The Colbert Questionnaire, The Mandalorian and Grogu ...

It has been pouring rain for a few days, here, and it will continue this holiday weekend, so we've needed to adjust plans for indoor activities.

I have been watching the lead-up shows to the Colbert finale, which honestly, I enjoyed MUCH better!

It was Stephen's turn to sit in the hot-seat of the "Colbert Questionnaire" and be asked the questions by a bevy of celebrity guests from Billy Crystal to Robert DeNiro to Weird Al Yankovic, and from his wife, Evie.  😊

(Someone told me Michelle Obama was one of the questioners, but that is not the case.)

MUCH more genuinely funny, and also a bit sentimental.

Again, laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.

I saw a bit more of what I felt was missing from the finale, Stephen's ability to connect almost empathically with his audience, and the jokes and laughter didn't feel as forced, they felt more genuine again. 

Unlike other late-night talk show hosts, Stephen has an ability to assess and adjust his tone to the audience's mood, that night, whereas other talk-show hosts don't care, they just keep on with whatever spiel they have planned. 

That's sort of what we saw in the finale, IMO, but I guess Stephen went out the way he wanted to regardless for a change, which I get.

(Except I do still miss seeing a "best moments" montage, but that's okay, YouTube has done it for us.)

Otherwise, we are going to see my Pedro AND Sigourney Weaver AND Grogu in "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" later today!!!!

I'm digging the old-school style movie poster, by the way.

And Memorial Day used to be the kickoff to blockbuster movie summers, a trend that kind of faded away during the 2010s, so I'm glad to see its return, I hope?

I know there's streaming now,  but going to the actual theater to see a movie used to be an event, especially from Memorial Day on, back in the day. 

Thus, I am SUPER excited for a multitude of reasons - one of them being this is the first time I've stepped foot in an actual movie theater since before COVID, no joke. 

Partly because it's cheaper to stream and partly because though I'm fully vaccinated, much of my state of Kentucky is NOT - and having had COVID despite being vaccinated - albeit milder - I still say "No, thank you," I would not care to have it again..)

Now, I wanted to see it at the Kentucky Theater - a classic, marqueed, Art Deco-style theater built in 1921 in downtown Lexington.

But alas, they're not showing it there yet. 

Thus, we're doing it IMAX, large popcorn with extra butter, ICEES, ALL of that - pretending we're carefree kids again for a couple of hours.

I'll let you know how it is?

Off to the movies!!!