Comments on: Jim Granato on D-Tour & Rogue Wave http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/09/granato/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:48:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jim Ghttp://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/09/granato/comment-page-1/#comment-22572 Jim G Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:20:57 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=5141#comment-22572 HI Rebecca,

Thank you for your kind words, and for your comments about your family. I’m very happy to hear that they’re all doing great all these years later. The name of the game is Snifty Snakes, made in the 70′s, and from what I understand it is/was huge in Canada. I don’t think the game caught on here in the states, but with some luck you’ll find it at a yard sale just across the border.

Thanks for checking out D tour! Please tell your friends. It comes on Independent Lens on PBS on November 10th. Check local listings.

Yours,
Jim Granato

]]> By: Rebeccahttp://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/09/granato/comment-page-1/#comment-22507 Rebecca Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:25:51 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=5141#comment-22507 Last night I saw your film in Seattle. It was excellent. My husband, Charlie, donated his kidney to his sister, Nancy, in the early 1970’s. He is living a great life with no problems and his sister is also doing well. We all went to see the film. We all loved the scene with the Baxter boxes, because when Nancy was on dialysis she had tons of those things everywhere because she was using 5 bags a day. The boxes are extremely sturdy and we used them for years as storage boxes. In addition to giving an insightful picture of kidney disease and all of its issues the movie gave a positive view of a rock band. I really appreciated that part because as a middle aged woman, I don’t know much about rock bands and have all sorts of misconceptions built from the mass media, sensational drug overdoses and a bunch of tattoos. So thank you for that.

The real reason I am writing to ask a question. During the movie there was a scene, I think it was in Vancouver BC, where a bunch of the band was playing a game with funny glasses and long noses. They may have been pushing around a peanut because the long nosed glasses looked a lot like elephants. I really want to know the name of that game because the minute that scene came on my daughter and I said “We need to buy that game as soon as possible” I have looked everywhere on line but found nothing. Whatever information anyone could send me would be greatly appreciated.

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