Familial Cheese
When I was in highschool my sisters were addicted to this movie called Rigoletto. It was some type of Beauty & The Beast with vaguely sexual overtones a la Phantom of the Opera. At least that's what I thought. I think I made a remark to that affect to my Mom (she of course, loved the movie too) and I got an earful back. It think it might have been one of those films in that group put out by Mormons, like that one starring the New Oakridge Boys driving cross-country in an old Volkswagen Beatle.
Anyways, in a classic Josiah fit of nostalgia I downloaded the soundtrack. Occasionally it pops onto my iTunes playlist and I think of NEPA (northeastern pennsylvania) walking through our "family" room and seeing my sisters watching that movie singing along to "the Melody Within" in a fit of glorious junior high girl cheese. I miss them. Married and kids and college. I'm thinking its reunion time!
| By Josiah Roe | 03:11 PM
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Rigoletto is also an opera. We saw it at the Tivoli one year. Lang dispised it...
Posted by: charity at October 22, 2004 03:42 PM
Holy cow!! We had those videos too!
Me thinks the one with the VW beetle is call "On our own."
Then there was this wierd one about a bunch of kids that start this gang that is supposed to do good deeds or something.
Wierd.
-p
Posted by: Pablo at October 22, 2004 04:15 PM
You're beginning to sound like me, the sappy blog. Hope you're with family soon!
Posted by: Gypsy at October 22, 2004 05:42 PM
Gah. My sister used to love "On our own" and watch that movie all the time. Man did I ever hate that movie.
Posted by: tanderson at October 22, 2004 06:01 PM
hey josiah
my friends were obsessed with rigoletto in jr. high too. man, good times. hey. visit my site. it won't let people leave comments and i can't figure why. sorry to bring this up here.
Posted by: tacy at October 22, 2004 06:44 PM
"hoooold on, hold on, we're on our ooooown...We can make it together...hooold on hold on...
-p
Posted by: Pablo at October 23, 2004 12:36 AM
I thought I was the only one who had ever seen those movies...what a flashback.
"There lies a melody, lost deep inside of me,
but now it's free...found a place in harmony, sweet harmony"
Posted by: paul at October 24, 2004 07:36 PM
the buttercream gang....those do-gooders were called the buttercream gang. i think i'll buy that along with the psalty tapes for ari's kids. i threaten her with them every once in a while :)
Posted by: nutmeg at October 25, 2004 03:10 AM
Oh man, I remember those movies. They had discussion questions of the back of the cases. "How would you feel if your parents died?" and that sort of thing. Good times.
Posted by: mesh at October 25, 2004 09:10 AM
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