Miscellaneous: Downsizing

An NPR article I saw today describes a new game--a kind of word deflation or downsizing of familiar titles or the names of famous people in amusing ways--for example, transforming The Grapes of Wrath into The Currants of Perturbation--the brainchild of NPR writer Scott Simon and Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, which specializes in doing drastically abridged versions of the works of Shakespeare. I immediately thought of a few downsized variations on the names of some famous actors and actresses:

Cary Loan

Katharine Hepsmolder

Sean Nib

Richard Cog

Dustin Hoffboy

Robert Duvmost

Rodney Dangerplot

Ben Still

Billy Cutglass

Marlon Generico

Mary Tyler Less

Sharon Pebble

Gwyneth Paltry

Whoopi Silverberg

Kate Eastriver

Orson Springs

Claude Drizzles
Ernest Borgeight

The possibilities are endless....

Tidbits: RIP--The Rialto Cinemas Lakeside, Santa Rosa

Tonight was the last night of showings at the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside, on Summerfield Rd., not far from where I live in Santa Rosa. I had heard the place had been forced to close, but didn't realize tonight was the last night. If I had known, I would have gone. What a shame to lose such a good theater so close to home. I will miss the place and the memories associated with it. Now where do we go to see the films the big commercial houses refuse to show?