Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Flashback! Bad Movies That Haunt Me: Ghost Dad

Back in 1990, a co-worker's husband died. A few months later, several of us put our heads together and come up with a list of social activities designed to get her back on her feet once she was ready. She gave us the green light, and we took her to see the newest movie release of her favorite TV star, Bill Cosby.

That's right. We took a woman who had recently been widowed to see Ghost Dad.

We didn't figure out what we had done until Cosby's Elliott Harper bit the bullet. It was about that time that several of us left the theater to get more popcorn.

In.The.Longest.Line.Possible.

8 comments:

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

That must have been the blunder of a lifetime. At least you did it as a young man.

All Click said...

This film was awesomey awesome. Pure Cosby.

Evil Twin's Wife said...

The word "ghost" in the title didn't ring any bells??? Too funny and sad, in a way.

Charleston Catholic / Clay Center Project said...

Yeah, I'm with ETW... the title should have been sort of a clue... maybe...

Funny, though. I hope she took it OK.

The Film Geek said...

The movie was discussed in this sort of reference: "Hey, let's go see that new Bill Cosby movie. You like Cos." Stuff like that. I doubt we paid much attention to the title. We should have. She was OK, it was just sorta a dumb move. And, a dumb movie...

larryosaurus said...

I say no harm done. Lots of people thought it was the sequel to Mother, Jugs, and Speed...:D

Unknown said...

D'oh!

If she didn't punch you or stop speaking to you, though, it's all right. :)

Buzzardbilly said...

That must've been a pretty awful feeling for you guys too.

When my Dad was near death, we got in the car (mom, sister, niece, and me) to drive to the hospital and The Toadies was in the CD Player right at the "do you wanna die's" in Possum Kingdom. I wasn't paying attention to the music, but apparently everyone else was. It was a pretty awkward moment.