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| 'The X-Files' season 9, episode 13, 'Improbable' |
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| 'The X-Files' season 9, episode 13, 'Improbable' |
I had not heard of the tune/song Poinciana until I was watching Burt Reynolds miming the words to the song in 'The X-Files' episode 13 from season 9, 'Improbable' which I watched for the first time a few weeks back when I spent a month or two working my way through 217 episodes of that crap TV show, because of a Christopher Knowles co-written book about 'The X-Files' I pulled off my bookshelf and read last year -
The Endless American Midnight?
Lyrics for the song were completed in about thirty minutes by Buddy Bernier, who cited as his inspiration a postcard of a royal poinciana tree he'd recently received from Florida.
My father passed away on 13/9 in 2016 and my mother scattered his ashes under the poinciana tree in their backyard, which he grew from a seed.
Oddly enough, 'Improbable' is episode 13 in season 9, and I notice that episode aired the night before my father's birthday of April 8th, back in 2002;-)
Mum didn't think that one through though about dad's ashes, as she ended up selling the house and dividing the money up to give to us kids before she died from the cancer that was killing her (she is still alive by the way).
Ironically that episode was all about numerology and focused on the numbers 3, 6 and 9.
And Burt passed away in real life on the 6th of September, 2018.
That's 6/9 or 9/6, depending what part of the world you happen to live in.
In Australia we write September 6th as 6/9.
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| 'The X-Files' season 9, episode 13, 'Improbable' |
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| F=6, B=2, I=9 (6 to 9?-) |
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| The elephant in the room?-) |
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| Remember the days of trunk calls?-) |
In this X-Files episode Burt Reynolds character plays "Mr. Burt" and it is rather ambiguous whether he is meant to be the devil, a trickster, God ... or all three.
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| 'The X-Files' season 9, episode 13, 'Improbable' |
My take is that the Asian woman who deals Wayneo the cards at the beginning of the show is meant to be "God" and Burt plays a tricksterish offsider to God to try and steer Wayneo away from his selfish loser egotistical self.
So, I guess a crappy X-Files episode starring Burt Reynolds can turn out rather meaningful with some 2020 hindsight?-)
U.F.O. is the Debut Album by Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter Jim Sullivan, Released in 1969?-)
While I never crossed paths with Burt Renyolds in this lifetime, I did cross paths with Bill Bennett, who wrote and directed the movie 'Tempted' starring Burt, and this was the movie Bill was working on when he claims an inner voice stopped him from going through an intersection where a vehicle ended up running a red light -I'm not someone who is into numerology, but I do take notice of signs, songs and numbers that puzzle me as I walk through this life.
The fact that "Mr. Burt" asks for a packet of Morleys (cigarettes) before Wayneo sits down next to him at the bar would seem to identify "Mr. Burt" with the Smoking Man in the TV series of 'The X-Files', so I guess "Mr. Burt" ain't meant to be "God" in this episode, especially when the final scenes take place in Wayneo's basement:-)
On a personal note, my older brother who passed away last year was named Wayne.
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| Recent music I have added to my Poinciana song/tune collection:-) |
"Poinciana" has become a standard of Latin jazz: the theme song of pianist Ahmad Jamal – whose version, introduced on the 1958 album At the Pershing: But Not for Me, would be showcased on the soundtrack of the 1995 film The Bridges of Madison County.
The song has also been recorded by Frank Sinatra, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Vic Damone, Keith Jarrett, Percy Faith, McCoy Tyner, Diane Schuur, Caterina Valente, Robert Goulet, The Four Freshmen, MFSB, The Manhattan Transfer, Steve Lawrence (his inaugural disc and a chart hit with #21 peak), Lew Tabackin, Gerry Mulligan with Chet Baker, Cal Tjader, Jerome Richardson, Shelly Manne, Billy Taylor, Booker Ervin, Aaron Goldberg, Gato Barbieri, Gary Burton, Lou Donaldson, and Vulfpeck.
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| July 2 commemorates the supposed UFO crash in the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident |
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| 'The X-Files' season 9, episode 13, 'Improbable' |
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| Written and directed by Bill Bennett |
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| Clifton Webb passed away on 10/13/66:-) |
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| Chris Carter was born on 10/13/56, hence 10 13 Productions |
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| Dreamboat (1952) Soundtrack |
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| 'The X-Files' season 9, episode 13, 'Improbable' |
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| 'The X-Files' season 9, episode 13, 'Improbable' |
That's probably only the second Anne Francis movie I've seen in my life, the other being 'Forbidden Planet':-)
My father's funeral was held on Anne Francis' birthday of September 16th in 2016 I just realized:-)
I would have seen Anne on the 'Kung Fu' TV episode 'Night of the Owls, Day of the Doves' back in the 70s, as that was one of my favourite TV shows to watch when growing up.
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| Starring Anne Francis as Ida Quinlan |
UPDATE: January 31st, 2021
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| I wonder if that's classed as an X-File? |
Five of the men died that morning on Tyler Street, with one survivor identifying all three shooters.
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