It's Saturday night, so here in Tulsa it's Movie Club night on our PBS station OETA ... http://www.oeta.onenet.net/local/movie.html ... and that means that B.J. Wexler, the wonderful host of this wonderful program, has been hosting two wonderful movies tonite.
Momma and I always looked forward to The Movie Club ... and to B.J. Wexler, who we called "The Popcorn Man." He always starts off the night by filling a big tub of popcorn, such as we ourselves always loved ... how can you have a movie without popcorn, after all? And we always loved Wexler's comments and anecdotes and 'celebrity photos" and stories sent in my viewers. And of course his inveterate enthusiasm that led Momma every now and then to say, "You know, I think you can just tell that he really likes movies." I always agreed of course.
Tonite we had The Paper Chase (1973) and one of the Pink Panther movies with Inspector Clouseau. Just before Inspector Clouseau, Wexler warned us viewers that if we were headed for the kitchen to get a bite before the movie starts, he suggested we wait, so that we wouldn't miss the opening sequence and the wonderful animated credits introducing the movie. Well, I was indeed headed for the kitchen, and stopped, to watch the beginning of the movie. Wexler was right, as always: I was very glad not to miss the opening of this movie.
Oh Momma I miss you but oh I am so glad we were able to share the joys of The Movie Club so many times.
And thank you B.J. Wexler for your gift of yourself to us and to all viewers of The Movie Club.
Charles Delacroix
Eve of the Baptism of the Lord
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