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Epicurus Housemate |
posted 07-22-2002 11:33 AM
   
I managed to catch the original Ghostbusters on cable this weekend. I was seven years old when it came it in 1984, and I loved it. I think I've only seen it once or twice on network TV since then, and definitely not within the last eight years. This weekend, though, I laughed so hard it hurt. I mean, stuff I NEVER would have gotten as a kid. Do you all have some movies or TV shows like that? Stuff you liked as a kid but LOVED as a grup? Another obvious one for me is The Muppet Show. If I ever saw that on DVD I'd buy the whole series. Every once in a while I catch an old episode on Nickelodeon and just can't get over how brilliant it was that they made a kid's show so enjoyable for adults. IP: Logged |
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BionicGirl Housemate |
posted 07-22-2002 11:39 AM
quote: Ha! You said "grup." I don't know if it' possible for me to love The Muppet Show any more than I already do. I have seen it as an adult as well, and I'm not sure I loved it any more than when I was a kid... although I probably was laughing at different things. It is SO magical. Can't think of anything else off the top of my head right now because I was distracted by "grup." [This message has been edited by BionicGirl (edited 07-22-2002).] IP: Logged |
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yam Housemate |
posted 07-22-2002 12:03 PM
The Princess Bride. I saw it when I was 7 and the life-sucker machine gave me NIGHTMARES for years. I thought it was a horror movie. Then I saw it again when I was 16 and it was like "ohh.. wait.. this is firetrucking hilarious!" IP: Logged |
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septembergirl Housemate |
posted 07-22-2002 12:15 PM
I guess this isn't a coincidence; it probably says something about Jim Henson. My grown-up kids favorite is not The Muppets, but Sesame Street. I actually tend to like a lot of the same things I did as a kid, but maybe then I didn't realize how great they were? My favorite sketch: the monsters with the funny mouths who go "uh-huh, uh-huh, yip yip yip yip." But one day my (grown-up) sister called me to say they were doing Monsterpiece Theater with Alistair Cookie (played by Cookie Monster of course), featuring Gone with the Wind. It was basically a stage with southern belles standing around, and everything on the set that wasn't nailed down was blowing away. I thought that was pretty funny. I feel bad for kids who didn't grow up watching Sesame Street. IP: Logged |
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breana Housemate |
posted 07-22-2002 02:10 PM
My dad used watch the Looney Toons with us on Saturday morning, and I tell you, I laugh at those things more as an adult than I ever did as a kid. The jokes are much funnier when you actually get them. Sixteen Candles gets funnier every time I see it. I was only 8 when it came out, and no where near to understanding it. Even when I did reach high school, I didn't appreciate all the nuances. IP: Logged |
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ennui Housemate |
posted 07-22-2002 03:26 PM
When I was small, I loved the BeeGee's cinematic masterpiece, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." I guess I had a thing for bad musicals. I watched this again about six months ago, and it is a riot! Most certainly a great pick for bad movie night. I don't think I'll ever be drunk enough to fully appreciate this movie. 
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Lis Housemate |
posted 07-23-2002 06:44 AM
Hmmm...I'm at a loss right now to pick a movie that I haven't seen since I was really young. I'll have to poke through the video collection... "Reality Bites" was a lot funnier after college, but I saw it first when I was probably 14, so not quite the same young/old impact. There are a lot of older songs that I hear now and realize how oblivious I was to the lyrics when I was little. Like I now understand why it's inappropriate for a pre-K kid to go around singing "Billy Jean is Not My Lover," although I didn't know then why my mom minded it. IP: Logged |
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bookworm Housemate |
posted 07-23-2002 07:37 AM
This is kind of the opposite thing, I guess, but when I was younger, my dad took me to see Labrynth, and I absolutely adored it. I wanted to live that movie. Several years ago, I got the urge to see it again, but I could never find it at the video store. I eventually found it after a few years of looking (okay, so I didn't look all that hard), so by that point I had built it up something fierce. It was utter crap. I was terribly disappointed (although I still think David Bowie is hot in that movie. Also, has anyone noticed how the camera is always trained on his codpiece?) IP: Logged |
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SmallBladder Housemate |
posted 07-23-2002 07:40 AM
I was watching "Grease" a couple of weeks ago, and I was so surprise at just how much sexual innuendo was in that movie. This was a movie that I must have watched about 10 times when I was-what-eight years old? My mom bought be the soundtrack, and I would play it all the time. But when I actually sit down to watch it now, it's like every reference has something to do with sexual performance... IP: Logged |
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yam Housemate |
posted 07-23-2002 07:45 AM
Hah! Labyrinth. I watched it for the first time since childhood several months ago. Whenever david bowie came on screen everyone yelled "DAVID! NICE PACKAGE!" which was uh.. something I never noticed when I was 9. IP: Logged |
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ennui Housemate |
posted 07-27-2002 08:05 AM
