Thursday, August 22, 2019

Spider, short-order cook

I went looking for short-order cooks and found Spider, a short film by Gary Anderson:



Spider was Ken Osgood, seen here at Paul’s Diner in Laconia, New Hampshire. Osgood was the subject of a 2007 newspaper article about Laconia’s diner culture. He died in 2012.

If anyone can date this film with more than a guess, I’d like to know.

comments: 2

Anonymous said...

I would guess in the 1970's. Boing boing posted it as being a 1970 short film. See https://boingboing.net/2016/01/13/fantastic-1970-short-film-abou.html The comments below the posting are interesting to read including someone who actually ate there then.

I would also take a guess from some of the hair styles in the film.

Unfortunately many of the old diners in NH are gone. I loved those places with their character although the food wasn't always the best!

Kirsten

Michael Leddy said...

Yes, the YouTube comments are terrific (save for the ones about cocaine and speed — I really doubt that’s what’s going on). Spider turned to clock repair after his cooking days, which I guess required the same manual dexterity but at a much slower pace.