostalgia on this Russian fansite. The kid's name is Joey Cramer, and IMDB says he didn't do a whole hell of a lot. :) Still...I can't get over how weird that exchange was. :) Oh, my research also confirmed a suspicion I had since I was a wee lad...it was Paul Reubens doing the voice of Max! Been right for twenty years and didn't even know it. :) Anyway, like I said, I loved that flick as a kid. Anyone else?
Some odd neighborhood news: our local McDonald's has, for whatever reason, put a spotlight up on its roof. You know...one of those rotating jobbies? It apparently went up while I was back in NYC, according to momz, so it's been up a good week or so now, I guess. Now...this isn't a bustling metropolis down here, so you can imagine that this damn spotlight is the brightest thing in our night sky. Plus it rotates around and basically blankets the city's night with it's light-house beam. It's really weird! It's angled up, so it's not like it's shining in people houses or anything, but what the hell is it for? And all night long? Like people are going to get lost and need to find their way back to a closed McDonald's? Is it a signal to the aliens to bring more alien beef patties? Bizarre.
Some more news from the antiprohibitionist front. ( Read more... )
Remember a while back I was thinking about TV show crossover universes? I thought another fun thing to do (for various definitions of "fun,") would be to check out inconsistencies in the universe. By this I generally mean actor recycling, which always leads to amusement. (I really hope NYPD Blue never crosses with Law & Order, by the way. My favorite actor swap was Captain Cragen from L&O on NYPD Blue as an unabashed titty fiend. Too funny.) A big example off the top of my head isn't even due to a crossover...it was internal. In SVU, the ADA that replaced Super Whore is played by an actress who was previously on the show as a perp, which I found greatly amusing. Within the context of the story, this could probably just be explained away by them just happening to look alike, which I guess is plausible. Anyway, though, I happened across something bigger the other day. I was watching an old episode of Cheers, and Frasier, during a bar discussion, mentions that his father has died, and did so before Frasier became a psychiatrist. Well, as the show Frasier tells us, Frasier's dad is indeed alive and well. I also randomly remembered an episode of Cheers where they actually flash forward to the future after Frasier has died. His will is being read, and only present are Lilith and Frederick. This, of course, makes sense in the context of Cheers, but not really in the context of Frasier. Where's Niles? Would Lilith (or Frederick) even be there? Anyway, who cares, right? :) It's far better to watch shows and enjoy them than have the creators worry about every little nitpicker out there. Still, makes for interesting stuff to think about.
Or not. Maybe I just have too much time on my hands. :) Peace!