Blown-up Alfa

[McNeon@domain.elided]

The thing I remember most about the blown-up Alfa in The Godfather comes not 
from the movie but from a Saturday Night Live sketch about it. Some unknown 
SNL scriptwriter must have had a little sensitivity to what was destroyed.

In this particular piece, John Belushi played Don Corleone and Elliott Gould 
a psychiatrist. The Don, somewhat tortured, was in a group therapy session 
with, among others, Laraine Newman playing an outspoken, blonde bimbo (her 
best line, to a Corleone who wouldn't share his thoughts - "Vito, you're 
blocking!").

When the Don finally decides to open up, he first acts out the 
orange-peel-over-the-teeth scary face. Then, sobbing softly, he begins to 
speak: "They killed my son, Santino. They destroyed my son Michael's wife... 
and lovely car..."

I guess this is the kind of thing that only clutters the mind of an Alfa 
lover.

Bob McKeown
Nashville, TN

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