![]() Random Acts of Badness: My Story $7.99 I wasn't sure what to expect when I sat down to read Random Acts. By the end of the prologue, just four pages, I knew that I absolutely loved this book! It's sometimes dark, sometimes sad, sometimes even tragic, but always, ALWAYS funny. I cried a little, I laughed a lot and once or ten times I did both at the same time. I not only peeked through a small window into the life and soul of Danny Bondauce, I also took away lessons on life, perseverance and love. At it's core this book is really a love letter from Danny to his wife, and I think anyone who reads it will feel as fortunate as I do just because we were allowed inside the madness at all. ![]() The 70's Bellbottoms to Boogie Shoes $19.95 Even with the realization that I may be viewing my childhood through the rose-colored glasses of sentimental reminiscence, I can't believe that this DVD attempts to pass itself off as a well-rounded view of the seventies. It seemed as though each year had its mention of the sexuality of the period, along with views of scantily clad women, a couple of takes on the Rocky Horror Picture Show, mentions of Sex Shows and Gonorrhea, and even some female streakers, which they saw fit to replay at a later time in the show... just when you thought you were past all the streakers, etc. they would play the same footage again. At the beginning, this movie was billed as one which would be suitable for adults and children... I don't know many people who would appreciate their children viewing streakers and discussions of gonorrhea and sex shows, etc. No mention at all of the superb automobiles of the seventies, with their jacked-up rear ends and sqealing tires... the bicycles we all had with banana seats and tassels on the handlebars... the only TV shows mentioned were The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, and Saturday Night Live. There was plenty of commentary by The Village People, and the actor who played Greg Brady. Danny Bonaduce talked really quickly, with very little inflection, racing through the dubious points of interest. I found this DVD to be a big disappointment. People who were small children in the 70's are very unlikely to find any connection between the topics chosen for this film, and the actual lives they lived during that time... |
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