On cold, gray Sundays--like today--one of the things I used to enjoy doing was watching a movie with my father. WGN, a local Chicago TV station, had a long-running program, "Family Classics," hosted by Frazier Thomas, which showed movies that can only be described as, well, classics. "Journey To The Center Of The Earth," "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "Gulliver's Travels," "Miracle on 34th Street," and my personal favorite, "Boy's Town," with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. These movies were made during a much--what I perceive--simpler time. The characters were faced with a moral or social dilemma, and in the end, almost always concluded with a happy ending. I know life is not always like that, but it's great when it is.
It's days like today, when the kids are stuck inside because the weather is gloomy and their bodies are ill, that I wish my father was still around. I'd call him up on the phone, and invite him to join us, for a good, old fashioned Classic.
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