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Whenever I get lost, I just assume I’m in Yonkers  

But then you have to move in with Grandma and Crazy Aunt Bella.

What on earth are you talking about?

You make a cultural reference, and you have no clue about the source material.  Awesome stuff, Jeremy.  

So, today's Sametime Status is a slight modification of a joke I make just about every time I travel towards New York City.  This usually involves passing through the city of Yonkers, New York.  Yonkers is not only a town with a magnificent name, it is one of the last northern suburbs of New York City you pass through before you get to The Bronx.  

It's also the subject of a Richard Dreyfuss movie.

Good Lord, Jeremy..."Lost In Yonkers" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play which debuted in 1990. The movie version didn't come out for another three years.  

So, pretty much every time I find myself in Yonkers, I make the same stupid joke.  It never gets better, and it never will, but that will also never stop me from making it again.  I look to the nearest sign that says "Yonkers," and say to whoever is unfortunate enough to be within listening range, "Oh, Yonkers.  I got lost here once."  It's guaranteed to get a laugh or a slap upside the head.  Usually nothing in between.  

It's also complete nonsense, because the play has absolutely nothing to do with people getting physically lost.  This fact is completely lost on Jeremy.

It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for high comedy.  Anyway, the same joke backwards applies as well.  If you ever get lost, just make the assumption that you're in Yonkers.  You now know exactly where you are.  It's really helpful, and cultural all at the same time. 

If, of course, you completely ignore any and all cultural significance to the cultural reference you just made.  

Save Me A Playbill

So, that poster I saw for Bruce Willis in a Broadway show wasn’t a joke?

Yippie ki yay, mother...

...So today's Sametime Status is brought to you by the fact that I saw a poster that made me do a double-take not long ago.  I actually had to do a second double-take not long after.  You'll see what I mean. 

I'm not making this up, actually.  It is 100% true that action film star Bruce Willis  (Die Hard, The Whole 9 Yards) will be making his Broadway debut.  It's not that Bruce Willis isn't a talented guy who can probably do very well in a Broadway play, it just seems a little strange that his career would take a turn like this.  It's not especially common for action film stars to take on Broadway roles...or, quite frankly, the other way around.  It's also worth noting here that the play he's in (at least I believe this is the case) is NOT a musical.  You may be breathing a sigh of relief, but that's actually a little unjustified, as Bruce Willis is a Reasonably Accomplished Musician, who actually wrote some of the songs for the soundtrack to The Whole Nine Yards, among other things.  Every day is a learning day!  

So, on the surface, it seemed a little strange that Bruce would be doing the Broadway thing.  Maybe it'll work out.  He's starring in a play with Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne, The Big Bang Theory).  

They'll be starring in a stage adaptation of "Misery."  There's your second double-take.  Yes, the Stephen King novel about the psychotic literary fan holding her favorite author hostage in a cabin is coming to the stage!  This in no way seems like a good idea.  Oh well...people will see it just to watch Bruce Willis to see if he dies, hard or otherwise.  I won't spoil it for you.