The Easter Dinner

THE FUTURIST! is a bit late in posting these photos,

but he has been busy the last few days.

Above is the cooked boneless leg of lamb

which was mentioned in the preceding post of Easter Sunday.

THE FUTURIST! apologizes to any Vegans who read

this blog ( he can think of one ) but the succulent

sight of this deliciously seasoned meal

is too beautiful to NOT display.

And this is what it looked like

when nestled between fresh carrots and boiled potatoes

on THE FUTURIST!'s Easter plate:

IT was accompanied by a glass of Pinot Noir

and THE FUTURIST!'s Janus Films mug

which was awaiting boiling water for the satisfying

after meal pleasure of Green Tea.

Oh, it was grand.

The Easter Lamb

The boneless leg of lamb

purchased at a Costco in Hackensack, N.J.

The very same city in New Jersey

that Lex Luthor fired one of his atomic missiles

at in Richard Donner's SUPERMAN (1978)

4.61 pounds.

Cost: $27.61

This shall be THE FUTURIST!'s Easter dinner.

Isn't it beautiful?

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The BANACEK Turtleneck

THE FUTURIST! found out that The Amazing Frollo is working at The NBC Store near Rockefeller Plaza in New York. He asked The Amazing Frollo if they had any discounts on items from old NBC television programs. For instance, did they have any discounted BANACEK turtlenecks? It appears they do not. It's a pity. THE FUTURIST! was thinking of wearing one this Easter weekend with a hounds tooth sport coat. THE FUTURIST! wasn't going to solve any fraudulent insurance scams involving disappearing Brink's armored trucks or art objects. He just wanted to go bow tie-less this Easter. No turtleneck, no cigarillos, no sport coat ... but he will have that glass of whatever Banacek is having.

Saturday Music at The Minor Super Market

THE FUTURIST! is not going to attend a family Easter dinner again this year. It will mark the 3rd year in a row he has decided not to be present at an Easter holiday repast. Growing up, THE FUTURIST! loved two holidays the very most ... Thanksgiving and Easter. Easter meant springtime and renewal and lovely weather and chocolate and hard boiled eggs and the public television station airing of EASTER PARADE or THE BAND WAGON or SINGIN' IN THE RAIN or a week of movie biblical melodramas with wooden acting, swelling Miklos Roza scores and large breasted women in revealing outfits and lots of Max Factor make-up being wooed by men garbed in metal breastplates, sandals and holding jeweled goblets ... oh, and a very attractive, non-Jewish or Semitic looking actor playing Jesus.

THE FUTURIST! can't avoid the Thanksgiving family gathering, but he has successfully been able to parachute out of the Easter feast. He remembers his small family gathering of years past that was so warm and comforting, but it has morphed into a larger event with in-laws and children and gripes about jobs, illness and what is happening with the kids' friends' Moms and other minutiae that is, oh, so boring. THE FUTURIST! just doesn't care and he will just drink more white wine to dull his senses and fall asleep while the monotone yakking goes on and on and on ... so, instead he will stay home and cook his own lovely Easter meal and watch an appropriate film. Maybe, THE ROBE or KING OF KINGS or CLEOPATRA or a bright cheery musical.

Therefore, he must buy some lamb for his Easter dinner. The family gathering never features lamb. It is always turkey or ham. THE FUTURIST! loves a nice juicy lamb. He never has it all year. This is HIS TIME for the succulent taste of a lamb leg or shank or butt cut. He usually buys the butt cut because it is just enough for a solo meal with some leftovers.

This week he will have to shop for a good piece. Last year, he purchased a very good offering at the Utter Despair Minor Super Market (owned by the Minor Bros) When shopping at The Minor Super Market, you can hear the type of music which is featured below. Where else would you hear this kind of musical accompaniment while prodding melons, reading cereal boxes, leaving that half gallon of ice cream in the canned vegetable aisle after you decided NOT to buy it ... AND checking for a good lamb butt?

Listen:


TULA LUPA
performed by The Erwin Lehn Beat-Brass

Alfred Hatchchick's THE PEEPS!

Last Supper Artifact

THE FUTURIST! bid on this rare archeological find at Finchbury's Gallery in Utter Despair, N.J. It is the original LAST SUPPER TV TRAY! Scientific analysis proves that Jesus had not bread and wine served, but Yankee style Turkey, mixed peas and carrots, mashed potatoes (with real giblet gravy), Apple Cobbler and a side of blasphemy! (ba-ba-ding!)

Easter Morning Memory of the Past

THE FUTURIST! awoke this Easter morning with a shocking memory of a Easter morn years and years ago. Most evenings he uses The Seussonoras Cerebral Slumber Sensor to record his dreams during the wee hours. On this Easter morning, THE FUTURIST! awoke to rewind the recorder and found this still from a past memory. THE (then) YOUNG FUTURIST! probed an electrical outlet in the kitchen and received several volts of energy from the Utter Despair Power Company. He was unconscious for quite awhile and missed out on the family Easter Egg Hunt ... but, much like Our Savior, he rose from the dead in time for the afternoon Lamb dinner. It was quite a delicious repast, however, THE YOUNG FUTURIST! noticed everything tasted metallic.

Shocking Bunny History!

INFAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF

THE RUMORED ASSOCIATION OF

THE FUEHRER and THE FUEHR-HARE!