'70s Kids Movies v. Today's Kids Movies
Marjie
Okay, I know that today there are some very good "movies" being put out
today for kids. (Most of them being full length cartoons such as
Aladdin). But when I think of what Hollywood made for us in the 70s
there is no comparison.
All the Love Bug movies
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Tom Sawyer (I think a Disney)
Pippy Longstocking
Swiss Family Robinson (which had Helen Hunt in it)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
They were funny, had good use of parody, and were not loaded with a
bunch of stupid crap. Although none were intellectual
mind-benders....unlike many movies today...kids paid attention to the
plot, and a kid would have to be keen to get some of the more subtle
jokes. Also, many had musical scores.
...can anyone think of more????
I can remember that taking the kids to a movie and a pizza party was a
regular for birthday parties. Now days, you'd have to get civil
liability releases from all your kid's friends parents for taking them
to see some of the movies out there, and some are just so plain stupid
and predictable.
Just my thoughts....forever in love with the scene from Chitty Chitty
BAng Bang where Dick Van Dyke has a rocket launcher strapped to his
back,
Marjie
Charles Board
In article <4pqjv4$o...@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com>, snag...@ix.netcom.com(Marjie) writes:
|> Okay, I know that today there are some very good "movies" being put out
|> today for kids. (Most of them being full length cartoons such as
|> Aladdin). But when I think of what Hollywood made for us in the 70s
|> there is no comparison.
|>
|> All the Love Bug movies
|> The Apple Dumpling Gang
|> Tom Sawyer (I think a Disney)
|> Pippy Longstocking
|> Swiss Family Robinson (which had Helen Hunt in it)
|> Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
|>
|>
|> They were funny, had good use of parody, and were not loaded with a
|> bunch of stupid crap. Although none were intellectual
|> mind-benders....unlike many movies today...kids paid attention to the
|> plot, and a kid would have to be keen to get some of the more subtle
|> jokes. Also, many had musical scores.
|>
|> ...can anyone think of more????
Pete's Dragon (great movie despite starring Helen reddy)
The Point (Nilsson's finest moment, great Ringo narration)
Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (weak, but had it's moments)
arguably the Bad News Bears series
Ellen B. Edgerton
Marjie (snag...@ix.netcom.com) sez:
: Okay, I know that today there are some very good "movies" being put out
: today for kids. (Most of them being full length cartoons such as
: Aladdin). But when I think of what Hollywood made for us in the 70s
: there is no comparison.
: All the Love Bug movies
: The Apple Dumpling Gang
: Tom Sawyer (I think a Disney)
: Pippy Longstocking
: Swiss Family Robinson (which had Helen Hunt in it)
: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Don't forget WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, possibly the best of
them all!
The Big John-san
Charles Board wrote:
>
> In article <4pqjv4$o...@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com>, snag...@ix.netcom.com(Marjie) writes:
> |> today for kids. (Most of them being full length cartoons such as
> |> Aladdin). But when I think of what Hollywood made for us in the 70s
> |> there is no comparison.
> |>
> |> All the Love Bug movies
> |> The Apple Dumpling Gang
> |> Tom Sawyer (I think a Disney)
> |> Pippy Longstocking
> |> Swiss Family Robinson (which had Helen Hunt in it)
> |> Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
> |>
> |>
> |> bunch of stupid crap. Although none were intellectual
> |> mind-benders....unlike many movies today...kids paid attention to the
> |> plot, and a kid would have to be keen to get some of the more subtle
> |> jokes. Also, many had musical scores.
> |>
> |> ...can anyone think of more????
>
> Pete's Dragon (great movie despite starring Helen reddy)
> The Point (Nilsson's finest moment, great Ringo narration)
> Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (weak, but had it's moments)
> arguably the Bad News Bears series
How about the Witch Mountain movies. One had Betty Davis in it.
Also all the Diz movies with the young Kurt Russell.
And how can you possibly forget the Benji movies.
SunnyDeb
>Swiss Family Robinson (which had Helen Hunt in it)
Wasn't this about ''67? I remember sitting under a ping pong table in the
gym listening to my friend tell me in detail about this movie. My parents
didn't believe in going to movies. But I was fascinated by this one. I
was in 3rd grade and my friend was in 4th. That makes me 9 and I was born
in '58.
Deb
Debbie Lake
My favorites were (and still are) -
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (I love it when the rotten kids all
get their comeuppance);
Charlotte's Web (with Wilbur the pig who talked before Babe);
any and all Bugs Bunny movies (even if most of the episodes were retreads
of the TV series);
Disney's animated Robin Hood
Lady and the Tramp (it may not have come out in the 70s but that's when I
saw it. I actually wanted to see Tommy but I was too young)
I still enjoy these movies whenever they show up on TV.
