The Departigans
Have you seen this one?
In a gritty backyard, two policemen work the beat. One, Tyrone, appears to be a straight-arrow, but works for the local mob boss, Uniqua. The other, Pablo, is rough and tumble, working undercover for the good guys. Tyrone and Pablo have to duke it out at the swingset, wrestling and tumbling, until Pablo's tummy rumbles.
"Man, I could use a snack," says Pablo
"Me, too," Tyrone agrees.
They walk through the nearest back door, laughing. End movie.
I briefly owned the only copy. It was called The Departigans. It all began during my last early morning nursing shift. I was busy recording a movie from our PVR to our DVD recorder (see Betamax for my justification). Around 6:30 am, I woke Janette and headed to the shower.
A little while later (okay, fifteen minutes - I take long showers), I returned to the family room. Janette and the kids were there, watching the Backyardigans on the tv: the tv formerly tuned to the movie I was taping, The Departed.
"Um, honey, I was taping something."
"Oh, sorry? I was in Hannah's room and..." Janette proceeded to take me back in time thirty-minutes and bring me forward very... slowly... to... the... decision to watch Backyardigans.
"You could keep taping it? You'd just have some Backyardigans in the middle."
Frustrated, I ejected the DVD and tossed it in the trash. I focused on the fact that I'd have to start over. Janette apologized. And the one and only copy of The Departigans, unfinalized, moved on to parts unknown.
-- Dad