You remind me of the babe What babe? The babe with the power What power? The power of voo-doo Voo-Doo? You do. Do what? Remind me of the babe. Yes, David had an exceptionally nice package. And I *did* notice that when I was 9. What a little pervy girl I was IP: Logged |
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jessicazee Housemate |
posted 07-27-2002 03:43 PM
I don't think that's pervy. David Bowie is an all-ages hottie. I can watch these movies every day for the rest of my life: God, I used to have the biggest girlcrushes on Kristy McNichol, Tatum O'Neal and Jodie Foster. yum. IP: Logged |
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Caterwaul Housemate |
posted 08-01-2002 06:01 PM
Ha! I haven't checked this thread in forever, but two weeks ago, I watched "Labyrinth" for the first time since it first came out in theaters. For some reason, I still like it. Yeah, it's crappy, but I dunno... And I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed David Bowie's generous package. The pants only emphasized it too! IP: Logged |
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KirstenL4W Housemate |
posted 08-01-2002 07:15 PM
My mom took me to see "A Christmas Story" when it came out in the theater - I was about 8 years old. I didnt get most of the jokes then but I still thought it was a decent movie (it bombed at the theaters). Then when TNT started playing it all the time during the holiday season I started watching it some more and getting more of the jokes. Even now I still pick up something new every time I watch it, and it just gets funnier because I get all the jokes now. I also agree on the cartoons. Looney Toons are classic, but even modern classics (Rugrats, etc) have a lot of stuff in there that kids are blissfully oblivious to but the grown-ups are cracking up to. IP: Logged |
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kellyrae Housemate |
posted 08-02-2002 04:54 AM
quote: I'll second that vote. I love when TNT has their 24 hours of A Christmas Story! I always watch! IP: Logged |
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catnipqueen Housemate |
posted 08-02-2002 11:00 PM
A third vote for A Christmas Story! Also Pee-Wee Big Adventure is one of the funniest movies ever, esp. now that I get most of the jokes. IP: Logged |
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HotGlueMama Housemate |
posted 08-09-2002 09:39 PM
The Great Muppet Caper. I saw it again, and realized there are twice as many jokes as before. And most silent movies and '30s sound comedies are much funnier to me now. On the reverse side, "Reality Bites" got much, much dumber to me on the second viewing, at age 20 instead of 15. Now I think it's one of the most pretentious piles of crap ever unleashed by mortal man. Ben Stiller, shame on you! IP: Logged |
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dybbuk Housemate |
posted 08-21-2002 06:20 PM
My fave movie of all time is (please don't laugh).... Clue! I know it has plot holes you could drive a Mack truck through, but I've loved that movie ever since I was a kid. It's even made Tim Curry my favorite actor. I can't help myself! IP: Logged |
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BranMuffin Housemate |
posted 08-21-2002 09:07 PM
quote: HA! Me too! I must have made my parents rent me that movie like a million times when I was a kid. Every week I'd pore through the TV Guide to see if it was gonna be on. Now of course I don't watch it as much, but I still find it just as funny (the one liners alone are worth watchimg it for) and now I own it so I can watch it anytime. I've got most of the dialogue memorized by now.... nice to find a kindred spirit!! IP: Logged |
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Ms. Moneypenny Housemate |
posted 08-22-2002 06:32 AM
Did anyone ever see 'Private Eyes' with Don Knots and Tim Conway? Similar to Clue (although I think it was made before Clue) and much funnier IMO. It was filmed at the Biltmore mansion. IP: Logged |
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ennui Housemate |
posted 08-23-2002 05:19 AM
OMG! I totally forgot Private Eyes. I remember that was my favorite movie for, like, a weekend. Am I just imagining it, or was their some sort of pig/boar monster in it?  Some of the strange things you remember, I swear...
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Ms. Moneypenny Housemate |
posted 08-23-2002 06:24 AM
Yes! But I can't remember what they called the creature. It was half man/half boar. Now I'm going to have to rent the movie to get the name of it. IP: Logged |
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jessicazee Housemate |
posted 08-26-2002 06:30 PM
All this talk about Clue reminded me of another favorite of yore... Young Sherlock Holmes! It's creepycool. IP: Logged |
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dybbuk Housemate |
posted 08-27-2002 08:45 PM
Young Sherlock Holmes I love that movie, too! Haven't seen it in a while, though. IP: Logged |
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maxpower Housemate |
posted 08-28-2002 09:16 AM
I don't know if this belongs on the same thread, but what about stuff you loved as a kid, built up in your head, and then were really dissapointed by years later? MIne: a film called "Lets Kill all the Lawyers". This is a really BAD movie, but the first time I saw it over a decade ago, I thought it was funny. IP: Logged |
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Ms. Moneypenny Housemate |
posted 08-28-2002 09:22 AM
Oh, I used to love Xanadu w/ Olivia Newton John. I would make mom rent it everytime I had a slumber party. I watched it about 4 years ago and swore I would never watch it again. IP: Logged |
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