Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Wednesday Will Be Another Doubleheader


Wednesday==>The wonderful weather continues here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World. Sunny, nice breeze and a temperature of 70º @ 10:00am with a projected high of 82º.

Today your favorite blogger has an entertainment doubleheader so we need to get this posting started with a report on yesterday’s entertainment event ... so ...

During the day I kept checking my iMac, hoping that The Winslow Boy would come up on one of my ticket services for the evening. Well, it didn’t. I still had multiple options for Off Broadway shows, but instead ... I opted to finally catch a movie I have been wanting to see ...

WE’RE THE MILLERS - “A veteran pot dealer (Jason Sudeikis) creates a fake family (Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts and Will Poulter) as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.”

Right up front with you loyal and faithful readers and followers==>this movie is a crude road-trip comedy that alternates between being outrageously funny and being just plain silly.

It is very in-your-face profane and raunchy and I TOTALLY LOVED IT!!

One of the funniest and grossest scenes involves a tarantula spider that crawls up the pants leg of the teenager played by Will Poulter. 

The show has a running time of 1:50 and has received an overall critics rating of 7.5 out of 10.0

Billi Pod says==>If offensive, crude, adult humor tickles your funny bone then this is the show for you. If not ... then stay far far away.

In response to several emails about my failure to attend many movies even though two movie theaters are located within a block and a half of my apartment building - Regal E-Walk, with 13 screens and AMC Empire, with 25 screens ... it’s easy ... I basically like movies that are comedies, not heavy drama or action ... and ... when I have to choose between seeing a movie for $9.50 (senior discount) or a theater event for $4.50-5.00 ... the theater event will win out 98% of the time.

Now you know.

Moving on ...

Today is another entertainment doubleheader ... first is ...

2:00==>ANTHEM - “A new take on the powerful classic, written in 1937 by Ayn Rand, that follows the story of a young man in a dark future who must overcome totalitarian conformity by discovering a sinful, forgotten word.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)

Sounds pretty heavy, doesn’t it?

This drama is playing at the Baryshnikov Arts Center - Jerome Robbins Theater on West 37th Street and runs through December 3rd. I have been unable to verify the running time.

When the show is over I will come back to PHC and have my usual pre-theater snack, a fruit and cheese plate, and then it will be time for the second entertainment event ...

8:00==>SHAW CONCERT - “Featuring internationally renowned concert pianists Timo Andres and David Kaplan - Music with Four Hands, including Stravinsky's “The Rite of Spring” and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony.” (concert - complimentary ticket)

This concert is playing at The Pearl Theatre on West 42nd Street.

So ... my loyal and faithful readers and followers ... there you have it ... yet another interesting and diverse entertainment doubleheader, costing your favorite blogger a total of $9.00 in service fees.

This is why I continue to love living in The Greatest City In The World.

Oh, also in response to several texts ... yes ... I will be pulling for The Rays in tonight’s one-game playoff showdown with the Indians. 

The winner of this game will then face The Boston FuckSox on Friday in the 5-game Division Championship Series, in Boston.

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>2.80 miles (or, 6,136 steps)

Total mileage since 7/1/13==>324.39 miles (average 3.49 miles per day)

GO GATORS!! GO RAYS!!  

Billi Pod
“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”

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