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The Favorites: Old School Edition

I want to preface this post by saying that this list is in no way exhaustive. As mentioned in previous posts, our playroom literally overflowed with movies when I was growing up. After a recent scavenger session in that very room and seeing all of the worn cases, I realized how many of those movies I actually watched over and over again. Those mentioned below are some of the standouts.

I would really love to know who else grew up watching this movie. It's a kid-classic as far as I'm concerned. Who can forget crazy mountain man who made Kid Colter drink skunkberry tea because he said it'd put hair on his legs?! Brilliant writing. This is the story of a nerdy boy from Boston who goes to visit his dad in the Pacific Northwest during a Boston teacher's strike. In the process of being there, he ends up being kidnapped and has to survive in the wild. Very gripping, I'm telling you. I would love to extend an invitation to anyone who hasn't seen this excellent example of filmmaking to come over and view it any time. It'll change your life.

I LOVED the Ewok adventures. I thought Wickit was the absolute most adorable thing ever...the stuffed animal every little girl wants. I do think it's kind of strange that I never saw any of the Star Wars movies but I loved the Ewok movies. Go figure. I really loved this one and another one...can't remember it's name...but do remember watching them over and over.

I recently bought the Faerie Tale Theater on DVD. I was absolutely thrilled when it came in the mail. There are 26 hour-long episodes of different fairy tales from childhood. What makes these stand out is that all of them include award-winning actors and actresses and were made for HBO, I believe. Very quality stuff here, people. My favorites were 'Hansel & Gretel,' 'Little Red Riding Hood,' and 'Rapunzel.' H&G had Joan Collins as the evil stepmother and the witch...she was absolutely horrifying. LRRH has Mary Steenburgen as RRH as she is great. Rapunzel has Gena Rowlands as the witch and let me tell you, I STILL have nightmares after I watch that one. Her voice is insanely creepy!!!!

Now, most everyone that is of our generation has seen ET (ET phone home!), but not everyone has witnessed the brilliant product placement alien film of 'Mac & Me.' The choreographed dance in the McDonald's is worth watching the entire film for. I will warn you that if you watch this movie, you will immediately begin craving Coca Cola, Skittles, and McDonald's. I told you...brilliant product placement. Gets me every time...

Oh, this movie. I love this movie. I think alot of that love is directly related to my love of Fred Savage, but regardless, I remember watching this movie over and over as a kid. Centered around playing the original Nintendo, which was all the rage back then, this is a crazy unbelievable story about a mute boy who is a wizard at Nintendo running away from some random social worker of something. Strange. For those of you who have seen this, please tell me you remember the power glove scene! Oh, how dramatic...

No list of mine would be complete without this movie. All of you who know me well are laughing right now because you know my love of this ridiculous film. This is the French cover of a movie called 'Here Comes Santa Claus.' Oh yes. I know that you're probably thinking, "Oh, there must be 2 versions that they made and she had the English one." No. Not really. They just overdubbed the French version with English so the moving mouths don't match the words. :) I love this movie. It is a musical Christmas tale that is completely irrational and 100% cheesy. And I. don't. care. I have watched this movie every single Christmas since I was 4. I promise. We have a home video of me as a 4-year-old sitting on the couch singing along to this movie, heard very prominently in the background. I believe I even took it to school for us to watch in 4th grade. Oh, the shame. But hey, it's just not Christmas without 'Here Comes Santa Claus.'

Were any of these your favorites? What would you have added to the list?