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Gilmore Girls (2000)
I guess I'm in the minority...
I've only watched one episode of the show (bored one evening), and I just didn't like that it glorified the notion of parent and child being "best buds". I just disagree with that relationship. I understand that the characters are only 16 years apart, but I just find that "best friends with my daughter" ideal to be unhealthy. A parent should be a parent, not a chum. That chumminess gets in the way of one's ability to effectively guide their child. I've seen it in real life and it's just not a good approach. Women who forge a "girlfriends" relationship with their daughters end up trying to live vicariously through them, and inevitably, foster a lifelong codependency that is just plain unhealthy. Even the character of Rory is somewhat of an emotional caretaker to her "girlfriend/mother" and that shouldn't be a teenage daughter's obligation, no matter how advanced she is maturity-wise. I couldn't get over how much the Lorelai-Rory relationship mirrors that of several women and their teenage daughters whom I know (and trust me, their lives are seriously screwed up). Gilmore Girls is just an advertisement for a parental approach that I completely disagree with.
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
This was actually taped in 1983...
I remember it so well- I became fascinated with Egyptian culture after watching it. I was eight years old at the time and just watched it for the first time since 1983 last night with my daughter (borrowed it from the public library). I was shocked to find I even remembered the melody and some of the words to "You're gonna be a star", after only seeing it two times back in 1983 (they aired it twice back then, once in the daytime and once in prime time)! That's how much I loved this movie.
Anyway, I was surprised to see it in so many listings as being made in 1987. That may well have been the year the *video* was put out there, but the original tape was aired on PBS in '83. I know that well because I remember clearly that I was in the third grade and we all talked about it in history class. Also, there is a timeline that corroborates this observation of mine.
Great movie! My three-year-old loved it too, even though this was pre-Elmo, Zoe, and all that. The other funny thing was that it was before everyone knew Snuffy was real. I had forgotten that for a long time, no one believed Snuffalupagus existed and thought he was Big Bird's imaginary friend.
Great memories...