Deb
jim and/or ann
SunnyDeb wrote:
>
> >Swiss Family Robinson (which had Helen Hunt in it)
>
> Wasn't this about ''67? I remember sitting under a ping pong table in the
> gym listening to my friend tell me in detail about this movie.
I don't know about the movie...but the TV series starring lovely
Helen Hunt (also Martin Milner as Father and 70s icon Willie Aames as
one of the kids) ran in the 75-76 season. Helen Hunt also played
Murray's daughter in an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show about the
same time.
jim
PS: apologies if this factoid has already been posted by somebody
else...my server was down over the weekend and I missed a lot.
Dixon Hayes
Marjie wrote:
>
> Okay, I know that today there are some very good "movies" being put out
> today for kids. (Most of them being full length cartoons such as
> Aladdin). But when I think of what Hollywood made for us in the 70s
> there is no comparison.
for "babies" after that. I was 13, but the younger kids wanted to follow
suit.
> Just my thoughts....forever in love with the scene from Chitty Chitty
> BAng Bang where Dick Van Dyke has a rocket launcher strapped to his
> back,
Did you have a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang lunchbox? I did! Always took
PBJ, Fritos, & Nestle's Quik in the Thermos. Sometimes my mom would
give me a break and send Spaghetti-O's.
BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
you remember seeing? For me, it was "American Graffitti." Mom wouldn't
let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
--Dixon
Perry and Lauri
Dixon Hayes <ha...@cybrtyme.com> wrote:
>BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
>you remember seeing? For me, it was "American Graffitti." Mom wouldn't
>let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
>--Dixon
I was born in 1959 but my first non-G rated movie was "The Graduate"
It was back at the theatres in 1972 or 1973 and was rated PG that
time around. I believe when it was first released (in the 60's) it was
rated R.
Speaking of movies, Does anybody (besides me) remember "Hello Down
There" with Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Richard Dreyfuss?
Lauri
L. Sutton
I was born in '62, so my 1st non- G film was "Matt Helm" with Dean
Martin (or one from that series of films) . We saw it at a drive in, and
I can only remember some scenes inside some sort of space ship where
everything ws red and a chase scene here a guy falls off a water tank. I
know that these movies are supposed to be "funny" but as a real little
kid I was scared and had red nightmares.
SunnyDeb
>BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
>you remember seeing? For me, it was "American Graffitti." Mom wouldn't
>let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
>
>
Well, I was born in '58, but I wasn't allowed to go to movies (against my
parent's religion), but the first movie I went to was "Deliverance." When
the pig squealing started, we left. Actually, some guys were bothering us
too, so it wasn't just the movie that made us leave. I was there with 2
friends, and I knew I wasn't supposed to be there anyway, so the guilt got
to me.
Deb
Perry and Lauri
per...@tcd.net (Perry and Lauri) wrote:
>Speaking of movies, Does anybody (besides me) remember "Hello Down
>There" with Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Richard Dreyfuss?
>Lauri
I feel stupid answering my own post but I meant Tony Randall, not Tony
Curtis. My fault, man!
Lauri
Dave Ranson
L. Sutton wrote:
>
> I was born in '62, so my 1st non- G film was "Matt Helm" with Dean
> Martin (or one from that series of films) . We saw it at a drive in,
[snip]
L., you just reminded me--
Does anybody here remember a movie called "Drive In"? It was about the
goings-on at a small-town drive in theatre. It was typically 1970s--one
of the major characters drives a van with a waterbed, the girls all have
the Farrah hair, and there are platform shoes, bellbottoms, and polyester
leisure suits aplenty. I also remember that it had the song, "Whatever
Happened to Randolph Scott" in it.
Anybody else remember it? (And do you know if it's on video?)
D.
SunnyDeb
In article <31CF4F...@interlog.com>, Dave Ranson <spo...@interlog.com>
writes:
>Does anybody here remember a movie called "Drive In"?
I do believe I've seen the movie, but I don't know if it's on video. I
think I say it on USA late one night.
Deb
Cliff O'Neill
>
> >BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
> >you remember seeing?
This one was kinda strange for me. My first non-G movie (PG) was Woody
Allen's "Sleeper." I remember my father saying something about if he saw
another kids' movie, he'd flip and they couldn't find a baby-sitter. Besides,
he thought, what possible odd effects could I walk away with from this
movie.
