I Am Sofa King Leotard Head
The lead singer of Rilo Kiley is “child actress” Jenny Lewis. One of her early roles – in fact, if memory serves, I believe it was her “and introducing…” moment – was as freckle-faced Hannah Nefler in the 1989 cult classic Troop Beverly Hills.
I use cult here to refer specifically to my own particular operation of organized brainwash: Brownie Troop #492, Delaware-Raritan chapter. From the years I spent wearing beanies and knee socks with tassels I pretty much remember two things, one being this movie and the other being a paper-plane flying contest that ended in tears (mine). I suspect, however, that our misfit squad was only part of a much larger cohort of little girls whose repeated viewings of the movie have left them with the ongoing urge to recite, trance-like, substantial portions of the script upon hearing myriad trigger words: cookie, Jamboree, Tori Spelling.
Go read it. It’s maybe the most fun thing I’ve read on our site in forever and a day. Superb job, Katie.
