The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Still round the corner we may meet...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[JenB]

Well, as long as he's not an evil dentist. But I had braces, so I hate dentistry.

[Corin Stormhands]

This is my childhood dentist...

[RosieCotton]

I've seen that picture before, but I have no idea what it's from or what it really means.

I still have the same dentist I had when I was five. He's strangely unchanged. Kinda spooky.

[JenB]

One of my favorite 'James Herriot' stories is the one where he's enlisted in the RAF and had to get some dentistry. This guy comes at him with a hammer and chisel. It made me scared to go to the dentist for years.

[Corin Stormhands]

It's from the movie version of "Little Shop of Horrors." Steve Martin plays the evil dentist/boyfriend.

[JenB]

That's Steve Martin?!

[RosieCotton]

Oh, you young whippersnapper, you! ;-)

[JenB]

But - but - I think Steve Martin's great, absolutely hilarious, but he has white hair, you know.

[SuziQ]

Especially since I'll be told yet again to get braces, which I can't afford, never could afford, and never will be able to afford.

Do you have a dental plan at work? You could have your dentist 'prescribe' braces. They ARE necessary sometimes to get the teeth in the right place to make your jaw be under not so much stress, which is a cause of headaches, etc. Also, I don't think they are as expensive as they used to be. Seems like Joseph's were cheaper than Clare's, but that may have been that his teeth didn't need as much adjusting as hers.

[Corin Stormhands]

Martin's hair was darkened for that movie. But it was also done in 1986.

[RosieCotton]

Dental plan barely touches orthodontics. And for me, it WOULD be just cosmetic. At this point, I'm far too ancient to want to deal with something for purely cosmetic reasons, especially as it would cost into the thousands for me.

[SuziQ]

Clare got a new issue of Magic Knights Rayearth at Anime Boston.

[JenB]

I like Steve Martin! He hasn't been in many good movies lately, though. Well, we do mean to see Cheaper by the Dozen at some point.

I've never seen that particular film, though. Was it any good?

[JenB]

Does she like Magic Knights Rayearth? I haven't looked at that one. How about Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances)? I've heard it's pretty good for girls' manga but I can't find the first volumn anywhere.

[SuziQ]

But - but - I think Steve Martin's great, absolutely hilarious, but he has white hair, you know.

He didn't 20 something years ago when that movie was made! ;o)

[JenB]

He looks good with white hair, though!

[Corin Stormhands]

It's a movie version of the stage musical. The lead is played by Rick Moranis. But it's not your typical musical.

[RosieCotton]

He looks good either way, IMO.

Though I prolly shouldn't say that about someone older than my Dad.

[RosieCotton]

I have no idea what that story is about...but Rick Moranis and Steve Martin in one movie could be a hoot.

[Corin Stormhands]

From Rotten Tomatoes

Based on the Roger Corman cult classic, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS slams together twisted humor, a singing plant, a sadistic dentist, and sweet and oblivious love between two skid-row denizens into a rollicking musical well worth watching again and again. Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene portray perfectly clumsy Seymour and bubbly but easily dominated Audrey as they search for a way off skid row. A strange and unusual plant Seymour found after an eclipse might be their ticket out, but the plant Seymour calls Audrey II also desires a strange and unusual food: blood. Audrey’s abusive boyfriend, Orin, a dentist who enjoys inflicting pain (played to the hilt by Steve Martin), is the first to go, but who will be next? And will Audrey II's hunger ever end?

Moranis and Greene sing with verve and passion, making each song a joy, and the cartoonish sets recall a stage musical even as Frank Oz wields the camera skillfully to make the most of the movie format. Fans of musicals shouldn’t miss this movie, and nonfans will soon be converts.