Sy: Go Speed Racer, Go!
SSB: Did you know that's going to be a movie?
Sy: Yeah.
SSB: Live action too. John Goodman is going to be in it. He's the dad.
Sy: There was a dad?
SSB: Yeah he was the guy with the mustache. Don't you remember him?
Sy: No. I actually don't remember much.
SSB: Do you remember his brother?
Sy: He had a brother?
SSB: How about the monkey?
Sy: Yes, I remember the monkey. Wasn't he the mechanic?
SSB: And the girl? There was girl, his girlfriend -- or was it his sister?
Sy: Oh, yeah I remember her too. But I don't remember dialogs or plots or anything else besides Speed Racer, the monkey and the girl.
SSB: Maybe John Goodman is his uncle. Didn't Speed Racer's parents die in a car crash? There was also a character Racer X. He followed Speed around getting in his business, but some thought he was his father.
Sy: If he was his father, why would he spend all his time following him around irritating him.
SSB: He was an asshole?
Sy: [as Racer X] "Speed Racer, I didn't actually die in that fiery car crash; I'm just an asshole."
** SSB and Sy actually don't know jack about Speed Racer, but we think our story is better than the original.
Heehee...that was cute. Hubbs and I have conversations like this too, except that he usually knows all the geeky trivia and I just look sorta dumb at the end of the discussion. :P
Chim-Chim and Spreidel! That was the little bro and the monkey!
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Live action, baby.
Mrs. Loquacious, I play up my ignorance as part of my schtick.
Evil Spock, Chim-Chim is an odd name for a brother. But that's the Japanese for you ;)
Magnum PO, welcome to my blog and thanks for the awesome pic!
Thanks for the heads up on the movie.
I hope the actor is as dreamy as the cartoon character was... Yes, yes. I had a crush on Speed Racer when I was a kid. Isn't that normal?
;-)
When I was little I had a Matchbox car that I thought was the coolest thing ever and years later I was watching Speed Racer and went, "That's my Matchbox car!!!" I never knew...it kind of took the cool out of it for me. :P And your idea is GREAT!
Well since don't know anything either i'd believe anything you told me.
Flubberwinkle, ah, my blog is informative as well as fun.
Heather, when I was young I thought The General Lee was a cool car. Not now.
Hellbunny, excellent!