The Grizzwells by Bill Schorr for July 29, 2023

Now even dolls get movies? Writers, etc, must be scraping the bottom of the barrel for something to make their presence felt.

But, that movie isn’t the only really poor production based on good books. Watched several episodes of Joe Picket, which takes its storyline from the really good series of novels written by C.J. Box.

Yep, they took it, wrung out the story lines, and added melodrama, angst, personality disorders, a different mix of character types, changed some of them 180 degrees, and added curious pacing. Spend time with Joe’s teenaged past. In one scene, Joe’s wife destroys his character and is surprised when he storms off. It has become a mountain version of a soap opera.

But, the mountain scenery is great and the animal scenes – drunken moose trashing a school cafeteria and bashing a pickup truck, wolves tearing at a carcass, the falcons, etc are unusual and very well done.

Now this one is very cute. Remember, though, that if it’s Malibu Barbie, CA is a community property state so Ken would only lose half his stuff.

There’s no escaping Barbie! :)

Pierpoint has a niece? That means he must have a sister or brother! And here we thought he was One of a Kind!

(Pay no attention to Warren’s advice, Little Buddy. He is not a reliable source of advice.)