Cat Dancers

Saw an interesting show on HBO2 called “Cat Dancers”.

About a 70 year old guy, who in his life had a love, was a ballet dancer, and raised wild cats and did a traveling Sigfried and Roy-esque show.

Not to give away the whole documentary, but ultimately they add a 3rd young man to their relationship, and adopt an inbred white tiger.

The white tiger ultimately killed the woman he loves after killing the young man they both loved.

Although the guy was kinda creepy, I gotta tell you, this show represented some aspects of life that are dark and dismal.  A real raw and primal film.  Not sure I liked it but I respect it.

If you can’t say anything nice….

I remember an easter present from my mother.  I would have sworn it was Peter Cottontail, and the character said:

 

If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.

Now how profound is that?  Dale Carnegie would be proud.

So I’m trying to remember if around 1978 there was a Peter Cottontail record, or if I got a thumper record.

Apparently this quote is most attributed to Thumper, from Bambi http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034492/quotes .

Now I do remember Mr. Cottontail as so:

Now Thumper is much different, as follows:

 

 

 

That’s my recollection of saying nice things.  Thumper and/or Peter Cottontail.  I wonder how Dale Carnegie thought about this.