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Spoiler-filled thoughts while watching “Midnight Cowboy”

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I can’t remember when we watched “Midnight Cowboy.” Sometime in 2013. I just found this in my Unscheduled Drafts, and I thought, “Hey, let’s just go ahead and make that a scheduled draft.”

midnight_cowboyBeware: This contains lots of spoilers.

  • That’s a sweet suitcase.

  • Jon Voigt really knows his way around a piece of gum.

  • Wait, so his whole plan from the start was to be a male prostitute. I thought he went to New York and things went bad and then he had to become a prostitute. This is a weird movie.

  • Listening to your transistor radio on the bus? Not cool, Joe Buck.

  • Me: This guy looks like a total creep.
    Rockford: What?! He’s just a guy who thinks he’s pretty great and has a plan.
    Me: Jon Voigt always looks like a creep.

  • This movie’s weird.

  • But at least there’s Nilsson.

  • I had no idea “I’m looking for the Statue of Liberty” was code. Also, tongues in ears are gross.

  • I love Dustin Hoffman. Joe Buck is a moron.

  • “I ain’t a real cowboy, but I sure am a stud!” This is a creepy creeperton of a movie.

  • That radio has unbelievable battery life.

  • Joe Buck is not a savvy businessman.

  • Fact: “The two items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.”

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    “If they told you wolverines would make good house pets, would you believe them?”
    We were going to go out for pizza this evening, but it is so cold and rainy that we decided to raid the freezer instead. The kids are having pancakes and veggie sausages, Rockford will probably have a burrito or two and I might have some palak paneer.

    In a little while I’m going to peel and cook sweet potatoes while watching “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” because it is The Finest Thanksgiving Film. “Pieces of April” is also good but is neither available on Netflix nor as an Amazon Prime selection. I think we have a copy, but I don’t have a TV in the kitchen so the sweet potatoes and I can’t watch it. “Grumpy Old Men,” however, is available on Amazon Prime. I might watch it tomorrow with the spinach.

    Allons-y, patate douces!