IMPONDERABLE

Jeff Quinton over at Backcountry Conservative is a good guy, so don’t go thinking that I’m piling on here. He’s an early-adopter who gave a try to the new Krispy Kreme donut smoothie. And he gave it a rather positive review:

The Original Kreme frozen blend was the closest thing to a Krispy Kreme doughnut I’ve ever had besides a Krispy Kreme doughnut. The whipped cream mixed in with the blend was the finishing touch that tasted just like the glazing on the doughnuts.

It sounds tasty, and if I ever get to West Allis again, I’ll probably try one. But what I can’t figure out is this: who needs a drinkable donut, and what’s the point of selling drinkable Krispy Kremes at Krispy Kreme? You’re at the store. Buy a flippin’ donut. I could understand selling this at the hinterland gas stations that sell KKs for a couple hours in the mornings–this would be a way of satisfying the KK jones of slugabeds like me. Selling it at the store, though–that’s just beyond me.

KEILLOR + ALTMAN

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune comes word that director Robert Altman is about to begin work on a film loosely based on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio show:

Keillor said Altman is thinking of the story “as a fictional documentary, but I think it’s just a big joke — with Miss Streep and Lily Tomlin as a fading sister duet act, and Tom Waits and Lyle Lovett as Dusty and Lefty, the singing cowboys.”

Judge said “Prairie Home Companion” is likely to be the film’s title: “We certainly want to take advantage of the audience who knows and listens to the program.”

I would go see this movie, and I don’t even listen to APHC. But I do have wonderful memories of Keillor’s book WLT: A Radio Romance, one of the finest light novels (in my opinion) of the 90s.

The article notes that financing for this movie is still pending, but I can’t imagine it being too tricky to arrange with such known and beloved quantities involved.