Because of my hectic workload last week, what with the blogathons and the outside assignments and such, I found myself adopting a slug-like existence over the weekend…and that’s why I had to postpone this week’s edition of Doris Day(s). I’ve got some things in the hopper this week as well, but I’m gambling they won’t interfere with a regular transmission of the signature Thrilling Days of Yesteryear feature next Monday. (Knock wood.)
I did want to take some time to let the blog faithful know of an upcoming blogathon that, admittedly, is a little out of the TDOY wheelhouse…but sometimes you have to say “What the fudge.” Twitter pal Barry of Cinematic Catharsis has announced The Goldblumathon this August 1-3. As you’ve no doubt sussed out, the blogathon will celebrate the cinematic oeuvre of character actor Jeff Goldblum…and when I got wind of the ‘thon, I toyed with the idea of writing up his participation on Law & Order: Criminal Intent…only because mi madre will watch reruns of that series with precious little prompting. (At the risk of stoking the ire of the pitchforks-and-torches crowd, it’s probably my least favorite in the L&O franchise—as witnessed by my nicknaming Vincent D’Onofrio’s character “Detective Twitchy.”)
A quick glance of Mr. G’s cinematic C.V. revealed that I had
a handful of his movies in the dusty TDOY
archives…and while my first choice was Invasion
of the Body Snatchers (1978), I learned that my compadre Monstergirl had asked to tackle that
one. So I called an audible and am now
going with Between the Lines (1977),
which I was fortunate enough to secure a copy a few months ago during a MGM-UA
DVD sale at Oldies.com. If you’re
interested in participating in the Goldblumathon, skate on over to Cinematic Catharsis and sign up, won’t
ya? (It’s his first blogathon, so please…be
gentle.)
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