Hey You Guys!!!
Think back to your classic boob tube memories, favorite moments in your past when sub-par movies and programming impacted your life. Those classics never cease to entertain both visually and rhetorically by simply quoting those ever classic lines to family and friends.
There are three that come to mind, the simple guilty little pleasures that seem to turn any gray sky blue; in my family those are (in order of importance): Goonies, Back to the Future and Ghostbusters. Each one holds a special place in my heart and mind where time stops and allows me the chance to look back on the then.
Late on Sunday night, as I was begrudgingly preparing for bed, realizing that yet another week of work was looming, I turned on the TV to find any remote distraction from my reality when low and behold TBS became my friend, my confidant that knew I needed a Goonies pick me up. Within minutes, gone are the days of mortgages, car payments and mediocre employers and back are the days of riding bikes with friends, mom and dad taking on the weight of the world, dreaming of the impossibly vast future, sports practices and the largest concern for any girl that age, boys. It all came flooding back, me curled up on the end of the couch, siblings surrounding me, the bright light of the boob tube and Sloth’s infamous – Hey You Guys!
I would be remiss not to mention the two runners up. Michael J. Fox was simply Marty McFly in our house, pre-Spin City, even pre-Alex P. Keaton. The slacker, wanna be rock star still made me wish I was Jennifer – what girl didn’t want that? The fantastical impossibility was the sell, we hop into a DeLorean, race back to the past and make our future better. I’ll take one of those please.
Lastly, the soft-core horror for an adolescent, Ghostbusters. I still remember, like it was yesterday, my baby brother hiding desperately behind the couch as Dr. Ray Stanz quickly reveals his last minute decision stating his famous line “Get Her!“.
We all have those movie memories that bring you back to better days, easier days in life. Hey you guys, what are your guilty pleasure, sub-par movies that act like the DeLorean – you know, the movies that just get you?!?
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