Chomp! Chomp! A trip to my dentist

Yesterday, I paid a visit to my dentist. No, my dentist isn't Christopher Lee, but I liked this photo too much not to include it. I also loved this view from inside a mouth! This photo is of Christopher Lee in his role as Willy Wonka's strict dentist father in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (The 2005 version)

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I had a pleasant time at my dental appointment. I had a cool dental hygienist who used chocolate cookie dough flavored paste on my teeth (or whatever it is they use) and she even let me choose a radio station for the office to listen to! I felt like I was hanging out with a friend, a friend who was digging around in my mouth anyway...

After the hygenist was done cleaning my teeth, the dentist came in for his customary two awkward seconds with me. My dentist (for reasons I don't understand) puts on glasses with multiple lenses and lights to inspect my teeth. Either he has severe sight problems or is going for a Steampunk look. His glasses seriously resemble the goggles that Johnny Depp wore in "Sleepy Hollow." I can't bear to make eye contact with him while he is wearing these. If I did, I know I'd start laughing! Sadly, any comparisons between my dentist and Johnny Depp end with the glasses.

A little awkwardness with my goggle-eyed dentist is nothing compared to having to deal with the Dentist played by Steve Martin in "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)



There was also a (terrible) version of "Little Shop of Horrors" made in 1960. Jack Nicholson was pretty much the only entertaining part of this for me. Here he is playing the role of the masochist:



Haha, and I thought I had a fun time at the dentist! :) I'm not sure how old Jack Nicholson was in this movie, but I think he was a teenager. I ran across a cute Jack Nicholson quote. When looking back on the reaction at the screening for this movie, he said...

The audience laughed so hard I could barely hear the dialogue. I didn't quite register it right. It was as if I had forgotten it was a comedy since the shoot. I got all embarrassed because I'd never really had such a positive response before.

I had the same response to his performance as the audience at that screening, although almost every Jack Nicholson performance makes me laugh!

Pumpkins singing The Ghosts' High Noon

I just watched a pretty fascinating video of what appears to be part of a Halloween yard display. This time pumpkins are singing The Ghosts' High Noon. It's really neat to watch the faces move. From what I can tell, the singing faces were projected onto the pumpkins. I would love to see something like this in person!

When the night wind howls

Here is the perfect poem to share on a night like tonight.  Here in Wisconsin, the wind is so loud that it sounds like our house is going to blow over.  We are in for a real blizzard tonight!  So it's a good night to stay in and read some spooky poetry. :) This poem was written by W.S. Gilbert (as in Gilbert and Sullivan) who you can read more about Here. The poem was made into a song for the comic opera titled "Ruddigore" or The Witch's Curse.  

"WHEN THE NIGHT WIND HOWLS"

  by W. S. Gilbert

When the night wind howls

In the chimney cowls,

And the bat in the moonlight flies,

And the inky clouds,

Like funeral shrouds,

Sail over the midnight skies --

When the footpads quail

At the night-bird's wail,

And black dogs bay at the moon,

Then is the spectre's holiday -- Then is the ghost's high noon!

Ha!Ha!

Then is the ghost's high noon!

As the sob of the breeze

Sweeps over the trees

And the mists lie low on the fen,

From grey tomb-stones

Are gathered the bones

That once were women and men,

And away they go,

With a mop and a mow,

To the revel that ends too soon,

For cock crow limits our holiday -- The dead of the night's high noon!

Ha! Ha!

The dead of the night's high noon!

And then each ghost

With his ladye-toast

To their church yard beds take flight,

With a kiss, perhaps,

On her lantern chaps,

And a grisly grim, "good night!"

Till the welcome knell

Of the midnight bell

Rings forth its jolliest tune,

And ushers in our next high holiday --

The dead of the night's high noon!

Ha!Ha!

The dead of the night's high noon!

For those of you who would like to watch "When the Night Wind Howls" in action, here is a video clip from the musical, Ruddigore. Don't worry, you won't get too scared watching this. :)

Young Frankenstein Musical Review

I really enjoyed the musical version of Young Frankenstein! Now, I'm looking forward to renting the original movie version and watching it in its entirety. The musical was funny and pretty racy in parts. The sets were wonderful and the costumes were really well done. They didn't spare any dry ice or sound effects, so the settings were pretty spooky. The actors who played Igor and Frau Blucher were my favorite parts of this! If you would like to see a few musical numbers by the same performers we saw last night, here are some video clips from The Today Show:

I'm Seeing Young Frankenstein Tonight!

I'm super excited to be seeing the musical, Young Frankenstein tonight! I've seen only parts of the movie, but I remember it as pretty funny. I was just checking out the web site for the musical, and it is worth a look:

http://www.youngfrankensteinthemusical.com/

If you would like to see a sneak peek of the show, here is a video clip:




I'll post a review of the show tomorrow!