Happy Thanksgiving 2021

    Every Thanksgiving meal is the same. A turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes even a pumpkin pie. But with this year acting like well...last year, some people are doing their meals a little different.

 

    Some families are different when it comes to meals. With Thanksgiving being the most festive in eating food, there are some people that hold traditions like watching the parade or football. Even a dog show is seen on Thanksgiving. For some families, they will eat early, while others tend to sit and chat about what they plan to do when the new year comes. They would eat late, some even around six o'clock.

    With sides, you have your homemade cranberry sauce, biscuits, green bean casserole as well as sweet potato casserole. For me...I prefer the jellied cranberry sauce and maybe some rolls. And dessert, everyone loves pie. I, on the other hand, am more of an ice cream person. Unless the pie is chocolate cream.

   Some tv shows have a special Thanksgiving episode. Like one from friends, another from Big Bang Theory and the special Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. There are some specials on tv as well as memorable movies people love to watch. Like Home Alone or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.

   Everyone has traditions, special in their own way as they are. Whether it's finding the right food, playing football with family, or helping someone that needs help, Thanksgiving is always going to be special for somebody. This year, it's going to be 30 days till Christmas when Thanksgiving is here. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. The Holidays are now here

Is there an antagonist in "Forrest Gump?"

 

     Seeing this movie many times, we learn about the life of Forrest Gump (portrayed by Tom Hanks) and how he became who he was today. Sitting on that bench and yacking his jaw off to whoever was waiting for their bus. The question was....were there any characters that seemed the be against Forrest? Like the antagonist of the movie?

    

   When Forrest was little, he was considered below average of intelligence. A lot of people would not let them sit on the bus next to them except for one. Her name was Jenny. Never finding out her last name, she befriends Forrest and sticks up for him against bullies. His mother was always there for him through thick and thin.

 Jenny's life, however, was not all sweet. It seemed her father abused her and her sister. As Forrest would see her father 'hugging'' them, they were soon sent to live with their grandmother. When she got older, her life was still in shambles. Going down the wrong road as Forrest tries to help her in anyway he can.

   When Forrest graduated, he decided to join the army. He meets a guy named Bubba who he befriends (portrayed by Mykelti Williamson) who talks to Forrest about running a shrimp restaurant. His dream would sadly not happen when he is killed. Forrest tries to help in every way to save everyone in the army.

   Gary Sinise portrays an acquittance turned friend Lieutenant Dan who lost his legs in the war.  Never wanting to be saved by Forrest, he ends up in a wheelchair feeling sorry for himself. He later joins Forrest in getting the shrimp boat buisness going. Thinking at times Forrest is an idiot and god damn stupid for what his decisions, he still sticks by him through thick or thin.

  After war, Forrest runs into Jenny again, this time portrayed by Robin Wright (back then Penn). She is with a different group of people that Forrest isn't a fan of. A few people that took drugs, Black Panthers that are against the Vietnam war and others would abuse her. She ends up almost committing suicide many times. Feeling that her life was never perfect.

  Forrest Gump would also meet a few presidents in his journey. Not knowing what was going on with him, they find out more about his bravery even being shot in the ass. Showing the wound to Nixon as well. He doesn't even realize what he's doing half the time. He goes through knowing as many presidents as he met. But mostly Kennedy and Nixon

     After Jenny deserts him again, he starts to run everywhere. People followed him thinking he was doing something for charity. Giving ideas to a man that's selling t-shirts to a man with a slogan to his bumper stickers. He soon stops running for no reason (some of the running scenes of Forrest are played by Tom Hanks brother Jim)

   Near the end, Forrest finds out he is a father when he meets Jenny one last time. The name of the child is Forrest Jr. (played by a young Haley Joel Osment) Jenny is dying from an unknown illness and well is close to death. She explains to him that she had never meant to hurt him and knew he would be considered an amazing father when she was gone. They even get married.

   Keeping the promise from Jenny, after she dies, he takes care of Forrest Jr. Thinking back to everyone he knew, were there any that seemed to be against Forrest? To me, there were a few...but I don't think many of them meant to hurt him. With Forrest having a small IQ, he had no idea when he was being teased or picked on.

