Forgot How Great "It Happened One Night" Is...

 Last night I found myself in my room with a TV, a remote control, and a wide-open option as to things to watch. Since there was no sports on last night (or no sports I wanted to watch...), I searched the available movies. The selection was less than stellar. But I did happen upon a classic...

It Happened One Night.

If you're not familiar with the movie, it's from 1934 and stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. The film was grainy, had poor sound, and the channel on which I watched had commercials...not your optimum conditions for watching a movie. Didn't matter, the writing and acting makes up for it.

It Happened One Night is a story about a woman running away from her life, mostly from her fiancee. She meets Clark Gable, a journalist and regular Joe, on a bus. It's the ultimate "meet cute." Due to some circumstances, the two end up traveling together across the east coast. As they travel, they bicker, they fight, they get to know each other until, in the end, well...you should see it.

It's the original rom-com. I'm sure there were others that came before, but this one does it so well.

I first learned of the film at college when I took a History of Film class. I loved that class. I learned so much about films and came away with a huge appreciation for the craft. The film is so simple, but executes the story so well. The dialogue and acting are wonderful.

If you haven't seen it, check it out. If you like the romantic comedy genre, it holds its own with what is being produced today. It Happened One Night continues to entertain for almost one-hundred years. It did again last night.

No Sports? No Problem...Just Check Out Classic Car Auctions

Did a little channel surfing today, since there weren't any games on that I was particularly interested to watch.

As I surfed, I ended up on a televised auto auction in progress.

It wasn't the first time I'd seen auto auctions on TV before. Sure, I've seen them, but I don't watch them very often. Thinking back, there's two main reasons for this:

1--don't have anywhere near the kind of money it would take to purchase any of these vehicles.

2--once I start watching, I'm not going to stop.

I'm not a big car guy. I mean, I'd like to be, but cars in general are expensive and when you get into rare and old cars, well...it takes things to an entirely new level. I know people who are into cars and they sacrifice other interests to pay for their hobby. Good for them.

Then rolled up a car that my brother-in-law would die for, a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle LS6 convertible. It sold for $230k. He has a classic Chevelle hard top and hopefully we'll be able to visit them in California (and not just to see the car, that will be a bonus...). 

The car sold, and a late 60's Camaro took its place. Moments later it became under new ownership to someone who, 1--has the kind of money to purchase these kinds of cars, and, 2--I'm sure whoever bought it, watches these shows a lot more than me.