Ok...back on topic...does anyone else have memories of the movies they loved to watch on sick days?!? Todd always watched the Star Wars trilogy. He had a lot more sick days than I ever had...love you Boy-boy!!
Here are my favorite sick day movies:
- The Sound of Music
- Mr. Mom
- Rags to Riches (I think I am the only person in America who has watched this made-for- TV movie over and over again!! My Dad taped it on a VHS tape for me, so I was in heaven!!)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Annie
- Little Women (the cartoon version! I totally want to find this version, but I can't!!)
- The Last Unicorn
- The Flight of the Dragons
Since we're on the topic of school, I would also like to discuss the Jerry Lewis Telethon. I always kind of dreaded this TV event because it meant that the school year had just begun! My parents and I have this joke about Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme!! I think that both Steve and Eydie are still kicking it! I wish I was in Amarillo watching the Telethon with them!! Maybe I'll TiVo the Telethon just so I can see the Steve and Eydie performance since I must labor on Labor Day!! I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!!
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there are so many things on this post that make me wonder if we can continue to be friends. let's see if i can recall them all...
1. you were a crossing guard?! wait, you were a crossing guard AND you refused to go home sick until you had performed your crossing guard duties?! oh my. as the daughter of a teacher, i would have given anything to have a mother tell me to stay home sick. alas, i had to put on a powerful performance of illness in order to stay home. and, let's just say that if i got the green light, i would not have thought twice about my duties. plus, you WANTED the perfect attendance award?! you are too holy to be my friend.
2. as a child who grew up ten miles out in the country with no cable, i dreaded the jerry lewis telethon. it meant nothing to watch for 24-hours straight since the channel that it aired on was the only one we got besides pbs. and the only thing worse than jerry lewis was lawrence welk. i know this because my grandparents loved them some lawrence welk. and the thought that you might dvr it, even for nostalgic purposes, might just certify our non-compatibility. :)
however...
i know of few people who heart the cartoon version of "little women" as i did. finding out that information might have given our friendship hope. any later movie version(s) could not compare to the heart-stopping moments of cartoon beth's comeback from the brink of death.
and, well, you included "annie." as a fellow redhead, there are few hollywood idols to whom i can relate. annie runs a close second to THE molly ringwald.
so, i guess our friendship is still tentative...you got anymore shocking info for me? :)
GIRL--HOW HAVE WE NEVER DISCUSSED RAGS TO RICHES BEFORE?!?!
Or have we? I can't remember.
I can still remember the theme song.
OK, on to sick day movies...
The Sound of Music
P&P
Contact
E.T.
I'm going to have to come back to this because Sarah Palin is speaking at the RNC right now, but there is much more where that came from.
I only remember watching my mom's CBS soaps on sick days. I still try to keep up with the Young and the Restless because of it.
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