Free Range by Bill Whitehead for November 24, 2020

Confessions of a celluloid junkie.

that’s my life… I’m 78 years old

And now you’re going to die.

Playing fetch with your own brain. Sometimes, it takes a while for it to bring it back.

That’s what imbd.com is for!

don’t worry, you won’t remember in the morning, but you will remember you didn’t take note because it was too late in the night and it was not worth it

And then she murdered him.

But now he can’t remember what movies they were.

Brad Dourif?

Charles Lane.

Stephen Root.

How could you forget Slim Pickens.

It’s always 2 in the morning.

And.. just like that, it’s gone again.

That’s me, but I’m smart enough not to wake up the wife at 3 a.m.

Warren Oates? Gabby Hayes?

I resisted getting a smart phone for years, but a few years back, finally gave in. Now that’s its main use. Hit pause on the TV, ask Google Assistant who the actor was, ten seconds later find out his/her name and what show we know her from.

For me that’s Jesse Plemons… especially years ago when I’d say, “Wait, that isn’t Matt Damon, is it?”