Comments on: When I Was a Boy… http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:15:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171939 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO Wed, 20 May 2009 02:32:00 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171939 Wayy late here but what the heck. I was 3 when Star Wars came out. Only saw it in college, couldn't dig it.. always liked Star Trek more as used to watch that on tv with my dad... first movie was "The Cisco Kid" with Gene Wilder as a hasidic Jew going across country with Harrison Ford in the Wild West days..high concept comedy form Hollywood back then, eh? My dad took me to see it at the Ave J theater in Midwood, Brooklyn, round the corner from my house. I remember the popcorn more than any of the movie.. Wayy late here but what the heck. I was 3 when Star Wars came out. Only saw it in college, couldn’t dig it.. always liked Star Trek more as used to watch that on tv with my dad…

first movie was “The Cisco Kid” with Gene Wilder as a hasidic Jew going across country with Harrison Ford in the Wild West days..high concept comedy form Hollywood back then, eh? My dad took me to see it at the Ave J theater in Midwood, Brooklyn, round the corner from my house. I remember the popcorn more than any of the movie..

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171938 Alex Belth Wed, 20 May 2009 02:05:20 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171938 Dude, my mom took me to see Cannonball Run. That was great. Loved that movie. Dude, my mom took me to see Cannonball Run. That was great. Loved that movie.

]]> By: The Hawk http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171937 The Hawk Tue, 19 May 2009 22:33:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171937 I like Star Wars. I like Star Wars.

]]> By: tocho http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171936 tocho Tue, 19 May 2009 22:03:38 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171936 I gave the gift of Star Wars to my little boy when he turned 3 (he's almost 5 now) and we haven't looked back. We play almost every day with the star wars toys. Of course now we have 6 movies to go through (plus the clone wars), so we have a lot of material to talk about. I should say we have 5 movies 'cause he's not allowed to watch Episode III yet. What strikes me is that he has seen all 5 movies and still prefers the original trilogy, his favorite is Empire Strikes Back. I still struggle to come up with an answer as to who is the father of anakin, he doesn't seem convinced on the story of the midiclorians... me either. Alex, you can still find some toys from the original movies... other versions of the toys but you can buy Darth Vaders, lukes, obis, bobba fetts, etc. 5-year olds can play with any star wars toy. I gave the gift of Star Wars to my little boy when he turned 3 (he’s almost 5 now) and we haven’t looked back. We play almost every day with the star wars toys. Of course now we have 6 movies to go through (plus the clone wars), so we have a lot of material to talk about. I should say we have 5 movies ’cause he’s not allowed to watch Episode III yet.

What strikes me is that he has seen all 5 movies and still prefers the original trilogy, his favorite is Empire Strikes Back.

I still struggle to come up with an answer as to who is the father of anakin, he doesn’t seem convinced on the story of the midiclorians… me either.

Alex, you can still find some toys from the original movies… other versions of the toys but you can buy Darth Vaders, lukes, obis, bobba fetts, etc. 5-year olds can play with any star wars toy.

]]> By: Raf http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171935 Raf Tue, 19 May 2009 21:50:39 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171935 No, scratch that, it was "Fiddler on the Roof, with Ma on Tremont Ave. No, scratch that, it was “Fiddler on the Roof, with Ma on Tremont Ave.

]]> By: Raf http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171934 Raf Tue, 19 May 2009 21:49:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171934 Audrey Hepburn was Supercalifragilisticexpialidoceous :) First movie I remember seeing? Cannonball Run with my dad on Main St, in New Rochelle Audrey Hepburn was Supercalifragilisticexpialidoceous :)

First movie I remember seeing? Cannonball Run with my dad on Main St, in New Rochelle

]]> By: Horace Clarke Era http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171933 Horace Clarke Era Tue, 19 May 2009 21:18:00 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171933 OY, RI, and Me down by the schoolyard... I remember Mary Poppins very well. Almost as well as I remember Horace Clarke... who came up (I cheated and checked) the next year! Alas. Julie Andrews got vetoed for My Fair Lady despite having done it on Broadway, then won the Oscar over Audrey Hepburn for the role she backed into: Mary Poppins. Never wanted ANYTHING negative to happen to Audrey, one of the very great women, but this particular development was: Supercalifragilisticexpialidoceous OY, RI, and Me down by the schoolyard…

I remember Mary Poppins very well. Almost as well as I remember Horace Clarke… who came up (I cheated and checked) the next year!

