The original Peaches and their movie counterparts
Silly me, of course there's crying in blogging. I've been crying all day reading The Adventures of Fred and Ethel's posts about her daughter getting married. I will have to do this three times! Holy cow. I will be a complete mess.
You know where there is no crying? In baseball, that's where. There is no crying in baseball. Tom Hanks told me so.
I watched A League of Their Own the other day. I've actually had a craving to watch it because randomly my husband and I have been quoting it at each other. It has some amazing one liners. I owned it on tape when I was a kid and watched it so many times, I knew it by heart. I remember trying to pretend like I hadn't heard Jimmy Dugan call the referee "A penis with a little hat on" when my dad was in the room. "Oh ho hum...look at the threading in the carpet. la la la la" I did the same thing during Tampax commercials.
My favorite character is All the Way Mae. I love the seen at the Suds Bucket. God I wish I could dance. Played by Madonna, but you totally forget its her. She has fantastic chemistry with Rosie O Donnell.
One think my husband and I randomly quote at each other is "Marla Hooch....What a hitter." With her waving about 50 feet from the camera. Also Jon Lovitz has some of the best zingers. "You see, the way it works is the train moves not the station" when Marla is hesitant to get on the train.
I cry at the end when you see that Jimmy Dugan has passed and when you find out Evelyn has too. And you see Stillwell Angel all grown up. Every part of this movie makes me happy. Go watch it again. And if you haven't seen it, what is wrong with you? "I would like it if you could work on that before next season."
Also I almost forgot, at Lisa Freemont Pages she found a website that lets you convert money from whatever year you want to now. In the movie he says they would make 75.00 a week. The movie was set in 1943. The calculator says that today they would be paid 939.00. A week. I wish!
"You do wish!" Okay sorry no more quotes.
One of my favorite movies!
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I signed onto my blog today and saw six comments needed moderating - for OLD posts! That Anastastia's been reading all day, I told Fred! I love it! And it had been so long since I'd read those myself, I had to go back and see why you'd been crying, then, of course, I started crying...
ReplyDeleteThank you darlin'! And I dearly LOVE A League of Their Own! It's one of my all time favorites. I totally agree about the chemistry between Madonna and Rosie - OMG, they were such a riot together. The entire cast was just perfect; EVERYTHING was perfect. I love it when Mae suggests that her bosoms might just "accidentally" pop out during a key moment at the game, to draw a crowd, and Doris says, "You think there are men in this country who ain't seen your bosoms?" And when Jimmy Dugan is leading the girls in the Lord's Prayer (sorta!) and he throws in: "thank you for that waitress in South Bend. You know who she is - she kept calling your name!"
Okay, I guess I know what movie I'm gonna be watching this this weekend!
Kelly-me too!
ReplyDeleteEthel-I'm sure Fred just rolled his eyes at all the tears ;) Those lines are great. I also like when Doris tells Mae her dress "don't fit ya" and she's all "I don't plan on wearing it that long"
It was on again this morning, but I refrained from watching it. ;)
When my son was in Little League, parents would sometimes quote, "There's no crying in baseball." Hee! Great line.
ReplyDeleteGEEEZ!! Crying??? While blogging? I'm chuckling... good post!
ReplyDeleteDawn-I will probably say the same thing
ReplyDeleteSpuds-I know I'm a big baby ;)
Wow...they were rich! I am on the fence about that movie...I find it a little lacking, for some reason but it does make me laugh. I do love the dancing scene too and Marla singing 'It Had to be You'. haha
ReplyDeleteI can see what you mean, I fell in love with it in middle school so I look at it through that filter. ;)
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