rising tide lifts all boats

I feel like I've done so much today... and it's only early afternoon!

It all started with Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart on a show I rarely watch.

I'd only tuned in because the two friends were listed as guests and the hour-long show was in its downhill side, meaning less chance of the hosts babbling about nonsense.

Perfect timing!

I even got to watch the banter between Snoop and Martha while they made punch!

Truly was quite entertaining!

Then I bounced off to catch Pharrell Williams' new movie... and Snoop was in it!

"Piece By Piece" was a novel documentary, done with Legos instead of a usual human cast, but it occurred to me that those little bricks were absolutely perfect for portraying the man at the center of the story.

After all, "Lego" means "play well" in English, and his story was full of him playing well with others, providing the music for artists in different genres.

My favorite story, though, was him deriving his inspiration for "Happy" from something as simple as watching his toddler at play in the bathtub - how cool is that?

Afterward, the other viewer and I chatted about our eclectic movie tastes.

That's when I told her what I liked most about this animated documentary was that it showed Pharrell as a "rising tide [that] lifts all boats".

She was unfamiliar with the quote from John F. Kennedy, so we talked a bit more. 

Nice to know the 51-year-old Pharrell has such a great philosophy!

Then I realized that the other two movies in this A*List share that outlook.

In "The Nightmare Before Christmas", Jack Skellington's life revolves around the year-long process of making Halloween the best it can be for his town's inhabitants, doing whatever is needed to keep all feeling fulfilled and happy.

Then there's "Saturday Night", a documentary about Lorne Michaels trying to put on a new television show that would share with the world the joy of a night out in New York City, where you never knew what, or who, you might find in a little club as you wander about.

What a job he had herding all those actors for that very first episode!

Kudos to the casting director, John Papsidera, for getting the look, and mannerisms, right for all those well-known actors I had so enjoyed!

Nice to realize I had a theme, after all, for this dance card!