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Changing Light Bulbs
Downtown Palo Alto has a wonderful, fully restored, theater called the
Stanford
which shows old time double features. On a recent Sunday the first
feature was The Mark of Zorro (1940), a quite enjoyable flick
set in the early 1800s where the hero (Tyrone Power) played a roll of cat
and mouse avenger similar to the modern movie Batman. Before the second
feature started, I noticed a couple of ladies in the row in front gawking at
the theater decor when one commented on the chandeliers 20 feet up. She
said to her friend "I wonder how they change those light bulbs."
With a straight face I interjected: "The Stanford periodically shows
Spiderman and often at intermission he comes out on stage to demonstrate
his abilities. Once I saw Spiderman change the light bulbs." One of
the ladies stared at me in amazement and after a couple seconds her friend
said "he's only kidding!"
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