Armchair Commentary

"Top Gun" Day

Apparently, someone somewhere has decided today is officially "Top Gun Day". I'm not sure how I feel about assigning random days to celebrate awesome 80's movies but if they all have a celebration to-do list as creative as the one below, then bring on Pretty in Pink Day.

Courtesy of the official Top Gun Day website: 

Excerpts from How to Celebrate Top Gun Day -

1. Use as many Top Gun lines throughout the day as possible. For example, say your friend Jim asks you what you’re doing on Friday night, you should respond:  “Hey Jim, you stink”.
2. Wear aviator sunglasses. Cheap or expensive.   Inside or out.   Just don’t “Scratch one”!
3. Grab your Top Gun Day T-Shirt and “CALL THE BALL!”
4. Go to a bar…wearing a flight suit or aviator wings and order a glass of Hemlock.
5. Call your friends and tell them, “I’m going to Top Gun!” and then hangup.
6. Buy some rubber dog poo.
7. Don’t wear deodorant and only respond to the name, Slider. 

Oscar Party Chatter: What is Craft Service?

 
In honor of this Sunday's Oscars, NPR is broadcasting a series of reports on Hollywood jobs. Specifically, they are reporting on those jobs that don't come with a corner office and tend to be listed towards the end of the credits.

Today they tackled Craft Services, that mysterious group that is occasionally mentioned in talk show antidotes. It's a fascinating story about a job that includes everything from cleaning up Elephant droppings to getting Cher her bottled water (glass bottles only please).  It's also great conversation fodder for your awards gathering on Sunday, perhaps when those pesky musical numbers run a little long...

Listen to the story on NPR