Episode 55: Independence Day - Phenomenon: July 3, 1996

July 3rd, 1996: Aliens are laying waste to humanity and John Travolta is making pencils levitate with his mind. No, this isn’t Chapter 5 of ‘Dianetics’, it’s INDEPENDENCE DAY and PHENOMENON on Episode 55 of Opening Weekend!Boom! There goes The White House! Zap! There goes The Empire State Building! Snore! There goes everyone watching “Phenomenon.”In early July, 1996, while aliens were descending onto the battlefields of a scorched Earth, baboons were descending onto the hood of Dan’s scorched Firebird in the battlefields of Jersey. And if you thought THAT sounds like a Great Adventure, wait until you watch Kyra Sedgwick shave John Travolta after he…zzzzzzzzz…. And speaking of shaving, just as the country was about to celebrate its independence from tyranny, Fred was trying, in vain, to celebrate his independence from facial hair.  Which is a story almost as sleep-inducing as Kyra Sedgwick shaving John Tr…..zzzzzzzzz….And, next, on a Very Special Episode of Opening Weekend: In a cafeteria in East Texas,  Miss Ruby teaches Jason about tearing down barriers…and building up: LOVE (cue: “If I Could Change The World). All this and more on Episode 55 of Openizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…….LOGGIA ALERT!