Sven Comes in Second –but First- St. Patrick!

The winners of the Rondo Awards- the horror genre awards, for which I was a nominee for “best horror host of 2007” have been announced- and- the winner is- a New England cable access horror hostess, “Penny Dreadfull.” Congrats to her… Sven came in second. I appreciate that so many of you took the time to vote for me.
Well, I believe a festive weekend kicks off tonight- the full-blown St. Patrick’s Day weekend! With St. Paddy’s on Monday, not only a work day, but also a day in somber Holy Week, when celebration is frowned by the church elders, the festivities start early-actually, as early as last weekend, with the South Side Irish parade. No doubt, the “Irish for a day” (or three or four days) crowd will descend upon the bars and nightspots right after work today. Saturday will be the day to view the world through green goggles, since the downtown St. Patrick’s Day parade will be taking place. And, Sunday will just be more celebrating, even if it IS Palm Sunday…which is not related to a day when Moe Howard would slap the other 2 Stooges. (That should have been a line in a Stooge short- the boys are in an ice cream shop, and Curly says “Ooooh, look!
I’ll take three fingers of rum raisin!” And Moe says- “I’ll give you a ‘palm’ sundae!”-and smacks him in the face with the palm of his hand!) Of course, some of the less religious will insist on keeping the celebration going for the TRUE St. Paddy’s Day- Monday the 17th.
I always thought we should do a joke about those adorable Irish dancing girls- the ones in the fancy green dresses, with the big piles of curls on their heads, and their arms unmoving at their sides. Something about how, as part of the tradition of the Irish dance, they are given the equivalent of a Mr. Spock-type nerve pinch that temporarily takes away the use of their arms, so they’re jumping around and high-stepping with their arms hanging limply at their sides. Or, maybe we can use this is the basis for one of our “modern-day horror menaces” that we’ve written about before- an alien race uses a light ray that paralyzes the arms of some dancers in a parade- and they learn to use their high-kicking skills to foot-fight the alien menace! Or, at least, discover that green beer is the aliens’ kryptonite…either that, or the marshmallows in Lucky Charms…
Oh, yeah…don’t forget the “classic Sven” on MeToo- tonight at 3 am (it’s either TiVo or NoDoz…)