NOTE FROM ERIC:

As if New Yorkers don’t have enough to kvetch
about, movie ticket prices have soared there in
recent years, finally hitting $10 last month.
To help residents of the Big Apple cope,
we’ve compiled the following list:

The Top 9 Reasons
Movie Tickets Are Now $10

9> Making change for $9.50 too darn tricky!

8> Something’s got to offset the falling NASDAQ.

7> Finally upgrading Tinseltown to Platinumville.

6> Kevin Costner movies can now gross an even $70, as opposed to the usual $56.95.

5> Even at $10, dinner + a movie is still cheaper than hooker + a VD test

4> Can you put a price the look on Ashton Kutcher’s face when he finally does indeed find his car?

3> Needed for emergency tanning-salon funds after recent weeks of L.A. rainstorms.

2> Now with popcorn, you get choice of real butter or molten gold.

and the Number 1 Reason Movie Tickets are Now $10…

1> English subtitles for Chinese-language film: $1,055,732.69 Post-production wire removal: $7,902,315.16 Making Michelle Yeoh fly: Pricel– er, well, actually that was pretty expensive, too.

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Credits:

Selected from 34 submissions from 10 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Jennifer A. Ford, Ft. Wayne, IN — 1
Aimee Spanier, Oakland, CA — 2
Scott Sistek, Seattle, WA — 3, 6
Jude Benlab, Swarthmore, PA — 4, 8
Galen Carnicelli, San Francisco, CA — 5
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 7
Douglas Jones, Santa Cruz, CA — 9
David Arquette, Los Angeles, CA — The evil that lurks within
Eric F. Lipton, Washington, DC — Topic, Script Doctor