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Post by ForeverWaltons on Aug 9, 2014 0:20:11 GMT -5
I would own a hot dog stand and call myself "Frank-N-Furter" You guys should check out my wardrobe. Wait a minute..the character has been already created somewhere else. TMI with the wardrobe... Not quite "Walton's" like. Would that be Dr. Frank-N-Furter, um, Frank??? Go forward about 30 years, and you would be a "Sweet Transvestite." You're funny.
Has anyone went to a midnight showing of the 1975 movie, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show?" When I was going to the Art Institute of Atlanta, one of my roommates and one of my classmates went with me to see it in 1984. It was a lot of fun seeing the audience participation: people dressed as the characters, throwing rice, throwing trash, people getting on the shoulders of others in order to 'grab' Susan Sarandon, etc. I wonder if they still do any of the midnight showings anywhere?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 5:36:23 GMT -5
Yes... Rocky Horror is still alive and kicking in Metro Detroit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 11:55:01 GMT -5
Would that be Dr. Frank-N-Furter, um, Frank??? Go forward about 30 years, and you would be a "Sweet Transvestite." You're funny.
Has anyone went to a midnight showing of the 1975 movie, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show?" When I was going to the Art Institute of Atlanta, one of my roommates and one of my classmates went with me to see it in 1984. It was a lot of fun seeing the audience participation: people dressed as the characters, throwing rice, throwing trash, people getting on the shoulders of others in order to 'grab' Susan Sarandon, etc. I wonder if they still do any of the midnight showings anywhere?
A few of my high school friends attended over 100 showings of the film and used to tell us interesting stories before class, back in the 70s. I never went to the late night showings. Not really my thing back then. But it was popular. Most of the ones who went to the showings were very much into the late 70s punk scene. There were a few different groups at school. The punk rockers, the drunks, the stoners and the hard rockers. And there was overlap within the 4.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 9, 2014 12:24:43 GMT -5
Has anyone went to a midnight showing of the 1975 movie, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show?" When I was going to the Art Institute of Atlanta, one of my roommates and one of my classmates went with me to see it in 1984. It was a lot of fun seeing the audience participation: people dressed as the characters, throwing rice, throwing trash, people getting on the shoulders of others in order to 'grab' Susan Sarandon, etc. I wonder if they still do any of the midnight showings anywhere?
A few of my high school friends attended over 100 showings of the film and used to tell us interesting stories before class, back in the 70s. I never went to the late night showings. Not really my thing back then. But it was popular. Most of the ones who went to the showings were very much into the late 70s punk scene. There were a few different groups at school. The punk rockers, the drunks, the stoners and the hard rockers. And there was overlap within the 4. I've heard some pretty bad stories about what went on at those shows.... I'm so glad I was well out of school before stuff like this started..... in 1961, the only naughty things kids did was bring screwdrivers to the Senior Day Beach Party !! For most, it was the first time they had a drink -- and many got sick
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 12:41:35 GMT -5
A few of my high school friends attended over 100 showings of the film and used to tell us interesting stories before class, back in the 70s. I never went to the late night showings. Not really my thing back then. But it was popular. Most of the ones who went to the showings were very much into the late 70s punk scene. There were a few different groups at school. The punk rockers, the drunks, the stoners and the hard rockers. And there was overlap within the 4. I've heard some pretty bad stories about what went on at those shows.... I'm so glad I was well out of school before stuff like this started..... in 1961, the only naughty things kids did was bring screwdrivers to the Senior Day Beach Party !! For most, it was the first time they had a drink -- and many got sick
It wasn't really that bad, at least not here, I don't know about the NY area. We didn't think of it as bad probably because we were used to it and considered it "the norm". I saw the film (daytime) with friends. Lots of kids having fun, dressed up, following the actions in the film. Good clean fun. But I do understand things had changed since you went to high school, Jeri-Jet. As Patricianne mentioned in another thread, students used to smoke pot in the hallways, no one really said anything. It was considered normal. I witnessed a few drug transactions. These usually were not done in the hallways or out on the open. Some teachers showed up drunk, or high. (Maybe not as much as in the school Patricianne mentioned). We'd laugh if our teacher was drunk or high, it was really no big deal to us. When we had an afternoon spare right after lunch, we'd go out, buy some beers, drink them and return to our next class. We didn't do this often, but lots of teens did this. Some of my schoolmates very obviously high during classes, you could smell the pot on them. It was normal behavior for that time in that environment (late 1970s)
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 9, 2014 13:15:33 GMT -5
I've heard some pretty bad stories about what went on at those shows.... I'm so glad I was well out of school before stuff like this started..... in 1961, the only naughty things kids did was bring screwdrivers to the Senior Day Beach Party !! For most, it was the first time they had a drink -- and many got sick
It wasn't really that bad, at least not here, I don't know about the NY area. We didn't think of it as bad probably because we were used to it and considered it "the norm". I saw the film (daytime) with friends. Lots of kids having fun, dressed up, following the actions in the film. Good clean fun. But I do understand things had changed since you went to high school, Jeri-Jet. As Patricianne mentioned in another thread, students used to smoke pot in the hallways, no one really said anything. It was considered normal. I witnessed a few drug transactions. These usually were not done in the hallways or out on the open. Some teachers showed up drunk, or high. (Maybe not as much as in the school Patricianne mentioned). We'd laugh if our teacher was drunk or high, it was really no big deal to us. When we had an afternoon spare right after lunch, we'd go out, buy some beers, drink them and return to our next class. We didn't do this often, but lots of teens did this. Some of my schoolmates very obviously high during classes, you could smell the pot on them. It was normal behavior for that time in that environment (late 1970s) The whole thing is generational, of course.... For me, it is extremely sad that certain behaviors are/were considered the norm, or "no big deal".... I wasn't talking about the film really, but all sorts of bad behaviors by kids.... when I was in school, we never even heard of pot or any other drug.... And, I'm sure it's even worse now than it was when you were in school, Frank..... and I hate to think about all the time wasted not LEARNING -- my generation was quite well-behaved in school..... that's the way it should be -- we're supposed to be educating our children, and there's no way they learn as much if on alcohol or drugs.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 13:34:42 GMT -5
