[Fictionary] THE BIRDS AND THE BEES results

Jean-Joseph Cote jjcotedsl at verizon.net
Mon Jul 12 12:01:39 UTC 2021 

I hope the wedding went great! (I do need to point out that the locals 
may have high standards for the numbers that Linda suggested, as Hutch 
lives in Virginia, a little over 20 miles form the Tennessee line!)

Jean-Joseph

On 7/10/2021 11:26 AM, lindafowens at netzero.net wrote:
> Fiddle away. If I may suggest, pick something short, sweet, 
> sentimental, and easy.� LInda� As in Tennessee Waltz or Carry Me Back 
> to Old Virginny...
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: E Cohen <eac at inbox.com>
> To: fictionary at swarpa.net
> Subject: Re: [Fictionary] THE BIRDS AND THE BEES results
> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:24:38 -0400
>
> On 10-Jul-21 01:07, Hutch wrote:
> > I would be quite pleased to run this round, but it will be several days
> > to a week before I can do anything with it. I am (astonished!) playing
> > my fiddle in a wedding this weekend.
> >
> > No, I'm not a very good fiddle player. But she wants *me* to play, and
> > play my fiddle (I'm a much better guitarist and a MUCH, MUCH better
> > singer), regardless of how good or bad I think I am. (I *know* how good
> > a fiddler I am ... NOT! Soon, so will all of southwest Virginia and
> > northeast Tennessee *sigh*)
> >
> > I won't be able to even think about it until after the weekend. So,
> > Eric, if you have a word off the top of your head, go for it. If I
> > haven't seen a word by next Friday/Saturday, I'll throw one in the ring.
>
> I have plenty of words, but it's your turn. Also, have fun with the
> fiddling!
>
>
> > BB,
> > Hutch
> > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
> > Version: 3.1
> > GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$
> > N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?
> > X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++>
> > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 12:29 PM E Cohen <eac at inbox.com
> > <mailto:eac at inbox.com>> wrote:
> >
> > ����I think I've run a round more recently than Hutch, so I'm happy if
> > ����Hutch
> > ����takes it.
> >
> > ����Thank you, Jim, I loved this game.
> >
> > ����Also, I'd give five bucks to the Kickstarter for the movie about the
> > ����parrot.
> >
> >
> >
> > �����> Hello, fellow fictioneers!
> > �����>
> > �����> Thank you all for indulging me in my variety round, and thank you
> > ����Beth Bruch for making a return appearance after something like eight
> > ����years! Thanks too to Jed, who submitted votes for the first time in
> > ����a long while.
> > �����>
> > �����> And now for the results: Apparently we collectively need more
> > ����practice in inventing plausible Hollywood plots. The actual synopsis
> > ����of The Birds and the Bees, (starring George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, and
> > ����David Niven; directed by Norman Taurog; and written by Sidney
> > ����Sheldon based on an idea by Preston Sturges) got twice as many votes
> > ����as any other entry!
> > �����> (On the other hand, it didn’t win the Most Want To See prize,
> > ����which goes to Ziv and the talking pet parrot.)
> > �����>
> > �����> Among the fake entries… we have a TIE, between Hutch and 
> Eric at
> > ����4 points each, so I’ll ask them to confer privately and decide who
> > ����gets to run the next round.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> HUTCH:  Two friends from very different circumstances decide to
> > ����trade places at a high-society party. Each meets the girl their
> > ����parents expected the other to meet. Confusion and comedy follow.
> > �����>     Eric - I think this definition and my own are both 
> more like
> > ����madcap
> > �����>        comedies of the '30, but I don't know much about 
> movies. Maybe
> > �����>        they made those in the '50s as well?
> > �����>     David - 2 points.
> > �����>     Pierre - 2 points.
> > �����>     Jed - If that last sentence had been “Hilarity 
> ensues” I
> > ����might have voted
> > �����>        for it. :)
> > ����(https://www.kith.org/words/2000/09/10/rrreviews/
> > ����<https://www.kith.org/words/2000/09/10/rrreviews/>)� I think 
> I’ll give
> > �����>        this my “most want to watch” vote, though a 
> lot would
> > ����depend on the tone
> > �����>        of the movie. I’m thinking it might have the general
> > ����flavor of _The Reluctant
> > �����>        Debutante_, which could be very enjoyable.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> DAVID RANDALL:  A lost Japanese fisherman and his two children
> > ����are rescued by a menagerie of animals that have become
> > ����super-intelligent in the wake of an atomic explosion on a tropical
> > ����island.
> > �����>     Ziv - I think this wins my "want to watch" award, but 
> only if
> > ����it were made
> > �����>        more recently -- I can't imagine 1950's America having
> > ����Japanese
> > �����>        protagonists at all, much less ones portrayed with any
> > ����kind of sensitivity…
> > �����>     Eric - I know we're supposed to only get one vote for 
> which
> > ����movie we’d
> > �����>        like to see, but it's hard.  Two watching points.
