Professor Tanhauser
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Assassin of youth: Hidden humorAssassin of youth portrayed the dreaded satanic weed marijuana as "the assassin of youth!"
Wha's funny here, and few people may get it, is that the term "assassin" derives from the word "Hashishin", which referred to ancient arabic killers who uses a hashish based drug to turn themselves into nigh-unstoppable killers before going out on a hit. The drug would numb their pain, make them fearless and let them fight on even after taking wounds that would have stopped ordinary men.
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Poe Man Poe
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Reefer Madness. Mad when there ain't any.
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CaptPeterBlood
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Don't even get me started on assassins, talk about really bad drugs...cow pies as an ingredient, deadly poison.
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Poe Man Poe
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I'm trying not to get this guy started.
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moleman
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I'm trying to get myself started. Photo of Donna Reed. Glass of Pruno. Door locked.
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Poe Man Poe
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I'm doing my best to not get Donna Reed started. I am, however, gouging at a photo of Shirley Booth. How did this woman get in the movies?
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moleman
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Getting started. Thinking of Shirley Booth. With a Maxwell tattoo.
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Poe Man Poe
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I read the autobography of Shirley Booth. It indicates that she was a difficult one to get started. I blame it on the pruno addiction and her proclivity for wearing Hush Puppies to bed.
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moleman
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Chugging Pruno from a Hardees Smurfs glass. Jokey. Thinking about Shirley Booth. Hush Puppies being FedExed.
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Poe Man Poe
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Getting Powers Booth started in lieu of not being able to start-up Shirley Booth. There has to be a method for getting dead celbrities started. I'm looking into this. Booths. Started and then some. Maxwell's idea.
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moleman
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Switching to Handy Smurf. And Booth, John Wilkes. In a dress.
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Poe Man Poe
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Phone booth in the Greensburg bus station. Strawberry Shortcake sippy cup. Tucked. Watching an episode of "Hazel" on portable DVD player.
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moleman
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Booth at Hobo Joes in Ambridge. Requested my Gimlet in a collectible Welches Grape Jelly jar featuring the Archies. Big Ethel. Guy in the next booth just said "surely" or "Shirley".
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Poe Man Poe
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Photo booth at the food court at Westmoreland Mall. It took my money but the pics I attmpted to take of myself and my Beany talking doll would not come out of the machine. I complained. The girl who gave me a refund was wearing her name tag- "Shirley".
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moleman
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Watching Powers Boothe on tv. With a girl named Shirley. When I asked if she put out I was told "surely". She asked to see my Beanie doll. I went for my zipper and she hit me with a Smurf's glass. Smurfette.
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Poe Man Poe
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Sharing the window booth at the Charleroi J.I.B. Restaurant with my Beany Talking doll, on my third cup of coffee and a bear claw. I pull Beany's string and he says, "The waitress' name is 'Shirley'." I left runs on the seat. Beany did it. I took the rap. Runs.
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moleman
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In a corner booth at the Apache. I order a Shirley Temple and spike it with Bourbon. The guy working the bar is Surly Joe. "Don't call me Shirley, or surely" he says as he wipes down the next booth. "Damn that guy with the doll and the runs"
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Poe Man Poe
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Standing akimbo in the Hospitality Booth at the St. Regis Lawn Fete. Beany Talking Doll strapped to my back. I plan on complaining to the Lawn Fete Concierge about the quality of my funnel cake. It gave me the runs.
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tiny
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Bob Evans in Monroeville, eating a Homestead Breakfast, Boots "Shirley" Randolph CD in my CD Walkman. Batteries are getting low. Tall pale guy with the runs seems to have an old doll of some kind with him, to which he whispers surreptitiously. With it out.
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Poe Man Poe
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Standing outside of Vincent's Clothing in Caste Village and admiring the boots. "BIG BOOT SALE ALL THIS WEEK" sign in the window. What if I want small boots? Does it mean I can't get any here? Runs.
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moleman
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Spit polishing my boots. Corcorans. With my Postal workers spit. He struggled a little. He's got the runs.
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Poe Man Poe
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Assassin of Youth: Hidden humor: Chapter 3: "She Begged for the Assassin of Youth" starring Clish Constantine and Morey Amsterdam as the guest stars. This is the episode in which Imogene Coco, who regularly starred as the character 'Delight' squeezed a pimp (convincingly portrayed by an aging Yves Montand) who agrees to cooperate with the authorities in exchange for amnesty. This isn't my favorite episode, but it's up there in the top ten or so. I feel compelled to mention that I'm not a big fan of Imogene Coco. However, her performance in this one had me reduced to a condition in which I became tearful. Morey Amsterdam surprised me in as much as he really delivered in the role of the assistant librarian. I can't close without making mention of the costumes in this production. The gown worn by Clish Constantine in the gritty scene where the convicted criminal is executed is an original design by Edith Head.
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