The Movie From Your Childhood... — Page 3

No VCR when I was little! But I agree that it made the anticipated viewing all the more special. I lived for the yearly airings of:

Really Rosie.

The Sound of Music. And I love it just as much today.

It's a Wonderful Life (my Mom introduced me to it and I fell in love. Could not wait to see it every year).

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

The Wizard of Oz.

The Ten Commandments (they'd air it every year around Passover and it was just this cool, big epic...we'd all watch it together. Don't know why I loved it so much. I guess I thought it was exciting.)

Those great claymation Rankin Bass Christmas specials--ESPECIALLY The Year Without a Santa Claus! What cartoon today can top Heat Miser and Snow Miser? Also, were they the first gay characters on television? Did this air before Paul Lynde on Bewitched?

ANY Snoopy holiday special...The Great Pumpkin, the Christmas special, etc.

Updated On: 7/22/06 at 12:38 PM

I'm with those that didn't have a chance to watch movies over and over...

BUT

When I was about 4 or 5, there was a re-release of Dumbo. Loved that movie! And way back then (early 70s), without vcrs or cable, what they had was an LP (vinyl) that pretty much narrated the story, and had all the songs. I used to listen to that 3 or 4 times a day. And act it out.

To this day, I think Dumbo is my favorite Disney movie. At least the one that makes me the most nostalgic.

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I had some of those narrated albums as well. "In Search of the Castaways" was one of them. It starred Hayley Mills (sister of Juliet from "Passions").

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From the age of 3 I was obsessed with Romancing the Stone. Watched it non-stop for years. Still Love it!

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It starred Hayley Mills (sister of Juliet from "Passions")

While I see the resemblance now, I had no idea she was Hayley's sister. What the heck happened to Hayley? Where is she now? Last I saw of her she was on Saved By The Bell.

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we didnt have have vcrs til i was in highschool.

prior to that, i would make recordings with a radioshack tape recorder of THE WIZARD OF OZ so i could listen & sing along all year round.
i made audio cassettes of GONE WITH THE WIND, some Shirley Temple movies & lots of episodes of CAROL BURNETT as well!

when we got a vcr, i would wake up extra early every morning so i could watch my three favorite movies (@ the time) before school: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS, CRIMES OF PASSION, and HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE.... i would act them out all day @ school, & then rush home afterwards so i could watch 'em again!