> > �����>     Jean-Joseph - 1 point, if for no other reason than 
> that that
> > ����I'm amused thinking
> > �����>        about the Mr. Ed-like special effects that would 
> have been
> > ����in play back
> > �����>       in 1956.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> ERIC COHEN:  When an out-of-luck reporter signs on as caretaker
> > ����at the Bird Nature Sanctuary, he hasn't bargained on all the Birds
> > ����-- formidable great-aunts Lucy and Helena, rowdy schoolgirl Rhoda,
> > ����or the lovely Diane.
> > �����>     Ziv - 2 points -- sounds like 1950 gender politics to 
> me…
> > �����>     Pierre - 1 point.
> > �����>     Jed - I like this one quite a bit (especially the idea 
> that
> > ����Bird is a family name),
> > �����>        but where are the bees? 1 point.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> JEAN-JOSEPH COTE:  Two rival all-female motorcycle gangs battle
> > ����over turf in Southern California, culminating in a choreographed 
> rumble.
> > �����>     Ziv - Then, in the sequel, the victorious Bees meet up 
> with
> > ����the Sharks
> > �����>        to find out who is US Street Rumble Champion.
> > �����>     Eric - I know we're supposed to only get one vote for 
> which
> > ����movie we’d
> > �����>        like to see, but it's hard.  One watching point.
> > �����>     Ranjit - 1 point, and tied for most want to watch.
> > �����>     Jed - Nice. 2 points.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> BETH BRUCH:  A bee keeping widower and ornithologist widow clash
> > ����while trying to keep their teenaged children from dating. As tempers
> > ����flare, so does the chemistry between the parents; they resist until
> > ����the teens step in to teach their elders a lesson about the birds and
> > ����the bees.
> > �����>     Ziv - 1 point.
> > �����>     Pierre - I'd like to watch this one.
> > �����>     Jed - I like this, but I feel like it might be more 1970s
> > ����than 1950s. (Huh, but
> > �����>        I now see that _The Parent Trap_ (which this 
> description
> > ����roundaboutly
> > �����>        made me think of) was made in 1961, at least ten years
> > ����before I thought
> > �����>        it was, so maybe 1956 isn’t too early for this 
> sort of thing.)
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> THE IMDB:  On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat
> > ����a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl
> > ����falls in love with the man  she's just fleeced.
> > �����>     Eric - 2 points.
> > �����>     David - The Lady Eve [Jim adds: I confess, when I 
> chose this
> > ����movie I had
> > �����>        no idea it was a remake of the more famous film David
> > ����mentions!]
> > �����>     Ranjit - 2 points, and tied for most want to watch.
> > �����>     Jean-Joseph - 2 points for the shipboard romance.
> > �����>     Beth - 2 points.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> PIERRE ABBAT: Biologists studying pollinators in the Amazon
> > ����rainforest are abducted by the Ye'kwana tribe. Anthropologists and
> > ����missionaries in neighboring tribes cooperate to try to free them.
> > �����>     Pierre adds: I was going to say the Yanomamö tribe at 
> first,
> > ����but Yanomamö
> > �����>        (which I think was considered a single language at the
> > ����time) is spoken in
> > �����>        only a small area and not related to anything else,
> > ����whereas Ye'kwana is
> > �����>        Cariban, and Cariban languages are spoken in a 
> wide area,
> > ����so there would
> > �����>        be more outsiders who could talk with them.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> ZIV STERN:  A newly orphaned boy must learn to navigate first
> > ����love with the help of a new authority figure: his father's talking
> > ����pet parrot.
> > �����>     Eric - I hope this isn't true, but it might be. 1 point.
> > �����>     David - 1 point, and most want to see.
> > �����>     Jean-Joseph - I guess this last one is the movie I'd most
> > ����like to see.
> > �����>     Beth - 1 point, and most want to see.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> General comments:
> > �����>
> > �����> Eric - This was great fun.
> > �����>
> > �����> Pierre - This is tough! Maybe because I don't watch movies.
> > �����>
> > �����> Jean-Joseph - I think this worked out quite well, where all of
> > ����the entries seem well-written and plausible to me. Kudos to all!
> > �����>
> > �����> Linda - This ballot makes no sense.  I have been enduring a heat
> > ����wave plus family stuff--not so bad, as family stuff was fun and now
> > ����it is cooler.  sorry not to help out this time.
> > �����>
> > �����> David - The vote for The Birds and the Bees
> > �����> Was slow, for we lay at our ease
> > �����> In summer siestas,
> > �����> Or played in fiestas,
> > �����> Far away from our Macs and PCs.
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����> -Jim
> > �����>
> > �����>
> > �����>
> >
> >
> > ����--
> > ����-- Eric   |   @GoudyBoldItalic
> >
> >
>
>
> -- 
> -- Eric ��| ��@GoudyBoldItalic
>
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J-J Cote
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