Rainbow on the block


Yesterday at AFI Silver, I saw "The Muppet Movie" for the first time. Hearing "The Rainbow Connection" inspired me to post this picture I took the other day after a rainstorm.

Comments

ed002d said…
OK, but after spending most of July 4 weekend denigrating the Muppets, the question remains: How did you like the movie?
July 14, 2008
SJB said…
Answer carefully.
July 14, 2008
Anonymous said…
I enjoyed it (although not as much as the adults around me). It's a classic.
July 14, 2008
Anonymous said…
The Muppets rock. End of story. But tell me you at least saw Star Wars as a child? I hate to have the wrong impression about what it's like to grow up in Wisconsin.
July 15, 2008
dl004d said…
I saw "Star Wars," but I'm too young to have seen it in the theater.
July 15, 2008
Anonymous said…
it also took DL004D 32 years to see any of the Indiana Jones movies. What a travesty--what movies did his parents take him to as a child?
July 15, 2008
SJB said…
And why did they only feed him green peppers and tuna once he was there?
July 16, 2008
Anonymous said…
for what it's worth, I grew up in the same house and not only saw the Muppet Movie approximately 1200 times but also every Star Wars & Indy movie in the theater. It's true I had an age advantage but this one also had a "everybody in the family loves this movie therefore I will refuse to watch it" thing going. I'm just saying.
July 16, 2008
dl004d said…
SAL speaks the truth. (Although I don't remember refusing to see the Muppet Movie. I was three years old!)
July 16, 2008
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