As I flipped around the channels Sunday afternoon, I hit an HBO showing of The Blues Brothers Movie, coming in right at the end of the Cab Calloway "Minnie the Moocher" number. My son was coloring, but when Elwood and Jake got in the car, I called him over.

"Come watch one of the best car chases ever filmed."

He came, sat down on the couch, and I unpaused the movie. "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." And the fun began.

I have no idea how many cars got smashed in the process of making that sequence. I could probably look it up on IMDb, but I'm too lazy. "A lot" is an exact enough number for me. I also got to see the falling/flying station wagon. And I got to share it all with my son.

That was a good Sunday.

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