I was going to rant about how some people shouldn’t bring their
young kids to movies like
”
The Simpsons Movie,
”
but some of these people are OK about taking their kids to
R-rated movies, so why waste my time on people who are such great
parents? Enjoy your movie going experience, folks; you know who you
are.
Cartoons Aren’t for Children
Dear Red Phone:
I was going to rant about how some people shouldn’t bring their young kids to movies like “The Simpsons Movie,” but some of these people are OK about taking their kids to R-rated movies, so why waste my time on people who are such great parents? Enjoy your movie going experience, folks; you know who you are.
Red Phone:
Dear Rant:
Seven is the new 17? Red Phone was surprised by the number of small children at “The Simpsons Movie” also, and it was at a late show. But, you’re wrong about the dysfunctional Springfield family movie being R-rated. It’s actually PG-13. While much of the cartoon’s content is fairly elementary, it gets its rating for irreverent humor throughout – but what else would you expect from Homer?
On the Big Screen
Dear Red Phone:
I am very upset that the Dispatch no longer wants to print the local movie listings for us. I checked with the San Jose Mercury News. They post the listings which are free. And they do not post ads. I think as a public service the Dispatch should put the movies in for us. I’m tired of looking up movies playing in Gilroy in the Mercury.
Red Phone:
Dear Theatrics:
We’ve got your movies right here – you don’t need to go to the Merc. The Dispatch runs movie times for the Gilroy theater in its Lifestyles section of each issue (see page C2). The listings will be moving to the front section in the future, but for now you can find out what time Homer dances with spider pig just by flipping the pages.
On the Trail
Are the little white things on raisins in trail mix worms? I know there are some little pieces of the nuts, but this is something more. I had gotten a bag of trail mix at Costco and it looked to me like worms on the raisins. I remember years ago when my Mom had bought a box of raisins at the store, when she got home and opened the box to include the raisins in her bread pudding, there were little white things on the raisins and she said it was worms and took them back to the store. I love trail mix, and would like to know for sure if perhaps it is worms.
Red Phone:
Dear Munchy :
Red Phone called Costco to ask about your worm suspicions. Store manager Steve Alexander directed us to Christine Summers, a food biologist. She says the trail mix is coated with a dextrose spray, which is used so the raisins don’t stick to the rest of it. When the sugar dries it forms little white (worm-looking) dots on the raisins.
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