Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 7275126 times)

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Round 320 - - CCCXX
« Reply #8860 on: November 23, 2006, 05:06:37 pm »
Talking Turkey?

Round 320!
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"A" is aftermath
« Reply #8861 on: November 24, 2006, 10:01:06 am »
In the aftermath of that 1977 Thanksgiving, both Jack and Ennis were changed:  Jack more assertive after speaking up to old LD; and Ennis perhaps more fearful, now that Alma knew his secret.

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"B" is blew
« Reply #8862 on: November 24, 2006, 10:12:12 am »
After Monroe finished using the electric carving knife, Ennis blew a fuse in the kitchen when Alma mentioned his "fishing trips."
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"C" is Cosell's
« Reply #8863 on: November 24, 2006, 10:29:12 am »
Beginning of the Thanksgiving scene in Childress:

We hear Howard Cosell's voice in the background coming from the TV, commenting on the game plan of the Dallas Cowboys.    [2003 screenplay]

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I wonder how Howard would have announced the end of the Thanksgiving scenes.




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"D" is drags
« Reply #8864 on: November 24, 2006, 01:53:57 pm »
"Without hesitation, Ennis runs around the pickup, punches right inside the open driver window four or five times.  Then [he] yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummelling him and kicking him."  [screenplay]

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"E" is edifying
« Reply #8865 on: November 24, 2006, 02:03:30 pm »
Bobby Twist could look back at Thanksgiving of 1977 as an edifying experience, having observed the consequences of flouting parental authority.
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"F" is fished
« Reply #8866 on: November 24, 2006, 02:11:34 pm »
Ennis told Alma that he and Jack still fished together, "not often" though.

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"G" is gobble
« Reply #8867 on: November 24, 2006, 02:22:02 pm »
While Ennis could gobble up the Thanksgiving meal, he found Alma's accusations hard to swallow.

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"H" is handed
« Reply #8868 on: November 24, 2006, 02:53:28 pm »
When it came time to carve the turkey, L.D handed over the reins to Jack after Jack got the upper hand.
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"I" is ill-humored
« Reply #8869 on: November 24, 2006, 03:01:46 pm »
Alma appears to be particularly ill-humored while Ennis is telling the story of his saddle-bronc career.