They say that we gradually turn into our parents don't they.
I remember my Dad falling asleep in front of the box in the late Seventies, the UK late-night telly whistle not even waking him up [was that high pitch noise after midnight?]. That would be my job for a while back then.
Last night, I did the same, fell asleep watching TV. It fell to my Missus to wake me up at an embarrassing 9.30pm!
After half a days gardening I was cream crackered and took myself off to bed.
I actually fell asleep during a film I had wanted to watch, The House of the Long Shadows. I was aware of this film already as its known among monster nuts like me as one of the last, if not the final movie that four of the greatest veteran horror actors came together in one project: John Carradine, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
Alas, despite being a Pete Walker film and featuring the super-scary Sheila Keith [I only need to think of her Frightmare] , it didn't grab me and sleep took me instead!
Have you seen The House of the Long Shadows?
One of the most enjoyable things to me is falling asleep while watching a movie. I can’t tell you how many times I saw the first half hour of a movie, and can’t recall the rest! SFZ
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Do you ever finish them off Zigg?
DeleteI have always been proud of the fact that, when I was very young, my Mum took me to see The Sound of Music at the cinema (heaven knows why, she knew I was an SF fan), and I slept through it! Somehow, I stayed awake for the same director's later work, Star Trek the Motion Picture!
ReplyDeleteYou slept through it! It was a Sci Fi film Kev. Julie Andrews was an alien and do re me was code for full assimilation of Earth. Didn't you know?
DeleteI used to fall asleep back when I still watched the thing. As it is, it hardly gets turned on anymore except for a couple of hours a week. Bloody thing should last a hundred years at this rate! LOL
ReplyDeleteWow! A couple of hours a week! What do you watch?
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