dvd town

Thanks to the surprising bounty of the Mountain View Public Library, and to the good folks over in Los Gatos at Netflix, we're overflowing with television-watching goodness.

Which is good, since when BDR crashes the party, the TV will be persona non grata.

Also, I'm semi-retired, and, really, have you ever tried knitting to NPR? Not only does it automatically age you 35 years, but you get really sleepy too.

So, what's in our DVD cache? Borat, for one. And though we've seen it already, it was totally worth renting it again if only to hear Kevin's shriek when opening the Netflix envelope: "what the hell is this shit?" (If you haven't seen it, the DVD is packaged to look like it's been pirated. Kevin's super sense of perception obviously fell for the ruse.)


Actually, the rental was worth it for two scenes: a deleted scene at a supermarket, and the Jay Leno/Borat/Martha Stewart bed making scene from the Tonight Show.

In the first, an uncommonly patient supermarket manager answers Borat's questions about products in the store. Unfortunately, every question Borat asks is "what's this?" and every answer is, "cheese." And the supermarket manager answer this question well over 30 times. Without getting angry.

I suspect he has a toddler at home.

In the second, Martha Stewart valiantly attempts to make a bed, while Borat tries to get into bed (and possibly her pants) and Jay Leno stands off to the side as if to avoid lawsuits.

At one point, Borat asks Martha if all three of them will get into bed; Martha replies, "oh, no. That's kinky." To which Jay questions, "Martha, have you had two men before?" Martha's outrage at Jay's question is a little forced, if you ask me - like perhaps she has something to hide - but she, of course, denies it.

At which point Borat takes off his underwear.

Earlier in the week, we watched Half Nelson. Kevin's two comments about the movie are, first, "I don't think I can ever listen to Broken Social Scene without thinking about Half Nelson," and, second, "Oh, did Half Nelson clean himself up?" after seeing Ryan G0sling in a preview with Anthony Hopkins. I should note that the character is not named Half Nelson, or even Nelson for that matter.

Half Neslon also is notable in that Jerri Blank's mother is Half Nelson's mother. And she's still an alcoholic, but a 60's- style radical one.

Speaking of Strangers with Candy, perhaps the most exciting find at the MVPL was season 3 and season 5 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. (Recall that Stew the Meatman plays Larry's dentist in season 3.) With my own collection, I have about 30 hours of misanthrope to rock.