This is the final post for 2024, Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag – Week 53.
We are asked to choose a song by a group or solo artist
whose name begins with the letters X, Y or Z.
Using the letter Y, this is my choice.
Tag: Humor
Just What I Needed
Written for OLWG #398, our three prompts
for this week are listed below. This my story.
Honeysuckle and Provolone
Originally written several years ago, I thought this fitting
for this week’s Unicorn Challenge where we are
asked to get creative in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration. This is my story.
Hook, Line and Sinker
Written for Gerry C & Sue W’s Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge . The prompt word this
week is “socks” and this is my response.
The Continuing Adventures of George & Martha, Vol. 7: The Get-Away
Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
When Rudolph Went Rogue
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #395
incorporating the word “commit” in exactly 64 words.
I have also used a few of the awesome images by Kevin
at No Theme Thursday. In 64 words, this is my story.
Want To Watch A Movie?
Finally we have arrived at my favorite Christmas movie of all .… a grand old B&W from 1947 called The Bishop’s Wife starring the dashing Cary Grant, the exquisite Loretta Young and the suave David Niven. This is the plot:
A debonair angel named Dudley (Cary Grant) comes to earth to help Bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven) and his wife (Loretta Young) in their quest to raise money to build a new cathedral. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant — and worse, wins the attention of Henry’s long-suffering and kindly wife. When Dudley continues to intervene in Henry’s struggles, the bishop decides to challenge heaven.
This movie pushes all the right buttons; it’s charming, inspiring, melancholy, exciting and funny (the ice skating scenes had me LOL!).
Here’s something I learned after watching the movie: Cary Grant was originally cast as the bishop and David Niven as the angel. One day while going over their lines, Grant and Niven (who were also great friends) thought they were better suited for each other’s roles. The actors voiced their opinion to the director who decided to switch the characters. I can’t imagine the movie turning out as good as it did if the two actors hadn’t switched roles.
Here’s the trailer:
I’ll save you a seat. Enjoy the movie! 🎥 🍿 🥤
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I’ll Be Gnome For Christmas
Esther asks: “Can you tell a story in 25 words?”
We must use these four words: ‘scrooge’, ‘gnome’,
‘chimney’ and ‘glowing’. Here’s my 25 word story.
Want To Watch A Movie?
Full disclosure: I’ve never been a Will Ferrell movie fan but a friend kept badgering me to watch Elf so, to get him off my back, I agreed. I loved this movie from the start and now I’m hooked. It doesn’t hurt that Zooey Deschanel is so adorable and James Caan has a great gift for comedy. And casting Ed Asner as Santa was a stroke of brilliance. Watch this movie; you’ll love it! I am an Elf convert; it wouldn’t be Christmas in my house without watching this wonderful movie.
Arguably Will Ferrell’s best movie ever, Elf follows Buddy, a boy who’s raised as one of Santa’s elves after he’s accidentally sent to the North Pole. However, he doesn’t exactly fit in with the rest of the workers. Determined to find his real father, Buddy leaves the North Pole and ventures to NYC to search for him. But when Buddy finally reunites with his dad, chaos ensues.
Here’s a teaser:
I’ll save you a seat. Enjoy the movie! 🎥 🍿 🥤
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Want To Watch A Movie?
This is a movie Bill and I hadn’t heard of before. It’s not the type we usually watch but we were with our two oldest grands (15 & 13) and it was their pick. It was very entertaining and Kurt Russell is always great fun.
Here’s the skinny: siblings Kate and Teddy Pierce hatch a scheme to capture Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. When the plan goes awry, the kids join forces with a somewhat jolly Saint Nick (Russell) and his loyal elves to save the holiday before it’s too late. Older kids will like this one.
Let’s watch the trailer:
I’ll save you a seat. Enjoy the movie! 🎥 🍿 🥤
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Le Bourgeois
Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
Want To Watch A Movie?
Last night we watched another B&W oldie .… The Shop Around the Corner from 1940. Here’s what the critics had to say. We agree.
Critics Consensus: Deftly directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a smart, funny script by Samson Raphaelson, The Shop Around the Corner is a romantic comedy in the finest sense of the term.
Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) are employees at Matuschek and Company, a general store in Budapest. Klara and Alfred are constantly at odds with each other, butting heads and disagreeing on almost everything. Both are enamored of their respective pen pals, who serve as welcome distractions in their lives. Little do they know, they are each the other’s pen pal and, despite outward differences, have unwittingly fallen in love through their letters. Oh, in case you think Mr. Matuschek looks familiar, he’s Frank Morgan who played the wizard in The Wizard of Oz.
