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You’ll Believe a Man Can Fly or: Superman Where Are You Now?

08 Wednesday Aug 2018

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As last week, I watched a movie whilst doing my social media posting and such after The Less Desirables show. This wasn’t a clunker like Starcrash. In fact, it’s totally the opposite. This was a fantastic viewing. It was Superman: The Movie (1978).

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I first saw this film in a drive-in theater with my parents in 1978. It was, actually, followed by some adult movie that I apparently slept through. Incidentally, when Supergirl (1984) came out, I saw that at a drive-in, too, but with a friend and his family. I just made that drive-in connection.

Anywhat! I’ve always been into superhero stuff. Movies, comics, stories, magazines, action figures, etc. Superheroes and fantasy things (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc.), really. I have to admit, though, in the comics world, I can’t stand Superman. I think he’s cheesy and too goody-goody and is quite boring. I mean, come on, he’s basically invulnerable except for kryptonite and Doomsday and in the last few decades, magic. He really is an overgrown boy scout.

In all honesty, he is in the movies, too, but it was so entertaining. The special effects were remarkable for their time. This was after Star Wars so everyone stepped up their FX game. Christopher Reeve played the part so well. From clumsy, goofy, awkward as Clark Kent to “manly” Man of Steel as Supes.

Gene Hackman as a comical Lex Luthor was good although I always picture him more as a serious character.

I liked Margot Kidder as Lois Lane but the older I get, the more annoying all her screaming and caterwauling gets. Reminds me of Kim Basinger’s Vicki Vale in Batman (1989). Screaming all the time. Jeez. I also didn’t like the whole “can you read my mind” crap she started “thinking” during the flying scene.

And, former “Little Rascal” and “Our Gang” star, Jackie Cooper as Perry White was cool.

But, add in Marlon Brando as Jor-El and John Williams’ fantastic score and this was a very entertaining film. I loved Superman II (1980), too, although it had a slightly different feel. I think I could write an entire blog post on the drama that went down between many of the principal parties on the filming of Supes II. It’s too much to get into here, though.

I really dug the film and loved revisiting it again. Now I’m going to watch II.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Your name is Kal-El. You are the only survivor of the planet Krypton. Even though you’ve been raised as a human, you are not one of them. You have great powers, only some of which you have as yet discovered.” – Jor-El

Retro Thinkin’ or: Wayback Machine Again

13 Friday Apr 2018

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Tonight, I used a reference to an advert from my teen years. The reason I used the reference is irrelevant but the reference was to Polaner’s All Fruit and it’s “please pass the jelly” ads.

So that got me to thinking of other ads from the 80s and 90s, heck even the 70s since I was watching a good bit of television at that point, too.

Of course, there were plenty of cereal commercials, toy commercials, and especially the Star Wars action figures and playsets. There were also commercials for Bubble Tape, beer (which I wasn’t necessarily old enough to imbibe with for most) like the “Less Filling/Tastes Great” and Bob Uecker Lite Beer from Miller commercials. Not Miller Lite which has pretty much taken over the beer but the original name of “Lite Beer from Miller.”

There were a lot of beer commercials, even before the wave of Spuds McKenzie, frogs,  and “The World’s Most Interesting Man” ads. I think the Clydesdales have been around in commercials for a while. Miller High Life has brought back their cool jingle: “If you’ve got the time we’ve got the beer, Miller beer.” But, let’s not forget, “Head for the mountains with Busch… beer.” Or, “Old Milwaukee tastes as good as its name.”

Ads were cooler back then. Not that I think badly of the adverts or marketing companies today, at least mostly, but that they’re lazy or just running out of ideas compared to the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s.

So, I ask you, Dear Reader, what are some of the best commercials, ads, jingles from your childhood or younger days (no need to go all the way back there). How about today? Are there ads these days that you’re particularly fond of?

I think my favorite advert currently is the “Ginger Man” character from Canada Dry Ginger Ale with Lemonade. It could help that I know the actor who plays him (or should I say that The BCPF is school chums with him) and he still comes and participates in their get-togethers. He’s a cool dude all around.

I look forward to your responses.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Are you ready to taste, Nirvana?” – Ginger Man

Silent Sunday or: The Haul 8/26/17

27 Sunday Aug 2017

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After a week off from records to absorb deliciously fermented grape juice, we made up for it at Underdog Records on Saturday. I’m sure Jonathan wasn’t complaining. Let’s just do it!

