Literally the only time I, a Brit, have ever heard the word Texarkana:
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I used to own that soundtrack on vinyl.
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They also moved the pro bowl before the super bowl because no one was watching the pro bowl. This was a few years back.
I think with a few more good ideas and some hard work we can have the NFL extend past Easter.
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Once you start looking, Texarkana is everywhere.
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Are you familiar with this classy little number from the sequel?
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My wife turned the tv on a few days ago, and this movie was on. I mangeed to watch five minutes before the overwhelming stupidity was too much. Okay maybe 10 minutes, but wow the stupid.
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Quit hitting me with the nostalgia. I was 9 and 10 in 1980, but I do remember singing along with the song (and probably my dad) back then.
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I heard someone do a bluegrass version in a pub in Birmingham. Was great
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But it’s GOOD stupid!!
(Well it was when i was a kid. I imagine it might be different to watch it now!)
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Texarkana is much more of a border town than a major metropolis. Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games has been a good place the times I’ve been there though.
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If anyone’s not familiar with the movie, yes, it’s real dumb, but “Snowman” is played by Jerry Reed and he’s one of the best guitarists who ever lived…
(Also Chet Atkins doing sweep picking in 1975 just to amaze all the metal fans who thought their guys invented it decades later).
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That’s amazing. Randall Munroe predicted that “the superbowl” would happen, eight years beforehand!
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Whenever I hear about the Olympics or the World Cup or some other less-often-than-annual sporting event, my immediate mental reaction is “are they still doing those?”. After all, many things I liked more have been cancelled, so clearly nothing is safe. (Logical fallacy left as an exercise for the reader.)
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I don’t know if I’ve seen the whole movie. I know I’ve seen the first one. but there were a surprising number of bad 70s (and early 80s) movies that are indistinguishable when you’re watching them, let alone through the fog of time.
the bit we watched – burt reynolds figures out a sling for the elephant, they cross the border into Texas and play bumper cars with the mounties (yes, those mounties, and no, I’m not making any of this up) – was just painfully dumb. I can’t imagine thinking it was any good, even if were 10. I might have liked the demolition derby bits, though.
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You, sir, are making me remember this movie.
And I don’t appreciate it.
I do enjoy the first one, though
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“The top of your head’s missing.”
“Oh no… that’s where his brain was!”
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“You have her trained. She has you trained. You’re like an old married couple.”
My wife, referring to me and “my” cat (who is old, blind, and has lived in my office, segregated from the rest the house for nearly a decade).
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So yesterday the guy I watched the Superbowl with came over for tea first with his wife and two year old. My wife says to our kids to watch their language because Ada might pick something up. Boys were great, my wife knocked a spoon on the floor and in front of the 2 year old said ‘oh, piss flaps’ 
*Edited to hide adult language
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Am expecting the phone call to hear, ‘guess what Ada said today?’
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“But can we do better than the spirit of evil?”
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