Quote of the Day (Bill Ervolino, on Expensive Pet Food)

“If you go to the chewy.com website you can find a 64-ounce bag of [actress and animal rights advocate Katherine Heigl’s] ‘complete grain-free chicken air-dried dog food’ for $104.99…. I’m sorry, but $104.99 seems like a lot of money for a bag of dog food, especially when you have a large dog who can jump onto kitchen counters and polish off 64-ounces of meat in roughly seven minutes.”—Humor columnist and comedian Bill Ervolino, “Sinking Canine Teeth Into Human Food,” The Bergen Record, Aug. 25, 2024

Quote of the Day (Bill Ervolino, on Rising Concession Costs at the Movies)

“The last time I ordered a large popcorn and two bottled waters in a movie theater, it came to $27. I didn’t spend that much on my first car.”—Humor columnist and comedian Bill Ervolino, “Some Movies Are Just Meant for Popcorn. Others Are Not,” The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Aug. 4, 2024

The shock is multiplied when, as has happened since the start of COVID-19, regular moviegoing is no longer automatic; many smaller theaters have closed, leaving only multiplexes that maximize concession sales even more than normal; and inflation has baked in higher costs.

The only thing worse might be concession stands at baseball games.