Sunday, January 10, 2010
8:35 AM
101 Dalmatians
One of my very favorite Disney movies was (and still is) 101 Dalmatians. My mom took me to see it when I was about 8 or 9 and I fell completely in love with it. Given the fact that I was born loving puppies, that was not surprising. I enjoyed the movie SO much and wished that I could see it over and over and over again. There were no $19.96 dvd copies of our favorite movies in those days which is just as well because there also were no dvd players or even vcr players, for that matter. That sort of technology was still a decade away and really, at that time, we didn't even know it was realistic to dream of owning such things in our lifetime.
Therefore, I was very excited a few weeks after seeing the movie when I ran across the movie's LP at the library. That certainly wasn't as cool as being able to watch the movie in my own home of course, but for that era, it was awesome, just the same. I checked it out immediately, went straight home, and put the LP on my record player and settled in to listen to the entire movie, dialogue AND music. Because I had already seen the movie, I had no trouble closing my eyes and envisioning all of the scenes. I got completely swept up in the story as though it were brand new again and had one of the best afternoons ever.