In watching “The Muppet Show”, Johann has been introduced to a number of actors and artists that he had never heard of before. So he would ask about what made these people well-known. “Who is Gene Kelly?” led to us watching “Brigadoon”, “An American in Paris”, and “Singing in the Rain”. “Who is Jim Nabors?” led us to watching “The Andy Griffith Show”. We still need to find some of her old heyday movies to answer the question, “Who is Ethel Merman?”
During one of these discussions, Eric said we should also include Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in our who’s who of American culture. He told Johann the most recent movies they both were in were “Grumpy Old Men” and “Grumpier Old Men”. At first Johann said he wasn’t interested in watching two old men being grumpy, that didn’t sound like any fun. We assured him they were good movies, the men just got a little grumpy like Daddy does sometimes. Johann was sure he didn’t want to see that. Then he perked up and exclaimed, “Mommy! We don’t need to watch those movies! We already live with a grumpy old man!!”
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Oh dear!! Johann, you may have to put some expresso in his first couple of cups of coffee in the morning!!! And, maybe that grumpiness will pass as his “taking out the trash” fades into the distant past!
That should help. Special treats like matcha shortbread cookies won’t hurt either. I made those on Saturday. We are very proud of how Eric has quit smoking. That is not an easy thing to do!
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