I proved him wrong when the minute after the movie I started walking
around telling everyone, "I will give you big and painful hickie!"
It was a long time before I got to see another one.
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Perry and Lauri
>per...@tcd.net (Perry and Lauri) wrote:
>>Speaking of movies, Does anybody (besides me) remember "Hello Down
>>There" Janet Leigh and Richard Dreyfuss?
>Little goldfish, where you going to?
>Little goldfish, let me swim along with you.
>I loved that movie! I've seen in on TV a couple of times too.
Well, thank goodness!! I thought I was losing my mind because nobody
else remembered it. I saw it at the theater in 6th grade (1971-1972)
and I loved it!
lauri
Mary Ann Stricker
>
>snip>
>
> BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
> let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
>
Hi Dixon,
Funny you should mention Billy Jack...As a matter of fact, it was the first non-G I
remember seeing. God I loved it. I saw it a couple years ago..God it was awful!
Mary Ann
John Saponaro
>
> >>Speaking of movies, Does anybody (besides me) remember "Hello Down
> >>There" Janet Leigh and Richard Dreyfuss?
I remember the movie fondly, but Tony Randall, the star, doesn't; he wishes
they BURNED the film! As a result, I haven't seen it on any TV sked in
years.
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>Hi Dixon,
>Mary Ann
I remember "Billy Jack" too. At the toime I saw it I was in High
school and I just thought that it was soooooo deep. I even bought the
soundtrack albumn, which I still have somewhere. "One Tin Soldier"
haunts me to this day.
And Mary Ann, I wholeheartedly agree, seeing it today, it is
unbelievbly awful.
--
Lisa T. Shepherd
pinn...@gnatnet.net
Transplanted Kansas Citian (MO *not* KS)
"We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a
Bill of Responsibilities."
Bill Maher
David Cassel
Perry and Lauri (per...@tcd.net) wrote:
: >>Speaking of movies, Does anybody (besides me) remember "Hello Down
: >>There" Janet Leigh and Richard Dreyfuss?
: >Little goldfish, where you going to?
: >Little goldfish, let me swim along with you.
That movie received the ultimate 90s tribute: during an odd sequence in a
bad movie on Mystery Science Theatre, one of the bots yelled out "Hey
look! It's the goldfish from 'Hello Down There!'"
I watched that on the CBS late night movie a few years after it came
out.
Saw the soundtrack for Billy Jack in a used record shop the other day.
It had a slogan from the poster:
"Where there is love, there is no power, and where there is power, there
is no love."
I'm trying to remember if it was Joan Baez that sang the theme song. I
looked it up in an old film directory from the early 80s--they gave it 3
1/2 stars. (Though "Billy Jack goes to Washington" only got 2 stars.)
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Gail Collier
> >Dixon Hayes wrote:
> >>
> >>snip>
> >>
> >> BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
> >> you remember seeing? For me, it was "American Graffitti." Mom wouldn't
> >> let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
> >>
> >> --Dixon
>
I can't remember my first GP (before they changed it around to PG). One of the first, I
think, was "Cromwell" because I remember being scared that they cut off Richard Harris'
ears. I remember my first R-rated movie was "The Exorcist," which my mom took me to see
on my 13th birthday.
Gail
Dixon Hayes
Mary Ann Stricker wrote:
> Funny you should mention Billy Jack...As a matter of fact, it was the
>first non-G I remember seeing. God I loved it. I saw it a couple years
>ago..God it was awful!
Remember the send-up on "Saturday Night Live"? It was called "Billy
Paul", starring Paul Simon as a man half-Indian, half-Jewish. Billy Paul
and his friends tried to integrate an ice cream store run by an apathetic
clerk who really didn't care who came in. It ended with Lorraine Newman
holding up a neopolitan ice cream cone, suggesting mankind can peacefully
co-exist like the flavors in the ice cream. Hilarious!
Dixon
scott steinbrink
In article <31CE19...@cybrtyme.com>, ha...@cybrtyme.com says...
>
>BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
>you remember seeing? For me, it was "American Graffitti." Mom wouldn't
>let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
>
>--Dixon
I was born in '69 so I was really young when my mom took me a triple
feature of Woody Allen movies at the drive in around 1974. I only stayed
awake for two - "Take the Money and Run" which remains a favorite and
"Sleeper" which I think warped me forever. I am still a big Woody Allen
fan which leads me to wonder was it nature or nurture!?!
hks
John Saponaro
The first non-G movie I remember seeing was BLAZING SADDLES. However, it
wasn't until I read NATIONAL LAMPOON'S NEWSPAPER PARODY (which came out
around the time of ANIMAL HOUSE, which I saw) that I learned how to
appreciate that kind of humor. (I forget; did TELL ME YOU LOVE ME, JULIE
MOON come out during the ratings period? Mom took me to see that; it was
kinda gross to see a girl scarfaced for the bulk of the film.)
