Channel Surfing Might Induce Flashbacks

by John M. Ellison IV

I was channel surfing and the “Mom and Pop Store” episode of Seinfeld was on. There were a few good “Midnight Cowboy” references in it. But, that’s what this isn’t about.

This reminded me of when I was in 4th grade and I had a baby tooth falling out and a busted finger from getting my finger caught in the door from the previous week. I remember being in my room and I was channel surfing and feeling low due to not being able to draw because of my at the time busted finger.. I noticed Seinfeld was on. I’ve never really watched Seinfeld before then. I didn’t see the whole episode, but, I caught the credits of it. It was the end of the episode and you had Kramer and Jerry on a bus parodying the end scene of “Midnight Cowboy.” The dialogue was…

With a busted finger and a loose tooth, I could relate to that scene.

Anyway, I remember being in lunch period and I was sitting next to this girl. I can’t remember who she was or if we were even in the same class, but I made a reference to that episode with the line “I’m falling apart!”
Naturally, she didn’t get the joke. Moral of the story…I have no idea.