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So many hilarious moments! The best is when, after the careful rehearsals, Lucy comes out and says, "Ricky, this is it!" and pure pandemonium breaks loose.

Speedy, I just finished watching "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." I should have put this episode on my list of very favorites of I Love Lucy, earlier in this thread. I think it has more laugh out loud moments than a lot of eps, which is saying a lot! The reactions are exaggerated for comic effect, but the premise is real. And Ricky's reactions, especially at the end, were poignant because Lucille Ball was expecting, etc.

Whoa... I wasn't a huge fan of his, but he was a 1980s icon. I liked the song "Take Me With U". A couple of months ago I was looking for it on YouTube.

"Father!!" That's another movie I could recite almost line by line. They were definitely irritating, but luckily they weren't that much part of the main plot, and Cary/Myrna always had a sarcastic retort to their behavior.

I like Meryl Streep, but seeing her again recently in Out of Africa, I had to hold my eyelids open to stay awake. Maybe it was the ponderous plot, or the acting, I don't know. It just didn't send me...

I meant to respond to this earlier - my oopsie. Thanks, Lorna!

For me, another pitchfork-worthy character is Dinah Lord in The Philadelphia Story.

I saw Norman Fell (Mr. Roper) the other night on an episode of The Fugitive. He played a law enforcer bigwig (lieutenant or captain or somesuch). He still looked exactly the same, with the same monotone voice, but obviously a lot younger. I had a HUGE crush on John Ritter as a young teenager. I used to cut pictures of him out of magazines. Sad to say, though, I can't get into Three's Company anymore. It's a little too silly for me.

Another supernatural tale (not involving rats, alas) is The Picture of Dorian Gray, about a man who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for eternal youth. This is a movie I haven't seen in a while but is worth checking out again.

Maybe that's the reason why I'm not enlightened yet - I'm not willing to at least make friends with the rats.

I've spent a fair amount of time in India, which has its share of rats. My worst experience ever was when a friend standing near me reached into a laundry basket that had been in storage, and a rat suddenly leaped out and got out through a window. And we were in a very clean building/area. I'll tell you, I ran away so fast that if I were in the Olympics, I'd be polishing my gold medal right now.

When I'm under tremendous stress I dream of rats, usually a blanket of them chasing me (when I was much younger, I would dream of tornadoes). Hate rats, hate them!! I used to play with gerbils and mice in my girlhood, but those days are long gone.

I had a nightmare the night I saw it (only two movies in my life gave me nightmares, and that was one). It was a replaying of the final scene. Ugh. But after that first night I was able to cope...

Couldn't agree with you more on the above. I hear what you're saying with some of the book's details being lost on screen, but for me it doesn't matter. No doubt Kubrick had movie time constraints, although yeah, maybe he cut in the wrong places. I still think The Shining is a great flick.

Interesting to read, Lawrence. Can I ask why? Do they feel it's 'dated' in terms of technical theatrics? Or is it the storyline?

I'm sure I read or heard the ending at some point, but luckily in this case my memory's faltered.

Here's a title that makes me slap my forehead (as in, "Why didn't I think of this one"?) ...The Shining. I probably don't have to write a complete synopsis for most regular posters here, but briefly, a family spends a winter at a hotel where a ghost incites the writer father into deranged behavior, and the writer's son has a lot of psychic premonitions. The legendary Jack Nicholson stars in this all-time classic. If you feel like losing a night's sleep, or need a reason to reach for the nearest teddy bear, run, don't walk, to watch this movie!

You're welcome. And I so appreciate all the great suggestions made here. I need to start thinking more of other supernatural/spiritual movies to talk about. I'm also glad that so far the thread hasn't been completely derailed by other subjects, to the point of no return, as sometimes happens. I adore Bruce Willis, but I have not seen "The Sixth Sense". I really need to make a point of watching it. And as for your being attracted to your husband because of his slight resemblance to that good-looker, no sane woman could blame ya! Has "Rosemary's Baby" been mentioned yet? I'm assuming it has...

In this incarnation, anyway...

My DVDs are categorized first by favorite actors: all Cary Grant movies, Tracy/Hebpurn movies, Jean Arthur movies, etc. After that, they are organized by period of time - 1920s films, 1930s films, 1940s films, etc. When I think about what movie I want to watch, first I think about what time period I want to be transported to on that day. Or I think to myself, "I want to watch a Clark Gable movie," and I can look in one place for them, rather than going through the whole shebang. After the movies are the TV show DVDs, in chronological order, then the "extras" like documentaries, music video collections, etc.

Norval Jones in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.

Yes, should have specified - the original! It was so shocking the first time i watched it, and I can't wait to see it again. I try to get movies that I've already seen and liked (so that I don't waste too much money), and I love ITHOTN too... I just finished The Civil War and it was very emotional. I think Ken Burns brought documentary filmmaking to a whole new level; it's "entertaining", not just "a learning experience". I'll go on DVD "binges" and buy many over a short period of time. Other DVDs I got recently were Cape Fear, The Omen, Our Gang Silents (3 volumes), Lazybones, "The Fugitive" series, and on and on.

Lol, you're singing my song... Speaking of only very recently, I bought DVDs of Stepford Wives, In the Heat of the Night, and The Civil War by Ken Burns.

Besides the main article it's also fun to read the comments underneath. There are more anecdotes there.

Ooh, that sounds like one for me! (Well, I'm not that prudish, but I have a low threshold for gore...) I'm still waiting for The Innocents to come in the mail via classicflix.com, and I'm looking forward to checking it out. I haven't read all the posts about this movie on this thread in detail; I want to be surprised.