   There is no true antagonist in Forrest Gump. There are some people that don't understand who he is or what's he doing half the time. Forrest is still the main star of the story. The people he meets through time, good or bad, depends how he reacts to them. Even if some think he's gosh darn stupid, he's still a good person, and some people that he knows through time, never wants his feelings to be hurt. From beginning to end, all could be told from one man, and a floating feather

As Time Goes By- poem

 

It seems the clock stands still when we look,

as we look away, 

it goes by,

faster, 

and faster,

and faster

we soon age,

as time goes by,

we feel healthy one day,

and the next,

we can't hear,

we can't see,

we can't think

As time soon fades,

like sand in an hourglass,

we feel,

as if,

we can't stop and breathe

we love,

we care,

we want to stay,

forever,

as we know,

we soon fade away

we want time to pause,

as we enjoy our moments,

our happiness,

our youth,

when we age...

what will go

We disappear,

within time,

as we fade away,

we are gone,

what will never be...

forgotten

we cling to youth and beuty,

we cling to hope and happiness,

as time speeds,

we see us become...

them,

the tired,

the old,

the sad

forgetting who we are?

Never,

finding us,

our moment in life,

in the sun,

as time still speeds,

and fades in our hands,

we feel,

as we have all the time in the world

We will never forget,

who we are,

when our time,

is at an end,

we see new life,

come and soon,

grow,

and feel the aging,

happening to them

keep the memories,

all of them,

as you age,

and forget,

you are never alone,

there are more people,

that come,

after you are gone

as time goes by,

we will remember,

who we are

Cartoon Shows becoming live action

 

      Cartoons are considered amazing to children, and the young at heart. Making them become a live action movie or tv show might rub people the wrong way. How? Well? With voice acting for the characters, who would play them in the live action?

 

 

     Movies as well as tv shows are making cartoons like Powerpuff Girls, Flintstones, Scooby Doo and now even Loud House are being turned into live action. I bitched about how I felt when they made a live action Kim Possible. Saying that the writing was so weak the actors portraying the characters...some I felt sorry for. 

    Disney has been making their animated movie live action like Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Mulan, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty (Maleficent) and now... 101 dalmation. They've done that before, but now they're doing it in the eyes of Cruella portrayed by Emma Stone.

   How do I feel about tv shows/movies getting cartoons to become live action? I don't know how I really feel about it? Sometimes, they would be a hit and other times....they bomb? Rocky and Bullwinkle became live action and so did Inspector Gadget with Matthew Broderick. Speed Racer and much more.

  Now, the Loud House family is getting the live action treatment. I don't know how I feel about it. I think I might skip this because I'm somewhat uncomfortable with this. I have nothing negative to say on saying with any of the actors portraying the family. I just think well....they might be better as a cartoon. Fairly OddParents did the same thing and it failed. 

   I saw another Loud House movie which I thought was amazing. Involving the whole family being related to old ancestors of Scotland. It's amazing and it seems someone doesn't want them to stay. Let's just say, it's up the Loud family to find the answers.

   If you wanna see a Loud House movie that looks amazing at the same time following a formula of the Loud House show, this would be the one to see.

       It seems there's no stop to making a cartoon live action. Transformers, Alvin and the Chipmunks even Yogi got the live action treatment, and all those movies suck. Is there any cartoon that turned into live action that worked?

      In my opinion there is....Addams Family 1990's. Both movies (especially Addams Family Values) actually were good. They had the same flow and formula that the cartoon had (in some way). The late Raul Julia will always be Gomez Addams. The same goes for Anjelica Houston as Morticia. Now, they went cartoon again, but more 3 dimensional. 

   We can't stop Hollywood for making these decisions. If they want a cartoon to turn live action, they will. Some will be gems while others...will fail. All you gotta do is have faith in the writing and the acting and if not, it will become a realistic disaster. 

Do Price is right contestants receive their prizes?

 

  If you don't know what Price is Right is, you're living under a rock. Literally, if you ever were sick with a cold, you would try to feel better by watching people win gifts and prizes. But ever since I watched episode upon episode (during the time I was sick) I always wondered....do the contestants ever truly win their prizes?

 With the show running already fifty years now, you expect some people to win over millions of dollars worth of prizes. From fancy cars, to money and much more. But there have been some goofs and bloopers that have caused people to get strange prizes to cheating... yes cheating.

Sometimes the cheatings would be accidents, but other times...some people don't understand what to do. During the Bob Barker PIR era, a young man was about to win...I guess a piano. There was a game called "Flip-Flop" where you flip the prices to reveal the real price. He cheated by pressing a button, getting Bob Barker upset. 

