{"id":19029,"date":"2021-11-05T21:07:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T01:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19029"},"modified":"2021-11-05T21:10:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T01:10:17","slug":"episode-471-ice-in-the-bucket-alan-you-will-need-help-then-j-r-arrived-carts-nov-52021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19029","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 471 “ICE IN THE BUCKET, ALAN, …YOU WILL NEED HELP.” “THEN J.R. ARRIVED” (CARTS) NOV.5,2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 471   \u201cICE IN THE BUCKET, ALAN\u2026.YOU WILL NEED HELP.\u201d \u201cTHEN J. R.. ARRIVED\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is ice in the bucket, Alan.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSo what.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlan, this could be a bad day.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSky is threatening\u2026look at the cloud bank sweeping in like a tidal wave.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSeems a little dramatic.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow are WE ever going to get 4 Hawker’s carts from the barn to the road all by ourselves.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTough job but \u2026.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou need help.\u201d<\/div>\n

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And then J.R. Grassby arrived\u2026and the day turned out to be glorious.<\/div>\n

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(WHO IS J.R. GRASSBY?  ANSWER COMING BUT FIRST LOOK AT THE CLOUD\u2026SINISTER)<\/div>\n

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\u201cSinister looking, Marjorie\u2026like the end of the world was coming.”<\/div>\n

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WHO IS J.R. GRASSBY?  \u2026THE ANSWER IS COMING.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlan, just how are you going to get those carts to the road for the movie.  By the way what is<\/div>\n
the name of the move?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMovie making is a secretive business Marjorie\u2026they never tell me much.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cJ.R. What are you doing here?  Your truck and loaders won\u2019t get here until noon?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI came to give you a hand\u2026I know you and Marjorie would have to get the carts to<\/div>\n
the road alone.  \u2026Thought you could use another pair of hands.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGreat\u2026 And so we began moving the Hawker\u2019s carts from the field and barn to <\/div>\n
the road.  Actually J.R. did most of the work while I took pictures and Marjorie got<\/div>\n
tea and croissants ready.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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J. R. GRASSBY IS A SET DRESSER\u2026A SET BUYER\u2026A SET DESIGNER.  VERY CREATIVE PERSON WITH<\/div>\n
IMAGINATION.  J.R. ALONG WITH A HOST<\/div>\n
OF PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE A MOVIE BELIEVABLE.  THEY BUILD WHATEVER IS NECESSARY.<\/div>\n
IN THIS CASE THEY NEED THINGS THAT ARE FRIGHTENING\u2026NO, I CANNOT TELL YOU  THE FILM<\/div>\n
TITLE.  I DO NOT KNOW IT MYSELF.  (we are at the rock bottom of the film industry)<\/div>\n

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  SO J.R. HELPED GET THE CARTS TO THE ROAD.<\/div>\n

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\u201cDid you say helped Alan?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI pushed a bit\u2026and took pictures\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAs usual.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSomeone has to document this secretive business.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDo you think anyone ever reads your episodes?<\/div>\n
\u201cI hope so\u2026this is Episode 471.  Means we have done 471 stories since the Pandemic began.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy do it\u2026why do the stories?\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI have no answer that makes sense\u2026except taking pictures is an excuse from pushing this cart.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI see your gloves are going for a ride.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cVery perceptive\u2026<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat kind of movie is it?\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHorror movie\u2026most things happen at night in a nearly dark decrepit market\u2026that\u2019s where the<\/div>\n
carts come in\u2026they will be \u201cdressed\u201d to look sinister.\u201d  said J. R.<\/div>\n

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\u201cYou want a sinister look, how about a few skulls?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPossibly\u2026but I like all those hanging plants best\u2026dried, dead and hanging.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll send a truck next week for a load\u2026.15 sacks with fake filling, maybe a barrel or two\u2026lots of stuff. I already have around ten coffins.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCoffins?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNot a joyful movie, Alan\u2026Dark, dark, dark”<\/div>\n

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\u201cNothing very dark in the house\u2026unless a stuffed porcupine or spotted hobby horse makes the grade.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cHow about the boys up there on  the beam?<\/div>\n
\u201cSorry.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cSorry, J.R. but ur Elephant Ear is not going with you.  It took us an hour or two to get it in here before<\/div>\n
the frost hit.   It will spend the winter at the window.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cToo bad Woody, the dog, is such a friendly animal\u2026we need a dog who snarls and shows his teeth.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe truck arrived\u2026and the carts were loaded in about 20 minutes and then the whole<\/div>\n
entourage was gone.<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 471   \u201cICE IN THE BUCKET, ALAN\u2026.YOU WILL NEED HELP.\u201d \u201cTHEN J. R.. ARRIVED\u201d alan skeoch Nove. 5, 2021 \u201cThere is ice in the bucket, Alan.\u201d \u201cSo what.” \u201cAlan, this could be a bad day.\u201d \u201cWhy?\u201d \u201cSky is threatening\u2026look at the cloud bank sweeping in like a tidal wave.\u201d \u201cSeems a little dramatic.\u201d \u201cHow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}