In the second of our “Made for TV” series (didn’t know we had one of them going on? Neither did we!), we featured the first movie made by Steven Spielberg, Duel. For almost an hour and a half we were kept on seat-edge by the seemingly relentless pursuit of a mild-mannered traveling salesman by an anonymously piloted, filthy, exhaust-spewing and stinky (one must assume) gasoline tanker. Bob deepened her lead in the Successful Suggesters list, but alas, Zofi placed Duel firmly atop her “Worst Movies Ever” list. Of course we were disappointed that she felt that way but, a round of applause from the front-row-center sofa demonstrated the film’s appeal to others.

During the “outing of the cheeses” part of the program, following the feature, some speculated about the truck as metaphor… Hey, don’t look at me! What do I know?

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