Dotty Parker

can you stand on your head?

The thoughts that are stuck in my head are from Disney movies. Alice in Wonderland andLady and the Tramp.

Oh yeah. And Undercover Brother

In the Alice movie, the Cheshire cat has detached his head and is standing upon it. He says, "Can you stand on your head?" And then there's the pot smoking caterpillar who's constantly using words that are letters. Each time he uses one of those words, the letter goes floating by in high style.

For example, when he asks, "Who are you?" A series of oooooos go by and then an R and then a U. Alice asks him a question and he says, "Why?" Guess what goes floating by next? Of course, he has an opportunity to say, "Oh, I see."

Then there's the mad tea party. The dormouse goes floating up in the air on the top of a tea pot. The dormouse is three sheets to the wind if any dormouse ever was. He recites a little poem.

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder what you're at?
Up about the world you fly,
Like a tea cup in the sky.

Then they chuck him in the tea pot and slam the lid on him.

The song about painting the roses red goes through my head with this line sticking out most prominently, "Oh pardon me, but Mister Three, why must you paint them red?" They say, "We're going to lose out heads, so we're painting the roses red."

Next stop on my list of uninvited jukebox selections is Lady and the Tramp. Jacque, a Scotty dog with a French name, starts singing a song that's covered by mumbling. He has a bone in him mouth. Then you can hear the words "...and right to the place where I marrrrked it! With a bonny bonny bone, that I've burrried forr me own, in the bonny bonny bank in the back yarrrrd." He's got a Scottish accent.

Lady gets chucked in doggie jail. And there's an old show dog who sings. "He's a tramp, but we love him. Breaks a new heart, every day. He's a tramp! And a good one. And I wish that I could travel his way." Of course, this is where Lady finds out, "He's a rounder. He's a cad. He's a Tramp and we love him, yes, even I have got it pretty bad." Poor darling.

Then! There are the Siamese cats who sing, "Purrrrrr do you hear that? A baby cry! Where we finding baby there are milk nearby. If we look in baby buggy, that could be. There will be some milk for you, and also some for me."

These bits and pieces of nothing add up to even less. I don't even know the whole song most of the time. Just bits and pieces. BellyRub and I could have a good time trying to remember them or making them up, but he isn't here and instead I have one of his quotes in my head. "Charley will play with anything I put in a sock, especially meats."

It's infuriating!

So now, I'm on to gently blaming Mr.Guy. He recommended watching Undercover Brother . I thought it was pretty funny. It has Neil Patrick Harris in it. He was Doogie Howser, M.D. How can you go wrong?

James Brown was in the movie, too. He shouts at Mr. Feather (Chris Kattan, with a name worthy of yours truly). He says, "Say it loud!"

Mr. Feather does his best to resist, but with the Godfather of Soul demanding a person to do so, even I, a very white person, would have to shout, "I'm black and I'm proud!"

I stop and think, "Do I watch too many movies?"

I further stop and think, "Do I really need to think about that?"

I even further stop and think, "You know, I need a hair cut. I hope Nancy's available. She's the best. I must thank Florette for that tip. I don't cry when I go to her. She's very nice. And I've got to get the dogs in for a haircut, too!"

I even further further stop and think, "What movie am I going to watch tonight?"

Posted by dotty at September 26, 2004 07:28 PM