Poor Alfred suffered from oophobia

Alfred Hitchcock: One weird fellaIf Alfred Hitchcock were alive today, he'd be celebrating his 109th birthday. Ordinarily I would write a mini-tribute to Hitch, but it seems almost like a futile exercise.

"The Master of Suspense" was one of the most influential forces in cinema and countless others have analyzed his films and his career in microscopic detail.

I don't know how much more I can add, other than this rather odd piece of trivia. Hitchcock once confessed that he was frightened by eggs.

"...Worse than frightened, they revolt me," Hitchcock said. "That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it."

There you have it. Blood = jolly. Eggs = gruesome. Man, Hitch was one odd duck.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)