Mrs. Flinger has another Flashback Friday theme up, today it’s movies.

Now, of course, I’m not going to answer the question directly, cuz I’m old and don’t remember.

I do remember what a Big Deal it was when Wizard of Oz was going to come on. It only happened like once a year, and we kids would talk about it for days ahead of time. “Is Oz on tonite?” “Yeah.” “I can’t wait to see it!” Then of course, we’d spend half the movie hiding behind a chair because of that scary witch and her freaky flying monkeys. (My kids watched this and thought the “effects were lacking.” Whatever)

I don’t think this was the first movie, but I remember seeing Digby on the big screen, and forever have ingrained in my mind the famous line: “Digby! Don’t swallow!” Yes, It has warped me ever since.

My parents took me and my friends to see Escape to Witch Mountain at the theater on my birthday (Canyon Creek Twin, long gone now). I fell in love with Kim, as little boys do. At the drive in I remember seeing M*A*S*H and Bullitt and some other early seventies movies.

One of the most memorable movie experiences: Jaws. Scared the living fuck out of me, in a way that kids who have been immersed in CNN 24 hour Shark Attack Coverage can’t really appreciate. I bought the album because it had a nekkid girl on the cover. About to get devoured, yes, so?

So, what was your first movie experience?

(btw, I’ve deliberately kept this to the ten-and-under movies, there were many many more memorable ones later on)