Alas. Julie Andrews got vetoed for My Fair Lady despite having done it on Broadway, then won the Oscar over Audrey Hepburn for the role she backed into: Mary Poppins.

Never wanted ANYTHING negative to happen to Audrey, one of the very great women, but this particular development was:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidoceous

]]> By: Cliff Corcoran http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171932 Cliff Corcoran Tue, 19 May 2009 21:17:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171932 Meh. Checking eBay now, those sets all seem to have buy-now prices around $20. Oh well. Meh. Checking eBay now, those sets all seem to have buy-now prices around $20. Oh well.

]]> By: Cliff Corcoran http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171931 Cliff Corcoran Tue, 19 May 2009 21:13:43 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171931 Damn, benvolio, I have that VHS trilogy downstairs . . . $150 you say? Seeing as I got the recent one-off DVDs with the original theatrical releases in wide-screen, there's no reason for me to keep the VHS set if I can get some real money for it. Think I could still get a good price three years hence? Damn, benvolio, I have that VHS trilogy downstairs . . . $150 you say? Seeing as I got the recent one-off DVDs with the original theatrical releases in wide-screen, there’s no reason for me to keep the VHS set if I can get some real money for it. Think I could still get a good price three years hence?

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171930 RIYank Tue, 19 May 2009 21:07:01 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171930 I'm afraid Mattpat is going to show up and say the first movie he remembers is Jurassic Park, and then I'll have to take out my teeth, etc. I’m afraid Mattpat is going to show up and say the first movie he remembers is Jurassic Park, and then I’ll have to take out my teeth, etc.

]]> By: tommyl http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171929 tommyl Tue, 19 May 2009 20:59:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171929 Just get yourself one of those supercool $100 lightsabers that look real in the dark. That'll show the wife and them darn kids. Just get yourself one of those supercool $100 lightsabers that look real in the dark. That’ll show the wife and them darn kids.

]]> By: benvolio http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171928 benvolio Tue, 19 May 2009 20:58:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171928 I bought the trilogy VHS tapes the moment they were released (late 80s, iirc, and they were all released at once), watched 'em each one time and kept 'em in my video cupboard. My idea that they'd be classics I'd frequently revisit never came to pass. Three years ago, in a frenzy of clutter-clearing, I decided to put 'em up on ebay to get rid of them. Mind you, these were full-screen pan-n-scan format, no redone fx, no beefed up soundtrack, no nutthin. I listed them as a three-fer for a buck, figuring nobody but nobody would care about my prehistoric lame-ass castoffs. The auction closed at over $150. I was certainly well pleased. I won't say how old I was when the first one was in theatres. I bought the trilogy VHS tapes the moment they were released (late 80s, iirc, and they were all released at once), watched ‘em each one time and kept ‘em in my video cupboard. My idea that they’d be classics I’d frequently revisit never came to pass.

Three years ago, in a frenzy of clutter-clearing, I decided to put ‘em up on ebay to get rid of them. Mind you, these were full-screen pan-n-scan format, no redone fx, no beefed up soundtrack, no nutthin. I listed them as a three-fer for a buck, figuring nobody but nobody would care about my prehistoric lame-ass castoffs. The auction closed at over $150. I was certainly well pleased.

