it begins with an unattended van filled with hostess twinkies , moves on to a woman in a bar with a tattoo of the liberty bell on her left bicep , then jumps to a thanksgiving dinner he remembers from when he was eight and living on a farm in minnesota , the siege of leningrad , the break up of the beatles , the bouncing ball on the old sing along with mitch show , and a box of animal crackers he ate once while walking actually walking , man , can you believe it ?