Archive | October, 2013

Writer’s Block #6: Write a Short Story

23 Oct

October 23, 2013

It has been awhile since I had to revert to the list of oddball writer’s prompts used by “colleges and universities” around the country. Today’s prompt comes from The University of Chicago, from 2002: Write a short story using one of the following titles: a.) House of Cards, b.)The Poor Sport, c.) Drama at the Prom, d.) Election Night, 2044, e.) The Getaway.

DRAMA AT THE PROM

Book Six of The Sweetapple High Babysitter’s Association

Clete Flintlock was the star of the basketball team, but when it came to love, the stud was a dud. Could Clete find love at the prom with the head cheerleader? Anything can happen on Prom Night!

Chapter One

Seven – nothing! Clete Flintlock scored the winning touchdown AGAIN!

The Sweetapple Tarts were the best football team in all of Mid-County County, and Clete Flintlock was the best player on the team. He was the entire package- a sports hero, smart with a near-perfect SAT score, and so handsome that all the girls from the Junior and Senior classes were dying to date him. But why didn’t he have a girlfriend?

!#!@@#$!

I can’t do this! I can’t! What the F- is wrong with the University of Chicago? Those prompts are for teenagers who still dream of babysitting for Brad Pitt. “Drama at the Prom”? “The Poor Sport”? What are those, episodes of something on Nicktoons?

You want drama at the prom? Add an unwanted pregnancy, lots of alcohol, and teenage hormones and you’ve got Drama at the Prom.

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Late Night Movie House: Rosie

22 Oct

October 22, 2013

Ladies and Gentlemen! I present to you… ROSIE!

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No, not that Rosie, that’s Roosevelt Grier, noted needlepoint enthusiast, two-headed transplant, and sportsman. He’s in a category all by himself. (BTW, remember the best scene in that film? Ray Milland, on the operating table, sees his new body and says…)

Well, OK, that’s not the best line. The best line in the film comes just a few seconds later, when Whitey looks in the mirror and says “is this some kind of joke?” but I couldn’t find that clip online.

But the awesomeness of The Thing With Two Heads notwithstanding, that’s not the Rosie I’m talking about.

THIS is the Rosie I’m talking about:

What the fu--?

What the fu–?

I know what you are thinking: “Who the what now?” Settle back, and enjoy, if you can, which I couldn’t.

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Wikipedia, a dog of a website, says about this dog: Nothing! It doesn’t have an entry.

IMDB says: Nothing! It doesn’t have an entry.

TCM, which actually aired this thing over the weekend, says: No information available for this title. (AKA Nothing! It doesn’t have an entry!)

I’m going to let this speak for itself. Consider yourself lucky that this is only a partial episode. I saw the whole thing Saturday night and I still can’t get back to sleep.

But as ever, Hollywood is not one to let an old idea lie, no matter how crappy the idea. I present to you, the ripoff Rosie called Willfred!

 

Sheesh, after all this, I should go back to the original name of this feature, Late Night Movie House of Crap. I’m sure Rosie Grier would agree.

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