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That’s quite the haul. It’s hard to tell what I missed yesterday because we were a little late getting there and I know Clay had already been through. We were quite excited with this haul and it’s already been good listening. If you’re thinking of getting into vinyl, getting back into vinyl or just want to expand your vinyl collection, then you need to get by Underdog Records. They have turntables, receivers, speakers, cleaning accessories and more. Listen to The Less Desirables each week to hear what the Underdog/TLD special is for that week. And use Discogs to archive and log your vinyl collection so you always know what you have.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“The road is long with many a winding turn that leads us to who knows where. Who knows where? But I’m strong. Strong enough to carry him. He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother.” – “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” (Russell, Scott)

Bond, James Bond or: Moore for the Money

23 Tuesday May 2017

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Today we lost our first Bond. At the ripe age of 89, Sir Roger Moore has passed away. He was the cleverest Bond, the snarkiest Bond and the gadgets were cooler and more over-the-top. Everything in the early 1970s and up to the mid-1980s was about excess and bombast. roger-moore

I enjoyed all the other Bond films, as well, even On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. I thought Lazenby did a fine job, and the storyline was pretty good on that film. But, there’s something about the time and feel of the Roger Moore Bond films that stayed with me the most. It started with Live and Let Die in 1973, then The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), a brief departure from the planned track with Moonraker (1979) to capitalize on the Star Wars craze, For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983) and finishing with A View to a Kill (1985). Like Sean Connery in Diamonds are Forever (1971), you can tell Sir Roger is peaking in the Bond “age parameter” category by the time he got to A View to a Kill. He was starting to push it in For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy, but he ran the course and it was time to go, but he did it with dignity.

I think it funny, too, that Eon Productions thought Connery looked too old and then they hired Moore, who is actually two to three years older than Connery. He just aged better, I guess.

My son, 3B, and I have been watching all the Bond films starting at Doctor No and we have gotten up to finishing For Your Eyes Only. I sent him a message that Sir Roger had died and he was like… “who?” I rolled my eyes. When I explained who it was, he said, “oh…” I think he’s enjoying the films, just at 15, isn’t paying too much attention. I get it, but he always asks if we’re watching one today. So, I guess he’s paying more attention than I give credit, just not to who is in the picture.

I have seen all of the films, at least up to The Living Daylights (1987) probably around 30 times each. Daylights on to Die Another Day (2002) around 10-15. I have seen the Daniel Craig films at least twice each. I usually watch them in order so I have been watching the older ones more times, obviously.

I rate my love of James Bond up there with KISS, Disney and Star Wars. Even against Star Wars, I’d say James Bond is my favorite film franchise. And, Sir Roger is definitely part of the reason for that. Were his films the best? Nope, but they’re good enough for me. Rest well, Sir Roger Moore, you were fantastic.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“There’s no sense going out half-cocked.” – James Bond (Live and Let Die)

The Force is Strong with This One or: First Timer

09 Monday Jan 2017

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Well, it took until he was 14 years old, but, I introduced 3B to the fantastic world of Star Wars this evening. Football was over for the day and there’s no school for the knucklehead tomorrow, so, no worries about time. You’re asking, um, just now? You know that’s been out since 1977, right? He’s 14, he should have already seen it. Yeah, you’re right, he should have. But, he didn’t want to. He actually told me, several years back, that he didn’t like it and didn’t want to watch it.

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Something happened in the last several months, though. He and I have very little time together that we have started using our time together to watch things. We can’t really afford to go out and do much and with football season, Sundays have been quite full. That being the case, watching, catching up or getting to stuff have been the order of things. He was anti-Harry Potter and one day he decided he wanted to start those and we ended up going through the whole series in about 4 days (our days together, that is). He loved it.

We watched The Force Awakens when it came out on Blu Ray and he was into it. I thought perhaps that he had seen the older ones but afterward he told me he hadn’t. I wish I had known, I would have waited for it. But, that was already done by then.