Noreen Mastascusa
: > >> BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
: > >> you remember seeing? For me, it was "American Graffitti." Mom wouldn't
: > >> let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
: > >>
: > >> --Dixon
:
The first non-G movie that I saw was The Sting. My brothers and I liked
the theme music, and our parents decided to let us go (they censored a
lot of tv shows, movies, and music for us, so this was a big deal). But
then we couldn't even understand it. Maybe ten years later I saw it
again while in college and loved it, although I realized that it was a
rather complicated movie, and that this was probably why I couldn't
understand it in jr. high.
--
-Noreen Mastascusa, aka namast...@ucdavis.edu
"Stephanie says that she wants to know
Why she's given half her life to people she hates now."
-Lou Reed
Noreen Mastascusa
Dixon Hayes (ha...@cybrtyme.com) wrote:
: Remember the send-up on "Saturday Night Live"? It was called "Billy
: and his friends tried to integrate an ice cream store run by an apathetic
: clerk who really didn't care who came in. It ended with Lorraine Newman
: holding up a neopolitan ice cream cone, suggesting mankind can peacefully
: co-exist like the flavors in the ice cream. Hilarious!
:
: Dixon
Jeez, I remember this! I find that I remember a lot of the old SNL
skits, whereas the new ones I forget almost as soon as I watch them.
Gwen Orel
I think I was the only girl at summer camp whose parents didn't take her to
see either The Exorcist or Carrie. However, my parents were pretty
lenient about watching whatever came on tv...
Gwen
Dave Ranson
Noreen Mastascusa wrote:
>
> The first non-G movie that I saw was The Sting. My brothers and I
> liked the theme music, and our parents decided to let us go (they
> censored a lot of tv shows, movies, and music for us, so this was a big
It is a difficult movie to understand. I think I only got everything out
of it after I had seen it a few times, played a few hands of poker and
learned to bet the horses at the local racetrack. Not things that are
generally on the curriculum at elementary or high school.
Dave
Marjie
My first non-G rated film was Earthquake...then followed all the other
natural disaster movies (Towering Inferno & Jaws) I guess my parents
cared about language and sex...but scaring the poop out of me was ok!
haha
In <31D86D...@earthlink.net> Gail Collier
<gailc...@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> >Dixon Hayes wrote:
>> >>
>> >>snip>
>> >>
>> >> BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated
film
>> >> you remember seeing? For me, it was "American Graffitti." Mom
wouldn't
>> >> let me see "Billy Jack", so this was a compromise...
>> >>
>> >> --Dixon
>>
>
G.I. Joe
In article <4ro1gt$6...@mark.ucdavis.edu>, szno...@boris.ucdavis.edu
(Noreen Mastascusa) wrote:
> Gail Collier (gailc...@earthlink.net) wrote:
> : > >Dixon Hayes wrote:
> : > >>
> : > >>snip>
> : > >>
> : > >> BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
> : > >> you remember seeing?
"Live and Let Die"
"...when you were young and your heart was an open book..."
I recall that Jane Seymour was a fox! And she still is.
I felt real adult at the time. All of 13 years old.
Joe
Cliff O'Neill
John Saponaro wrote:
>
> The first non-G movie I remember seeing was BLAZING SADDLES.
The one that was really strange for me was the first R-rated movie I
saw. That was "Saturday Night Fever." Well, aside from being stunned by
the language (it still seems more profanity laced than most), there was
that scene with the topless dancer on the bar. Now, I was a really naive
kid, so I didn't believe that they would actually show naked people on
film, so when that scene came on, I was a bit put back.
"Strange," I thought. "You can't really make out her breasts. They look
kinda blurred."
Instantly, I came to the astute conclusion that that must be how they
got around things. They threw the naked bodies out of focus. Certainly
they wouldn't show them on the big screen like that.
It didn't occur to me that I needed glasses.
John McNamara
In article <joemarine-100...@pool048.max18.boston.ma.dynip.alter.net>, joem...@earthlink.com (G.I. Joe) wrote:
>In article <4ro1gt$6...@mark.ucdavis.edu>, szno...@boris.ucdavis.edu
>(Noreen Mastascusa) wrote:
>
>> Gail Collier (gailc...@earthlink.net) wrote:
>> : > >Dixon Hayes wrote:
>> : > >>
>> : > >>snip>
>> : > >>
>> : > >> BTW--everyone about my age (b.1964)--what's the first non-G-rated film
>> : > >> you remember seeing?
