This Ford’s still running just fine
Rumors? Gossip? In Hollister? What must Bob Tiffany at Tiffany
Motors be thinking. Tiffany says the rumors that Tiffany Motors,
the oldest Ford dealership in California, is closing are not true.
Heck, to hear him talk you would think they have already ordered
the party favors, cake and strippers for their 100th anniversary
celebration next year. I know I plan to attend. Free cake!
This Ford’s still running just fine
Rumors? Gossip? In Hollister? What must Bob Tiffany at Tiffany Motors be thinking. Tiffany says the rumors that Tiffany Motors, the oldest Ford dealership in California, is closing are not true. Heck, to hear him talk you would think they have already ordered the party favors, cake and strippers for their 100th anniversary celebration next year. I know I plan to attend. Free cake!
Before I left Hollister for Hollywood I bought my 2001 Ford from Tiffany’s. Still runs great and I was happy to leave a big chunk of taxes in Hollister rather than Hollywood.
I believe Tiffany. The only fib I have ever caught Bob at is when he said, “We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs since 1910, including the Great Depression. Now I wasn’t there for the Great Depression …” Girls, if he uses that line on you at a bar don’t let his boyish grin fool you.
But you have to give Tiffany some slack, as he has always felt guilty because his poor mother had to endure having a son who was a used car dealer. Worse yet, her other son, Bill, is a lawyer. Aye chee waa waa.
I have always been proud of the fact that I have never told a parent “That is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen” – until now. Paul and Abby Silva, your baby daughter Olivia is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen.
Wal Mart just lost $640 million in yet another class action suit because they cheated their employees the common workplace decency of providing breaks and meal breaks. Tom Mars, who must be from the Red Planet, is Wal Mart’s general counsel and he says “Our policy to to pay associates for every hour worked and to provide rest and meal breaks.” Wow! He’s a regular Mother Teresa.
Hollywood loves to save its best films for the end of the year. They really aren’t but they are loaded with good acting and direction but little entertainment. “The Wrestler” is a particularly vile film, which wallows in human bloodletting and self pity but has a great acting turn by Mickey Rourke. Others like “Doubt,” “Revolutionary Road,” “The Reader” and others are all well acted but not very entertaining and the snob critics and Academy Award members love them because – heaven forbid – they give out an Oscar to a movie we mortals enjoy.
So over the weekend I went to my favorite mom ‘n’ pop video store on Bronson which runs right through Paramount Studios and rented some viewer-friendly films that actually entertain and don’t make you feel like you wallowed in human excrement and have to shower afterwards. Imagine that. Movies that make you feel good.
For teens there is “Tropic Thunder,” that must be seen with a group of teenage boys or men who haven’t grown up. Ben Stiller leads a great cast, including Robert Downey Jr. as a black man and Tom Cruise as a fat, bald-headed producer with the heart of a bald-headed fat producer.
If you just bought a new widescreen television and you want to test out the sound and picture then check out “Eagle Eye,” a non-stop thriller with no stopping for a kiss, much less a sex scene. This one stars Shia LeBeouf and Billy Bob Thornton and is produced by that new kid, Steven Spielberg.
“Leatherheads” with George Clooney is loony. It’s at its funniest in the early scenes when pro football was in its infancy and they seemed to make up the rules as they went along. Women and girls will love the romance parts so this is one of those few film compromises that works.
If you like musicals then “Mamma Mia” with Meryl Streep is a winner and if your toes aren’t tapping or you’re not singing to the songs by Abba then you need an Abba Dabba Honeymoon. “The big baboon one night in June married them and very soon they went upon their abba dabba honeymoon.”
If you want to laugh at the worst movie of the year see the supposed scary thriller “The Happening” from director M. Night Shyamalan, whose films after his masterpiece, “The Sixth Sense,” have just gotten worser and now worsted. From “I see ghostesses” to my budget is less than a six-minute cartoon starring Casper the Friendly Ghost. This is the funniest movie of the year.
And the most uplifting video is about two guys dying and having a hell of a great time doing it. Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson star in the most fun, life-affirming film I have ever seen. Don’t miss “The Bucket List” before you kick the bucket.
Last week’s Quick Quiz: What is Clint Eastwood nominated for in this year’s Golden Globe Awards? For writing the theme song to “Gran Torino,” another life-affirming masterpiece.
This week’s Quick Quiz: Why is Jerry Lewis receiving an Oscar this year? Or any other year?
And finally, a reason to love Nebraska. Nebraska just initiated a safe haven law where you can drop off your unwanted child with no questions asked at any fire department, police department or hospital. In the first week alone over 20 unwanted children were dropped off. All teenagers! Aye chee waa waa!
