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On Saturday night we squeezed onto the sofa, with supplies of munchies for the evening, and introduced the Binnerettes - 11 & 8 - to Wayne's World. To say they loved it would be a massive understatement.
They've got their mates round and we've just walked in to see it on again as they're all head banging and singing along wildly enthusiastically to bohemian rhapsody
My work here is done 😀
Your recomendations for other suitable gems to complete a child's cultural journey...? Bill and Ted and Ghostbusters DVD's already ordered
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The Goonies, Coming to America, Big Trouble in Little China, Spaceballs, Uncle Buck...
Princess Bride?
Take them to see John Cooper Clarke Live
Clay pigeon shooting
Tying a fly
La Boheme with Maria Callas as Mimi
Homemade cider
The World at War narrated by Lawrence Olivier.
The Goonies, Coming to America, Big Trouble in Little China, Spaceballs, Uncle Buck...
Nope never seen any of them
We're currently potty-training dd. Yesterday he learned to say "Angel Wipe".
Princess Bride?
This is the shout, Darcy. Best film ever!
They always had bikes, that's enough shirley?
Nope never seen any of them
A lack of education is nothing to boast about.
They always had bikes, that's enough shirley?
Police squad!
DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT, show them the video version of National Lampoons Christmas Holiday...
Let's just say it has a few extra scenes and a more tolerant approach to language than my wife and I remembered... 😯
When I was that age we had Black Sabbath, my mate's Dad's german porn stash, a few cans of cider that we'd nicked from the factory down by the railway and hearty go on a spliff thanks to the local scooterboys when we sneaked next door to their party
Little Miss CFH, at a little over two, would respond with the correct terminology when I announced that "I gotta fever.....and the only prescription is....".
She also loves to headbang her way around the kitchen. Favourites are Iron Maiden and early GnR. She even does her own Axl-sway, which is adorable.
Beyond that? Well, there's obviously been Ivor, Bagpuss and the Clangers. We'll start introducing Dangermouse gradually, of course.
Oh, and she loves Elgar. Makes her sit and smile.
Young Master CFH? Well, he giggles when he farts, so that's got to be a win!
The oab_offspring can all quote Monty Python - Search for the Holy Grail as well... 😆
Flashy - we've done DM, Bagpuss and clangers when they were younger, and they love them all. I'd also recommend....
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Reset the telly to only show tennis/football/olympics/news then watch their little faces as they switch on expecting cartoons.
Probably why i hate sport on tv now!
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To teach them basic survival skills and gunpowder based D.I.Y.
Morecombe and Wise if you've not already done it.
Perfect age for Police Squad - Airplane may be iffy for the 8 year old?
Shall we get music involved as well? Favourite singalong in the car...
Police squad is a great call!
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Edit - I do not have kids.
MacGyver +1
How else is a child to know how to make an emergency bomb from an acorn shell and a Volvo bonnet catch?
Bueller..... Bueller...... Bueller......
😀
I thought MCJnr would go for the original A Team series - sometimes you misjudge these things.
Coming to America? I take it its been a while since you saw it? 😆
Pappa Bendi.
I only recently got round to watching The Princess Bride at the age of 44. Great film.
I'd add Risky Business onto the list, a double lesson in Economics and the world's oldest profession.
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A little preview 😀
In the same vein as Princess Bride, Stardust (The Jane Goldman film).
For all three of my kids, their first gig was The Blockheads. They're still touring, go and see them.
Moar telly, and I'm frankly disappointed that no one has already suggested it.
The Dukes of Hazzard. Yeeeeeee ha!
Frazier
An early Ramones album. Skinning their own food . veg don't count.
Also, Red Dwarf.
Top Secret
We live in Lancashire and she attends a state school.
That's enough "culture" for any child.
My kids got loads of Bach. They both became quite musical, but not classical.
The Undertones are essential for positive character building !
that is all
Labyrinth
Batteries Not Included
Legend
The Dark Crystal
The Undertones are essential for positive character building !
Teenage Kicks came on the car radio this morn, just as I was about to pull onto the drive... I carried on up the road and told the boy (5) to get his window wound down.
