The Good, Bad, And The Fabulous

Movies have the power to remind of us of of different periods in our lives. You can tell a lot about a person by the movies they choose to represent their lives. Unfortunately for you all I have a great love of horrible movies. And also just so you know, my mother and her sisters let us all watch just about anything.

Here’s  how we play

Childhood

Monty Python, The Holy Grail

Even as a young jujubee I knew this was some seriously funny shit. How can you not love French taunting and laughing at the plague. The plague kills it. Here’s a scene from the funniest taunting scene ever.

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Sar's real grandma actually seemed this persnickety when Sar was eight.

I can’t think of a better day than TheHobo’s birthday for this coincidence. Yesterday was Roald Dahl Day, which I’ll bet you didn’t know existed.

Roald Dahl’s writings helped shape my childhood, and I’m sure I’m not the only squee-gee (talkin it up!) who can say that.  My favorite was George’s Marvelous Medicine, which I read until the book wore out.

In honor of Roald Dahl Day, here’s a quick list of some of my most memorable childhood reads (and links to the ones with text on Google books).

• George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
• What’s the Matter with Herbie Jones by Suzy Kline (She also wrote a warm response to a fan e-mail I sent her a few years ago.)
• Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
• Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Mane
• Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

What are your most memorable childhood books, Squeeple?