When I was young we only got 3 or 4 channels on the tv. No VCR's , no DVD players. No DVR's. If you wanted to watch something on your television, you watched what the station was airing at that moment. Marcy and I would plan out our Saturday morning cartoon viewing strategy with almost military precision - The Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner show was my favorite. I still smile when I see Wile E. Coyote.
There were some television events that would air once a year. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Wizard of Oz. You planned ahead so that you could watch all of it. The other big movie event I remember watching every year - right around Easter was The Ten Commandments. Every year we would watch Moses lead the children of Israel out of captivity. We now own a copy - so we can watch it whenever we want - but we still watch it around this time of year.
10 days to go. So let it be written. So let it be done.
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Every time I watch that I think that the narrator is just making it worse with comments like, "The tired, exhausted people of Israel, knee-deep in the grime and mud of Egypt, sweating by the grim sun..."
On and on he goes.
Keira - you misunderstand. We weren't really listening to the movie, well, not much anyway. We were being allowed to watch topless men (good examples of fitness) with our parents approval. What more could a teenager want?
We just finished watching (listening) to the commentary. I love how they describe the "goings on" of the Israelites at the foot of Mt. Sinai. Mr. DeMille wanted a "Sunday school orgy". From a distance it looks like a whole lotta somethin' is going on, but on closer inspection, most of it is pretty tame. More or less suitable for the kids in Sunday school.
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