scottidog @ Dec 23 2004, 09:20 PM wrote:
Doing a little research on the Instamatic, I find that the vacation in question had to have happened between 1988 and the date the song was written. Unless of course, Canadian "Al" had access to European Instamatics, then it could have happened as early as 1985. Well, assuming "Al" didn't actually invent it (during his off hours from BRH&P) and had the actual prototype. In which case, it could have been earlier than that.
Scotti, Scotti, Scotti... if you're going to make an assertion like that, we need the hyperlink. Where's your sense of SCHOLARSHIP, for cryin' out loud?
If the camera in question was the Kodak Instamatic X-15F then there's no problem. It was manufactured UNTIL 1988, and apparently in the US. Interestingly, that's the only Instamatic model that seems to fit the mid-to-late 80's framework. I had one of the earlier 110 Pocket Instamatic jobbies myself. Wonder what I did with that thing? Not that you can get film any more.
"Weird Al" has a charisma that's all his own. The awkward, the misshapen, the socially inept flock to his banner.