Planes | dual personalities

November 24, 2020

“Do you have any idea how fast you were going?”

by chuckofish

Greetings from flyover country where three-year olds still draw people who look like this…

Clearly a portrait of her dad, of course, with a several day growth of beard

…and memes like this make us LOL…

(Note that Christmas is not capitalized but Communists is.)

Yes, we still watch Christmas movies and I, for one, am looking forward to starting my Christmas movie viewing this Thursday with the Thanksgiving lead-in to the holidays, Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987). Funnily enough, there seem to be people who are even more obsessed with this movie than my own family (who can recite the entire screenplay verbatim.) Check this out–a documentary that explores the history of a longer cut, drawing on deleted scenes, trailers, different versions of the screenplay and an interview with Michael McKean. In other words, everything you want to know about PT&A, but were afraid to imagine.

Next up (or maybe first) will be Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Since the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade will be “virtual” this year (yawn), maybe we’ll just cut out the middleman and watch the movie at 9:00 am with Mimosas and cinnamon rolls.

Whatever. This is going to be a very laid-back, wine-soaked Thanksgiving with only three of us at home. C’est la vie. We’ll make cheesy potatoes and have turkey and cranberry sauce and all the fixings. There will be pie.

We will continue to roll with the punches.

And here’s a little updated Steve Martin for Tuesday:

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November 25, 2015

Swiftly fly the years

by chuckofish

As you know, we are a family that loves our traditions. For the last twenty-five or so years, we have watched Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) every Thanksgiving.

We will happily watch it this year.

We will watch (some of) the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and probably Miracle on 34th Street (1947) at some point over the weekend.

We might watch The Wizard of Oz (1939) which, when I was growing up, was always shown on television the night of Thanksgiving.

We are not a family that brings out the musical instruments when everyone is gathered. (Sadly, we can’t do that.) And we don’t play games. We tend to open up the DVD cabinet. À chacun son goût.

We will also celebrate the boy’s birthday this weekend and marvel at how that little tyke grew up into a fine young man.

Ah, sunrise, sunset!

Oy.

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November 27, 2014

Count your blessings or “Are you saying I could be stuck in Wichita?”

by chuckofish

N.C. Wyeth

Whether you are entertaining a large group or a very small one like me, enjoy the day.

We’ll miss daughters #1 and #2 who are staying put this holiday.

We’ll miss you! Can’t wait ’til Christmas!

In the meantime we’ll raise a glass (or two) to absent friends and loved ones! And then we’ll watch our favorite Thanksgiving movie starring these two guys:

I mean what would Thanksgiving be without Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)? Meanwhile, I’m still a million bucks shy of bein’ a millionaire…

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December 3, 2013

“…Do you think she’s talented, deeply and importantly talented?”

by chuckofish

Daughter #2 breezed into town last Tuesday and we had a wonderful time together. We shopped “small” in Kirkwood. We tried a trendy new restaurant in a converted gas station in a hipster south STL neighborhood. The food was amazing.

We caught up with her old buddy who came over for dinner. (Daughter #2 cooked.)

Edwina works for Anheuser-Busch–have Bud will travel.

We over-ate at the boy’s house with his in-laws on Thanksgiving and then watched Planes, Trains and Automobiles together. This picture really says it all.