Bad News Bears
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In article <4s1uo5$d...@news.inc.net>
jom...@ecnet.com (John McNamara) writes:
>Bad News Bears
All three happened to be my most favorite movies as a kid. They were real.
They picked on each other. They fought. They swore. Today's kids movies are
either too preachy(aka "Can't we all just get along?") or too violent to be
considered movies suitable for children. In the movies that are the former,
you'll have some kid being a bully say something like "I'm gonna kick your
butt." Now, is a _real_ kid gonna say that? Don't think so. They're going to
say worse.
Christine
Carrie I. Castro
John McNamara (jom...@ecnet.com) wrote:
:> Bad News Bears
This was my first non-G movie as well. My parents took me to see it. The
first non-G movie I saw without my parents was Logan's Run. I remember I
was *shocked* at the sight of bare breasts. :D
Carrie
--
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Domestic Engineer Par Excellence
Monet, NO! "Meow!"
Gwen Orel
Noreen Mastascusa (szno...@boris.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
: Dixon Hayes (ha...@cybrtyme.com) wrote:
: : Remember the send-up on "Saturday Night Live"? It was called "Billy
: : Paul", starring Paul Simon as a man half-Indian, half-Jewish. Billy Paul
: : and his friends tried to integrate an ice cream store run by an apathetic
: : clerk who really didn't care who came in. It ended with Lorraine Newman
: : holding up a neopolitan ice cream cone, suggesting mankind can peacefully
: : co-exist like the flavors in the ice cream. Hilarious!
: :
: : Dixon
: Jeez, I remember this! I find that I remember a lot of the old SNL
: skits, whereas the new ones I forget almost as soon as I watch them.
Remember "Samurai night fever!"
Gwen
SunnyDeb
In article <4s6oo8$a...@scooby.beloit.edu>, or...@stu.beloit.edu (Gwen
Orel) writes:
>Remember "Samurai night fever!"
Anything Belushi did was great!
Deb
tb...@bright.net
I remember the movie "Hello Down There!" ..but was it Tony Curtis? I
was thinking it was Tony Randall......
Hmmm......
Marta
Perry and Lauri
tb...@bright.net wrote:
>Hmmm......
>Marta
This was an older thread, but it was Tony Randall. My humble
apologies for making a mistake.
Lauri
MBEnglish
>I remember the movie "Hello Down There!" ..but was it Tony Curtis? I
>was thinking it was Tony Randall......
It *was* Tony Randall. Featuring Richard Dreyfus as the teenage band
leader. Band did the immortal "Hey goldfish! Pretty goldfish!" song.
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In article <4pqjv4$o...@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> <31CE19...@cybrtyme.com> <4qm3ue$f...@news.tcd.net> <55kroe$p...@cletus.bright.net>,
tb...@bright.net wrote:
>
> I remember the movie "Hello Down There!" ..but was it Tony Curtis? I
> was thinking it was Tony Randall......
> Marta
>
I think it was Tony Randall too. And Richard Dreyfuss was one
of the "kids" in the rock band.
susannah
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In article <56tm93$i...@camel1.mindspring.com> jay...@atl.mindspring.com (john baran) writes:
>Richard Dryfuss once told an interviewer in the American Film
>Institute film magazine that he wanted to earn enough money someday to
>buy all of the remaining prints and negatives to "Hello Down There"
>and burn them. He really hates that film.
Was that the one with the band in the submarine? No, not the animated one!
john baran
Richard Dryfuss once told an interviewer in the American Film
Institute film magazine that he wanted to earn enough money someday to
buy all of the remaining prints and negatives to "Hello Down There"
and burn them. He really hates that film.
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In article <56tm93$i...@camel1.mindspring.com>, jay...@atl.mindspring.com
(john baran) writes:
>Richard Dryfuss once told an interviewer in the American Film
>Institute film magazine that he wanted to earn enough money someday to
>buy all of the remaining prints and negatives to "Hello Down There"
>and burn them. He really hates that film.
>
>
Aw, come on, Richard! Think of it as your contribution to Cheeze Culture
the world over! I always lump this film together with "The Incredible Mr.
Limpett" and "The Ghost and Mr Chicken" for some reason.
"Hey goldfish!
Pretty goldfish!..."
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