A Good Imagination and a Pile of Junk

Favorite Harvey Korman line of all time:

History of the World Part I:

“Don’t get saucy with me Bearnaise!”

Unfortunately I was 7 when I saw that the first time and aside from understanding by the timing that it was supposed to be a joke, had NO idea why it was funny.

Things from my childhood I rarely go through and systematically re-evaluate. I plod through it as I will.

So about 7 years ago (at 32 and change) I was idling at a bar, drinking my drink when out of no where my brain just stopped. You know, that moment where a part of your head just says “hold it hold it hold IT!” I started laughing… hard.

Uncontrollably.

The bartender paused, waiting for me to take a breath that wasn’t forthcoming.

“Don’t…..” *gasp*
“Don’t get… Don’t…. don’t get saucy …… with me …. Bearnaise! BWAHAHAHAHAHA.”

*falls off the barstool howling like a monkey*

After a couple of those “ok, that poor bastard’s just weird” dismissive head shakes I get from time to time and a few more minutes of purple-faced laughter I finally composed myself.

“Don’t get saucy with me bearnaise! I just got it! Mel Brooks… Like the sauce! Saucy!” BWAHAHA!
“Aren’t you like 30 something?”
“Uh huh.” I grabbed a cocktail napkin to blow my nose and rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand, still chuckling with occasional outbursts, muttering “saucy” under my breath.
“And you JUST got that.”
“Uh huh.” *sniffle*
“When’s the last time you saw the movie?”
“Like 15 years ago.”
“What made you think of that?” I paused…
“Sometimes I just think funny things.” I said through an inebriated haze. (Old timer at the other end of the bar chuckled.)
“What’s there to get? It’s bearnaise… the sauce… don’t get saucy. ha ha.”
Again I lost it.
“How many bars you been to tonight?”
“Just here.”
She shook her head and walked away, mildly amused but mostly perplexed. One of my favorite affects to have on people.

(h/t to Leeann for sparking the memory.)

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