I contemplated with myself about the direction with the Star Wars canon I was going to take. Let’s clarify that for a second. I am one of the few people that I know that actually enjoyed the prequel trilogy, Episodes I-III. I have no problem with Jar Jar Binks or Hayden Christensen. I, by no means, feel that the films are flawless, that they’re better than the original trilogy or even that they’re great. I just feel a fair job was done with the storytelling aspect. There are plenty of plot holes and all that, yes, but I feel the point is I wasn’t bored and I was entertained. So, back to the contemplation: do we start at the very beginning and watch them chronologically, or do we watch them in release order?

With the aspect of the “big reveal” that happens in Episode V being a big, big factor, and watching from Episode I would erase the surprise (I don’t know if he knows about it or not) and give a lot away, I decided to start at Episode IV: A New Hope or as we called it as kids, Star Wars. I tried not to guide him as we were watching and with the exception of a few personal thoughts about things, I let him fend for himself. When I asked 3B his opinion, he said that he thought it was very good. He was wanting to watch “the next one” and we would have watched it, had it not been late and The BCPF has to work tomorrow. As I said, though, 3B is off school tomorrow and if The BCPF goes to work (she may work from home), we’ll watch The Empire Strikes Back. I can’t wait to see him watch “the reveal.” I’ll let you know how it goes.

Until tomorrow, may the Force be with you…
Scorp out!

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“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” – Title Card of Star Wars (1977)

May the Force be with You or: In a Theatre Far, Far Away

15 Tuesday Dec 2015

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I am seriously conflicted about the new Star Wars. No, not about the movie itself. Not the crazy hysteria about it. Not the merchandising. The going to see it, that’s what I’m conflicted about. The other stuff? Actually, I truly welcome all the other stuff.

Some of the greatest memories I have of my childhood evolved around three things: KISS, sports and Star Wars. The KISS part I’ve talked about and I’ll pass on it this time. Sports is broad and really not what this post is about. But, Star Wars, I loved Star Wars. It truly consumed me (outside the aforementioned items). The Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakensaction figures (we didn’t have dolls), playsets, light sabers, cereals, lunchboxes, comics, commercials and so on, they were very present in my life. My existence, especially on Saturday morning, during the cartoons, was highlighted by the commercial of the “Sand Speeder” and Vader’s Tie-Fighter and the Tauntauns and the Hoth playset and Hoth Han Solo figure or Boba Fett figure or X-Wing Luke Skywalker figure. How about C-3PO cereal? The plastic light sabers that used its design to create the sounds from the air? The pajamas? The sleeping bags? Man… it was so… so, there! And, it was awesome.

My son seems to give two shites about Star Wars and its history or its place in my life. If it’s not Minecraft (or Mindless Craft, I say) or some stupid video of some guy and his foul-mouthed grandfather, then he doesn’t care about anything. But, I care. In fact, I care a lot. I love that we’re being saturated with Star Wars mania. I know we got some of it when the three prequels came out but this is different. This is the Star Wars that we grew up on, in continuance. I will go on record and say that I didn’t mind the prequels (Jar Jar inclusive) as a way to somehow give some perceived validity to the story line that none of us, outside of people who read the books (of which I knew no one), could figure out why we started at Episode IV. It wasn’t the same but it wasn’t awful, at least to me. But, this is beyond Return of the Jedi. Where we knew the story is where we’ll pick up. I’m very excited about that.

Now, back to my inner-conflict. I love movies. Love. Them. But, unless it’s something special that I figure there won’t be a lot of people involved, I hate going to the movies. They’re overpriced, there’s too many people crowding into a cramped, dark space, there’s people talking and checking their phones while the film is showing and so on. If I want to go to the bathroom, then I’m going to miss part of the film. At my house, I can put a good sound system together with a large screen, high definition television set, a comfortable chair, my bathroom and my food and my alcohol (should I choose to drink it) and I’m quite fine with that. Seeing it on the “big screen” matters very little to me. So, whilst the rest of the country (and world) are losing their minds finding tickets, camping out and just being way over involved, I’m going to wait until it either dies down, moves to a budget theater or just wait for the Blu-Ray or Amazon Prime or Netflix.