I’ll save you a seat. Enjoy the movie! 🎥 🍿 🥤
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Want To Watch A Movie?
Bill and I watched this beautifully bittersweet movie last night. We knew nothing about this 2023 film except for the brief description below; we were sold after watching the trailer. Paul Giamatti is an excellent actor and his performance was impeccable. There were some award-winning insults and one-liners delivered with great aplomb. If you’re looking for a lighthearted romcom, this is not for you. We enjoyed this one a lot and highly recommend it.
The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them …. a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) …. and with the school’s head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Let’s watch the trailer.
I’ll save you a seat. Enjoy the movie! 🎥 🍿 🥤
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Lunchtime Dilemma
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge #299. This is my first flash limerick.
Santa Baby
Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #116.
This week’s prompt word is “blind”. I thought this image from Kevin
at No Theme Thursday worked quite well. This is my 6 word story.
This Or That
Written for Kymber Hawke’s Get To Know You #45.
Here are her three questions and my three answers.
Want To Watch A Movie? – Encore
Today’s movie suggestion comes from our friend SueW; check out her site; it’s a delight. https://nansfarm.net/.
This is a new one for me. Here’s what IMDB had to say about The Holiday:
Amanda lives in LA and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey and is a journalist. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas – both trying to forget their troubled love lives .… until love finds them anyway.
Well, sounds like my kind of flick and it’s already on my watchlist. I know what we’ll be watching tonight!
Let’s check out the trailer:
I’ll save you a seat. Enjoy the movie! 🎥 🍿 🥤
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Want To Watch A Movie?
Bill and I have agreed (for research purposes) to watch more movies with a holiday theme. This is our first one and, boy, it’s an oldie but a goodie …. a true classic with one of my favorite actors …. Jack Lemmon. It’s not exactly a holiday movie, but most of the drama unfolds during the Christmas season, which earns it a spot on my list. The Apartment, which won five Oscars (including Best Picture), follows a lonely insurance worker named C.C. Baxter (Lemmon). To climb up the corporate ladder, he starts to lend his Upper West Side apartment to company bosses who are having romantic affairs. However, things get complicated when Baxter learns that his own manager is hooking up with the woman he has feelings for. They don’t make them like this anymore. Here’s the trailer:
I’ll save you a seat. Enjoy the movie! 🎥 🍿 🥤
NAR©2024
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WordPress Daily Prompt
The Continuing Adventures of George and Martha, Vol. 6: Potāto Potǎto
Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we are
asked to get creative in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration. This is my story.
A Dangerous Profession: Part 1
Written for OLWG #395 where this week the three
prompts are 1) carving out a niche; 2) I suppose;
3) no doubt about it, as well as Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #298, FOWC ‘sunrise’, FOWC ‘bother’,
FOWC ‘aunt’, FOWC ‘fascinating’, FOWC ‘folks’, FOWC
‘decision’ and FOWC ‘infinite’. This is my story.
A Show About Nothing: A Cinquain
Written for dVerse Poets where the
challenge is to write a poem based on
Favorite TV Shows. This is my Cinquain.
So This Is Christmas
This week at Writing Prompts, Esther has teased us
with the word ‘Christmas’. Here are some happy
childhood memories from a piece I wrote in 2018.
This is my 2024 version of “So This Is Christmas”.
Late Night News
Esther asks: “Can you tell a story in 28 words?”,
using these four words: dynamic, mold, spoon and video.
Yes, I think I can! Here’s my 28 word story.
Tis The Season
Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. Also in response to Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge where the prompt word
this week is ‘frenzied’. This is my 100 word flash.
Paternal Pardon
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #391
incorporating the word “vicinity” in exactly 50 words.
Also for FOWC – ‘traditional’, FOWC – ‘doubt’ and
Gerry C & Sue W’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge
– ‘nurturing’. In exactly 50 words, this is my flash.
Make My Day
For The Birds: An Ovi
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #74.
Graphic by Kevin @ No Theme Thursday.
This week’s inspiration word is “cheer” –
something we can all use. This is my ovi.
Lamb Stew
Looking through my early stories, I found one from 2017,
my first year on WordPress, with only 4 likes and no comments;
I thought I’d give it another shot. Any similarity between the MC
and yours truly is very much intended. I hope you enjoy Lamb Stew.
Power Trip
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In…” –
Esther asks: “Can you tell a story in 23 words?”
We must use these three words in what we write:
‘quinoa’, ‘ferret’, and ‘thwart’. Here’s my 23 word story.
The Elephant's Trunk 