Andy Griffith "Filling Station Robbery" in 6 minutes

I love Andy Griffith. Best TV show ever! Enjoy!

"Ummm..."

I've seen the blank embarrassed look dozens of times. "Ummm.. where's the handle?"

Perhaps I should give some background. Since just after we moved here our microwave has had no handle, we've forgotten who broke it, but we know it it hasn't been there for a while. We've learned how to open the microwave without a handle, a complicated progress, but we've perfected it, and we've had to teach our poor guests how to perform it also, much to our cringe. I guess we just learned to deal with it.

Life would have gone on like this if the stove hadn't broke. Now you're asking, "What's the stove have to do with a no-handled microwave?" Well the microwave is above the stove, and when the stove door broke, the repair man noticed the microwave and offered to fix it. God bless the repair man. We now have a handle on our microwave like every other red-blooded American family, it's going to be nice. But it'll take some getting used to... Think of it a handle on the microwave... *sighs with pleasure*

Persuasion

If you all don't mind I'm going to review all the new Austen movies as we watch them. I shall give you my very prejudice, very altered, bias and un-studied opinion. I've always wanted to be a film critic, and now I can be:-)



I've never read the book, so this will just be my personnel opinion on the characters.

Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot~ seemed to fit the character pretty well. Although I didn't like any of her clothes or her hair. I thought the film makers were trying to make her look un-happy and spinster-ish and very pretty at the same time. It didn't quite go together. She also was a more passionate Anne then when Amanda Root played her.

Rupert Penry-Jones as Captain Fredrick Wentworth~ I admit, I really like this Wentworth, I also admit, I was never very fond of Ciran Hinds in this part. Wentworth, was much more likable, and much more convincing as a man still madly in love after all these years. You weren't really sure with Ciran Hinds until "the letter". In this version Wentworth all so shows quite a bit of remorse over the fact that he had no attentions toward any of the girls and everyone thought he did, when he realized what everyone had thought, he was remorseful, but willing to do the right thing. That instance made me like him even more than I already did, even though I wanted him to marry Anne.He smiled more too... always nice, that.


Other Random Characters~


Musgrove Family~Mary Musgrove, (Amanda Hale)was disappointing, now I know not everyone is Sophie Thompson... but Mary is such a funny character and I really think she was was dull, compared to what she could've been. All the other Musgroves were okay. Not anything big, but appropriate as they were, Charles Musgrove wasn't as likable, but you did feel sorry for him.





Elliot Family~Sir Elliot was also a character I thought could've added the humor that was lacking through out the whole film. He wasn't funny or despicable, as he should be, he was just kind of annoying. Elizabeth Elliot had no character development, so it's hard to comment on her, but the actress was too old for the part. William Elliot was one character that I did like, he was slimy and charming at the same time. You didn't like him at all, witch is as it should be. As in the old version, the screen writer failed to account that he ended up marrying Mrs. Clay, also always annoying...

Wentworth Relatives and Friend~ As a collective group they didn't get screen time, but the Admiral and Mrs. were pleasant enough, and Harville played the role of supportive and trust-worthy friend well. One if my favorite part was when Harville meet Anne, Wentworth introduced her as "Miss Elliot" Harville immediately said "Miss Anne Elliot?" and gave Wentworth "the look". Harville obviously knew about the past.

One part that bugged me was the loooong kiss at the end. No, it wasn't a long kiss exactly, it was a stare into each other's eyes for ever and veeeeeeeeeeeeeery... slooooooooowly... move forward....almost....and then.... a 2 second kiss. Just kiss her for goodness sakes!!!



That aside all together it was an enjoyable adaption, I really liked Wentworth, Harville and Elliot, but other than that, I'd stick with the characters from the 1995 version. But for an hour and a half, it was a good adaption.

Next week is Northanger Abbey, that is if the Packer game is over in time, we're all praying the Pack beats who-ever-they're-playing quickly so we don't miss a minute.

A Joke...

Once there was a six-year old boy. His Mom asked him to go get her the broom from off the back porch. The boy didn't want to and told his Mom he was scared because it was dark outside. His Mom told him not to be afraid, that Jesus would be out there with him, so he didn't have to be afraid. So the little boy goes to the door, opens it and calls out the door;

"Jesus if you're out there, could you bring me the broom?"

A Fan's Heaven

As you can see in the video below there are four new Jane Austen's coming out on PBS this winter. Am I pumped or what?
When I first heard these were being made I was sceptical, I mean what can be better than what we all ready have? I still am sceptical about how good they're going to turn out, but I've read some reviews: http://www.charitysplace.com/ (Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility& Mansfield Park reviews) Since reading those at least now I know they aren't completely irreverent to the classic original works.All I know is I'm going to watch them if I have to beg Dad for the TV on bended knee . Will you join me?

The Results are in...

(Note: This post has nothing to do with the Iowa Caucus)

Auditions were this afternoon!! Joe and I tried out of course. I love auditions. The one time you get to play all the parts, just the way you want, you also get to see everyone else act ridicules :-) It does take a long time though. You see there were 4 different scenes, and we had to do them over and over and over again, so everyone could do all the different parts. We were there for 5 hours. But it was fun.

So, you're probably all going, "Well Lydia, we like it that you like auditions, but who got what?" Or maybe you're not wondering that, and you could care less. I'll tell you anyways. Joe is cast as an Indian and a Wolf... My Friend Lillie is Nibs, one of the lost boys, Joe gets to chase her:-) Deborah W. is playing Omnes, also one of the lost boys. All of the lost boys will be played by girls, which is kind of odd, but it doesn't bother me much.

Oh yeah, I'm playing Michael Darling:-)