My mom and The Muppet Movie

Friday night... big plans tonight? Netflix in my room. :) I am pretty happy about this actually. It's cold outside, and I'm grumpy from my week. So I start looking for something to watch. While browsing I happened upon "The Muppet Movie." And I had just the best memory.

It was 1979. I would have been 7 years old. My brother was 9. Mom tells us that she is going to the shoppette, the little convenience store on the air force base, to pick up a couple things. So Brian and I pile into the backseat of the car. We're just hanging out in the back seat as mom drives talking and not paying attention to where we're going. At a certain point I notice that we have not only entered the base from the back gate, but we are now leaving the base through the front gate. We haven't stopped at the shoppette. Brian and I tell Mom she's missed the store. She says "Oh, I guess I wasn't paying attention and just drove by... well, since we're out here in town... we may as well go see The Muppet Movie!!!!" And of course there is a chorus of "yays" and "hurrays" from the back seat of the car.

Yup... a frog on a bike is really funny.

I always remembered that... I remembered the surprise of going to the movie far more than I remembered the actual movie. The one thing about the movie I really remembered was how darned tickled my Mom got when she saw Kermit riding the bicycle. I started the movie... I have no idea how long it's been since I've seen this movie... honestly, it may be the first time since 1979. And I totally get it... that frog on a bicycle is absolutely hysterical.

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