Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss by Jean Shepherd - Part 8/9

[1988TimT]

They left the dog in the car when the bees in there.

[1988TimT]

The reason why there's a bees in their car? because of the melting chocolate

[aircanuck]

Great little movie, better days they were

[sdr24]

"How they biting?"

Every die hard fisherman in the midwest knows this line. And relates to hearing "well, they was biting real good last week..."

My grandpa is a die hard midwest fisherman. Time period is just about right too - my dad is basically Ralphy, and the dad in this film nails my own grandpa almost perfectly.

[graybeard19]

thanks so very very very much for sharing this movie, all nine segments. It is one of my absolute favorites. Yes, my parents DID stop on our way to northern Arkansas somewhere's in Missouri and DID buy a plaster paris deer and a cocker spaniel casting as well. WHY? cannot tell ya. All I wanted was some M80s, since near Chicago you could not buy them!

[musicmandon1]

The same mom who smashed the Old Man's major award, now spends half a week of his wages on some junk. Wow! and I liked the bee in the car. Once on a roady, we got a cockroach in ours. My friend's wife freaked, just like the mom did. Had it been my wife, I would have started singing "La Cucaracha," but since it was my friend's wife who is a lot more temperamental, I said nothing. Mine doesn't freak at cockroaches--she just sends them straight to Hell. Red ants are another matter.

[goldomega]

"We aren't gonna buy any junk tahday!"