I won’t say how old I was when the first one was in theatres.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171927 thelarmis Tue, 19 May 2009 20:55:42 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171927 [8] well, if we're gonna date ourselves, i think Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was my first movie memory. i was little. i also remember my parents taking my brother and me to see Hair. i sure wasn't ready for that... : / [8] well, if we’re gonna date ourselves, i think Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was my first movie memory. i was little. i also remember my parents taking my brother and me to see Hair. i sure wasn’t ready for that… : /

]]> By: weeping for brunnhilde http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171926 weeping for brunnhilde Tue, 19 May 2009 20:53:23 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171926 [14] Oh, ho, wo, BANG, ZOOM! [14] Oh, ho, wo, BANG, ZOOM!

]]> By: PJ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171925 PJ Tue, 19 May 2009 20:50:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171925 [0] "I looked at her blankly. Blinked. Then I unpacked the toys, took out my teeth, changed my diaper and went to bed. It was four in the afternoon." What, no early bird special? Oy! : ) [0] “I looked at her blankly. Blinked. Then I unpacked the toys, took out my teeth, changed my diaper and went to bed. It was four in the afternoon.”

What, no early bird special?

Oy!

: )

]]> By: Shaun P. http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171924 Shaun P. Tue, 19 May 2009 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171924 I was born a few months after Star Wars came out, so I sadly have no memories of it's original appearance, or that of Empire. I do remember hearing about ROTJ, and then watching the Droids cartoon and the Ewoks cartoon . . . not quite the same. Knowing that Star Wars came out so long ago doesn't make me feel too old. Picking up the latest Star Wars novel, and finding an over-60 Han and Leia having grandchildren - THAT makes me feel old. [0] Alex, you should have told Emily that "The Honeymooners" came out over <b>fifty</b> years ago. ;) I was born a few months after Star Wars came out, so I sadly have no memories of it’s original appearance, or that of Empire. I do remember hearing about ROTJ, and then watching the Droids cartoon and the Ewoks cartoon . . . not quite the same. Knowing that Star Wars came out so long ago doesn’t make me feel too old. Picking up the latest Star Wars novel, and finding an over-60 Han and Leia having grandchildren – THAT makes me feel old.

[0] Alex, you should have told Emily that “The Honeymooners” came out over fifty years ago. ;)

]]> By: weeping for brunnhilde http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171923 weeping for brunnhilde Tue, 19 May 2009 20:47:21 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171923 [7] My mom used to take me to see movies at Radio City. It was awesome. I remember seeing Fantasia, Pete's Dragon, Lassie and some others there. The good old days. [7] My mom used to take me to see movies at Radio City. It was awesome. I remember seeing Fantasia, Pete’s Dragon, Lassie and some others there.

The good old days.

]]> By: OldYanksFan http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171922 OldYanksFan Tue, 19 May 2009 20:43:11 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171922 Mary Poppins was a MUCH better movie then Star Wars. Alex, maybe you can get some Mary Poppins figurines? Mary Poppins was a MUCH better movie then Star Wars. Alex, maybe you can get some Mary Poppins figurines?

]]> By: jonnystrongleg http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171921 jonnystrongleg Tue, 19 May 2009 20:29:45 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171921 [7] Did you take a sedative before the movie? At 5 years old, my friends and I saw Empire half a dozen times and could act out the entire thing in the living room on the odd nights we weren't at the theater. [7] Did you take a sedative before the movie? At 5 years old, my friends and I saw Empire half a dozen times and could act out the entire thing in the living room on the odd nights we weren’t at the theater.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/05/19/when-i-was-a-boy/#comment-171920 RIYank Tue, 19 May 2009 20:28:55 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=19148#comment-171920 From the SWB Times-Trib blog (Chad Jennings): <blockquote>Chien-Ming Wang's locker is cleared out and he's not listed on the upcoming Scranton/Wilkes-Barre rotation.</blockquote> Is he driving with Michael Scott to corporate, or jetting to Tampa? From the SWB Times-Trib blog (Chad Jennings):

Chien-Ming Wang’s locker is cleared out and he’s not listed on the upcoming Scranton/Wilkes-Barre rotation.

Is he driving with Michael Scott to corporate, or jetting to Tampa?

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