Prime Time

The phone rang at 8:00 am.

I picked it up, saw Blake’s name and said, “Good morning son.
What’s happening?”

“Great news Dad, “We Need Rent Money” (WNRM) is on Amazon
Prime. People can now buy it ($4.99) or rent it ($1.99).”

I thought, “Wow, is this really happening? Am I dreaming? Primal parental pride. I’ve been
waiting for over two years to hear those words. I often wondered, if I’d ever hear
them. I witnessed Blake traveling on this long bumpy road, from pre-production to production to post
production, from film festivals—some wins, some losses, from reviews—some
fabulous, some not so fabulous. And finally to the end of the road—film
distribution.”

“Congratulations, son. You made it to the big time. You’re in prime
time. Your feature film is on Amazon. Mom and I are so proud of you.

“Thanks Dad.”

 Well, Blake, how do you feel?”

“Dad, I feel great. But I got leave for work. I just wanted to call you
with the good news. I’ll call you later. Bye-bye.”

“Bye son. Congrats again.”

As I hung up the phone, I thought, “I’ll make a cup of coffee, turn on
the TV and watch WNRM. I’ll be Blake’s first Prime customer.”

As the coffee perked, I thought and smiled, “I’ve subscribed to Amazon
Prime for a long time and now I’m finally getting my money’s worth.”

With my Blockbuster coffee mug in one hand and my remote in the other, I
turned on the set.

 I scanned my choices looking for the curved smiling logo of Amazon Prime. I clicked on it, moved the arrow to the search tab and clicked again.

The keyboard appeared and I typed in “We Need Rent Money.”

Five movie posters appeared on the screen. There it was! The movie’s vibrant,
yellow and black poster of a young man smoking on a joint.

I smiled, one of those ear-to-ear prime parental pride smiles.

Then I studied the other four films posters:

1. Prime’s “We Need To Talk About Kevin.” A movie that I have never heard of;

2. ShowTime’s, “We Need To Talk About Cosby” with Bill’s profile and
he’s wearing a Koos van den Akker, red, green, and blue wool sweater made famous from the
Cosby show;

3. “We Need A Little Christmas” with its beautiful Christmas tree
and a family tossing silver and red tree ornaments and candy canes at each
other;

4. For some mysterious reason, “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” rounded out
the last of the “We Need” Films. I’m guessing that there are only
four “WE Need ” movies on stock with Prime. The poster shows the
Grinch sitting in a red leather chair with his dog on his lap. The dog appears to be wagging its tail and asking, “Why are we here with these “WE Need” movies?”

Well, we need customers to buy or rent Blake’s movie. You’ve been reading the WNRM blogs for quite a while and asking when and where can I see the movie. Well, here’s your chance to go to on Amazon Prime and give it a look.

You’ll laugh your head off.

And if you don’t, you’re that Grinch in that Dr. Seuss cartoon.

1. Loved reading the comments you made about your son with his, “Great news Dad.”
   Something a parent doesn’t always get.
   So, this was great news from you. Have a happy Needing Rent—James

2. How exciting and what a tremendous accomplishment for Blake! I know how proud his Parents are . I hope he continues to be successful in his movie career.—Lois

3. Thumbs up.—Connie

4. Thumbs up.—Laurie

5. Thumbs up.—Perry

6. Perry, Thanks for sharing.—Mort

7. Thumbs up.—Naomi

8. Thumbs up.—Joanne

9. Thumbs up.—Blake

10. Mazel tov. —Roger

11. Excellent.—Howard

12. Thumbs up.—Aimee

13. Thumbs up.—Sampson

14. Thumbs up.—Judi

15. Thumbs up.—Susan

16. Thumbs up.—Joe

17. We’ll be looking for the movie soon. Can’t wait!—Dara

18. Thumbs up.—Allan

19. That’s wonderful.—Robin

20. Thumbs up.—Phil

21. Mazel tov.—Phyliss

22.  Wow! Congrats.—Maria

23. That’s so exciting. I can’t wait to see it.—Sue

24. So exciting. I’ll rent it soon.— Judi

25. Great news. I will rent it.—Doris

26. Thanks, I’ll check it out.—David

27. Congrats. Great news.—Terry

28. Wow!—Steve

29. WOW!!  Amazon…How exciting!