A few years ago, one of the models for the show reveiled the winning price for the car a young woman was about to win. I forgot the name of the game, but you have to pick prizes to get a tag with a price of the car. She accidently revealed, and the woman got the car....I think.

A couple years ago, a young handicapped woman in a wheel chair was offered a treadmill as one of her gifts. Umm....there's a problem there. I think I felt sorry for her and how embarrassed she must have been to win that She also got a sauna. Not as embarrassing, but still...did any of the people working backstage wonder, "what if a contestant can't walk, see or hear?" I doubt that.

 

  During both Bob Barker and Drew Carey Era of PIR, contestantas are bat shit insane. How? Well they freak out when they come up on stage as if they saw a movie star. They hug both Bob and Drew (which I hope have restraining orders by now) Some people just come on the stage after being call up. Some will end up slipping and falling....bringing Drew or Bob down with them. How crazy do you have to be??

Now the reason I am blogging this....do they get their prices they won? Well yes and no. You get a bill as well. Paying taxes on your winnings that seems fair, right? I don't know, never been on the show. Some contestants look excited at first, but then...when the cameras on off, the real drama begins. They might won that car, or a check for money they won, but it comes with a hefty price. Paying for it afterwards.

There have been people that seemed right on the nose when it comes to the showcase showdown. Some almost get the right price and win both prizes. The rule is if you get it right by $250 dollars, you win both showcases. Some have done that, but one man...might have been too good. His name was Terry Kinesis (he could have sadly passed away by now.) He guessed the right price in the right way that shocked not only viewers, but Drew Carey as well. 

Some people have won big, even over a million dollars in some cases. When I was in high school, and sick with a heart problem, I would watch this show non stop. Now, 50 years later, this show is going strong. Bob Barker made it famous when I was young, and now Drew Carey is the new host. He's good, amazing, talented and funny.

Starting in 1971, and being here fifty years later, it seems this show is going NO WHERE anytime soon. Even famous people have been on the show from Vanna White to Aaron Paul. Now, every clip of this show is a memory in some way. Contestants do win, but they still have to pay for what they won.

How did the Pillsbury Doughboy get his start?

 

   With food mascots, it varies. From a tiger that wants kids to eat sugar coated cereal to a mitten with five fingers that gets parents to make ground meat into a meal. Yes....food mascots are always going to be around. But with this lump of dough, how did it get it's start, and why?

   Working with the company at the time, an advertising agency thought up of an idea to make a mascot for their food. Leo Burnett was that man that created a person out of used dough and thought it would be fitting as the mascot for their Pillsbury products. Burnett was even responsible for creating Tony the tiger as well.

   In 1965, the Pillsbury Doughboy got his first appearance, as well as a name. Poppin' fresh. He had other names, but he was always known for that name. As well as his giggle which always happened when someone poked him in the stomach. He would emerge out of a tube of crescents or biscuits and reveal himself to a family. He freaked the hell out of me.

  As the years went by, the doughboy made many appearances in commercials for Pillsbury. He would cheer anyone up when they had a bad day with a batch of cookies. Give everyone an excuse to bake constantlly. He even was seen in cartoon shows like Simpsons and Family guy. 

 The doughboy even had a family at one point. Honest to god. He had a mother, grandparents. I guess he also had a brother and sister and they had their own names. They aren't seen much anymore because they weren't as popular as Poppin Fresh was. He was voiced by many actor. Now he is voiced by Jeff Bergan. 

Like with cartoon shows, the Pillsbury Doughboy made appearances in commercials as well. Like Geico or Milk...they went crazy in that one. Where a family accuses of the doughboy drinking all the milk in the house. Let's just say they cooked him in the end. 

 

   The doughboy used to be a stop motion Claymation like Wallace and Gromit were. Now, with more technology, the doughboy is now considered a stop animation character like that Cheerios Bee being a 3-D animation instead of a drawing. People would even dress up at him on Halloween. He's that popular.

  Today, the doughboy is still himself. Rarely being poked in the stomach as he used to. He's just there as a mascot for the Pillsbury company. He used to have a movie, or was a cameo of it in the 1980's. Starting out as a puppet, to clay and now 3-D...the Pillsbury doughboy has not changed one bit. He's still the same laughable mascot that gives us hope when we bake. That's sweet, in my opinion...still creepy