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February 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 26: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Neal Page is a high-strung marketing executive. Del Griffith is goodhearted but he’s annoying. He  sells shower curtain rings. Neal and Del spend three days together trying to make it home to their families for thanksgiving – they live in the same city, but ahead of a chance encounter, a taxi cab muck-up and then […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, 1987, Blog, Comedy, Del Griffith, Film, John Candy, Movie, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 26, Movies of My Life # 26: Planes, Neal Page, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Steve Martin, Trains & Automobiles ·

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January 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Another Couple of Balls and An Extra Set of Fingers

Neal Page is a high-strung marketing executive. Del Griffith is goodhearted but he’s annoying. He  sells shower curtain rings. Neal and Del spend three days together trying to make it home to their families for thanksgiving – they live in the same city, but ahead of a chance encounter, a taxi cab muck-up and then […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Another Couple of Balls and An Extra Set of Fingers, Del Griffith, Film, John Candy, John Hughes, Movie, Neal Page, Planes Trains And Automobiles, Poem, Poem: Another Couple of Balls and An Extra Set of Fingers, Steve Martin ·

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