Livin' in the 80s Month: Day Fifteen

movies:

• dirty rotten scoundrels (1988) i am a huge nerd for steve martin. that man is right up my alley (if only i meant literally...). it'd been long enough since i'd seen this that i'd forgotten the twist ending, making for a most enjoyable viewing experience. martin & michael caine play con men who get into a bit of a 'this town ain't big enough for the two of us' tizzy. they make a bet to see who can be the first to con a lonely lady out of $50k, the loser agreeing to leave town. hilarity follows. no, really, it's extremely funny. directed by frank oz, who went on to make some seriously righteous movies, such as what about bob?, housesitter, the indian in the cupboard, in & out, and bowfinger. i can't believe a man capable of such greatness has spent so much time involved with wretched puppets, grody.

tv shows:

• quantum leap (1989-1993) season one, eps 1-3. holy shit! why has it taken me so long to watch this show properly?! sam beckett is a physicist who gets ripped from 1999 during a time travel experiment & gets lost in time. every episode has him leaping into someone else's body & he has to figure out how to right the wrong in their lives, aided by his hologram sidekick, al. BITCHIN'.

• married...with children (1987-97) season three, eps 8-17. had, ah, a bit of a marathon. missing from the sequence i watched was an episode titled "i'll see you in court", which only aired in 2002, 13 years after it was filmed. the storyline revolved around the bundys and the rhoades being secretly filmed having sex in a sleazy motel & the fox network deemed it too risque to air at the time. i've never seen it before, but it's included on the last disc of my dvd set, so i'll watch it later.

food & drink:

• cappuccino.

• eggs, avocado & sundried tomatoes on wholemeal toast.

• leftover veggie pastries.

• twinings traditional afternoon tea & homemade banana cake.

• 2 bubble logs.

• pumpkin soup.

challenges/comments:

milkbars have gone way downhill, i can't get my hands on enough of my favourite childhood lollies. such a crappy, basic selection. i miss those little garbage bins full of lolly shaped garbage, i saw some similar ones somewhere a couple of years ago, but they weren't in the same cool bin.