Disappointing my wife in bed
I bet that got your attention!
But, as in the best editorial traditions of Auntie Beeb: so much for the bait, now for the switch…
For reasons too tortuous to recount here, as herself and I were talking over tea in bed this morning, the thought of Electric Light Orchestra's I'm Alive came into my head. I tried to explain—[cough] sing
—it to her, but she was none the wiser.
I looked it up, only to find that it was from Olivia Newton-John's box office bomb, Xanadu; specifically the scene in which the muses come to life from the fresco or whatever. I've never seen the film, but I have seen that scene on YouTube before; it's funny. Funny as in so bad it's funny.
As I played the video back to her, she recognised it and her face fell. Xanadu was one of her favourite films as a child, which she'd watched repeatedly with her sister and friends. They'd marvelled at the special effects then; and now, as an adult, here they were laid bare.
I tried to lie to her that this was from the remake, which wasn't nearly as good as the original that she'd enjoyed—or was it the other way 'round? But she didn't believe me. Although it was unintentional, I still felt bad for bringing that scene to her adult attention. (sad)
Some things should just stay in the past. (oldman)