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binaryalchemist) wrote2010-05-18 08:43 pm
binaryalchemist) wrote2010-05-18 08:43 pm
Pure Genius at Work: Bill Cosby's "Chicken Heart"
When I was a kid I LOVED my mom's Bill Cosby records--and if I can tell a story at all it's because I listened to this kind of genius.
This is part of his most brilliant tale, "Chicken Heart". The scene: Little Bill has been left to stay home while his parents go out for the evening. He's been BAD before, watching monster movies and listening to scary stuff on the radio and scaring the crap out of himself---so badly that one night he even smeared Jello all over the kitchen floor to trip the monsters that came after him--which caused his dad to slip and hurt himself. Mom has put Bill to bed with the warning not to listen to "Lights Out"--telling him that invisible snakes will bite him if he tries to get out of bed.
Having proven this to be total bullshit--he creeps over to the radio....and turns on "Lights Out..."
Seriously--if you are a writer---you NEED to hear this!!!
This is part of his most brilliant tale, "Chicken Heart". The scene: Little Bill has been left to stay home while his parents go out for the evening. He's been BAD before, watching monster movies and listening to scary stuff on the radio and scaring the crap out of himself---so badly that one night he even smeared Jello all over the kitchen floor to trip the monsters that came after him--which caused his dad to slip and hurt himself. Mom has put Bill to bed with the warning not to listen to "Lights Out"--telling him that invisible snakes will bite him if he tries to get out of bed.
Having proven this to be total bullshit--he creeps over to the radio....and turns on "Lights Out..."
Seriously--if you are a writer---you NEED to hear this!!!
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"...and tired.."
"I don't remember nothin' after that...."
I had an incident when I was thirty. My mom was a big Cagney and Lacey fan and one of the catch phrases was "cut to the chase, Christine!". Mom--a double Sagittarius--had a habit of taking forever to say something because she would ramble on wierd tangents (you wonder where I get it from?? From MOM!). Mom was off on one of her wild-blue-yonders and I got frustrated and quipped, "cut to the chase, Christine!"....and like Bill, "...I don't remember NOTHIN' after that!"
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