Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
Mickey Hadick The NYC Midnight Madness screenwriting contest (nycmidnight.com) challenges contestants to write a five page script in 48 hours of an assigned genre using an assigned location. I really get a charge out of this format because I imagine that professional writing assignments would be in the same vein. What helped me for the most recent … Read more
I saw “Due Date” and I knew going in that it was basically like “Plane, Trains, and Automobiles” or “Midnight Run.” Those movies I love. I didn’t love “Due Date” but I can see how you might. I laugh at everything that John Candy does, and I would have Deniro’s children if I could. So … Read more
The most romantic of the zombie movies, and funnier even than “Zombieland”, “Shaun of the Dead” is a wonderfully romantic comedy. Fooled by my own stupid sketicism, I had avoided it for years in spite of several recommendations. I watched it twice in two evenings, and I may watch it again.It does have a certain … Read more
I bought a Ford Fiesta around 1984 in order to commute from Ann Arbor to Detroit for a job while I was in college. If you’re not familiar, the Ford Fiesta was nothing like the new one; it was better than a Yugo, but not much bigger. It’s amenities were few, it’s functionality was minimal, … Read more
First degree jokes are puns, wordplay, and overly literal use of words. I breathe these kind of jokes because they are mostly innocent, playful, or silly, and I have raised two children to their teen years, and first degree jokes were fairly safe.If my daughter asks me how my day went, I might reply, “fine.” … Read more