I’m Not Supposed to Like It, But I Do
Weeks ago I wrote a post called “I’m Supposed to Like It, But I Don’t.” Here is its opposite number: some of the uncool things I dig . . .
The Andy Griffith Show. Actually, I love that show — especially the early ones, with Don Knotts and the very small Ron Howard playing Opie.
McDonald’s hamburgers. On the one or two occasions each year when I go to McDonald’s, I always go for the (comparatively speaking) healthier fish fillets, but I still haven’t lost my childhood taste for Big Macs and Quarter Pounders. I could eat one right now . . .
Old Billy Joel songs. (Don’t wait for answers/Just take your chances/Don’t ask me why . . .)
James Baldwin’s novel Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone. A while back the author of a New Yorker profile of Baldwin wrote something like, “It’s hard for even loyal Baldwin fans to defend Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone.” But it’s the Baldwin novel closest to my heart.
Sarah Palin. Kidding. I’m kidding.
What about you? What uncool thing(s) do you dig? Tell you know who . . .
12 Responses to “I’m Not Supposed to Like It, But I Do”
(Thank gawd you are joking about Palin. You had me going there.)
I dig not having a cellphone.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is marketed to 8 year olds and yet I love this funny, beautifully crafted, animated story told in 61 episodes. (I wonder if Chris P. Li likes this, wherever he is, perhaps in Japan…)
Diana Gabaldon writes escapist fiction that works, ha. Her newest comes out in two weeks and I can’t wait.
Okay Cliff, I’ll bite.
I love “Bridezillas.” It’s so embarassing, but I could watch it for hours.
I like ABBA songs! There, I said it! And lame reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team — fond memories of childhood. Nothing wrong with a little escapism, right?
Ah, ABBA. “Dancing Queen” gives me fits of nostalgia that have little if anything to do with the quality of the song.
Am I not supposed to like this? Earth, Wind, & Fire, especially “Reasons” & “Shining Start,” & of course The Commodores (“Brick House”).
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Sorry, but the Palin joke deserves another.
Albert — you got me! Eileen: “Shining Star” is one of my favorite songs. I don’t know, that seems cool to me. The Commodores do, too. Now, if you said you liked the subsequent, unbearably sappy work of the Commodores’ frontman, Lionel Richie . . .
Okay, well how about this: women’s fashion & “lifestyle” magazines. They are so relaxing, I don’t know why.
Also, ‘Giovanni’s Room,’ while we’re talking James Baldwin, I really like that book.
I liked “Giovanni’s Room,” too. That’s the critics’ choice for Baldwin’s novels, and technically speaking it is superior to “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone,” I guess. “Train” still speaks to me more, though — probably a personal thing.
I love the old Andy Griffith shows with little Opie too. My favorite episode is “Opie the Birdman,” when Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new sling shot, and then raises the baby birds himself. Ron Howard was an incredibly sensitive child actor…when he cried I totally believed him. I’m also a big fan of The Sound of Music. I could watch Julie Andrew’s bright smile over and over.
I liked that Opie episode too, though there’s no topping “Aunt Bea’s Pickles” . . .
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