I am trying to decide whether to applaud or scorn you for omitting Oscar Levant's line about Doris Day: "I knew her before she was a virgin." I always think of that quote when that movie comes up
I watched Butch Cassidy with my daughter (20) and I was surprised at just how well it held up and just how funny it is. We enjoyed the heck out of it. I still remember my aunt covering my eyes at the drive in when a hand slid under a shirt...
And she also loved The Sting and is dying to watch it again. It was a blast observing someone watch it the first time. I am still amazed at how well it holds up even when you know its breathtaking twists and turns.
“It’s about time, it’s about space, it’s about something something the human race…” Nope, you and Linklater aren’t the only ones. There was also “Time Tunnel” with James Darren (whose 45 of “Goodbye Cruel World” I owned). And after (or before?) “Disney” on Sundays was “Bonanza.” Sounds like I need to see this movie.
As for “Love Me or Leave Me”—both Day and Cagney were great in that film, and it definitely was ahead of its time in its portrayal of domestic abuse.
Excellent issue, and as Bob Hope would say, thanks for the memories!
Doris Day should have received an Academy Award for her against-type performance in Love Me or Leave Me. She received a lot of pushback for taking on this role from the Christian Scientists she and her husband were involved with at the time. The slap from Cagney is still shocking. He is even more menacing than he was in White Heat. Her first husband had been physically abusive to her, and supposedly Melcher was, too. On a softer note, looking forward to seeing Apollo 10-12.
I totally remember "It's About Time"! As soon as I read the title the theme song came flooding back to me, and now of course I can't get it out of my head. Alarmingly, I seem to remember all the words too.... Wonderful post, Ty; I look forward to seeing Linklater's memory rush of a movie.
It sounds right up my alley, too! - I got every one of your references (although duck & cover drills had passed where I grew up). I STILL remember the taste of Space Food Sticks! (kind of a softer Tootsie Roll). I studied photos of the LEM control panel and built a version out of cardboard in my bedroom closet at age ten. As for Go To The Head Of The Class, you can find just the quiz books from the game on eBay. I picked up the 1953 & 1966 editions, and they were endlessly entertaining during a long car ride with the family. Some of what kids were expected to know was pretty surprising. Some questions were crazy & dated ("What brand of cigarette advertises '...got the taste that's right?'") And some were super-inappropriate ("What's the second line to 'The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home?'" (that is, the original Stephen Foster version) - Oh no they didn't!!
My daughters are finally getting to an age (mid 20s) where they are trying to figure my wife and I out. Sounds like “Apollo 10 1/2” might be the best way of explaining ourselves. Thanks once again, Ty.
I am trying to decide whether to applaud or scorn you for omitting Oscar Levant's line about Doris Day: "I knew her before she was a virgin." I always think of that quote when that movie comes up
I'll see your "It's About Time", and raise you "My Mother the Car". Great post!
It’s about time, it’s about space, about two men in the strangest place!
I watched Butch Cassidy with my daughter (20) and I was surprised at just how well it held up and just how funny it is. We enjoyed the heck out of it. I still remember my aunt covering my eyes at the drive in when a hand slid under a shirt...
And she also loved The Sting and is dying to watch it again. It was a blast observing someone watch it the first time. I am still amazed at how well it holds up even when you know its breathtaking twists and turns.
And Apollo 10 1/2 sounds right up my alley.
“It’s about time, it’s about space, it’s about something something the human race…” Nope, you and Linklater aren’t the only ones. There was also “Time Tunnel” with James Darren (whose 45 of “Goodbye Cruel World” I owned). And after (or before?) “Disney” on Sundays was “Bonanza.” Sounds like I need to see this movie.
As for “Love Me or Leave Me”—both Day and Cagney were great in that film, and it definitely was ahead of its time in its portrayal of domestic abuse.
Excellent issue, and as Bob Hope would say, thanks for the memories!
Doris Day should have received an Academy Award for her against-type performance in Love Me or Leave Me. She received a lot of pushback for taking on this role from the Christian Scientists she and her husband were involved with at the time. The slap from Cagney is still shocking. He is even more menacing than he was in White Heat. Her first husband had been physically abusive to her, and supposedly Melcher was, too. On a softer note, looking forward to seeing Apollo 10-12.
I totally remember "It's About Time"! As soon as I read the title the theme song came flooding back to me, and now of course I can't get it out of my head. Alarmingly, I seem to remember all the words too.... Wonderful post, Ty; I look forward to seeing Linklater's memory rush of a movie.
It sounds right up my alley, too! - I got every one of your references (although duck & cover drills had passed where I grew up). I STILL remember the taste of Space Food Sticks! (kind of a softer Tootsie Roll). I studied photos of the LEM control panel and built a version out of cardboard in my bedroom closet at age ten. As for Go To The Head Of The Class, you can find just the quiz books from the game on eBay. I picked up the 1953 & 1966 editions, and they were endlessly entertaining during a long car ride with the family. Some of what kids were expected to know was pretty surprising. Some questions were crazy & dated ("What brand of cigarette advertises '...got the taste that's right?'") And some were super-inappropriate ("What's the second line to 'The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home?'" (that is, the original Stephen Foster version) - Oh no they didn't!!
My daughters are finally getting to an age (mid 20s) where they are trying to figure my wife and I out. Sounds like “Apollo 10 1/2” might be the best way of explaining ourselves. Thanks once again, Ty.
I can sing the first couple of lines of “It’s About Space” from memory!
My first death in film! Hopefully not the last!