He didn't need encouraging to strum his air guitar... good lad
Making them go to school
No time off
No holidays in term time
Ban anything that you think they shouldn't see (they will find it very soon after)
Edit
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Water Margin, a bit of Chinese culture will be important in the future.
How can we be on the second page with no mention of Back to the Future?
I want you all to sit in the corner and think about what you've done.
The Water Margin
Meh, it is no monkey! Monkey is funky!
Torminalis - Member
Labyrinth
took my two 10 & 12 to see this recently, my 10yo daughter couldn't stop laughing at it, not with it; and pointing out non too subtly of David Bowies' costume that "you can see his willy" ! On reflection it was a rubbish film.
Road Runner. Meep! meep!
Been banned from playing NWA to wreckerjnr as he's starting to pick up words. Shame, he seemed to enjoy it.
Way better film that Bueller
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stop laughing at it, not with it
You have failed as a parent.
We did police academy and Mr bean recently, police academy went down very well.
One of my six year olds adores music.
Today she said she wanted to go to Glastonbury with me tomorrow so she can see Pharell Williams and Hozier.
My work is done, not so much for the choice of music but the fact she enjoys music enough to want to go to a festival.
I told her she can watch it on the telly (which she will do all weekend if she could) and watch out for daddy 🙂
When I saw the tittle I thought Wayne's World before I opened the thread
We also enjoyed
Blues Brothers
and "The commitments"
The RADIO version of hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy.
(Edit: top tip: download it on MP3 for long car journeys)
Ferris beuler. Kids absolutely love it. God knows how many times I've seen it but it never gets boring.
I reckon they'd like weekend at bernies too but can't find it on anywhere.
Reset the telly to only show tennis/football/olympics/news then watch their little faces as they switch on expecting cartoons.
The lyrics to the "Grandstand" music as I can recall are
"It's time to go out
time to go out
time to go out
Grandstand is on"
Also if you want to ensure your kids are well rounded and educated, ensure none of their computer games load in less than 25 minutes and even then only load sucessfully 50% of the time.
Coming To America? Hmm, might want to skip the first 10 minutes for a start 😉
Offspring currently loves Little Shop of Horrors - finds the dentist hilarious.
We did Little Shop of Horrors on Sautrday Night, which they Loved. Both Bill and Ted films, which haven't aged as well, but they enjoyed anyway.
But Waynes World is still the benchmark, with Binneretee number one declaring that it is now her favourite film. She does a great Garth 'Foxy Lady' dance 😀
I just enabled Home Sharing and left them to it (for music anyway)
Hearing the Tom Rowland remix of The Kalxxons Love Frequency being played at 500db on the TV soundbar 'because it sounds awesome' confirmed that this was the right choice.
Cool Runnings?
binners - Member
But Waynes World is still the benchmark, with Binneretee number one declaring that it is now her favourite film. She does a great Garth 'Foxy Lady' dance
Oh that was a fashback! I got in trouble for letting my god daughter watch that & she carried on the "Foxy Lady" routine for years.
Some Miyazaki... I'd start with Nausicaa and then try Princess Mononoke though my boys also loved Laura - Castle in the Sky.
Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller - and you have to see Home Alone.
We also had great success with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, as well as Zang Yimou's Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Books... Skullduggery Pleasant, the Knife of Never Letting Go series and The Amulet of Samarkand.
at 11 get them to try Headhunters by Herbie Hancock - if they can handle music longer than 3 minutes they'll like the fact that it's funky but it gets them introduced to improvised solos in music
Ed emailed you. Did you receive? (About your band). FB'd you guys too. And stalked you too 😆
Watching that, I never realised Monkey magic was a japanese show! Was it a pisstake by the japanese? 😆MSP - Member
Meh, it is no monkey! Monkey is funky!
Hora: Yes but may struggle with availability at short notice
Already got my 4 year old obsessed with Star Wars (Episodes 4-6 obviously).
Thanks for the Trap Door shout - I'd been trying to remember what that was called for months!
Show them the Japanese version of The Ring for a laugh.