So, I reiterate, I love Star Wars but it’s not worth it being in the theater with all the other Star Wars fans. How about you, Dear Reader? Will you be one of the massive surge that contributes to the initial box office record (this is most likely going to happen) or just wait it out? Or, are you one that, like my son, gives two shites about it? I’d love to hear.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“One thing about ‘Star Wars’ that I’m really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That’s why I like the ‘Star Wars’ toys.” – George Lucas

Star Trek: The Motion Picture or: The Less Desirables Movie of the Week

16 Saturday May 2015

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The Less Desirables Movie of the Week, brought to you by a/perture Cinema, the Official Movie Sponsor of The Less Desirables, is Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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I saw this on HBO in 1980 when I still lived in WV. I was a “fan” of Star Trek as far as knowing who the characters were, had the 10″ action figures for Kirk, Spock and McCoy. I had the playset with a pretty cool “transporter” that the toys fit into. You would spin it and it had these stickers on the sides that looked like the yellow spots that you’d see on the television show when they’d actually teleport. It created an optical illusion that it was actually doing the act. Then you’d hit either a red button for the Enterprise’s bridge or blue for the outside.  The whole thing was made out of that plastic vinyl that so many things things were made of back then. I loved the smell of that stuff. ANYWHAT!

The film takes place in 2273; years after the original series was set. The film stars all the originals: Shatner as Kirk, Nimoy as Spock, Kelley as Bones, Doohan as Scotty, Takei as Sulu, Koenig as Chekov, Nichols as Uhura, even the recently departed Grace Lee Whitney as Janice Reid who was a yeoman on the series but is now a transporter operator. Also starring former Miss India, Persis Khambatta, who passed away in 1998 at the age of 49, as Ilia, as well as Stephen Collins of 7th Heaven fame as Captain Willard Decker. Hard to look at him the same after all the allegations and admissions to sexually abusing young girls. Just sayin’.

A mysterious space cloud is detected by Starfleet’s monitoring stations and destroys the new Kingon K’t’inga-class warships as well as the monitoring station whilst on its to Earth as it looks for its “Creator.” Meanwhile, back on Earth, a new-look Enterprise is being upfitted to the nines and is being sent to investigate. Well, Admiral Kirk (yes he got a major promotion) puts in a request to command the new Enterprise on the mission to investigate, much to the chagrin of Captain Decker who put in a lot of time and effort into the ship’s up-fitting. Things aren’t good on the up-fit, either. Two officers, including the science officer are killed when the transporter encounters a bug and their atoms are basically obliterated. Spock shows up to take the now-vacated science officer position claiming that whilst on a mission to rid himself of emotion, he was called by a consciousness that was coming from the space cloud. Bones basically comes out of retirement, albeit reluctantly; he says he was drafted.

During the investigation the Enterprise intercepts the cloud and is attacked by a ship within it. Somehow Ilia is kidnapped and replaced by a weird copy of herself which is found to only be her body while being controlled by something called V’ger. You spend the next hour or so trying to figure out what V’ger is, which when you do, I think it’s worth the wait, but the whole thing moves a bit slow. It was cool to see all the characters in their aged bodies, but Shatner still looked like Kirk. The Priceline Shatner doesn’t really look like Kirk. I liked the over all idea of the film and think the execution was mostly good. I will be reviewing the subsequent sequels as well in the months to follow. The development of this was just too drawn out and sluggish. I’ll even go as far as saying for a lot of it i didn’t really know what was going on. That changed a little into it, but that should give an indication of its slowness. I do believe that it was trying to recapture a semblance of its old self whilst perpetuating the story line.

Like I said at the outset, I was a “fan” of Star Trek, even had a “phaser” that shot little discs, would roll my pants legs up and wear boots, cut out a triangle (I didn’t know that I wasn’t making a correct Starfleet symbol at the time) and already had a bowl haircut that looked like Spock’s.  And this was all after the original show had ended. I wasn’t born until 1970 and the show ended in 1969. But, I was there for the animated series, although it was when I was 4. I have always loved cartoons. The reruns started on Sunday nights when I was around 5 and that was at 11pm. So I didn’t get to see much of them until much later. I was always more a Star Wars kind of guy really, but I appreciated both. So, I was fan that really didn’t know much about the show itself, I just loved the idea.  If you’re a fan of the original series, I really do recommend you see it as it’s in the canon, however, I feel the films get better after this one. At least from what I know, I’ve only seen a few of them.  This one was directed by Robert Wise and produced by show/universe creator Gene Roddenberry. I rate it 3 Stars.

