Larry David’s depiction of George Steinbrenner never fails to be hilarious. He’s a side character that sits behind a desk with his back to the camera 95% of the time, but ever line he has is “Gold, Jerry, Gold”. The ultimate Steinbrenner episode involves George sleeping under his desk at work and Jerry calling in bomb threats to the Yankees. But what might be even better are these deleted scenes where the real George Steinbrenner appears. Why this was cut I have no idea, the Elaine rant is perfect.
2. Wendy and Lucy
The first I heard of this movie was when I stumbled across this trailer. The film is about a girl traveling to Alaska to take a well paying job. Along the way she runs into obstacles that threaten her journey. The trailer is stark and at times almost scary.
3. The Great Gatsby
High society social groups aren’t something that I’m normally interested in but this book is the exception. Fitzgerald’s command of the English language is unbelievable. Every word is perfectly chosen to create phrases and sentences that are nearly impossible to duplicate.
“Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded of something-an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I had heard somewhere a long time ago. For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man’s, as though there was more struggling upon them than a wisp of startled air. But they made no sound, and what I had almost remembered was incommunicable forever.”
4. Childe HassamHassam was an American impressionist painter who worked in the late 19th. Early 20th century. His work speaks for itself. One of my favorite paintings, Avenue in the Rain, recently showed up in the oval office.
5. PumpkinRot
Pumpkinrot.blogspot.com is a blog by someone that loves Halloween and understands it perfectly. It’s updated all year with pictures of the author’s awesome creations and other finds. He does an awesome yard haunt every year in addition to scarecrows like Johnny Appleseed up above.
