“Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three…” (from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail“). Plus I can’t keep four thoughts in my head at the same time.
I’m not sure why things tend to come in 3’s, but who am I to question it? Maybe it all started with “Trilogy of Terror,” the made-for-TV horror trio of films from 1975 that all featured Karen Black (a Dan Curtis production). Others say it was The Bible. Reasonable people can disagree. But whatever the case, I thought it might be useful to initiate a recurring blog entry that proffered three seemingly unrelated questions and/or observations, which over the course of time will gradually reveal the true meaning of our existence. So without further ado…
#1) When exactly did politics morph into professional wrestling with its absurd theatrics, cartoonish villainy, and the false dichotomy of good vs evil? Maybe ’twas ever thus, just now it’s in Sensurround 2.0 and with turbo Smell-O-Vision…
#2) Who would you take in an old-school, bareknuckle brawl between a middle-aged Mannix and Cannon, two exemplars of the bland and formulaic (but totally awesome!) 70’s cop show? My leaning is Mannix, but I don’t rule out Cannon, especially in close quarters and if there isn’t a lot of running or roof-jumping, etc…
#3) I credit Diptyque candles for clueing me in on the fact that TOKYO and KYOTO are anagrams of one another, as is the imaginary Japanese city of OTYKO (birthplace of the sushi milkshake!)…
What are your thoughts? Taking callers now…
Great Exudations 