I don’t even know if this was really a review, but do you agree with what I did have to say? Have you seen it? Do you want to? Well I saw it on Netflix and so can you. Write me, tweet me or send stuff to The Less Desirables social media and tell me what you think.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Each of us… at some time in our lives, turns to someone – a father, a brother, a God… and asks…’Why am I here? What was I meant to be?'” – Spock

For Fear of the Small Plane or: Flying Solo

06 Friday Mar 2015

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I used to have a really hard time with just the thought of flying. I didn’t go places for the longest time because I’d have to fly to many of them. I’m not really sure what happened but that turned around and I now say that I would rather fly and be done with it than drive because I really don’t like driving long distance. Driving or riding. Really, really dislike it.

That being said, I have no need, want, desire or intention to fly in single engine or ihnkusmall, personal planes.  I can get sick to my stomach just thinking about it.  There’s just no reason short of an emergency that I can think of that would make me want to get on one.

Then I think of the celebs that have private pilot’s licenses and those that have been in accidents and those we’ve lost, whether they were flying the plane or not.   JFK, Jr. Rocky Marciano, Patsy Cline, Jim Croce, Thurman Munson, Randy Rhodes, Otis Redding, Ricky Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughn (helicopter, but still), Alan Kulwicki, John Denver, Payne Stewart, Aaliyah, Peter Tomarken, Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, probably more musicians/actors and a plethora of politicians, business people and what have you.

There are plenty who have been in accidents and survived, which brings me to the true subject of this post: Harrison Ford.  Ford, according to news articles and reports was flying a WW2-era, two-seat, trainer when he probably had some engine problems and crashed the craft at a Californian golf course community.  Initial reports that I saw stated that Ford was in critical condition but later reports, from several sources said that he was in fair to moderate condition, quoting his son, Ben.

I’m glad he’s okay.  The point wasn’t so much as a “they shouldn’t be in single engine/prop (not in propeller, but gimmicky things) type planes” as much as it was a “how lucky we are that we didn’t lose another celeb” type thing. Also, it’s not a “celebs” are more important thing because I know that everyday people are unfortunately killed in accidents like that all the time.  The bottom line is, things can happen in the blink of an eye and no matter what good is going on it can go bad in a snap.

And you know, this wasn’t even his first brush with death in an aircraft of some kind.  He had a helicopter accident in 1999.  Freaky deaky, man.  All that just makes me less likely to ride in a small plane.  Even enjoying flying, I don’t like the puddle jumpers, either.  But, it seems he likes it.  Here’s to you, Han.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!!

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“Uh, everything’s under control. Situation normal.” – Han Solo, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

Welcome to Bespin or: How Did the Czech President Not Need His Detail? (The Honeymoon Chronicles pt 6)

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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When we last left off in Europe, we visited Disneyland Paris. That same day we decided that we were tired and wanted to get some food and then go back to the room and relax. That had been a long, long day.

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Capucine Café

The BCPF was put in charge of picking a location.  She said we were going to go in a direction, stay within a few blocks and just see what we saw.  There’s restaurants in every direction in Paris.  Well, except the direction we walked.  Don’t get me wrong, there were some restaurants but they were few and far between while nothing looked like it was special enough for us to spend one of our Parisian dinners eating at or in.  We wandered down a few more streets, changing both direction and area until we found a more populous rue (street en français).  Surely, something would be on this street.

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Lobot (Photo© Star Wars Wikia)

As we walked there came a loud roar and wail of sirens and flashing blue lights of motorcycle cops, leading the way for a black sedan with black tinted windows, followed by more motorcycle cops.  We looked at each other and asked who might that be?  We neither one knew.  So we stumbled upon a cozy looking restaurant called Capucine Café.  We stood looking at the street menu, trying to decide if this was the place or not.  One of the older serveurs (yes I spelled that correctly) motioned us to a table outside.  OK, we’ll take it.

We took our seats at small tables and after what seemed like 10 minutes someone finally brought out menus.  We didn’t know what to think.  We were tired so we weren’t going to get up and look for something else.  This or bust! Out came a serveur who very closely resembled Lobot from The Empire Strikes Back.  Not only did he look like Lobot, he had the same facial expression(less). I wish we’d taken a picture of him.