It wasn't really that bad, at least not here, I don't know about the NY area. We didn't think of it as bad probably because we were used to it and considered it "the norm". I saw the film (daytime) with friends. Lots of kids having fun, dressed up, following the actions in the film. Good clean fun. But I do understand things had changed since you went to high school, Jeri-Jet. As Patricianne mentioned in another thread, students used to smoke pot in the hallways, no one really said anything. It was considered normal. I witnessed a few drug transactions. These usually were not done in the hallways or out on the open. Some teachers showed up drunk, or high. (Maybe not as much as in the school Patricianne mentioned). We'd laugh if our teacher was drunk or high, it was really no big deal to us. When we had an afternoon spare right after lunch, we'd go out, buy some beers, drink them and return to our next class. We didn't do this often, but lots of teens did this. Some of my schoolmates very obviously high during classes, you could smell the pot on them. It was normal behavior for that time in that environment (late 1970s) The whole thing is generational, of course.... For me, it is extremely sad that certain behaviors are/were considered the norm, or "no big deal".... I wasn't talking about the film really, but all sorts of bad behaviors by kids.... when I was in school, we never even heard of pot or any other drug.... And, I'm sure it's even worse now than it was when you were in school, Frank..... and I hate to think about all the time wasted not LEARNING -- my generation was quite well-behaved in school..... that's the way it should be -- we're supposed to be educating our children, and there's no way they learn as much if on alcohol or drugs.
We thought it was the norm, or no big deal...because that's the way it was and personally I had nothing else to compare it too. I thought it was always like that in every school. In our case the teachers were sometimes drunk or stoned. It should have been up to them to be a better example to us kids. They were doing it and saw many of the students doing it and no one ever said anything, no one was ever suspended or even punished as I recall for that. I'm not saying us teens don't share any of the blame here, but everything was permissible. I don't think the schools are as bad today, in the area of marijuana and alcohol. I consider our generation to still be fairly well behaved, despite the drug and alcohol use. Back in the 1970s, there was still respect for the teachers and the parents more often than not sided with the teachers. Now??? I'm not so sure that respect exists.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 14:51:30 GMT -5
I attended the midnight showing of that movie a couple of times in the late 70's. Each time I left, I remember regretting not bringing an umbrella with me.
I was young at the time and I considered it all good fun.
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Post by patriciaanne on Aug 9, 2014 20:23:57 GMT -5
It wasn't really that bad, at least not here, I don't know about the NY area. We didn't think of it as bad probably because we were used to it and considered it "the norm". I saw the film (daytime) with friends. Lots of kids having fun, dressed up, following the actions in the film. Good clean fun. But I do understand things had changed since you went to high school, Jeri-Jet. As Patricianne mentioned in another thread, students used to smoke pot in the hallways, no one really said anything. It was considered normal. I witnessed a few drug transactions. These usually were not done in the hallways or out on the open. Some teachers showed up drunk, or high. (Maybe not as much as in the school Patricianne mentioned). We'd laugh if our teacher was drunk or high, it was really no big deal to us. When we had an afternoon spare right after lunch, we'd go out, buy some beers, drink them and return to our next class. We didn't do this often, but lots of teens did this. Some of my schoolmates very obviously high during classes, you could smell the pot on them. It was normal behavior for that time in that environment (late 1970s) The whole thing is generational, of course.... For me, it is extremely sad that certain behaviors are/were considered the norm, or "no big deal".... I wasn't talking about the film really, but all sorts of bad behaviors by kids.... when I was in school, we never even heard of pot or any other drug.... And, I'm sure it's even worse now than it was when you were in school, Frank..... and I hate to think about all the time wasted not LEARNING -- my generation was quite well-behaved in school..... that's the way it should be -- we're supposed to be educating our children, and there's no way they learn as much if on alcohol or drugs.
Ironically, my school was for bright kids. 99% (or better) of the graduating class went on to college. I guess they were so bright, they could afford to lose a few brain cells. I was not much into smoking weed. Or any other types of "recreational" pharmaceuticals. Goodness knows, it was all around me if I wanted it. I was just very fortunate that it wasn't my thing. I did smoke a few times, but it didn't do anything for me that my own, naturally ebullient personality didn't do. I truly was a very naturally happy person, so I didn't need much. We used to go out to the clubs to dance. In NY, the clubs would stay open until 4 a.m. I LOVED to dance. I would rather dance than eat. I would dance the entire night (which was from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.). I drank Coke all night. (yes, that would be "drank," not "snorted," lol) People were always asking me what was I on and could they have some.
Despite the times, I learned more in high school than I did in college. It was an amazing school, academically, and I loved learning. I loved every second I spent there. Every one of my classmates will tell you they also loved the school. We all knew it was an incredibly special place. I feel fortunate I was able to go there.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 10, 2014 18:28:47 GMT -5
My name is Cynthia Louise so I know my Walton name would be Cindy Lou! What about you?
Back to the original question --
Neither Jeri nor Jet lends itself to anything Waltony.... so, I'll use my middle name and my dog's name -- Annie Lynn, Lynn Anne....
My first dog's name was Careless.... dare I use that in place of Reckless ?
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Post by nedandres on Aug 11, 2014 13:52:52 GMT -5
Perhaps I should be Ned-Boy!!!!
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