Saturday Morning Cartoons

When my brother, sister and I were really young, we only had 4 TV channels - hard to believe I know, but it is true...ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS.  We didn't watch a lot of TV back then but . . . we always couldn't wait until Saturday morning to watch CARTOONS !!! Of course in those days, you could only see cartoons for about 3 hours, while you laid on the floor, on your tummy, with your pillow and your head propped up in your hands. 

Now, kids watch "animated series" - which are not the same as the cartoons we watched.  They can see "animated series" 7 Days a Week.... which reminds me of one of my fave cartoons...

Funny Friday - Ice Tea

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - My Review

 

Just a little bit before I left work today, I received an e-mail that had a ticket for a free screening to see "Salmon Fishing in the Yeman" - I've seen this preview a few times and the movie looked pretty good so I wanted to see it anyway but even better that I get to see it early and free !

What is not to love about this movie?  First, it stars the ever handsome, ever wonderful Ewan McGregor as Fred and he uses his real Scottish accent (bonus!).  Fred is a fisheries expert (works for Dept of Fisheries and Agriculture), he receives an e-mail from Harriett, played by the sweet, charming and talented, Emily Blunt (who happens to have some the prettiest eyes I've ever seen).  Harriett is a wealthy sheik's London representative. The sheik, played by Amr Waked (who is also pretty easy on the eyes), is a fisherman and wants to bring salmon fishing to Yemen - he thinks this will help build relationships and also help his people.  

Fred thinks the whole thing is ridiculous - how will they bring Salmon to a desert and make it continue to thrive but then Kristen Scott Thomas' character, Patricia, who works for the Prime Minister knows they need a "feel-good" story about the Middle East and gets involved with the project which pushes it along.

Before you know it, Harriett and Fred and the Sheik are working on bringing salmon to Yemen.  Along the way, Harriett receives some bad news about her boyfriend and Fred's starting to realize that his marriage has really been over for a while.  But..just as they are starting to come together, Harriett's life changes and Fred must then decide to reunite with his wife Mary.

The movie had a great plot - the main story trying to bring the salmon to Yemen, if they can accomplish it, if the sheik can survive terrorist attacks alone is great but add the romance in there, it gets even better!  One thing I wasn't expecting is for this movie to be so funny!  There were a lot of funny lines and moments in the movie, one of which involved Fred and his illustrations

At the end of the movie, the audience cheered - literally and I haven't seen that happen in a long time.  I really loved this movie and highly recommend it !

A Little Thing That Bugs Me

This is so petty in the grand scheme of life but... it bugs me - a pet peeve so to speak.  I contemplated going to work today but... decided to finish a movie I started watching last night but didn't finish, which lead to another movie, then another so no work for me today (which is good - I need to work less and see movies more) - but...I digress.

One of the movies was "Legally Blond 2", which I have never seen so I started watching it.  It came on at 4:00 on Oxygen.  THEN at 6:00, they show "Legally Blond" - why???  They should have shown "Legally Blond" THEN "Legally Blond 2".  If you are going to show them both anyway, then why not show them in order.  I remember on one channel one day, they showed Lord of the Rings 2, then LOTR 3, the LOTR 1 - in that order back-to-back - why didn't they just show them in order ?

What is their reasoning in showing movies with sequels out of order, if they are going to broadcast them both anyway? It makes no sense and it bugs me ! Just sayin'.

Funny Friday - Looking Good

Okay, this may be a bit corny but I still think it is funny

Monkees - Riu Chiu

I'm watching a Monkees marathon today on Antenna TV.  I wish it didn't take something like Davy's death to have a channel show the Monkees - they should be showing the reruns anyway !

Anyway . . .  while watching the Christmas
episode (with the very cute Butch Patrick,
I might add), they showed them sing Riu Chiu.
I always loved this.  I know it isn't Christmas
but I don't want to wait 9 months to post
this so I am posting it now.  It just shows
how talented they truly are !!

Funny Friday - change up

Okay - I usually post something funny on Friday but ... my sister was mentioning how she could sure use some "Flintstones" so I decided to post a video - not necessarily funny (haha) but funny (unusual) - a commercial, featuring the Flintstones.