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Hilary Duff made a comment recently about how none of her fans even know who Faye Dunaway is. This was in response to Faye Dunaway’s near shock and surprise that a remake of  the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde is being remade and Hilary Duff is set to play Bonnie Parker, the role Dunaway played years ago. Duff’s comment saddened me, does the younger generation not know about Faye Dunaway? In my humble opinion, one of the greatest actresses of all time? With the invention of YouTube? And the fact that our world has access to whatever entertainment they choose to watch, no matter what decade that entertainment happens to come from?

And then I remembered. When I was in the fourth grade, my favorite T.V. show was from the 1790’s: Happy Days. So there must be some hope for this world.

Even if you think it’s impossible to love Ron Howard more than you already do after seeing him on the Andy Griffith Show, you’re wrong, he will steal your heart all over again on Happy Days. Now most people believe this show fell apart the moment Fonzie jumped a shark, water skiing in Hawaii. In fact that’s where the term “jumped the shark” comes from. (When T.V. shows clearly should have  been canceled, but that show is still on the air, that show has “jumped the shark”) The show really ended when Ron Howard’s character left the show. Ritchie Cunningham joins the army, and I stopped watching.

This show is an American institution. Who doesn’t want to grab a burger at Arnold’s or watch Fonzie jump over a line of cars on his motorcycle? That’s what I need in a good sitcom.

I also need a good sitcom to come up with it’s own insults, yes Battlestar Gallactica wasn’t the only show, and Happy Days came up with the term “sit on it.” Not the worst thing you can say to another human being, but once you hear it on this show you’ll become obsessed and die to hear it again. Joanie says it to Ralph, Ritchie says it to Potsie, Mrs. C. says it to…the Fonz?

Wow, I didn’t think anyone would live to say that.  Although the Fonz is supposed to be a hoodlum, he is the most polite delinquent you’ll ever meet.

Ralph makes bad jokes, and Potsie sings.

Anson Williams, who played Potsie, even put out an album a while back. I’ve never heard it, I can only picture Potsie singing.

This show is just a classic and I have to believe that it has stood the test of time, I still love watching season to season of a show made about the 50s in the 70s.

You know a show is good if: It was based off the movie American Graffiti, it makes you want to move to Wisconsin, there is a character on the show named Pinky Tuscadero, and if it produced the kind of spin-off like Joanie Loves Chachi.

So, because my ten year old self loved and was obsessed with a show made in the 70’s, I have faith that there is some little girl out there whose favorite actress is Faye Dunaway. I know mine was.

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Finally brought myself to go see Avatar. I was not a big Titanic fan, so I needed some convincing. I mean James Cameron did give us The Terminator so he can’t be all bad.

Avatar was pretty , it really was worth seeing in 3D, but the story was less desirable. I loved watching the forest glow and the animated characters were so lifelike. When I saw Polar Express and Beowulf the eyes on the characters looked really dead, but the animation in Avatar looked like the characters were alive and had a pulse.

I was distracted at times because Sam Worthington’s Australian accent kept coming out of his American character’s mouth. This made me giggle but totally took me out of the world of the movie. Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver both delivered great performances, however.

I think this movie is great movie to watch in the theater, once it’s out on DVD I think a lot will be lost watching it on a smaller T.V. screen. I think in all fairness, if this movie didn’t look the way it does, many people wouldn’t give this movie a second glance.

I think I may have figured it out, James Cameron is a wizard and we are all under his spell.

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