Comments on: Friday Night Videos: I Used to Have Adult Fans

By: Misty

Misty — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:29:18 +0000

Much after the discussion but I wanted to remember and here seemed as good a place as any: Legally Blonde.

By: treeva

treeva — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:03:51 +0000

TMBG has a deal with Disney. They also wrote the theme songs for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Higglytown Heroes. They also have a deal with SONY Wonder which is the children’s division of Sony.

I have “Here come the ABC’S” CD and I love it. Kids with Autism like it too.

treeva

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:17:21 +0000

I might just have to second ‘The Princess Bride’, those of you who know me pretty much say ‘duh’.

I would put ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ in that category of compelling movies I can’t stop watching.

By: Limax

Limax — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:11:07 +0000

Dan Zanes is also on Noggin quite a bit during their preschool lineup. I’ve seen some of the TMBG songs during Playhouse Disney, but we don’t really watch that any more. We just try to catch Steve in Blue’s Clues before having to rush off the school and work. Loved the Die Hard video. I’ve only seen the first one… I may need to rent the other two at some point.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:41:27 +0000

For me, The Princess Bride and (when USA used to show it all the time) The Empire Strikes Back are in that category.

There are two modern movies that fit the bill, but due to who owns them, they won’t be showing up on Saturday afternoon TV: Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. A few weeks ago we were at a party, and the host kindly put on Finding Nemo for Eli. By halfway through all of the adults had stopped talking much and were watching the movie.

By: Paul O'Brian

Paul O'Brian — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:54:55 +0000

Liza: School of Rock?

By: Liza

Liza — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:40:03 +0000

I was thinking, the other day, of posting to ask.metafilter about movies that are almost universally popular, both among movie snobs and totally regular folk. I was going to ask for other suggestions besides the ones that I could think of:

Die Hard (was at the top of my list)
When Harry Met Sally
The Shawshank Redemption
Ghostbusters

Dan added “Pulp Fiction,” but part of the definition for me is that these are movies that, if you catch them on Saturday afternoon TV, you are compelled to keep watching, no matter how often you’ve seen them. I can’t imagine Pulp Fiction really doing well on network TV.

There’s some kind of combination of smart, funny (but not necessarily comedic) and well-paced that seems really hard to nail. In fact I can’t think of any movies that qualify from the last 5 years or more.