Save your inheritance!
Does the impending holiday season fill you with dread? Does the idea of listening to Uncle Stu talk about the benefits of cash-basis accounting over a dinner table full of dry turkey, cold mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce with still-visible tin-can markings send you into a rage the likes of which no post office has ever seen? Most importantly, does the thought of having to find presents for dad and his three ex-wives make you wanna fall to the floor in a faux grand mal reminicent of Kate Reid’s performance in The Andromeda Strain?
Well, I don’t know what to tell you about the first two (you might try Valium for yourself and some “special” brownies for Stu), but I have a tad of advice about number three. The shopping fairy (a close personal friend), informs me that a special 50th anniversary collectors-edition DVD of Forbidden Planet is being released just in time for the holidays. It may not be the right gift for Betty, Rhonda, and ol’ whatserface, but at least it’ll keep dad out of the bars long enough to avoid a costly fourth marriage.
P.S. If those brownies don’t work, you might wanna hit Uncle Stu up with a little Fantastic Planet—which has nothing to do with Forbidden Planet, and in my humble little mind, is a far superior film. It’s also way out there. A definite conversation-stopper. Yo, check it:
I’m speechless… My mind hasn’t wrapped itself around that little enigma, wrapped in a conundrum, dipped in a paradox glaze. Gorgeous!