The Rocky Horror Picture Show

In the Midnight, double feature, picture shooowww, F**k the back row! Wow remember that! A chilly Autumn night back in the late 80's, props stuffed in your coat, GCC Northeast parking lot, guys in drag, women in French Maid outfits, guys in their underwear, all lifestyles young and old, gay and straight, male and female, all comming together for one 2 hour event....The Rockey Horror Picture Show! I am writing this because last night I fell asleep on my couch and woke up at about 2:30 only to see my step-daughter watching the RHPS on the Retro Channel. I woke up in the middle of the Time Warp Dance, and watched it up until Dr. Scott came crashing through the wall in his wheel chair. I caught myself screaming at the TV at 3am BRAD, JANET, DOCTOR SCOTT, ROCKY, F**K OFF, BRAD, JANET, DOCTOR SCOTT, ROCKY, F**K OFF! I knew at this point, I should turn it off because I would probably wake the rest of the house up, so I did and Time Warp Dance continued to play through my mind the rest of the night. I have seen the RHPS way too many times to remember and each time it got better, not the movie because the plot really sucked, but the extracurricular activities especially the spectator participation really rocked! On a typical Saturday night, I would pick up my cousin Rita up from the Dunkin Doughnuts that she worked at around 11pm. We would hookup there with our other friends or tailgate in the GCC parking lot till we could get in and get our usually seats in the back so that we could avoid getting wallopped by the IFO's (Idetifiable Flying Objects, more on that later). Our IFO's included rice, toast or stale crescent rolls from Dunkin Doughnuts, and loaded water guns. The part that made RHPS great was audience participation! For those who never seen it on the Big Screen, you lived a sheltered life! There was nothing like bodies mashing together in the aisles doing the Time Warp Dance, singing, YELLING & CURSING AT THE SCREEN, throwing rice & toast up in the air and forward towards the screen at the appropriate time, soaking the people in front of you with your water guns, watching costumed people act out the movie, YELLING & CURSING AT THE SCREEN (oops I did say that already didn't I), and most of all just being able to unwind and blow off steam and just let it all out! With all this going on, I never once witnessed a fight at all! Pretty amazing huh? Especially with all the shit flying through the air and the YELLING & CURSING at the top of your lungs, nobody stood up to fight or argue, you knew what you were getting into when you went. I used to live for Saturday nights when for 2 hours a week you could forget all your problems, unwind, hang with your friends, and just be yourself! Sunnie just told me that around Halloween each year at the Bucks County Play House they put this on, is it the movie or a play, I just don't know, but I will find out and would like to get a group together (Yes this means you RMKP {my cousin Rita} and the old gang) for a night where we could really go back to the days of old & be free to be ourselves and just have carefree fun for 2 hours! b.0.b