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Some Kind of Wrong
Okay, I’ve learned my lesson. Never again will I watch a movie on the TV Guide Channel.
First of all: A movie? On the TV Guide Channel? Yeah, I too was surprised when TiVo came up with that. But sure enough, they show movies on the TV Guide channel. Which means that the movie appears in a weird little upper-two-thirds letterbox, while the bottom of the screen shows a rolling grid that says “Here’s a bunch of BETTER stuff you could be watching!”
Second, and more important: There are some things you DO NOT DO when showing movies on TV. Foremost is, you DO NOT show Some Kind of Wonderful and cut out the closing credits, or cover them with a promo for another program. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT DONE.
There is a way this is supposed to happen. a RIGHT way this is supposed to happen:
(SPOILER WARNING if you’ve been in a coma since 1987)
- Keith gives Watts the diamond earrings he got back from Amanda.
- Watts says, “How do they look?”
- Keith says, “You look good wearing my future.”
- Meanwhile, Lick the Tins have started their heartfelt and beautiful cover of “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” which plays out until the very end of the credits.
- Watts and Keith walk away down the street. Together.
- I wipe something out of the corner of my eye, and growl at no one in particular: “What? No, I am NOT crying. That’s stupid. Shut up.”
That is how it is done. Every time this movie is shown. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE. TV Guide Channel, you are on notice.
Some time around 1996 or so, Bacon Ray did a handful of promo carts for Tallahassee’s awesome college radio station, V89. I think they still play them sometimes. Here’s one.
You’re listening to The Voice of Florida State,
WVFS, Tallahassee,
Eighty-nine point seven eff em—
Conveniently located next to NPR.I was the lyricist and featured vocalist. You’re welcome.
So very, very cool. And for a great radio station, too.
I recently discovered WVFS myself thanks to their Artist Features program, specifically an outstanding program (MP3 link) about my current obsession Ghost Box.
“This is where they lost me.”
Here’s the piece we were listening to.
It lost them right around 2:30.
Me, I’ve been binging on Belbury Poly for more than a month now. Wonderful stuff. Go to Ghost Box Music and get some.
One last point about this blues number that has had a piece of my brain for the past week:
The recent financial meltdown resulted from too many people forgetting these truths.
“You can’t spend what you ain’t got, and you can’t lose what you ain’t never had.”
