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Karl Straub's avatar

Man, I’d forgotten about this film. I saw it in the theater, when I was too young to understand anything but the title. “Who’s that guy?” “That’s Simon.” “Oh, I get it.”

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Lance Hansen's avatar

Oh my god!! I so wanna do this one, but I just can’t sadly

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Michael Dooley's avatar

this is my first-ever interaction with any sort of Substack. i'm already an AB lifetime subscriber but i just now read an email from Mike, something about Alan Arkin, Viral Load, and Upgrade to Paid. so here i am, with no idea wtf is happening, or even if i'm in the right place. ah, well. hi, Mike!

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Michael Gerber's avatar

You are in the right place! You will get an email Friday with an essay I’m in the middle of.

A group of us just watched the 1980 comedy “Simon” with Alan Arkin.

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Jeremy's avatar

Watched it, since I'm likely unable to watch along with you. Glad I did. Don't miss the brief appearance of Keith Szarabajka, the pride of Oak Park.

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Michael Gerber's avatar

What? Where?

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Michael Pershan's avatar

Anybody following along is welcome to introduce themselves and join us on the app. If you don't have the app installed, go ahead and comment here as you watch.

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Prof. Don R. Mueller's avatar

He could have taken over for Uncle Simon: Twilight Zone S-5 E-8.

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