Oh, knock-knock on wood, you understood

Further Movies Watched During WiiFit: The Bed Sitting Room. This is a rather daft 1969 British movie featuring Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Marty Feldman, and a small host of other people aptly described by the cable box as ``absurd''. The premise: several years ago there was a brief but rather shattering little war, and now the population of Britain is this roughly two dozen survivors who wander around London being nearly four percent more eccentrically nutty than normal for Britons.

( Again, I'll spare one spoilers. But I like the movie a lot. There's some odd transformation humour in it too, as well as some more ordinary kinds.  )

It's the sort of film where the cast is listed in order of height and it doesn't try beating you over the head with the silliness of doing that.

Trivia: In the Graham Riot of 1837, Boston bakers dumped whole-grain flour over people waiting to hear Sylvester Graham lecture on the benefits of fresh air, exercise, eating bran, and meatless and alcohol-free meals. Source: The Genie in the Bottle, Joe Schwarcz.

Currently Reading: American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880 - 1964, William Manchester.