In going to see the movie that I made fun of in the below post, we discovered that the theater lobby had a pinball machine based on the movie that I made fun of in the below post, and said pinball machine was malfunctioning so it perpetually had 20 credits to play. We played for, like, a year.
I feel very badly that I mocked the franchise that has been so generous to me, and which has given me so much. I retract everything. And believe me, when I play pinball I need it to be free pinball. You know that deaf dumb blind kid? Well, my wrist isn’t nearly so supple.*
*Don’t worry if you didn’t get that joke. It means you are young, and you will inherit the earth some day while I turn to dust in my grave. And while we’re on the subject, I need you, young person, to do some things while you’re inheriting the earth and I’m turning to dust. Such as:
can i buy a season pass to mount greg? are there rides?
ps. i don’t get the joke. i suck.
heh.
I get the joke. I’m old too. Feh.
finding out that getting that joke takes me out of the young category is like hearing my favorite song from high school played on the “classic rock” station, or worse yet, the “oldies” station. thanks for making me face reality.
Really, though, as long as the young’uns have parents with some sort of musical inclination, surely they’ll be exposed to the great rock opera that is Tommy?
Or, maybe I really am just old now. Sad.
I think a lot of young ‘uns might get the joke, but they’re the folks who only saw the Broadway version, and are looking forward to 21 being a very good year.
perhaps we can just add your mug to mt. rushmore?
and i get the joke. pass me my cane.
“Mount Greg”, huh? Heterosexual life-mate indeed.
whee!
i’m old!
*mounts greg*
nyah nyah nyah i get the joke and i’m young. wait - does that mean i’m dying soon anyway?
“Mount Greg” brings to mind so many jokes I don’t even know where to start.
Sigh....you can always count on the Who to make one feel elderly.
Worse than hearing your favorite songs on a classic rock or oldies station is hearing what was once considered cutting edge music used in commercials. When did the Cure become so accessible to mass markets that they can shill for HP? Apparently it happened while I was looking for decent health insurance and pondering the idea of a 401k. And I cringe when I hear Devo’s Whip It mangled to promote a floor mop. Sadly, it is actually Mark Mothersbaugh singing, “Swiffer’s good!”
Also, Greg, you _are_ getting old if free stuff will make you recant an impassioned diatribe.
Jules stole my line.
No, no, I’ve been that much of a sellout my entire life. Kind of like the Cure.
free stuff will make me recant many things. and thanks for the reminder of the age business. i had just about stopped counting the white hairs ...
i get the joke, yet i’m young… mwah ha hahaha
I’d’ve gotten that joke when I was 13, which was less than 10 years ago.
But I make jokes about lots of things that my friends don’t get. And my older coworkers. And my parents. I’m always saying things like “It’s from a movie. From the thirties. It’s famous.” Sigh.
When I saw the Who’s ‘farewell tour’ in 1981 I felt like a babe in arms. When I saw them as like the fourth band out of 10 at the Bridge Concert a few years ago I felt like those old farts were embarassing themselves. Then they made fun of Sheryl Crow, and all was forgiven.
What’s the matter, Greggles, is the boy just not a boy no more - young, but not a child? Oh come on, that was a cool scene. Even the young’uns say so. Not that they’d know. Twerps.
A-ha! I got the joke and I am 20, but I would have never known if I had not asked my mom who the hell is that hot guy who has some freakishly weird shit happening to him, while watching late night tv some time ago.
Tina Turner freaked me out in the movie. Those lips! Those shaking of the hips! The convulsions!
I feel cool/old now.
I’m remembering chocolate flying out of a tv screen… not sure how accurate that is though, as I was a wee zamm when I saw Tommy last.
my brother, who is ten, would probably be the youngest person to get that, but he’s just.. ridiculous.
I got the joke, but that might be because I’m a music dork, not old. Oh, wait a minute, I’m a dork and old??
When the fusshizzle did that happen?
yup, i’m one of the youngun’s (24) who’s only seen the broadway version. which rocked pretty hard. so i too would have gotten it when i was 13.