THE LEGEND OF STEINFELD’S CASINO
Fat Guy couldn’t wait to get home.
He had just put in some quality minutes at Mock’s Pinball Emporium. And he HATED to walk away from a game of Centipede.
But he couldn’t WAIT to get HOME.
Why?
Two words.
Lemon sherbet.
Got it?
Turning the corner onto Bojax Avenue, Fatty bumped into neighborhood postal type, Carl ‘Zagnut’ Carlson.
Zagnut was thrilled.
“FATTY!” boomed Zagnut, in his anachronistic baritone. “How the hell are ya?”
Zagnut may have weighed a mere 200 pounds to Fat Guy’s 300, but let’s not entertain any illusions about the size of the ensuing hug.
Rest assured—it was one big-ass hug.
Fatty smiled, “So, how’s the mail business?”
Zagnut shrugged, “Same old, SAME old. Who cares? Let’s get a beer!”
Fatty politely declined.
“No thanks, Zaggy,” he said. “I got a sweet bowl of lemon SHERBET waitin’ for me back at my DIGS. So, there you have it. Taste the freedom, Zagnut!”
“I don’t get this,” said Zagnut. “Remember when they named Fat Free Fat Guy the Worst Fat Guy Ever?”
Fatty nodded.
Zagnut yelled, “They should have given that award to you!!!”
Fatty went pale.
Zagnut concluded, “And you can TAKE that lemon SHERBET, and you can SHOVE it—“
Suddenly, famous comedian type Jerry Steinfeld popped around the corner.
“Good evening, gentlemen,” smiled Steinfeld.
Fatty squinted, “What gives?”
“Yeah,” said Zaggy. “Fat Guy has a point. What ARE you doing here?”
Steinfeld said, “Been to Las Vegas lately?”
“I haven’t been to Vegas in years,” said Zaggy.
Fatty nodded, “Me neither.”
“Right,” grinned Steinfeld. “And why would you? WHY WOULD YOU GO TO VEGAS? You wouldn’t. And I’ll TELL you why.”
Fatty chuckled, “You’ll tell us why NOT, you mean, Jerry.”
Zaggy rolled h is eyes.
Jerry shook his head.
“Why NOT,” said a smug, self-satisfied Fatty.
Jerry remarked, “Fatty, you’re a real SMUG-not, aren’t you?”
Fatty nodded smugly.
Jerry announced, “Here’s the ‘why’ part, gentlemen. HERE’S WHY. All the action is HERE. Right here in Atlantic City.”
Zaggy screwed up his eyes.
Fatty began, “But, we’re not—“
“Stow it, Fatty!” grinned Steinfeld. “All the action’s right here at Steinfeld’s Casino. Here’s what we got.”
In awe, Zaggy gasped, “SHARE us what you got.”
Fatty nodded smugly.
“HERE’S WHAT WE GOT,” beamed Steinfeld. “Hottest slots. Biggest pay-outs. Plus? Plus, a free gift. A pen. A pen from space. A PEN THAT WRITES UPSIDE DOWN. SHOVE THAT IN YOUR POCKET, PAL.”
Friday, September 2, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
boneyween
808 state did a song called 'boneyween.'
anyway...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOVPshH8qIk
anyway...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOVPshH8qIk
Monday, August 15, 2011
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057128/
I've been haunted by a movie since about 1997 or so.
If you're bored on halloween this year,, rent 'The Haunted palace.'
Why.
Because, it has great music, quality people, and it's honest about teh human condition.
As in, being haunted is kind of normal.
Maybe even good.
If you're bored on halloween this year,, rent 'The Haunted palace.'
Why.
Because, it has great music, quality people, and it's honest about teh human condition.
As in, being haunted is kind of normal.
Maybe even good.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
i don't understand spagehtti westerns
There is a scene in the 1968 Leone movie "Once Upon A Time In The West" featuring a shootout between Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, and about five other guys who want to kill Fonda.
Bronson gives Fonda a 'heads up' that they want to kill him, saving Fonda's life. He even shoots one or two of them himself, on account of, Bronson wants to kill Fonda himself. He doesn't want anybody else to kill Fonda.
Claudia Cardinale doesn't get it. She says, 'You saved Fonda's life!'
Bronson says, "I'm saving him for later."
Why didn't he take a cheap shot at that moment and kill Fonda then?
Why wait until it's time to show Fonda the harmonica?
Just to make the movie another thirty mintues longer?
Maybe it's one of those functionality things. Like, it's more artistic if you drag it out. Seems to me kind of bloodthirsty. As in, the more the merrier.
Maybe i shouldn't watch violent movies.
Bronson gives Fonda a 'heads up' that they want to kill him, saving Fonda's life. He even shoots one or two of them himself, on account of, Bronson wants to kill Fonda himself. He doesn't want anybody else to kill Fonda.
Claudia Cardinale doesn't get it. She says, 'You saved Fonda's life!'
Bronson says, "I'm saving him for later."
Why didn't he take a cheap shot at that moment and kill Fonda then?
Why wait until it's time to show Fonda the harmonica?
Just to make the movie another thirty mintues longer?
Maybe it's one of those functionality things. Like, it's more artistic if you drag it out. Seems to me kind of bloodthirsty. As in, the more the merrier.
Maybe i shouldn't watch violent movies.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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