Anyone familiar with Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner knows that our nostalgia runs deep. I was at a post-Thanksgiving gathering the other night, and what was streaming on a wall-set in the television room, clearly visible from the kitchen, but “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”
For those of us of a certain age, family movies were an essential part of the holidays, as the networks kept kids entertained so that the adults could catch-up after the meal. Roy and I have shared our fond recollections of those halcyon days with salutes in recent years to “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” and (with apologies) the “Star Wars Holiday Special.”
This weekend, we had planned to carry on the tradition with a nostalgic recollection of George Pal’s star-studded Cinerama classic “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” (1962). However, the conversation has been postponed, as I suspect at least one of us is still in the process of metabolizing his intake of Thanksgiving tryptophan.
Since one of the film’s chapters, the Puppetoon-laden “The Cobbler and the Elves,” is a Christmas segment, the delay will do nothing to diminish the timely nature of the discussion. We hope you’ll join us for a Grimm time in the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., this Friday evening at 7:00 EST!
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Thank you for your understanding, and enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!
