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| | Thanksgiving Movie Memories: Triptophan, Buffalo Bill, and another Slice of Turkey, please! | | | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (11:15 PM)
(I'm feeling creative) | |
I want to stress to all you LVidians out there, that this really happened, even though if somebody told me this story, I wouldn't believe it myself.
Okay, when I was younger, I think 16 or 17, our family would get together for Thanksgiving dinner and have a great big feast. Lots and lots of turkey and other goodies to munch on. After the meal, we'd all gather around the livingroom television set and watch a holiday movie. So, what did we decide to watch that Thanksgiving 1992. that all time holiday treat, no other than....The Silence of the Lambs!
Yup, you betcha! For some reason, my Grandmother got involved in one of those Columbia House Movie Clubs and got two movies every month in the mail. I don't know who decided to put that VHS tape into the player, but we were all just stuffed from all that food, and I think we all were kinda tipsy from the tryptophan in the turkey (is that just an urban legend). Well anyways, my mom, uncle. two little sisters, my grandparents and myself were all just staring at the screen at what we saw. My grandma stated early on that she wanted to watch her usual favorite, which was The Sound of Music playing on the local channel, but someone said that maybe we should watch it, considering all the money she paid for the tapes. Grandma grudgingly agreed, and continued to watch as Hannibal Lecter tormented Agent Starling about her childhood, calling her a few expletives.
Well, grandma Jane protested again, saying "Hey, this isn't a Thanksgiving movie! Why are you letting your children watch this?!! (to my mother)". But my mom told her that this movie must be good, because it won an Academy Award of something like that.
So, once again, we continued to watch the film, this time my grandmother got a second helping of turkey, gravy, and rice and began to eat in front of the tv set as Buffalo Bill yelled at the girl about the necessity of using lotion.
"It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose ..."
At this point, I don't remember the exact order of things, but I believe this is what happened in chronological order. Hannibal Lecter begins to eat the face of the security guard. Grandma Jane yelled at my mom to "Turn that vile piece of (expletive) off! This isn't a Thanksgiving movie! How come we didn't watch The Sound of Music like we always watch at Thanksgiving! " Then she began to throw up onto the couch and living room floor. And finally we turned the movie off and my mom forced the three of us kids to clean up the turkey/rice vomit.
Anybody else have any odd, awkward, or strange real movie story for this Thanksgiving? | | | 110 Views | 0  Thumbs Up | 0 Comments |  |
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