Bring a newspaper; you’ll need it: The Historic Everett Theatre will inaugurate its classic movie series with a screening of the 1975 cult classic, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” on Saturday.
Having watched “Rocky Horror” at that very theater about 30 years ago — before it was “Historic,” and “theater” was spelled correctly — we hope the management has taken the extra step of applying Scotchgard to the carpeting and seats to protect them in the event of rice, toast, toilet paper and water pistols.
She turned me into a newt: Lawmakers in Romania’s senate have defeated a measure that would have taxed the earnings of witches and fortune tellers and would have held them liable for predictions that didn’t come true.
The president of the senate denied he felt undue pressure to kill the bill, emphasizing the point by shooting out his long, sticky toad tongue to grab a passing bug.
Shake a tail feather: A study by British behaviorists found that women are most attracted to male dancers with big flashy John Travolta-like moves, akin to “a peacock puffing out its tail,” said one researcher.
Men, if you’re trying to attack attention, you have two choices: Learn how to dance well, or go see a Romanian witch about getting yourself a peacock’s tail.
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