supprazz
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Post by supprazz on Oct 28, 2008 16:52:33 GMT -5
thought of some more obsessions:
Magic Markers Fortune telling Carnivals Pen Pals Elvira the goat Grand Central station
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2008 12:14:00 GMT -5
I never really noticed before, but after reading this thread I realize Wizard of Oz references are everywhere. The ones I remember most are Claire Pike singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow in a make your own video booth and everybody going so ape about it she thought about becoming a child actress, and Karen having an argument with Pamela Harding about whether or not it's a scary movie. Leave It To Beaver seemed to come up a lot, too. And how many times did we hear the story of Hanukkah? Car accidents seem like a running theme- Happy Holidays, Jessi- Jessi, Aunt Cecelia, Becca and Squirt are in accident Mind Your Own Business, Kristy- Kristy and Claudia are in an accident California Girls- Stacey is in an accident Mary Anne and the Memory Garden- SMS student killed in a car accident Jessi and the Troublemaker- Danielle, Becca, and Vanessa have an accident in the Robert's car while Jessi is sitting BSC in the USA- Watson's RV gets rearended Snowbound- Dawn and her mom have a skidding accident and hit the neighbors mailbox Maybe it's just me, but that seems like a lot of accidents.
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Post by candykane on Nov 5, 2008 16:49:41 GMT -5
Wow, I never noticed all those car accidents before. That is quite a few!
In Snowbound, Stacey and her mom have car trouble, as well. Not the same as an accident, but I thought of it right after I read your post.
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starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
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Post by starrynight on Nov 7, 2008 12:52:15 GMT -5
Didn't Mrs. Barrett have some sort of little fender bender during SS #10, or was she just a nervous driver?
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 7, 2008 20:48:20 GMT -5
I think she jumped onto the sidewalk or something.
Wow, those accidents really "piled up." (I kid...I was in a car accident when I was around eight so I could really relate when I read about them in the books).
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 5, 2009 8:19:01 GMT -5
The words "trendy" and "sophisticated" get a lot of use!
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Feb 10, 2009 17:09:20 GMT -5
What about "The Music Man?" Susan Felder is obsessed with singing it in "Kristy and the Secret of Susan." Claudia reminisces about it in "Keep Out, Claudia," and Mary Anne thinks she and Logan are going to go see it in "Mary Anne vs. Logan." There might even be more than that, but those are the ones that come to mind right now.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 11, 2009 6:50:45 GMT -5
Music Man is one of the most familiar musicals. It's likely to have been something that readers would have heard of.
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Post by candykane on Feb 11, 2009 13:50:43 GMT -5
^I had never heard of it before reading BSC. Perhaps I'm in the minority?
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Post by ringdings on Feb 11, 2009 15:08:44 GMT -5
Perhaps. It is great. I'd recommend renting the movie if you have a chance.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 12, 2009 6:30:56 GMT -5
I agree. I kind of did it to death when I was younger, so I hadn't watched the movie in years until it came on tv last year on the 4th of July, and then I enjoyed it thoroughly. But it is also a show that gets a lot of high school productions.
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Post by greer on Feb 13, 2009 8:12:00 GMT -5
Heh, I can't imagine my high school doing Music Man. Ever.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 14, 2009 15:28:26 GMT -5
Mine's done it a couple of times, once before I was there and once after. Actually I think Mrs. Shinn would be a really fun part to play (in any production).
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Post by greer on Feb 15, 2009 6:38:27 GMT -5
My high school had a middle school and an elementary school on the same campus, so I suppose those kind of productions were left up to the younger grades. And being a private school, I guess that we also had more freedom in terms of choosing productions that were controversial and probably wouldn't be allowed in public schools.
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Post by otempora541 on Feb 16, 2009 13:49:48 GMT -5
Book banning (censorship maybe) seems to be a favorite topic- MA and the Library Mystery, Kristy Power, Claudia and the First Thanksgiving, etc.
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