Why Didn't They Just Go To The Local Pharmacy, And Get A Stool Softener??????????????

                                  To start with, girls, I do not know if stool softeners were available, when this film was released, back in 1957.  I expected more from it.  Universal, who scored big with "Tarantula," and "The Deadly Mantis," designed a better poster than made a movie.

                                    Where do I start?  Well, when seen on screen, in black and white, the monsters look like giant, walking turds.  Unfortunately, they don't do much, and that is the only bit of humor in the film.  Grant Williams and Lola Albright, act like they are working with Kazan, when they should have been over the top, and their love scenes are as chaste as a sixth grade--in my day--dance.  I am not saying clothes should have been ripped off, but show a little enthusiasm, guys!

                                        The solution to the problem was so obvious, even David and I figured it out.  And we are not in any science field.

                                          There are constant shots of cars speeding over a highway alongside desert land that I swear was used in both "Earth Vs. The Spider," and "THEM!" In fact, it probably was.  Those two were superior to this.

                                           Not good enough to be quality, not campy enough to be fun, "The Monolith Monsters" stands alone.  Even the most dedicated horror fan will not want to see this one a second time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty Good, For A Debut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    Don De Lillo has always been a mixed bag with me , girls!  I was not crazy about "Libra," or "White Noise," but I simply loved "Underworld."  "Americana," which I did not know till reading it, was his debut, must have caused a splash at the time, but now fits in with all sorts of road movies, from "Harry And Tonto,' to "Thelma And Louise."

                                       David Bell is Mr. Hot Shot at his New York ad agency.  You know, what so many of my generation was raised to be.  One day he reaches a point, and goes on the road to document his version of the so-called REAL America.

                                         It may seem routine to many, by now, but stick it out for some of the best character monologues this side of playwriting.  In fact, I recommend this book to actors for this reason; some of the monologues in here would be terrific for auditions.

                                           Though it familiarity makes it tedious, the writing makes the trouble of reading it worth it.  Nothing can top "Underworld," but if this is your first De Lillo, it is not a bad beginning.

"Take Weapons Up, And Begin To Kill! Watch The Long, Long Armies Drifting Home!"

                                    I mean, girls, hasn't it been a bitch of a week?

                                    So, my choice for Bitch Of The Week goes out to so many--every one of you who disrupted peaceful protests by looting stores and grabbing the goods for yourselves.

                                      Not just in New York; oh, no, dolls, everyone across this nation of ours!

                                      You dumb bitches!  Don't you know Trump gets off on you guys and gals!
He jerks off and ejaculates onto the TV as he sees you.  But, first he has to take his ED injection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                         And what do you do with this stuff? Sell it for a profit, instead of fixing up your filthy Bronx apartments--which is where the NYC contingent is from--where there is shit still on the bathroom floor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                         As Bette Davis said in 'Baby Jane'--"STOP IT!

                                         Just stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy National Donut Day, Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                Today is National Donut Day, so for those of you who have not, yet, I want you to go out to your local donut shop, and buy one donut!  Just one donut!

                                   Because one donut is all we are allowed to eat, all year!

                                   And do you want to know why?  Huh? Do you?

That is right, darlings!  A donut is a bullet to the heart!

Did you hear me?

A DONUT IS A BULLET TO THE HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy National Donut Day, everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was Thornton Wilder Well Hung?????????????????????????????

                                   Now, that I have your attention, girls!  In case you've been following, we are up to June 4.  That is the night I had this crazy dream where I was trying to answer the titular question.

                                    I was a grad student in some lit course, and we were studying Thornton Wilder.  In the dream, the professor said everything was known about him, but his penis size!

                                     Girls, I am telling you, I was never sure Thornton Wilder had a penis!  I never knew if he was gay or straight.  All I know is I still have not appeared in a production of "Our Town," and am waiting to do so.  I guess I am fine for the cemetery scene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                       So, now I know Wilder was straight, married, and had two children, a girl named Catherine Dix, and a boy named Amos Tappan.  His wife was named Catherine Kerlin, and they wed in 1935!  I am guessing he had a penis, though that is not 100% confirmed, though he did marry and have children.   But I have no idea of its length or circumference.

                                          My poor husband, David.  I awoke him in the middle of the night, babbling about Thornton Wilder.  But I did not say what it was!  Good thing, or David would not have gone back to sleep!  And no, I am not having delusional fantasies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   If I were, I certainly could do better than THIS!

                                          Anyone out there who can tell me?

"It Was The Third Of June, Another Sleepy, Dusty, Delta Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                  That is right, girls, "nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge!"

                                  On this day, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallhatchie Bridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  Does the jumping cat signify what I always suspected--that Billy Joe and the girl narrator were throwing a baby off the bridge?  An abortion or miscarriage?

                                    I have always believed that, hons!  Let me know what you think.  And don't give me any references to Robbie Benson, or Glynis O'Connor!

                                      Let Bobbie Gentry tell the story for you!  Only she knows, for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"June Is Bustin' Out, All Over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                               Of course, this is the other song of the month, immortalized for me by the Justin Peck choreography and the voice of Renee Fleming doing the best rendering of "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" I have ever seen or heard.  It was an honor to have seen this live!

                                So, of course, I am going to try and bring it up, for you, to hear.

                                And here it is!  Renee and Company to perform it for you!  Listen to what REAL Musical Theater, and REAL voices are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!