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The BCPF’s Soup

So we ordered beverages, wine for The BCPF, beer for me; sad to say I don’t remember which one.  She ordered a glass of wine.  They brought a bottle. Here’s the thing, the ladies who sat beside us – sisters, one from Oklahoma, one from Nebraska – kept ordering bottles of wine but Lobot would only bring them glasses.  This should have let us know something was up.  We ordered our appetizers: soup for her, tuna tartare for me.  We ordered our entrees at this time, too, but we’ll get back to that.  Lobot left and brought back the silverware. He put the soup spoon in front of me and the small fork in front of her.  Um, it’s backwards hoss, she got the soup.  So we switched the silverware and sipped our libations.  Then the apps arrive and Lobot sets the soup in front of me and the tuna in front of her.  We informed him of this and with a blank look on his face, he somehow managed to look confused at the same time.  He switched them. He had also left some bread on the table for us to share.

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Line of Security Bikes

All of a sudden, a bevy of motorcycle cops and a certain black sedan came back down the boulevard and stopped on the street in front of where we were.  The bikes got up on the sidewalk, lined up and parked.  Gentlemen in dark suits and earpieces all got out of the car.  We wanted to get the camera ready to take a picture in case it was Johnny Depp or Brangelina or Lady Gaga or whomever.  No one that we recognized was there.  The “secret service” detail promptly marched in to the restaurant and, from what we can tell, started drinking.  The sisters told us that the hubbub had just come from their hotel as the President   of Czech Republic was staying there and they had gone through that earlier.  This was just security detail, I guess.  Which begs the question, why weren’t they protecting him?  Was he having a meeting? Perhaps a “meeting” that required his “full attention?”  Conjecture.  I don’t know.  Anywhat!

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Mussels for The BCPF

After the importantish people went into the restaurant and we finished our appetizers, Lobot took the app plates and went away after I ordered another bottle of delightful barley and hops.  Then in about 3 minutes he came back, took away the silverware that was still on the table, took the bread and asked us if we wanted dessert.  The BCPF and I looked at each other, half thinking this was a joke and half confused beyond measure.  We informed Lobot that we hadn’t even eaten our main course, yet.  He nodded as if he understood.  Then, he still walked off with the bread and the silverware.  The sisters were laughing and said he was acting weird with them as well.  In another 2 minutes or so, he brought the bread and sat it on our table along with silverware.  My lady and I did all we could to keep the sniggering to a minimum by covering it up with coughs and what-have-yous.

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Crepes

The mussels she ordered and the scallops dish that I ordered (this was the only dinner in Paris that wasn’t beef tartare for me) finally arrived and were all quite flavorful.  We were almost finished with the main course when the battalion of security came marching out single file and placing themselves upon their bikes, in their cars, to their positions.  They then proceeded toward the direction from whence they came.  Lobot returned to inquire (again) if we wanted dessert. A chocolate ganache for Mrs. Scorp and a crepe with Grand Marnier/sauce of some sort for Mr. Of course, as is customary for me in Paris, a snifter of Grand Marnier was ordered  We ate up our lovely desserts and I ordered a second Grand Marnier.  In a move that was totally un-Lobot-esque, when I requested the second, he not only nodded (which was his signature move) and actually glanced at my eyes and threw some weird creepy smirk at me; more like a “yeah drink up, buddy!” look that anything.  I just chuckled as he walked back in to get my bev.

Again, some of the best food we’ve had, as was all of Paris, but this has to be the weirdest, most peculiar dining experience we have ever had, together, or apart.  I guess Lando Calrissian had Lobot on standby all evening and that distracted him.  Who knows, but it truly was bizarre; totally.

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Lando: I think she had the soup. Lobot: Whatchyou talkin’ ’bout, Lando!?

Well, that’s the ending of a pretty good day.  Disney (even if it was less than perfect) and Lobot – hey! He’s now a Disney character… coincidence?  Hmmmm.  The BCPF and I speculated that perhaps Lobot was part of the security detail and was mixing in.  That could have been his awkwardness.  I doubt it, though.

Coming up in The Honeymoon Chronicles: more Parisian delights and a move to a beautiful, serene and sleepy little Belgian town.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!!

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“Well done. Get them to the security tower, and keep it quiet. Move.” – Lando Calrissian to Lobot, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back